North Carolina skateboarder Jamie Hargrave, 28, went out for a roll on June 3, 2011, while his 6-year-old son Jamie cruised along beside him on a scooter. No one is really sure what happened, but Hargrave crashed and ended up with serious head injuries, according to a story in the Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald.
Hargrave was taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center, then airlifted to Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, Horton said, with injuries to his head. . . “He has bivascular skull fractures, cerebral edema and intercranial hemorrhaging,” Horton said. . . While Hargrave has since regained consciousness, he doesn’t recognize family members, though he has made progress. . . “He can tell you who he is now,” Horton said. “That’s a plus because he couldn’t a week ago.”
Hargrave was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash and now his mother Lisa Horton has a message to other mothers:
“If he would have been wearing a helmet, he’d be home today,” Horton said. “Buy your kids helmets. If you’ve got a grown kid who likes to skateboard, get them a helmet.”
Seventy-one-year-old Ron Cofall should be an inspiration to anyone thinking they might be getting to old for skateboarding.
According to a Justin Paprocki story in the Island Packet. Cofall began skateboarding last year at 70 years old when his grandson wanted to go to the Bristol Skatepark in Hilton Head, South Carolina. And he hasn’t stopped yet, even though he’s gotten broke off several times.
He’s learned from his mistakes, the only catch being his mistakes happen with a hard fall on the concrete. He’s broken his wrist, knocked his head so hard it damaged a retina, hurt his neck to the point he needed a brace, and done other damage that has required overnight stays in a hospital. . . Getting hurt isn’t a deterrent. It’s just an impediment to doing what he wants. He’s had spills in motocross and wipeouts windsurfing. It hasn’t stopped him before. So this comes as no surprise to his family. . . “We do worry about him getting hurt,” said his daughter-in-law, Jackie. “But he doesn’t want to quit. And we respect that.”
Apparently, 70 is the new 40, not to mention that few pads offer more protection than a full Depends adult diaper.
Actor and “stuntman” Ryan Dunn, 34, who was probably our favorite of the guys made famous by MTV’s Jackass TV show and movies died in a car crash around 3 AM this morning (Monday, June 20, 2011) according to a story on the Washington Post.
West Goshen Township police confirmed that the prankster and an unidentified passenger were killed when Dunn’s Porsche went off Route 322 in Pennsylvania and burst into flames around 3 a.m. on Monday. Speed may have been a factor in the crash, according to the Associated Press.
Seems like all the fashion trade shows are bulking up a little on action sports lately and MAGIC is not missing out. In fact, they’re adding even more skateboarding to the Ride Unltd. action sports section of their massive fashion trade show this August 22-24, 2011.
RIDE Unltd. will welcome new skate apparel, footwear and hardware brands including Hurley, Quiksilver, DVS, Diamond Supply Footwear, Foxhead, Inc. and Matix. In addition, returning brands from the February 2011 show will include Ambiguous, Fly Society, Huf, Ipath, LRG, Osiris, Primitive, Rogue Status, Stussy, World Industries, Zoo York, and more. . . The environment at RIDE Unltd. will be enhanced and expanded to include a true street course, designed and constructed by California Skateparks as the centerpiece of the show floor (see attached rendering). The 4,000-sq.-ft. course will be used for brand and team showcases, athlete meet and greets, MAGIC’s “Best Line” skate competition in partnership with Maloof Skateboarding, and just hanging out.
On Wednesday night (June 15, 2011), while we were lounging poolside in the desert sipping Sofia and watching the moon rise to the muffled backbeat of palm trees rustling in a hot breeze, the rest of the action sports world was crowded in at Hollywood’s Paramount Studios to smoke cigarettes, view art, listen to music, and most importantly, watch mostly naked girls walk the cat at Billabong’s Design For Humanity event. It went a little like this.
Tomorrow (June 18, 2011) at La Gaîté lyrique in Paris, France a huge skateboarding culture show titled Public Domaine will be opening.
Public Domaine, with an “e”, is the homage paid to an art form which has chosen a plank and four wheels as its medium of self-expression with which to reclaim the public domain and to reinterpret it with its twists and whorls on the asphalt. Because “skateboarding” is much more than just a sport, an activity, a hobby or a means of transport… Over the years, it has forged itself a rich, evolving aesthetic and transformed itself in the course of its encounters with artists – from designers to musicians – who have taken it as their traveling companion.
The show features art by Neck Face, Yogi Proctor, Adam Wallacavage, Donny Miller, Deanna Templeton, Cleon Peterson, Michael Burnett, Mike O’Meally; music by Dinosaur Jr, Tommy Guerrero, Mix Master Mike, Ray Barbee, McRad, Lords of The Underground, Boys Noize, Antipop Consortium, Busy P, Bad Shit, and The Goat, plus skate demos from a slew of teams. The show runs from June 18 – August 7, 2011. Click the link for more info.
Writer Chasen Marshall, the former editor of Longboard Magazine, dropped by the Astrodeck headquarters in San Clemente, California to check in on the “First Family of Surfing” for the OC Weekly and here’s a little of what he had to say about their time with the Fletchers.
Nearly 20 years after its anointment as such in an Esquire cover feature, the First Family of Surfing remains original. It has grown and diversified, but at its core, the Fletchers are still a surfing family: Grandpa Walter was a big-wave pioneer; Herbie, now 58, is a surf legend and still surfs Lowers; and his sons are surfing innovators. They’ll talk about the past—tell you where they’ve been, about the drugs they’ve taken, describe the mistakes they’ve made, all without a hint of reverence or regret.
If you’ve been wondering what Herbie, Dibi, Christian, Nathan, and Greyson have been up to lately, click the link for the rest of the story.
It is official. As of 5:30 PM yesterday (Thursday, June 16, 2011) Volcom is now officially a French high fashion mall clothier.
Based on preliminary information from Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the depositary for the offer, as of the expiration of the initial offering period of the tender offer, approximately 14,686,156 shares were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the tender offer, representing approximately 72.3% of Volcom’s issued and outstanding shares, giving PPR control of Volcom. In addition, the depositary has received commitments to tender approximately 4,714,540 shares in accordance with guaranteed delivery procedures, which, when combined with the shares tendered and not withdrawn from the tender offer, represent approximately 91.6% of Volcom’s issued and outstanding shares. All validly tendered shares have been accepted for payment, which will be made in accordance with the terms of the tender offer.
C’est la vie, oui? Follow the jump for the official details. [click to continue…]
To promote the launch of his new KA-One shoe from ConverseKenny Anderson kickflipped into a nose manual in LA and didn’t stop until he got to Las Vegas, or at least that’s the hook to the film LA to Vegas.
We can say this: Kenny spent like a year on his front wheels for this one (even ding some skateboard towing behind a bus to show how tough he is). Watch and you’ll see what we mean. . . For more info on how Converse is launching this shoe follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Without going into any cranky rantings about how bullshit anything over a 4.0 grade point average is (because we all know honors classes are easier for all kinds of reasons), we do think it’s cool that surfers who get good grades are recognized by the National Scholastic Surfing Association.
So, for 2011 here are the best GPA in the line-up:
Congrats to all three. It’s great to see surfers being congratulated for doing something with their minds for a change. For all the rest of the NSSA surfers who completed the last school year at or above a 3.5 GPA follow the jump. [click to continue…]
