Kevin Pearce was on NBC’s The Today Show this morning (May 4, 2010). And it’s so good to see him back home, back communicating, and apparently on his way to a full recovery.
[Link: The Today Show via @burtonsnowboards]
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It has been along four months since snowboarder Kevin Pearce’s injury while training in the Park City halfpipe, but he is finally home in Vermont according to a story in the New York Times.
The renovated barn next to the family house was always one of Kevin Pearce’s favorite places. There is a skateboard ramp out back and a giant recreation room inside, with three loftlike bedrooms above. . . Now it is the ultimate destination.
We’re happy he is finally home and we hope for his continued recovery. Click the link for the rest of the story.
[Link: New York Times via @tbyrnes]
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Thanks to the new ASP scoring system the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro is going to be as close as we get to an elite World Tour event until the Hurley Pro in September 12-21, 2010.
Top seeds in this year’s ASP PRIME 6.0 Lowers Pro include former three-time ASP World Champion Andy Irons (Hanalei, HI), 31, California wunderkind Dane Reynolds (Ventura, CA), 24, defending 6.0 Lowers Pro Champion Fred Patacchia (North Shore, HI), 28, and rookie talent Owen Wright (AUS), 20, amongst others.
It all goes down (along with the Oakley Junior Pro) May 4-8, 2010. Guess we have to go.
[Link: 6.0 Lowers Pro]
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Never really paid that much attention to Josh Kerr, but this trailer from his new self-produced bio-pic Kerrazy Kronicles is fixin’ to change all that. As Stab Mag says:
From the death drop to double-barrel at 50 seconds and the flurry of Lien grab oops, turns and tweaked punts, there’s enough here to suggest Julian and JOB have a dark horse to rival them for the year’s best profile film.
We can’t argue.
[Link: Stab Magazine]
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After two Westside teenagers were killed in the last six month, Santa Cruz Sentinel writer Jennifer Squires investigates the crossover between Westside surfers and gang bangers. As evidenced by the deaths of Tyler Tenorio, 16, and Carl Reimer, 19, sometimes it’s hard to tell.
Culture has changed,” said Santa Cruz Police Deputy Chief Rick Martinez, a Harbor High graduate. “There was a day when Eastside-Westside was a surf rivalry in our town. Now if you’re claiming Westside’ or Eastside,’ depending on the context, you could be representing a gang.” . . The east-west localism in Santa Cruz grew out of the community’s surfing tradition. As riding waves grew in popularity, kids stuck to the breaks in their neighborhoods and tried to keep outsiders from their favorite spots. . . . “Surfers tend to be a little territorial,” said John Mel, 63, who owns Freeline surf shop in Pleasure Point on the Eastside. “But it’s tongue in cheek.”
Flea is quoted as saying: “People need to not focus on Eastside-Westside rivalries, but instead realize everyone is from Santa Cruz.” Sadly, it’s the local battles that always seem the biggest. . .
[Link: Santa Cruz Sentinel]
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Snowboarder Mag linked this Tim Humphreys GoPro Youtube.com clip up last week, but we just can’t stop watching it.
[Link: Snowboarder Mag]
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As Eddie Wall says, “What started as a little sketch is now the Eddie Wall Ride Invitational. We have 30 of the best pros here. . . ” And it all went down at Mammoth Mountain on May Day. May 1, 2010. Tim Humphreys won it all and Peter Line won an iPad.
“I won $20,000 like then years ago. And this is way better than that,” Peter said. “Twenty grand goes right to bill. This is all for fun.”
[Link: Video Hyper Shred]
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Thomas Campbell has created a limited California edition scarf for The Standard Hotel. He is one of three artists who are collaborating on the project. José Parla is doing Miami and RoStarr is doing NYC versions of the scarf.
These artists are known for their graphic language and the ‘pattern-like’ feel often associated with their artwork. The lightweight scarves, just in time for summer, were inspired by The Standard cities and represent each artist’s signature style. Up until this point, the scarves were only available in a preview sale to private collectors, but are now available to the public on www.shopthestandard.com, as well as at The Standard Spa Miami Beach, Downtown LA and New York boutiques.
The scarves are 24.7 x 70 inches and are made of a 50-50 blend of silk and cashmere for the super smooth feel. Only problem is they are $225. Then again that’s cheaper than an Hermés and infinitely cooler.
[Link: Shop The Standard]
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Jake and Donna Carpenter will be moving back into the official drivers’ seats at Burton Snowboards while the company searches for a CEO to replace Laurent Potdevin who announced his resignation today.
Burton today announced the departure of CEO Laurent Potdevin, who plans to pursue other opportunities after working at the world’s leading snowboard company for 15 years. Laurent will stay connected to Burton as a consultant and advisor to the company. . . “Laurent and I have had a great 15 years together,” says Jake Burton Carpenter, Founder and Chairman of Burton Snowboards. “I support his decision to move on, and as a company we’ve always looked at change as an opportunity. This marks a new chapter for Burton during a time when snowboarding is gaining a lot of momentum.”
Probably wouldn’t be bad for anyone involved if this search took a little longer than expected. Jake looks so good behind the wheel. . . follow the jump for the entire release.
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Sam George’s feature documentary Hollywood Don’t Surf focuses on how many times Hollywood has failed when trying to properly capture surfing will be shown at a sneak preview at the Cannes Film Festival next week according to a story in the Laguna Beach Independent.
The cinematic retrospective explores 50 years of Hollywood surfing movies, featuring rare surfing footage, such as Thomas Edison’s 1906 Hawaiian surfing footage, and excerpts and behind-the-scenes shots from numerous surfing films including “Gidget” beach party movies, “Ride the Wild Surf,” “Big Wednesday,” “North Shore,” “Point Break,” “In God’s Hands” and “Blue Crush.” Interviews with Hollywood luminaries and surf stars include Quentin Tarantino, John Milius, Steven Spielberg, Stacy Peralta, Mac- Gillivray, Gary Busey, Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Greg Noll, Laird Hamilton, Peter Townend, Robert Englund, Frankie Avalon and real-life “Gidget” Kathy Kohner.
We’re most interested in seeing how Sam handles the In God’s Hands section.
[Link: Laguna Beach Independent]
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