The 2013 HD World Junior Championships are going down right now in Florianopolis, Brazil. On live are the final eight heats of Round 3. Want to see the next wave of pro tour surfers, check this out.
[Link: HD World Junior Championships]
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Tow-in legend Laird Hamilton discusses Monday at Nazaré, Portugal with the mainstream media and has a few interesting things to say about Maya Gabeira and Carlos Burle world record attempts.
“Maya, she doesn’t have the skill to be in these conditions,” Hamilton says. “She should not be in this kind of surf and I feel like it’s Carlos’ responsibility to take care of her and make sure she doesn’t drown.”
From the comments around the net Hamilton does not appear to be alone in these opinions.
[Link via Tracks]
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The legend of Tom Sims gets another nice boost in the form of a Mazda car commercial which somehow ties Tom’s innovative spirit to that of the Mazda CX-5. If the jocks at the world’s finest snowboard site Yobeat hadn’t been watching some pro sports balls and bats game we would have never known about it.
[Link via Yobeat]
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Happy Halloween for sure, but where are all the bikinis?
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Former surf, skate, snow retailer (K5) turned Specialty Retail Consultant Jurgen Schulz is happy to announce the grand opening of JTS Specialty Retail Consulting’s first project, Bing Surf Shop in Encinitas, California.
It was a pleasure working with long time friend Royce Cansler and new friends Matt and Margaret Calvani. The vision, energy and dedication of this group of people is incredible. I think you will like the results.
To celebrate they are hosting an opening party Saturday, November 2, 2013. Things get rolling at 5 PM. Bing Surf Shop is located at 802 N. Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas, California. For all the details, follow the jump [click to continue…]
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Apparently, Mr. Blanco isn’t the only snowboarder in the world who has sponsors who can kick down a private halfpipe. Apparently, Danny Davis and Torah Bright also have the hook ups. Here, let them show you. . .
[Link: ESPN]
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AOL, the company that can’t figure out what it is in the post-dialup world, still has a lot of money and they’ve been giving it to people who can do interesting things with it. One of those things is a new show called My Ink in which sporting stars take us all on a tour of their bodies via their tattoos. Episode two stars Ryan Sheckler, who from the looks of him, is nearly out of canvas space at this point, but that doesn’t mean he’s not nice to everyone he meets because he is. We know this.
[Link: My Ink]
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Maya Gabeira had another near drowning today (October 28, 2013) while hunting a world record wave at Nazaré, Portugal.
She was unconscious when she was finally rescued. Her team mate, Carlos Burle rescued her from the sea and performed CPR.
Maya soon recovered her consciousness and was taken to a hospital. She is fine now.
According to Transworld Surf Gabeira suffered a broken ankle but is otherwise fine.
[Link: Transworld Surf]
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Mark Schmid is making a snowboard tool in the shape of a carabiner. That’s right. A tool that snaps onto your belt loop where it will be always handy, but not in the way. He’s already created a skate tool and now he’s hoping to get this product launched with a little help from his friends on Kickstarter. Here’s what Automatic Mag says about it:
Aside from having the potential to save your day on the mountain CLICK Carabiners are incredibly useful for a host of other things like hooking your gloves to your belt loop, stylishly securing your keys and opening beers. Add in the CLICK Carabiner patent-pending “Glove-On” technology which allows you to open the tools even with gloves on, you’d be hard pressed to find a better, cooler, more useful tool for snowboarding . . .
With 34 days to go Schmid already has 1,261 backers who have pledged $25,381. If you’re down click the link and help him out.
[Link: Automatic] [click to continue…]
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For some reason we’ve always been stoked on lake surfing. It’s so wrong, and so not the ocean, and so ephemeral that it’s nearly perfect when it happens. Watching surfers catch these rides on Lake Michigan’s freshwater walls on October 26, 2013 brings it all back to basics, even with inch-thick wetsuits and yacht-sized boards.
[Link: Bramoman]
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