We were happily out in the sticks far beyond the reach of the Intertubes on day one of the Billbong Pro Teahupoo, so we’re glad Andy Irons blew right through his heat against Jihad Khodr. We’re looking forward to seeing him surf next against Bede Durbidge in round two.
The contest could run today so stay tuned. For the rest of the official update follow the jump.
[Link: Billabong Pro]
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The Hawk Family spent a romantic Mother’s Day in the ER room of a local hospital after Tony’s wife Lhotse “crushed her hand in our automatic gate” according to messages on Tony Hawk’s twitter account. And if that wasn’t enough, while they were waiting to have Lhotse’s hand examined two hospital employees came by for autographs. Here’s how Tony put it:
ER: L sitting on bed in pain, me changing K’s diaper behind her. 2 hosp employees come in to ask for autographs and stand waiting. REALLY???
Lhotse’s escaped with “multiple fractures to ring finger,” but her rings wedging in the gate apparently saved the rest of her hand from even more damage. Get well, soon.
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Timebomb Trading, Canada’s action distributor of Etnies, Emerica, és, thirty-two, Dragon, LRG and RVCA, has a brand new original art piece in their HQ thanks to Randy Layborne. And it looks pretty nice.
Check out all the details on Randy’s flicker account.
[Link: Lookforwardtothepast]
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From our “there will never be a worse time to launch” files comes news that long-time surf industry soldier (and former Longboard Magazine sales lead) Mike Aguirre has launched a “new, fresh, now” surf magazine called morSURF.
“There are still lots of people who like to read stories and in-depth articles and who enjoy the quality of photography in print,” said Aguirre. “But for those surfers who want their information digitally, keeping the magazine viewable online is good PR and is also great for our advertisers because their links are active. We believe morSURF’s online presence will ultimately lead to increased sales and subscriptions of the printed publication.”
Spoken like a true print salesman. For those who love longboards, fish, hybrids, standup paddling and still read print magazines, morSURF could be the perfect media fix.
[Link: moresurf.com]
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The City of Encinitas California has been hard on Bucky Lasek. They made him go through months of planning and inspections, but it looks like his big ol’ 13.5 foot deep bowl is finally becoming a reality. And it only took one access road and 20 truck loads of cement.
[Link: Shred or Die via South Of The North]
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Transworld Business put up some photos of the recently finished skatepark in Windell’s Camp Building Out Back. From the looks of it we’d pay for a week at Windell’s without even getting on snow.
[Link: TransWorld Business]
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Snowboard instructor Keith McIntosh, 36, was testing new snowboard gear on Austria’s Kaunertaler Glacier on Tuesday April 5, 2009 “when he triggered a massive snowfall,” according to a story on the Daily Record.
His three British friends – who had been waiting on the peak for their turn – said Keith had barely gone 200ft when the snow-face fell away and engulfed him. . . Keith, of Clydebank, near Glasgow, was among Britain’s top snowboarding instructors and he moved to the French resort of Chamonix in 2002. . . He lived with his wife of seven years, Melanie, 37, and two-year-old son Arren.
Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
[Link: Daily Record]
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When you’re $1 billion dollars in debt and you have a huge payment to European lenders coming due on June 30, 2009 you have to cut back: even on the annual report, according to a story in USA Today.
Every spring, Quiksilver’s (ZQK) investors could look forward to having a thick annual report land in their mailboxes, filled with colorful photos of tanned bodies and monster waves. Not this year. . . As part of cost cutting not only at the Southern California surf wear company but at many companies, the traditional printed annual report to shareholders is slimming down if not disappearing completely.
Every little bit counts. Wonder if they’ve ratcheted back on Fed Ex, too?
[Link: USA Today]
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Corey Smith’s new art show Air Superiority and Obsolete Dreams opens at Portland, Oregon’s Backspace Gallery May 7, 2009. And we’re pretty sure it’s going to be extremely arty.
Backspace Gallery, 115 NW 5th, Portland, OR May 7, 2009 6 PM.
[Link: Backspace Gallery via Yobeat]
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The action sports fashion retail story continues to be grim, but not as grim as analysts had predicted at Zumiez. Today the mall store reported that April sales were only down 13.8 percent versus last year.
Analysts, on average, had expected the same-store sales to fall 14.1%, according to Thomson Reuters. Total net sales for the four-week period ended May 2 decreased 1.7% to $23.8 million, said the specialty apparel retailer.
Not too bad, really.
[Link: Marketwatch.com]
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