This morning we sent out a mildly insulting tweet to let our followers know that the Quiksilver Pro New York had indeed kicked off with round one action. We mentioned that the waves were what “one would expect in New York.”
We were kind of expecting some of our East Coast followers to be pissed. But no. As only New Yorkers can do they fell all over themselves explaining how todays waves were really good and that it’s normally much, much worse. @philoSURFical went as far as calling us “wave spoiled cupcakes.” Okay, NYC surfers. You win. You have the worst waves in the world.
Luckily for all of us, this week has been blessed by Hurricane Katia (which is backing off a little, but still a Category 3) meaning the waves will likely be truly world class great for the finals later in the week.
The day after Irene stormed through New Jersey (August 28, 2011) a few Belmar Beach surfers decided that they couldn’t just watch all those waves go by unridden so they did what any surf starved Jersey boys would do: they made a run for it.
This collection includes a three-tee collaboration series with photographer Tobin Yelland, featuring three of the artist’s photos which seek to capture skateboarding lifestyle of the early ’90s.
We’re not exactly sure this LiquidRoam electric powered skateboard is exactly built for the current economic conditions, but if you have $2,875 dollars to spend on a skateboard, this may be the one to buy.
The RoamBoard Custom adds amazing color combinations that attract all the attention on the street! Bamboo deck construction provides additional carving feedback! Featuring a 36Volt, 10 Amp-hr Li Polymer battery pack, on board charger, 4 hour charge time, 450 watt DC motor, 3 l.e.d. fuel gauge on hand controller, charge cord included.
All that and a 15 MPH top speed and 12 mile range. You listening, Rob Dyrdek?
Laura Enever, Tyler Wright, and the girls roll up and send the boys packing in the short film LunchBreak by Fran Derham, according to a story in the Tweed Daily News.
“First Love gave us the idea to make a more drama-based film. It’s a four-minute short film, normally in surfing films you don’t get many story lines. It’s just music video after music video.” . . Ms Derham said the film will hopefully appeal to a mainstream audience and not just to the surfing elite.
Has a bit of an outsider feel, but definitely worth checking out.
It was a crazy day of skating (and some debatable judging calls), but Andrew “The Boss” Reynolds soldiered through to the final, marching right over a ripping Jack Curtin, Manny Santiago, and finally Ronnie Creager to charge home with $160,000 in cash.
After the contest Reynolds sounded relieved. “I’m psyched,” he said. “I just tried my best and everybody has supported me. My friends were here, my mom was here. It was a good time.”
When he was asked what he plans on doing with his money, he showed he’s always the businessman. “I really don’t know. Maybe put it somewhere. Start skateboard companies, do stuff to my house, buy toys for my daughter.”
Pro Results
1. Andrew Reynolds $160,000
2. Ronnie Creager $40,000
3. Bastien Salabanzi $10,000
4. Manny Santiago $10,000
The massive swell that hit Southern California over Labor Day weekend have already claimed the life of one surfer. Russ Yamada, 42, of Torrence, California was reportedly found “unresponsive near his surfboard” in the water at San Onofre at approximately 4:35 PM on Friday, September 3, 2011, according to a story in the North County Times.
He was taken to Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in San Clemente and declared dead. Waves up to about 8 feet were breaking on southwest-facing beaches yesterday.
Our thoughts are with Yamada’s family and friends.
“This acquisition represents a significant step for both Kooey and West in our strategy designed to accelerate growth in both businesses,” said Nikki Silverthorne, Director and Designer of Kooey. “We are now focused on seizing the opportunities in both local and international markets that this transaction has created for us. We are looking forward to delivering on the promise of this acquisition to build both brands exponentially and with speed.”
Kind of cool that the brand will remain a Western Australian company. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
A 21-year-old bodyboarder was killed by what was believed to be a white pointer shark today (Sunday, September 4, 2011) while riding waves with a friend in The Boneyards near Bunker Bay in Naturaliste, Western Australia, according to a story in WA Today.
Sergeant Anderson described those who pulled the victim from the water as courageous. “You’ve got to take your hat off to the young fellow who was surfing with him and his mate for bringing [the victim] ashore, the nature of his injuries was significant, it’s not something that even volunteer rescuers or emergency services like to see,” he said.
According to witnesses quoted in the story the bodyboarder was bitten in half at the waist. “”They were saying they were just two metres away from him. “From the waist down, it was just all gone.” Our thoughts are with the man’s family and friends.
