Vice Sports (just one more arm of the billion dollar media octopus called Vice) is dropping in with a new show which follows the Too Hard crew as they gather footage for their all-girl snowboard action videos. It’s called Lady Shredders and as you might expect, part one comes with full raw-dog Vice stylings that just might make this more entertaining that your average snow doco. Bad-ass indeed.
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It’s been gone for two years, but this year the Oakley Lowers Pro finally returns to Southern California’s Trestles April 28 – May 2, 2015.
“Oakley has a long history at Lower Trestles and we’re excited to be back at this esteemed surf break to host some of the world’s best surfers in our own backyard,” said Cuan Petersen, Director of Global Sports Marketing, Oakley. “Lowers is a perfect canvas for innovative, high-performance surfing, which makes for an ideal competitive venue. And while it can be a picturesque wave, it’s a difficult one to master. It’s definitely a place that differentiates the good from the great. We’re looking forward to kicking off the competition at the 2015 Oakley Lowers Pro.”
With the ratings points on this years event being even with a WSL Championship Tour it will likely be the only time to see all the heavies this summer. Stoked. For the official word from Oakley, please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Yuki Kadono put down one of the most epic runs in the history of snowboarding to win the 2015 US Open of Snowboarding Slopestyle contest. Back-to-back 1620 triples. Check!
Last week (March 3 -7, 2015) Burton Snowboards presented this years edition of the longest running snowboard contest in the world: the US Open of Snowboarding at Vail, Colorado. The entire thing was broadcast live online and if you cared about the event at all, then we’re guessing you watched at least some of it, but just in case you didn’t (or if you just love reading comp results) we’ve listed all the officials for easy access and reference after the jump.
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We knew him best from Ted Richards serialized comic Mellow Cat which appeared in Skateboarder Magazine from 1978 to 1981, but those who knew Kurt Ledterman as the editor at Surfer Magazine (and brains behind Skateboarder) remember a charming, kind, intelligent man, according to a remembrance from legendary photographer Jeff Devine on Surfermag.com. Ledterman was 69.
He treated all contributors during his reign as an editor at SURFER—and also as an integral part of Skateboarder—with a politeness that many still remember. He loved jazz and obscure rock. He would formally invite you to drive him up the hill to his house on Soledad Mountain to enjoy an obscure background-drumming lick on the latest T. Rex album, piped through his parents’ stereo. Over and over. His mom described his informal group of musician friends as, “better than a barking dog.” . . . As editor at SURFER, he filled and stylized the magazine with his verbal accounts and captions. Publisher Steve Pezman once called him the soul of the magazine. “Kurt’s stretch at SURFER and Skateboarder would become an indelible part of the lore of both magazines,” he says. Surfers from Malibu to San Diego knew and loved him. Seeing him actually surf only added to the respect.
We know that Ledterman’s contributions to Skateboarder created delight in the minds of young readers and inspired them to find more in the magazines than simply photos and stories. Our thoughts are with Kurt’s family and friends. Radical-mon. . .
[Link: Surfer Magazine]
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In tandem with this year’s Skate Copa, adidas introduces #BoostTheBar —a best trick contest held on a custom built bump-to-bar obstacle that’s open to everyone to skate. With cash prizes and Boost prize packs up for grabs, Boost The Bar is going down at every #adidasSkateCopa stop in North America with the first stop happening this Saturday at Noon at the Westchester Skate Plaza in LA.
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We can’t even begin to understand the dress-up world of cosplay, so it’s really not all that surprising that we don’t understand snowboard cosplay, either. Luckily, Illicit Snowboarding has done the research and now we can all be enlightened from a distance.
These days there’s a group people who take dressing-up and not growing-up to another level entirely and now some of them have brought cosplaying to snowboarding. I’m an expert on pretending to be someone else, so let me guide you through the various characters and costumes…
Click the link for the rest.
[Link: Illicit Snowboarding]
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We have to admit it. After seeing Sector 9’s coverage of the Guajataca downhill skateboarding festival in Puerto Rico we’re convinced that those downhillers certainly do have fun. And they draw a larger crowd than North American snowboard contests, that’s for certain. [click to continue…]
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A snowboarder died today (March 4, 2015) in an “unintentionally triggered” avalanche in Hells Canyon at approximately 10:44 AM just out of bounds at Utah’s Snowbasin Resort, according to a report on the Utah Avalanche Center.
Two people entered Hells Canyon. Hells Canyon is an out-of-bounds area beyond Snowbasin’s boundary. After a few turns, the two decided to cut back and return into the area. The first person, a snowboarder, triggered a slide and was caught. Preliminary information is the slide was about 2-3 feet deep, and fairly narrow, and triggered in a steep, shallow rock area. The path is a confined gully. He was carried to the bottom and buried about 3 feet deep. He was not wearing a beacon, and found by a dog search. Significant trauma is suspected. Hell’s Canyons has had a shallow, faceted snowpack much of the season.
The snowboarder was Blake Ford, 21-year-old man from Morgan County, Utah, according to NBC News. Our thoughts are with Ford’s family and friends.
[Link: Utah Avalanche Center]
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On Thursday, March 5, 2015 Laguna Beach, California’s Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow gallery will be hosting a show titled Ten, feature the work of ten Orange County artists including: Ben Brough, Chantal deFelice, Jennie Cotterill, Jeff Gillette, John Sollom, Mark Oblow, Shag, Suzanne Walsh, Tim Hendricks, and Trace Mendoza.
Each artist was selected because of their talents and impact that they have made on the OC art community and beyond. Their pedigrees range from emerging to world renowned but together they are representative of the depth and power of the work being created here in our own back yard.
Yeah, some of the names are very familiar, right? The opening reception begins at 6 PM and will feature live music by The Sanitys and The Bent Duo. Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow is located at 1175 Pacific Coast Hwy in Laguna Beach.
[Link: Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow]
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Jersey City, New Jersey is getting a nice, big, $25,000 grant for their Berry Land Park from the Tony Hawk Foundation.
“It’s inspiring to see skaters work so hard for their communities, while earning the respect and trust of their city councils,” said Tony Hawk. “These skatepark projects are the result of grassroots public efforts and real collaboration between the skaters, the community, and local leaders.”
Yes it is. For more the Berry Lane Park and other three recipients of Tony Hawk Foundation grants (which total $50,000), follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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