Seems like everyone has a plan that involves getting people to give money via the crowd sourced funding site Kickstarter. Well, add Encinitas, California based super soul surf hippie site KorduroyTV. Here’s their pitch:
It has been two years since the launch Korduroy.TV and in that time we have independently produced over 200 shorts, 3 documentaries, and numerous events aimed at creating a new platform for independent surf culture. . . For a consistent flow of rad new shows over this next year we need to raise $18,000 USD to cover our video production, resources and labor costs in order for us to continue spreading digital aloha.
Those who enjoy their surf media served up in a painfully earnest, tragically hipster fashion (and we do mean fashion) click on over to Korduroy.tv’s Kickstarter page and ante up. A $25 pledge will get you a Korduroy Sticker Pack, New Tropi Treats Pineapple Snacks and limited edition “GOT DIGITAL ALOHA?” t-shirt.” Which isn’t a bad deal at all.
UK snowboarder Calum Paton has 50-50’d for 255.9 feet on a special rail built in a proped up refrigerator the Sno!Zone Milton Keynes. And for the he was awarded a Guinness Book of World Record for the “longest rail ever ridden on a snowboard.” The sad news is he didn’t make it to the end of the rail. For all the details (and a four-times too long video), follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Not really being into paying for lift tickets anymore this Prospecting Idaho clip of Josh Dirksen, Mike Basich, Spencer Cordovano, Pat Lee and Cory Smith riding in the backcountry got us to wondering if our Jones Snowboards Split Hovercraft is every going to arrive. . . anyone?
It appears Quiksilver is maximizing the marketing potential of their North Shore Quik House with a little online reality video programming. Here’s the first installment.
Last place US Snowboarding Grand Prix finalist Scotty Lago started his morning off right with a little sabotage on Luke Mitrani. Looks like it just might have backfired. . .
Sunday (December 11, 2011) was a big day in Los Angeles skateboarding thanks to the Real, Four Star and Nike SB. Yeah, the big news was that Ishod Wair is all pro. But there’s more. Here’s a little clip from Sebastian Estrada.
Don’t think that the major leaguers don’t pay their dues every single day of the week. Here’s a little behind the scenes from Nyjah Huston’s 24 rail in Rise & Shine.
Tony Hawk brings things back to some familiar terrain with the tease of his newest video game Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD. We’ve always loved that old warehouse with the vert ramp, the quarters around the edges, so it’s good to see it back in a more updated form. Yes, we’re looking forward to this. We bought our first Playstation for Tony Hawk Pro Skater, this new version may be reason enough to update.
Day one (Thursday, December 8, 20111) of the Billabong Pipeline Masters In Memory of Andy Irons was a reminiscent of the good old days of Pipeline contests when the waves were bombing, the surfers charging, and everyone was happy just to have survived their heat. As Kai Barger said following is first heat, “I was scared to death out there.”
While we enjoyed watching Kolohe Andino learn to survive on the fly in 13-foot Pipeline barrels the highlight of the day had to be John John Florence’s perfect 10 score in round two.
“I got that barrel right off of the takeoff and it pinched and I couldn’t see anything,” Florence said. “It was really sketchy and then I pulled in to that other barrel. It was fun. The waves were firing. It’s the best Pipe has been in so long. There are so many waves that people don’t really see. There are ones going underneath and wide ones, they’re just everywhere.”
The rest of the heats were mostly studies in how low surfers could score and yet still advance. The winner in the lowest scoring heat was Aamion Goodwin. In his Round 1 heat against Taylor Knox Goodwin advanced with a 2.20 to Knox’s 2.13. Round 2 Travis Logie advanced over Bruce Irons 3.57 to 2.70. More than anything the low scores showed just how mad it was in the Pipeline lineup.
Round 3 starts today with all the ASP hitters back in the mix. Joel Parkinson and Aamion Goodwin will kick off the day at 8 AM HST (10 AM PST). Kelly Slater gets in the water against Marcus Hickman in Heat 6. Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP plus video. [click to continue…]
