by The Editors on July 30, 2009
Next time you find yourself at The Standard Hotel without proper swimwear (sadly it’s still required at The Standard) you can simply cruise over to a vending machine and pick up a pair of Quik classic trunks or Quik binkini without even speaking to a human thanks to a new collab between the surf giant and the porny hotel chain.
In celebration of the bold attitudes and bright colors of the boardshort’s golden era, Quicksilver has partnered up with The Standard to reissue their original boardshorts from the 70s and 80s but with modern fits, fabrics and technolocy. . . The Standard boardshorts by Quiksilver and Quiksilver women’s bikini will be sold through the first ever boardshort/bikini vending machines located poolside at the Standard Hotels.
Wonder if they come with condoms in every pocket?
[Link: The Mountain and Wave and ShopStandard]
by The Editors on July 30, 2009
Zac Skyring, a 14-year-old surfer from New South Wales Australia was reportedly out for an early surf just south of Byron Bay when he was “thrown into the by the impact” of a “one-and-a-half-metre bronze whaler shark.” The hit punctured his wetsuit, but he later went to school according to a story in The Australian.
itness Neil Cameron told the ABC the teenager had several small puncture marks on his lower arm. . . .He says the boy and his father paddled back out to warn him other surfers of the danger. . . “His dad had the idea – he wanted to get him back in the water. Otherwise he reckoned … he’d never get him in the water again,” he said.
Oi! Oi! Oi!
[Link: The Australian]
by The Editors on July 28, 2009
Strange things going on at Richard Kevnin’s Hydrodynamica web blog including Carl Ekstrom shaping boards with no fins, Derek Hynd at Windansea on Sunday night, and looking forward into the past. Everything you know about surfing may be wrong. . .
[Link: Hyrdrodynamica]
by The Editors on July 28, 2009
We just purchased the Transworld Snowboarding Team Shoot Out video from the iTunes store. And while the Rome Team’s winning segment is well-worth the $4.99 in and of itself, we did get the feeling that we were paying money to watch 35 minutes of advertising. And in reality we were.
Borrowed from a similar sort of team competition that Transworld Skateboarding did previously in their print magazine, the Transworld Snowboarding Team Shoot Out video is really a promo video in four parts featuring teams from DC, Burton, Forum, and Rome (click for team bios via TWS). And yeah, it was kind of weird that of all the companies in the snowboard world this video would be 50 percent Burton, but we’re guessing that these were the only companies who bought into the concept of Transworld’s editorial/video package.
Each team, armed with a Transworld Snowboarding photographer, was allowed to do whatever they wanted to set up the best possible photo/video shoot. All the teams had to complete their builds and shoot in the same two week period each at a different resort. The teams then were to submit a five minute video and 10 images for the judges to rate. The five minutes videos were then compiled and released as the Team Shoot Out, while the still photos were used as editorial in Transworld’s print magazine.
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by The Editors on July 28, 2009
According to a press release posted on Thrasher Magazine’s website, Cliché Skateboards has been acquired by Dwindle Distribution. The France based skateboard manufacturer has been one of the few European grown companies to make its presence known in the rest of the world.
Cliché has always had a strong European presence, they have consistently put out quality video projects and carry a strong respect in the skateboarding community,” said Bod Boyle, president of Dwindle. “We are proud of what they have achieved and see a great opportunity for them to become a truly global brand under Dwindle’s worldwide infrastructure.
It’s a small globe after all. . . it’s a small, small globe.
[Link: Thrasher Magazine]
by The Editors on July 28, 2009
On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Tony Hawk will be in Hollywood at the new location of Madame Tussauds‘ next to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre for the unveiling of his new wax doppelgänger.
The wax palace opens Saturday and might be called a museum, but there is nothing quiet, staid, stuffy or old about it. It comes with all the trappings and 115 wax figures . . It’s an interactive bonanza. You can rub shoulders with figures, hug them, dress like them, take pictures with them, and sit or play with them.
Tony is quoted as saying he was “most impressed with the measurements that brought his scars to life in the wax.” Trippy.
[Link: Mercury News photo via @TonyHawk]
by The Editors on July 28, 2009
In mid September Tony Hawk will reportedly be joining Richard Petty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sugar Ray Leonard, Joe Namath, Jim Brown, Fuzzy Zoeller, Mike Ditka, Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, and Dr. J (among others) to play poker in the Sports Legends Challenge at the Atlantis Paradise Island resort and casino in the Bahamas.
“With the addition of Liddell, Couture, Hawk and Messier, we will enhance the experience for participants and entice a whole new audience of sports fans to be part of this event,” Bibbero said. “We’ve had an unbelievable response to this first-ever event. The support from the sports, poker and fan communities reinforces our vision to turn the Sports Legends Challenge into a series of worldwide events.”
We might have a hard time turning down an invitation to hang out in the Bahama’s with those guys, too, and we’re not even into team sports. Civilians who would like to gamble elbow to elbow with their heros need only pay $3,799 a person.
[Link: Tournament Guide Mag]
by The Editors on July 28, 2009
Skullcandy’s CEO Rick Alden is up for Entrepreneur of 2009 in a contest held by Entrepreneur magazine. He is up against four other CEO’s that you’ve never heard of (click here for Rick’s video bio)
“The greatest part of Skullcandy for me has been the association with an incredible team of employees. Being blessed to work with these people every day is the best part of the ride,” Alden stated. “I have a high opinion of the importance of entrepreneurship in America, so to be included with this caliber of other founders in the premier magazine for entrepreneurs is an insane honor.”
If you’d like to help Rick win, click here and vote by October 12, 2009. And if you’d like to see someone else to win, click here and vote from someone else.
[Link: Entrepreneur.com]
by The Editors on July 28, 2009
Last weekend it seemed like Hurley and Converse just couldn’t get enough of the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. Their logos where everywhere the event’s 500,000 visitors looked. But after seeing Nike’s numbers from the fiscal year which ended on May 31, 2009 it looks like Nike was simply playing into their strengths.
According to a story on Sports One Source Converse and Hurley were two of Nike’s brightest shining stars in an otherwise flat year.
Converse posted a 12.6% increase in revenues for the fiscal 2009 year, reaching $915.3 million for the year. . . Hurley revenues jumped 18.6% to $202.9 million for the year from $171.1 million in the prior year.
How’s that for beating the market?
[Link: Sports One Source]
by The Editors on July 27, 2009
Pro snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler and pro skater Lauren Perkins are joining pro baller Steve Nash, pro paintballer Johnny Perchak (and others) in backing a new website that reportedly will help people learn how to become pro athletes. The site, which launches Wednesday July 29, 2009 is called Makeitpro.com, according to a story on Forbes.com.
These optimists are launching MakeItPro.com July 29, a site targeted to young athletes, especially those not growing up in sports hotbeds, offering them sport-by-sport advice as well as a social network to help connect with coaches and recruiters.
Because we all know that by following a few tips from our favorite pros we all be living the good life in no time. God, we just hope Gretchen and Lauren are getting paid upfront. . .
[Link: Forbes.com]
