Those wacky Australian gearheads at V8 Supercars built a little skateboard for Tony Hawk to ride. While the above photo could be classified as one of the downsides of celebrity life, (via Makezine), we’ve seen no evidence of Tony riding it (wisdom on his part we’re guessing)
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Mammoth’s sister mountain June Mountain has always been one of our secret spots. When there is snow (and there is now) June Mountain has one of the best blowing powder runs in the world. And on Thursday, December 16, 2010 the mountain will open for the first time this season with $5 lift tickets.
With over 500 acres of terrain and a vertical rise of 2,590 feet, June Mountain lies just 21 miles north of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. June Mountain is widely regarded for its utter lack of crowds, pristine conditions and great variety of diverse terrain. . . June Mountain was voted by the readers of Transworld Snowboarding as the third best terrain park and sixth best pipe in North America. For opening day, June Mountain is scheduled to have terrain parks open on Upper and Lower Sunrise and Mambo.
All that and getting Carson untracked? Might be worth a flight up for the day.
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Surfline has upgraded their iPhone offering with an all-new Surfline app which gives users global access to the Surfline HD cam network as well as all their other surf forecasting goodness.
Surfline’s all-new iPhone® app is the only mobile surfing app available with surf cams at over 150 of the best surf breaks in the US and Hawaii and LIVE streaming HD cams available at over 90 breaks for premium members. Surfline’s app provides the great useful tools and data that have made Surfline a trusted forecaster for surfers around the world.
We let our account expire so we can’t test how good the HD cams look on the phone, but if you have a subscription (and an iPhone) download the free app and let us know how it works. Follow the jump for the official release.
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Last night the Surfer Poll Awards were held in Hawaii for the first time and aside from the hordes of OC civilians who didn’t get the chance to slink int on flesh and bright smiles, it seems everyone was happy with the new, more intimate Turtle Bay Resort venue.
Hosts Sal Masekela and Freddy P. kept the show rolling perfectly (as far as we could tell from a live webcast that cut out every 6- 8 minutes) and in the end, there were very few surprises (Kelly won his 16th title). Follow the jump for the full results.
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Wahoo’s Fish Tacos, Corky Carroll and Hobie Alter are oddly involved in a food-service competition for space in the recently expanded John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, according to a story in the OC Register.
In separate proposals, two companies bidding for the airport food service contract are proposing restaurants named after the surfing celebrities.
HMS Host International wants to build Hobie Hut, a surf-themed beach bar and grill. Delaware North Companies is proposing Corky Carroll’s Surf Bar. . . While Carroll is famous for his personal adventures and surfing titles, Alter is known as an industry innovator. He is considered a surfboard manufacturing pioneer – one of the first to mass produce foam and fiberglass boards.
Sorry, Hobie and Corky we like seeing you make some money, but if anyone deserves a spot at John Wayne it’s Wahoo’s.
[Link: OC Register]
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We haven’t made it all the way through Todcast The Movie part one which is now up on VBS.TV, and we’ve never seen the movie. We like Todd. But if this one sucks, it will be the last one you’ll have to see taking up room on our site.
[Editors’ Note: We just added part two after the jump. Seems part one passed (in spite of TR’s rude comments).]
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In a month when the covers of both Transworld Surf and Surfer Magazine feature portraits of Andy Irons against a black background, Surfer’s office mates at Surfing Magazine have a completely different take, according to a post by Stuart Cornuelle titled In Defense of Cowardice.
They’ve chosen not to do any work at all toward understanding or reporting the Andy Irons story. Not that they don’t have the scoop. Cornuelle writes:
The things we can’t say in our magazine could fill a…magazine…and Surfer’s the same, as is Transworld, and Surfline (ask L. Samuels), and even the venerated Stab, which is practically owned by Billabong. Make what you will of the fact that Brad Melekian, a Surfer Magazine writer, penned his Andy opus for Outside instead.
No. Surfing Magazine is going to remember Andy doing a big freesurfing cutback because as they say:
We’re not journalists. We don’t really chase leads or hound sources. We don’t chain smoke and flask-nip into the wee hours for no pay, just the satisfaction of spitting on the graves of our heroes. Sorry. Bookmark TMZ for your gossip fix — “you and every housewife in America,” to paraphrase Melekian’s well-researched article.
Guess it’s better than “the dog ate my homework” and Cornuelle got to call out Transworld Surf, Surfer, Stab and Billabong for good measure, but is this really a story to be proud of ignoring?
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After seeing his qualifying runs it is doubtful that anyone was surprised by the final results at the 2010 Tampa Am as Elijah Berle rolled through this run. Ishod Wair finished second, Jon Cosentino finished third, and Kevin Romar was fourth. For the entire final results, click the link or follow the jump for Ishod’s run.
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Last night (December 4, 2010) on the top floor of downtown Los Angeles’ iconic Cooper Building the International Association of Skateboard Companies brought the skateboard industry together to honor six skateboarders and two industry titans in their second annual Skateboarding Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Those honored included: Torger Johnson, Stacy Peralta, Steve Caballero, Eric Koston, Bob Burnquist, Patti McGee, CR Stecyk, and Larry Stevenson.
For everyone who has grown up in skateboarding this night was packed with emotion. It would be easy for those who were not in the room to be cynical about a group of old skateboarders getting all dewey eyed over each other, but as we looked around and saw a room filled with skate heros, living legends, and those most responsible for making skateboarding what it is today we were dumb-founded.
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This is what Seb Toot’s 1260 double cork at the Oakley Shaun White Air & Style in Beijing looked like yesterday. For videos of second and third follow the jump. Or click here for the full results.
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