Ryan Sheckler picked up both the Simpel Session Skate Final and the best trick, held in Tallinn Estonia February 5-6, 2011. He topped out over a crew of Europeans. For more info click the link.
[Link: Simpel Session via etnies]
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Burton’s Kelly Clark (pictured above) and Bonfire’s Kohei Kudo took the halfpipe at the Burton Canadian Open held at Calgary’s WinSport Canada’s Canada Olympic Park on Saturday, February 4, 2010.
Kohei is also no stranger to the BGOS events but this is his first time to the podium and he was surprised at his great finish. “This is my first time to CANO and I am very glad to win. I had a lot of fun!”
Ride’s Sam Hulbert (pictured above) and Billabong’s Jamie Anderson won the slopestyle on Sunday. Sam’s final run was a frontside 180 switch 50-50 switch backside 180 on the first rail, frontboard, boardslide 270, and 50-50 backside 360, with a switch backside 900 indy, frontside 1080 and a backside 720 of the final kickers. Sounds right solid.
“This is awesome,” said Sam Hulbert. “Going into my final run I wanted to win. I just needed to land the jumps and I hoped the wind wouldn’t slow me down. Definitely one of the best moments of my life.”
Follow the jump for the official Burton informations.
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Two snowboarders were killed and three injured in two separate avalanches at Cheget Mountain in the Russian Republic of Kabardino-Balkar over the weekend, according to a story on Itar-Tass, and a 35-year-old Colorado snowboarder died Sunday, February 6, 2011 after hitting at tree at Eldora Mountain Resort, according to a story in the Daily Camera.
The report on the Russian snowboarders claims that two groups of snowboarders were riding in area where it “was prohibited.” Each group triggered an avalanche in which members of their group where buried. The bodies of two snowboarders were recovered from the first avalanche and three were buried, but only injured in the second. The first slide happened at 12:30 local time and then second at approximately 2 PM.
[Links: Daily Camera and Russia-ic.com]
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Legendary photographer Leroy Grannis, 93, has died. He was reportedly with his family in Hermosa Beach, California at the time.
In his years as a photographer Grannis delivered some of the most timeless surf (and skateboarding) images from a era when everything was fresh and new. He captured it all and lived well.
According to Surfine.com:
Grannis’ first published photos appeared in Reef Magazine in 1960. Other photographers were shooting from the water, but they were forced to return to land to reload. Grannis developed a rubber-lined box that enabled him to change film in the lineup. He spent the decade between California and Hawaii, capturing the best surfers in the world riding the best surf. He helped start Surfing Illustrated in 1962 and contributed to every other major surf publication of the time. By 1964, he worked exclusively with International Surfing, and it eventually dropped the “International” tag.
We are honored to have shared the ocean with him on many mornings. We think of the days we’d see him knee-paddle by on the outside, first south then north, making us believe that it was possible to enjoy the surf forever. We thank him for all he gave and the images he saved. Our thoughts are with his family. Rest in peace.
[Link: OCWeekly]
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VBS.tv’s latest Powder & Rails interview session is with Jamie Lynn. As uber agent Circe Wallace says: “He’s just a great human.”
Guess we have three more parts to look forward to after this one. Did we mention the method? Or the artwork? Or the fat cat?
[Link: VBS.tv]
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The Daily Mail headline was a little hard to miss: “100,000 sharks mass off Florida’s beaches.” And so far no one has been bitten. Not even in Volusia Country, the shark-bite capital of the world.
Pilot Steve Irwin [no relation] was astonished after spotting a mass of more than 100,000 sharks swimming just 100 yards off Florida’s sandy beaches.. . . The sharks – believed to be Spinners, between 3ft and 7ft long – were heading north and swimming parallel to the east coast’s idyllic white beaches between Fort Lauderdale and exclusive Jupiter Island.
As if Florida surfers didn’t have it hard enough already. . .[Editors’ note: We think that’s the fourth or fifth time we’ve said that.]
[Link: Daily Mail]
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When Shaun White announced that he was going to enter the celebrity video game market with a skateboarding game, we all wondered how he would do against the granddaddy of action sports videos Tony Hawk. According to a story in the Hollywood Reporter, Mr. White has had his ass handed to him in 2010.
In a battle between two generations of skateboarders, Hawk ruled the roost and kicked newcomer White to the curb. Activision’s Tony Hawk Shred sold over 135,000 copies in the U.S. alone in 2010, compared to under 60,000 copies of Ubisoft’s Shaun White Skateboarding, according to video game tracking firm The NPD Group.
We’ll have to see how those numbers will look when Shaun White’s games have been on the market for 10 years. . .
[Link: Hollywood Reporter]
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The most recent screenings of the Bethany Hamilton biopic Soul Surfer have been getting some pretty good reviews. A story in Variety yesterday says the pre-release press has been so good that producers have been able to get the film a much wider opening than was originally planned.
But something curious happened along the way to the pic’s April 8 release date. “Everyone started liking the film,” McNamara said, “so we were able to hire better talent above and below the line. Once they saw the finished product, they decided to release it to 2,000 theaters and made a $26 million P&A commitment.”
The film stars Anna Sophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood, and Dennis Quaid. Guardian UK is saying (based on the trailer above) that this film has something for everyone. We’re looking forward to it.
[Link: Guardian UK]
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Ride Snowboards‘ neighborhood went downhill a little since last year at the SIA Snow Show. What had been a ghetto convenience store in 2010 became an “adult boutique” for 2011.
Condoms, lube, and other items crowded a display case at the front of the booth, while around the back were a couple strategically placed “private viewing booths” that offered “Live Shows” on the hour. Here’s a little piece of one of them. . .
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While we were knee deep in the snowboard industry at the SIA Show in Denver the skate world was gathered in Jamie Thomas‘ back yard at Blackbox Distribution in Carlsbad, California.
Luckily, The Skateboard Mag and Typical Culture’s Austin Mayer was there to catch the scene. Click the links for photos of the day or here for Jeremy Adams photos from the Crossroads Best Trick.
[Link: The Skateboard Mag]
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