It was the snowboard party event of the fall season Friday night (October 14, 2011) at Vestal HQ in Costa Mesa, California and now the entire Peter Line and Eddie Wall film The Peddie Files film is live on the Internet for everyone’s viewing pleasure. Watching it reminded us how rad snowboard movies were before music and video licensing took everything corporate. Check it.
[Link: Snowboarder Mag]
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ASP Dream Tour surfers worked overtime today as the Rip Curl Pro Portugal barreled through 21 heats of surfing today (October 17, 2011). The only heat that could be called upsets of the day were when John John Florence got by Ace Buchan in Round 2 Heat 6, when Fred Patacchia took out Jordy Smith 15.06 to 14.90 in Round 3 Heat 7 and finally when Bede Durbidge landed the perfect 10 barrel to send Mick Fanning home in Round 3 Heat 8.
Florence was having nothing but fun in the heaving barrels of Supertubos. “It’s unreal out there this morning,” Florence said. “It reminds me a lot of Backdoor and Pipe but with a sandy bottom. I was having so much fun. I just kept taking off on everything that came through.”
The contest will likely continue tomorrow morning with the last four heads of Round 3 where John John Florence will face Owen Wright in Heat 12. Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP. [click to continue…]
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Not wanting to leave the ladies out in the snowboard waxing game YoBeat has delivered the goods with the sexy, stunning, How To Wax A Snowboard With Jamie.
[Link: Yobeat]
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Apparently some girls got in a fight over a skateboard at a shop called Clout Malibu. The solution to that fight? A jello wrestling match. No Shame, no sorry.
[Link: Clout Malibu]
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Seems most of the SoCal action industry made the pilgrimage to Las Vegas the weekend of October 14-16, 2011 for the Caffeinated High Fructose Corn Sweetener Finals presented by Go Kill Elephants Daddy. We didn’t watch one lick of the contest so we’re not going to pretend to know what went down, but from the looks of the results there were no real surprises.
PLG took the vert event and the 2011 tour title, while Ryan Decenzo did the same in street. Follow the jump for the full results. [click to continue…]
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At 52 Perry Farrell has a new Jane’s Addiction album coming out. It’s the band’s fourth in 23 years, according to a story in the New York Post. But more than the music people wonder how Perry stays so young, while living the rock n’ roll lifestyle. Here is is secret:
Surfing, being in the water. The ocean is very powerful and big, but it’s very serene at the same time. It’s a crazy dichotomy. The ocean grounds me. The instant I get up in the morning, I’m battling children, getting them ready for school. Then I start my day and I have lots of business I attend to, and at night I’m performing. The only time I’m happily doing nothing is when I’m in the water.
Only a surfer knows the feeling. . .
[Link: New York Post]
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Forum Snowboards is happy to announce the exclusive Peter Line softgoods collection called The Peter Line featuring a fisherman-style beaning, a kitty titty t-shirt, and a jacket (surprisingly not called a “jack-it”).
“My line of clothes was pretty much inspired by punk rock, boobs and kittens. It’s easy to see this in the PL jacket, but you probably don’t know that the beanie I designed doubles as boob warmers and can be used as an old fashion slingshot for kittens, a handheld cat-a-pult if you will.”
The Peter Line is available in shops everywhere.
[Link: Forum Snowboards] [click to continue…]
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It may have taken until 1:15 PM local time, but the Rip Curl Pro Portugal finally got underway at Supertubos. Daniel Ross and Chris Davidson joined the favorites by winning in Round 1 forcing Taj Burrow and Jordy Smith to surf tomorrow in the rising swell. Joel Parkinson and Gabriel Madina tied for the day’s high score of 17.87.
“The conditions improved so much in the span of one heat when compared to the warm-up just before,” Parkinson said. “It was great and everyone was getting barrels and scores. I guess it just shows how quickly things can change out there.”
Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP. [click to continue…]
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Today (October 14, 2011) Thrasher Magazine announced that they have convinced Ewan Bowman to join the team as Director of Videography.
[Ewan] work with P-Stone, Schmitty and the rest of the crew to take the videos you see on our website and DVDs to the next level of radical. Though he’s known for being one of the best in the biz behind the camera and computer, we’re stoked to have Ewan on the team because he’s a stand-up dude, a true skater and fuckin’ hilarious.
We can’t agree more. Follow the jump for an full interview with “Lord Bo.”
[Link: Thrasher Magazine]
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According to a story on Goldcoast.com.au, Base Surfboards, the surfboard maker owned by Simon Anderson, Darren Handley and Murray Bourton has gone bankrupt.
Worrells was appointed as voluntary liquidator for the company last month when the Australian Taxation Office started putting BASE under pressure to pay off a tax debt of almost $1 million. There were hopes the company would be pulled out of financial trouble if new investors could be found, but negotiations broke down recently with interested parties and now the company will be shut down and the assets sold off.
Guess Mick Fanning and Stephanie Gilmore will have to get their boards somewhere else from now on.
[Link: Goldcoast.com.au]
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