At about 8:50 PM PST on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Kareem Campbell tweeted the above message. That’s about all we know, but we can’t say we’re completely uninterested in where this is all going. . .
[Link: @kareemcampbell]
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Gareth Stehr is opening a showing of his art work at LA’s Goodform Salon Gallery on Saturday, October 24, 2009 from 7-10 PM. As The Skateboard Mag’s Bart Jones says, “. . . if I knew any better I would say he’s gonna have some wild funky shit up in there…” No doubt.
[Link: Goodform Salon via The Skateboard Mag]
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Former OC Register surf writer and current The Faster Times surf columnist Shawn Price goes over all the Slater Tour/ASP Tour upgrades detritus one more time in his column: Dodging A Pro Surfing Civil War, Part Two.
The Assn. of Surfing Professionals, having voted in sweeping changes last week that effectively killed the so-called Champions Surf Tour, gets back to regular business and wraps up the European leg of the World Tour this week with the Rip Curl Pro Search in Portugal.
Click the link for the entire blow-by-blow recap of the last year in pro surfing politics.
[Link: The Faster Times]
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At 1:30 PM local time Rip Curl Pro Search Portugal officials called another lay day for Wednesday, October 21, 2009. But no one is blaming them. Especially after seeing video on Surfling LIfe of what the contest site looks like after getting slammed with one of the biggest storms to ever hit an ASP WCT tour event.
Locals are saying the overnight swell at Supertubes was the biggest to hit Portugal in 30 years. . . . Event organisers will need at least a day to repair the Supertubes venue.
Check it out.
[Link: Surfing Life and Syndey Morning Herald]
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It’s Halloween and you know what that means: time to suit up in a nice Where The Wild Things Are costume and head on over to the Volcom compound in Costa Mesa for the Damn Am October 22-25, 2009. This is just a little reminder. . .
Volcom, 1740 Monrovia Ave., Costa Mesa, CA
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We know at least a few people (some competitors) who will be happy to hear that Ricky Irons is leaving the publishing world and moving over to the fashion industry as global brand manager of Dragon Alliance. With the state of action media in general it seems like a pretty smart move on Iron’s part.
Irons is leaving Surfer Magazine after 15 years as publisher. The only person to hold that job longer was Steve Pezman (1970-1991). His last issue as publisher will be the 50th Anniversary Issue. Not a bad way to exit, really.
“Dragon is a great fit for me because they are the real deal,” said Irons. “They have always been true to their roots and have supported the core athletes, retailers, and customers since day one. Their team of athletes is unmatched, the product is better than ever, and they have a great vision for the future of the brand. They are also an independently owned brand, which in this day and age is a beautiful thing. It helps them be creative, innovative, and agile in this ever changing market.”
What does this mean for Surfer and ASG? We’re guessing it means one less mouth to feed.
[Link: Global Surf News]
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Apparently, kids are so busy today sexting, facebooking, or gaming that they just don’t have any hands free to carry their favorite fashion accessory. Thank God, the people at Slingz noticed this. With their new Slingz strap it’s easy to carry a skateboard while talking on the phone, reading a magazine or sending a text.
Whether you’re a professional skateboarder, a college student, or a casual skater, we all face the same problem. Nobody likes to lug around their board under their arm or worry about where to leave it so it doesn’t grow legs. With the new SLINGZ skateboard strap, your problem is solved.
Oddly, we seemed to have solved this problem long ago. We actually ride our skateboards. Weird, huh?
[Link: Slingz]
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Ross Rebagliati won snowboarding’s first gold medal in Nagano ’98. Though the IOC tried and failed, no one can take that away from him. Sadly, it was a medal in giant slalom and not in the crazy, off the hook halfpipe. This hasn’t stopped Ross from telling the story of snowboarding history himself in the book Off The Chain.
Off the Chain takes readers on a wild ride through the rise of snowboarding, from its hippie origins in the backwoods of Vermont and California to its present incarnation as a $150 billion global industry. Illustrated with 100 color photographs, Off the Chain begins with the sport’s early days, when the pioneers built their own boards and snuck onto the slopes. Author Rebagliati profiles snowboarding’s most notorious figures, explores the nature of snowboarding culture, and tells what touring as a young World Cup snowboarder is like. . . . He’s unsparing in revealing the sport’s more controversial aspects, from groupies to drugs, including his own experience having his gold medal revoked — and then restored — after failing a drug test. Rebagliati pulls no punches in this lively mix of personal memoir and sports history.
Seems like a bit of a strange title coming from Ross, but regardless, we’re looking forward to checking it out. Click here to pre-order the book.
[Link: Amazon]
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While we’ve never, ever heard anyone say, “Portland could use a few more good coffee roasters” we’re still hyped for Wille Yli Luoma on today’s official grand opening of Heart Roasters on 2211 E. Burnside St, in Portland, Oregon.
All the hipsters were out for the opening party on Saturday, October 17, 2009, but today, at 6 AM the doors opened for the rest of us.
Check it out next you’re in the City of Roses Roasters.
[Link: Heart Roasters via Yobeat]
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Maui surfer Scott Henrich, 54 has 100 stitches in his knee after he got chomped by a 6 to 8 foot shark while surfing Maui’s Kalama Bowls just a little before sunrise, according to a story in the Honolulu Advertiser.
He had just paddled out about 300 yards around 6 a.m. and sat up on his board when the shark suddenly emerged from the water and clamped onto the surfer’s leg. Henrich said he punched the animal’s snout twice and it released its grip. . . “I thought, ‘I gotta get him off my leg,’ so I pounded him. I was just hoping he wasn’t going to chomp all the way through,” he said. . . “There was blood everywhere. I looked at the top gash and saw white meat and I knew it was bad. I was worried there might be other sharks around, and I knew I had to get it up and get out of the water quickly,” he said.
Henrich hobbled to his car “screaming the whole way” for someone to call 911. Finally a motorist stopped and called. Now Henrich is home recovering and apologizing for being the guy who caused the closure of the beaches “along the South Maui coast from Lípoa Street to Kamaole Beach Park I.” This is reportedly the third shark attack in Hawaii this year.
[Link: Honolulu Advertiser]
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