by The Editors on March 25, 2010
Justin Tomerlin, 27, of La Jolla, California died on March 22, 2010 from injuries he sustained on March 20, 2010 after falling while skateboarding near his home.
Michael Ellano, an investigator with the county medical examiner’s office, said Tomerlin “was skateboarding without a helmet down a hill near his home when he fell and struck his head. Medics responded and transported him to Scripps La Jolla Hospital where he was diagnosed with a closed head (internal bleeding) injury. He was placed on life support, but unfortunately he was declared brain dead on Monday, March 22.
Our thoughts are will his family and friends.
[Link: La Jolla Light]
by The Editors on March 25, 2010
by The Editors on March 25, 2010
Pro shreds Tara Dakides and Torah Bright will appear in a new feature film based on the Kate Lace romance novel Chalet Girl, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Billed as a romantic comedy, the story details the story of a young girl from a working class suburb who lands a job in an ultra-glam ski resort, where she’s totally out of her depth until she discovers her natural snowboarding genius — and the boss’s gorgeous son.
The story is reportedly the retelling of Cinderella as a snowboarder (played by Felicity Jones). Roxy and Quiksilver are reportedly providing “branding” for the film which is being directed by All About Steve’s Phil Traill. Filming isMammoth Mountain going on this week in St. Anton.
[Link: Hollywood Reporter, Natives via Powederroom]
by The Editors on March 24, 2010
We’ve been wondering for a while how the whole Stab Magazine Tales of A Fucking Jew Mick Fanning story came about. Today the writer Charlie Smith was kind enough to recount his side on the Stab Magazine site.
The events of Saturday night, December 12, have taken on an apocryphal glow. I had been invited to Mick Fanning’s celebration at the Rip Curl house by Rip Curl’s international media manager Dane Sharp. I was introduced to surfing journalist Tim Baker. Tim and I talked for some time. He explained to me that he did not enjoy what I did. Said that it was too negative and the point of surfing is a positive communal experience. He also did not like that I had written that Mick Fanning was boring and asked if I had ever met Mick. I answered no. He told me that Mick is a great guy and I should meet him. Mick was standing near and alone. Tim went over and I followed. Mick was angry and called me a fucking Jew. I was dragged out of the house by security.
This is only the first paragraph. If you believe you have an opinion on the topic, please read the rest.
[Link: Stab Magazine]
by The Editors on March 24, 2010
Three stops. Three arenas. Top pros. $1 million in prize money. And Chris Cole, Ryan Sheckler, Greg Lutzka, Torey Pudwill, PJ Ladd, Sean Malto, Mike Mo Capaldi, Mikey Taylor, Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval, and Paul Rodriguez have all apparently committed “to multi-year contracts” to compete “exclusively” in the Street League. It would seem that Rob Dyrdek is going to pull off his Street League Skateboarding tour.
Street League™ is the culmination of more than five years of development, which began with a professional contest Dyrdek held at the opening of the world’s first skate plaza he built in Kettering, Ohio in 2005. Building on the knowledge gained from this event, Dyrdek and his team began planning for the launch of the league, consulting for and developing several major skateboarding events to serve as additional case studies.
IMG Action Sports, the go-to event production company in the industry, is producing and executing Street League™ in 2010. The worldwide leader in skate park design and construction, California Skateparks™, will provide skate plaza construction. Instant Scoring Experience™ is a partnership between MXi, Dialsmith, and Street League™.
Our question is what exactly does “exclusive” mean? Does this mean P-Rod, Sheckler, Cole et. al will not be doing The Dew or milking the Maloof? We don’t know. Follow the jump for more.
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by The Editors on March 24, 2010
by The Editors on March 24, 2010
Portland, Oregon snowboarder Levi Krukowski, 19, was found dead at the base of a 40 foot cliff at Mt. Hood Meadows on Monday, March 22, 2010. He had been reported missing an hour early according to a story in the Salem News.
“He had been with friends when he went missing near an area marked as a hazard. The hazard area was marked with a rope. . . “The Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Patrol located Levi rukowski’s body in a creek near the bottom of a waterfall. The creek was within the hazard area and required crossing the rope boundary to access.
His death is being investigated as an accident, according to the story, and an autopsy is scheduled for today. Our thoughts are with Levi’s family and friends.
[Link: Salem News]
by The Editors on March 24, 2010
Sunny Abberton has the Bra Boys family industry running in the reality TV direction if reports on News.com.au are to be trusted.
HAVING conquered the big screen with their super successful self-titled documentary, the Bra Boys are now on the cusp of consolidating an offer for a reality-TV series. . . Word on the beach is the show will be a “fly-on-the-wall” look at the lives of the notorious Maroubra siblings, and may even see pin-up of the surfing gang Koby Abberton return to school.
Sunny and Koby are apparently looking for a way to show their “more humorous side.” This should be good.
[Link: News.com.au via Stab]
by The Editors on March 23, 2010
by The Editors on March 23, 2010
O’Neill is rolling out their latest green, eco-marketing project called ECO’Neill (get it?) with help from “soulful roots-reggae artist and waterman, Mishka.”
Mishka will be giving audiences a preview of the collection during his album tour starting this week, and will be contributing to the creative process and design of upcoming ECO’Neill styles. Later this year, he will be featured in related advertising, POP, mobile marketing and social media efforts from O’Neill to support the introduction of ECO’Neill t-shirts, tanks, beanies and boardshorts hitting stores next Spring.
The ECO’Neill line will feature “100 percent organic” T-shirts and boardshorts made from “recycled plastic bottles.” Because when we buy throw-away logo T-shirts that use our bodies as billboards we’re confident knowing organic cotton farmers are getting paid.
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Justin Tomerlin, 27, of La Jolla, California died on March 22, 2010 from injuries he sustained on March 20, 2010 after falling while skateboarding near his home.
