Belief skate shop keeps things rolling in Queens and here’s a little taste of what they have on the upward for Spring 2014. This edit was shot by and edited by Sean Colello and features: Rick Castaneda, Dennis Miron, Joseph Gil, Karim Callender, Victor Reyes, Alejandro Batista, and Jamel Marshall. Looks all good from here.
[Link: Belief]
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Sage Erickson made the 2014 Maxim Hot 100 list of women who men would apparently most like to mate with. She snuck in at number 87 right behind some sitcom star named Victoria Justice. Maxim came up a little short on Sage’s bio, however. Here it is in its entirety:
Top-ranked pro surfer Sage Erickson is far from you’re ordinary, everyday beach bunnie.
Yes, she is. Sage looks great as usual, but we were stumped by one thing: is she wearing nude panty hose or did the Maxim artists just go overboard Photoshopping her right leg? We’re guessing the later. Other than that, dive in. Lana Del Rey is number 82.
[Link: Maxim]
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And the 2014 Oakley Surf Shop challenge Hawai’i addition goes to T&C Surf.
The T&C Surf squad – comprised of Kekoa Bacalso, Dustin Cuizon, Travis Hashimoto and Kalei Umoto – will be heading to the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge National Championships later this year at a secret Central American spot. They got to the victor’s podium with power surfing with Kekoa “Bam” Bacalso leading the charge. . . “Man, the waves were firing all day,” said Bam. “It was an incoming swell, the tide changed and there was a couple of mental ones!”
For the official word from GrindMedia, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Christian Hosoi has taken his iconic Hammerhead skateboard design and transformed it into a surfboard with a little help from the heads at the UNIV Work Shop, in Encinitas, California. Here’s how they tell it:
The collaboration was born in 2013 and then Christian came down to our UNIV Work Shop in Encinitas, California and the first Hammerhead surfboard was shaped. The original is 5’5” by 22” and is true to scale to the skateboard dimensions. With a hulled-out nose, deep single to double concave, sharp rail and four-fin setup, the Hammerhead is designed for high performance surfing and flow.
Looks like a big skateboard for the waves, right? For the official word from UNIV, follow the jump.
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When company founders leave, those who remain are forced to come to terms with exactly who the company is and what it is supposed to be. This can be made even more difficult when the company is purchased by a huge, international company and managers there begin wondering what their new brand has planned for the future. Oakley seems to be in that position right now.
Since founder Jim Jannard sold the company in 2007 it seems Oakley has been struggling for some kind of path forward. Their sports eyewear continues to sell well, but recently they’ve launched nothing in the way of innovative products.
This edit titled A Story of Disruption narrated by James T. Kirk Kevin Spacey is a reminder of all the “disruptive” innovative things Oakley has done. The idea is probably to suggest to all of us that a company with such an innovative past will continue to creative innovative products in the future. Sadly, there is nothing in the film to suggest there are any such products on the horizon. Only the promise that people with a space age home office must be able to come up with something that will make a “new and better future.” Guess we’ll just wait and see. . .
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Adam Contoret, a standup paddler who is apparently tired of paddling, has equipped himself with a couple handheld jet engines and used them to propel himself across Chasewater Lake in Staffordshire, England. In this edit Doug Foden give the jets a little run. Wonder what happens when he falls into the water with those jet engines? Are they ruined for life? Could get kind of expensive.
[Link: The Daily Mail]
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Boston Celtics managing partner Wyc Grousbeck, left, stands with venture capitalist Bob Higgins, center, and team co-owner Mark Wan.
When Rob Dyrdek discovered he had “maxed out on. . . resources” for his Street League Skateboarding franchise, he did what businessmen have been doing for years: he looked for some new money. He found it in the form of $4 to $5 million dollars from Causeway Media Partners. They’ve owned the Boston Celtics since 2002 and they’re looking to expand into other sports, according to a story in the Telegram.
”Skateboarding’s not a very expensive sport to pick up. It doesn’t require you be a part of a team,” said Causeway co-founder Mark Wan, who is also a part-owner in the Celtics and the San Francisco 49ers. ”That’s one of the goals of street league is to make this really accessible.”
See, if Dyrdek can get enough people flowing money into his project now then he’ll be able to make a big exit later while things are still on the up. That’s how business works. For the rest of the story, click the link.
[Link: Telegram]
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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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