We weren’t in Dublin, Ireland last night so we missed this opening for a showing of Glen E. Friedman’s photography at The Lighthouse Cinema. The opening of the show is in conjunction with a screening of Jem Cohen’s Fugazi documentary Instrument.
[Link: Boing Boing]
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Galeston, Texas surfer Chad Rogers, 20, never expected to get bitten by a shark, according to a story in the Galveston News. But that didn’t stop what he believes to be a 5 foot bullshark from getting a bite in.
“When I pulled my foot out, I was bleeding all over the place,” Rogers said in an interview with YourTownTV.com. “I was kind of freaking out. I never thought I would get bitten by a shark. . . “After that, we had a race to get (to shore.) I just remember getting bit and trying to get the hell out of the water.” . . . Rogers said in addition to a large gash, he had “nibble marks” from the shark on his toes.
Rogers used his other foot to push the shark away and then hopped a quarter mile to his car. The surfers foot now has between 50 and 60 stitches on it, but other than that he’s fine.
[Link: Galveston News]
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In a classic example of just how rumors get laundered Apparel News retail editor Andrew Asch spins out a three page story titled Could RVCA Be Next in Billabong’s Buying Spree in which he adds absolutely no new information on the topic. Here’s the crux of his story:
Billabong . . . is widely rumored to be buying celebrated Costa Mesa, Calif.–based fashion brand RVCA. After several surf-industry publications and websites speculated on the rumor in the past couple of weeks, both Billabong and RVCA remain mum on the possible acquisition. (Neither company responded to requests for comment.)
That didn’t, however, stop Asch from rounding up few recycled conference call quotes from Billabong CEO Derek O’Neill, comments from Macquarie analyst Greg Dring, and a few lines from BRA’s Melissa Clary, and turning out a story so good that it almost makes us believe the Billabong buyout is a done deal.
But then what about Nike? We hear they’re the deep pockets with room for RVCA. After all, the Nike Open is right around the corner and you can’t exactly expect skaters to wear Hurley with their Cons.
[Link: Apparel News]
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A Snapper Rocks barrel has claimed Joel Parkinson’s heel in a slice that nearly took the back half of the ASP number 8 surfer’s foot off and sent him to hospital, according to a post on his website Joelparko.com.
“I just pulled into a barrel and been taken out by the foamball, and pretty well straight away I’ve felt the board hit me,” says Joel. “I knew immediately it was a pretty serious cut. I didn’t want to look at it when I came in because I knew it wouldn’t be good.” Joel was helped up the beach to a waiting ambulance by good friend and three-time world champion, Andy Irons who had been surfing with him.
The slice has caused Parko to officially pull out of next week’s Billabong Pro at J-Bay. They do say the wheels are the first to go.
[Link: JoelParkinson.com via StabMag]
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Photographer Chris Brunkhart has spent most of the past year working on a retrospective collection of his snowboarding photographs that plans to release later this year as quality art book. The work is titled how many dreams in the dark? my life on the road with the legends of snowboarding?
Here’s how Chris describes it:
I have been shooting photos now for over 20 years, experiencing and sharing in the lives of my friends. The camera has always been there to document their every move. From Alaska to Chile, from Japan to the Czech Republic, I shared moments more intimate than i ever thought possible. i discovered visionaries thinking, painting, reading, and laughing. I paused in fleeting moments to forever capture cityscapes, at twilight, sunsets on beaches, and sunsets atop mountains. This book is a result from those experiences, created in part to expose the roots that spurred the growth of snowboarding. It is the story of my youthful adventures made while documenting the youthful discoveries of others.
Rather than looking to corporate sponsorship to get the book published Brunkhart has turned to a website called Kickstarter. The site allows people with cool projects to easily gather funding from anyone who wants to support them. And if enough money for the project isn’t raised then no one pays anything. It’s like a no-risk donation.
Right now, Chris is offering up gifts including t-shirts and buttons, autographed copies of the book, and even signed and numbered limited edition 20×30 inch prints depending on the level of support people give. He’s only looking for $5,000. Click the link, check it out, and make a donation to help Chris make how many dreams in the dark? happen.
