Twelve-year-old Tom Schaar goes one-half past the 900 with a 1080 on the MegaRamp at Woodward West. He’ll probably start double corking 12s next week, so don’t get too excited about this stop on the Schaar spin meter.
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The world’s hottest skateboard contest begins tomorrow (March 31, 2012) as Cowtown Skateboards presents the 2012 Phoenix Am. Qualifiers begin at 9 AM on Saturday and finals wrap up on Sunday at 1 PM. Between those two days is a desert load of parties, films, and you know the rest.
Can’t make it to Phoenix? You can watch it all online starting with the semi-finals at 11:30 AM on Sunday. Click here for a full schedule.
[Link: Phoenix Am]
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3×1 Founder and Designer Scott Morrison has partnered with fashion photographer Ben Watts to create a limited edition series of skateboards to help raise money for charities selected by the girls featured on the boards.
Lovely ladies Jessica Hart, Lake Bell, Elsa Hosk, Behati Prinsloo and Chanel Iman were shot in 3×1 jeans and little else for five board designs including 3×1’s logo along with Ben’s signature diamond motif and Hipstamatic lens borders. The set (400 USD), individual boards (100 USD) and 3×1’s selvedge denim bag are now available at 3×1.us, along with other stellar denim gear.
There’s just something about half naked girls on skateboards. . . oh, and good causes like Food on Foot, Polaris Project, Goods for Good and Keep A Child Alive. The boards will be officially unveiled on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 3×1 at 15 Mercer Street, NYC.
[Link: 3×1] [click to continue…]
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Part 2 of the US Open episode of Powder & Rails kicks off with a voice that sounds hauntingly familiar to us. “This thing goes off, it’s the biggest snowboarding competition in the world.” Yep, seems like only yesterday. . . click here to watch Part 1.
[Link: Vice.com]
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On Thursday, April 5, 2012 Russ Pope opens his first solo art show Tax Included at Laguna Beach, California’s AR4T Gallery.
On view will be Pope’s creative social commentary at the time of year when everyone has mixed feelings, tax season. . . Pope will present both 2-D and 3-D wood pieces, medium and large-sized paintings on canvas, and drawings on paper. With media that includes acrylic, ink and aerosol, Pope depicts characters and places that conjure images about our world today.
If you care about skateboarding and/or art don’t miss this. The opening reception begins at 6 PM, April 5, 2012. AR4T is located at 210 North Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, California.
[Link: AR4T Gallery]
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Colorful, plastic skateboarding company Penny Skateboards is kicking off their second year on the planet with a global 2012 product launch on April 1, 2012. Company ounder Ben Mackay say this new range is Penny’s “best work yet.”
Using their proven secret plastic formula as a base, Penny has now upgraded their components to offer riders an even more enjoyable way to cruise around town. Penny and Nickel completes will now come stock with premium custom Penny branded Abec7 bearings, newly refined powder coated trucks and will offer color-coded, heat treated “gum ball” hardware. Available in nine colors in both the 22-inch Penny and the larger 27-inch Nickel lines, consumers should have no trouble finding a color way that will best fit their style.
Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
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Nominees for the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards were announced today.
The winners will be announced at the invitation-only Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards party at the Grove Theater in Anaheim, California on May 4, 2012. The show will be webcast that night on YouTube’s Newtork A, and will be broadcast as a one-hour program on FUEL TV on Sunday, May 20 at 3 P.M. PT. This year’s event marks the 12th-annual edition of the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards, an event open to every qualified surfer at every break on every day of the year, so long as the action is captured by a video or still camera and submitted for judging by the XXL’s voting academy of expert surfers and lensmen.
We’re looking forward to seeing Nathan Fletcher walk away with a couple big checks. Click the link for all the nominees. [click to continue…]
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Ah, a theme song for young skateboarders from Arizona’s Weird Is the New Cool. Yeah, it’s got a bit of a hook. . .
[Link: Phoenix New Times]
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Travis Rice rolled up to Snow Summit Mountain in Big Bear, California on March 25, 2012 to ride with the kids at Stoked Mentoring’s final Snow Mentor Los Angeles session.
35 Stoked youth, 11 volunteers, two Stoked staff and a camera crew took a bus from Stoked Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles to Snow Summit Mountain in Big Bear, CA to snowboard for the day. Snow Mentors teach under-served youth life lessons through the process of learning to snowboard. The theme of the day for Snow Mentor was “reflection.” . . “We’re thrilled to have Travis Rice join the bus and snowboard with our kids.” says Steve Larosiliere, Stoked’s President. “Having the top snowboarder in the world share his passion for snowboarding and life lessons learned makes a tremendous impact for our kids.”
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Australian surfing legend Michael Peterson died today (March 29, 2012) after a heart attack at his home in Coolangatta, Australia, according to a story in The Age. He was 59.
Peterson will be remembered for being virtually unbeatable in competition in the early 1970s and for providing the defining image of the iconic surfing movie, Morning of the Earth, in 1971. . . The greatest tribute to the reclusive rebel from Coolangatta was delivered to his face by the world’s greatest surfer, Kelly Slater, who once told him: “You are better than me, MP.”
Stab Magazine says:
His story is one is one of rockstar-like status and one that is sure to endure: A volatile parallel with drugs and a unique and beautiful approach to riding waves. He may be most famously remembered for a car chase that required 35 cop cars to stop him, but more likely that classic cutback shot – surfing’s most iconic ever.
Our thoughts are with the family and friends who stood by him through it all.
[Link: The Age and Stab Mag] [click to continue…]
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