BNQT the “action sports” content aggregation site owned by USA Today has some new division mates as the parent company rolls all their online sports properties (MMAjunkie.com, Big Lead Sports properties, etc. . . ) into one mammoth sporting media property called USA Today Sports Digital Properties.
“USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties is designed to strategically integrate our premium sports properties to create compelling content for sports fans,” said Tom Beusse, President of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group. “Chris brings the digital marketing expertise necessary to lead this team, which we believe will make USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties a one-stop shop for fans, and for brand advertisers seeking to engage sports fans in meaningful and unique ways.”
Let’s see if we’re reading this cartoon right: The Agenda Show is leading the way over competitors like (LMFAO) Surf Expo and Magic/S.L.A.T.E.? Reminds us how much we’re looking forward to Agenda NYC July 16-17, 2012.
Nothing says tourist like a good, blinding, farmer tan and an aloha shirt. This summer collab from A Bathing Ape and Undefeated just might be the most epic Hawaiian print ever. Check the entire line at Undefeated. The summer collection goes on sale June 30, 2012.
The mountain states are set to get splattered as Lifeblood and Blood Wizard team up for a skatepark tour through Idaho, Utah, and Colorado July 6 through 16, 2012. Follow it all in the Instasphere at @blood_wizard, @toadally, @originalbk, @local_joey65.
Duffs kicks down a little video series featuring Cooper Wilt. Titled The Pedro Files this series will “disclose more information about the enigma that is Cooper Wilt.” Okay then.
Now that it’s official summer, a lot of snowboarders have a bit more off-snow time that they need to fill. Mix that in with the rising cost of lift tickets and Snowboardgreen.com’s Grant Bowen may have just the perfect July project: making your old board a splitboard. Apparently, it is this easy. . .
Skateboarding lost a former pro and photog when the body of Jaya Bonderov, 40, was found by the side of the Kuhio Highway in Wainiha, Kauai on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, according to a story on The Garden Isle.
According to a statement from the Kaua‘i Police Department, Bonderov’s body was discovered near his SUV on Kuhio Highway just north of the Lumaha‘i Bridge. . . Police have classified this incident as an unattended death. An autopsy was conducted Wednesday to help determine the cause of Bonderov’s death. The statement said that more information would be released as it becomes available.
Our thoughts are with Bonderov’s family and friends.
[Update Friday June 29, 2012: According to the latest report from police Bonderov’s death was the result of a single car accident. Click here for more from The Garden Isle. ]
This year’s Design for Humanity will feel like a music festival offering multiple performances on three stages by some of today’s hottest bands and DJs. Indie rock bands Walk the Moon and Imagine Dragons will open the show followed by performances by American folk rock band The Lumineers and headliners Welsh alt rock band The Joy Formidable. . . . Guests will get an exclusive sneak peak of the Billabong Spring 2013 Billabong collection, which will be showcased in a runway show in conjunction with a number of one-of-a-kind custom pieces during the Design for Humanity event.
Hollywood, bands, and bikinis on a catwalk? Thanks, Billabong. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
Tom Schaar, the 12-year-old vert wonderkinder most famous for being the first skateboarder to land a 1080 is going to the X Games and Youtube video channel Network A is following him all the way. In part one of a five-part series we’ll:
. . . meet Tom’s family at his home in Malibu, California, check out his backyard ramp, find out why he decided to try the 1080, and see the excitement of Tom landing the first 1080 in competition at Asian X Games.
We’re not the biggest fans of the X Games but the kid is good. Check it.
BNQT the “action sports” content aggregation site owned by USA Today has some new division mates as the parent company rolls all their online sports properties (MMAjunkie.com, Big Lead Sports properties, etc. . . ) into one mammoth sporting media property called USA Today Sports Digital Properties. 
