We’ve ignored Adam Miller’s skateboard to skateboard circus trick backflip for a while now, but when Ad Age decides to call this 15 second edit out as the “lift” Tony Hawk’s Ride Channel needed we just couldn’t pass it up any longer. Turns out this board-to-board stunt is the Ride channel’s “most view video with 2.5 million views.”
A second Miller video, one that shows the skater practicing for the trick and falling repeatedly (a.k.a. a “slam video”), is the channel’s trending video this week with more than 300,000 views. Those videos helped Ride, which is backed by Tony Hawk, capture the No. 7 spot on our YouTube Tracker as well as the designation Biggest Mover of the Week. The channel views grew by 399% over last week.
You see where this leads, right? More whack edits of amazing circus stunts. Yay!
Thanks to former pro snowboarder Russell Winfield and Byrdseye Productions we now know what it looks like to ride the Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom in Terje Haakonsen’s body. See how smooth that is? Easy, right? Nope. Trust us.
La Jolla Group CEO Toby Bost is making his network television reality show debut tonight (February 22, 2013) when the fashion executive goes undercover with his own employees on the CBS show Undercover Boss. On the show Bost will apparently be playing the part of O’Neill CEO (as opposed to Metal Mulisha CEO, or Rusty CEO, FMF CEO or The Berrics CEO) as he puts on a “medical school” drop out disguise and hangs out with employees he’s never met, you know, retail store employees, the guys in the warehouse, and the screen printers. Bost, who does amazing job as a nerdy middle aged worker, enjoyed the experience greatly.
“The UNDERCOVER BOSS experience was intense, and it certainly prompted me to remember the importance of little details,” said Bost. “The opportunity allowed me to examine our company from a new perspective and learn important lessons from our employees. In my position, you aren’t often able to replicate the retail experience through the eyes of an entry-level employee, for instance, so this allowed me to see the challenges they face every day. It also provided a closer view into our training and communications procedures that I wouldn’t have had the same access to otherwise.”
It will be interesting because the employees who work for La Jolla Group and don’t know who Bost is are probably some pretty entertaining people (or paid professional actors). The show airs tonight, February 22, 2013 at 8 PM on CBS. Check your local listings or follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
Photographer (and former pro shred) Ian Ruhter has had his life transformed by photography. This is the story of his continuing journey as both a person and an artist in search of images. We are continually amazed by Ruhter’s work. You will be, too.
It’s always good to check out Tony Hawk interviews. This is a long one at 26 minutes, however, you might want to watch on through at least until Tony gets his water glass refilled. “That just happened,” Tony says. Pharrell says, “Yep.”
Think Gary Rogers would ignore the Harlem Shake tsunami like we (as rational people) have? Nope. He didn’t. But as you might guess, his take is funnier than most. . . sort of. Oh, and that backflip kid makes an appearance as well. We ignored him also. In fact, we’ve been ignoring pretty much everything lately. But then, you’ve probably noticed that already. Right?
Endeavor Snowboardsand Ransom Holding Co. got together to produce an original snowboard that “pays homage to the brand’s Canadian heritage. Beer, igloos, and Skidoos? No, something much better (but there are Skidoos), watch.
In the first episode of the second season of the Alana BlanchardAssSurfer Girl show, Amen Teter (Alana’s agent, Hannah’s brother) calls to let Alana know she’s been invited to do a photo shoot in Las Vegas for the “the most viewed magazine on this planet.” Watch the video for the rest.
