What do you know. . . those Dangerzone boys are still making us smile. . . frightening, we know.
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Not really sure what is going on here. But that appears to be Jake “Fall from the sky” Brown and Pat Duffy. As Bryce Kanights said on Skatedaily.net, “What the hell.” It’s certainly no Gymkana 2.1.
[Link via Skatedaily.net]
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Two 18-year-olds men from Cwmbran, South Wales, UK were arrested Sunday, November 30, 2009 in an attack in which they allegedly hit 65-year-old Bryan Roberts in the head with a skateboard after he asked them to stop “verbally abusing a young woman.”
A skateboard was swung at Mr Roberts’ head after he asked them to stop harassing her. . . Mr Roberts was treated for a gash to his forehead, swollen eyes and bruising all over his face. . . They were arrested on suspicion of assault and were bailed pending further enquiries.
[Link: South Wales Argus]
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Using GameRankings.com scores, Gamespy has listed up the overall reviews of Tony Hawk skateboard video game products since THPS and it doesn’t look pretty. We don’t think a week is enough time to really get a good idea of how Tony Hawk: Ride is checking with players, but a look back doesn’t appear to give it much hope.
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Thinking about this webcast almost makes us want to burn some airline miles on a ticket to Tampa. . . then again, it’s going to be streamed in HD so, like, what’s the point?
[Link: Fuel.TV]
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You’d never know the first boss on David Cross’ new show The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret is one of the best directors of his generation. Good bye Spike. On a side note Will Arnett’s character is all too familiar. . .
[Link: Youtube via Jared Eberhardt]
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Since we seem to be on a Canadian snowboarders and drugs groove today here’s another one.
In his new book Off The Chain, An Insider’s History of Snowboarding Ross Rebagliati suggests that his positive weed drug test at the Nagano Olympic Games was part of an International Olympic Committee plot to put snowboarding in its place, according to a story in the Canadian Press.
“I smoked weed on tour because it relaxed me, and unlike alcohol, it did not result in hangovers or weight gain,” he writes. “To be sure my results would be clear by the Olympics, I’d smoked by last spliff in early April 1997.” . . It wasn’t until after the Olympics Rebagliati learned he had failed every drug test he had taken in the six months leading up to the Games, but was never told the results. . . “When I tested positive for marijuana during those pre-Games doping controls, the FIS said nothing so that, should I win at the Olympics, the IOC could seize the opportunity to show snowboarders what would happen if we didn’t straighten up. . . I’m sure that many other snowboarders failed their drug tests for marijuana in the months leading up to the Games too. And if one of them had won the gold medal, the same thing would have happened to that winner. Too far-fetched? You decide.”
We wouldn’t put anything past the IOC, but this does sound just a tad paranoid. No?
[Link: Canada Press]
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Titanic director James Cameron has a new film coming out that could be one of the biggest flops ever. It’s called Avatar and when he talks about his sci-fi hybrid he gets all surfy.
There’s an analogy I like to use: The surfer doesn’t make the wave, the surfer surfs the wave, and he has to know when the wave’s coming — and a good surfer senses the wave from far out and knows that it’s that wave, not this wave. You let other forces, other filmmakers, market forces, generate the wave of energy — in this case, I’m talking about the energy in CG development.
In Hollywood the surf is apparently up.
[Link: Hollywood Reporter]
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According to Pocketgamer.co.uk a new game Shaun White Snowboarding Origins will be released for the iPhone along side Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage.
Of course, the key feature will be the controls, with AMA – which is developing and publishing – promising trick moves such as ollies, tail grabs, melon, indy grabs, spins and flips will be smooth and intuitive to the touch. . . The action takes places across four geographical areas – Chile, Japan, Spain and the USA. . . Community features will also be covered with the ability to send ghosts to friends, share challenges, as well as compare your scores via global leaderboards.
The game reportedly drops in December in the iTunes store. This could be the first Shaun White Snowboarding game we ever play.
[Link: Pocketgamer]
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These new Nixon headphones are called The Trooper and they look all gummy sweet and colorful. They’d probably make a perfect Christmas gift for someone in your life.
The Trooper is a collapsible headphone, making it ideal for travel and also features a custom, on-ear, full size volume knob. The new headphone addition will feature five new bright color options and Nixon’s signature aesthetic and custom design elements and will retail for $50.
And what makes these even greater is the fact that they are used by Nixon’s crack headphone wearing team which includes Mos Def, Trouble Andrew, and JP Walker. Nobody rocks headphones better than they do.
[Link: Nixon]
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