Vanshas just released their freshened up Triple Crown of Surfing app Vans Live. The completely redesigned app is a super smooth upgrade from last year’s version. Vans Live allows iPhone and iPad users to catch all the live action, scoring, photos, surf forecasts, and heats on demand from all three jewels of the Triple Crown (men’s and women’s events) via both WI-FI and 3G.
Only on Vans Live can you follow the 28th Vans Triple Crown of Surfing presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, watching top-ranked pros such as Kelly Slater, Jordy Smith, Mick Fanning, Dane Reynolds and other vie for the coveted Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Title, valuable ASP world title points, and a potential world title showdown at the infamous Banzai Pipeline.
App creator Black Sun Productions has improved nearly every aspect of the since the first version appeared last year (click to see our original review). But our favorite feature (aside from it being free) is the push alert. They allow even the laziest surf fan to know exactly when the events are on. If the contest is live, users will get pinged and that alone is worth downloading the app. Click the link and be ready for the November 12, 2010 start of the Reef Pro from Haleiwa.
Not really sure why a snowboarder who is most accustom to racing down a fence-lined course would need a two-piece GPS unit with satellite texting capabilities, but that hasn’t stopped snowboardrcross double gold medalist Seth Wescott from stepping up as the new face of the Earthmate PN-60w with SPOT Satellite Communicator from DeLorme.
Among the plans for Wescott include his appearance as part of Team DeLorme at the upcoming 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, where he will discuss the many benefits of leading a healthy and active lifestyle and share his experiences as an outdoors enthusiast who uses a variety of technology. Wescott will also appear in a new DeLorme print advertising campaign scheduled for early 2011.
If you get any strange text messages from Seth this winter you’ll know why. Follow the jump for the complete details. [click to continue…]
We haven’t heard from former pro snowboarder (and “core sport marketing consultant”) Kris Jamieson for years and then out of nowhere he appears pitching the “newest innovation for your iPhone.” It’s called the Audioglove from Fadigear.
It’s an advanced case that actually increases your iPhone’s volume by 12 decibels (that’s a lot!). Get your order in now and we’ll ship you the first edition Audioglove with the JustUs logo.
The company reportedly has new Audioglove designs coming from Sage Bolyard, Cara-Beth Burnside, Kim Peterson, Dave Duncan and 10 designs from Pearl Jam. Yeah, guess all the elderly skaters need a little more volume and it’s much easier to carry around than this.
Recycled skateboard jewelry maker MapleXO by Lindsay Holmes has a limited run of 50 iphone 4 cases made from recycled skateboards, according to a post on Skate & Annoy.
The cases are being done in collaboration with bamboo iPhone casemakers Grove and are not yet available for purchase. Sign up on the MapleXO site if you’re into it and hopefully they’ll make enough for everyone.
Game development company Robomodo, the group responsible for Tony Hawk’s Ride and new Tony Hawk’s Shred game (and controller), has reportedly cut between 30 and 60 employees, according to a story on Kotaku.com.
Sources tell Kotaku that the layoffs were affected in some way by news that Tony Hawk publisher Activision had taken the franchise away from the developer. One source told us that a wrap party planned for Tony Hawk: Shred with the star attending was pushed back to November without notice prior to today’s layoffs.
If celebrities like Legally Blonde star Reese Witherspoon are down with Skullycandy headphones then they’ve got to be good, right?
Reese Witherspoon took a break on the set of This Means War yesterday, and between wardrobe changes she donned some seriously stylish Skullcandy headphones. Skullcandy is known for its amazing quality, which includes deep bass and crisp highs, so it’s no wonder the pint-sized star chose these over-the-ear cans that keep her music flowing.
Wonder if this post on Geek Sugar is a paid placement? Kind of sounds like it, no?
. . . a totally re-designed and enhanced version of the content from the mag that’s fully interactive. The image display is super vivid, its got exclusive embedded video, and the content flows like you’ve never seen in print. Navigation is simple, urging you to dig deeper into every issue. . . Swipe left and right to move among stories. Swipe down to read more. Jump between sections by swiping with two fingers, or through the pop-up Contents panel—just push up with two fingers at the bottom of the screen to access Contents and Issues. Tap the screen to make the text disappear and focus solely on the big, beautiful images. Tap it again to bring the text back.
The iPad is still too big and heavy for out tastes and you know what we think about magazine apps, but if there’s an iPad at your house, be sure to load this up and let us know how it looks. Issues are only $2.99 a piece, or nearly four times the price of a Zinio subscription to the same mag.
My colleague Nicole Kobie has a defunct Nabaztag rabbit sitting on her desk. . . Nevertheless, it’s a distinctive product and one that Goggles should have no problem identifying. Should. Inexplicably, it returned a search result for Burton snowboards. Verdict: miss.
Wonder what kinds of strange Google tricks Burton has been playing lately?
These new Isotoner Smart Touch Gloves make it possible to text and have obviously changed Sean Black’s life, but seriously, we’re not really interested in handling our electronic life-source while hanging 50 feet in the air with gloves on. They’re just too slippery. On the other hand, the Isotoner are on sale at JCPenny for $29.99.
When Rip Curl wanted to get that stop motion every angle photo look (made popular 10 years ago by The Matrix) for their Mirage boardies, their ad agency just picked up 52 Canon EOS cameras, put them on a big rack and fired away, according to a story on Cnet.
