Kelly Slater appeared on the somnambulant CBS Sunday Morning news show on October 23, 2011. The six minute clip has all the now-cliche comparisons to Tiger Wood and Michael Jordan.
“He’s won so many times not even he can believe it,” the host says. And Slater replies: “It’s almost like it happened to someone else. I sort of hear it and it’s baffling to me.”
The interesting part is the piece is a sneak peek into the Kelly Slater Wave Company where Kelly is lending his name to another quixotic search for the perfect fake wave. Watch the clip to see.
The camera that switched up the entire perspective of action sports videography has just gotten super boost. The HD Hero2 from GoPro is now twice as powerful as the original version. Check these details:
Wearable and gear mountable, waterproof to 197′ (60m), capable of capturing professional full 170º wide angle 1080p video and 11 megapixel photos at a rate of 10 photos per second, the HD HERO2 is the world’s most versatile camera. It is simply the smallest, lightest, most powerful HD camera in the world for capturing and sharing immersive videos and photos of your favorite activities. Whether your goal is to capture a great day out with friends or you’re gunning for the cover of a magazine, the HD HERO2: Outdoor Edition can help you nail it and look like a HERO.
Yes, you heard that right: 10 still photos per second at 11 megapixels. And all this for only $299. Someday, we might even give one a test run. For all the details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
After a tie between Oklahoma City, Oklahoma’s Kyle Walker and Virginia Beach, Virginia’s Trevor Colden in the Volcom Damn Am Street Finals at Woodward West in Tehachipi, Californiaon Sunday, October 23, 2011, organizers had to step back to their second runs and that meant Walker took it for the second year in a row.
From the above footage from Saturday’s street recap it would seem that the extra drive out into the sticks kept the lurkers out and everyone got down to some serious skateboarding. Congrats. Follow the jump for full results [click to continue…]
Spike Jonze continues to do amazingly cool films at every turn. Here is his latest directorial work, a collab with handbag designer Olympia Le-Tantitled Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side). And no. It has nothing to do with skateboarding.
Videographer Dave Bergthold hit the road with the iPath team for some rock and rolling in the wilds of the American Southwest. It is only part 1 of iPath’s three-part Search and Enjoy tour. Just watch, you’ll see what we mean.
The four day International Skateboard Film Festival presented by Vans kicks off tonight (October 21, 2011) at Los Angeles California’s Downtown Independent Theater with a 3D Filmmaking Panel Discussion featuring director Ty Evans with screenings of Girl Skateboards’ Unbeleafable, Krooked’s Kook3d 3D DVD, and Red Bull’s Canvas 3D Skate.
A Film Festival dedicated to skateboarding solely, a festival rooting itself in the heart of the skateboard industry and aiming for the general audience had yet to become a reality. A skateboard film festival held in the City of Angels made perfect sense.
The skateboard film festival runs Friday, October 21 to Tuesday, October 25, 2011. For all the details click the flyer to see if full-size.
Burton’s skateboard company Alien Workshop just launched an attractive new Solo Series of Celtic Sea Salt decks featuring similar but different designs for Anthony Van Engelen, Dylan Rieder, Grant Taylor, Omar Salazar, Rob Dyrdek, Mikey Taylor, Tyler Bledsoe, and Jason Dill.
Since 1976, Celtic Sea Salt Brand Sea Salt has developed a reputation as one of the finest sea salts in the world. Artisan crafted and sustainably hand-harvested Celtic Sea Salt Brand provides a healthy and flavorful alternative to refined salt.
Sometimes we forget how deep the Alien ranks go. And we shouldn’t. The boards are reportedly in shops now.
On 11-1-11 Organica will release the world premiere of Walker Ryan’s pro video part in high definition on Facebook. Click here to be the first to view it. And, if you leave a comment you just might win one of Walker’s first pro boards. Like we didn’t see this coming. . .
Bobby Gumm, 41, was surfing with friends at Newport, Oregon’s South Beach on Thursday morning , October 20, 2011, when the water beneath them began churning, according to a story on KHON2.com.
The group was out for about an hour when Ron Clifford says he saw the water boil beneath them. . . “I saw the water churning up like there was a bunch of piranhas,” said Clifford. “All of a sudden I saw a dorsal fin that was at least two foot in length high and as I saw it the frenzy and stuff I saw the shark actually lift my friend up with the board and everything, it looked like an old geyser or something just lifted him out of the water about 10 feet.”
Gumm, who lost 23 inches of his surfboard to the shark, reportedly made it back to shore uninjured. “”He’s a great short boarder and he said he didn’t want to surf again and he was very blessed that he could see his kids now,” said Clifford.” We can understand why.
Kelly Slater appeared on the somnambulant CBS Sunday Morning news show on October 23, 2011. The six minute clip has all the now-cliche comparisons to Tiger Wood and Michael Jordan. 
