The Vans Pro Skate Park Series kicks off at St. Kilda Skatepark in Melbourne, Australia tomorrow April 16, 2016, however, because it’s going on down under tomorrow is actually today in North America. And that means on the West Coast the action begins at 9 PM right here: www.vansparkseries.com.
Here are the Vans Park Series Melbourne Qualifier Live streaming start times:
GLOBAL WEBCAST TIMES
Los Angeles – Friday 4/15 9PM
New York – Saturday 4/16 12AM
Rio de Janeiro – Saturday 4/16 1AM
London – Saturday 4/16 5AM
Melbourne – Saturday 4/16 2PM
Confirmed pros include: Aaron Jaws Hamoki, Ben Hatchell, Chris Russell, Curren Caples, Greyson Fletcher, Kevin Kowalski, Oskar Rosenberg Hallberg, Pedro Barros, Raven Tershy, Riley Hawk, Ronnie Sandoval, and Rowan Zorilla. How’s that for a stacked set of tranny slayers?
The 2016 IASC Skateboarding Summit is less than one month away and early bird registration ends Monday, April 18, 2016
Next week we will be announcing this years keynote along with the rest of the program and it is shaping up to be one of the best Summits yet! So don’t miss your chance to attend the best educational, networking and inspirational event in skateboarding. The 9th Annual IASC Skateboarding Summit will be focused on the looking at the current lackluster state of the skateboard industry and finding ways to collectively push the industry forward. . . All Summit attendees are guaranteed entrance to the IASC Skateboarding Hall of Fame Induction and Icon Awards Ceremony presented by Vans on May 13th, 2016 from 6:00 – 11:00 pm at the City National Grove of Anaheim. As the SHOF has outgrown the ballroom ceremonies of the past four years this beautiful venue gives us a chance to really shine. It’s going to be an amazing night with some surprise special guests, music, art and more.
Along with the video teaser, adidas Skateboarding reveals the premiere schedule for the Away Days global tour and limited-edition team poster slated for distribution to skate shops around the world. In the clip, team riders Lucas Puig, Na-Kel Smith and Silas Baxter-Neal offer an insight to the personal challenges faced while filming for Away Days.
For further info on the Global Premiere and showing dates (including the poster), please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Now, thanks to the work of Ty Evans and his Ghost Digital Cinema crew with a little help from Apple (it was filmed entirely on iPhone) we know the answer about what’s been going on in Sean Malto’s life since that ankle injury in 2013 sidelined one of the best skateboarders of the his generation.
They’ve gone against the odds, but Monster Children, the fashion/culture mag for action kids, just published their 50th issue. Yes, they’re still in business.
. . . a milestone for the independent magazine established in Australia in 2003. The specially curated Issue 50 is based around the notion of ‘Heroes’ and features exclusive interviews with 50 individuals that Monster Children love and admire. . . Also interviewed for the issue are skate industry icon Keith Hufnagal, fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti, artist Barry McGee, film makersGlendyn Ivin and Nabil Elderkin, legendary musicians Warren Ellis and Ian MacKaye, world champion longboarder Kelia Moniz and Papua New Guinean born soul singer Ngaiire. Although the issue features many big names, the issue also highlights a new generation of surfers, skateboarders, artists and creatives.
Our favorite interview was with Chris Noble, the co-founder of Level Mag on how they finally realized they were losing money with each issue and just quit. It’s unlikely that Monster Children will follow a similar path because we all know how good they are about keeping smiles on their advertisers’ faces.
Here’s the latest from our favorite surfboard manu and shaper. It’s the Lib Tech . . . LostShort Round from Mike Olson and Matt Biolos:
The Short Round bridges the gap between easy riding “cheater” surfboards and the high performance shortboard. The speed comes from a low entry rocker and wide-ish nose, with a forward wide point and generous concave throughout. The performance comes from a moderate, but not flipped up, tail rocker, a double concave through the fins and the same sort of modern bump squash tail you would find on a typical contest style, small wave HP shortboard. All combined, it doesn’t look like anything fancy and there are no gimmicks, but sometimes less is more, and there’s a lot packed into this little surfboard.
Shark Shield is a traction pad that creates an electric field around your surfboard when you’re in the water. According to the company this field is annoying to sharks and “nine times out of ten” it will scare a shark away.
Shark Shield’s innovative tail pad and adhesive decal electrode design is 100 percent user installable on any surfboard, new or old, providing a cost effective and immediate solution for protecting surfers across the globe. When surfers select to install an Ocean & Earth Shark Shield tail pad, they can install the electronics module at any time in the future, turning the board into a shark deterrent. The miniaturized electronic module is completely removable and thus transferable between surfboards.
The shield is currently available for purchase for about $600. Not a bad investment if you enjoy surfing in particularly sharky surf. For the official word from Shark Shield, please follow the jump.
After nearly a decade of losing money Pacific Sunwear of California has finally filed for bankruptcy protection according to a story on Reuters.com.
Citing “significant and unusual trading,” lawyers for the retailer asked a judge to restrict trading on Thursday due to concerns that a significant change in ownership could impair its ability to use tax benefits on operating losses down the road. . . Founded in 1982 as a surf shop, PacSun has posted an annual net loss since the financial crisis hit in 2008.
In what has become standard practice, the company is hoping to hand off all its debt then go private with Golden Gate Capital where the new owners can run the whole game over again in a portfolio that includes Eddie Bauer, California Pizza Kitchen, Red Lobster, and J.Jill.
On Wednesday, April 6, the International Surfing Association (ISA) united its 98 Member Nations to celebrate the United Nation’s International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. This unique day encourages wider access to sport and underlines the power of sport as a universal tool for social change, development and peace.
ISA Member Nations contributed on International Day of Sport for Development and Peace by participating in the White Card Campaign, a symbolic movement where athletes post photos with white cards to represent peace and the positive impacts that sport has had in their lives. Surfers from the ISA Member Nations of Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Haiti, Sierra Leone and India took part in the celebration, underlining how Surfing has uniquely created positive social impact in their countries.
For the rest of the story, please follow the jump.
After nearly a decade of losing money Pacific Sunwear of California has finally filed for bankruptcy protection according to a story on 
