Today (December 1, 2011) marks the beginning of the Salomon/Bonfire Team Vacation as Jed Anderson, Bode Merrill, Louif Paradis, Chris Grenier, Annie Boulanger, Harrison Gordon, Josh Dirksen, Desiree Melancon, Chris Carr, Jamie Nicholls, and Scotty Arnold reportedly hit the road.
Beginning in the Pacific Northwest this week the crew will roll down through California, over to New York, New Jersey, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Easter, Canada, Minnesota, and Utah before finishing up in Colorado January 20 -25, 2012. If you think you hate them now, wait ’til you ride with them (or something like that).
Filmmaker Jack McCoy takes the Tron crew surfing in celebration of the first day of summer in Australia.
On summer’s eve, 17 Strongbow surfers descended on Bondi Beach in custom made glow-in-the-dark surfboards and wetsuits as an official “welcome to summer” for Strongbow. Channel 10’s Bondi Rescue lifeguards, Corey Oliver and Andrew Reid, were among the surfers taking part.
To keep his promo image rolling Rob Dyrdek will apparently attempt to recreate the barrel roll car stunt from the James Bond classic Man With The Golden Gun in Los Angeles on December 17, 2011. Rob is calling it the “Kickflip car.” All this for a little chance from Chevy. Follow the jump for the original “kick flip” clip from 1974. [click to continue…]
The big hucker season opener is going down this weekend (December 3, 2011) as Oakley and Shaun White present the Beijing Air & Style stadium shredfest in China’s Olympic Birdnest. Click the link for all the details. Or on Saturday sometimes, click here to watch it live. [click to continue…]
A southern California man who had been repeatedly riding his skateboard down the street, falling off, and then laying in the road for minutes at a time was finally run over on Tuesday night (November 29, 2011) by a 60-year-old woman in a Toyota Tacoma, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
After one fall, he was lying in the roadway when a 60-year-old woman in a Toyota Tacoma pulled out of a driveway, turned right, and rolled over him. The CHP and paramedics were called about 5:10 p.m. The driver told officers it felt like she had gone over a speed bump, Parent said.
The 23-year-old “speed bump” was arrested “on suspicion of being under the influence of methamphetamine” then sent to a local hospital with a fractured spine and internal injuries. Luckily, it appears he was already medicated.
It’s that time of year again and it’s official. The Dirksen Derby bombing banked slalom at Mt. Bachelor Resort will be held December 17-18, 2011.
Just like the weather reports in the NW, the actual details of the event are still a bit hazy. But one thing is for sure, the Dirksen Derby is going down and the good times are guaranteed.
Transworld Snowboarding Magazine turned 25 years old this year and to commemorate the anniversary the magazine staff chose to run a photo of legendary snowboarder Craig Kelly (RIP) shot by Bud Fawcett in 1989. Here, Bud tells the story of the photo. This is about as OG as it gets. For more photos from the shoot click here.
With a title about as direct as Snakes On A Plane comes a new South African documentary film Surfing And Sharks, “a film about close encounters in South Africa.”
The focus point of this film will portrait 3 local surfers that live and surf in Eastern Cape and KZN their history and involvement in the surfing industry and their ideas about shark attacks / encounters in their daily life, backed with a A-List panel of shark specialists, we aim to inform and educate the viewer to bridge the gap between myth and reality.
The film premieres December 15, 2011 at the Wavescape Film Festival in Cape Town, South Africa.
Josh Irving was filming for the Altered Skates video and had a little mishap. Luckily, he was with friends. Here’s what Irving says:
And a big thanks to all my boys for saving my life! And Prestons quick thinking and he grabbed my head and stopped it from slamming on the ground. If he didn’t do that i would be dead or a vegetable!!
Glad he didn’t end up worse off. Close one indeed.
Today (December 1, 2011) marks the beginning of the Salomon/Bonfire Team Vacation as Jed Anderson, Bode Merrill, Louif Paradis, Chris Grenier, Annie Boulanger, Harrison Gordon, Josh Dirksen, Desiree Melancon, Chris Carr, Jamie Nicholls, and Scotty Arnold reportedly hit the road. 
