DC Shoes won’t omit anything when it comes to Chris Cole according to an announcement released by the company today. Cole will now be plastered in DC logos for shoes and apparel. Cole says it’s something he’s always hoped for.
“To have a head to toe sponsor with a signature line of shoes and also now apparel is really what every skater hopes for. I’ve always been very specific about what I skate in, so the fact that DC makes great products is why I am here. I work closely with the DC designers and they have a gift for creating the best shoes and apparel for my style of skating. Thanks to DC for making this happen and for all the support,” said Chris Cole.
Today (April 30, 2013), on iTunes Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals released a special version of Jah Work to help support the family of Australian Almost Skateboards pro Lewis Marnell who died in January 2013 from diabetes complications. Here’s what Almost’s Luis Cruz says:
Lewis had left his guitar with me so he had something to play when he was in the US. I had forgotten he left it. One day, Ben Harper was visiting me and noticed the guitar. When Ben and I started talking about it, we thought it would be cool for him to make a song using Lewis’ guitar. With debt looming over Lewis’s funeral, Ben decided to get his original band back together and make a song for Lewis. All proceeds of the song will go to helping the Marnell family with all funeral costs.
We’ve watched this Patrick Pearse edit for Desillusion Magazine three times now and we swear, our monitor is beginning to get that worn, smokey, intimate, Marlboro haze that Steve Olson creates so well.
Beginning May 3, 2013 San Diego surf shop Aloha Sunday Supply Company in collaboration with Starbucks Doubleshot (the energy drink for coffee drinkers?) is presenting Art Of The Craft, a one-week pop-up surfboard gallery featuring the work of San Diego Shaper Josh Oldenburg.
After receiving his first surfboard in junior high, a 7’2 round nose egg with a thruster fin set up, Josh Oldenburg knew that surfing was in his future. His first industry job was gluing blanks for Mac King Foam at Pacific Glassing where he learned that true craftsmanship is the ability to create multiple, flawless boards at one time. This belief inspired Josh to start his own business shaping surfboards, and in 2008, he opened Josh Oldenburg Surfboards, and independent surfboard shaping company in San Diego, California.
Josh along with Santa Cruz, California based wood surfboard shaper Martijn Stiphout will also be featured in a three part video series titled Art of The Craft premiering May 3. Hey, if Seattle’s retail coffee monster wants to help expose a couple quality surfboard shapers, who are we to argue.
The opening reception at Aloha Sunday begins at 6:30 PM on Friday, May 3, 2013. Aloha Sunday is located at 3118 University Ave. in San Deigo California.
This little parody edit by Kyle MacLennan and Nathaniel Curren had us smiling. For a reminder of just how over-the-top Nike’s original Create Your Legacy spot was follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Portland, Oregon’s Timothy Copeman is a hardware repurposer, recycler and upcycler who give new life to old hammers with interesting materials and then sells them in his Etsy story Copeman’s Corner. Some of his coolest hammers feature handles made from old skateboard decks. Here’s what Copeman says about this one:
This handmade handle was created from White Oak and an up-cycled Anti Hero TNT Skateboard Deck then securely fitted to a vintage reclaimed claw hammer head. Go big or go home! . . . Entire hammer weighs approximately 1 lbs 9 oz and measures 13.5 inches long. . . This hammer was designed to be put in your tool box and used! All my hammers are guaranteed not to break with normal use for the first six months! See my shop policies for details.
How much would you have to drop for one of Timmy’s skateboard hammers? $40 to $45 a piece. Click the link for more details.
Now, thanks to a collaboration between Real Skateboards and Know Projects, Inc. (the minds behind Know Skateboarding) everyone can ad a little flavor to their social media photo posting with a new iPhone app called InstaReal. Just watch the edit, download the app, and start you can remind the world that people need to #mellowthefukout
After all the excitement about The Boardroom (the consumer surf show formerly known as Sacred Craft) joining the grand parade at the 2013 US Open of Surfing on the sand in Huntington Beach, California, it now won’t happen thanks to US Open event owner IMG’s reported inability to “permit GLM (Boardroom’s owner) to charge admission to the consumer component of a planned trade-plus-consumer.”
“Every year, IMG tries to bring something different to the US Open of Surfing,” says James Leitz SVP of IMG. “For 2013, in support of Vans’ inclusive directive, we teamed up with GLM to bring in The Boardroom. This was a game changer for our industry. A massive trade show footprint on the beach with both B2B and B2C components. Unfortunately, like some big ideas, things just don’t work out. I am confident that The Boardroom will continue to be a huge success.”
So just like that The Boardroom is back on its own and scheduled for October 5 – 6, 2013 at the OC Fair & Events Center. Thanks for playing. For the official word from GLM follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Freewaters Footwear has named Robert “Bob” Kelley as CFO. Previously Kelly held positions at Adidas, Tyr, and most recently at Sanuk.
“I had the distinct pleasure of working with Bob for over 8 years while at Sanuk” said Freewaters CEO John Vance. “He knows every aspect of how to stage a company for profitability, while being flexible to the changing markets and spending needs. All of us at Freewaters feel very fortunate to have such a seasoned professional and genuinely good human on board with us at this early stage in our brand’s history.”
Freewaters has also added reps in the southwest, midwest, and in Florida. For the official word on Freewaters spring ramp up, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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DC Shoes won’t omit anything when it comes to Chris Cole according to an announcement released by the company today. Cole will now be plastered in DC logos for shoes and apparel. Cole says it’s something he’s always hoped for.
