If Wyland can build an empire on painting whales, there’s no reason to believe that photographer Aaron Chang can’t do the same with his images even in this economy. On Saturday February 28, 2009 at 7 PM Aaron will host an event to celebrate the opening of his gallery in the Cedros Design District in Solana Beach, California.
Aaron Chang Gallery, 124 East Cliff St. @ corner of N. Cedros and Cliff
[Link: Aaron Chang Gallery via Global Surf News]
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Three years ago Jeff Seymour, of Carlsbad, California wanted to help out the troops. So he started a program called “Magazines and Movies for the Troops.” With donated magazines and movies from Transworld Media and many other Southern California souces Seymour hoped to spread a little love from home, according to a story in the San Diego City Beat.
Now it looks like most of those donations ended up getting dumped straight into a San Diego landfill. According to the paper a supervisor at the Miramar landfill witnessed “a group of Marines dump as many as six pallets full of the donations—magazines, books, DVDs and hygiene products, packed in boxes plainly marked “For Our Troops in Iraq”—into the landfill last summer.”
“Transworld Media donated thousands of magazines, most of them so new they still hadn’t hit the stands yet,” he says. “They donated cases of beanies—like those skullcaps that kids wear—worth about $20 apiece. I asked them, ‘Do you think the troops will wear these?’ And they replied, ‘Hey, do you know how cold it gets over there?’
Guess, we’ll never know. For the rest of the Marine Corp FUBAR follow the jump.
[Link: San Diego City Beat]
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After seeing video footage of guide Stephen Koch using a snowmobile in an area where they are not allowed for skiers and snowboarders, Jackson Hole, Wyoming’s Exum Mountain Guides fired the extreme snowboarding pioneer after 15 years of service, according to a story in the Jackson Hole Guide.
The action by the prestigious guide service came as park officials cited Koch twice for a Feb. 7 excursion that was videotaped and displayed on several Web sites, including Koch’s own. The world-famous alpinist was sacked even as he offered a public apology, printed as this week’s Jackson Hole News & Guide guest editorial, saying he suffered “a lapse of my good judgment,” in making and publicizing his trip.
Sadly, the kind of snowmobile that Koch used (a four-stroke) is legal for fisherman, but not for skiers and snowboarders. Apparently, they forgot to stop and do some ice fishing on the way to the Skillet Glacier.
[Link: Jackson Hole Guide]
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We often find ourselves confused while trying to figure out what many eco-groups and events actually do.
The most recent is snowboarding’s TTR Series founder Drew Stevenson’s Breathe Foundation. After leaving TTR last year Stevenson apparently moved to Costa Rica and set up a eco-foundation. What is Breathe? Well, according to their website:
Breathe is an organic concept born in the jungles of Costa Rica fusing music, activities, discourse, and inclusive participation aimed at sharpening focus on many social and ecological issues facing our future. . . .Time is short to address the enormity of different challenges facing the globe’s biosphere, natural resources and us as species. They are as big as they are diverse. The solutions are as clever as they are wide ranging. The first step in addressing a problem, is accepting there is a one
Ah, wow. Okay. . . what was that again? Those who understand this should be in Costa Rica right now because the Breathe gathering began February 22 and it ends on March 1. In the meantime, Breathe is holding an online auction “benefiting underserved youth of Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica.” Autographed items from Axel Pauporte, Manoa Drollet, Ingemar Backman, Hannah Teter, Nicolas Mueller, Mads Johnsson, Wolle Nyvelt, Marc Andre Tarte and more are being auctioned off.
[Link: Breathe via Snowbroader.com]
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No one has ever claimed that Rob Dyrdek isn’t making hay while the sun shines. His latest effort? Three 42 oz. Carl’s Jr. “limited edition” collectors cups.
In stores now and while supplies last, fast food and skateboarding fans can visit their local Carl’s Jr. and pick up a 42 oz. limited edition Rob Dyrdek collector’s cup when purchasing a large drink or a combo. The cups feature three designs by Rob – one introducing his exclusive toy line, Wild Grinders; Rob’s feature film Street Dreams; and his signature DC shoes. All three cups feature Rob’s version of the Carl’s Jr. iconic Happy Star, now with 50% more muscles!
Seriously, 42 ounce softdrink cups? Guess America can get fat live large with Rob, now.
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It went something like this: Mason Aguirre, Steve Fisher, Shaun White for the men, and Torah Bright, Kelly Clark, and Hannah Teter for the women. Looks like it was a pretty wet day at Northstar-At-Tahoe. Follow the jump for the release.
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Okay, we admit it: we were wrong. We thought Shaun White would win this thing. Not because he rides better, but because he has a grip of magic mojo. It’s nice to see the judges hanging tough and scoring Torstein Horgmo properly. Jamie “cracked pelvis” Anderson won for the women.
We weren’t there so you’re going to just have to trust this video and the official press release which appears after the jump.
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When snowboarder Aline Christina Martins, 19, of Santa Barbara, California was found dead at Dodge Ridge on Monday February 16, 2009 it was originally thought that she suffocated. Now an autopsy reveals that it was actually hypothermia, according to a story on My Motherload.com.
Deputy Paul Tualla with the Sheriff’s Office says, “An autopsy was performed, and the cause of death has been determined to be hypothermia.” . . . Many of the facts surrounding her death still remain unknown. Martins’ was snowboarding at the resort with family and became separated from the group. At 4;30pm ski patrol began an extensive search and she was located at 5:30pm underneath a tree off one of the main routes. She did not have any noticeable signs of trauma.
[Link: My Motherlode and San Jose Mercury News]
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[Link: Onboard Snowboarding]
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