On August 21, 2009 just a week after Lucas Magoon went down with a head injury, Celtek designer Dave Doman went down with a similar injury while skateboarding in San Celemente, California, according to the Celtek website.
Doman was rushed to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, where he is currently in a medically induced coma, recovering from his injuries. Things are looking positive, but it’s going to be a long road to recovery. . . Hanging out in the ICU isn’t cheap so we are offering this poster and t-shirt featuring Dave’s original art to help raise some funds. 100% of the proceeds of the sale will go to help Dave with his recovery expenses.
It’s a good thing to do, not to mention a nice graphic T.
The New York Times Magazine tells the story of Spike Jonze and his latest film Where The Wild Things Are. Writer Saki Knafo has written the best story we’ve ever read about Spike, and we’ve read them all. It’s long, but well worth it.
Sean Cliver had us with the “free vodka,” but here is the rest of the book signing info via Mr. Cliver:
So I finally got around to setting up a book release party for my latest effort, The Disposable Skateboard Bible. Please check out the attached flier for details, but the shorthand gist of it is that the party/signing will take place on the night of Thurs., Sept. 10th, from 7-10pm at the HUF LA store (410 N. Fairfax, LA, CA 90036). Free vodka!
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon has had a series of skateable scenery over the years. In 2003 the set for Lorca In A Green Dress featured a perfect miniramp with one side that went up to 14 feet of vert. That thing kept us distracted for most of the play.
Backstage spy shot of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival production of All’s Well That Ends Well, as shot by Abraham Hyatt, shortly before he got the boot.
Anyone into Shakespeare and skateboarding will find much to keep them busy in Ashland, Oregon pretty much any time of the year.
Sometimes it’s good to leave the house and travel to Orange County. The Greg Weaver Art Show may be one of those times. August 28, 2009 from 6-10 PM at Hurley Headquarters, 1945 Placentia Ave Costa Mesa,CA.
Smile On Your Brother is a traveling art show and auction (the first contributor project) “conceived by Mike Giles and Annie Lam and co-curated by Bob Kronbauer of www.clubmumble.com fame.” The show is raising money to provide 100 skateboards to disadvantaged youth across Canada.
The auction, which began yesterday and continues until October 20, 2009, features what organizers are calling “the original shape of skateboards when they first hit the market” featuring art by skateboarding artist and “those affected by the skateboarding industry.”
Participating artists include: Thomas Campbell, Randy Laybourne, Dave Carnie, Don Pendleton, Chris Pastras, Andy Jenkins, Andrew Pommier, Bob Kronbauer and more (click here for the full list).
The art show will hit six shops in Canada (starting at Live Stock Vancouver Aug. 24-26, 2009).
We always thought Altamont was a great name for a clothing company. Not because of the huge 1969 concert where a Hell’s Angel stabbed and killed a gun-toting meth head while the Rolling Stones played on, but because it is a nice word. Altamont. It just sounds good.
Now, Andrew Reynolds and and crew are going deeper into Altamont “the event” with a collaboration with photographer Bill Owens. His photos captured the concert at Altamont like no one else and now those same photos are on Altamont clothing. We’re not really down with the whole summer of love hippie thing, nor do we want any of them on our t-shirts, but the photos are amazing works of art.
Chris Cutri is an assistant professor in the communications department of Brigham Young University. That may seem like a strange place to make surf films, but being a little land-locked hasn’t stopped Cutri from turning out two solid surf films. His latest, Hanging Five, is showing Wednesday August 5, 2009 at the La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, California. Chris says:
I find that I’m interested in the peripheral elements of the surf culture. My second surf doc, Hanging Five follows five extremely talented artists and examines their work. It also tries to discover why the surf culture produces and supports the arts. The artists: Andy Davis, Tyler Warren, Julie Goldstein, Wolfgang Bloch, and Alex Knost.
At first we were wondering why designer Klaud Wasiak called his lastest car design the Volcom Chariot, but then we read the fine print:
. . . it boasts a relaxed state of mind that neglects pressure of work and focuses towards interaction within a social environment, more specifically the beach. the chariot is edgy and sporty with a very unique style, the same characteristics that are evident in volcom’s clothing and accessories.
Ah, so that’s it. Wonder how Volcom’s designers feel about that?
When photographer Chris Bickford, 42, wanted to capture what it was like to surf and live in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina he went with black and white and no experience shooting surfing, according to a story on the New York Times Lens blog.
“I struggled, but that basically worked to my advantage,” Mr. Bickford said. “If I had shot the tack-sharp images you see in surf magazines, there wouldn’t have been anything interesting about it.”
Blurry photos were so artful. Click the link to view the entire slideshow.
On August 21, 2009 just a week after Lucas Magoon went down with a head injury, Celtek designer Dave Doman went down with a similar injury while skateboarding in San Celemente, California, according to the Celtek website.
