“Mike is the perfect person to capture the spirit of Dime,” says Haney, “with his rebellious ‘stand up for your family and by your friends’ attitude and always shooting straight from the heart. Mike and Dime are two peas in a pod—rock stars and legends in two different realms, but not so different…entwined with the same ferocious intensity and presence in each of their performances and, at the same time, they both bear the most genuine of gentle hearts… I am very honored to have Elephant Brand Skateboards represent another passion of Darrell’s—skating!”
If you liked Pantera, you’ll love this board apparently.
Walker Ryan shares the word on college (UCSD’s 50 spots), professional skateboarding, and life in general. Watch it and learn. And get ready for part two, because this is only part one.
Klen Laundry and the skate deck reclamation artists Timber have created a limited edition collab belt buckle made out of old skate decks called the Hostage.
With this new KLeN belt buckle made from old skate decks you’ll never be so excited to have a skateboard near your crotch! . . . Show off your love for skateboarding, recycling and all things KLeN.
This Olympic snowboarder doesn’t just spend time on snow-capped mountains; she crusades to save them. A key board member of Protect Our Winters, or POW, Bleiler engages the winter sports community and Congress to help combat climate change by advocating for regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. After all, if there’s no snow, there’s no snowboarding.
Because nothing is sexier than a easy to clean, BPA free, toxin free Alex water bottle.
“Fuck. You couldn’t pay me a million dollars to wear one of those logos on my forehead. Their shit is fucked. It’s cool for those guys; they make a lot of money. I despise logos and I think it’s contractual if you sign up for one of those things that every time you’re on your board you have to have one of their logos near or on your body; it’s kind of retarded. They make little stickers that look like your shirt tags and you’re supposed to put them on you. It’s retarded. I don’t understand the Nascar outfit. The whole race car uniform shit just blows my mind. But all those dudes are rich now so kudos to them.”
It seems to us that the toughest part about being a celebrity would be attending all the events that you have nothing to do with but have to attend because you’re a celebrity and there are celebrity photographers there to take your celebrity photo so it can be included on celebrity websites and celebrity TV shows.
Take last night for instance (April 18, 2012). Shaun White attended the premiere of a movie called Five-Year Engagement at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. He got all dressed up. He wore a black suit with a black tie. And smiled for the cameras standing next to Robert De Niro.
What could possibly bring Shaun White and Bobby De Niro together? Or, yeah. They’re both represented by Creative Artists Agency. Just think how stoked their agents are because being a celebrity and getting celebrity endorsements requires staying a celebrity. And the way you stay a celebrity is by attending celebrity events where there are celebrity photographers who take your photo so it can be included on celebrity websites and. . . Wait, did we say that already? What a vicious circle fame is.
We must be the last people on earth to have seen these plastic soldiers re-imagined as skateboarders. Hopefully AJ’s Toy Boarders will hurry up with his surf and snow models . . . click here to buy.
Sustainable Surf’sMichael Stewart and Kevin Whilden get profiled in Forbes Magazine for their work is attempting to green up the toxic surf industry.
The San Francisco social entrepreneurs aim to create an industry certification standard for environmentally friendly surfboards to give surfers, from pros to weekend wave warriors, a scientifically sound green choice. Surfboards are just a $150 million business in the U.S., but for Stewart and his San Clemente-based cofounder, Kevin Whilden, the iconic symbol of the sport is a Trojan horse to make the $7 billion surf industry and the lifestyles of millions of surfers more sustainable. “If we can green up the surfboard then we can green up surfers,” says Stewart, 42, a lifelong surfer who has spent his recent career evaluating the carbon footprint of everything from Motorola cellphones to Volkswagens.
South African professional bodyboarder David Lilienfeld, 20, died while riding waves with his brother and some friends at Caves (Near Kogel Bay) after getting hit by a reportedly four to five meter Great White shark, according to a story on News24.com.
Lillienfield was brought ashore by bystanders and friends, but was confirmed dead at the scene by rescue personnel. . . Following the incident, witnesses claim that up to 6 sharks could be seen in the area.
Our thoughts are with Lilienfeld’s family and friends.
