Element is offering a nice selection of hoodies at Costco this fall. For only $19.99 these seem perfect for those chilly back-to-school mornings.
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August 2009
Chris Cutri is an assistant professor in the communications department of Brigham Young University. That may seem like a strange place to make surf films, but being a little land-locked hasn’t stopped Cutri from turning out two solid surf films. His latest, Hanging Five, is showing Wednesday August 5, 2009 at the La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, California. Chris says:
I find that I’m interested in the peripheral elements of the surf culture. My second surf doc, Hanging Five follows five extremely talented artists and examines their work. It also tries to discover why the surf culture produces and supports the arts. The artists: Andy Davis, Tyler Warren, Julie Goldstein, Wolfgang Bloch, and Alex Knost.
[Link: Stake Dance Films via TransWorld Business]
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Two snowboarders, one “understood to be Winter Olympics double medallist” and another an Olympic hopeful are scheduled to appear in court next week in Wanaka New Zealand on charges of possessing the weed, according to a story in The Southland Times.
The pair, aged 26 and 21, were arrested in Wanaka on Saturday night after being stopped for random roadside breath testing. . . Sergeant Paul Crosswell, of Wanaka, said the pair were allegedly caught with “not an insignificant amount” of cannabis in their car. . . They will appear in the Queenstown District Court on Monday.
According to the New Zealand Herald “The maximum penalty for a conviction for possession of marijuana is three months’ jail and/or a NZ$500 fine (US$330),” or about the same fine as running a red light in LA. . . now let’s see. . . who is 26, American, and has two Olympic medals. . .
[Link: The Southland Times via Snowjournal.com]
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Ryan Sheckler sat down with Sports Illustrated’s Arash Markazi for a Q&A this weekend at the X Games and here’s what he had to say about his fans and haters:
My fans are the best fans in the world and my haters are the biggest haters in the world, and I love both of them. I [frigging] laugh at the haters. I laugh at them. It’s the most funny thing to see them. I try to put myself in their shoes and look at someone that’s doing way better than me and making way more money than me and I look at them and I’m proud of that guy. I’m happy for them. But the haters that are sitting there, running their mouth and talking [trash], they’ve never had to work for anything. They’ve never had the pressure of 100,000 people watching them. They’ve never been in that situation. So go do something productive with you life. Leave me the [heck] alone; I’m doing [stuff]. I got things to do with my life.
For the rest of the interview click the link.
[Link: Sports Illustrated]
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Ryan Manu Campbell, 30, of Queenstown, New Zealand died on Sunday August 2, 2009 while snowboarding with two close family members. One of the group triggered a category 2.5 avalanche at 5 PM near Coronet Peak and Campbell was buried, according to a story on Stuff.co.nz.
Campbell was buried under 2½ metres of snow. . . . His female companions raced to raise the alarm, and emergency alpine rescue services were sent to the area. . . Rescuers managed to free Mr Campbell yesterday afternoon, after almost two hours of frantic digging. . . He was given medical attention at the scene before being airlifted to Lakes District Hospital in Queenstown, where he was pronounced dead.
[Link: Stuff.co.nz]
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Jack Connerton, 50, of Anderson Township, Ohio was arrested this weekend for using a gun to steal a skateboard from an 11-year-old girl, according to a story on Cincinnati.com.
The alleged offense occurred Saturday on Cincinnati’s east side, court records state. The exact location and other details of the incident are not yet available. . . Connerton faces one count of aggravated robbery. He is scheduled to appear Monday in Hamilton County Municipal Court.
This may be the most pathetic crime we’ve ever heard of involving a skateboard. Luckily, no one was hurt.
[Link: Cincinnati.com]
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Australian skateboarding filmmaker Anthony Fricke, 22, was taken off life-support at the Gold Coast Hospital on Sunday, August 2, 2009, after head injuries suffered in an accident on Tweed Valley Way, according to a story in the Brisbane Times.
Police said Mr Fricker collided with a 28-year-old man as the pair were skating down a steep section of the highway, reaching speeds of 70kmh. . . The pair was with a small support crew filming a documentary Skate Australia: A Longboard Adventure Documentary. . . Mr Fricker had emergency neurosurgery at Gold Coast Hospital and was placed on life support. . . It was turned off yesterday morning, with his brother Ed and parents at his bedside.
According to the story Fricke was the creative mind behind the website Skate Australia. Our thoughts are with Fricke’s family and friends.
Follow the jump for the trailer for the film he was working on.
[Link: Brisbane Times]
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For those who have neither cable TV nor an interest in the X Games in general, we’ve compiled all the skateboarding results. . . We’d link you to the ESPN.com/Action site for more coverage, but visiting their web site will only end in confusion and annoyance. Trust us.
We were interesting to learn that with a bronze in vert, a fifth place the big air rail jam, and a silver in skatepark, Andy Mac became the most decorated skateboard athlete in X Games 15. How is that?
Follow the jump for all the results.
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It appears that Quiksilver has been given a little more time to get things straightened out, according to a release posted on Welt.de.
Quiksilver, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with its European banking partners to consolidate its European debt obligations, including previously uncommitted lines of credit, into a new committed 4-year facility consisting of €170 million in term loans, a letter of credit facility with a capacity of €40 million and a €58 million revolving line of credit. . . As part of a separate agreement, Societe Generale Bank & Trust, a member of the European bank group, has extended the maturity of a €50 million term loan due to mature in July 2010 until July 2013.
We wondered why the stock was going up this morning. For Bob McKnights somewhat simplified explanations on Quik’s current financial landscape, click here for his interview with TransWorld Business’ Josh Hunter.
[Link: Welt.de]
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Good writing is difficult work. It takes a skilled reporter like the New York Times’ Matt Higgins to come up with ledes as stunning irrelevant as the one that kicks off his story on the X Games Skate Park event.
In 1978, Steve Alba competed at the first professional pool skateboarding competition in Spring Valley, Calif., and won. On Sunday, in the final event of the X Games, Alba, 46, competed on the skateboard park Legends course, featuring pool elements, and finished ninth.
How is that for reaching? Read the rest for a nice New York Times overview of a skateboarding competition few of its readers even care about much less understand.
[Link: New York Times]
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