In a shockingly conservative veto California Governor Jerry Brown slammed the door on Senate Bill 105 that hoped to require helmets on the slopes for anyone under 18, according to a story in the Sacramento Bee.
Brown says in a veto message Wednesday that helmets provide protection, but parents can and should make good choices for their children without the state getting involved. . . The Democratic governor says “not every human problem deserves a law.”
And on that we have to agree. California voters likely hope this is an attitude Gov. Brown continues with in other areas as well.
Directly following his round two, heat four win over Bede Durbidge in the Quiksilver Pro New YorkBobby Martinez used his winner interview to speak his mind. Saying he has been a vocal critic of the ASP’s one world rankings in recent months would be an understatement and today Bobby made the following comments on the live webcast:
“First of all, I’d like to say (an the ASP are going to fine me) ‘cuz I don’t want to be a part of this fucking dumb wannabe tennis tour. All these pro surfers want to be tennis players. They want to do a halfway cutoff. How the fuck is somebody who’s not even competing against our caliber of surfers ahead of 100 of us on the one world ratings. They’ve never been here. They’ve never fucking made the right to surf against us, but now we’re ranked upon them. Come on now. That’s Bullshit. That’s why I ain’t going to these stupid contests no more. This is my last one because FTW, my sponsors is here and I just tell it like it is. This is my last one and I don’t like tennis. I don’t like the tour… Who gives a fuck? You know what I mean?”
Following this statement, the ASP invoked Article 151 from the official rule book to disqualify Martinez from the Quiksilver New York Pro. The rule states that “All Surfers, shall not AT ANY TIME damage the image of the sport of surfing.” If they do the ASP reserves the right to do pretty much anything they want. And since damaging the image of the sport is as vague as a rule can get, Article 151 can be easily used in almost any situation.
Without going into how unlikely it would be for the ASP to do something similar to a surfer who is sponsored by one of the major labels, or the surfers who have “damaged the image of surfing” in much more serious ways without being cited, Martinez probably could have gotten his point across without getting DQ’d. That said, he did it his way and it may go down as one of the best post contest interviews ever.
Follow the jump for the official correspondence from the ASP to Bobby Martinez. [click to continue…]
Ever wanted to lock up your skateboard to a bike rack after a roll to the store? Yeah, we never have either. But that hasn’t stopped San Diego, California inventor Tom Piszkin from coming up with the “Valet My Stick” skateboard lock, according to a story on First Coast News.
“Theaters don’t want skateboards in, restaurants don’t want skateboards in, a classroom gets cluttered with skateboards, so there are lots of places where they are starting to be restricted,” he says. . . Piszkin came up with the ideal solution. . . It’s like a bicycle cable lock, but with a loop big enough to go around the skateboard truck, or axle.
To quote the skater interviewed, “I never really actually thought about a skateboard lock.” And neither has anyone else.
Apparently, US Snowboard Team Alpine racer Vic Wild, 25, is planning to throw in the towel on the United States of America and race for Russia in the coming season, according to a story on Russia Today
Vic Wild, husband of Russia’s world champion in parallel slalom Alyona Zavarzina, has expressed a wish to compete for the Russian national team, says the head of the Russian skiing and snowboarding federation. . . “Currently we are preparing the papers to be admitted to the Russian citizenship. It’s hard to say now how long it will take,” Leonid Melnikov told the Sport-Express newspaper. “We are very interested in this athlete. He would add more competitiveness within the team. We know him as a professional and disciplined guy,” said Melnikov, adding that Wild has already begun learning Russian.
We guessing the US Team won’t mind all that much. Za vas, Vic.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 is shred movie night at the ThirtyTwo headquarters in Lake Forest, California. Ammo and Videograss’Shoot The Moon (click for the teaser) are premiering and there will be free food. What more can you ask for?
Ashbury has a new am. His name is Justin Fronius here he is in an edit by Working for the City’s Jon Stark. If we knew anything more about it, we’d tell you for sure.
In the running for irresponsible mother of the year is an Australian woman who towed her 14-year-old son behind her car until he was going so fast that he slammed hard enough to end up in the hospital, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Police said the the car made a right turn onto The Woods Circuit and the teenager became unsteady and fell onto the road. . . He was taken to St George Hospital with bruising, lacerations and soft tissue damage.
Well, at least her son didn’t die and she learned a little lesson about skateboard towing.
To those who thought the Quiksilver Pro New York would be a dismal, flat, failure this photo of Josh Kerr with his tail four feet out over Long Beach in round 1 is about as big a “I told you so” as Quiksilver’s Bob McKnight could have asked for. And with hurricane Katia powered surf set to build through Thursday it looks like New York could see some epic ASP World tour action after all.
Other than the waves there weren’t many surprises. Follow the jump for the full report.
It’s a set of shoe style we’ve never worn, but we know there are some people who’ll be after this limited edition Supra double pack featuring the Skytop II and the Society.
The uppers on both shoes are enveloped in varying shades of solemn, grey Nubuck, trimmed with black kidskin leather accents. Each style features a never-before-seen, single wrap, white honeycomb foxing, and a grey sole. Custom sock liners read, “Never Forget,” and each comes with an NYFD inspired hang tag. Only 413 pairs of each shoe were produced, and they are sequentially numbered on the interior of each shoe. Proceeds from the Commemorative Pack will be donated to charity.
The commemorative pack will be available at Suprafootwear.com and only nine shops worldwide. Follow the jump for more info. [click to continue…]
In a shockingly conservative veto California Governor Jerry Brown slammed the door on Senate Bill 105 that hoped to require helmets on the slopes for anyone under 18, according to a story in the Sacramento Bee.
