Marcus Crossland, the Florida skate dad who decided to help his six-year-old son get over fear of the vert ramp by surprise kicking him off the coping appeared on NBC’s Today Show this morning to apologize and explain his “bonehead decision.” He says the repercussions from the video caused him to lose his job and now the family is thinking about moving.
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Skateboarding hardest, fastest, gnarliest pool party went down on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Vans Skatepark in Orange, California. It was the 10th Annual Vans Pool Party and it featured the freshest coping capers in years.
Fifteen-year-old Tristan Rennie claimed first place, winning his first-ever Pro Pool Party title while standing alongside fellow young stars Josh Rodriguez, 22, and Cory Juneau, 14. Rising from the field after winning first place in the Qualifiers, Master’s division champion Brazilian pro Bruno Passos dominated the final, joining Brian Patch and Darren Navarette in the top three.
For the results and a load of photos from the party, follow the jump. Or click here to watch the whole thing all over again. [click to continue…]
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On the evening of May 15, 2014 Gregg Carroll, Jim Muir, Steve Olson, Lance Mountain, Natas Kaupas, Laurie Turner DeMott, and Ellen Oneal Deason were inducted into the International Skateboarding Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at The Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. Fausto Vitello, J.Grant Brittain and Pipeline Skatepark were also honored with Icon Awards.
“As a kid from Kansas who started skateboarding in 1985, watching skaters like Lance and Natas, get inducted to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame is an amazingly surreal event,” said Josh Friedberg, Executive Director of IASC. “Hearing the stories and seeing firsthand the connections between all of the skaters is incredibly exciting and surprisingly emotional. I’m honored to be a part of producing such a fun event that is rapidly turning into skateboarding’s family reunion. See you next year!”
For the official word from the ISHOF and for photos from the evening please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Today is Ask Tony Hawk Anything day on Reddit. Have a question you’ve always wanted to ask? Need advice on personal relationships, skateboarding, video games, or raising children? Mr. Hawk is all answers today. Click the link and hit him up!
[Link: Reddit]
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The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced today that they have outsourced the sales of its “property and intellectual rights within the USSA portfolio, notably U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing events in the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix tour,” to the Sacramento Kings basketball team’s ownership group Sacramento Basketball Holdings, LLC because, you know, basketball and snowboarding sponsorship sales go together like slam dunks and triple corks.
“Our partnership with Sacramento Basketball Holdings offers a unique opportunity to benefit our free skiing and snowboarding athletes by expanding the reach of the Grand Prix series,” said USSA Chief Marketing Officer Michael Jaquet. “What’s especially valuable for us is Sacramento’s close proximity to Lake Tahoe, which is a vital region to our sport. The excellence that Sacramento Basketball Holdings, LLC has built within the market in such a short span of time will make this a valuable program for expanding the reach of our Grand Prix.”
Outsourcing is always a great idea because if it works you’re a genius for selecting the right team, and if it fails you have someone to blame the entire disaster on. In corporate America that’s what’s called a win-win. For the official word from the Sacramento Kings (absurd, right?) follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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A federal court has ordered the Dew Tour to pay Mount Snow Resort more than $2 million dollars after the tour allegedly jumped out of a contract and moved the event to Killington, according to a story in the Battleboro Reformer.
In its verdict, the jury concluded that The Alliance of Action Sports, NBC Universal Media and NBC Sports Ventures breached their contract agreement with Mount Snow when it moved the 2010 tour stop from the Dover ski resort to Killington. . . In January 2012, Mount Snow filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, claiming the defendants had breached the contract, costing Mount Snow more than $3 million in damages related to the media value of hosting the tour stop.
Nice to see someone win one against the “flame retardant, mouse dissolving, caffeinated, carbonated high fructose corn syrup” tour isn’t it? Wonder if Mt. Snow will ever get their money?
[Link: Battleboro Reformer via Jeff Greenwood]
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Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew lights up the night boarding at Baldface with their latest creation: and LED snowboard.
[Link: Signal Snowboards]
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It’s been four years since Laurent Potdevin resigned as CEO of Burton Snowboards. And since then, Jake and Donna Carpenter have been running the business themselves while they conducted a search for a new CEO. That search has apparently ended as the company announced today the promotion of COO Mike Rees to the position of CEO of Burton Snowboards.
“Four years ago when I got my old job back as Burton’s CEO, my goal was to get the company headed in the right direction, build up our leadership team and establish a clear plan for the long-term future of the brand,” said Jake. “Looking back, we’ve accomplished these goals and have a solid foundation in place. Now it’s time to turn over the day-to-day tasks of running Burton to a new CEO. Our entire Board of Directors, our Executive Team, Donna and myself trust that Mike is the right person for the job. He has the experience, skills and leadership qualities to take our vision and run with it. And I’ll still be around, giving product feedback, testing new gear, working with the creative crew and advising Mike.”
Rees obviously knows the business and that’s good. For the official word from Burton, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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We’re sure the 2014 Billabong Rio Pro was everything a Brazilian ASP contest is all about. Great crowds, amazing buns on the beach, and “difficult” surf. But then we wouldn’t know. All we know about the contest we learned from the official ASP press release that we’ve included after the jump. It even included this quote from winning surfer Michel Bourez:
“This win is amazing and I feel great,” said Michel Bourez. “I didn’t expect to win two events in the same year so it feels brilliant. It’s great to be here in Rio and have another win – I’m so happy. I’m really glad I came and to have a final against a good friend of mine is wonderful. He (Kolohe Andino) is someone I think will be huge in a few years. Rio is beautiful, I love this place. There’s so many things going on and so many people that are passionate about sports and surfing.”
Sally Fitzgibbons was excited, too. For her amazing win quote, please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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How does Paul Rodriguez celebrate Cinco De Mayo? He takes his Primitive Skateboarding Luchador pro model out for a test drive. This edit was filmed by Kyle Steneide and Abraham Mayorga.
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