Vans has apparently added Australian surfer Wade Goodall to their surf team.
“Wade represents a new generation of futuristic surfers that are multi-talented, in and out of the water,” said Vans Surf Marketing Manager Scott Sisamis. “At 24, he has already started to make a significant mark on the global surf scene and we are super psyched to have him join our crew.”
Goodall joins a stacked team which include Nathan Fletcher, Joel Tudor, Pat, Dane and Tanner Gudauskas, Alex Knost, John Florence, Andrew Doheny and Dylan Graves. Follow the jump for the official word. [click to continue…]
Suggesting that it’s never too late to launch a video portal Transworld Media has aggregated all of their video content into one site and called it, Transworld TV, according to a story on Transworld Business.
“We´ve finally delivered the perfect platform to service all of TransWorld Media´s original content and exclusive partner videos,” said Editorial Director Rob Campbell. “This makes TransWorld an immediate player in digital content delivery, capable of serving the best video programming whenever our audience demands it.”
Guess playing catch up with ASG’s GrindTV probably isn’t that bad an idea if that’s the business you’re in.
The big skate tours certainly aren’t making things easy on viewers. To catch all the action from Street League Kansas Cityon June 11-12, 2011 (if you’e not going to be in the Sprint Center) you’ll need to be armed with a facebook account for Saturday and Sunday’s qualifiers, and a cable subscription to watch the finals live on ESPN2. Luckily, those outside the US can watch the entire event on facebook. Just one more reason to move to Barcelona.
Skateboarder Jeffery McAbee, 22, of Gaffney, South Carolina died from head injuries he sustained after being hit by a truck at 6 AM on Thursday, June 2, 2011, according to a story on GoUpstate.com.
Just before 6 a.m., Jeffery Todd McAbee, of 3164 Union Highway, was skateboarding on Highway 18 at the intersection of Old Race Track Road when he was struck by a 2008 pickup truck driven by 64-year-old Robert C. Williams of 924 Lovers Lane, Union, according to a written statement from the Cherokee County Coroner’s Office.
Our thoughts are with McAbee’s family and friends.
Looks like Greg Lutzka is $160,000 richer after he edged Dennis Busenitz in the final man-on-man heat at the Maloof Money Cup New York City. Ryan Decenzo finished in third.
Turns out the new Nike The Chosenjust do action sports campaign looks much better in print than it does on video if this new Julian Wilson creative is any indication. Then again, it would kind of have to.
Shane Dorian has helped create a wetsuit that Transworld Surf’sJustin Cote says “will forever change the act of big wave surfing.”
Working together with Billabong Wetsuits and Mustang Survival Corporation, Dorian created the first wetsuit with a built-in instantly inflatable air bladder. With a quick tug on a ripcord, the wetsuit quickly lifts the wearer from deep underwater to the surface. . . The revolutionary suit has been dubbed the “Billabong V1” with the V standing for Vertical ascent and the 1 indicating positive altitude, or one foot above sea level.
It’s pretty obvious that this is a wetsuit that will save lives. And like all great ideas, it seems strange that no one had thought of it before.
It’s not all gloom and doom in the action fashion category. Quiksilver may have lost $83 million in the quarter ending April 30, 2011, but they did better than expected and experienced increased revenue for the first time in three years, according to the Wall Street Journal.
For the quarter ended April 30, Quiksilver posted a loss of $83.3 million, or 51 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $9.42 million, or 6 cents a share. Excluding a $74.1 million impairment charge and valuation allowances against tax assets, earnings from continuing operations in the latest period were 9 cents a share. Revenue rose 2.1% to $478.1 million.
