Clint Peterson does all the work while Shaun White waits in the van.
[Link: @Shaun_white]
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Looks like the entire Northeast end of the etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest, California has been reworked to include a new pool (with stairs), a crazy capsule, and much more. Now, to celebrate the expansion (which opened to the public on August 4, 2011) the City of Lake Forest and etnies and throwing a party on Saturday, August 20, 2011 beginning at 5:30 PM.
The night includes a tree planting, skate demo by Ryan Sheckler, Sean Malto, Tyler Bledsoe, Jose Rojo, Willow, Kyle Leeper, Ryan Pearce, and Alex Midler, plus free tacos, skateboarding, and a show by The Blackouts at 8:30 PM.
For all the details, follow the jump for the flyer. [click to continue…]
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Brazil’s Ricardo Dos Santos and Tahiti’s Heiarri Williams took the two wildcard spots in the Air Tahiti Nui VonZipper Trials at Teahupo’o. Dos Santos won the trials and Williams (who has won the trials twice before) finished in second place.
“I feel amazing, it’s been a long day of getting barrelled and having fun in front of friends. To qualify for the main event is the best thing that could have happened today, so for that I am so stoked. I’ve been here the last four years and training I don’t know what the conditions will be like next week, but I don’t care. I’m ready,” said Santos.
The waiting period for the Billabong Pro Tahiti begins Saturday, August 20, 2011. For the rest of the details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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The crew at Push.ca has a snowboard video series called Living Legends in which they profile some of the biggest names in Canadian snowboarding. Kevin Sansalone has had a impact on world snowboarding for years. Watch and remember (or maybe even learn).
[Link: Push.ca via Board As Fuck]
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Torx Trux have a “captive nut” built-in so assembly is a one hand operation. Not really sure why no one has done this before. We kind of wish our Indys had this baseplate feature.
[Link: Torx Trux via Design news]
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Whitewash, a documentary that focuses on African American surfers, will be released on DVD and VOD on October 4, 2011.
The film, which is narrated by Ben Harper and Tariq Black Though of The Roots, reportedly “explores the history of rarely detailed surfing culture within the African American community, told from the POV of black surfers from Hawaii, Jamaica, Florida, and California.,” according to a story on Indiewire.
And yes, the film features Sal Masekela, who (if you saw him surf during the US Open of Surfing) is ripping right now.
[Link: Indiewire and Whitewash]
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Two weeks ago on August 1, 2011, Outside Magazine posted former Surfer Magazine editorial staff member Brad Melekian’s story on Andy Irons’ death titled Crashing Down to its website. We didn’t link it up then and rather than just let it roll by unchecked, we’re linking it up now.
Most Boardistan.com readers already know the story and while some of the rumors we’ve all heard are confirmed in Melekian’s well-written piece (specifically AI’s evening in Miami), there really isn’t all that much new info here. Still, it’s worth a read if you (like us) missed it when it first came out.
[Link: Outside Magazine]
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According to a story in Englands Telegraph more and more dads are taking their kids to the skateboard park and then, rather than just dropping them off, they’re dropping in.
Skateboarding may still have an edgy attitude, but it is now able to attract similar numbers of participants to traditional ball sports. The perfect time, then, for those children of the 1970s and 80s to get back on their boards. And in many cases it is the Rad Dads who are now getting those closed skateparks rebuilt. . . When I was young the only place we had to skate was a disused tennis court,’ says Christian Stevenson, 43, from the Sussex village of Cuckfield. ‘I didn’t want that for my kids, so we looked into getting a village skatepark made.’ Paid for by grants and local fundraisers, the Cuckfield Bowl, as it is known, opened in 2009.
Funny. This is going to make kids who really want to rebel sign up for Little League, just to piss their parents off.
[Link: Telegraph UK]
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The Jensen’s, a family from Clearwater, Florida who wanted to wrap up their vacation in Cocoa Beach with a couple Ron Jon hoodies, inadvertently became the super surf retailers 50 millionth customer on Friday, August 12, 2011, according to a story on Florida Today.
Mark Jensen became the 50 millionth guest at the landmark Cocoa Beach store as he strolled in with Olivia and her brother, 13-year-old Mark Jr. The honor carried with it a surfboard, a $550 in-store shopping spree and a $2,000 check to be used at any other Ron Jon location throughout the United States. . . “This is unbelievable,” Mark Jensen said, posing for photos with his children as he was handed a surfboard-size ceremonial check for $2,000 signed by Ron Jon President Debbie Harvey. . . “We’re in shock. I’ve never won anything like this,” he said.
Not a bad way to end a vacation.
[Link: Florida Today]
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San Clemente, California big wave surfer Rusty Long, who was hospitalized on July 24, 2011 after suffering second degree burns to 40 percent of his body while clearing brush from his land in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, was reportedly released from the hospital on Saturday, August 13, 2011, according to a story in the San Clemente Times.
During his acceptance speech for the Waterman of the Year Award at the 22nd Annual SIMA Waterman’s Ball on August 12, Greg [Long] thanked the surf community – on behalf of Rusty and the entire Long family – for all the support and well wishes Rusty received during his stay in the hospital.
Click the link for the rest of the story.
[Link: San Clemente Times]
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