Snowboarders Kevin Jones and Travis Rice get to feel superior to Andy Irons for a day of powder at Targhee Cat Ski and some park riding at Jackson Hole. We doubt they’ll return the favor by paddling out at Teahupoo any time soon.

Investigators are looking for anyone who had contact with an accused child molester named Richard “Butch” Guillen who reportedly acted as a surf and skateboarding coach in Southern California during the 80s and 90s, according to a story on 760KFMB.

From 1980 to 1995 Guillen spent his time between Orange County and San Diego County as a Coach for youth baseball and skateboarding. He also coached surfing in Imperial and Huntington Beach. . . Investigators confiscated a computer Guillen’s home. Almost 8,000 photos of kids playing different sports were found on the hard drive.

Anyone with information about Guillen is urged to contact Sacramento County, Child Abuse Bureau Detective, Darin Pometta at (916) 874-5203, or e-mail at dpometta@sacsheriff.com and reference Richard “Butch” Guillen or SSD report #10-49943.

[Link: 760KFMB and KTLA]

It makes perfect sense for Sean Penn. The guy who stared as Jeff Spicoli and narrated Dogtown and Z-Boys returns to his Hollywood surf roots to play the alpha male of the Paskowitz clan, Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, in a biopic that he will produce, according to a story in Variety.

Penn will produce a film based on the eccentric Paskowitz and his family and is eyeing the untitled project as a starring vehicle. Alan and Gabe Polsky, who recently produced the Werner Herzog-helmed “Bad Lieutenant” reboot, are also on board to produce.

Wonder who will play Jonathan?

[Link: Variety]

Orange 21, the parent company of Spy Optic today announced the creation of their newest division: music. And Fran Richards finally gets to put his enormous CD/music collection to work.

No other subculture has the amazing power to communicate and permeate so many different types of hearts and minds as music,” says Stone Douglass, CEO. “Investing in the Music Division completes a circle in our portfolio of lifestyle brands and we expect it to be a great fit.” . . . Orange 21 has appointed Fran Richards, current VP of Marketing for Orange 21, to the new position of Vice President of Business Development and head of the new Music Division.

Fran has already hooked up a joint partner ship with Mary J Blige and Interscope Geffen A&M Records‘ Jimmy Iovine (the guy behind Monster’s Beats by Dr. Dre headphones) for Melodies by MJB which he says is “a luxurious range of high-end acetate and metal frames inspired by Mary’s own passion for sunglasses.”

Ms. Blige does appear to wear them well. . . follow the jump for all the details.
Continue reading ‘Orange 21 Dances To The Music’

Here we thought Billabong was busy buying RVCA and then they announce that they’ve just purchased West 49, the Canadian action mall retailer (the Zumiez of Canada) for $94.3 million, according to a story on Reuters.

The company said the acquisition of the 138 primarily mall-based retail outlets operated by West 49 will help boost its earnings in 2011. . . .”West 49 is a complementary business and promises to be an ideal Canadian distribution platform for Billabong to showcase its brands and extend its reach,” Billabong Chief Executive Derek O’Neill said in a statement.

In a Globe & Mail story West 49 CEO Sam Baio explained the sale like this:

“It makes sense today for powerful brands like Billabong to own retail stores,” Mr. Baio, who will remain chief executive officer of West 49, said in an interview. “I think we could safely say that we would want to grow the exposure of Billabong stores. We would definitely expand the Billabong concept into markets we’re not in yet.”

Way to own the channel. . .To recap Billabong’s retail march they now own: Beach Works, Honolua Surf Company, most of Australia’s Surfstitch.com, all of Swell.com, Becker Surf, plus their Billabong branded stores.

[Link: Reuters via Sports One Source and Globe & Mail]

Walker Ryan and friends had a pretty rough go tonight (June 28, 2010) at The Shuffl Video premiere in San Diego. First, they could only invite 160 of their friends, then before they could even show the video the manager of the Pearl Hotel called the cops.

“We had too many people in here,” one bar tender said. “They were over-running the place. There was a crowd out front, people were sneaking in through the kitchen, the back door, and coming in through the windows. So we’re clearing the place out.”

Not that the final Shuffl video edits were even done. While the cops were flushing the crowd from the poolside bar downstairs, the finishing touches were being applied to the video upstairs in a hotel room edit suite. After most had left the hotel quieted down, and within minutes up came the title credits and an applause from the thinned out crowd.

It was well worth the wait. The Shuffl video features standout parts by David Cole, Austin Kanfoush, Walker Ryan, and Tom Remillard and included loads of cameos (check it out and you’ll see what we mean).

As soon as last credit rolled the cops strolled back in and pressed everyone out the front door a second time. It was nice to see our tax dollars going to help hotels regulate their own tiny bars.

Watch The Shuffl Video when you can and follow the jump for more photos.

Continue reading ‘The 5-0 Shuffl At The Pearl’

Billabong’s Ante Up went down yesterday (June 26, 2010) on the glacier at Blackcomb while the US team was getting whooped in South Africa by Ghana.

Apparently the top three results looked something like this:

1. Sebastien Toutant (CAN)
2. Matts Kulisek (CAN)
3. Mark McMorris (CAN)

Wonder when the Billabong Canada snow dudes are going to update their “official site” with the full results or anything else suggesting the event even happened? For NuuLife Cinema’s version click here via TWS.

[Link: Ante Up and TTR World Tour]
Continue reading ‘Billabong Ante Up In TTRvision’

A Pacific Beach, California surfer who paddled out at Crystal Pier yesterday morning (June 25, 2010) found the body of a man floating in the surf, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The man, who was wearing bathing trunks over a short-sleeved spring wet suit, was pulled from the water around 6:40 a.m. . . No surfboard was found. The man was not carrying any identification, although he did have a key that could have been a hotel key, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque. . . The surfer told lifeguards he found the man floating face down in the surf line. . . The man was described as white, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 250 pounds.

We’ve been bumped by a dead seal before, and that creeped us out for weeks.

[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]

We’ve been rocking these Spy Kubriks for a couple months now and they are the smoothest, most official, quality sunglasses we’ve had in quite some time. They keep the shining sun away without forcing us to keep our eyes wide shut and Lolita says they make even the ugliest man look like Barry Lyndon. Plus, it appears that Wade Goodall likes them, and he’s no Dr. Strangelove.

[Link: Spy Optic]

Walker Ryan’s video joint the Shuffl Video will be premiering in San Diego on Monday, June 28, 2010 at Point Loma’s retro-modern swanky Pearl Hotel, according to a post on The Skateboard Mag.

There is a limited capacity for this showing, and tickets will be exclusively available at certain shops in the San Diego area. The second premiere is going to be held at Utility Boardshop on Thursday, July 1st at 7pm. Everyone is welcome to that one!?

The Shuffl features Austin Kanfoush, Dave Abair, David Cole, John Lupfer, Paul Sewell, Ryan Harris, Walker Ryan, and Tom Remillard. Bring some inflatables and watch it from the pool. Show starts at 8 PM.

[Link: The Skateboard Mag]