by The Editors on September 23, 2013
If you want to know how the 10th Annual Hot Dawgs & Handrails at Bear Mountain went down and how Tommy Gesme won then whole thing, then check out Mary Walsh’s story on Snowboardermag.com. It’s good.
[Link: Snowboarder Mag]
by The Editors on September 23, 2013
If you didn’t make it to Fallen Footwear’s Road Less Traveled premiere last weekend, don’t worry. Erica Yary and the Ride Channel was there to do it for you. And, chances are, she’s a little better a talking to all the right people than you are. She’s definitely better at it than we are.
by The Editors on September 23, 2013
Purdue University nuclear engineering student Joe Carabetta is one of growing number of Americans who apparently feel that exerting any physical power whatsoever to move his body through space is simply too hard. Why exercise when you can let the magic of electricity do the work for you? That may be one of the unstated reasons he and a friend created the Kickr electric skateboard, according to a story in USA Today.
Kickr is a modular skateboard attachment that has transformed Carabetta’s Original carving longboard into an electric board that can reach speeds up to 25 mph. The product name also is the name of the company. . . When you step on a custom throttle pad, the device sends a signal to the motor that spins the wheel. The motor assembly employs a truck axle to connect to the skateboard. The device can adjust to multiple wheel sizes.
Carabetta and his partner think they can sell the motors for $400 a piece and that’s much cheaper than a little rascal.
[Link: USA Today]
by The Editors on September 23, 2013
by The Editors on September 20, 2013
This little edit of the “S-Walker Board” it packed up to the windows with wrong. List them out in the comments if you don’t have anything else planned for the weekend. . .
by The Editors on September 20, 2013

If it’s fall then that means it time for the 10th Annual Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails event at Southern California’s Bear Mountain. Forty of the world’s top rail slayers will congregate in Big Bear, California on Saturday September 21, 2013 to help kick off the 2013-14 winter season.
The men’s first place winner will be awarded $10,000 and the women’s first place will take home $1,000. The jibber with the best trick will take home $500. Both men and women’s first place finishers and the best trick winner will be presented with one-of-a-kind, customized iPad Minis, which will serve as their digital trophy. Provided courtesy of Fusion of Ideas, the iPad Minis will display the digital checks and head shots of winners. These winners will also take home go-pro cameras customized by Fusion of Ideas.
The event is free to the public. Gates open at 9 AM and the comp starts at 2 PM. Bear Mountain is located at 43101 Goldmine Drive
Big Bear Lake, California. Check out our photos from the 2011 event click here to see a little about what you have to look forward to tomorrow. For the official word from Bear Mountain follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on September 20, 2013
To kick off a new season of Every Third Thursday, Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew decided to do something really silly. Build a snowboard at the bottom of the ocean. Why? Because, apparently.
[Link: Signal Snowboards]
by The Editors on September 18, 2013
Surf Expo says they had more buyers at their fall show than they’ve ever had before with 8,000. Sounds like a good show.
“Buyer attendance was up fourteen percent compared to last September’s show and even eclipsed our record-breaking January 2013 show by four percent,” says Show Director Roy Turner. “More buyers than ever before put their trust in Surf Expo to offer the most diverse array of product categories and brands under one roof.”
We’ve never been to Surf Expo, but don’t feel sorry for us. We just watch it all on video. Like this. Follow the jump for the official word from Surf Expo and nearly everyone who attended follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on September 11, 2013
If you were hoping to find out just a little bit more about Billabong and Yes. Snowboards‘ Helen Schettini, here it is. If you’d like to know more, tune in next week for webisode 2.
by The Editors on September 11, 2013
Z-Flex Skateboards and stylish men’s grooming products Uppercut Deluxe and collaborated on a skateboard that comes with two combs and some quality pomade.
“We are so proud to be able to collab with Z-Flex on this Mr Chipper Deluxe model. I remember one of the very first skate photos I saw as a kid was Jay Adams on a Z-Flex board which always sticks in my mind as pure and raw skateboarding; when style and attitude was everything! It’s so rad to come together and create this board years later to combine our passions of skateboarding and barbering in a slick and destroy model!”- says, Luke Newman, one of the founders of Uppercut Deluxe.
For the official word from Z-Flex and Uppercut Deluxe follow the jump. [click to continue…]