by The Editors on January 13, 2010
Most who appreciate quality snowboard images already know Danny Zapalac. His photography always seems to capture snowboarding in ways we’ve never seen before. In his new book mile seventy eight, Danny has created a collection of images from a trip he took with friends in a 1989 Ford F 350 7.3 liter 4×4 Diesel named The Dreamer.
The book is 8 x 10 in and features 28 pages of hardbound, color offset printed beauty. There are only 500 in the run and they are only $30 each. We highly recommend buying one before they are gone. Click the link for more info.
[Link: mile seventy eight]
by The Editors on January 13, 2010
by The Editors on January 9, 2010
Nemo’s Trevor Graves and Terry Kidwell. Photo: Brooke Geery
Last night (January 8, 2010) the snowboarding world got together for the Portland stop of the I Am Snowboarding art show in honor of Jeff Anderson at Nemo HQ. YoBeat’s Brooke Geery was there and got all the pictures.
And as this was the only NW stop of I Am Snowboarding, pretty much everyone was there. Terry Kidwell, Dave Seoane, Jamie Lynn, the list goes on. Even Cobra Dog’s Cory Grove was enjoying reminiscing about the olden days when no one did double corks (on purpose) with the people he looked up to.
Sorry we missed it. We’ve figured out how to be two places at once, but we’re finding out it’s nearly impossible to be at four. Click the link for the rest of the story.
[Link: YoBeat]
by The Editors on January 5, 2010
Photographer Steve Sherman (photo editor of Surfer Magazine) will be taking his best photos on the road in Southern California this month and not only that, he’s going to share a little knowledge on how to get great photos. The tour begins Thursday January 7, 2010 at Surfride in Solana Beach. Don’t miss this.
by The Editors on November 29, 2009
Artist Evan Hecox has a show opening at Paris, France’s The Lazy Dog on December 3, 2009. The show titled Strange Nature runs through January 18, 2010. In translation it goes a little something like this:
Evan Hecox draws up the portrait of the gasoline of the city. Its works depict urban scenes or isolated elements, with a quasi kinematic treatment in its sharp contrasts and the abstraction. Hecox takes as a starting point its many voyages through America and Asia. It is fascinated by the complexity of the town landscapes and the unimportant “commuters” with the eye of the idler.
Galerie The Lazy Dog, 2 passage Thiere – 75011 Paris – France 0158309476
[Link: The Lazy Dog via Club Mumble]
by The Editors on November 19, 2009
GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus (a.k.a. Dave Brockie) is apparently a hardcore shred who, like all of us, wanted a pro model. It appears that Sined Snowboards has given him one according to a post on the oderus.com website:
That’s right, own a piece of rock and roll history with the very special limited edition (only 300 made) SINED/Dave Brockie snowboard. For those of you that don’t know it, Dave Brockie is one of the founding members of the grammy-nominated rock group band GWAR, and the malevolent mind and mouth behind GWAR’s supremely evil front-thing and FOX News intergalactic correspondent, ODERUS URUNGUS! But Brockie is much more…a writer (check out his blog at rvanews.com), an illustrator (check out his work at oderus.com) and an avid snowboarder! So when old buddy, huge GWAR fan, and ex-pro rider Ron Bureta got his own company going, the long-held idea of a Brockie snowboard finally became a reality.
The wait is finally over. . .
[Link: Oderus.com via Blabbermouth.net]
by The Editors on November 17, 2009
by The Editors on November 15, 2009
When it comes to images that capture the very beginning days of snowboarding, no one has a deeper file that photographer Bud Fawcett. Aside from publishing them in the occasional snowboard magazine history story, Fawcett has mostly kept the photos to himself. But according to his blog, that has recently changed.
After many years of avoiding personal requests for many of my snowboarding photos, I finally decided it’s easier to set up an online shop rather than spitting them out one-by-one on my inkjet printer. I just got the 5×7 proofs for a test and the quality is really good. The B&W’s look like the real thing. Check it out, maybe you need a Christmas present for yourself.
Thanks to the online setup some of snowboarding’s most iconic images are now available as t-shirts, mugs, and even 30×40 museum mounted prints. And yes, that includes the photo of Jeff Brushie putting the final nail in the GS coffin at the Op Pro at June Mountain.
[Link: Bud Fawcett Photos]
by The Editors on November 9, 2009
The California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica, California is presenting a show guest curated by “legendary Z-Boy Nathan Pratt.” Pratt is working with a pretty heavy crew on the project including:
Michael Trotter and advisory committee members Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom (Zephyr co-founders), Cris Dawson (1966 Hobie Champ), Z-Boys Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta, and 1980’s world champion Christian Hosoi, the exhibition traces the evolution of boards from pre-1950 to the present showcasing the riders, designers, artists, and manufacturers that created the California phenomenon known as the skateboard.
The show, which opens November 14, 2009, will feature 275 rare skateboards from the collections of “Jason Cohn, Dale Smith/Skate Designs Inc., Todd Huber/Skatelab Skatepark, Ray Flores, James Lang/South Bay Skates.” The exhibit will include film screenings, talks, photo exhibits and guest appearances and will run through May 30, 2010.
California Heritage Museum, 2612 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405.
[Link: California Heritage Museum]
by The Editors on November 9, 2009
