We’d rather watch it live online, but if we’re forced to wait it’s good to know it’s something worth waiting for like this 2010 Tampa Am qualification run from Ishod Wair on December 3, 2010.
For more video from Friday, follow the jump of click here for full SPoT coverage of Friday plus the 2010 Damn Am Awards presentation.
[Link: SPoT via Lowcard]
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Sebastien Toutant took the Oakley Shaun White Air & Style Beijing tonight in China and strolled away with $100,000 USD with a 1260 double cork. Belgium’s Seppe Smits landed a backside 1260 for second place. And Germany’s Elias Elhardt landed in third with a backside 1080 double cork. It was a spin-o-poluza as usual.
“It’s awesome,” Seb said. “I think it’s by far the best moment of my life, for sure. My first 6Star win, I’m stoked to be in China for the first time. Couldn’t have been better than to win the event today!”
It was also so nice that Shaun White had the decency to not win his own contest (unlike some other shredders we know).
Follow the jump for full results and click here to watch the replay on Freecaster.tv at 11 AM PST December 4, 2010.
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Each December for the past 18 years 686 owner Mike West has been thown a holiday party for employees, friends, and family. This year his annual Black & White Party was held at Hollywood’s Bardot on Vine. By 9 PM there was a line 60 people deep all dressed in some kind of mix of darkness and light, and truthfully, not standing out a whole lot from regular Hollywood night visitors.
Inside guests were treated to caricature artists, DJ Barbie and DJ Quickstat, the requisite photo booth, not to mention the warm hospitality Mr. West always provides. At 9 PM models showed off 686’s next wave of outerwear. It was an amazing evening of holiday cheer that reminded us that Hollywood still isn’t overrated.
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When Laguna Beach, California’s Thalia Surf Shop owner Nick Cocores’ discovered that the art gallery next door was packing it in he realized it was the perfect opportunity to not only expand his retail footprint, but also to partner with a popular brands.
“We approached Vans with the space coming available and asked them if they wanted to work with us,” Cocores said (pictured right with Steve Van Doren). “They were totally supportive and wanted to get on board. And so here we are.”
Thalia has carried Vans since the shop opened in 2001 but because the the cozy size of the shop the shoes were limited to a small wall section where Cocores was able to display 25-30 pairs of shoes. But now with close to 900 feet devoted to the brand he can obviously show more. “We can probably have 100 shoes in here now,” he said looking over the new Vans Thalia Surf Shop space.
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After 18 months in the making Skullcandy kicked off the launch of their new Mix Master Mike Headphone with a party at the expansive My House, on the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and N. La Brea in the heart of Hollywood, California last night (December 2, 2010).
This is just a little of the amazing set Mix Master Mike kicked down to the packed house. Follow the jump for some photos.
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The former publisher of Transworld Skateboarding Magazine has jumped back in the action media game with a new title for the other team. Source Interlink’s Action Sport Group/Grind Networks announced last night that Jamey Stone is their new director of marketing. Stone will reportedly “oversee and direct the group’s marketing initiatives and business development operations.”
“Working for the ASG / Grind Networks is a huge honor,” said Stone, who grew up in Oceanside, Calif., surfing up to the professional level and skateboarding in the underground San Diego skate scene. He lives there still today with his wife and two children. “Growing up reading SURFER, SURFING and SkateBoarder, I never imagined that I would now be a part of this amazing family. I am very excited about all of the great things on deck for ASG / Grind Networks and look forward to adding to an already amazing legacy.”
We’re glad to see one of the most authentic, hardworking guys in skateboarding media back on board.
Strangely, this news comes on the heels of another departure at Bonnier Corp’s Transworld Media. Former Transworld Senior Marketing Director Vipe Desai left the company on Tuesday November 30, 2010 to pursue another opportunity after being at the company since April 26, 2010.
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Somewhere in the beginning of the waiting period of the 2010 O’Neill World Cup of Surfing we lost track of what was going on. We checked in lay day after lay day, and then we’d get completely caught off when the event would actually run. turns out Brazil’s Raoni Monteiro, 28, won for the men and the 16-year-old Australian Tyler Wright won the women’s event. How? We have no idea. We didn’t catch one wave.
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It is that time of year again. For those wondering why no on in the skateboard industry is returning their emails or getting that stuff that promised out, it’s because they’re all at the Skate Park of Tampa for what has become one of the most important contests in skateboarding—the 17th Annual Tampa Am (December 2-5, 2010).
We were planning on watching the event online live, but it would appear that we’re out of luck, according to post on the SPoT website but there will be “tape delay” coverage.
Fuel TV that usually does the live webcast had some budget cuts and can’t do it this year. Colin Clark, Joe Pelham, and I [Rob Meronek] are all going to not go straight to the bar right after the Contest each night and instead go straight to our offices to put together the video coverage and photos from the day to post right away on the site. Sounds like just the thing you’d want to do after already working a 12 hour day. I’ll take it, though. I appreciate every minute of this good time that counts as hard work. After that, we will go to the bar. Thanks for checking out the site and Tampa Am this week..
So tune in to the Skate Park of Tampa website each evening for the latest updates from the event and follow the jump for the full event schedule.
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The Powder & Rails interview with Terry Kidwell continues with the discussion of the first snowboarding McTwist. . .
[Link: VBS.TV]
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The “do a documentary about yourself” virus seems to be turning into a epidemic. In the past it appeared that documentarians would select a person, event, or topic and create a documentary with or without cooperation of the subject. These days it seems that the best way to turn up a career is to create a documentary about yourself. Count in the Bones Brigade on the turning up the heat on the past.
On Monday, November 29th at Los Angeles International Airport, seven individuals that have had an extreme influence on skateboarding sat down to discuss work on a documentary of their experience. They met at the Encounter restaurant in the middle of the airport to begin work on this monumental film. . . Stacy wrote, “Those skaters known as the Bones Brigade are now old enough to take a look back. At a time in the 80’s when many people were mourning the second death of skateboarding, the Bones Brigade through passion, drive, creativity and a surprising sense of teamwork redefined the sport for their time and the future”.
People write autobiographies all the time, so there’s really no reason for us to be down on Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Rodney Mullen, Tommy Guerrero and Stacy Peralta for making a film about how great they were, because it’s true—they were great. We’d just appreciate it more if someone else was saying it.
[Link: Powell-Peralta]
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