Tonight (Thursday, April 4, 2013), Los Angeles’ Known Gallery kicks open their new show Skateboard High School | Years of Pictures by Patrick O’Dell. For a little backstory on why you might want to visit the opening, click here to read Chris Nieratko’s love letter to an O’Dell photo on Vice.com. The opening party begins at 8 PM. Known Gallery is located at 441 North Fairfax Ave., in Los Angeles, California.
[Link: Known Gallery]
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Raen is rolling out a limited release of 25 Squire shades only at Converyor at Fred Segal. To celebrate they’re giving out some beverages and letting DJ Don Nguyen make some noise tonight (April 4, 2013) from 7 -10 PM. Conveyor is located at 420 Broadway, in Santa Monica, California. If you’re around, roll over. To check out the shades, follow the jump [click to continue…]
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In a story we posted last month regarding Billabong’s offer deadline we suggested that the deadline would pass and Billabong would be forced to consider even lower offers. That’s exactly what has happened, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal.
People familiar with the talks said both consortia [VF Corp and Naude] had cut their respective proposals below A$1.10 a share, declining to be more specific. Shares in Billabong, which is being advised by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS +0.02% last traded at A$0.73, having touched a record low of A$0.63 last month.
In our opinion, the longer Billabong stalls, the worse things are going to be for the beleaguered surf fashion giant.
[Link: Wall Street Journal]
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Ricardo Camargo of Vapor Studio, just tipped us in on a new project he’s working on called Lit, by NZN labs. Lit is an action tracker that no only keeps track of all your walking and running, but also surfing, snowboarding, and skateboarding and pulls it all together for some social competition as well. Camargo and his partners are currently trying to raise $100,000 for the project on a site called Indigogo.
LIT’s advanced sensors analyze your movements 24×7, scoring both activity and action by interpreting steps, distance, duration, intensity, strokes, paddles, jumps, rotations, turns, g-force, airtime, and more. . . Earn points for activity and bonuses for action. Points become the currency used to challenge yourself, your friends, and the world. . . LIT is 24×7 wearable and built to go where you go. Snow, surf, dirt, pavement? No problem. LIT is built for extremes. It’s rugged, shock resistant, and water resistant to 10 ATM / 100 m.
NZN Labs has already raised $27,000 but in the next 30 days they need going to need $70,000 more. To see how you can participate and help make Lit a reality, click the link.
[Link: NZN Labs]
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Casey Zelinsky, Cameron Lapolla, and Kristin Cusic
iPath footwear is stoked to announced the addition of Casey Zelinsky Northern California and Nevada) and Cameron Lapolla (Southern California) to their sales team and Kristin Cusic as the new VP of Marketing for iPath parent company Klonelab.
Global Sales Director, Matt Gentilucci, says, “ I’m really happy with the new additions to the sales force; combined with our existing crew, we now have a solid team in place and are poised to grow this coming Holiday sell-in season.”
For the official word from iPath, please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Xavier de Le Rue and Lucas Debari take us all on a tour of their Antarctic snowboard exploration vehicle The Golden Fleece. No shred footie, but their ship is not a bad set up for trolling the terrifying waters of the South Pole on Mission Antarctic, huh?
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Cowtown Skateboards PHXAM is going down this coming weekend April 6-7, 2013 and if you’re not going to be sweating balls with the rest of the crew in Phoenix, Arizona the next best thing will be to watch it online.
Top amateur skateboarders from across the globe including Vans’ own Daniel Lutheran, Nassim Guammaz, Kyle Walker, Patrick Ryan, John Fitzgerald, Alec Majerus, Antoine Asselin and Rowan Zorilla will compete for more than $8,500 in cash and prizes. Skullcandy will also host the “Best Trick” Contest and award $2,500 to the best trick of the weekend. The Official PHXAM After Party tops off the event with the Black Lips, Andrew Jackson Jihad and more music on Saturday night at the Marquee Theater in Tempe, AZ.
Check it out live on PHXAM.com or on your mobile device via the Vans Live app. Follow the jump for the official details. [click to continue…]
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Vans is kicking down a new LXVI MultiCam Pack (including the Graph, Secant, Numeral, Variable, and Stat) for spring in all your favorite paramilitary colors.
Developed by innovative NYC manufacturing firm Crye Precision, MultiCam® is a special forces-ready camp print utilized by US Special Operations Forces to allow deployment of virtually any region in the world at a moment’s notice and still have the tactical concealment needed to conduct covert missions across varied terrains, elevations, and seasons. MultiCam® is infused with special infrared signature reduction technology to keep soldiers hidden from enemy night vision.
Might also be the perfect shoe for creeping around on the lurk.
[Link: Vans LXVI]
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The organizers of this year’s IASC Skateboarding Summit (scheduled for May 8 – 10, 2013 at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim, California) have announced their lineup of speakers and there are very few surprises. However, as IASC Executive Director Josh Friedberg says:
“The depth of experience and variety of viewpoints from our speakers this year will give everyone who attends some great food for thought, I can’t wait to hear what these guys have to say!”
For the complete list of the brave industry stalwarts who will be sitting at the tables up front and facing the audience (as well as a complete list of inductees to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame) follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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