The surfer with the highest heat score at the 2011 Billabong Pro J-Bay is going to get this $10,000 Nixon Watch. Not a bad incentive. After the first round of the event it appears that Jordy Smith is currently leading the WTA with his 16.87 over Sean Holmes and Adam Melling in Round 1, Heat 5. Follow the jump for more details. [click to continue…]
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Bill Strobeck has a new skate video out which features Quiksilver skaters Danny Garcia, Jake Johnson, David Clark, Austyn Gillette, and Alex Olson. It’s called Sweatpants. Check it out.
[Link: Quiksilver Skate]
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Vans by Thalia Surf Shop is hosting a Captian Fin Co. show on Thursday night, July 7, 2011 featuring food, drink, art, photographs, and surfboards created by Andrew Doheny and Alex Knost. The party begins at 6:30 PM.
Vans by Thalia is located at 915 South Coast Highway, in Laguna Beach, California. Follow the jump for more info. [click to continue…]
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The Oregonian writer Allen Brettman spoke to many of the P-Town outerwear brands like Grenade, Bonfire, Airblaster, Betty Rides, Holden, and Homeschool and found out that “July is perhaps among the busiest for the local snowboarding apparel and equipment industry.”
Future garments are under design, the upcoming season’s line is under production, and sales meetings abound, with independent representatives as well as a network of retailers. . . . “For sure, this is the busiest time of year for many of our departments,” Jesse Grandkoski of the Airblaster brand emailed from Taiwan.
Guess that’s where everyone has been lately. Click the link for the rest of the story . . .
[Link: Oregon Live]
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After a flurry of pro sports team headphones that we were not into, it’s good to see Skullcandy coming correct with the Limited Edition Hesh Independent. These over-ear headphones feature a 55 mm speaker, enhanced parabolic sound, soft leather-touch ear pillows and a braided nylon 1.2 meter cable, a gold plated 3.5mm plug, and Independent logos all over the place. It’s almost like stickerring your own headphones. The only difference–these cost $54.99.
[Link: Skullcandy]
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When people buy a Volcom Krochet Kids beanies this fall they will be helping to support the African village of Gulu, Uganda. Because the people of Gulu crochet the hats, by hand, and then sign them, though a program called Krochet Kids International. And yes, it is better to support the young people of a small African Village than it is to help out a gang of old Chinese communist party oligarchs.
[Link: Volcom]
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Japan-based weird skateboard products company RollingFoot is apparently selling a chair that is a skateboard, according to a post on Crunchgear.
The Isukebo [JP] of course, as manufactured by Japan-based RollingFoot. It’s essentially more of a chair with wheels that you can navigate like riding on a skateboard, foot brake included. . . Just push against the floor with your feet in order to move forward or shift your body weight to the left or right if you want to change direction. . . And no, the Isukebo is no gag product or design prototype. You can order it (if you live in Japan) for $650, but allow 2 weeks for delivery (it’s made to order).
Finally, a devices that allows us to get out and skateboard without getting up off our asses.
[Link: Crunchgear] [click to continue…]
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It was difficult to know if Quiksilver’s new NFL collab is completely sincere or not. At first we sensed some sort of irony, but then we saw the gridiron overlaid on Pipeline and realized that we are just confused. Jocks, of course, won’t know the difference.
[Link: Mountain And Wave]
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Nixon has teamed up with the Beastie Boys for a new limited edition line of Swatches watches with some of the proceeds going to benefit WKCR-FM, Columbia University’s non-commercial student-run radio station.
Four watches were created for the collection and are available in red, white, green and blue. The watches come in a maritime themed package, which is unlike anything the Nixon line has ever seen before, and feature an image of Mike D along with a special message from him on both the watchband and case. As lifelong lovers of everything skate, snow and surf, not to mention style icons in their own right, it is fitting for Nixon to have MCA, Ad Rock and Mike D create a unique interpretation of Nixon’s Time Teller watch. Due to the limited nature of this collection, once these watches are sold out, they are gone forever.
Beastie Boys, nautical flavor, and a cause all mixed into one? Now that’s marketing. Follow the jump for more watchy details. [click to continue…]
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Eric Koston’s extremely limited edition Nike SB Kobe Bryant goes on sale on Saturday, May 21, 2011. N-SB.org has all the details.
The shoe is exectued in black, purple and yellow and features a Kobe VI like upper and Kobe’s logo on the tongue.. . . The shoe will be very limited with only 24 pairs available this Saturday at the Nike Vault in the Staples Center in LA. The proceeds of the sales will be donated to the Nike Better World and The Kobe Bryant Family Foundation.
Better get them before sundown, because as we all know, the world is ending and the Lakers are out.
[Link: N-SB]
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