by The Editors on December 8, 2011
ASP Women’s World number two Sally Fitzgibbons drops her top and covers up with her hands for a saucy Stab Magazine photo shoot which appears in the Issue #53, according to a story in the Illawarra Mercury.
Stab Magazine editor Derek Rielly said such shoots were a sought-after rite of passage for female pro surfers because the magazine had a history of showing them in a “glamorous way”.
Apparently, no matter how talented a woman is, the world’s only real interest is in seeing her all dolled up and ready to reproduce.
[Link: Stab Mag via Illawarra Mercury]
by The Editors on December 8, 2011
The gaming sites are all charged up over a tweet Tony Hawk sent out to followers on December 6, 2011. It went a little like this:
I’ll be announcing the upcoming release of something new on Sat; the same day as the Spike Video Game Awards. Coincidence? I think not.
G4TV think this means Tony Hawk is going to breathe new life into his struggling video game franchise saying:
“Gamers haven’t seen much of the Tony Hawk series lately, and we’re probably all okay with that. The last Hawk game was Ride, a noble, yet poorly conceived, effort that put gamers on a wheel-less skateboard peripheral (and, more frequently, on their posteriors).”
If you’re into this sort of thing maybe you should check out the Video Game Awards on Spike TV this weekend.
[Link: G4TV]
by The Editors on December 8, 2011
And now for all to see: The Helgason’s full-length, rock hard, caffeinated high fructose corn sweetened snowboarding film: Sexual Snowboarding. The letter S will be in frame while this video is rolling.
[Link: The Helgasons via Snowbroader]
by The Editors on December 8, 2011
It may not be the year end title decider like it has been in the past, but the Billabong Pipe Masters In Memory of Andy Irons is going to blast off this morning at 10 AM PST (8 AM HST) in some bangingly overhead surf. Vans’ Doug Palladini has even taken to the Facebook airwaves to remind people:
If you only watch two days of surfing online this year make them tomorrow [Thursday] and Friday. The Billabong Pipe Masters will start at 8AM Hawaiian time with a ginormous 10′-15′ NW swell. I just spoke with Randy Rarick as he watched a 10-foot bomb decimate the line-up. It’s on…
Matty Wilkinson and Marcus Hickman will kick of the event in Round 1 Heat 1. Other heats to look for include Bruce Irons in Heat 4, Dane Reynolds in Heat 8 and Kolohe Andino wildcarding it against Laurie Towner in Heat 9. Follow the jump for the today’s heat line-ups. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on December 8, 2011
by The Editors on December 8, 2011
On Friday, December 9, 2011 lift tickets at Mammoth Mountain will be free (if you sign up for MY Mammoth). Not a bad trade for giving the mountain access to your personal information. Then if you round into Saturday, it will be like having two days at half price. Or, if you book lodging at $199 a night you’ll get two lift tickets included. Kind of a lot of think about, right? Stop thinking. Ride free.
[Link: Mammoth Mountain]
by The Editors on December 7, 2011
The Bones Brigade: An Autobiography documentary will be premiering next month at the Sundance Film Festival and though it’s not his first trip though the cold streets of Park City, Stacy Peralta still seems honestly enthusiastic about the whole game, according to an interview with Colin Bane on ESPN.com/Action.
Even though this is my fourth time, it’s just as exciting as my first time. Sundance is important to me because I’m not a big fish. I’m a small fish in the world of filmmaking and it’s really, really difficult to get attention for independent films and documentary films. When you get accepted into Sundance knowing that 10,000 other films from all over the world were trying to get into this festival at the same time, and yours got selected, it gives a certain cachet and importance to your film. It gives your film a blessing, in a sense. Instantly, here’s all this attention on your little film and it gives you a chance.
We’re just looking forward to seeing the boys back together one more time.
[Link: ESPN.com/Action]
by The Editors on December 7, 2011
Poor Pacific Sunwear. It appears they didn’t find anyone to help them pay the rent and are now going to be forced to close up to 200 stores in the coming 14 months, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal.
In a deal announced with PacSun’s earnings Wednesday, Golden Gate Capital will receive the option to buy up to 19.9% of PacSun’s shares at a price of $1.75 in exchange for a five-year $60 million secured-term loan expected to help PacSun buy out leases and shutter struggling stores. Golden Gate will also receive two seats on PacSun’s board.
Sadly, this is the best news the street has heard from the company all year and it sent the company stock price rocketing up 37 percent in after hours trading to a whopping $1.85 a share, according to the story. Just think if they closed 400 stores.
[Link: Wall Street Journal]
by The Editors on December 7, 2011
DC Shoes announced today that they have brokered a deal with Mammoth Mountain that will allow the Huntington Beach, California footwear company to put logos all over the mountain’s Unbound terrain parks.
“The choice to work with DC is a no-brainer for Mammoth Unbound. We both share a commitment to the core athlete without sacrificing access to snow sports for new entrants. We couldn’t be more excited about what this partnership will bring to our terrain parks in both features and events,” said Mammoth Mountain Public Relations Specialist, Eric Meyers.
Mammoth’s snowboard parks are valuable real estate and apparently, DC is ready to pay up as well as outfit the park staff with shoes and snowboard boots. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on December 7, 2011
Truthfully, we’re still to busy rolling through all the Instagram photos from last night’s 2011 Surfer Poll Awards to really know anything other than that this years crop of attendees were hot, hotter, hottest. But we thought it would be good to at least mention who won: Kelly Slater took his 17th title and Carissa Moore took her first.
“The first one I won was in 1992,” says Kelly Slater. “I remember the cover shot was me, and it said Curren, Carroll, Potts’ names too. That was pretty mind-blowing at the time to win against those guys. Now I’m still inspired by the crew of guys coming up right now—Dane, Julian, Medina, John John.”
Current ASP women’s champ Carissa Moore seemed the most surprised:
“I’m still grasping the situation,” said a visibly shocked Carissa Moore, “but it’s amazing to win this award. It’s a great night in surfing and I’m so thankful for all my fans for voting for me.”
For all the other award winners and video awards (click here) or follow the jump. [click to continue…]
