. . . it was hard to even think about the movie, let alone sit down and edit hours of his footage from the winter. It wasn’t until Blake Paul sent me an email highlighting the fact that one of Aaron’s goals all season was to get everyone down to Chile and film a segment for the movie that I came to realize something that should have been so obvious. We had to head South and finish what he had started. Although we were physically missing the one person who really should have been on that trip I feel like he was actually with us more than ever. We’ll miss you A-ROB!
Manifest is the completion of the project and it’s well worth a watch.
Today (January 23, 2012) is the opening day of the Volcom Pipeline Pro waiting period, however, the waves are not cooperating and today has been called a “lei day.” In the meantime, check out this collection of Funtitled edits.
Bern has partnered with 686 on a pair of helmets that will go perfectly with 686’s 2012-2013 outerwear collection. A limited edition run of Bern’s Watts and Lenox helmets will feature graphics with the look of real denim.
686 President and Creative Director, Mike West, says, “For our 20th anniversary collection, we wanted to work with companies with the same high standard of quality, innovation and unique design that we’ve come to be known for. Bern fits that mold perfectly and we’re more than pleased with the project.”
We’re super stoked to report that according to a memo sent out to Burton employees this week Jake Burton’s “cancer is toast.” Jake says:
It appears that my cancer is toast. It’s scans and observation from here forward. There is still the possibility of surgery or some radiation down the road, but it will be clean-up in nature and I’m not too stressed about it. As my oncologist Steven Ades said, “Jake, you get your diploma”. . . As I transition from being a patient to being a survivor, I move on with enormous respect for both cancer (‘The Emperor of Diseases’) and chemotherapy (how can something so beneficial be so simultaneously harmful).
Jake goes on to thank Donna, his three boys George, Timi, and Taylor and the entire Burton family. We knew he’d power through this flat spot and now we’re wishing him prolonged health. Follow the jump for the complete memo. [click to continue…]
Everyone’s favorite WQS five-star event could fire up on Monday, January 23, 2012 as the Volcom Pipeline Pro waiting period starts. This year 112 surfers will charge Pipeline and Backdoor for a shot at $130,000 in prize money.
The surf at Pipeline has been on fire for the better part of January, and Surfline.com – the official forecaster of the 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro, is happy to report that there is plenty more surf to come. . . You can tune into www.volcompipepro.com to watch the live HD webcast of the event, see video warrior stats, up to the minute results, daily videos and more. iPhone users can also download the VolcoMobile iPhone App and stay up-to-date on the live webcast wherever you are, as well as purchase Volcom Pipe Pro Merch and access all features of the full website.
Salomon Snowboards has added a flexible heel loop to their bindings making them reportedly offer up much better board feel and a more natural flex while riding. It’s called ShadowFit.
Featuring a flexible heel loop for enhanced natural fit and flex with boot, Kevlar Quickwire for optimal strength, support and transmission, and a baseplate engineered for weight reduction and better board flex under foot. The result — a fully anatomical fit with unrivaled response and tweakability, in one ultra-light and comfortable package that allows your whole kit to flex as one.
Louif Paradis seems to like it. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
On Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Hurley will debut Craig Stecyk’s new short film Fin at the H Space Gallery in Costa Mesa, Callifornia.
FIN, the first installment in an evolutionary series of digital film shorts, details Stecyk’s method of working with a wide variety of personages in the southern California region and reflects the social and sonic landscapes in which these creators inhabit. People whose work has been documented so far include Von Dutch, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Evel Knievel, Dave Sweet, Julian Ness, Tom Blake, Dale Velzy, Tyler Hatzikian, Scott Anderson, Mitch Abshere, Scotty Stopnick, Mike Ness, and Roland Sands. The featured soundtrack is also a nod to West Coast visionaries, with Social Distortion, Breakdown, Tommy Guerrero and Steve Alba and the Powerflex 5 contributing to the project.
Along with the film will be a series of four T-shirts featuring artwork and still photography created during the making of the film. The H Space Gallery is located at 1945 Placentia Ave, Costa Mesa, California. Follow the jump for the T-shirts and more info. [click to continue…]
Not that snowboarders need another reason to be distracted, but RED and Frends have teamed up on a Helmet with sound.
RED’s team favorite gets juiced up with the Frends music experience. Audio inspired and designed with the Air Band 180 Fit System, removable ear pads and internal padding for a lower profile fit—Make Frends with the Hi-Fi.
As the video suggests, Danny Davis thinks it’s a pretty nice set up. . . even for driving trucks.
Gabriel Lee Hilliard, a 30-year-old snowboarder died Wednesday, January 18, 2012, after hitting a tree on the run Deep Temertiy at Aspen Highlands, Colorado, according to a story in the Aspen Times.
The man was discovered, unconscious, by another skier who notified the Ski Patrol. A patroller performed cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on the man for an unknown period of time before he was pronounced dead at the scene. . . An investigation into the incident revealed a single snowboard track leading into a tree. It is believed the snowboarder hit that tree, continued and struck another tree. A branch from the second tree impaled the man in the left side of his chest, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Our thoughts are with Hillard’s friends and family.
From early pioneers such as Jay Adams, Tony Alva, and Steve Caballero through the giants of the 1980s and 1990s, including Tony Hawk and Brian Anderson, to such legends of the scene today as James Hardy and Justin Figueroa, every icon of skating has graced the cover of Thrasher, captured in mid-air and mid-action by the sharpest shooters around. . . Organized chronologically, and including every cover published in Thrasher’s first thirty years—even long out-of-print and hard-to-find collectible issues—the book at last reveals the stories behind these legendary cover-photo shoots, as told by the skaters, photographers, and editors who made these the most iconic mementos of skate culture.
