Some reality TV guy (Jon Gosselin?) went surfing this weekend in Hawaii, according to US Magazine. We’re thinking this one photo will do more to clear the lineups than any threat of killer Great Whites . . . on the other hand he looks like great chum.
[Link: US Magazine]
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TJ Schneider is back for season three of The Snowboard Realms, which according to a post on Snowboard Canada, launched today. All it does is make us feel worse about missing opening day at Baker. If that was possible.
[Link: The Snowboard Realms via Snowboard Canada]
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The weirdest surf media story we missed this week (and we’re putting this up more for ourselves since it’s already been up everywhere else) is from South Africa. According to IOL.com, a 12-year-old girl who was featured in Zigzag surf magazine in a “provacative pose” with the words “all-natural Eastern Cape honey” as a caption was awarded R10,000 (about $1,315.10) in damages by a South African court.
Judge Dennis Davis found it was “properly proved” that the publication was negligent in using the “pin-up” picture without the girl’s knowledge or her and her parents’ consent. . . . This finding was “fortified” by Section 28 of the constitution which found that the child’s best interests were always paramount. He also found the appropriation of her image for the publication’s commercial advantage infringed her dignity and privacy.
When we think about how many anonymous hot girl photos have run in surf magazines over the years, this could get pretty costly, let alone frightening for photographers in general. Zigzag magazine’s editor Will Bendix had to say: “Even though Zag has not been ordered to make any kind of public apology, we really do regret any distress it may have caused the girl, and wish her well for the future.” Click here for ZigZag’s side of the story.
[Link: IOL.com via Nugable.com]
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We have no problem with skiers. Not even the one’s who are obviously doing their best to be snowboarders. They do their rad thing, we do ours. But Northern Idaho College’s David Humphreys doesn’t like skiers at all, according to a story on The Sentinel Online. And we couldn’t help but laugh while reading his rant titled Skiers Can’t Take The Hint.
With the approaching winter, comes the cumbersome task of dealing with skiers. Every year, I give these pole jerkers another chance, but they always manage to get on my bad side early on in the season. . . . In general, skiers flaunt a boisterous persona, melting the snow around them with a sense of false confidence. . . Skiers, what’s with the poles? Is it really neccesary to use a couple pieces of metal, just to stay up? Snowboarders can ride perfectly without the help of a couple of sticks; skiers should do the same.
Apparently it’s the 80s all over again up there near the Panhandle.
[Link: The Sentinel Online]
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We’re not even going to hazard a guess on all the things PacSun will have to talk about during their Q3 conference call at 1:30 PT on Monday, November 16, 2009. We’re just going to listen in on the call. Click here to listen.
[Link: CNN Money]
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We’ve never really been all that interested in what Bruce Irons thinks about golf. But we’re not Golf Digest. They were so interested they did a Q&A with the Pipeline charger. What surprised us most is that Bruce enjoys golf’s headgames:
It’s the whole mental aspect. You have to hold your composure. I also like the etiquette. When you’re playing the game right, and doing those things, it shows the character of a guy. You have to have patience; you can’t lose it. You have to swallow your last bad shot. It’s really mind over matter. It’s amazing what a little white ball, that doesn’t move, can do to a big, grown-up man.
Funny that someone who can stay composed pulling into crushing inside Waimea closeouts would have trouble on the golf course.
[Link: Golf Digest]
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When it comes to images that capture the very beginning days of snowboarding, no one has a deeper file that photographer Bud Fawcett. Aside from publishing them in the occasional snowboard magazine history story, Fawcett has mostly kept the photos to himself. But according to his blog, that has recently changed.
After many years of avoiding personal requests for many of my snowboarding photos, I finally decided it’s easier to set up an online shop rather than spitting them out one-by-one on my inkjet printer. I just got the 5×7 proofs for a test and the quality is really good. The B&W’s look like the real thing. Check it out, maybe you need a Christmas present for yourself.
Thanks to the online setup some of snowboarding’s most iconic images are now available as t-shirts, mugs, and even 30×40 museum mounted prints. And yes, that includes the photo of Jeff Brushie putting the final nail in the GS coffin at the Op Pro at June Mountain.
[Link: Bud Fawcett Photos]
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It was with sadness that several hundred members of the skateboarding world gathered today (Saturday, November 14, 2009) in the parking lot behind Transworld Media’s Carlsbad, California offices to remember the life of Transworld Skateboarding editor Eric Stricker.
The crowd, made up of ams, pros, co-workers and industry titans, hung out, skated, and drank Coors Light. It seemed everyone was there. While talking with friends we kept thinking we saw Eric in the crowd. We’d catch a glimpse of a jersey, some crisp 501s, and a New Era and think it was Eric. And then it hit us all over again. Eric is gone. He should have been there and would have if he was still here. But he’s not.
In a short statement Eric’s widow Arnette said that she would have enjoyed seeing Eric’s smile on the way home from today’s gathering because it was exactly the kind of thing that he loved: a huge group of friends getting together to hangout and skateboard.
In his memory the crowd raised Coors Lights and sang along to Eric’s favorite song, Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’. Eric was 31 years old. He left too early and took way too much with him.
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Melissa Hardcastle, 27, was surfing out in front of the Jupiter Reef Club in Jupiter, Florida on Friday, November 13, 2009 when she felt something chomp down on her foot, according to a story on wptv.com.
Her mother says she never saw the shark but knew what it was immediately. . . “She’s got some marks. She’s lucky to have her foot, but she’s good, very good,” says Hardcastle. . . Melissa never saw the shark, only felt it. Her mother says she grabbed the board and rode the waves to shore.
Hardcastle spent the night at Jupiter Medical Center and will be having surgery this morning. Spooky. . .
[Link: wptv.com]
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Apparently, the éS Game of Skate Amateur World Championships are going on at Sole Technology’s offices today, according to the OC Register. But that’s about all the information available.
[Link: éS Game of Skate via OC Register]
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