by The Editors on January 30, 2014
Spy is rolling out their reportedly “mood altering” lens technology in goggle form at the SIA Show in Denver, Colorado today (January 30, 2014).
“Happy Lens™ shook the sunglass market last year with its ingenuity, proving to be the biggest breakthrough in eyewear since polarized lenses,” says Travis Tomczak, SPY goggle line manager. “The addition of Happy Lens™ into our snow goggle line—as well as the recent acknowledgement from Wired.com for our Lock Steady™ lens change system—reaffirms that we’re a brand creating innovative products that are both stylish and have purpose.”
For the official word from Spy, follow the jump
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by The Editors on October 15, 2013
by The Editors on May 3, 2013
It’s good to know that the snowboard industry isn’t going to take all the economic gloom and doom laying down. . . in the sun. . . with a drink their tanned, relaxed hands.
No, with the help of the Snow Industries of America they took action and jetted off to Palm Springs this week to get some winter problems solved the old fashioned way: meetings, powerpoint presentations, poolside drinking, tanning, and good old bro-ing down, all under the auspices of The Committee of Snowboard Brands. Committee Chairman Mike West of 686 explains:
“From company founders to CEO’s, it was an honor to have key players from the snowboard community come together to discuss some major issues within the industry,” said Mike West, founder of 686, chairman of the SIA Snowboard Committee and member of the SIA Board of Directors. “Our discussions have led to taking the next steps on increasing participation through retention and allocating our resources towards increasing healthier sales in retail. Our goal is to work ON snowboarding instead of working IN snowboarding.”
For the complete list of industry problem solvers and the additional committees they’re going to form to solve even more snowboarding industry problems, please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on January 3, 2013
Brixton continues in its march toward surf world domination by signing Florida’s Oliver Kurtz and San Clemente, California’s Tanner Rozunko to the “Brixton Union.”
“Oliver is a very progressive surfer, from big waves to little waves, its always fun to watch him push his surfing,” said Brixton Co-founder and Brand Manager David Stoddard. “He has a strong work ethic, is creative and loves to travel and we’re really looking forward to working with him. . . Tanner is everything Brixton represents,” said Stoddard. “He’s a natural fit and we’re psyched to have such a talented person in the family.”
For the official word, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on September 12, 2012
Hey, just noticed there may have been something we missed at Surf Expo (shocking, right?). It was the Stokes Me Surf Contest at Typhoon Lagoon (not featured in the video above). Apparently, the contest raised $13,000 for the Stokes Me Challenge effort to raise money for 10 different SIMA Humanitarian Funds. And that’s good.
“While the Stokes Me Surf Contest proved to be a huge success, the main event is online at stokesME.org and will run next month, October 1-30,” explained SIMA Humanitarian Fund President and Surfline Vice President, Ross Garrett. “Thanks to Surf Expo and Sanuk, who carved out time during their event for our fundraiser, we had some fun, and started to raise some money for our 10 worthy humanitarian beneficiaries.”
Always nice to see the surf industry doing good things for people and partying at the same time. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on August 27, 2012
Mick Fanning pulled one out from the back seat in the finals of the 2012 Billabong Pro Tahiti as he edged Joel Parkinson 18.87 to 18.37. Parko got out early and scored is 18.37 with his first two waves. But Fanning kept his game face on and waited for his waves.
“It’s a 35 minute Final so I knew the waves were going to come,” Fanning said. “I just had to be patient. It’s Teahupo’o so it goes on and off. You can get two 10s in two minutes so I knew I just needed to keep my composure throughout the Final. Joel (Parkinson) is such an incredible surfer and he’s gotten so good out here. He raced out to an early lead and I knew I needed to focus on my own game plan. I got that good score about mid-heat and then was able to sell him when he had priority on one that didn’t pan out for him. The second wave was the one and it’s an incredible feeling to come back and get the win. I’m stoked.”
This win puts Fanning into the top spot on the ASP rankings ahead of Joel Parkinson, and 2 John Florence in third. For the official word from the ASP and complete results, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on August 27, 2012
The final day of the 2012 Bilalbong Pro Tahiti (August 27, 2012) is underway in firing Teahupo’o surf. Kelly Slater may be out, but Mick Fanning, C.J. Hobgood, Parko, and Gabriel Medina are already waiting in the finals to see who survives their Round 5 match-ups.
“Surf is coming through in the four-to-six foot (1.5 – 2 metro) range this morning and we’re fortunate enough to have the best conditions available for the final day,” Rich Porta, ASP International Head Judge, said. “We’ll be starting competition at 7am and will be running straight through to the Final. Good luck to all our competitors today.”
For the official word follow the jump and complete results from yesterday’s action. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on August 25, 2012
The 2012 Billabong Pro Tahiti will run tomorrow (Sunday August 26, 2012), not because of epic surf, but due to running out of days to lay (there have been eight so far if you’re counting). But it’s not all bad news–tomorrow, there should be a swell filling in.
Surfline, official forecasters for the Billabong Pro Tahiti, are calling for [a] new SW swell . . . this medium size SW ground swell will fill in further and be strongest on tomorrow. A larger and solid south swell will build rapidly over tomorrow afternoon and continue Monday. Strong East trades prevail through the weekend, shifting more ENE/NE on Monday and easing.
For the official word from the ASP and the Round 3 match-ups follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on April 2, 2012
Kelly Canyon, Idaho’s Jessika Jenson took $5,000 and the 2012 Billabong Flaunt It slopestyle finals at Sierra At Tahoe on Sunday, April 1, 2012. Breanna Strangeland took $700 in the rail jam.
Jenson locked down a switch 270 onto the gap-to down box, followed by a switch board slide 270 off the pole jam, to a cab 540 and finishing off with a big backside 540 off the final 50-foot jump. Jenson was followed by Lynn Neil from Jackson Hole, Wyoming in second place and California’s Rel Friedman in third place.
For the official word and full results from Billabong follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on January 13, 2012
Beginning January 21, 2012 Australia’s Burleigh Heads will play host to the to the final event on the 2011 ASP World Junior Tour, the Billabong World Junior Championships.
The Billabong World Junior Championships Gold Coast brings together the world’s top 45 male junior surfers (plus three wildcards) and the top 17 rated junior women’s surfers (plus one wildcard) from countries including Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Brazil, Japan, Tahiti, South Africa, France and Portugal.
For the official word follow the jump. [click to continue…]
