This edit is for anyone who has wondered how Vans Classic Tales get all their interstitial animation wizardry. Artist Jay Howell and director/animator Jim Dirschberger explain exactly how all the magic happens, including how you get Geoff Rowley‘s brain to pop out of his head and splash down on the floor.
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In one of their most recent steps toward becoming a big, old, new media snowboarding super site Yobeat.com has announced the promotion of their intern Justin Thomas Moulthrop Leveille a.k.a. “Stan, Young Mountain Baby, J Money the Mountain Man, Weekend Warrior, Terry Dactyl, Mr. Anonymous, Hansu Weith and Tech” to the position of Managing Editor.
Leveille will assist in content curation and creation, as well as providing entertainment and herbal refreshment at the office. He will continue to exploit his brainchild the Toeside Terrors, as well as starring in “Thursdays at the Office.” His varied skills and complete willingness to make a fool of himself on a snowboard and on camera were the perfect addition to the crew. . . “Basically I knew Justin was a keeper when my sister, who was on the UVM Snowboard Team with him, said he was ‘Not an idiot.’ That’s the kind of skill set we look for at Yobeat,” YoBeat publisher and Editor-in-Chief Brooke Geery said.
We’re wondering if this promotion has anything to do with Geery’s recent “employment upgrade” at a local Portland cobbler. Follow the jump for the official word from Yobeat. [click to continue…]
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The flyer pretty much covers it. Girl & Chocolate Skateboards will be premiering their long awaited film Pretty Sweet in NYC on Sunday November 18, 2012 at the Sunshine Cinema.
There will be two showings, at 7pm and 9pm, and you will need a ticket to enter. Tickets are free, but due to overwhelming demand and limited seating, you must RSVP to prettysweet@dqmnewyork.com to be eligible for a ticket.
The premiere is being hosed by Dqm. Sunshine Cinema is located at 143 East Houston St, New York City.
For the complete schedule of Pretty Sweet premieres around the world, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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The International Skateboard Film Festival will be hosting it’s second annual screening December 6-9, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
ISFF is the only celebration of its kind to honor the creativity of filmmaking within the industry as a medium that has elevated skateboarding into a lifestyle and widespread art form. Dubbed the “Oscars of Skateboarding” by Color magazine, the International Skateboard Film Festival is steadily gaining momentum as the premier film festival to recognize the achievements of skateboard filmmakers across the globe.
The event features three days of screenings, parties, and an awards show. For all the info, including a complete schedule, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Vans has chosen to bring in the professions with the distribution rights to their big action content plays. Super world wide agency IMG will now be developing and enhancing “the international distribution of all Vans content globally across all media platforms, bringing top level action sports events to both new and existing fans,” according to Vans.
“International growth continues to be integral to Vans’ success as a brand and sharing the Vans lifestyle through our action sports events and feature content connects us with consumers in the most authentic way possible,” said Doug Palladini, Vans Vice President, Marketing. “Our partnership with IMG gives Vans’ industry-leading action sports event line-up and our growing library of rich lifestyle content a broader global platform than ever before to reach our consumers worldwide.”
Sounds like a great idea seeing as that is IMG’s business. For the official word, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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On Friday, November 9, 2012 Raen Optics and UNIV are hosing the premiere of Jack Coleman’s Bali surf film The Imaginary Carpet Market at The Garage.
The Imaginary Carpet Market is a film by Jack Coleman that was shot entirely in Bali starring Alex Knost. Produced by RAEN Optics, the film is a 25-minute ‘spiritual parade’ through the eyes of Coleman. Others surfers in the film are Ellis Ericson, Jared Mell, Matty Chojnacki, Harrison Roach and Dane Peterson. . . The music by Sam Flax, Exploding Star Orchestra, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Alex Knost really set the mood for the artistic approach that brings Coleman’s take on a two-week journey in Bali with some of the best swells of the season to life.
The film starts at 7 PM. The Garage is located at 1055 South Coast Highway, Encinitas, California. Follow jump for more into. [click to continue…]
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Burton Snowboards founder Jake Burton will be on a CNBC show called How I Made My Million on Friday night, November 16, 2012, explaining how he turned his ideas into an “extraordinary business.”
Despite little training in design or construction, he built his first snowboards inside a Vermont barn. A decade later, Burton would be selling his iconic boards in 33 countries, the dominant player in a fast-growing industry.
Tune in for the rest of the story on Friday night and who knows, maybe you’ll learn how to make your next million.
[Link: CNBC]
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We haven’t seen the movie yet but already the reviews are coming in for Chasing Mavericks, and not surprising, they’re not good. Here’s a piece of one from The Wrap.
[Chasing Mavericks is] a biopic that features not enough stirringly gorgeous surfing footage and way too many clunky biopic clichés in telling the story of surf legend Jay Moriarity. With a storyline as by-the-numbers as a square dance, the movie’s one surprise comes with the closing credits — namely, that this trite “inspirational” movie is the product of two world-class filmmakers, Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted.
Ouch. But don’t that that keep you from seeing it. The San Francisco Chronicle liked it:
“Chasing Mavericks” breaks through the cliches associated with surfer movies – the carefree beach party fantasies, the fake mysticism – and offers a portrait that has a lot more integrity. In this telling, the really serious surfers, the big wave guys, are anything but happy-go-lucky airheads.
Plus, Abigail Spencer is in it, according to the NY Daily News. So we still might have a hard time waiting for the iTunes version.
[Link: The Wrap, SF Chronicle and NY Daily News]
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Andrew Warren, a post-doctoral researcher in economic geography at the University of Wollongong and Chris Gibson, a professor of Human Geography at the UofW are apparently writing a book on the surf industry. When the news came out Ripcurl is hoping to join the sell-out crew, the to academics decided it was the perfect time to promote their new book, Surfing Places, Surfboard Makers: Craft, Creativity and Cultural Heritage in Hawai’i, California and Australia (University of Hawai’i Press), with a web post titled, All washed up: have surf megabrands forgotten their roots? on The Conversation blog.
In the book, Warren and Gibson postulate that there is much more to this than a fashion disaster.
In our new book on the surf industry, to be published next year by University of Hawaii Press, we make the point that, like music, it is a subcultural industry defined by a tension between “major” corporate labels and smaller “independents”. Independent labels have more credibility because they are considered closer to the grassroots of surfing culture. They are often based in specific surf cities and regions – southern California, the Gold Coast, north shore O’ahu – where surf subcultures are strong. . . When brands grow and expand, they take on the character of corporate enterprises.
Nothing we haven’t heard before, but it’s always interesting to read an intelligent discussion of the coming end of surf fashion. Click the link for the rest.
[Link: The Conversation]
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San Diego, California rockers Rocket From The Crypt reunited for an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba performing “He’s A Chef” to promote the TV show’s new product collab with Volcom, according to a story on The Punk Site.
“He’s A Chef” will be available on a limited edition 7″ as part of an apparel and accessories collaboration between Volcom Clothing and Yo Gabba Gabba. The 7″ that also features a collaboration between hip-hop/bizarro artist Biz Markie and Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne. It is being given away to 100 lucky winners here and will be available on September 21st at select Volcom retailers as a free gift when you purchase any of the collaborative products.
How punk rawk is that?
[Link: Volcom via The Punk Site]
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