Kelly Slater is on fire. Stephanie Gilmore is beginning to fly despite her broken wing, and not surprisingly Mick Fanning is the faster surfer in the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast so far. Oh, and Taj Burrow (pictured above) had the second highest heat total of the day with 16.67. In the Roxy Pro Tyler Wright took the day’s high score with a 17.96. Go figure.
Follow the jump for the official results and spin from the ASP. [click to continue…]
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It was only on January 1, 2011 that Chris and Genevieve Gunnarson purchased the snow sculpting company they founded from Booth Creek, but now that they have there are some promotions to announce at Snow Park Technologies.
Chris Gunnarson now serves as owner and president. . . Genevieve Gunnarson, owner and vice president is now responsible for finance, human resources, marketing and strategic planning. . . Sarah Castaneda has been promoted to general manager. . .Michael Bettera has been promoted to director of operations, SPT Parks . . . Chris Castaneda has been promoted to director of operations . . Frank Wells has been promoted to senior project manger.
Congratulations to the entire SPT team. We’re hoping you all got raises as well. . . For more details follow the jump.
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Looters emptied the Quiksilver outlet store in New Brighton, New Zealand (a suburb of Christchurch) following the Monday, February 21, 2011 earthquake in which at least 123 people have died, according to a story on Stuff.co.nz.
Staff hastily secured the store after the quake before rushing off to check on their families. . . Employee Marcel Hoogerwerf discovered the looting on Wednesday morning when he went to assess the damage. . . “They’ve just stolen jeans, hoodies, shoes and shorts,” he said. “I know I don’t own the gear but I feel semi-responsible for it. . . “They’ve taken luggage to put the stolen gear in. They’ve gone shopping when no one’s been here.”
Looters also made off with what Stuff reported as “a small amount of cash was also taken.” Classy.
[Link: Stuff.co.nz]
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The ASP 2011 World Tour is officially underway right now at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast.
Click here to watch it live (Julian Wilson, Ace Buchan, and Heitor Alves are in the water) or follow the jump for all the round one heat match-ups.
[Link: Quiksilver Pro] [click to continue…]
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Eric Willett gives us a preview of the 5th TTR Burn River Jump, which is going on right now in Lavigno, Italy. Click here for the live feed.
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Check out the red carpet and some clips from the ASP World Surfing Awards last night. Not gonna lie. Those surfers are some beautiful people.
[Link: Quiksilver Pro]
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Transworld Surf editor Chris Cote is apparently looking for a new side gig in the salty snack food industry. Where exactly? With Ashton Kutcher’s new potato chip company PopChips.
Kutcher is looking for someone to follow him around, do some Tweeting, interview people at events and basically act as PopChip’s Vice President of Pop Culture. The job pays $50,000 for the year and according to this video, Chris Cote says he’s the man for the job.
[Link: Pop Chips VP]
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Yesterday, on Steve Job’s 56th birthday, Apple announced an updated line of Macbook Pro computers. And what did they feature front and center? A photo of Billabong’s Laurie Towner charging Teahupoo. Apparently, someone at Apple has their priorities straight.
[Link: Apple]
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Stab Magazine was nice enough to transcribe Kelly Slater’s entire acceptance speech from last night’s ASP World Surfing Awards at the Gold Coast Convention Center in a story titled The King’s Speech. As Kelly is one of the most eloquent, insightful surfers who has ever lived we’d say it is well worth a read. Here is a little slice:
It’s been a magical occasion for me to win this title, in a lot of ways. Y’know, there’s the challenges, the obvious challenges. When I was getting back on the tour after taking a few years off, there was a lot of doubt whether I’d be even in a shot for the title. So at this age, I just turned 39 years old, and half of you guys out there, even to my face, make fun of me for being that old (laughs). It’s funny, ’cause it’s like you see all these changes happen in people over the years, and when I got on tour I was kinda the hated little kid and now I’m like, the loved old guy by all the older guys that used to hate me when I was a little kid. ‘Cause they’re like, “You’re keeping the dream alive mate (in his best Australian accent), for all us old guys.”
Follow the jump for the official ASP press release or click the link for Kelly’s speech.
[Link: Stab Magazine] [click to continue…]
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Friends and family of NSSA co-founder and USASA founder Chuck Allen, who died on Valentine’s Day, will gather at the Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 1 PM (PST) for a paddle out in his memory, according to a post on the NSSA website.
Huntington Beach Pier was a favorite surf break of Chuck’s where he coached the National Champion Huntington Beach High School surf team for many years. One of his greatest achievements was leading the USA Surf Team to a gold medal at the 1984 World Championships which was held in Huntington Beach. Chuck’s contribution to surfing, snowboarding and the entire action sports industry is unparalleled. His wisdom and inspiration has touched the hearts of many.
Click here for his Los Angeles Times obituary or follow the jump for more information on the paddle out and where condolences can be sent. [click to continue…]
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