Nice to see someone put it down in clear and concise English. Isn’t it? Thanks, Rome. And we believe the same thing should apply to skateboarding and surfing as well.
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Eneliko “Liko” Smith, the man behind The Block snowboard hotels and the ensuing legal problems that arose regarding unpaid taxes, is back in the winter sports game while apparently continuing to work on the launch LV Air, an airline serving Las Vegas, Nevada.
Smith claims to have purchased Traverse City, Michigan’s Sugar Loaf Resort and plans to transform the 560-acre property into a “snowboarders’ Mecca” titled The RoK At Sugarloaf.
“This is the single biggest challenge of my life, I’m fortunate I was able to find partners that not only understand the risks involved at Sugar Loaf but also the complexity of reopening a resort that has been shuttered for over 10 years,” says Smith. “The key is getting down to bedrock on what’s required and then taking massive action…I will not let this resort waste away on my watch,” he says. “The residents and children in the region deserve a resort that will compete with others worldwide and The Rok is going to do just that.”
Some locals had been worried about Smith’s past issues, however, Smith promises “that tax payments will never be an issue again” because he “learned from that mistake.” The upside is we just may get another snowboarding reality TV show out of the deal. And that always was the best thing about The Block. For the official press release, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Former Transworld Snowboarding and Snowboarder Mag online editor and Skeleton Crew mastermind Evan LeFebvre has been named team manager for Adidas Snowboarding.
“I am extremely excited to be taking on this role; I seriously couldn’t be more psyched,” LeFebvre says. ” I’m a huge fan of everything adidas has been doing in skateboarding, so when I heard snow was happening I immediately wanted to be a part of it. That it’s actually going down, still seems unreal!”
Congrats, Evan. For the official word from Adidas Snowboarding, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Rip Curl founders Claw Warbrick and Brian Singer have apparently “stepped down” from the board of directors at Rip Curl ending 44 years behind the brand, according to a story on Business Day.
Documents filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission show Mr Warbrick and Mr Singer ceased being directors of Rip Curl International last month, although they will retain a very large interest in the future of the surf wear retailer with a combined 72 per cent stake.
Guess we’re not the only one who feel the surf fashion biz just isn’t that much fun anymore.
[Link: Business Day]
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Nyjah Huston puts down a backside 270 kickflip lipslide during practice in South Africa at the Maloof’s remaining skateboarding contest sponsored by Kumba Iron Ore mining.
[Editors’ Note: element’s Rob Brink pointed out that this is not a BS lipslide. It’s just a BS 270 Flip Lipslide. The post has been corrected to reflect the proper nomenclature.]
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Have any questions for Rome Snowboard’s Will Lavigne? He’ll be on the Facebook at 1 PM PST (4 PM EST) so all you West Coast kinder need to get to the computer lap, hide that phone, or just blaze the browser. The only cost to you is one Rome Facebook like. For all the infos click the link.
[Link: Rome Snowboards]
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Oh boy. Here it is! All 17 minutes of Burton’s banging’ “street” edit. Be amazed, be shocked, be inspired, and then go to your local snowboard shop and buy a bunch of Burton stuff just to show the company how much you appreciate their riders hitting all those monstrous flat walls just for you. . . get it on, bang a gong! Oh, and might we add the words “Ethan Deiss?” But we won’t give away the ender.
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Be amazed as Gigi Rüf, Marco Feichtner, Kalle Ohlson, Elias Elhardt, Fredrik Evensen, Sami Luhtanen, Werni Stock, Niels Schack and Martin Kalijola create stunning visual snowboarding stunts in the latest collection of edits from Pirate Movie Production.
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SacTown rockers Deftones (hey, what up Abe?) rolled out the official video for their new song Romantic Dreams and they’re not even in the edit. But skateboarder Jason Park is, according to a story on Loudwire.
“When we started this record cycle, we decided that we didn’t want to make any videos whatsoever,” Chino Moreno said. “They’re not much fun to make and they usually turn out pretty corny. But this was an idea that we were interested in because we’re all very keen skateboarders and we like the idea of marrying one of our songs to someone as talented as Jason Park.”
Makes sense. Let the music do the talking, or skateboarding in this case.
[Link: Loudwire]
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