The guys at Stab ran Bevo (above in a Tom Carey photo) through their “Joy of Sex” interview and as everyone knows Claire is not scared. For her thoughts on talking dirty, click the link.
[Link: Stab Magazine]
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On Tuesday night (October 26, 2010) a group of surfers in the lineup at San Clemente, California’s Riviera Beach saw a small great white shark jump out of the water just outside the line up, according to a story in the Orange County Register.
About half of the 10 or so surfers in the lineup left the water, said Dave Schulte, a veteran surfer and former pro surf-contest judge who had just finished surfing at Riviera Beach when the shark, maybe 6 feet long, was sighted at about 6 p.m. Tuesday. . . Schulte was heading for his car when a young surfer came up to say a shark had just breeched. Schulte said he watched the water for 15 minutes “and all of a sudden it jumped again. We’re talking maybe 75 yards off the beach.”
We liked it better when the great whites stayed way, way off shore and kept their heads down.
[Link: Orange County Register]
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In among the other news reported today during Volcom’s third quarter results report was the announcement that the Board of Directors has approved a special $1 a share dividend for shareholders (and those holding unvested shares of restricted common stock).
The payout will be made on November 19, 2010 to stockholders of record on November 8, 2010. “The aggregate amount of payments to be made in connection with the special dividend will be approximately $24.4 million.”
This is the kind of stuff companies do just to jack with us. Sure, all the big shareholders (Wooly has 2.7 million or so) and the employees who have unvested shares will get a nice little payout. But here’s what we’re thinking: if we get a dollar a share for all the Volcom stock we own (which is, of course, zero). We could buy some shares on November 3 (the ex-dividend date is November 4), hold it until November 8 to qualify for the dividend, and then sell it back on Tuesday. If the share price goes up during the time, even better. The downside, as always, is if the share price goes down during that week then the dividend won’t even pay for itself. Oh, the way they toy with us.
Those interested in all the financial nitty gritty (things were up a bit over last year) from the rest of VeeCo’s announcement today can follow the jump.
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According to a report released by the Magazine Publishers of America magazine advertising pages during the third quarter (July to September 2010) were up 3.6 percent over the same period last year. The biggest gains were in the retail category where pages were up 7.2 percent and revenue was up 13.1 percent.
As we do most quarters we’ve checked in with the only action sports magazines followed in the Publisher Information Bureau (Bonnier Corporation’s Transworld Media) and see that things are mostly looking up. In fact Q3 looked great for all the titles aside from Skateboarding and Wakeboarding:
2010 2009 % Change TRANSWORLD SNOWBOARDING 221.34 173.67 27.45 TRANSWORLD MOTOCROSS 256.26 220.08 16.44 TRANSWORLD SURF 278.42 244.34 13.95 RIDE BMX 152.59 148.36 2.85 TRANSWORLD SKATEBOARDING 296.04 337.05 -12.17 WAKEBOARDING 93.67 116.83 -19.82
Maybe those iPad magazine apps were just digital overkill. To see how the rest of the magazine world stacked up click here.
[Link: Magazine Publisher of America]
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Skate legends Torger Johnson, Stacy Peralta, Steve Caballero, Eric Koston, Bob Burnquist and Patti McGee will be inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame during an “invite-only” event in Los Angeles, California’s The Cooper Building. The evening will feature cocktails, appetizers, and a live musical performance. Guests will also get to bit on a large selection of skateboarding memorabilia with proceeds going to the Go Skateboarding Foundation.
“Skateboardings rich culture has been built around iconic heroes that have helped to take skateboarding to another level of progression, inspiration and fun,” said John Bernards IASC executive director. “IASC recognizes the importance of honoring the pros that made skateboarding what it is today” without those icons and legends the tricks skateboarders are doing today would not exist. This year’s inductees represent the best, most progressive skateboarding from 1960 to 2010 and we congratulate each of them on their accomplishments.”
Follow the jump for more details on how you may be able to get invited.
