Raen Optics has announced that surfer, explorer, and artist Thom Pringle as joined the company as it’s newest ambassador.
At 20, his creative thrust is perfectly aligned with the RAEN family according to Creative Director and Founder Justin Heit: “Thom’s love of fashion and his authentic perspective fuel a soft-spoken passion for surfing and the creative aesthetic we identify with personally. He’s a perfect fit.”
Hey, just noticed there may have been something we missed at Surf Expo (shocking, right?). It was the Stokes Me Surf Contest at Typhoon Lagoon (not featured in the video above). Apparently, the contest raised $13,000 for the Stokes Me Challenge effort to raise money for 10 different SIMA Humanitarian Funds. And that’s good.
“While the Stokes Me Surf Contest proved to be a huge success, the main event is online at stokesME.org and will run next month, October 1-30,” explained SIMA Humanitarian Fund President and Surfline Vice President, Ross Garrett. “Thanks to Surf Expo and Sanuk, who carved out time during their event for our fundraiser, we had some fun, and started to raise some money for our 10 worthy humanitarian beneficiaries.”
Always nice to see the surf industry doing good things for people and partying at the same time. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
With 28 days to go the Stanford guys behind Boosted Boards have already reached its $100,000 Kickstarter fundraising effort for their electric longboard They are calling this rig “the most practical longboard ever.”
That’s because in addition to being an amazing ride, it’s also the perfect last-mile vehicle. When it comes to short trips, you can finally stop worrying about parking, traffic, garages, gas stations, pedaling, bike locks, pushing, and hills. Run quick errands, commute to work, get around campus, or link up with public transit, up to 6 miles before recharging. But most importantly, you’ll enjoy the ride everyday.
Click the link for more info or to help fund one of nicest looking powered skateboards we’ve ever seen.
This week watch as Gary Rogers gets his helmet shoes polished with Gary Rogers Shoe Cleaner and yet still figures out a way to get blown away at the end. Nice work, Mr. Rogers.
For the past year Jake Blauvelt has been working on a film. It’s called Naturally. And he’s got one more year to work on it. Here is a little taste of what you can expect when his new shred flick launches in the fall of 2013.
Today at noon (PST) What Youth will premiere their little surfing film Dear Suburbia online and free for 12 hours. For those who haven’t made it to the Dear Suburbia tour (or live too far from the edges of the continent) this might be your only chance to see the film without dinging your iTunes account.
Here are the times around the world:
Your 12-hour screening window opens at …noon in California (Monday)…5 a.m. in Sydney (Tuesday) …9 p.m. in Hossegor (Monday) …4 p.m. in Florianópolis (Monday) …4 a.m. in Tokyo (Tuesday). . . It’s a one-time online premiere event for the project Dane, John John, Craig, Kolohe and the boys have been working on for a year.
Is there a gap between Jerry Hsu in real life and the gnar that showed up in Stay Gold? Did Louie Barletta put down Lance Mountain’s favorite video part? These questions and more get tossed out as Erica Yary and Rob Brink host away.
Chis Nieratko dives in on the Stereo Skateboards story with Chris Pastras and Jason Lee.
Pastras gives us a tour of his home town Metuchen, NJ and shows us some of his favorite old skate spots. Then the guys meet with Lee in the park to talk about how Stereo has evolved today from what it was originally. Lee shares his take on the return of Stereo, getting back into skating after his long hiatus and what he wants to accomplish working with the brand.
Volcom Snow is letting the kids do their own video parts with #IP2. And this is Daniel Brown’s turn. Here’s what VeeCo says about the project:
IP2 stands for “Individually Produced Parts” . Whereas, each rider has 100% control of the direction, action and content collected to produce their own part for Volcom’s 2012 Snow project. We identified the riding characteristics of our team, matched them up with a videographer and gave them the green light. We are excited to share their personalities, travel experiences and shit they pulled off this past season.
In addition to hitting the streets pretty hard, it appears that Mr. Brown also has a serious appreciation for hip-hop, weed and tittiies.
Feeling bad that you might miss something at Surf Expo this week? Well, here’s something we wish we missed from Boardworks Surf: it’s a Wake SUP Board. Forget the fact that if you’re surfing behind a boat you don’t need a paddle. Ignore the whole rope thing and there you are standing behind a boat with a paddle. We were, however, left with one question: was that Jeff Baldwin staring in a cameo eating scene?