[Link: How many dreams in the dark?]
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NYC’s Milk Gallery is hosting a photo show in collaboration with Vice Books’ publication of Full Bleed: New York City Skateboarding Photography that runs July 6 to July 13, 2010. The show includes pretty much anyone who ever shot or appeared in a skateboarding photo in NYC.
An homage to the great ones that have built NYC skateboarding into what it is today, the book and photo show FULL BLEED: New York City Skateboard Photography includes photographs by: Spike Jonze, Giovanni Reda, Tobin Yelland, Thomas Campbell, Larry Clark, Ed Templeton, Atiba Jefferson, Angela Boatwright, Sammy Glucksman, Allen Ying, and more. Skateboarders featured: Steve Olson, Eric Koston, Keith Hufnagel, Harold Hunter, Jerry Hsu, Mike Vallely, Mark Gonzales, Rick Howard, Jason Dill, and more.
If you’re sweating it out in the heat of the city, be sure to roll by.
Milk Gallery, 450 West 15th Street New York, NY 10011
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Few have been more dedicated to successfully mixing art, commerce, mainstream media, and action sports than Fuel TV General Manager CJ Olivares.
In seven years Olivares has taken what was basically a couple action sports event shows on Fox Sports and turned them into a compelling “network” of quality TV programming that has remained surprisingly true to the core of the sports it covers.
Fuel TV is only available in 30 million households (small in cable channel terms) but as CJ points out they’re getting millions of downloads each month in the iTunes store.
“We have 4 million downloads a month from the iTunes store,” C.J. Olivares, Fuel’s general manager, said Wednesday during an interview in his office, which sports a collection of surfboards, skateboards, guitars and a Batman mask. . . According to media consulting firm SNL Kagan, Fuel’s revenues have increased at least 20% nearly every year since its launch, and it should rake in $71.4 million in 2010. SNL Kagan estimates the channel’s cash flow at $20 million, amounting to a nearly 30% margin.
In the interview LA Times’ writer Meg James asks Olivares about being part of the Murdoch Media family, going through a potential sale, and growing a brand in the increasingly shattering media world. Follow the link for the rest of the interview.
[Link: LA Times via @JennGoodman]
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Tomorrow, Friday, July 8, 2010 all surf breaks in Fiji become a free-for-all, according to a decree by Fiji’s Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and quoted on Radio Fiji.
Fiji Surfing Association President John Philip has welcomed the implementation of the Decree Philip says tourists will now be able to surf freely in Fiji and local villages will benefit the most. . . . “It’s fantastic news! It’s very positive for the development of surfing in Fiji and especially tourism. It’s great for the people of Fiji – the beach users and anyone who feels they got ownership in our beaches and clean oceans. As I’ve said the biggest benefit is going to the rural areas – it will create employment for surfing related industries.”
Now every boat owner in Fiji can run people out to Cloudbreak and Restaurants. Epic. Finally, Fiji’s best waves will be as open, and hassle-free as Hawaii . . . cough, cough, cough.
[Link: Radio Fiji]
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Zumiez’s June net sales increased 16.4 percent to $37.2 million and June 2010 comps increased 10.9 percent. And the crowd goes wild. But what does it really mean? Only that they did better than last month (and much better than June 2009 when comps dropped 19.3%). At least they’re clawing in the proper direction, right? [click to continue…]
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Owners of the land that housed Memphis, Tennessee’s Al Town DIY skatepark who were worried about the large turn-out for Go Skateboarding Day on June 21, 2010 decided instead to shut the place down, according to a story in the Commercial Appeal.
But on June 21, you didn’t have to be a skateboarder to notice something special about Al Town: the “No Trespassing” signs and police cars that showed up just in time for international Go Skateboarding Day. . . Al Town had been shut down.
The City of Memphis has money set aside for a skatepark, but as happens all over the world, they can’t seem to find the right place for it.
[Link: Commercial Appeal and Skate Life Memphis]
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