Putting up money, throwing down tricks on the wall. Chris Grenier vs. Bode Merrill. Wonder who won this dark night wager?
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Want to try out all the new Burton product, catch some live music, maybe compete in a snowboard contest while you’re at it? The Burton Mountain Festival (traveling to 10 mountains in four months) has it all covered in this traveling marketing extravaganza brought to you by Mini, Kodak, Mitch by Paul Mitchell, Snowboarder Magazine and sadly, a caffeinated, carbonated, high fructose corn syrup peddler.
Burton Mountain Festival stops will include up to four key elements: Burton Test Ride, Riglet Parks, Pro-Test and live music for an entire day of good times. And while each festival stop will be unique, the foundation of the festival is the Burton Test Ride program, which will be at all 10 stops. Test Ride is where virtually the entire 2012 Burton hardwoods line will be on tap for riders to test at absolutely no charge. Riders can try out a variety of boards, boots and bindings to get a feel for their ultimate set-up.
For resorts dates and more info follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Yes, we laughed so hard we didn’t even notice the skiers in this Merry Christmas teat.
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Manhattan’s Coleman Oval Skate Park is going to get a complete overhaul thanks to a design competition that asked firms to re-work the park as part of the New York City Parks & Recreation Department’s Adopt-A-Park program, according to a story on Bustler.net.
The winning design was created by HAO / Holm Architecture Office working with VM Studio and it looks frightening in a way that only modern design corporations can communicate it. Hopefully, only half the stuff will actually make it to construction.
“By creating a park that emphasizes and underlines local diversity, Coleman Oval Park has the potential to become a one of a kind city park simply by accommodating the potential of the dense urban area it sits within: the secret is in the mix,” said Jens Holm, founder, HAO.
We’re just hoping skateboarders were included in design competition judging committee. But you never know. Follow the jump for more design comps.
[Link: Bustler.net via Curbed NY] [click to continue…]
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Eric Tarantino, a Monterey, California surfer, who was attacked by a shark in October while surfing at Marina State Beach is now reliving the story for the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
“The first few seconds seem to happen in slow motion,” recounted Tarantino, who had only been in the water for a few minutes when he was attacked about 150 yards offshore at about 7 a.m. on Oct. 29. “I was still half asleep because I literally had just rolled out of bed about 20 minutes earlier. When it happened, when the shark hit me, it was kind of surreal, but I didn’t really feel scared.”
The shark pulled him under and when he finally got free and saw all the blood in the water, that’s when he got scared.
“I managed to get back on my board and started paddling, and that’s when I noticed my arm was bleeding,” he said. “I wasn’t feeling any pain at that point — I’m sure I was already in shock and probably gone into overdrive a little bit. I started paddling in, moving slowly, seeing all the blood in the water and realizing that if he decided to come back and get me, there would be nothing I could do about it. That’s when it became really scary.”
We have to admit–stories of escaping from the jaws of a shark are our favorite shark attack stories and we’re glad Tarantino is still around to tell it. Click the link to read the rest.
[Link: Santa Cruz Sentinel]
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The Santa Cruz, California surf community gets their ASP World Title tour stop back as the O’Neill Cold Water Classic secures a November 2 – 12, 2012 spot on the ASP Elite Tour calendar. It will be stop number 10 on the 2012 tour.
“We are excited to see a World Tour level event return to Santa Cruz as part of O’Neill’s 60 Year anniversary,” Pat O’Neill, President & CEO of O’Neill Wetsuits, said. “Santa Cruz, with its rich surf history and tradition, is the perfect venue for this pivotal event. Mainland surfing started in Santa Cruz, Jack O’Neill developed many pioneering surf inventions here and it’s been home to the O’Neill brand for over half a century. . . With a World Tour event in 2012 and the possibility of the World Champion being crowned, we expect to see an exciting chapter in surfing history written right in our front yard.”
We’re just happy that NorCal can hold on to a world tour event two years in a row. For the official word from the ASP follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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New Smyrna Beach, Florida’s Friction surf and skate shop is using Apple FaceTime technology to “bridge the gap” between online and brick and mortar shopping. Every day, between 12 – 7 PM EST, customers with an Apple device can speak directly with sales people on the floor.
“I’d been implementing social media and in-store / online connections for about a year at my other store before opening Friction,” Friction partner and executive buyer Evan Rebadow says. “To me this is the evolution of a concept where small boutique stores like ours can compete online by offering personal interaction. It’s one thing to read about a surf board on a static website, it’s something completely different to be able to dial us up on your iPhone from anywhere you have service and talk to us one on one about what kind of surf you’re going to be riding it in and how it performs for your skill level.
Seems like a phone call would be just as effective, but then that wouldn’t have caught our attention. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
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Street Canoe takes a cool lo-fi holiday cruise through the streets of LA. Righteous ornaments, ya dig?
[Link: Street Canoe]
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Our Vans Waffle Sole iPhone case arrived today and it’s like a shoe for our phone. The case, which appears to be all silicone, slipped right on. It is not a rigid, snap on case, but it hugs the phone nicely. We were worried that the case would make it difficult to slide the phone in and out of our pockets smoothly, but so far that has not been a problem.
The cases are currently out of stock in the Vans store, but you can keep checking. We don’t really know why we’re so into this case, but we are. And judging by the traffic these posts are getting, we’re not alone.
Follow the jump for the topside view featuring the signature black foxing stripe. . . [click to continue…]
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Here’s a little Josh Hawkins skate session for your Wednesday afternoon. Crazy. Might as well skate if it’s not going to snow, right?
[Link: Powell-Peralta]
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