George Breen, the pilot of a Piper Super Cub, was helping researchers spot Great White sharks off the coast of Chatham, Massachusetts when he saw one shark headed for a diver who had just jumped off a research ship in the water. He was able to radio the boat and they pulled the diver out just in time, according to a story in the Boston Globe.
Shortly afterward, Breen said, he watched another shark dart toward a man surfing in the waters off Orleans. . . . He said the surfer, who probably never saw the submerged fish, walked ashore as the shark got within about 100 yards of him. . . . “All I can say is I think he’s just one lucky dude,’’ Breen said. “He was pointed right at the surfer.’’
Chris Cole’s judo three was just a small part of his $2000 trickery tonight.
The Crossroads Best Trick was jam session after jam session as the packed house moved through the Blackbox skatepark to get the best angle on the features. It started with the stairs, moved to the barrels, and then to the water gap open, the water gap with a rainbow, and the water gap with a flat bar. The skating was non-stop.
At one point we heard Christian Hosoi turn to Dave Duncan and say, “I don’t know how they can slam so many times and not be hurt.” We couldn’t have agreed more. Then Dave replied matter-of-factly, “They’re kids!”
By 9:40 PM when Jamie Thomas began handing out the cash it was pretty obvious that the crowd agreed with the results. Andrew Pott got $1,000 on the stars, Ke’Chaud Johnson took home $2,000 on the barrel jump (14 barrels), edging out Slash and Danny Scher who both got 13 barrels, Tyler Hendley took $1,000 on the water gap and Chris Cole got a big $2,000 paycheck for winning. If you have any questions, check out Jamie’s offical results sheet at right.
For a couple more photos from the night click here.
On Labor Day 2009 snowboarder Todd Richards, writer Sean Mortimer, and skateboarder Jesse Fritsch, and Sweet Jerome (qualified old guys all) holed up at a secret southern California mini ramp and spent the entire afternoon trying to land frontside blunts. Tony Hawk even threw in a $300 prize. Let’s just say Todd Richards didn’t win.
Okay, at this point, we’re just throwing all the movie premieres in here even though theseBillabongevents are so jam-packed popular that it’s almost pointless to even try to get in, we’re still going to mention that the World Premiere of Still Filthy is going down at 9 PM on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the Hard Rock Hotel. That’s tomorrow night.
Skateboarder Nick Mullin barely survived a severe case of staph infection but his is pulling through. Here’s the latest update via The Daily Sesh.
After being given a 1% chance of living and a long hospital stay, Nick made it through. He’s still recovering and has some obstacles to tackle, but hopefully it will help him to know the whole skateboarding community is rooting for him
He still has a long way to go and can use every bit of positivity from everyone. For more info on Nick and his recovering check out his The Daily Sesh.
The news from Neff just keeps getting stranger and stranger. Now, Neff Headwear has teamed up with the MTV Video Music Awards and Greenhouse to make a special limited run of hats for all the celebrity presenters at this year’s VMAs.
The hat features a re-designed Moon Man and a bright green under brim with the slogan “Green is the New Black” to salute the eco-friendly New York City nightclub Green House. The hats will be given to each celebrity presenter at this years award show for them to rock and keep.
Yes, these look really good, and we’re sure all the collectors are going to want to get their hands on these.
Today Vans officially announced that they will be hosting their annual Downtown Showdown at the Paramount Studios’ Back Lot on Saturday, September 26, 2009 with $85,000 in cash and prizes on the line.
The top teams in skateboarding including Girl, Flip, Blind, Creature, Black Label, Foundation, Toy Machine, SK8MAFIA and Zoo York . . . are submitting design ideas for one of four custom obstacles to be built against the Brooklyn brownstone movie set, the Vans Downtown Showdown is always one of the most unique contests of the year.
The whole thing will be live on Vans.com September 26, 2009 from 5 PM to 9:30 PM.
Video Grass will have its Southern California premiere along with Hard to Earn Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 7:30 PM in the hallowed halls of the world famous La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas, California.
Confirmed riders in attendance include: Darrell Mathes, Mikey LeBlanc, Laurent-Nicolas Paquin, Louie Paradise, Aaron Bittner, Jonas Michilot, Nima Jalali, Keegan Calaika, Desiree Melancon, Ben Bilocq, Nic Davis, MFM, Derek Dennison, Chris Bradshaw, Jeremy “Worm” Grendahl, Jonah Owen, and Cory Cronk.
And as if this place hasn’t been wrecked enough this week thanks to Shake Junt and the rest of The Crossroads crew, the after party will be at The Saloon.
MFM, Dan Brisse, and Annie Boulanger will be joining the Absinthe Films crew in Portland, Oregon tonight (September 9, 2009) for a showing of Nevermind at the Hollywood Theater. The doors open at 7:30 and the movie starts at 8 PM.
For years we’ve fantasized about getting trapped in a well-stocked Venice, California kitchen with Tara Dakides, Chanel Sladics, Kassia Meador,Claire Bevilacqua, and Wahoo’s Wing Lam, who hasn’t.
Now, The Zeno Supper Club has gone and made it a reality as one episode of their series of ‘webisode” releases coming out on Youtube.com. We weren’t there, but we’re looking forward to seeing them cook up their Smoked Porter Braised Mole Short Ribs real soon.
Which reminds us: we love cooking at home when someone else does the cooking.
George Breen, the pilot of a Piper Super Cub, was helping researchers spot Great White sharks off the coast of Chatham, Massachusetts when he saw one shark headed for a diver who had just jumped off a research ship in the water. He was able to radio the boat and they pulled the diver out just in time, according to a story in the Boston Globe.
