Reed Exhibitions Swallows Capsule

by The Editors on January 6, 2014

Capsule LogoReed Exhibitions‘ appetite for trade shows is not flagging in the least. After purchasing the Agenda Show exactly a year ago (January 2, 2013) they’ve now announced that they have acquired the Capsule shows from BPMW for an undisclosed amount.

“We feel that Capsule is a great cultural fit with our growing fashion portfolio, and a great addition to what we’re doing with the AGENDA events” said Greg Topalian, Senior Vice President at Reed.  He added, “The team’s dedication to the feel, authenticity and respect for the market it serves has been, and will continue to be, the keys to Capsule’s success.”

The deal closed in late December 2013. Watch out Advanstar, Reed is coming for you. For the official word from Reed, follow the jump. [click to continue…]

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Shaun White And The Olympic Trick Wall

by The Editors on January 2, 2014

In business, barriers to entry are a good thing for well financed companies. Anything that can make it difficult for competitors is great. The same goes with Olympic snowboarding. Shaun White (with the help of GoPro) can spend a hundred grand to build and staff his own halfpipe, inflate an airbag, and spend a week just to add another 180 to his big trick rotation. That’s a pretty big wall to slam down in front of his competitors. Will it work? Guess we’ll all find out in Sochi (if the pipe doesn’t get destroyed in some terrorist plot).

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CCS Licenses Nyjah Huston

by The Editors on January 2, 2014

CCS, the mailorder action fashion company, has announced that they have now purchased the right to use Street League skateboarding wizard Nyjah Huston in their promotional/advertising activities. Mr. Huston will hopefully be handsomely rewarded in this transaction as he needs more fuel for his Audi. For the official word from CCS, follow the jump. [click to continue…]

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Behind Gretchen Bleiler’s Right Eye

by The Editors on December 26, 2013

Being Olympic season it’s very important to start telling the stories that will become headlines should a athlete win a medal. Here is Gretchen Bleiler’s pre-Olympic story: Vision. It lays out all the drama surrounding Bleiler’s brave return to competitive snowboarding after a serious eye injury.

Remember this story, because should Gretchen make it to the Sochi Games, you’ll be hearing it before each and every run she makes.

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Annie Boulanger’s Ripping Edit

by The Editors on December 26, 2013

Salomon Snowboards says it best when talking about Annie Boulanger’s riding:

With a calculated and calm demeanor, she broke away from the contest scene in the early days of her career and shifted focus to riding backcountry–an area of snowboarding largely dominated by men. Using Alaskan faces and BC cliff bands as her proving ground, Annie has crossed gender lines and today has become one of the most respected female riders out there.

We just watched this edit, and we agree.

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Len Jorgensen’s Last Year Riding

by The Editors on December 23, 2013

From the looks of this edit Len Jorgensen had a pretty good season. Hopefully, this year is going to be just as good. . . hey, mambo!

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Want A Good Book For Christmas?

by The Editors on December 20, 2013

Xmas Books

This is about as far as we’re going to go with the whole Christmas Gift Guide idea. Four books: two for people who like to read and two for people who like to look at pictures. Word books first.

Welcome To Paradise Now Go To Hell
by Chas Smith

In his debut book Welcome To Paradise, Now Go To Hell writer, editor, filmmaker, and handsome father Chas Smith weaves many of his best surf story lines into a tale of surfing (and violence) on the North Shore of Oahu. Its centerpiece is the story of Smith being verbally assaulted by world champion Mick Fanning and the shit-storm that his reporting of that incident caused. But there’s also more about surfing in general, the North Shore, Hawaiian history, and just how much Chas Smith the writer admires Chas Smith the man. We couldn’t stop turning the pages once we started and ended up reading it straight through. We guessing you will, too. It’s good.

TC
By Nick Carroll

This tell-all surf memoir is the “autobiography” of the two-time ASP world surfing champion Tom Carroll written by respected surf journalist and editor (and Tom’s brother) Nick Carroll. It’s a family book. It’s a surf book. Here’s the official pitch:

On the surface he was Tom Carroll, dreamer, cheeky grommet, brilliant surfer, Australian sporting hero, fitness fanatic, businessman, family man, big wave charger. Inside turned the terrible wheel of drug addiction, part family curse, part legacy of the footloose surf culture he’d done so much to legitimize. Tom’s family and friends struggled with him, kept his secrets, and looked on in anger and fear as the wheel began to grind him down. Then a window opened, but getting through it made charging Pipeline look like a piece of cake. This is the story of an unlikely moral education: of humility, family, damage, brotherhood, youth, stupidity, glory, single-mindedness, and surrender, and about the feeling of water moving under a surfboard, how it can bind past to present and make sense of lives.

For the picture books, follow the jump. [click to continue…]

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Vans Introspect #2: Jamie Lynn

by The Editors on December 20, 2013

We’re not just saying this to be down: we could listen to Jamie Lynn talk and watch him ride all day long. Here’s a short bit from Jamie at home and the Mt. Baker Banked Slalom. The secret? “Breathe and is to stay high through the corners.” Listen and remember.

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Surf Expo Parent Co. Sold For $335 Million

by The Editors on December 20, 2013

Surf ExpoProvidence Equity Partners, the owners of Surf Expo’s parent company GLM announced today that they have sold the company to the San Juan Capistrano, California based Emerald Expositions, Inc. for $335 million dollars according to a press release.

David Loechner, Chief Executive Officer of Emerald, said, “GLM is a truly outstanding tradeshow company with an exciting portfolio and an experienced and talented workforce. This acquisition expands upon our position as a leading tradeshow organizer in the United States. I am excited about the opportunities for customers and employees of both companies that will result from bringing these two high-quality portfolios together.”

Emerald, for those who have lost track, is the company that owns Outdoor Retailer, Interbike, and a long list of design trade shows. For the official word from Surf Expo, follow the jump. [click to continue…]

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Matt Devino Working To Define Snowboarding

by The Editors on December 20, 2013

Filmmaker Matt Devino is biting off a pretty big hunk of snowboard philosophy with the feature length self-funded documentary he’s been working on. It’s called “Definition: Snowboarding” Here’s how he describes the project:

Snowboarding will be an in-depth look at all of the genres of Snowboarding through the eyes of Pro Riders and non-pros alike. I aim to create film that both the general public and the hardcore snowboarder will enjoy, and to share all of the amazing aspects of riding instead of the homogenized X-Games/halfpipe riding most people are familiar with. Ultimately I want to inspire new people to go snowboarding for the first time, and reinvigorate current riders to get out there and enjoy their boards more often.

So what is snowboarding exactly? Our answer would make a pretty short film: it’s fun. There. One word. Discussion is over. Luckily, Matt is going to take it a little deeper (or in Nick Visconti’s case way, way deeper). If you’d like to help Matt this project done, click here and help him out.

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