According to Tanner Pendleton this is what summer in Oregon looks like. Jed Anderson and Louif Paradis seem to be enjoying it, also.
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Antwuan Dixon brings Pat Rumney to the Weekend Buzz table and explains why he’s trying to live the straight and narrow. “I’d don’t feel like going back to jail. It ain’t fun. It ain’t cool.” Dixon also talks about the infamous Epicly Later’d profile and his soundboard (which still makes is laugh). As always the man’s wit comes through straight on.
[Link: Ride Channel]
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After what seemed like weeks of waiting (ok, only three days), the Roxy Pro Biarritz is finally up and running in two- to three-foot surf.
“We’ve got a little bit of new energy in the swell that’s supposed to be building throughout the day” Dave Shipley, ASP Head Judge stated. “We’ll be starting this morning at 7.30am with Round 1 and move pretty cleanly through Round 2 & 3 today with the likelihood of solid surf tomorrow to finish up.”
And that’s right now. Follow the jump for the official word and heat line-ups, or click play to watch it right here in the comfort of your own Boardistan.com. [click to continue…]
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Just a little reminder of what a rad, gifted person Nelson “Nelly” Pratt from Tim Warwoods.
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Five former employees of One Distribution Co. have brought a lawsuit in Orange County, California Superior Court against the company and also named Vice President of global Brands Matt Fontana for “alleged wrongful termination, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation and failure to take effective remedial action,” according to a story in the OC Weekly. The suit reportedly claims the following:
“Fontana subjected the female employees at One Distribution to greater scrutiny, stricter standards and treated them less favorably than similarly situated males,” reads the complaint. “Fontana compelled employees to ‘pose’ for sexually prurient prospective ads and to engage in work with inappropriate sexual content, advertising crude and questionable pornographic sexual material when the customer market for their work product is children (specifically boys) from the ages of 11 to 17 (primarily skating and skateboard apparel).
Wonder how this one will play out? For the rest of the story click the link.
[Link: OC Weekly]
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Looks like Louie “Tiny Dancer” Vito has a new gig on Youtube channel The NOC’s courtroom show Judge Sapp. Vito is apparently the courtroom DJ. Follow the jump for video glimpses of Louie making funny faces while wearing headphones. [click to continue…]
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Artist and filmmaker Alex Kopps gets down with some ninja shiz with his new collaboration with Vans. The Surfjitsu (out this fall) comes in light tonal prints “that become more visible as the shoes get dirty and worn in.”
Kopps, whose work ranges from mixed media installations, to film, to Polaroid photography, frequently collaborates with Vans surf team riders Alex Knost and Dane Reynolds on art and video projects. Kopps also generates a lot of buzz for his long-awaited surf flick Displacement which combines 1970s Super-8 footage with abstract effects to bring the story of an obscure surf culture to life.
These slippers look super slippy for sure.
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Bonfire, Timberline, and Windells will be hosting their 15th Annual Pipe To Pipe snow/skate competition at Mt. Hood on July 21, 2012. Take this is fair waring then click the line for more details.
[Link: Bonfire Snowboarding]
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Before we even noticed the X Games in Los Angeles had started they are over. And as usual there were very few surprises. Paul Rodriguez finally did it up for gold in Street over Ryan Sheckler and Nyjah Huston. Other than that, it seems like the regular X Games action cast members wrapped things up nicely.
For all the important results in one place, follow the jump. And if you want to relive it over one more time on the web (or, as in our case, view it for the first time) point and click on over to ESPN.com/Action. We’ll just leave it at that. [click to continue…]
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Looks like a bad Monday (July 2, 2012) morning for the troops at Quiksilver Inc. as more than 40 employees are reportedly in the process of getting cut from the payroll.
In an email sent to employees this morning “on behalf of Rob Colby and Craig Stevenson” (Quiksilver Americas President and CEO respectively) the following was outlined:
We have identified a number of initiatives that will help us to achieve our goals, many of them associated with globalizing our business such as increasing the number of global products we sell, centralizing certain functions, and leveraging our marketing efforts across more of the globe. . . . As a result of our ongoing review, we are taking some actions today that result in the elimination of certain positions within the Americas region, specifically impacting 44 current employees. The employees whose jobs are being eliminated will be individually notified today and provided with a fair package of financial and transition support. Our Human Resources team along with department leaders will be personally involved in every notification conversation.
Some of the casualties are reportedly an SVP of Sales and a CFO. More info will be released to employees during a town meeting.
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