The Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championships are going down live this week (October 11-18, 2015) at the Oceanside Pier in Oceanside, California. Click play above to watch 322 of the world’s best junior surfers from 36 countries battle it out in some epically great waves.
[Link: ISA Worlds]
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We continue to be entertained by the ironies of Patagonia’s drive to sell us all more clothing we don’t need ($35 “Live Simply” T-shirts) as well as their commitment to using the environmental movement to market their brand. Occasionally, however, it all comes together into something interesting, and maybe even good.
Sweetgrass Productions‘ Jumbo Wild appears to be one of them. The film, funded by Patagonia, covers the “decade’s long fight over a proposed ski area” in the Jumbo Valley backcountry, part of British Columbia’s Purcell Range. Be warned, there is far too much skiing in this clip. For more on the story (and the film), please follow the jump.
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Bummed with missed this on October 3, 2015 in Ramona, California (you know ’cause crusty vert dogs are the only skaters we recognize these days). Maybe next year.
[Link via Skatedaily]
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Sydney-born Vans Pro skater Chima Ferguson brings new perspective to one of Vans’ most popular performance models to date, the CHIMA PRO, to introduce a brand new signature mid-top style with the Chima Estate Pro on October 10. For the official word from Vans, please follow the jump.
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Real’s latest video extravaganza Through & Through is now live on the site. If you missed the premiere don’t miss the the opportunity to see it online. Through & Through features the skateboarding of Kyle Walker, Justin Brock, Ishod Wair, JT Aultz, James Hardy, Dennis Busenitz, Chima Ferguson, Jake Donnelly, Davis Torgerson, Peter Ramondetta, Ernie Torres, Max Schaaf, Robbie Brockel, Massimo Cavedoni, Antoine Asselin, Jake Ruiz, and Jack Olson. What else do you need?
[Link: Real Skateboards]
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Shaun White has launched a couple new flavors for the half popped popcorn brand Halfpop (corn nuts). Kind of makes us hungry, but not for Brooklyn Dill Pickle, if you know what we mean. No offense, Shaun.
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Arnette Eyewear has apparently shut down their world headquarters in Encinitas, California and laid off the employees that worked there, according to a story in the San Deigo Reader.
The general manager, Fab, said the brand is owned by Oakley, the global line of action sports apparel and equipment. He assumes the product line will continue through Oakley’s world headquarters in Foothill Ranch in Orange County. But he’s not sure about the plans for the future of the Arnette brand.
Looking at the upside, we guess this means we can park in Arnette’s lot while getting Ironsmith Coffee without having to worry about getting towed.
[Link: San Diego Reader]
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Today is the official launch day of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 and from the word on the street things aren’t going well. The above video is a collection of glitches that occurred during game play today, and according to a post on Forbes.com there is a huge update coming.
Yesterday it was revealed that a day one update for the game will be 7.7GB. Hefty, but not unheard of, I suppose. But the difference here is that the original file size of the game is only 4.6GB. It’s unclear why exactly more than half of the game’s data is being saved for a patch, but reportedly it was playable, even without it. Still, it’s more than a little bizarre.
As they said on Destructoid, maybe we should wait until all this gets sorted out. One thing is for sure — there is a reason that no early release copies were sent out and it’s probably because all the fixes weren’t completed yet.
[Link: Forbes.com]
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We’ve seen a lot of gimbal designs that looked great and then never really materialized. This Aeon unit looks like it could help smooth out even the roughest hand held action cam footage, so we hope they actually produce them for the public. Developers are calling it the. . .
. . . world’s most ergonomic and lightweight filmmaking tool for creating buttery smooth, cinematic GoPro® videos. We’re putting an end to boring videos with a robotic handheld stabilizer that keeps your camera steady so you may run, jump and move about freely and still get a perfectly stable shot every time.
Apparently, Bucky Lasek, Andy Mac, PLG, Elliot Sloan, and Kelvin Hoefler have tested it out. If you’d like to get one early click the link for the Aeon’s Indiegogo campaign.
[Link: Indiegogo]
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