Gravis has posted the entire Greg Hunt directed short film Dylan on their website. Dylan Rieder fans should check it out for for their own seven minutes of heaven.
[Link: Gravis Skateboarding]
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Tony Hawk’s annual Stand Up For Skateparks Fund raising is going down in billionaire Ron Burkle Beverly Hills, California estate again this year. (As some might remember Burkle own’s Skateboarder Magazine parent company Source Interlink.)The October 17, 2010 event will feature a performance by Jane’s Addiction.
The exclusive event will feature games, activities, food, live and silent auctions, a Vert Demo by Tony Hawk and an all-star cast of pro skateboarders and BMX riders on Tony’s personal ramp, and a special set by Jane’s Addiction that promises to make for a unique, intimate, and one-of-a-kind event.
If you want to attend tickets are $350 a piece (on the low end) and $20,000 for the “Platinum Package” which allows the buyer to bring a 19 person entourage to the event, shower them in Tony Hawk gifts and goodness, and hang out with people like: Shaun White, Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Miley Cyrus, Michael Eisner, Jon Favreau, Mia Hamm, Mat Hoffman, Terry Kennedy, Chuck Liddell, Howie Mandel, Sal Masekela, and Paul Rodriguez, Jr.
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Mossimo Giannulli has officially licensed Modern Amusement to Pacific Sunwear of California, according to a story on Sports One Source.
Mossimo establishd the Mossimo brand in 1987 and later licensed to Target Corp. The MODERN AMUSEMENT brand has been sold in the United States through retailers such as Nordstrom, Barney’s, Fred Segal and Bloomingdales, and internationally through accounts such as Selfridges and Harvey Nichols in the U.K. and Beams in Japan. . . .”I am so pleased to be working again with Pacific Sunwear which in many ways is like coming home,” said Giannulli. “PacSun was my first large account when I was building MOSSIMO, and to be able to take the model that I have had so much success with and build on that platform with Gary and his team is really exciting.”
When we read news like this we wonder how much money Mossimo really need. More apparently. Then again he probably does it for the love of the game.
[Link: Sports One Source]
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First, Sal Masekela tweets about sitting next to Stephanie Pratt on a Southwest flight and the next thing we know the pair is out shopping on Robertson Boulevard, according to Gossip Center. Maybe Sal has access to one of Stephanie’s brothers latest videos. . .
She’s always up for a good time and Saturday (August 21) Stephanie Pratt was spotted at the 2010 Miss Malibu Pageant. . . The day before, Miss Pratt was out on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles with television presenter Sal Masekela for some retail therapy.
Yeah, Nixon.
[Link: Gossip Center]
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We all have heard that Chris Cole owns a skate shop in Langhorne, Pennsylvania called Reign Skate. But what we didn’t know is that he has a partner in the business named Skip Millard.
Transworld Business interviewed Millard to get the background on Reign and what it’s like to run a small business with a big partner.
Everyone around the shop thinks since Chris is the partner we have unlimited cash but if that was the case I would just write myself a check. Really, just the trials and tribulations of opening a small business. There is no turning it off at 5-o’clock and sometimes you won’t get home until nine and have to put in another two hours. It’s a lot of hard work, but if you love doing it, it’s worth it.
Follow the link for the rest of the interview.
[Link: Transworld Business]
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The 2010 East Coast Surfing Championships go down this week (August 25-29, 2010) in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The big question: Will Hurricane Danielle accept her invitation?
[Link: East Coast Surfing Championships]
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One of the great things about the Billabong Pro Teahupoo is that it runs right through the middle of the West Coast’s work day allowing most of the surf industry to spend a few August days “hard at work” with their browsers open to the Billabong Pro live feed. But not yet. Today was the first day of the waiting period and it’s a lay day and the next couple days look the same, according to event organizers.
“We monitored conditions for a good while this morning and deemed it not contestable,” Richie Porta, ASP International Head Judge, said. “It was very small and just too inconsistent to run. We’re working with everyone, the surfers, the organizers, the forecasters to ensure that the athletes have the best possible conditions.”
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After reporting year end numbers for fiscal 2010, Billabong shares dropped 13 percent according to a story on Goldcoast.com.au.
Billabong yesterday posted a $146 million bottom-line result, down 4.5 per cent on last year’s result. . . This year’s profit was again impacted by a higher Australian dollar, but investors sold off the stock due to weakliness in the company’s key overseas markets as well as Australia.
Derek O’Neill is right (click here for video). Being down only 4.5 percent in 2010 is pretty good. Apparently, Australian traders do not agree.
[Link: Goldcoast.com.au and Heraldsun.com.au]
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Randy Wright isn’t saying much about the closure of the Horizons West Surf Shop last month, according to a story in the Santa Monica Daily Press. But to fans of the Dogtown & Z-Boys story it was a sad day.
The skate and surf shop, owned by surfer Randy Wright, occupied a modest, one-story building at the corner of Main and Bay streets that was designated a city landmark in May of 2007 after neighbors and skateboarding enthusiasts erupted in outrage over plans to tear it down and replace it with a mixed-use development. The retail space was the original home of Zephyr and Jeff Ho Productions, whose founders, Skip Engblom and Jeff Ho, created the Zephyr Skate Team, which became known as The Z-Boys. . . Wright did not return several phone calls seeking comment.
Guess we can’t expect a retailer to live on the past forever.
[Link: Santa Monica Daily Press via LAist]
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(Click here for a Stay Gold Premiere Photo Gallery)
It’s been seven years since Emerica’s last skate video (This Is Skateboarding) and after viewing Stay Gold last night at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in the Hollywood Hills all we can say is it was well worth the wait.
After a pretty long set by the band Earthless (featuring Mario Rubacala on drums) and a shorter set by Dead Meadow, a small Stay Gold logo appeared on the screen with a countdown timer running below. The lights dimmed and people hurried to their seats. Those who’d been in their seats for more that two hours began chanting “Stay Gold, Stay Gold, Stay Gold.”
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