It’s a little rough, there’s snow on the lens, and some of shots are questionable, but it February, the sun is out and there is no denying that Joey is having some fun at Bear Mountain.
[Link: Ashbury]
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Sure, there are all kinds of reasons to check out Globe’s new Bantam “behind” the scenes look book, however, as you might expect brightly colored plastic skateboards aren’t very high on that list.
[Link: Globe]
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OG skateboarding photographer Glenn E. Friedman talks to Paradigm Magazine and the result is this Rear Window. It’s like a video collection of punk rock aphorisms. Check it.
[Link: Paradigm Magazine]
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Tony Hawk’s Black Jeep Hennessey Jeep SRT 600 has been around the world (thanks to 2009 Gumball 3000), but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy it. It is currently on ebay with a starting bid of $32,000.
This is Tony Hawk’s personal 2008 Jeep SRT8 with a Hennessey SRT600 Turbo package. This car was driven on the 2009 Gumball 3000 and featured in an episode of MTV “Cribs”. . . . This model came stock with 420 hp and Tony jumped at the opportunity to work with John at HPE on the engine. They installed the SRT600 Turbo package.
And yes, it is fast. It will go 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and turns in 11.9 second quarter miles if you’re into that. It’s currently up on a 7 day auction so you have a week to think about it.
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With the swell beginning to fade at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast the real news of day three was who didn’t make it into Round 4. The short version is this: Matty Wilkinson, Kieren Perrow, Kolohe Andino, Bede Durbidge, Jeremy Flores, Freddie P, Yadin Nicol, Mick Fanning, Raoni Monterio, Adam Melling, 2 John Florence, and Travis Logie.
Oh, and Julian Wilson slayed it. Here’s what he said after logging the day’s high score:
“I lost in this round last year in a close one against Taj (Burrow) and went on to lose a bit early in the next few events so I was nervous before that one,” Wilson said. “I did want to make a statement. In my first two heats I wasn’t myself – it didn’t feel like it was coming together for me. Then in that heat I felt a lot better, felt solid on my board and good to get some high scores.”
For the official word and results from both the Quik and Roxy Pro follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Shepard Fairey could have some jail time coming after entering a plea of “guilty” in a criminal case with the Associated Press, according to a post on the LA Times Blog.
The artist pled guilty in a New York court to one count of criminal contempt for destroying documents, manufacturing evidence and other misconduct in his case involving his “Hope” poster of Barack Obama. . . Fairey admitted in 2009 to destroying documents and submitting false images in his legal battle with the AP.
Sounds like Shepard is going the Martha Stewart route. It wasn’t stealing the photo that got him, it was “destroying documents” and “manufacturing evidence.” According to the story, Fairey will be sentenced July 16, 2012 and could get 6 months is prison and a $5,000 fine.
[Link: LA Times Blog via Boing Boing]
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Joshua Allen, a 24-year-old snowboarders from Tampa, Florida died Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Keystone Resort in Colorado after hitting a tree, according to a story on the Summit County Voice.
According to the Summit County Coroner, Allen, who was wearing a helmet, died of massive facial injuries and brain trauma. . . The coroner’s office reported the accident as a transfer case at 3:25 p.m., reporting that Allen was found in the trees on the intermediate Elk Run (pictured right) Sunday morning.
Our thoughts are with Allen’s family and friends.
[Link: Summit County Voice]
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Just when we thought no one would even get close to 40-year-old Kelly Slater’s ridiculous 18.80 score that he reeled in in 10 minutes during his Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Round 1Heat 6 match up against Garrett Parkes and Kolohe Andino, along comes 2 John Florence in the final heat of the day to lay down a 19.60 against Damien Hobgood and Tiago Pires.
“Last night was my first time surfing at Snapper, it’s an amazing wave!” Florence said. “I knew there was some good ones out there, I was out at this time last night and I got a couple. I so happy right now, I was stoked to just get those two waves, but to win the heat with some good scores is even better. I’m having a lot of fun.”
As for there rest of the day we had these thoughts: No matter what is coming out of Dane Reynold’s head, the truth is he loves surfing contests once he gets in the water. He charged it against Adam Melling and Joel Parkinson but got stuff in the final minutes of their Round 1 Heat 5 match up. Dane will get another chance in Round 2 Heat 2 when he faces off against Taj Burrow. Jordy Smith is looking lean and mean, Owen Wright got off to a rough start but pulled it. But it’s all going to sort out in the next three rounds.
For the official word from the ASP and full mens and women’s’ Roxy Pro results follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Watching the Vans Bowl-A-Rama from Bondi Beach makes you think that boosting 7-foot-high airs out of the Bondi Bowl is easy. Back tails through the square corner? No problem. In fact, watch the pros flow the bowl for an afternoon and it will all seems simple, that is until you try doing that stuff the next time you’re in a pool, or realize that Bucky Lasek ended up in second place with Rune Glifberg in third because Pedro Barros is so good that he won the event for the third year in a row.
Crazy. Right? Follow the jump for the official word from the Bowl-A-Rama including full pro and masters results. [click to continue…]
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