Hola. It’s SIMA Surf Summit time again. This year the dates are May 11-14, 2011 at the Hola Grand Faro Resort (formerly the Crowne Plaza Resort & Spa) in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico. All SIMA and BRA members are invited to the 14th running of this industry surf fest (hard to believe). If you don’t know what any of this means, just skip the rest. If you do, follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
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On Friday, March 11, 2011 Concrete Wave will be hosting what Publisher Michael Brooke calls the “world’s first longboard trade show” at NYC’s Longboard Loft.
Thirty-two national and international companies will showcase their products as part of this one-day only multimedia event. . . This exposition is designed to give longboard dealers and riders a chance to see what’s new in the industry, as well as an opportunity to connect with consumers in the exploding east coast market. “The longboard market is growing rapidly and this expo is long overdue”, says Brian Davenport, founder of Pushculture.com, a revered longboarding website.
The free event begins at 12 PM and runs until 8 PM (click here for a live webstream). The Longboard Loft is located at 132 Allen Street, NYC. Follow the jump for more information, or for Jeff Harbaugh’s Market Watch commentary on the event, click here. [click to continue…]
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An 18-year-old skateboarder from West Travis County, Texas died Saturday afternoon (March 5, 2011) after he fell while skateboard towing, according to a story on KXAN.com.
A spokesman with the sheriff’s office says the incident happened shortly after 1:30 p.m. in the 4900 block of Cypress Ranch Boulevard. Investigators say the teen was holding onto the back of a truck while riding his skateboard uphill when he somehow lost control and fell.
The skateboarder was flown to University Medical Center Brackenridge where he was pronounced dead. Our thoughts are with the man’s family and friends.
[Link: KXAN.com]
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We mentioned this in an offhand way last week and while we still stand by our comments regarding the “corking escalation” Mark McMorris’ new trick does have a certain elegance to it, according to video we just watched on Transworld Snowboarding.
Last week on Jump 5 in the Snowmass park in Colorado Mark McMorris stomped the first-ever Backside Triple Cork 1440, the crew was sessioning the public park for the upcoming “Park Sessions” Project coming Fall 2011.
From the looks of this make we’re not going to see the end of the McMorris spin machine any time soon.
Click the link to watch the video.
[Link: Transworld Snowboarding]
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It appears that former Osiris “wizard” and Vans VP of Global Marketing Jay Wilson has a new gig working in the health and fitness industry promoting a product called the “War Machine“. Wilson will be working as the VP of Global Marketing for CrossCore, Inc. makers of the machinery:
“The War Machine and its Patent Pending pulley system is not only the most advanced bodyweight training system to date but it’s pulley adds tri-planar and rotational movement to most every exercise. Don’t be fooled by its simple design. It has been called the greatest sport performance and MMA training equipment on the planet by top athletes in MMA and pro sports.”
We’re seeing an series of infomercials in Mr. Wilson’s future. Follow the jump for all the official details. [click to continue…]
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There is no doubt that many male surfing fans have been finding themselves paying more attention to the 2011 Roxy Pro Gold Coast and as much as we’d like to think it is due to the massive advances in women’s performance surfing, there is a chance that at least some of this new focus has more do with all that rocket ass bobbing in the lineup at Snapper.
This seems to have gotten the Courier Mail wondering if the whole “sexy surfer girl” thing isn’t going too far.
At the Roxy Pro, at Snapper Rocks, many of the young males interviewed by The Sunday Mail admitted they were watching the heats for the women, rather than for the surfing tips. . . Manu Maier, 20, said he believed it was impossible for beauty not to be a factor in judging the heats. . . “They look great, don’t they? I heard about this surfing competition. I said to myself that I had to get here,” Maier said, as a female competitor turned her back on the right-hand break, her small bikini shrinking to a G-string.
Follow the jump to see what wisdom Rabbit Bartholomew had to add to the discussion.
[Link: Courier Mail via Sports Grid]
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It really felt like the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast just got started in Round 3. Sure, there were some waves the day before in Round 2 (waves that no one was happy about surfing) and a couple two weeks ago for Round 1, but only on Monday, March 6, 2011 did things really get started.
Dusty Payne took out Mick Fanning by .77 of a point in Heat one. Matt Wilkinson (pictured above) nearly landed a Rodeo flip, and Kelly Slater reportedly had a shark in the line-up during his Heat 6 match against wildcard Matty Banting (maybe that was the real reason he came in after three waves to “switch boards). Then in the following heat Jordy Smith reminded everyone that he did nothing but improve his game during the Christmas break.
At the Roxy Pro, the women danced on through Round 4 and are set for a quarterfinal that pits surfing’s new wave against a couple World Champions.
Click here to watch all the heats on demand or Follow the jump for the official word from the ASP. [click to continue…]
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Alana Blanchard turned 21 yesterday and apparently Laura Enever, Coco Ho, and the girls did a little warm up. And we thought they tore it up in the waves. . .
[Link: Waves Mag]
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The only real surprise in the US Grand Prix Mammoth Slopestyle event was that Chaz “Chuck G” Guldemond sat on his first run and had to take another. Other than than, it was the usual huck fest.
We were secondarily surprised at how embarrassingly shallow the women’s slopestyle pool really is. The women’s finals were made up of Jamie Anderson and seven girls who could barely 50-50 and straight air their way down the course. In their defense it was a big course and some of the more talented girls had some trouble with their landings, but no-grab straight airs should not get anyone on a podium at a “national” competition. Oh, if you wondered, Jamie Anderson won again.
We didn’t even watch the Mammoth Halfpipe comp on Saturday, March 5, 2011, but apparently Steamboat Springs’ Matt Ladley delivered a “back 5, front 9, back 9, front 10, cab 10,” to claim victory over Greg Bretz and Louie Vito. “I feel great. It’s hard to explain. It’s surreal. I got a victory lap up there and I was thinking, ‘I already won, this is crazy,'” Ladley said. “I knew I put down a solid first run but I saw a lot of those guys landing their doubles, but it turns out it held up pretty well.”
On the women’s side Kelly Clark continued her complete and utter domination of women’s halfpipe riding. “It’s great to come out and get another win here. More than the placing, I’m happy with my riding. That’s the most important thing for me and the good placing follows that,” Clark said. [click to continue…]
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On March 19, 2011 Academy Snowboards at Tahoe’s Boreal Resort will host a Cash For Kids comp on “a jib feature specially designed by Academy Snowboards’ Team Riders Chad Tarbell and Will Bateman.
Creative setup allows riders to hit different features and take different lines through a jib/rail oriented course. Judging based on overall performance. Top 6-10 riders advance to cash finals. Riders get four runs in finals. One rider on course at a time.
Pros, Ams, and Girls are invited. The event begins at 9 AM and ends at 4 PM and costs $10 in addition to a lift ticket. Follow the jump for all the details or click the link for more info.
[Link: Academy Snowboards] [click to continue…]
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