Landen Swanson, a 20-year-old skateboarder from Vista, California, died January 13, 2011 from injuries he sustained when he was hit-and-runned on January 9, 2012, according to a story on 10News.com.
Longtime family friend Staci Bevell told 10News media partner U-T San Diego the skateboarded was Landen Swanson. . . Swanson was taken off life support Friday when it was determined he had no brain activity so three of his organs could be donated, Bevell told the newspaper. . . A 35-year-old San Marcos man called authorities several hours after the incident and confessed to striking the skateboarder, authorities have said.
Our thoughts are with Swanson’s family and friends.
In the latest episode of Vans Surf LA video program surf coach Sean Johnson reminds us that there still are stoked surfers who drive for hours every day just to ride waves. Nice to be reminded how good we have it every once in a while, dude bro. Stoked.
From now until the end of January snowboarders with a season pass to any resort in California can show it at a Mountain High ticket window and get a lift ticket for only $25. Anytime. Sounds like one more reason for SoCal snowboards to say home the next few weeks and brush up on their acting. . .
Beginning January 21, 2012 Australia’s Burleigh Heads will play host to the to the final event on the 2011 ASP World Junior Tour, the Billabong World Junior Championships.
The Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast brings together the world’s top 45 male junior surfers (plus three wildcards) and the top 17 rated junior women’s surfers (plus one wildcard) from countries including Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Brazil, Japan, Tahiti, South Africa, France and Portugal.
Outerwear designers in Europe and Asia still have three more days to enter 686 and ISPO’s Reclaim Project.
For those interested participants living in Europe or Asia, join ISPO and 686 from January 29 ˆ February 1 for the design competition! . . . This contest will give three designers the opportunity to make an original outerwear garment from reclaimed materials, trims, and left over items from the 686 production facility. The contest will begin the opening morning of both shows but first, we have to find THREE qualified designers who can come show their stuff on the show floor.
The finalists will be blown to ISPO in Munich, Germany to create a master piece. For all the details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
We were going to type up a bunch of words about how great he is in the steeps, or all the lines he’s pioneered, or some of the crazy stories he’s told us over the years, but the truth is, Tom Burt is the raddest snowboarder ever. There we said it. Watch this episode of Power & Rails and and you’ll begin to get a better idea of what we’re talking about. Or, follow the jump and watch episode number two. [click to continue…]
After finishing up its biggest show ever at the Long Beach Convention Center, The Agenda Show lights up New York City January 23-24, 2011. Click the link for more details.
Mammoth Mountain has chiseled out a section of their website specifically for the park shred crowd. Called Mammoth Unbound (just like the terrain parks) the new “website” kicks down all the info on the parks, parties, and place to be both on and off the snow. Or, as Mammoth Mountain marketing says:
The dork box you’re staring at just got a whole lot cooler with the official launch of MammothUnbound.com. This all-new site contains everything skiers and snowboarders need to know about Mammoth, via a stunning new interface. . MammothUnbound.com is built largely around imagery. The stunning photos come from photographer Peter Morning, who last season was tasked with compiling a library of alluring images large enough to support an entirely new web site.
Now, if only this new website could magically coat the mountain in a blanket of real, deep, fresh snow then it would really be something. [click to continue…]
On January 17, 2012 Goggle/Youtube’s latest attempt at channeling quality content to high paying advertisers will launch across the web.
In the action space we have The Ride Channel from Tony Hawk Inc. (above), Network A, a joint venture between Wasserman Media Group and a company called Bedrocket, and then there is The Red Bull Channel which will likely feature a collection of all those “wild, crazy, unbelievable” videos your grandparents are constantly forwarding to you from Red Bull Media House.
Each channel was reportedly given $1 million against a share of future advertising earnings. Not exactly bubble money, but not that bad either. Without going to deeply into the logic right now, we’ll just say that we’re not exactly bullish on the whole old-media “network channel” concept. We are, however, looking forward to The Weekend Buzz featuring Rob Brink and Erica Yary. It will be on The Ride Channel and it looks good.
Ross Garrett (right) the former Director of Operations and Development for The Surfer’s Journal has been named Vice President of Surf Products for Surfline.com. Also joining the Surfline.com team in Huntington Beach, California is new Global Forecast Development Manager Mark Willis.
“Ross and Mark are each incredibly talented and well respected within the unique surfing and ocean-based meteorology markets we serve with Surfline and Buoyweather. We are excited to have them both hit the ground running to help continue to drive the growth of our products,” said CEO Jonno Wells.
Garrett and Willis will officially join Surfline on February 1, 2012. For more background on both, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Landen Swanson, a 20-year-old skateboarder from Vista, California, died January 13, 2011 from injuries he sustained when he was hit-and-runned on January 9, 2012, according to a story on 10News.com.
