The ASP announced today its schedule for the 2013 season. The men’s tour includes nine events, the women’s tour is logging in a “tentative” eight event. Yes, all of your favorites as still on the schedule, but some of the others are gone. But then you already knew that right? Here are the men’s events and dates.
2013 ASP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR:
– Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast – March 2 – 13, 2013
– Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach – March 27 – April 7, 2013
– Billabong Rio Pro – May 8 – 19, 2013
– Volcom Pro Fiji – June 2 – 14, 2013
– Billabong Pro Teahupo’o – August 15 – 26, 2013
– Hurley Pro at Trestles – September 15 – 21, 2013
– Quiksilver Pro France – September 27 – October 7, 2013
– Rip Curl Pro Portugal – October 9 – 20, 2013
– Billabong Pipe Masters – December 8 – 20, 2013
Follow the jump for the women’s events, plus a little more info. [click to continue…]
ISFF is the only celebration of its kind to honor the creativity of filmmaking within the industry as a medium that has elevated skateboarding into a lifestyle and widespread art form. Dubbed the “Oscars of Skateboarding” by Color magazine, the International Skateboard Film Festival is steadily gaining momentum as the premier film festival to recognize the achievements of skateboard filmmakers across the globe.
The event features three days of screenings, parties, and an awards show. For all the info, including a complete schedule, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
From the looks of this promo we’d have to say that the new Neffland Park at Park City is going to be a rainbow of flavor. Seems like this video could use a little snow, or something. Shed like never before, rave bro.
Snowboarders Derek Tyndall and Thomas Dale ended up spending two nights on Mt. Ranier before finally being rescued are back off the mountain now, according to a story in the Seattle Times.
Tyndall, of Sumner, and Dale, of Indiana – were carving turns down from Camp Muir Sunday afternoon when a heavy storm forced them to halt their descent. They did not have overnight gear or extra food, save a few crackers, but immediately began preparing to hunker down for the night. . . “They are extraordinarily fortunate,” Mount Rainier National Park spokesman Kevin Bacher said. “This is a case where something went wrong, but from that point on they did everything right. They didn’t compound the situation by making poor decisions.” . . The two boarders called 911 and dug a snow cave near a freshwater spring not far from the southern end of the Paradise Glacier and used their snowboards to block its entrance and keep 70 mph winds at bay. They kept themselves warm and dry and did not move around.
It’s Wednesday, here’s a full shred film available for online viewing absolutely free. What else have you got going on? Right. Just click the arrow and check out Media Offline from Skeleton Crew. It’s live for one day only and Pat Bridges even has a part!
[Editors’ Note: Show’s over. Nothing to see here. One day it was here, the next it was gone. What did you miss? The best raw snow edit we’ve seen all year.]
Snowboarders have only 16 days left to enter a design for two new Burton Snowboards thanks to a collaboration between Burton and Blank You Very Much. Creating a top sheet graphic for a Burton’s Moonshine and Speak Easy snowboards might not be easy, however, entering the design in the contest is simple.
Download the design template, asset files, and follow the artwork guidelines to submit your own unique designs now. . . Two winning designs will be selected and used exclusively as the new ‘Moonshine’ and ‘Speak Easy’ Burton snowboard models. . . . Both boards will be produced at Craig’s Prototype Facility (Burlington, VT) and made available for purchase at a selection of the best snowboard shops around the globe.
The contest ends on November 31, 2012. The winning entries will be chosen by judges Mark Sollors and Danny Davis. Follow the jump for more info. [click to continue…]
Spy Inc. is happy to report that in the quarter ended September 30, 2012 they only lost $1.8 million on total net sales of $9.9 million. The loss is down from $3 million in the same quarter in 2011. Couple that with net sales being up eight percent, and an increased borrowing capacity from Costa Brava Partnership III, L.P. and it appears things are continuing toward profitability. And that’s always good
“With strong SPY® brand sales growth of 17% for 3rd quarter of 2012 over 2011, building on the huge SPY® brand growth rate of 25% for the 3rd quarter of 2011 over 2010, we are happy to have achieved our 6th consecutive quarter of year over year growth of SPY® brand products. We feel this once again demonstrates the strength of our renewed brand positioning and exciting new product collection,” said Michael Marckx, President and CEO. “We are especially pleased that we were able to grow our North American snow goggle and sunglass businesses because of such a poor snow season last year that we believe caused many of our retailers to have relatively high inventory levels going into this 2012 fall snow goggle buying season.”
Last month we mentioned that along with being one of the best surfers of all time Tom Curren can also sing. . . well. Here’s the proof in the video for Summerland Road. Though we are kind of wondering where his duet partner is. She pretty much makes the song and yet is conspicuously missing from the video. Hmmmm?
Vans has chosen to bring in the professions with the distribution rights to their big action content plays. Super world wide agency IMG will now be developing and enhancing “the international distribution of all Vans content globally across all media platforms, bringing top level action sports events to both new and existing fans,” according to Vans.
“International growth continues to be integral to Vans’ success as a brand and sharing the Vans lifestyle through our action sports events and feature content connects us with consumers in the most authentic way possible,” said Doug Palladini, Vans Vice President, Marketing. “Our partnership with IMG gives Vans’ industry-leading action sports event line-up and our growing library of rich lifestyle content a broader global platform than ever before to reach our consumers worldwide.”
Sounds like a great idea seeing as that is IMG’s business. For the official word, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
