Never thought about surfing Beautiful British Columbia Canada? Watch Ben Gulliver’s new film Tipping Barrels and you just might change your mind.
‘Tipping Barrels’ is a unique combination of surfing and environmental journalism that follows surfers Arran and Reid Jackson on a trip into the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, where they learn more about the region and the issues confronting it.
It’s got surfing, hippies, bears, and camping. What more could you ask for?
686 is looking for a few good designers for this year’s Reclaim Project.
Have you always dreamed about being a designer? Do you live for snowboarding fashion? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then we want YOU to enter the second annual RECLAIM PROJECT, being held this year in the US and Europe at two separate and well-known tradeshows.
The three winning designers will win a trip to the SIA Show to compete on the show floor by creating a jacket out of reclaimed materials from the 686 factory. Click here for all the details or follow the jump for more. [click to continue…]
ASP Women’s World number two Sally Fitzgibbons drops her top and covers up with her hands for a saucy Stab Magazine photo shoot which appears in the Issue #53, according to a story in the Illawarra Mercury.
Stab Magazine editor Derek Rielly said such shoots were a sought-after rite of passage for female pro surfers because the magazine had a history of showing them in a “glamorous way”.
Apparently, no matter how talented a woman is, the world’s only real interest is in seeing her all dolled up and ready to reproduce.
And now for all to see: The Helgason’s full-length, rock hard, caffeinated high fructose corn sweetened snowboarding film: Sexual Snowboarding. The letter S will be in frame while this video is rolling.
Peter Starrs, 24, a Seattle, Washington skateboarder who reportedly moved to San Francisco a year ago has died after crashing his motorcycle in the early hours of Saturday, December 3, 2011, according to a story on the SF Appeal.
Starrs lost control of the motorcycle and crashed at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday on the ramp connecting westbound Highway 80 to southbound Highway 101, according to the California Highway Patrol. . . He was ejected from the bike, and was thrown off the highway onto surface streets below, CHP Officer Tony Tam said.
Virginia Beach, Virginia’s Trevor Colden (middle) edged Luke Hampton (left) and Evan Smith (right) to take the 2011 Tampa Am at the Skate Park of Tampa today (December 4, 2011). The rest of the results looked like this:
1. Trevor Colden
2, Luke Hampton
3. Evan Smith
4. Louie Lopez
5. Shawn Hale
6. Kevin Romar
7. Jeffrey Marshall
8. Ishod Wair
9. Chase Webb
10. Brodie Penrod
11. Tyson Bowerbank
12. Tommy Fynn
Follow the jump for the Best Trick results rest of the Awards: [click to continue…]
In front of 13,000 spectators who would probably do almost anything to get out of another afternoon at the factory, Norway’s Ulrik Badertscher whipped out a bs Indy grabbed 1260 Rodeo to take home an unknown about of US cash and 1,000 in Ticket To Ride points at the Oakley Shaun White Air & Style Beijing on December 3, 2011. Torstein Horgmo and Staale Sandbech finished second and third for a Norway podium clean up.
Air & Style’s Andrew Hourmont was over the moon:
“What a night: Spectacular sports, a crowd full of enthusiasm and great entertainment. That was a true Air & Style performance tonight at one of the world´s most beautiful stadiums. We are proud to have once again proven to be the world´s premier snowboarding stadium event. The emotion and interest we have encountered here from the media and the people shows that snowboarding is on the right track to become one of the major sports adored and followed by the passionate Chinese youth.”
Follow the jump for the official word and full results.
Apparently, Globe is introducing a new cruiser board line (that looks a lot like a Penny), although, we have to admit that was not the first thing we noticed about this particular edit.
Introducing Globe’s latest addition to its cruiser board line up – the Bantam. These may look like the boards of yesteryear, but they definitely are not. With a 30-day guarantee on the board and a lifetime guarantee on the trucks, the Globe Bantam Cruiser is not a toy. The board is stiffer, the trucks are wider and the components last longer than anything in the market.
Seriously, what can’t a crew of nearly naked teens sell these days?
Filmmaker Jack McCoy takes the Tron crew surfing in celebration of the first day of summer in Australia.
On summer’s eve, 17 Strongbow surfers descended on Bondi Beach in custom made glow-in-the-dark surfboards and wetsuits as an official “welcome to summer” for Strongbow. Channel 10’s Bondi Rescue lifeguards, Corey Oliver and Andrew Reid, were among the surfers taking part.
