One of the most stylish halfpipe snowboarders of all time, Abe Teeter, has been battling cancer for more than 19 years and he could really use your help to pay for his costly medical care, according to his sister Olympian Hannah Teeter.
The financial burden of fighting cancer for so many years has been overwhelming. Abe has spent nearly everything he has on treatments, medications, and medical care, much of which has unfortunately been unsuccessful for him. Doctors across the country have been at a loss for how to treat Abe’s specific type of cancer and at this point, he simply does not have the financial means to pursue this next treatments on his own so we are reaching out for your help.
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Doctors at the University of California Irvine have discovered a new tumor that affects long-time surfers, according to a story in the California Post.
. . . the unusual lumps, called “liposurfomas,” in longtime surfers, who appear to develop them after years of repeatedly grinding their torsos against hard surfboards while paddling out. While the alarming masses can look like tumors, researchers say they appear to be benign — although they can grow larger with continued surfing.
Nice to add lumpy chest to the the eyes hazing over, and ears growing shut that we surfers must endure as we age. Ah, the sexy life of the waterman.
Dawn Patrol, our favorite surf tracking app for Apple Watch, has just dropped version 7 insuring total integration with Apple’s new OS 27 roll out (including the Duo fold), plus adding full support for Garmin watches if that’s more your thing.
Dawn Patrol now looks right at home on iPhone Duo, iPad and Mac using iPhone mirroring. On a wide screen, your surf map takes centre stage, with sessions, spots and boards right alongside it. Drill down from your worldwide surf map all the way to your single best-ever wave.
They’ve also reportedly created a “more visual, intuitive experience on iPhone, iPad and Watch, smarter heart-rate tracking, a new Apple Watch session recap, and a full Dawn Patrol surf-tracking experience on Garmin.”
We’re looking forward to the new session recap feature that will explain, in detail, all our soft-top wave dominating. For all the details on the updated app please click the link.
In a scathing motion Friday, Gaga’s attorneys say the star should not be forced to pay the huge legal bills ($232,484 in) she racked up beating that case. They say it was “never a legitimate lawsuit” but instead an improper effort to “capitalize on the fame and popularity of Lady Gaga” by suing her over the use of “a common dictionary word. . . A litigant should not be permitted to use the federal courts to launch a publicity stunt masquerading as a lawsuit against a high-profile artist,” Gaga’s attorney Orin Snyder writes in the filing, obtained and first reported by Billboard. “Nor should it be permitted to wield the machinery of litigation as a device for extracting a settlement that the merits cannot justify. This lawsuit was both.”
Once again Gaga and her team continue to underestimate both the pop cultural reach and ferocity of Lost Surfboards. We’re guessing this will not end easily nor early. For all the details, please click the link.
Having a 30-plus-year run as a sponsored rider, having a hand in building brands, and watching companies grow into what I felt was an unsustainable business model where more was never enough — now with 1910 we get to choose our own adventure,” Lynn says. “It’s the ultimate DIY journey. We’re using all of our collective experience, with the best of friends and the most talented, amazingly creative individuals, to build something that is ours to share with the world. Keeping the integrity and soul intact is our goal, and the opportunity to create an outerwear program with the highest standards of quality and function is a dream come true. We invite you to join us on this odyssey of awesomeness, and thank you for the support.”
If it’s good enough for Jamie, it’s alright by us. For all the details, please click the link.
Yes, it looks like Donna Carpenter is finally over being the CEO of her Burton Snowboards company and has turned the top spot over to former pizza oven CEO Denny Bruce, according to a press release posted on Vermont Business Magazine.
Bruce’s journey with Burton began more than two decades ago, when he served as the company’s Mid-Atlantic Brand Manager from 2003 to 2005. His return marks a full-circle moment in a career that has since spanned leadership roles across the industry. He went on to build a career scaling global consumer businesses and modernizing heritage brands, holding senior leadership roles at Vans, Skullcandy and Traeger. As Global Brand President of Dickies at VF Corporation, he led the transformation of the 100-year-old heritage brand across core and premium lifestyle channels. Most recently, as CEO of Gozney, he helped transform the company from a Europe-focused DTC business into a global omnichannel brand.
Yeah, we didn’t know what Gozney was either, but apparetly it’s the Yeti of pizza ovens: a well-branded maker of things no one really needs. This makes Bruce perfect for the Burton job in so many ways.
No better way to remember a skateboarding friend than to have a skatepark named in his memory. That’s what will be going down in Lincoln, Nebraska’s with the Kevin Wilkins Memorial Skateboard Park according to a story on KLIN.com.
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird announced Friday that the skatepark at Canopy Yard will be named the Kevin Wilkins Memorial Skatepark. Wilkins, 58, died of cancer Nov. 4, 2025. “Kevin wanted Lincoln to be a place where skateboarders could gather, where young people could find belonging and where people from different backgrounds could connect,” Gaylor Baird said. “Naming this skatepark in his honor recognizes both his extraordinary contributions to skateboarding and the deep commitment he had to Lincoln.”
Of course, we’d rather have Kevin still around giving us the occasional shit, but short of that this is quite proper.
After investigating the ski patroller avalanche death at Mammoth Mountain in 2025, Cal/OSHA has fined the resort more than $100,000, according to a story on NBC 4 Los Angeles.
Cal/OSHA issued Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, LLC, the company that owns and operates the Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort, three violations following an investigation into a 2025 avalanche that killed 30-year-old ski patroller Cole Murphy and left a second patroller seriously injured.
Mammoth Mountain, in a written statement, says they have “fully cooperated with the investigation” and are currently contesting the citations.
Steve Hawk, the former Surfer Magazine editor who once clowned us for reading Richard Russo on the beach at Old Man’s, has a novel out. His first. Nearshore. It’s a surf-noir thriller about nukes and surfing and Silicon Valley and we can’t wait to read it.
If you’d like to hear him discuss the new book, in person, with the godfather of surf-noir Kem Nunn, then tonight is the night (August 25. 2026). Camino Books in Del Mar, California is the place. Click here for all the details.
If you miss this one, and want to catch Steve at a different book store, click here for info on the rest of his book tour.
Yes, it looks like Donna Carpenter is finally over being the CEO of her Burton Snowboards company and has turned the top spot over to former pizza oven CEO Denny Bruce, according to a press release posted on 
No better way to remember a skateboarding friend than to have a skatepark named in his memory. That’s what will be going down in Lincoln, Nebraska’s with the Kevin Wilkins Memorial Skateboard Park according to a story on 
who once clowned us for reading Richard Russo on the beach at Old Man’s, has a novel out. His first. 
