Shepard Fairey could have some jail time coming after entering a plea of “guilty” in a criminal case with the Associated Press, according to a post on the LA Times Blog.
The artist pled guilty in a New York court to one count of criminal contempt for destroying documents, manufacturing evidence and other misconduct in his case involving his “Hope” poster of Barack Obama. . . Fairey admitted in 2009 to destroying documents and submitting false images in his legal battle with the AP.
Sounds like Shepard is going the Martha Stewart route. It wasn’t stealing the photo that got him, it was “destroying documents” and “manufacturing evidence.” According to the story, Fairey will be sentenced July 16, 2012 and could get 6 months is prison and a $5,000 fine.
Joshua Allen, a 24-year-old snowboarders from Tampa, Florida died Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Keystone Resort in Colorado after hitting a tree, according to a story on the Summit County Voice.
According to the Summit County Coroner, Allen, who was wearing a helmet, died of massive facial injuries and brain trauma. . . The coroner’s office reported the accident as a transfer case at 3:25 p.m., reporting that Allen was found in the trees on the intermediate Elk Run (pictured right) Sunday morning.
Just when we thought no one would even get close to 40-year-old Kelly Slater’s ridiculous 18.80 score that he reeled in in 10 minutes during his Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Round 1Heat 6 match up against Garrett Parkes and Kolohe Andino, along comes 2 John Florence in the final heat of the day to lay down a 19.60 against Damien Hobgood and Tiago Pires.
“Last night was my first time surfing at Snapper, it’s an amazing wave!” Florence said. “I knew there was some good ones out there, I was out at this time last night and I got a couple. I so happy right now, I was stoked to just get those two waves, but to win the heat with some good scores is even better. I’m having a lot of fun.”
As for there rest of the day we had these thoughts: No matter what is coming out of Dane Reynold’s head, the truth is he loves surfing contests once he gets in the water. He charged it against Adam Melling and Joel Parkinson but got stuff in the final minutes of their Round 1 Heat 5 match up. Dane will get another chance in Round 2 Heat 2 when he faces off against Taj Burrow. Jordy Smith is looking lean and mean, Owen Wright got off to a rough start but pulled it. But it’s all going to sort out in the next three rounds.
For the official word from the ASP and full mens and women’s’ Roxy Pro results follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Watching the Vans Bowl-A-Rama from Bondi Beach makes you think that boosting 7-foot-high airs out of the Bondi Bowl is easy. Back tails through the square corner? No problem. In fact, watch the pros flow the bowl for an afternoon and it will all seems simple, that is until you try doing that stuff the next time you’re in a pool, or realize that Bucky Lasek ended up in second place with Rune Glifberg in third because Pedro Barros is so good that he won the event for the third year in a row.
Crazy. Right? Follow the jump for the official word from the Bowl-A-Rama including full pro and masters results. [click to continue…]
As another reminder that summer in the Northern Hemisphere is right around the corner, Fox kicks down some of their newest bikinis from their Spring 2012 line. Nice and sandy, but sometimes the video cuts too quickly. Seriously.
The Roxy Pro Snapper Rocks is goes live on day one of the waiting period. The men’s Quiksilver Pro is on standby currently. There really isn’t one heat to miss on the women’s side. Courtney Conlogue is currently in the water with Malia Manuel and Silvana Lima in Heat 1.
“The swell has filled in this morning and there are some good waves coming through from behind the rock,” Rich Porta, ASP International Head Judge, said. “It’s about three-to-four foot with cross-shore winds and we expect conditions to improve throughout the day as the tide drops. Women’s Round 1 will start at 7:30am with Round 1 and the opening round of men’s competition on standby.”
Follow the jump for the Round 1 match ups and the official word from the ASP. [click to continue…]
Thanks to the magic of a round planet, the Vans Bowl-A-Rama Bondi on Saturday, February 25, 2012 actually begins on Friday afternoon in North America.
Watch a live webcast of the 8th Annual Vans Bowl-A-Rama Bondi this Friday, February 24 at 3:00 pm (PST)/6:00 pm (EST) in the States at www.vans.com/bowlarama to see the world’s best skateboarders battle it out for an unprecedented $80,000 AUD (more than $85,000 USD) at Australia’s infamous Bondi Beach. . . Viewers can also watch the event with the free, multi-platform Vans Live 2.0 app, available for download now on iTunes for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and for Android devices at Android Market place.
Skaters scheduled to compete include: Pedro Barros, Bucky Lasek, Anthony Furlong, Renton Millar, Kevin Kowlaski, Sky Siljeg, Curren Caples, Rune Glifberg, Rion Linderman, Alex Perelson, Omar Hassen, and more plus Masters skaters Steve Caballero, Jeff Grosso, Sasha Steinhorst and Eddie Elguera.
Who said the independent footwear industry is over. The Hundreds has just announced four new additions to their Spring 2012 footwear line and our favorite (of course) is the “extremely limited edition” Scully:
The Scully, featuring a Nubuck/ballistic nylon upper exterior, performance textile lined interior, and a foam padded tongue & collar with extra laces. The shoe also includes high quality performance molded PU insoles and a patterned rubber outsole.
Looks like a perfect shoe for creepin’. Creep, creep, creep.
THIS Los Angeles is opening their These Friends Three show tonight, Friday February 24, 2012 from 7 to 10 PM. The show features 100 pieces from 100 artists. Here are some of our friends who are included in the show:
Arlie Carstens, Chris Pastras, Cole Barash, Don Pendleton, Geoff McFetridge, Jared Eberhardt, and Natas Kaupas.
Billy Marks and Mike Vallely sit down with Erica Yary and Rob Brink at the Weekend Buzz table to talk balls. Billy Marks balls, Chet Childress balls, and Mike V.’s “old man balls. . . that really hang long and sway and shit.” If that doesn’t make you want to watch this clip we don’t know what will.
Shepard Fairey could have some jail time coming after entering a plea of “guilty” in a criminal case with the Associated Press, according to a post on the LA Times Blog.
