A company called Aris Sport has apparently completely redesigned skateboarding using alien technology. The new board is not surprisingly called the Blade Runner and it is described as a “alien vehicle.” We can be certain of two alien elements to their business: their profits will be invisible and their losses will be out of this world. But we doubt this will dampen their spirits much.
[Link: Aris Sport]
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The story behind one of the coolest ways to get from Portland, Oregon (or Seattle, Washington) to the snow–the Greasebus. Almost makes us want to go ride Mt. Hood Meadows, just for the ride to the hill.
[Link: Greasebus]
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The Surf Industry Manufacturers Association is using all the tricks from late night cable TV commercials to sell spots in their four-times a year Boot Camp sessions. For a “Limited Time” only, they are offering four-packs for only $500 each. That is a savings of $200 per package (assuming you’d be sending someone to all four boot camps).
Book your annual passes now to ensure availability–once the 2012 SIMA Boot Camp annual passes are gone they’re gone. Annual passes will be sold in limited number until February 23, 2012
Get your now, now, now before they’re gone, gone, gone. Okay, we made up that last part. For more info in ALL CAPS no less, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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An angry, old, British man (if that’s not redundant) is in court for allegedly knocking a 10-year-old skateboarder to the ground and kneeing him in the face after becoming upset by the noise the skateboarder was making, according to a story in The Argus.
A jury at Hove Crown Court was told yesterday (January 3) Smith was frustrated with children playing on skateboards in Brighton. . . The boy – who was with friends – suffered an eye injury. . . He also said he lost consciousness during the attack on April 26 last year.
The kid is really pretty lucky. If the same thing had happened in the US the man would have shotgunned the kid down and gotten off on probation.
[Link: The Argus]
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Holden, the Portland, Oregon based creators of snowboarding outerwear are apparently getting their street on with a new collection of sportswear designed in collaboration with Stussy and hipster bag maker Herschel.
“Holden’s roots are in snowboarding, but the truth is, most of our snowboard-specific pieces are already great crossover items,” says Nikki Brush, Holden design and development manager. “We see folks everyday rocking Holden jackets on the mountain and then taking them to the street. That’s why our sportswear collection is a natural evolution. We’ve remained true to the Holden aesthetic, but we are also dedicated to giving our consumers a level of performance that you just won’t find on most day-to-day sportswear.”
The lines will premiere at the Agenda Show beginning tomorrow January 5, 2012) in Long Beach, California. Guess if you want to grow you need to start making more stuff. One question? Is that Russell Winfield on the catwalk?
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Sedition Surfboards (aka Cheapsurfboards.net.au), a shop on Australia’s Gold Coast owned by Neil Rech, 34, is reportedly selling China produced surfboards for $250 a pop and has understandably caused a bit of a stir in Coolangatta, according to a post on Businessweek.
Rival retailers averse to discounts and upset about local job losses questioned his patriotism, and even threatened violence, he said. . . “It’s quite heavy,” Rech, 34, said of the backlash. After teaching for two years in China before opening a store in Coolangatta, Queensland, “I realized how cheap you can actually get these boards so I thought it’d be a great opportunity to bring them here and sell them to the public cheaper.”
The best part of the whole story is Rech’s response that eventually the China pricing will be better for everyone’s business: “It’s like sticking a fat man on a treadmill,” he said. “First he doesn’t like it, but then he gets into it.” Apparently Rech is a glutton for punishment.
[Link: BusinessWeek]
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Not that we were wondering what Gareth Stehr has been up to lately, but apparently he’s been making some art. Nothing wrong with that at all.
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DGK’s Stevie Williams and Skate Mental’s Brad Staba are hosting the Agenda Show after party DGK Goes Mental on Thursday night, January 5, 2011 at Long Beach, California’s Sevilla Night Club.
The evening will feature performances by DMX and MGK.
Sevilla Night Club is located at 140 Pine Avenue, Long Beach, California.
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The completely raw, blow-by-blow video clips collected by Simon Saffigna during the huge swell that hit Teahupoo on August 27, 2011 show more than anything else we’ve seen how straight up gnarly that day was and is probably the reason Tehupoo Uncut won a Surfer magazine video award. The DVD is now available of pre-order at Subnoizestore for $14.99 and will be released on February 14, 2012.
[Link: Shaggadelic Productions via Surfline]
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Video footage from the continuing Salomon/Bonfire RV tour as it moves closer to New England’s dreaming. Up next January 7 at Waterville Valley and January 8 at Loon Mountain, New Hampshire. [click to continue…]
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