David Carrier Porcheron is traveling the globe preaching the POW gospel of winter protection with help from Spy Optics. A portion of the sales of DCP’s signature Zed goggle will go to Protect Our Winters.
“I have become aware of my impact on the planet in recent years and, a snowboarder, I appreciate being in nature so much—my career completely depends on it,” says DCP. “SPY and POW help me give back to the environment with a portion of sales of my signature snow goggle going to POW’s reinvestment with organizations that share our sustainability mission and focus.”
Winter does come in handy for snowboarding. . . Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
“I’m excited to be competing in the Search for the second year in a row,” said Perillo, “especially since this year it’s in California—my home state—which makes me even more excited to surf my hardest and try to take down a few of the world’s best surfers.”
Brady even gets to face Kelly Slater in Round 1.
The waiting period for the Rip Curl Pro Search begins Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Which reminds us, the paddle outs are going to be half the show. Follow the jump for the official word from Rip Curl. [click to continue…]
Williamsburg’s KCDC skate shop got a smooth write up in the New York Times last Thursday (September 22, 2011) and we missed it. Owner Amy Gunther did it well.
If KCDC’s name is cryptic (Ms. Gunther wouldn’t say what it means), its philosophy is simple: Nurture the skateboarding community, and it will nurture you, a symbiotic relationship that has flourished since the store opened in 2001, when Williamsburg was not as hip, or as safe. . . “We’ve grown organically,” Ms. Gunther, 37, said. “Skaters who used to come here as kids 10 years ago come back as adults today.”
In the words of LA Reid: Amy Gunther is the truth.
It was a crazy day of skating (and some debatable judging calls), but Andrew “The Boss” Reynolds soldiered through to the final, marching right over a ripping Jack Curtin, Manny Santiago, and finally Ronnie Creager to charge home with $160,000 in cash.
After the contest Reynolds sounded relieved. “I’m psyched,” he said. “I just tried my best and everybody has supported me. My friends were here, my mom was here. It was a good time.”
When he was asked what he plans on doing with his money, he showed he’s always the businessman. “I really don’t know. Maybe put it somewhere. Start skateboard companies, do stuff to my house, buy toys for my daughter.”
Pro Results
1. Andrew Reynolds $160,000
2. Ronnie Creager $40,000
3. Bastien Salabanzi $10,000
4. Manny Santiago $10,000
Beginning tomorrow (Saturday, September 3, 2011) at 9 AM PDT the Maloof Money Cup DC will be streaming the entire event live on their Youtube channel.
Watch the best Pro and Am skaters in the world compete on a brand new concrete plaza built to last in the heart of D.C. The top prize for the pro division is $160,000.
This is so much better than having to wait three days to watch Street League online. Thanks, Maloofs. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
The Maloof Money Cup announced it Pro and Am roster for the Washington, D.C. event September 3-4, 2011 at RFK Stadium’s Festival Grounds and it is stacked.
Geoff Rowley, Andrew Reynolds, and Dennis Busenitz on on the list, plus Greg Lutzka is going to defend his title going after what Maloof is calling the “richest purse in skateboarding.” Take that Street League. Top skaters from this even are going to Africa for the World Championships, apparently.
Skaters who finish in the top 16 based on combined scores from New York and D.C., will earn a spot on the Maloof All Pros, which was started by Joe Maloof this year to recognize the top skateboarders in the world, and send them to the Maloof Money Cup World Championships in Kimberley, South Africa Sept. 28-Oct 2.
Brazil’s Ricardo Dos Santos and Tahiti’s Heiarri Williams took the two wildcard spots in the Air Tahiti Nui VonZipper Trials at Teahupo’o. Dos Santos won the trials and Williams (who has won the trials twice before) finished in second place.
“I feel amazing, it’s been a long day of getting barrelled and having fun in front of friends. To qualify for the main event is the best thing that could have happened today, so for that I am so stoked. I’ve been here the last four years and training I don’t know what the conditions will be like next week, but I don’t care. I’m ready,” said Santos.
They don’t have Dane Reynolds but now DC Shoes can add Mitch Coleborn to the surf team where he will join Craig Anderson, Ry Craike, Clay Marzo, Marc Lacomare, Mark Healey, Reef McIntosh and Dillion Perillo.
The 24 year-old Australian native started surfing at the age of 10 in Maroochydore on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. Coleborn burst into the international surf scene in 2007 after winning back-to-back events and taking the 2007 Australasian Junior Ratings title. You may also recognize Mitch for his notable part in the most forward thinking surf movie to date, 2009’s Modern Collective.
David Carrier Porcheron is traveling the globe preaching the POW gospel of winter protection with help from Spy Optics. A portion of the sales of DCP’s signature Zed goggle will go to Protect Our Winters.