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The mother of all DIY skateboard parks, Portland, Oregon’s Burnside will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this Sunday, October 31, 2010. In preparation for the event there’s been a lot of construction going on under the bridge, according to a post on Skatedaily.net.
. . . co-conspirators and two of several original masterminds of the self-made skate zone, Mark “Red” Scott, and Sage Bolyard have been busy constructing a new addition for the event. The work with many of park’s locals also involved, isn’t so pretty, but in the true renegade spirit of all that Burnside was originally built upon two decades ago, that’s absolutely the way it should be – DIY, dirty, gritty, unique, unrefined, but highly functional…built by skaters.
Jay Meer has reportedly giving the park an all-new paint job and things are set for the Halloween Hellraier. For a full photo breakdown from Bryce Kanights click the link below.
[Link: Skatedaily.net]
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Billabong is rallying most their brands in support of their 10th annual retro-surfing contest at Dana Point, California’s Salt Creek (how did Nixon get out of this one?) held October 30 – 31, 2010.
Cosmic Creek features a surfing contest with all manner of strange categories including Space Cadets, Groove Masters, Rocket Men, and Rolling Stones and a Saturday night performance by Billabong’s spooky troubador Donavon Frankensteiner at Laguna’s hip club Seven Degrees. They’re encouraging everyone to dress appropriately for the night-before-Halloween bash.
Oh, wait. Our mistake. It’s actually Donavon Frankenreiter who will be performing. Sorry for the confusion.
For more information click the link directly below this or follow the jump to view Donavon’s latest music video Glow made up entirely of still photos shot by master lensman Brian Bielmann.
[Link: Cosmic Creek]
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Photographer Glen E. Friedman will open his endlessly touring collection of skateboard, rap, and punk rock photos Fuck You All (including the above image of Jay Adams 1978) at San Francisco’s 941 Geary Gallery on Saturday November 6, 2010. But this time the show will includes “several never before seen collaborations” with Shepard Fairey.
Opening reception is November 6, 2010 from 6 – 9 PM. 941 Geary is located (not surprisingly) at 941 Geary Street in San Francisco.
[Link: 941 Geary via Boing Boing]
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We’ve always been intrigued by Zumiez founder Tom Campion; not because of the company’s size, or its total sales, or strong stock. What we find amazing about Campion is his ability to communicate the Zumiez brand message to all of his employees. The skill with which Zumiez takes seemingly lost kids off the street and turns them into retail selling machines is legendary, as anyone who has attended the annual Zumiez 100k will tell you.
What is most shocking on meeting Campion is how such a quiet, thoughtful man can engender such enthusiasm in his employees. Transworld Business‘ Mike Lewis interviews Campion. Here’s a little of what Tom said:
I always have had a little problem with authority—authority that’s not justified—“You do this because I’m the founder and I’m going to go out and play golf,” or some bullshit like that. Doesn’t that translate into problems throughout business or society? If you’re going to have vision and you’re going to lead, you got to lead by example not just by words. . . . You can’t do one thing one year, and a new one the next. There has to be consistency over time so [employees] know what’s coming. You have to believe it yourself and you have to be honorable about it. You’ve got to appreciate the fact that they’re working to make the sale. They are the face to your customer all the time. What you tell them has to be consistent.
Much easier said than done. Click the link for the rest of the interview.
[Link: Transworld Business]
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If surfing ever makes it in the Olympics it will look a lot like the Billabong ISA World Surfing Games held in Punta Hermosa, Peru. The games ended yesterday, October 27, 2010, with the host country Peru taking gold followed by Australia, South Africa, and Brazil.
It was a fairytale ending to an event steeped in a mix of camaraderie and cutthroat competition as Team Peru gave every ounce of effort to take the overall gold medal today from Team Australia in solid 5-foot Senoritas lefts at Punta Hermosa, near Lima, Peru. It was the first time that the Peruvians have won an overall ISA Title since Felipe Pomar’s individual win in the 1965 World Championships more than four decades ago when the Titles were only individual, not national teams.
For the rest of the official story follow the jump.
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