Pliscou mimes the sincere voice and meticulous punctuation of an easy reader (“See Dude surf. Whoa! Look at Dude surf. Surf, Dude, surf”). Her humor arises from unexpected vocabulary (“Stokaboka!”), paired with earnest illustrations of Dude hanging 10, wiping out, and visiting a taco stand for a “bodacious burrito”—things Dick and Jane never dreamed of.
The book is aimed at kids four to eight, but it looks like Dude would be good on any coffee table. Click here to buy it.
Organizers of the Nike 6.0 Lower Pro announced today that for the first time ever, the event will be carried live on Time Warner Cable in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Hawaii.
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) PRIME Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro and ASP 5-Star Oakley Pro Junior will be shown in their in entirety from May 3rd through 7th through a live feed to Oceanic Time Warner Cable’s SURF Channel 250 and 1250HD in Hawaii from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm PST each day. From May 3rd to May 6th Oceanic Time Warner Cable will replay each day’s action after the live portion ends, and it will loop until competition resumes the following day. After the contest finishes on May 7th, Oceanic will replay the entire five-day event on a loop until May 13th. . . Additionally, the Oceanic Time Warner Cable live feed will be transported to Time Warner Cable’s Los Angeles, San Diego and Desert Cities markets.
And that’s great news for people who still have cable, because the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro webcast has been almost unwatchable thanks to incessant stalling and/or dropped connections every 10 seconds.
The evening, hosted by Epicly Later’d’s, Patrick O’Dell, was part of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art’scurrent showArt In The Streets. An audience of more than 500 packed into the theater for a series of skate video montages broken down by decade (80s, 90s and 00s). Between each decade Ty Evans, Rick Howard, Aaron Meza, Greg Hunt, Tobin Yelland, Stacy Peralta, Lance Mountain, Spike Jonze, and Ed Templeton would take the stage and answer questions and discuss the skateboard filmmaking process.
Fuel TV announced today that its founding father CJ Olivares has chosen to step down to “pursue opportunities more closely related to the action sports genre to which he remains passionate.”
“CJ has worked tirelessly to make FUEL TV live up to its original mission of providing unique, male-oriented sports and entertainment programming with a distinctive voice,” said FOX Sports Media Group Chairman David Hill. “We thank him for his creativity and dedication, and appreciate his commitment to the action sports world in which he has unparalleled expertise. He will be missed.”
Olivares was the action sports heart and soul of the cable channel.
“It has been my honor and privilege to lead a team of dedicated and talented professionals at FUEL TV these last eight years,” offered Olivares. “As the network continues to evolve, I realize that my passion remains the action sports that were FUEL TV’s core and I now have the opportunity to explore the emerging possibilities in the expanding action-sports entertainment landscape.”
Kind of makes since now that Fuel is reportedly pulling away from some of the more core content and getting more into MMA and motorsports. Follow the jump for the official word from Fox. [click to continue…]
Buoloco.com gets the word on “editorial creation” from Burton’sEvan Rose. If anyone has the inside line on how to make sure their brand gets coverage it is Burton. Not because the system is flawed (it is), but because Burton has been getting “coverage” and doing it right since the beginning. Like it or not.
“These are four original series that continue to attract loyal audiences for us at FUEL TV,” says Shane Coburn, FUEL TV Director, Development and Current Programming. “The programs deliver compelling characters, intense situations, frenetic action, and irreverent humor, making them all time-tested fan favorites.”
We’re looking forward to watching at least three of them when we’re at our parents house, because they still have cable. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
Don’t think that photographer/musician/DJ Atiba Jefferson just sits around shooting photos. Nope. Guy can roll as proved by this buying-lunch showdown with Paul Rodriguez.
Writer Chas Smith apparently nosed around on theinertia.com a.k.a. “The Planet’s Largest Network of Thinking Surfers” and has a few thoughts on surfers who like to think they are thinking, according to story on Stab Mag.
Thinking surfers have shitty haircuts and wear lousy clothes. Thinking surfers are dogmatic about pointless contrivance. Thinking surfers can and do write endlessly about minutia. Thinking surfers are zealots. Thinking surfers are Leninists. Thinking surfers are out of touch. Thinking surfers are old both mentally and physically. . . Thinking surfers are the exact sorts of people that flourish underneath the fluorescent lighting and prepared bedside meal deliveries and incontinence and visiting hours of nursing homes. They are the exact sorts of people that flourish when nobody, except for people exactly like them, is listening. How fun! How the best kind!
We think Charlie doesn’t think much of the thinkers. Thoughts?
Chris Engelsman, the former Publisher of Snowboarder magazine has been promoted to Director of Sales Strategy for the ASG/Grind Network and former Snowboard Magazine Publisher Jeff Baker is rolling in to replace Engelsman at Snowboarder. ASG’s SVP Group Publisher Norb Garret is making strong moves, apparently.
“Both of these moves serve to strengthen our team and help advance the growth of the ASG/Grind Networks and the individual brands such as Snowboarder,” said Garrett. “In his new role Chris will work alongside Elisabeth Murray to help drive our businesses forward across all media as he has done at Snowboarder over the past several years. With Jeff we are thrilled to bring his insights and creative talents back to Snowboarder and anticipate continued growth with our print, events, digital and video platforms.”
Congrats to Engelsman and Baker. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
When The Skatebook ran nine spreads of Bart Simpson rolling some of the most famous spots in skateboarding history in book three (Lance Mountain Issue), it was one of the raddest things we’ve seen in a skateboard magazine book. Now, according to a recent email from Publisher/editor/receptionist Mike Ballard it may also result in the death of The Skatebook.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and its related entities (collectively “Fox”) is suing Skatebook for paying tribute too and turning Bart Simpson Pro. . . So more than likely Skatebook is a wrap because of the legal fees and cost this suit will bring down on this non profit dig. Second if you’re selling this classic book [retailers], Fox is demanding it be pulled from the shelf’s and destroyed or else.
That said, Amazon.com says they still have three more copies that are ready to ship. It’s a sad to see The Skatebook go down, but if you have a copy, hold on to it. Thing is like gold.
Learning to read has never been so rad, thanks to Lisa Pliscou and illustrator Tom Dunne’s new book Dude: Fun with Dude and Betty published by Harper Collins. Publisher’s Weekly says:
