Snowboard trainers Mitch Tölderer and Bibi Tölderer-Pekarek show us how to get ready for the new winter season. Remember: “He pulls heezs heelz on zee germ bool az far to heez buttock as possible.” And ya dis not too hard for us. It eez too sexy!
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Today O’Neill announced that it awarded one of its two 2012 Cold Water Classic wildcard spots to Jason “Ratboy” Collins. Did anyone doubt that?
“I’m super excited to get the wildcard. I knew there were a few people up for it,” said Collins. “It’s pretty cool for a local to get the opportunity to go out and surf against talent like Slater and Parko, guys you’ve looked up to. It’s also cool to see the event get upgraded, like it used to be. We used to get guys like Martin Potter, Tom Curren, everybody would come up here. But it’s been quite a few years.”
The other wildcard will be awarded in a 12-man invitation surf contest on October 31, 2012 featuring Nat Young, Bud Freitas, Noi Kaulukukui, Adam Replogle, Josh Mulcoy, Randy Bonds, Shaun Burns, Josh Loya and Jimmy Herrick, as well as, Johny Craft, Cory Lopez and Tim Reyes. The 2012 O’Neill Coldwater Classic waiting period begins November 1, 2012. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
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El Salvador’s Carlos “Zancudo” Erazo rips. No doubt about it.
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We haven’t seen the movie yet but already the reviews are coming in for Chasing Mavericks, and not surprising, they’re not good. Here’s a piece of one from The Wrap.
[Chasing Mavericks is] a biopic that features not enough stirringly gorgeous surfing footage and way too many clunky biopic clichés in telling the story of surf legend Jay Moriarity. With a storyline as by-the-numbers as a square dance, the movie’s one surprise comes with the closing credits — namely, that this trite “inspirational” movie is the product of two world-class filmmakers, Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted.
Ouch. But don’t that that keep you from seeing it. The San Francisco Chronicle liked it:
“Chasing Mavericks” breaks through the cliches associated with surfer movies – the carefree beach party fantasies, the fake mysticism – and offers a portrait that has a lot more integrity. In this telling, the really serious surfers, the big wave guys, are anything but happy-go-lucky airheads.
Plus, Abigail Spencer is in it, according to the NY Daily News. So we still might have a hard time waiting for the iTunes version.
[Link: The Wrap, SF Chronicle and NY Daily News]
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In the hours following the announcement that Burton Snowboards would “exit out of” The Program brands by 2014 a hash meme started: #GiveFORUMtoPeter.
We saw it first in Todd Richards’ Instafeed. Then today Board As Fuck featured a link to the website GiveForumtopeter.com. That site features a online petition that as of tonight (October 25, 2012) has 4,534 supporters.
All this was obviously too much for the mind behind The Tackled Box because he let loose one of the best snowboard rants we’ve read in years. It starts out like this:
Are you kidding me? All the hoopla over saving Forum? GIVE it back to Peter? Really? Shit if there was this much excitement over the brand during the last few years the brand wouldn’t have been put to rest. You want to know why Burton cut the cord on Forum? Cause not too many people gave too many shits about it, that’s why. Forum is a brand that failed and by the grace of the snowboard Gods in Vermont got a second chance at life and then failed again.
That’s only the first paragraph. For the rest of the hilarious, biting, unauthorized history of the Forum brand as only a competitor can put it down, click the link.
[Link: TackledBox]
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Whenever we see the Brothers Marshall gear an old Surf Punks song begins bouncing through our brains. Wonder why that is? Click the link for the rest of the Brothers fall 2012 goodness.
[Link: Brothers Marshall]
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Surf journalist Steve Barilotti is working on a documentary on the life and times of seminal 60s psychedelic artist Rick Griffin (creator of the surf comic Murphy) and he needs your help on Kickstarter.
The Film: “Griffin” is a feature-length documentary that explores the art, life and eccentric spark of one of the world’s least known and most influential 20th Century surrealists. Over the time-warped span of the 1960’s, one-time teen cartoonist Rick Griffin created defining icons for three pillars of west coast counterculture: surfing, psychedelic rock and underground comix.
Barilotti has reach is original Kickstarter goal of $20,000 but there are three days left so you can still help him out with getting this project completed. Click the link for more info.
[Link: Kickstarter via Boing Boing]
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From the marks on his surfboard shark experts are saying that Francisco Javier Solorio Jr., 39, the surfer who died October 23, 2012, was hit by a 15-16 foot great white shark, according to a story in the LA Times.
Ralph S. Collier, a shark expert from the Shark Research Committee of Chatsworth, made the determination about the shark Wednesday after examining Solorio’s body and the board he was using when the shark attacked, according to a statement from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. . . Collier said he estimated the size of the shark based on the distance between teeth marks on the board.
That is a big one.
[Link: LA Times]
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Amer Sport the Helsinki, Finland based parent company of Salomon, Bonfire, and Nikita reported their financials for the quarter ending September 2012. Profits appeared flat versus 2011 with net sales increased by two percent, and unfortunately winter hardgoods sales were down by 12 percent, according to Marketwatch.
“Our Q3 sales were driven by strong on-going momentum in Apparel (27% growth), as well as continuous improvement in Suunto (+24%), Fitness (10%), Tennis (+8%) and Cycling (+7%),” said Keikki Takala, president and CEO of Amer Sport. “As expected, Winter Sports Equipment declined in line with the previously communicated low pre-orders, despite our strengthened market position.”
Guess their trouble in winter sports equipment is old news. For the official word and all the numbers click the link.
[Link:Marketwatch]
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This looks faker than surfers paddling the streets of NYC, but the Tosh 2.0 writers made due. As usual.
[Link: Above The Law]
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