by The Editors on January 3, 2010
“We have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and support from Kevin’s friends, family, and fans from every corner of the world. We thank each and every one of you for your kind thoughts, messages and prayers. We would like to extend our most heartfelt thanks to Kevin’s doctors and nurses for all they have done and all they continue to do. Kevin is the most extraordinary and determined son any two parents could hope for and it is wonderful to see how loved he is.” —Pia and Simon Pearce
by The Editors on January 3, 2010
Three snowboarders have reportedly been arrested by Valais police for allegedly setting off an avalanche near Zermatt, Switzerland on Thursday, December 30, 2009 that caught a group of seven, including five children according to a story on Genevalunch.com.
The avalanche near Zermatt Thursday is reported by Le Matin to have been set off by three young men, ages 18-25, who were snowboarding off piste. The avalanche hit a groomed slope and caught seven people, including a group of five children, four of whom were buried. They were promptly dug out by nearby restaurant workers in the area and their companions. One, a 14-year-old, was treated for shock.
If found guilty the snowboarders could spend up to three years in prison for “obstructing a public path.”
[Link: Genevalunch]
by The Editors on January 3, 2010
It seems like forever since Michael Bellon started marketing his Ryan Sheckler Omnitec action figure. Now, the 37-year-old inventor has gotten his toy into some major retailers and is looking to expand with more skateboarders, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Bellon is hoping for a huge 2010. With the help of Bellon’s childhood friend and pro skateboarder Darin “Cookiehead” Jenkins, who is the Action Sports Toys ambassador, the toy line will grow to include Bucky Lasek and Steve Caballero, two big names on the pro skateboard tour. . . Jenkins was really excited by the toy’s potential but wanted to feel out his fellow skateboarders first. . . “If you approach them wrong, they will shut you down,” he said. . . When he had the opportunity to show the action figure to Caballero, Jenkins said he told him “everybody needs a Steve Caballero action figure.”
That may be true, but we think we’d have more fun with little Bucky.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on January 2, 2010
In a release this evening (January 2, 2010, 5 PM PT) from Kevin Pearce’s representatives at Mosaic Management we learned a couple new details of KP’s accident. Number one, he was wearing a helmet. And secondly, he hooked up on his toeside edge after completing the double cork, and third, that he still has a long way to go.
Here is what the doctors are saying:
. . . Holly Ledyard, M.D., a Neurointensivist (a physician with specialized education and training in critical neurological conditions) at University of Utah Health Care states….“Kevin sustained a severe traumatic brain injury. He is currently in intensive care and in critical condition, but stable and has not needed to undergone surgery at this time. He is intubated and being kept sedated. The focus over the next week will be watching for any swelling in his brain and keeping his brain pressure normal. Kevin has a long recovery ahead of him.”
To share positive thoughts with Kevin and his family and friends click here for the Well Wishes to our Frend Kevin Pearce facebook page. Follow the jump for the entire release.
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by The Editors on January 1, 2010
After reportedly being falsely linked to Terry Hardy and Matt Tinley rebel Slater Tour, ASP tour veterans Taj Burrow and Andy Irons may sue, according to a story in the Daily Telegraph.
ASP men’s world tour manager Renato Hickel yesterday dismissed rumours linking the world’s best surfers to the rebel tour. . . . Hickel told The Daily Telegraph Burrow, Irons, Smith and Reynolds were angry at being linked to the tour, which is being organised by Slater’s manager Terry Hardy and former US boxing promoter Matt Tinley. “A few of the managers are threatening legal action if it doesn’t stop,” Hickel said. “They are utilising their names without authorisation to promote a tour with no communication whatsoever. I know for a fact Taj was really upset because he was never contacted at all.”
And we thought this story would go away with 2009. . .
[Link: Daily Telegraph]
