It looks like the Billabong Rio Pro women’s event will may finish today in one to two foot surf, according to ASP International Head Judge Rich Porta.
“We’ve got small, clean waves on offer this morning and will recommence with women’s non-elimination Round 3,” Porta said. “We’ll reassess conditions before moving into Round 4 and with unfavorable winds and rain for the final day of the women’s waiting period, a Billabong Rio Pro Women’s Champion could be crowned today.”
Laura Enever (above) faces World Champ Carissa Moore in Quarter Final four. Quarter final one is in the water now. Click here to watch live or follow the jump for the official word from the ASP. [click to continue…]
When skate legends Tony Hawk and Chris Miller get together to it’s always worth eavesdropping on. Here Rob Brink and Erica Yary interview their boss on The Weekend Buzz. Kind of reminds us of watch them roll the Fallbrook Ramp together. . .
Hang loose! That saying basically originated on the islands of Hawaii, meaning “relax” and “kick back,” more or less. The Loose tee features a skeleton hand graphic in the shape of the “hang loose” hand sign, with The Hundreds logo at the top. Solid Bomb logo at top back.
Bobby’s going to be at Prototype from 2 to 4 PM on Saturday, May 19, 2012, but the shirts are available exclusive at “authorized Hawaiian The Hundreds retailers” like: Blue Hawaii, Island Snow, Sindication, One Eighty Boardshop, and EightRocks. Kind of makes us which we were on an island in the Pacific sipping. . .
New York Times writer Alex Williams follows along with a group of old guy longboarders called the Bergen County Bombers and gets into the heads of some who believe skateboarding is the best midlife crises there is.
Forget the little red sports car: the new symbol for midlife crisis is the skateboard. Graying members of Generation X, and even their older brothers, are reclaiming their youth and rebellious streak by hopping back on a skate deck. Some are even showing off old tricks in the skate park. . . It’s the latest gasp for a generation of perma-dudes who listen to Black Flag in their BMWs and trade high-fives in client meetings. It’s a bid to escape the corporate grind, beat back their flagging vigor and even make good on a generational cliché: to extend their adolescence until their federal prescription-drug benefit kicks in.
Concrete Wave’s Michael Brooke is even quoted saying “The skate geezers are having their revenge.” Well, as long as they stay out on the streets with their longboards, we guess it’s okay. . . but we still find ourselves being a whole lot less annoyed by the kid on the left.
Legendary action photographer Steve Sherman will be showing his art work at Encinitas, California based style shop UNIV this Friday evening, May 11. 2012 in a show titled T-Sherms Now.
Since the late ’80s, Sherman’s trademark moody black and white photos have broken new ground in a field where bright, front-lit color was the standard. . . Sherman’s surf star portraits and lifestyle photography explore uncharted realms of behind-the-scenes intimacy and journalistic presence, bringing fans closer to their surfing heroes than they ever thought possible.
Tommy Agriodimas, Royce Bannon, Peter Dean, John Gordon Gauld, Derek Kettela, Lady Pink, Kenzo Minami, Garrett Rowland, and Julian Ungano as well as collaborations with Jayson Atienza, Borbay, Billi Kid, Pete KL, Lady Pink, Jack Laroux, Marco, Alice Mizrachi, Tim Nolan, McDonald Predeleus, Jen Props, Jason Shelowitz, Monica Watkins, Tim Young, and Paul Zepeda.
The San Clemente, California Parks & Recreations department voted 6 to1 on Tuesday night (May 8, 2012) to uphold the current ban on scooters at the City’s Ralphs Skate Court, according to a story in the OC Register.
Commissioner Steven Streger said he would be open to revisiting the discussion of legalizing scooters at Ralphs Skate Court, depending on whether the city’s insurance covers only skateboarding and whether it bans “mixed use.” He said the statewide immunity protecting the city on skateboarding applies only to skaters 12 and older and to skaters doing tricks. There is a broader rule that covers dangerous activities, he said, so the key is the wording of the insurance, which commissioners didn’t have available to them Tuesday.
Not really sure that this ban makes any sense, but then again, the fewer scooter riders at skateparks, the better.
Justin Heit and the Raen Optics family have released a twist on their Squire frame thanks to Warren Smith. The translucent bone-colored acetate is trimmed with custom, metal detailing and polarized Optics by Carl Zeiss Vision lens. All that for $142. Snappy.
Celtek gloves is giving some lucky snowboarder a free trip to High Cascade Snowboard Camp. The only catch? You have to visit Facebook to make it happen.
CELTEK has put together a Facebook contest that gives one lucky winner a free session to HCSC. This will be your chance to ride with CELTEK team riders who spend a good amount of their summer shredding at High Cascade including: Chris Grenier, Dan Brisse, Ted Borland, Sam Taxwood, Griffin Seibert, Brandon Hobush & more. You may enter by submitting a photo of yourself wearing any pair of CELTEK gloves.
If you have the glove, it just might be worth posting a photo. Click the link for more info.
A 13-year-old skateboarder from Livermore, California died last night after “crashing into a moving pickup truck,” according to a story in the LA Times.
The boy “had some speed” as he rode down a hill Tuesday, but there was no indication the truck was traveling over the speed limit, said Sgt. John Hurd of the Livermore Police Department. . . Drugs and alcohol did not appear to play a role, and the boy was wearing a helmet, he said.
Nathan lived in Livermore and was an eighth-grader at Mendenhall Middle School. His mother, Katie, is a science teacher at Rancho Las Positas Elementary School in Livermore, and his father, Sam, is assistant principal at Williams Middle School in Tracy. . . “He was just very caring and responsible, and very, very smart,” Katie Strube said. “I could count on him for anything.”
Our deepest sympathies are with the boys parents and especially with his brother Calvin.
