by The Editors on March 20, 2012
Billy O’Leary, a 20-year-old surfer from Mermaid Beach, Australia was bitten by a shark today while surfing Nobbys Beach on the Gold Coast after landing a floater on to the bull shark’s back, according to a story in the Courier Mail.
Mr Kolkka said Billy had told him he was performing an aerial trick known as a ‘floater’ when he landed on the shark. . . “It’s turned around and bitten him,” he said. . . “The shark probably wasn’t looking for him – it was just bad luck. . . “He made his way to shore but when he turned ’round and saw the injuries, he was really scared. He yelled out to a few people to help but they were wearing iPods and couldn’t hear him and just kept walking.”
O’Leary was taken to a Gold Coast hospital where he was treated for “deep lacerations to his left calf, including one to his Achilles tendon” and is reportedly in stable condition.
[Link: Courier Mail]
by The Editors on March 20, 2012
The massive Sierra storms of last weekend claimed a second life when Justin McCollum, 20, of Roseville, California died after falling into a tree well while snowboarding at Sugar Bowl Resort on Monday, March 19, 2012, according to a story in the Auburn Journal.
According to Sgt. Kurt Walker of the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, McCollum was snowboarding with a group of friends on Monday in the Strawberry Fields area, classified as a double black diamond “expert only” run. . . Walker said McCollum fell behind and his friends waited for him at the base of the run. They then took a lift back up and saw the victim in a tree well.
According to the story, “ski patrol performed first aid and transported the individual to the base area where he was pronounced dead. Our thoughts are with McCollum’s family and friends.
[Link: Auburn Journal]
by The Editors on March 20, 2012
Bon Hiver, the manufacturers of “freebase” snowboarding bindings, has recalled three of their binding models due to base plates that “fracture during use.”
The recalled products are Bon Hiver Freebase snowboard bindings in the following models: 11 Series – Assault or Infrared, 13 Series – Arsenal or Hellfire and 18 Series – Stealth or Storm. The bindings are sold in pairs. Each binding is made up of two pieces: a boot base and a base plate. The boot base, which attaches to the snowboarder’s boot, has a high back, ankle strap, toe strap and footplate. . . The series number is located next to the logo on the back of the boot base and on the side of one of the footplates. The base plate is flat and made of black plastic. It has four locking mechanisms to attach it to the board.
While there have been no reported injuries or property damage if you have these bindings you should return them to Bon Hiver for “a free repair and a 20 percent refund of the purchase price.” For the official info follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on March 20, 2012
Each spring the adult entertainers of Southern California flock to local mountains to snowboard with their boobies out. It’s one of the least known local mountain traditions and is probably why it took the crew at Europe’s Snowbroader.com to bring it to our attention.
Bandi Bratner made questionable use of the GoPro to make sure it was all captured in HD glory. It’s a rite of spring, don’t knocker it. Get tit? For the NSFW video follow the jump. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on March 19, 2012
DC Shoes is sponsoring Rob Dyrdek’s Street League Skateboarding series again. And why shouldn’t they, really. They’re in so deep with Dyrdek there would be no reason to stop now.
“There’s nothing better than Street League Skateboarding and we are really excited to sponsor the series again this year,” said DC President, Anton Nistl. “For DC it’s been a strategic and significant partnership over the years, and Street League really aligns with DC’s ‘vision’ of being the most sought after skate-driven action sports brand in the world.”
See, that’s how deep they are. Follow the jump for the official word (including tour dates). [click to continue…]
by The Editors on March 19, 2012
Spring Break’s gonna get a little more broke as Danny Kass and The Dingo host Grenade Games 8 at SoCal’s Bear Mountain March 24-25, 2012. Yeah, it could get crazy.
[Link via Yobeat]
by The Editors on March 19, 2012
by The Editors on March 19, 2012
The massive snowfall that had so many snowboarders charging for the mountains this weekend (March 16-18, 2012) claimed the life of a 30-year-old man at central California’s China Peak Ski Resort according to a story in the Fresno Bee.
The man was snowboarding alone on one of the slopes when he fell head-first into deep snow and suffocated, China Peak owner and general manager Tim Cohee said. Another visitor to the resort saw the base of the man’s snowboard sticking out of the snow and pulled him out a few minutes after he fell in.
This is the first death at China Peak this year, but the second deep snow snowboard death in as many seasons. Our thoughts are with the man’s family and friends.
[Link: Fresno Bee]
by The Editors on March 16, 2012
It is amazing that Shaun White can continue to dominate both halfpipe and slopestyle. Here is his Euro X Games slope gold medal run. He went a little easy on the rails, but the rest was pretty solid. [Wonder why the clip got taken down? Was it the judges?]
[Link: ESPN/Action]
by The Editors on March 16, 2012
An avalanche that local rangers are calling a “100-year-event” blazed a path down Mt. Baker’s Shuksan Arm on Thursday morning March 16, 2012 according to a story on KIROtv.
Warming temperatures have caused unstable snow conditions, causing the Mt. Baker Ski Area to close. . . According to the Mt. Baker snow report, the area has received 110 inches of snowfall in the last six days, and snowfall this month has surpassed the entire month of March in the record year of 1998-1999.
The slide closed Mt. Baker for the day, but thankfully, no one was hurt and the only thing the slide destroyed were trees. Baker was closed yesterday, but will be back open today at 9 AM.
[Link: KIROtv via Board As Fuck]
Billy O’Leary, a 20-year-old surfer from Mermaid Beach, Australia was bitten by a shark today while surfing Nobbys Beach on the Gold Coast after landing a floater on to the bull shark’s back, according to a story in the Courier Mail.
