Pro snowboarder Aaron Robinson was reportedly killed Tuesday, July 19, 2011 while riding in the backcountry near El Colorado, Chile, according to a story on ESPN/Action.
Arnau Fernández, the marketing manager at Valle Nevado, Chile, . . . said that Robinson was doing road laps in the area known as Santa Teresita when he fell and hit his head on rocks.
Robinson was the two-time winner of the North Face Masters Tour and was obviously no stranger to big mountain riding. Our thoughts are with his family (especially his brother Jason) and all of his friends.
Rome SDS’s full length snowboard film, The Shred Remains: A Film about the 100-Day Perspective will be released this fall featuring the shred stylings of LNP, MFR, Lucas Debari, Bjorn Leines, Stale Sandbech, Rusty Ockenden, Johnny Lazz, Will Lavigne, Marie Hucal, and the Am Army. As for now, here is a little taste, you know to make you want it even more.
ESPN has been kind enough to post the entire Street League Glendale, Arizona stop for our viewing please. If you missed it on Sunday, it is well worth watching. Nyjah is unstoppable. Part 1 is above, click here for Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.
Collier joined Scott Olivet, another recent addition to the Skullcandy board. . . Olivet is executive chairman of Lake Forest-based Red Digital Cinema Camera Co., which was started by Oakley Inc. founder Jim Jannard.
Skullcandy is becoming the host of a action businessman feeding frenzy. Must be that whole “going public on July 20, 2011” thing, huh?
Bob Burnquist is continuing the development of his Vista, California Mega-ramp complex with the addition of a new “Chipoltle Research Garden” according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
With the Chipotle Research Garden, the purpose is different. This new garden will not only provide food for Burnquist and his family but research data for Chipotle Mexican Grill, as the company will grow new varieties of tomatoes and bell peppers not used in its restaurants. Food from the garden also will be donated to a program for teenage mothers in Vista.
No one grows “green” sponsors better than Farmer Bob. What next, a new eco-house project sponsored by Home Depot?
There’s no surf in South Africa, so how about a little snowboarding with Nick Visconti, Curtis Woodman, Jason Robinson and Stevie Bell at Mt. Hood, Oregon where the winter never ends.
When we fell asleep last night the Billabong Pro J-Bay was on hold for a 7:30 AM call. And they went with the first six heats of round two. While contestable waves may have been a bit of a surprise, the results were not. Everyone advances or was eliminated as expected. Ace Buchan had the score of the morning with a 15.80 in his Heat 6 victory over Cory Lopez.
“It’s challenging out there with the inconsistency,” Buchan said. “We’re always in a tough spot when faced with less-than-stellar forecasts, and I think the guys understood that we had to get out there and battle one another. It might not be equal for all heats in a round or all rounds in a contest, but at least it’s equal between each guy in the heat.”
And yes, Kelly Slater missed his heat and is rolling into retirement hunting down perfect waves around the world.
In March, 2011 we mentioned that Bob and Cheryl Zider, the parents of 15-year-old snowboarder who died from snow suffocation while snowboarding at Tahoe, were holding a design competition to help find a binding that would have allowed their 15-year-old son Chris to separate from his snowboard after falling. They hope a new design could help save lives.
The Zider’s have now picked four finalists in the competition. Scott Nisbet, Brad Brinson, Thomas Trudel, and Adam Weisberg all have designs that they thing could win them the $10,000 prize. Click on their names to view the designs and let us know what you think in the comments. We’re not sure there’s anything in the designs to get all that excited about.
According to a story on MarketWatch.com, Greek Investments, an Athens, Greece based investment group run by Jorge and Panayotis Constantino now owns 30.45 percent of Pac Sun. But that’s not all.
The firm is now the biggest single shareholder in sun-and-surf-inspired teen retailer Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. and home-furnishings retailer Pier 1 Imports Inc., and is the second-largest in dining chain Ruby Tuesday Inc., according to FactSet Research. It also holds substantial stakes in restaurant chain Cosi Inc. and bank-holding company BFC Financial Corp. (BFCF).
They really know how to pick ’em, huh? Add this to the list of things we’ll never understand about PacSun.
The surfer with the highest heat score at the 2011 Billabong Pro J-Bay is going to get this $10,000 Nixon Watch. Not a bad incentive. After the first round of the event it appears that Jordy Smith is currently leading the WTA with his 16.87 over Sean Holmes and Adam Melling in Round 1, Heat 5. Follow the jump for more details. [click to continue…]
Pro snowboarder Aaron Robinson was reportedly killed Tuesday, July 19, 2011 while riding in the backcountry near El Colorado, Chile, according to a story on ESPN/Action.
