Sometimes ultra realism isn’t exactly what we’re all after with video games. And nothing in Party Wave is realistic, however, it is fun in a crazy, overly animated Japanese video game way. Party Wave was developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the massively popular Final Fantasy series, according to a post on Kotaku.
The object is to ride waves, avoid sea life, and to get a bunch of surfers to pull off tricks without wiping out. The wave riding took some getting used so to get maximum points and pull off tricks.
Alexandre Ressica, 22, of La Reunion died (Monday, July 23, 2012) after having his leg bit off by a shark, according to a story in The Australian.
Fellow surfers were able to haul Alexandre Rassica, a 22-year-old local, back to the beach at Trois-Bassins on the west of the island after the attack. But when paramedics arrived he was in a state of cardiac arrest, officials said.
This is retiredly the sixth attack on humans in the past year. Our thoughts are with Rassica’s family and friends.
Girls in bikinis, butts in closeup, bare backs and Jack Freestone, Ian Gentil, Peterson Crisanto, and Ruan Callinan surfing. It appears someone has done their market research. Either way it’s 24 minutes of surf bliss.
Tonight at San Francisco’s Fecal Face Gallery graphic artist, illustrator and tattooist Mike Giant officially opens his show Confessions Of An Old Dirty Skateboarder. The show features “a wide assemblage of recent drawings and also a rare opportunity to view Giant’s personal collection of skateboards he illustrated the graphics for, including boards from his early career.”
Here’s what Giant says:
“I’m a product of my generation. I grew up through the 80s and was drawn to the punk rock and hip-hop cultures simultaneously”, Giant said in a recent interview. “I threw myself in headfirst. A lot of those things were about personal expression, and also an anti-establishment attitude like, “We don’t need you, we have our own thing.” That’s the backbone of who I am to this day”.
The opening begins at 7 PM. The show runs from July 20 – August 12, 2012. Fecal Face Gallery is located at 2277 Mission St. in San Francisco, California. For the rest of the info click the link.
Swedish snowboard photographer Daniel Blom is celebrating his 10 years in the action image capturing game with a book titled Drifting Decade.
Drifting Decade, a hardcover 240 page book portraying some of the most influential riders of the 21th scenery, on and off the mountain, mixes documentary style images with crisp action and snapshots. This book presents the full spectrum of this subculture’s ramifications including big mountain lines in Alaska, stadium contests in Germany to urban riding in Finland.
The book ships out at the end of September. But you can pre-order a signed copy now by signing up on the website. Looks like it’s going to be a good book. Especially for those who prefer pictures over words.
It’s a superstar episode of the Weekend Buzz as Street League Arizona winner (and X Games gold medalist) Paul Rodriguez and Shane O’Neill convince Erica Yary and Rob Brink to take their show on the road to P-Rod’s training facility in Canoga Park, California. There’s more and it’s good.
Not that we’re on any kind of Vans kick today, but old guys are going to love this Vans x Skateboarding Magazine collaboration. Trust us. We know some.
VF Corp, the parent company of Vans, Reef, The North Face, etc. . . announced its financial results for the second quarter today (July 19, 2012) and things are looking rosy at the soft goods giant. Total revenues were up 16 percent (thanks Timberland), gross margins expanded 46 percent, and cash flow from operations is “expected to reach a record $1.2 billon,” whatever that means. But how did Vans do? Well, they rocked it for another quarter.
The Vans® brand achieved a 25 percent (29 percent in constant dollars) increase in global revenues in the quarter, with double-digit revenue growth in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The Vans direct-to-consumer business also demonstrated solid results, with revenues rising by 18 percent.
Congrats, Vans. For the full release including not one word about Reef, follow the jump. If the raw numbers are more your deal, click here. [click to continue…]
Federico “Kikas” Morais just dropped a little clip “filmed entirely in Australia.” The clip features gulls, kangaroos, and Sheilas, but no shrimp, no barbies, and no Oi Ois.
