Todd Dunkel, 27, for Federal Heights, Colorado died Wednesday, April 14, 2010 while riding at Breckenridge Resort in Colorado, according to a story on KWQC.com.
Summit County Coroner Joan Richardson Thursday identified the man as Todd Dunkel. Ski patrol members found Dunkel in some trees Wednesday while doing a final check of the slopes. . . They tried to revive him, but determined he was dead. Richardson says Dunkel was originally from Iowa and had lived in Colorado for more than six months.
The story says that he “suffered a fractured neck.” Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Skateboarder Magazine’s inaugural Make-A-Wish Foundation Benefit Skate Jam presented by DC Shoes goes down this this Saturday, April 17, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hollenbeck Skate Plaza in Los Angeles, California.
On site there will also be raffles, giveaways, music, autographs and street-fair style booths hosted by industry-leading skate brands including, but not limited to DC Shoes, Volcom, Analog, DVS, Nike SB and Adio, raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and giving back to the children of Los Angeles County. There will also be an after party at Royal Claytons English Pub beginning at 8:00 p.m. where everyone can gather for some grub after a long day at the Plaza.
Houston, Texas based oil man William Kallop filed documents today (April 15, 2010) with the SEC stating that his Offshore Exploration and Production, LLC owns 7 percent (or 9,081,590 shares of Quiksilver common stock). The names of the reporting persons include Mr. Kallop, as well as Brooks Kallop and Brent Kallop who own .1 percent each.
Kallop, who made significant off-shore oil discoveries in Peru through Petro-Tech Peruana, a Peruvian subsidiary of his privately owned The Offshore International Group in 2005, sold his company in February 2009 to Korean National Oil Corp and Columbia’s Ecopetrol for a reported $900 million, according to a story in Offshore Magazine.
Peru’s president Alan Garcia later asked the Peruvian Congress to investigate the timing of Offshore International Group sale, according to a story on The Motely Fool, because Petro-Tech Peruana was “under investigation for possible connections to illegally taped conversations in an oil-kickback scandal” that caused “the worst political crisis” in Garcia’s two year administration.
A couple things are for sure: Mr. Kallop knows his way around international business, and his owning $48 million in Quiksilver stock would seem to suggest that he is rather bullish on the brand currently.
As Skate & Annoy’s Kilwag pointed out today, Justin Bieber the “prepubescent pop star” can ollie higher than he can. We agree. But what he failed to point out is that Bieber also has impeccable taste in footwear. . .
\Tomorrow night (April 15, 2010) Shaun White will unveil his new footwear line for Target Stores at a Midtown Manhattan shindig, according to a story in the New York Times.
The shoes, scheduled to arrive at Target on July 11, will accompany the 2010 version of the Shaun White clothing line that Target sells. The apparel is scheduled to arrive at Target in early August.
Tax day is likely the perfect time to unleash $34.99 shoes on the American public. Wonder how all the skate shoe companies feel about this?
Orange County California’s Chapman University created a new Chapman Entrepreneur of the Year award and they are giving the very first one to Volcom’sRichard Woolcott.
The honor, which Sudek said “reflects the dynamic entrepreneurial spirit of Southern California,” is meant to recognize the vital role Orange County plays in American business. . . Richard Woolcott co-founded Volcom in 1991. He has served as the company’s CEO since that time, and took the company public in 2005. In addition to his business credentials, Woolcott is also an athlete and member of the Scholastic Surfing Association Hall of Fame.
James Lee, a snowboarder who hit and broke the leg of a four-year-old skier on February 9, 2002 at Vancouver BC’s Grouse Mountain, has been court-ordered to pay $30,000 in damages to the family of the injured boy, according to a story in The Province.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice James Williams ruled Lee was liable for the accident and ordered him to pay $30,000 to the Gregorowicz family. . . However, Williams also ruled Peter Gregorowicz was partly responsible for the crash because he had taken his son around the ski fence and then cut across the steep section at the bottom of the funnel. . . Patrick Gregorowicz has recovered completely.
Quiksilver today announced that they are selling off most of their non-Roxy bikini brands including Raisins, Raisins Girls, Leilani, Island Soul, and Island Escape to New York-based Breaking Waves International, a unit of AOM Holdings LLC, according to a story in the Orange County Business Journal. A press released posted on Global Surf News featured the following:
Craig Stevenson, President of Quiksilver Americas, stated, “As we review our operating priorities we are keenly focused on our core businesses of Quiksilver, Roxy, DC and, increasingly, Mervin. . . . In that context, and after evaluating opportunities for our other women’s swim brands, we felt the best course of action for our shareholders, our customers and our employees was to sell these women’s swim brands to AOM Holdings, who came forward with an attractive offer. AOM has extensive experience in the swim category and we are pleased that they have expressed their intent to continue to operate these brands within their existing channels of distribution.”
Oddly, no mention of Quik’s Radio Fiji line was made. Maybe no one wanted that one.
The new issue of King Shitarrived yesterday (who said print was dead) and it’s loaded full of the stuff we’ve come to expect from our friends North of the Border.
Dave Carnie rants about why he has no cell phone, Dan Watson interviews guys who actually (rather than figuratively) “gay off” with skate shoes, comedian Zack Galafanakis sports a big rubber cock from the future, and Chis Nieratko asks a bunch of underage skaters if their moms and/or sisters are hot. You know, the usual.
And yet, it is still compelling. This issue was guest art directed by Altamont’sMark “Fos” Foster of Heroin and Landscape fame and that’s Matt Berger heel flipping some industrial products on the cover. . . Ask for a copy at your local skate shop.
