Include Thomas Campbell on the list of people who can do no wrong. Whether it’s shooting skate photos, making surf movies, or painting his way around the world, T. Mossian seems to capture everything perfectly. On The Road To Ummmmm is just one more example.
The video is a time lapsed sequence of Campbell, shot on location in his Bonny Doon, California studio and in Europe. It gives a behind-the-scenes preview of Thomas working on “stuff” for 3 months or so… in preparation of the Ummm, exhibit which was held in Copenhagen, Denmark at the V1 Gallery, late October 2009. . . . On the Road to Ummmm, gives an insider view of Thomas’s many artistic talents; painting, sewing, woodwork, silk-screening, bronze casting, doodling and um…more painting. But it’s not all work for Campbell, a quick stop-over in the south of France, revives this self-proclaimed stuff maker’s skills before he says “au revoir,” and onto his exhibit in Denmark.
Click the link, watch the video, and see just how easy making art can be.
Each year, apparently, BusinessWeek magazine creates a Power 100 list of the most powerful athletes in the world. Being an Olympic year, they’ve also created a sister list of the Most Powerful Olympic Athletes. And Shaun White is featured on both. He’s number four on the Olympic list checked in between a couple hockey players and on the athletes list he is all the way down at 51 between golfer Jim Furyk and New York Mets’ third baseman David Wright.
Why he’s on the list: Having dropped the “Flying Tomato” moniker, White has picked up the ability to carve his place in the national consciousness despite competing in a niche sport.
The only other real notable on the list was Ryan Sheckler who just squeaked in at 100 “now that Tony Hawk is retired.”
Volcom announced today that their fourth quarter consolidated revenues were $64.2 Million; net income was $3.4 Million and they’re pretty happy about it.
“I am very proud of the entire Volcom team’s focus, dedication and strategic agility this past year as we navigated through one of the most challenging economic periods in history,” said Richard Woolcott, Volcom’s chairman and chief executive officer. “We rose to the challenge, remained healthy and profitable and planted the seeds that I believe will position the company for growth and success in the years to come.”
It doesn’t really matter if you’re into downhill skateboarding or not, Marc McCrudden’s film Drop: My Life Downhill looks amazing. The film will be premiering March 18th at The Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver, B.C. Click the link for more info.
A few EA Black Box Skate 3 screen captures were released today and it just keeps looking more and more like video every generation. Makes us wonder what will happen when we can just put our own face on a player and crank out banging video parts without even having to go outside or get wrecked. What will that do to the skate industry?
DC Shoes AM, Greg Myers is rolling on GreenIssue wood and they say he’s killing it. Check out his DC Shoes “Skateboarding is Forever” Video part, drink free beer, and rock out with Nihilist and the LDSjs at the Saloon in Encinitas, CA. this Thursday 2/25/10 at 8:00pm.
Back in the day we had a certain Australian newsstand distributor connection who used to send us monthly packages of Aussie mags. One of our favorites was the dirty, packed newsprint version of Tracks (particularly the letters section). In this age of gloss and digits something has been lost. Luckily, a guy in the UK named Daniel Crockett is bringing newsprint surf magazines back with Kook.
Global contributors include Cyrus Sutton, Mike Black, Mark Leary, Ryan Heywood, Kassia Meador, Tom Haskett, Kate Czucsman, Andrew Kidman, John Eldridge, Jim Newitt, Alex Rowse, Michael Fordham, Ollie Banks, Mark Dickinson, Rob Royal, Seamouse, Ryan Tatar, Ryan Lovelace and many more.
Kook is only 20 pages and costs close to $5 bucks an issue, but that’s a small price to pay to bask for a moment in a forgotten time.
Shaun White has more than a few look-a-likes; some funnier than others. Now, he can add a forty-one-year-old Winnipeg, Canada woman to the list. For a while Liz Schaeffer didn’t believe it, now she playing it up.
The massage therapist has been given free drinks, had her face flashed on the big-screen TV at the China vs. Slovakia hockey game and has been asked by visiting Americans whether they can take a photo of her. . . When a friend took her picture in front of the Olympic cauldron, people in the lineup were whispering, “Shaun White! Shaun White!” . . . Her ultimate goal is to meet White and have her picture taken with him. She is thinking of offering him a massage in exchange for a snowboard lesson.
