JKL Worldwide Inc., a talent agency based in Tarzana, CA has filed a “fraud and breach-of-contract suit” against Rob & Big star Christopher “Big Black” Boykin.
According to the suit, Boykin was impressed by the work the company had done for the show’s skateboarder co-host, Rob Drydek, so he asked them early last year to help him with his own career. . . . With JKL’s help, Boykin, 36, entered into a new deal for the show’s third season “which significantly increased the monies he was paid the previous two seasons,” the suit states.
The raise was reportedly $163,750 more than the year before and JKL wants their piece of it.
Men’s Fitness recently did a short interview with Shaun White asking probing questions like, “What are the most played songs on your iPod,” and “How do you mentally prepare for contests?” But the funniest part was the photo that ran with the story.
The guy has long red hair, skinny jeans, and Shaun’s Target collection t-shirt, but something just isn’t right. Guess that’s what happens when you let jocks do the photo editing.
Everyone knows he grew up in Hawaii, but now there is video proof from the Associate Press that Barack Obama has some solid water skills. Now, if we could just get some spearfishing footie we’d know for sure.
We didn’t watch any of the X Games and had no plans to even mention them, but Danny Way on Late Night with David Letterman is just too good to pass up.
As if the ass ponies who “race” in the Gumball Rally 3000 need anything else (on top of all the money they blow on hanging out with “players” in their little jaunt across the West Coast and China), when the racers got to Las Vegas on August 11, 2008 they were each given a brand-new Nixon Watch as a “thank you” from race founder Maxmillion Cooper, according to a post on The Vegas Eye.
Guess even the over-paid (and poorly-aging b-list celebrities) need to occasionally know the correct time.
It’s nice that Nixon, Spy and Puma can help them out like that.
[Editors’ Note: Last month, surfer Brad Gerlach and the Beastie Boys’Mike D. joined the crew from Operation Amped at Zuma Beach to help teach some war-wounded veterans to surf. Boardistan surf correspondent Ben Marcus was there to see it all first hand. Here is his story.]
Mike D is living and breathing proof of the duality of man… the Jungian thing. He is, at the same time, one of the quietest and least quiet humans on this earth. As drum major for the Beastie Boys, Mike D is right up there with Jaco Pastorius, David Bowie, Wild Cherry and Average White Band for Funkiest White Man Ever. Mike D is the man behind the beats that have propelled the Beastie Boys into the hit machine that has mined more platinum than South Africa X Russia. Their first album, released in 1986, when platinum times nine and in just over 20 years they have sold over 20 million units. That’s a lot of units.
The Beastie Boys’ Body Movin’ was playing on Indie 103.1 at about 9:00 in the morning on Monday, July 21. In front of Tower 14, the Sicky Dicky tents were going up and there were a lot of surfboards scattered around as Operation Amped was setting up to take about a dozen injured war veterans out for a day in the surf.
Leaning against the seawall, the thin, quiet guy staring out to the ocean with eyes that seemed to know what they were looking for, was none other than Mike Diamond. By his own admission, “The name is D., y’all and I don’t play/And I can rock a block party ’til your hair turns grey/’So what you sayin?’/I explode on site/And like Jimmy Walker I’m Dynomite!”
But in civilian life, Mike Diamond is as quiet and unassuming as Mike D is “a special individual/Pulling out knots/pulling in residuals.”
In a new ad for HPShaun White cruises into a room in green jogging shorts only to find all his friends wearing Shaun White masks that they’ve printed out on their HP Printers. “This is part of Feed Company’s ongoing back-to-school online campaign for HP,” according to a story on AdGabber.
Yeah, seeing a couch full of Shaun’s is a little unsetting, if you ask us. And no, it doesn’t make us want to buy an HP printer. Then again, maybe it ties into the whole Crash Course with Shaun White.
Tony Hawk is taking his Stand Up For Skateparks show on the road this summer with the help of Activision. On August 10, 2008 he’s hitting New York City in the wallet with an event in Bridgehampton, New York.
This exciting event is the foundation’s exclusive, family-centric, action-sports carnival that features a Vert Demo with Tony Hawk and a cast of top skateboarders and BMX pros on Tony’s personal ramp, as well as games, food, auctions, and music. Proceeds from Activision Presents Stand Up For Skateparks help create free, quality public skateparks in low-income communities across the U.S.
Tickets to the event run from $150 for kids up to the $20,000 Platinum Package which includes 20 tickets/giftbags and a VIP reception with celebrities like: Lance Armstrong, Andre Agassi, Russell Simmons, Rob Dyrdek, Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jon Favreau, Mat Hoffman, Shaun White, Bobby Kotick, Bob McKnight, Ron Burkle (Surfer Pub’s owner), and Scott Greenstein.
That’s how we’d roll it. . . if we lived in Manhattan. Follow the link for all the details.
If it weren’t for the short list of genuine action sports heros who are schedule to attend the Ryan Sheckler X Games Celebrity Skins Game, the celebrity list would read something closer to a joke: So, Brody Jenner, Mia Hamm, Kevin Federline, Bode Miller, and Vern Troyer walk into a bar. . .
If you want to join Ricky Carmichael, Eric Koston, Sal Masekela, Dave Mirra and the boys, the cheapest foursome spots are going for $20,000. The Gold super VIP package requires a $50,000 donation. We think that package includes getting your balls washed by The Hills Star Audrina Patridge, but don’t quote us on that. (Damn, there we go again. Sorry.)
Golfing sucks, so if you’re going to golf, might as well do it for a good cause. And Ryan doesn’t have to do this stuff, but he does. And that’s pretty cool.
A little over a month ago April Margera (Bam’s Mother) wanted to do something nice for the local community so she put out a challenge:
Raise $200,000 for the Cares Food Network of Union Street in West Chester by Aug. 31. In return, Margera promised the top individual raiser a home-cooked meal at the Margera house, with the top-raising team earning a picnic at the home of Bam and his wife, Missy.
So far only two teams have signed up to raise money. April, you’re doing amazing work, but maybe the prize should be something that people actually want? We’re guessing (and it’s a completely uneducated guess) that West Chester has gotten more than it’s fill of the Margera family over the past few years.
JKL Worldwide Inc., a talent agency based in Tarzana, CA has filed a “fraud and breach-of-contract suit” against Rob & Big star Christopher “Big Black” Boykin.
