The International Association of Skateboard Companies will be holding an open board meeting at ASR on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 3 PM in upstairs room #3. Among other things the board will be discussing the new Consumer Protection Safety Commissions new lead laws and what effect they will have on the skateboarding business.
They will also explain what they have been doing to “lessen the effects on your business.”
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Looking for a place to escape the ASR downstairs scene? Check out the DC Chill Zone Lounge in Room 17 on the Mezzanine. And on Thursday September 10, 2009, catch the $1,000 Grind For Life High Ollie Challenge from 4-6 PM.
[Link: Grind For Life]
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Occasionally, Tony Hawk comes face to face with the realities of his ubiquity. Today, while viewing the September 5, 2009 BC comic strip was one of them, according to Tony’s Twitter feed:
My “how did I get here?” moment if the day.
[Link: BC Comic via @tonyhawk]
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People magazine is reporting that Louie Vito “is stoked” to be blogging for them during his time on Dancing With The Stars. Starting September 21, 2009 we can all tune in each week for more of this:
So when I found out I was going to be doing a blog on my experiences on DWTS, I was stoked. Then I started to think, ‘What am I going to write about that would make people interested?’ Well, first let’s start with who I am:. . . I’m a pro snowboarder and I absolutely LOVE what I do. I’ve been snowboarding ever since I was 5- or 6-years-old. This December and January, I am going to be trying out for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Just making the Olympics for the U.S. is a feat in itself. So, right now I have been trying to get in shape and strong for the upcoming snowboard season and practice, and do what I need to do for DWTS, which brings us to the show …
Damnit, Louie. You’re playing the celebrity game so earnestly that we find it hard to even make fun of you.
[Link: People Magazine]
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Trent Bush has deeper roots in snowboarding that most. Along with his twin brother Troy, Trent has seen every phase of snowboarding from the inside.
Amazingly, he has avoided getting jaded and has continually been able to reinvent himself for the times. He and Troy have had their own outerwear lines several times, and designed outerwear for Burton. Most recently they partnered to found Brandbase, the company that operates Tech 9, Nomis, and Sound.
Shayboarder interviewed Trent to get the background on all things Bush. It’s definitely worth the read.
[Link: Shayboarder.com]
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Celebrity gossip site TMZ got a copy of the original MTV contract with Ryan Sheckler for the first year of his reality show Life of Ryan. TMZ thinks he was overpaid, but it doesn’t really seem like it to us.
The docs show that when Sheckler was 17-years-old, dude was making $9,617.70 an episode for his reality show “Life of Ryan.” . . The docs had to be signed by his guardian and the president of his company, Ryan Sheckler Inc — both of whom happen to be his mom. . . . But Ryan wasn’t the only kid from his family cashin’ in — his brothers Kane and Shane also got paid for their sidekick roles, each were $1,500 a show.
There were eight episodes in season one so that means Ryan made $76,941.6 for having his life blown out on MTV. Aside from the fact that the show was basically an ad for Ryan Sheckler, Inc. it doesn’t seem like all the much for a hit MTV show.
[Link: TMZ.com]
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Jeff Clark announced that he would no longer be working with Maverick’s Surf Ventures on his blog on June 26, 2009. Now, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Bruce Jenkins reminds everyone that Jeff is still gone.
The Maverick’s big-wave contest is moving forward as a democracy, without Jeff Clark. Everything is in place but the legendary surfer’s blessing, in the wake of a tempestuous summer behind the scenes.
Organizers have announced that this year the ultimate decision and whether to hold the contest or not will be left up to the surfers themselves. Though Clark has been officially invited to be the 25th surfer in this year’s event, he’s still not happy about the way things have turned out.
“I’ve tried to hold my tongue,” he said, quietly. “But it’s just wrong. Surfing is a way of life; it’s a spirit. To have a contest run by people who don’t understand the sport – it’s just not cool. That’s really all I’d like to say right now.”
We hear you, Jeff.
[Link: San Francisco Chronicle]
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Here’s a little teaser from Updown Mag‘s upcoming Nate Bozung interview (out Oct.5, 2009). From the sounds of this clip, he didn’t save a whole lot for the print magazine.
[Link: Updown Magazine]
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Not that it’s the kind of ranking that anyone but a short-seller would be happy about, but Quiksilver topped out on The Wall Street Journal’s NYSE Biggest Percentage Decliners ranking list for the day of September 4, 2009 with a drop of 17.48 percent.
Apparently the market wasn’t too stoked about the company’s projected $6.2 million loss for Q4, according to the Orange County Business Journal.
[Link: Wall Street Journal and Orange County Business Journal]
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After reading retail and brand specialist Bertrand Pellegrin’s (pictured right) new book Branding the Man: Why Men are the Next Frontier in Frashion Retail, SF Gate men’s fashion writer Aaron Britt went out with the man himeself to find San Francisco best men’s shopping environment. Their favorite: Mollusk Surf Shop at 4500 Irving St.
The large, open space felt immediately authentic, charmingly quirky and instantly right. The breadth of merchandise, sunny, smart and ineffably Californian aesthetic made you want to flop down on one of the couches to peruse a book of photographs or sneak into one of the hidden gallery spaces to check out the preponderance of art displayed. Owner John McCambridge did much of the design himself, and the homespun, design-school-meets-driftwood-collector vibe is altogether enchanting. . . Pellegrin called it one of the best new retail environments he’d seen in the Bay Area in years. “For a fraction of the cost most retailers spend on interior design,” he said, “Mollusk not only communicates its story but offers an environment that somehow doesn’t even feel like a store. It’s a state of mind. . . “I went back and a surfer walked in with his board, barefoot, wet and sandy and no one batted an eye. Now that’s authentic.”
Guess as a retailer you can’t really get a better review that this. Then again, if someone like Bertrand Pellegrin like’s your shop you have to wonder a little, don’t you?
[Link: SF Gate]
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