The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (which runs February 4-14, 2010) will feature three skate films this year: Bones Brigade Video Show, Mission to Toyland, Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy. Bones Brigade Video Show/Mission To Toyland
7 Feb (Sun) 7:00pm Santa Barbara Museum of Art
9 Feb (Tue) 1:00pm Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Skatopia 88 Acres of Anarchy
9 Feb (Tue) 10:15pm Metro 4 Theater
12 Feb (Fri) 9:30pm Victoria Theater
Need a better reason to visit Santa Barbara? We didn’t think so.
Join Grind For Life at 4 PM Wednesday February 3, 2010 on the ASR Show Floor (next to the mini ramp) as they throw down their $1,000 High Ollie Challenge. Then roll upstairs to room 25B for free beer and a J. Grant Brittain signing featuring Christian Hosoi and other special guests. It’s for a good cause so just be there.
Skateboarder Lucas Gianconelli, 15, died after being stuck by a car Friday evening in Vista, California. The car did not stop. It seems a 92-year-old man is responsible, according to a story on NBC San Diego.
Authorities said that at a vigil for Lucas that was held Saturday night, the 92-year-old man stopped by and asked a deputy what was going on. The deputy explained what had happened, and, officials said, the man told him he had been driving on the street around the time of the accident and thought he had hit a small animal. . . Deputies followed the man home and found damage to his car consistent with a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle. The man has cooperated with detectives, investigators said.
On Friday night January 29, 2010 after the Transworld Riders’ Poll we cruised out to the wasteland below the bridges to Mile High Station for the RZA show sponsored by Snowboard Magazine. As noted in the comments, we apparently only caught the Wiz Khalifa portion of the show and don’t feel bad about it at all.
And to think, some dude in this could would later get arrested for punching a girl in the face and police would reportedly find him armed with both a knife and a gun. . . yep. Denver.
When Australian surfer Ashley Ramage heard his son Damon yell, “Dad!” while the two were out sufing at Archie’s Beach (near Bundaberg, Queensland) he knew something was up, according to a story in the News Mail.
“The way he said it, I just new something was wrong,” Mr Ramage said. . . “I turned around to look at him and saw this big grey shape and a fin come out of the water at me.” . . Mr Ramage said what he believes was a silky shark smashed into the back of his surfboard. . . “I was pretty lucky to get a warning. Damon yelling gave me enough time to lift my feet out of the water,” he said.
Luckily, neither surfer was injured in the attack. One more reminder that it’s always good to have a wingman.
Fortress says it is negotiating with the Canadian government, which it says promised to make it whole for the time Whistler/Blackcomb mountain is used for the Olympics. Intrawest is trying to get roughly $90 million, and wants to be paid before the Games start on Feb. 12, a source said. . . If it does not get paid, Fortress plans to start legal proceedings, the source added. It is unclear if that could disrupt the Winter Olympics.
It appears that even the Winter Olympics have some high hurdle events.
Skatebook 6 is out featuring Heath Ledger as Skip Engblom on the cover and 33 pages of Logan Kincade aka Griffin Collins Photos, Frame Grabs & Polaroids. As usual it looks like an amazing collection of all things skateboarding. Follow the jump for some samples or click here to buy one for yourself. [click to continue…]
In case you missed Gretchen Bleiler and Kelly Clark in the X Games 14 halfpipe last night, January 30, 2010. For details on Gretchen’s gold, follow the jump.
Union Binding, Coal Headwear, andSnowboard Magazine graphic designer Aaron Draplin has become one of the most influential designers working today. Last year, when the Obama administration wanted a graphic that would communicate their economic stimulus plans they turned to Aaron to create the logo. The president eventually presented Aaron’s work to the nation himself. Recently Aaron has been on the national speaking circuit with the AIGA sharing his story with design students and professionals. But the reason more and more people are becoming Draplin fans is through his Field Notes Brand Notebooks. The simple, “paper, folded and stapled books made in America” is replacing the Moleskine as the world’s hippest analog note taking device. We saw Mr. Draplin near the Coal booth and asked him to tell us the Field Notes story. [Link: Draplin Design Co. and Field Notes Brand]
