by The Editors on October 9, 2008
Video gamers willing to shop at Target and spend five dollars more for Ubisoft’s Shaun White Snowboarding video game are going to get some pretty cool in-game extras including the Target Mountain Boarding area, according to a story on Gamespot.com.
Along with the mountain, which brings the total number of scalable slopes to five, those who purchase the Shaun White Snowboarding Target edition will gain access to bonus moves, characters, and scenery. Capping off the bundle, the Target edition will include Target Chalet, “the real-life mountainside home where Shaun and his fellow Target athletes hang out with friends and family at the annual Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.”
Not really all that high a price to pay to support Shaun’s number one sponsor.
[Link: Game Spot]
by The Editors on October 6, 2008
by The Editors on October 6, 2008
These are the kinds of stories we don’t really think about all that much as we don’t obsessively follow pro ball sports like most industry marketing and sales dudes (they need something to talk about while sniffing each others asses).
Leo Maxam of the San Jose Mercury News wonders: with Kelly Slater’s 9th world title is he now officially in the running as the “most dominant athlete” in the world?
The “most dominant athlete” debate is a regular item on the agenda inside sports bars and on ESPN. The discussion invariably includes a small handful of usual suspects like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong and now Michael Phelps.
Truthfully, we couldn’t care less. If you do, click the link.
[Link: San Jose Mercury News]
by The Editors on September 22, 2008
Unfortunately, we were unable to make it over to the continent for the Quiksilver Pro France to see if Kelly can tie up number nine, but apparently Tony Hawk was because on Saturday night close to 10,000 people “packed the beach town’s main square” for a little demo from the Birdman.
People were packed onto rooftops, into alleyways on top of shoulders and anywhere they could find to see the world’s most legendary skater and an all star crew including Andy McDonald, Sergie Ventura and Kevin Staab, put on a show on the massive half pipe. It was utter chaos and mayhem but everyone loved.
And from the pictures, we’d have to believe it.
[Link: The Mountain And Wave]
by The Editors on September 15, 2008
Portfolio.com checked in with T. Hawk and he says he’s not afraid to “get his hands dirty.”
Tony Hawk is rich and chief executive of his own company, but that doesn’t mean he’s changed all that much from the skateboarding kid with a junk food diet. In fact, it’s something he says makes him a better C.E.O.
[Link: Portfolio.com]
by The Editors on September 5, 2008
The other day when we said that Virtue was ASR’s new trade show for jacked up shit, we didn’t mean street brawler and EliteXC fighter Kimbo Slice. The guy is so tough that we ran away after snapping this photo.
But we wonder if he’s making as much money as that guy on the right. We’re guessing no.
by The Editors on September 3, 2008
When Grant Boxall broke his neck surfing Western Australia, it was Taj Burrow who pulled him out. Boxall, who is now a paralympic rugby player in Bejing tells the whole story in the Sydney Morning Herald.
I went straight down and heard a crunch. I managed to get a few yells of help out. I tried to move my legs but nothing was happening. All the pain was in my head. I’d smashed it open. I was going under. I was panicking, it was all happening so quick. . . . Next thing I knew, this hand grabbed the scruff of my neck, or the back of my wettie, and ripped me back up. I was gulping air. It was Taj who grabbed me. He was saying, ‘Get on my board, try to get on my board.’ I was like, ‘I can’t, I can’t.’ It was just mayhem.”
Boxtall, who thought he was dying, was taken to the hospital by Taj and the boys. He’s been in a wheelchair since, but now he’s in the paralympics. All thanks to Taj.
[Link: Sydney Morning Herald]
by The Editors on September 3, 2008
We’ve always heard that the number one money-maker for aging pop stars is always the “Christmas Album.” Guess the same goes for aging Jackasses. On December 2, 2008 Bam Margera along with Warner Home Video will be releasing Bam Margera Presents: Where the #$&% is Santa? as a direct to video product. Here’s how they describe it:
Superstar skateboarder and prankster Bam Margera grabs Christmas by the bells and pushes it over the edge! Bam and his band of hardcore hooligans take a riotous, rowdy road trip to the Arctic Circle to bring home Santa Claus as a Christmas surprise for Bam’s wife Missy. With stops on the way to visit their favorite head-banging metal bands, and with a pair of Finnish bad boys as their unruly guides, Bam and the guys wreak gut-busting chaos wherever they go. This hilarious, gross-’em-out feature includes insane antics, a rockin’ soundtrack, and the wickedest yuletide skate-jam EVER.
Hmm, wonder why this wasn’t released in theaters?
[Link: BusinessWire]
by The Editors on September 2, 2008
Of course, we knew nothing would escape unscathed in the latest news from the McCain/Palin camp. Now, that we’ve all found out about who it was that impregnated Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter Bristol, the big question is, “What is he like?”
Well, Levi Johnston, 18, who obviously backs Billabong, described himself on his myspace page as follows:
‘I’m a f–kin’ redneck who likes to snowboard and ride dirt bikes. But I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing, shoot some s–t and just f–kin’ chillin’ I guess. Ya f–k with me I’ll kick ass.”
Makes us wonder if he’s a Transworld subscriber. If not, he probably should be.
[Link: Miami Herald and Gawker]
by The Editors on August 29, 2008
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s 12-year-old son Brandon Thomas (who seems like a really cool kid) got a little surf lesson at Bondi Beach yesterday while his mom is in Australia doing promo for her new show Pam: Girl On The Loose.
Must be nice to go surfing while your mom is out selling her wares.
[Link: Celebrity Baby Blog]
Video gamers willing to shop at Target and spend five dollars more for Ubisoft’s Shaun White Snowboarding video game are going to get some pretty cool in-game extras including the Target Mountain Boarding area, according to a story on Gamespot.com.
