Walker Ryan talks acting in Little Children and losing his car keys. Carlin jumps in. Not enough? There’s more in Part 2. Follow the jump to watch it. [click to continue…]
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Another entry into our Don’t Do This Files: A French snowboarder slips while looking for a way to get around a cliff band. Unfortunately, he found it. He can be heard on the video stating the obvious in French, “I do not know how I return to the station.”
To see how he got there, watch the beginning of the video.
[Link: The Sun UK]
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Would someone really want a reality TV show about snowboarding park builders? Apparently, Chevrolet and Good Clean Fun think the amazing work that Snow Park Technologies does is worth it because they’re launching Mountain Movers sometime this spring on the National Geographic .
Reality Series stars Winter X Games course designer Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson and follows he and his crew as they construct massive, gravity-defying courses for Shaun White, Louie Vito, Danny Davis and more. Real-Life Drama of Athletes & Snow Course Designers in Harsh Conditions, Remote Locations, Battling Mother Nature in Epic Settings
Sound like a hit, right? We’re looking forward to a lot of Frank Wells up in this show, too.
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Be careful, Gary Rogers has a little surprise for you this week. . .and if you wondered what that little flash was during the World Industries bit? Follow the jump for another surprise. [click to continue…]
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Kelly Slater is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down (even though he is an official 41 years old and he had to surf against Dane Reynolds and Kolohe Andino in Round 1). 2 John Florence seems to get better with every heat he surfs, Travis Logie nabbed they days high score for the goofy-footers with an 18.20, Matty Wilkinson didn’t let 2012 ASP World Champ Joel Parkinson stop him from advancing directly into Round 3, and while Quiksilver may be going through some interesting times at home, on the Goldie things are looking rock solid as the 2013 ASP World Tour season kicks off with the 2013 Quiksilver Pro. Even Mick Fanning was gushing a little.
“It’s a new year and everyone is feeling fresh,” Fanning said. “When I was younger, I mostly stuck to Snapper Rocks and Kirra, but since the sand has filled in, I’ve spent a lot of time surfing through Rainbow Bay. It’s a fun wave and provides a nice wall for a variety of maneuvers. Compared to Snapper and Kirra though, I think Rainbow probably lessens the local advantage as it’s a pretty user-friendly canvas. . . “That’s the goal every year – to with the title,” Fanning said. “Seeing Joel (Parkinson) win last year was great because he’s a mate, but it’s back to the job at hand this season. There are no easy heats and everyone on tour is a threat.”
For the official word from the ASP, results from Round 1, and next round match-ups of both the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Last night Jeremy Jones survived a profile with Nightline’s Bill Weir, one of the most annoyingly hyperbolic cliche chomping news presenters we’ve seen in years. But as anyone who knows Jones would expect, he came through it all like the confident, open, big mountain badass that he is.
Here, check out one of the “demigods who rides monsters for a living. Snow porn stars who wing into the backcountry and bring their conquests back on film. . . if they ever carve a Mount Rushmore of snowboarding Jeremy Jones is a lock.” Just watch, you’ll see.
[Link: Nightline]
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Here’s what you missed this weekend if you weren’t at the Vans Block Skatepark in the City of Orange, California March 3, 2013 for the 2013 Vans Amateur Combi Pool Classic.
[Link: Ride Channel]
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Boardistan readers may remember what we said the day (January 29, 2013) images appeared of Garrett McNamara riding what was at the time reported as a “100-foot wave” in Nazaré, Portugal. We mentioned that it seemed that the measuring sticks were getting shorter and shorter.
Now, McNamara, who is a gifted, hardworking big wave surfer, has removed his wave from the Billabong XXL Awards after images appeared that made the wave look much, much, smaller, according to a story on ESPN.com/Action. Here’s what McNamara told Jake Howard.
“We decided to pull my waves from Nazare out of Billabong XXL because I do not ride for Billabong and I did not go out that day and surf for a world record or to win any XXL prize money,” said McNamara via email. “I was out there because I live for big waves, it’s what I love to do!! It is not necessary to have a Billabong panel measure it. There have already been quite a few educated professionals who have measured it anywhere between 60-110 feet!”
As always, we never argue with guys who ride waves that big. Respect to Mr. McNamara.
[Link: ESPN.com/Action]
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Don’t ever think that being a pro skater is easy money. Corey Duffel pays his dues.
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