by The Editors on February 24, 2011
Kelly Slater is going to surf at least the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover at Snapper Rocks (February 26 – March 9, 2011). No surprise. It is his sponsor’s biggest event. And no different from most years, Kelly is rolling in with his trademarked, time-tested, media friendly ambivalence.
“The waves at Snapper wake me up enough for motivation but I’d love to get another win at the Quiksilver Pro,” Slater said. “Either a great way to go out or to start another campaign! I can’t honestly answer that (my plans for the year) right now. I’ve thought about doing a farewell aloha tour and saying bye to the tour and I’ve thought about retiring after this event for real.”
But he can’t retire before the Quik Pro New York, so he might as well charge it, right? There are really only two possibilities for Snapper. If he wins, he moves on to the next event to see how he does there. Then on to the next and the next and eventually it will be October. The tour will be in Portugal and he’ll lock up number 11, because it’s one better than 10. Then all the old guys can wear their Ke11y shirts with pride and the discussions for 12 will begin.
If, on the outside chance Slater goes out early at Snapper then he’ll be in a serious “can’t-go-out-like-that” position and will need to spend the next couple events battling his way back to a respectable retiring position. Either way we’re all in for another epic first half of the tour no matter what kind of head trip Kelly wants to lay on us. And that’s just the way we like it.
Follow the jump for all the official ASP details including Round 1 heats for the men and the women. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on February 24, 2011
A Finnish snowboarder died today (Thursday, February 24, 2011) in an afternoon avalanche near the Bulgarian winter resort of Bansko, according to a story from the Associated Press.
The town’s mayor said the slide happened Thursday afternoon on the slopes below the Todorka peak. Three other Finnish snowboarders who were behind the man survived the avalanche, including the one who was seriously injured.
The snowboarders reportedly used a cellphone to call for help.
[Link: Associated Press]
by The Editors on February 24, 2011
On Friday night (February 25, 2011) Bend, Oregon’s Division Street Skatepark Project will hold their third annual PUSH Art Auction at the Old Boomtown Building. It a great evening for art, skateboarding, and inbibing refreshing beverages from the Deschutes Brewery (if you know what we mean).
PUSH features custom skate deck art from over 50 local, regional, and national artists, such as Aaron James Draplin, Kellie Talbot, Quincy Quigg, Wes Youssi, Jesse Lockwood and Dana MacKenzie. . . The PUSH Art Auction is a family friendly event and will feature complementary food and beverages from Deschutes Brewery, Typhoon, Parilla Grill, and Whole Foods. This year’s event will also feature a raffle including a complete skateboard complements of The Skateboard Store, a complete longboard complements of The Longboard Store, a Nitro snowboard, along with other swag from Blood Wizard, Shnar Skateboards, and The Company Skateboards, just to name a few!
The evening begins at 6 PM and roll till 10 PM. The Old Boomtown Building is located at 910 NW Harriman St., Bend, Oregon. Follow the jump for more info. [click to continue…]
by The Editors on February 24, 2011
A warm, dry place to skate in the OC might not be a bad idea for tomorrow night (February 25, 2011). Ambig is throwing a little party in celebration of the release of Zine 7 with free food, BBQ and Drink. But most importantly the skate park will be open to the public.
Ambiguous Clothing is located at 3123 W. MacArthur Blvd in Santa Ana, California.
[Link: Ambiguous]
by The Editors on February 23, 2011
A 32-year-old surfer at Three Rocks, Saint-Gilles on France’s Reunion Island lost his leg in a shark attack on Saturday, February 6, 2011, according to a story on Underwater Times.
Several surfers in the water at the time of the attack said they heard the man scream for help. The victim reportedly had his leg torn off at the knee. He was said to be conscious when he was evacuated by emergency personnel to the hospital.
This is reportedly the first time there has been a shark attack at Three Rocks.
[Link: Underwater Times via Surfline]
by The Editors on February 21, 2011
Globe’s VP of Global Marketing Michael Marckx has announced he will be leaving the Australian based surf and skate brand after six years and take a new position at Spy Optic in Carlsbad, California, according to an internal memo.
This was not an easy decision for me, especially considering how close we have all become and how much we have been able to accomplish as a tight-knit team over the recent years,” Marckx said to Globe employees. ” I am really proud of our team and will greatly miss each of you.”
Spy Optic is expected to announce tomorrow (February 22, 2011) that Marckx has been named VP of marketing for the eyewear brand. Marckx will remain at Globe through the first week of March 2011.
by The Editors on February 21, 2011
Portland, Oregon’s newest indoor concrete skateboarding/art gallery facility Commonwealth of Skateboarding will be celebrating it’s grand opening on Saturday, February 26, 2011 beginning at 3 PM.
The afternoon/evening event will feature a photography show by Jon Humphries, Garric Ray, and Bryce Kanights along with “grinding, spracking, music, friends, beverages,” and “good ol’ conversation.” As they say:
We built this park with our own damn hands so that we and our friends and all Portland skateboarders would have somewhere to go when it was too hot, too cold, too we–didn’t feel like driving to a park or spot. . . Without your contributions this place won’t last too long. . . We are for quality over quantity and creative a kind of community here–so membership has it’s privileges, and doing a drop-in definitely isn’t the cheapest method. . . But we’re down if you’re down.
Memberships in the park are $750 for a year, $80 a month, or $9 for a two hour drop-in. And helmets are not required (if you sign the waiver.
The Commonwealth of Skateboarding is located at 1425 SE 20th Ave. (at Hawthorne), in Portlandia. For more info, click the link.
Or check Skatedaily.net for the entire behind the scenes story.
[Link: The Commonwealth of Skateboarding]
by The Editors on February 21, 2011
We missed the Installation 7 opening (and the free drinks fro Scion) on Saturday night (February 19, 2011), but don’t let that stop you from checking out art from Cheryl Dunn, Cody Hudson & Jared Eberhardt, and others because the show runs until March 12, 2011 at the Scion Installation LA, 3521 Helms Ave. Culver City, California.
[Link: Scion AV via Club Mumble]
by The Editors on February 21, 2011
The body of Alexander Gautreaux, the 23-year-old Mt. Shasta, California snowboarder who went missing at Northern California’s Mt. Shasta Ski Park on Thursday February 17, 2011 was found Sunday morning (February 20, 2011), according to a story in the Record Searchlight.
Gautreaux was found around 9 a.m. near the southeast side of Coyote Butte, about 100 feet from park boundaries, said Siskiyou County sheriff’s Capt. Jim Betts. . . Betts said it’s also not yet known what killed Gautreaux, who was found almost completely buried in snow, but he suspects asphyxiation at this point.
Gautreaux had gone missing Thursday after calling his family to let them know he was making “one more run” according to the San Jose Mercury News.
While search and rescue workers were looking for Gautreaux they rescued another “lone snowboarder who had fallen and landed upside down in a tree well.” This is the 15th snowboard death in North America in the past two months. Be careful out there. Seriously.
Our thoughts are with Gautreaux’s family and friends.
[Link: Record Searchlight and San Jose Mercury News]
by The Editors on February 20, 2011
Mike Basich posted a few photos to the Flow Snowboards Blog this weekend from his home at Area-241 near Northern California’s Donner Summit.
The storm came in last Thursday. . . after it was over it left over 84 inches/213.36 cm!!! Nice work Mother Nature!! Give Thanks.
Loads of snow: check. Warm, self-sustaining cabin: check. Kicker in the front yard? Damn. It would appear that Mikey B. is doing things right.
[Link: Flow Snowboarding and 241 USA]
