by The Editors on March 1, 2009
A stand-up paddle surfer who was cruising the edges of the Roxy Pro Surf contest at Duranbah(which got started today) was hit and injured today by a runaway jetski, according to a story in the Couriermail.com.au.
The surfer, aged in his 40s, was taken to hospital with a badly broken leg after the incident at Duranbah Beach about 9.30am. . . . He was riding a stand-up paddleboard beyond the break when he was struck by the riderless ski. . . .A lifeguard patrolling the break for Roxy Pro organisers had been knocked off the ski by a wave, but the machine kept going.
The surfer, in his 40s, was taken by ambulance to Tweed Heads Hospital according to the story.
[Link: Couriermail.com.au]
by The Editors on March 1, 2009
A Pensacola Florida skate spot was the scene of a robbery last week when Mark Furches, 20, found himself “looking down the barrel of a shotgun” instead of his video camera, acording to a story in the Pensacola News Journal.
He had been filming some of his friends skateboarding at a makeshift skate park on Massachusetts Avenue, and he didn’t notice when two men, one armed with a shotgun, approached from some nearby woods. . . “By the time I turned around, he already had a gun on me,” Furches said. . . . After a few tense moments, the men made off with Furches’ $3,500 video camera and another skateboarder’s cell phone.
Kind of reminds us of walking back to our car at The Berrics. Okay, not really.
[Link: Pensacola New Journal]
by The Editors on March 1, 2009
If you’re wondering where XX Wins The Berrics War story went, here’s the deal: Danny Bickerstaffe wanted us to pull it down saying:
We would greatly appreciate the removal of your Battle At The Berrics winers post since we have not yet posted the video on the site.
Nothing like trying to pound a big, fat, blue Genie back into a bottle, huh? But since we were invited guests plus the fact that easily half the people who saw the results were pissed that we “spoiled the whole thing for them” we have pulled our two sentence post. Danny did say that “The final game will be posting on Monday.” So we can all quit hitting reload on The Berrics site now and give those servers a break.
See what happens when you invite a bunch of wired, social media connected people to your private TF?
by The Editors on February 28, 2009
Last night three snowboarders triggered an avalanche just before dusk on February 27, 2009 in the Central Kootenays of B.C. Canada, south of Nelson, according to a story in The Province. All are lucky to be alive.
The trio were swept up and carried an estimated 150 metres before coming to a rest. One of them had his snowboard snapped in half and ended up caught in a tree. . . . Professional ski guide Patric Maloney immediately hopped on the chopper, setting out with his wife, Mariah Grant, colleague Shawn West and pilot Ben White.. . “He was cut up pretty bad,” said Maloney of the injured snowboarder. “Our initial assessment was he had a broken leg, broken pelvis and internal injuries.”
Because the terrain was too dangerous for the helicopter to land, it reportedly took the rescuers four hours to get the snowboarder to an ambulance and a helicopter ride to Vancouver General Hospital.
[Link: The Province]
by The Editors on February 28, 2009
On February 27, 2009 at approximately 4 PM a man with what witnesses described as a “surfer tan” walked into a Goleta, California Rabobank and demanded cash with a note.
The suspect escaped on foot after receiving an undisclosed amount, he said.. . The suspect is described by authorities as a white male with what witnesses said was a “surfer tan,” 6 feet tall, wearing sunglasses, a green beanie, a gray long-sleeve shirt and gloves. He did not appear to have a weapon.
Now that they mention it, he does look a bit of a surfer. If he looks like a familiar surfer call the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s office at (805) 681-4168.
by The Editors on February 28, 2009
According to a story in the Heraldsun.com.au a 15-year-old boy was surfing with his father March 1, 2009 at about 6:45 AM at the Northern end of Avalon Beach north of Syndey when he was hit by a shark.
“The father and son were out surfing this morning. They are members of our surf club as well,” Mr Miller told ABC Radio. . .”It got him around the top of his leg and his calf muscle and the father came in and dragged him in. . . “They’ve just taken him to hospital in a helicopter.”
This is the third serious shark attack in Sydney in less than three weeks.
[Link: Heraldsun.com.au and The Age]
by The Editors on February 27, 2009
In the latest of a string of bizarre announcements to come out of Redmond, Washington Microsoft is now launching a clothing line called Softwear (get it?) that:
” . . . taps the nostalgia of when PCs were just starting to change our lives. With retro logos, classic photos and geek-chic igonography, these pieces showcase the DOS days of the software company that now connects over a billion people.”
The clothing will be sold at the seemingly recession proof Urban Outfitters and is being designed in collaboration with the rapper Common. There certainly is no worse time to launch a clothing line.
[Link: Softwear via Neowin]
by The Editors on February 27, 2009
Looks like Op isn’t the only company with Walmart dreams of global domination. The Skatelab in Simi Valley, California and Alantic Beach, Florida has announced that they now have product displays in 450 Walmart stores and by the end of April they will be in 1,750 stores.
Killer T-shirts and hats only $7.50. Support SKATELAB and go get your kids some of the new gear today!
Just wondering. . . will this make Skatelab the world’s largest selling skateboarding T-shirts and hats? If not, it will certainly increase Skatelab’s brand awareness in the all-important “uneducated, foul-mouthed, fat, ugly, and unemployed” demographic.
[Link: Skatelab.com]
by The Editors on February 27, 2009
For only $98 (and $6 postage) Thrive Media’s Mike “Sully” Sullivan will send eager wannabe pro surfer three DVDs that will reportedly walk them through all the details of getting paid to surf.
Sullivan uses all the tricks in the internet/infomercial book (plus interviews with Gary Linden, Steve Boysen, Doc Lausch, and Rip Curl’s Dylan Slater, Hurley’s Brandon Guilmette, Dakine’s Jeran Frazer, NSSA’s Janice Aragon and others) to make sure he closes the sale.
You don’t realize it yet, but you’re about to gain a major edge on your competition. As you read every word on this page, you will start to learn exactly how to get major companies to pay you to surf. But I can only reveal this formula to a limited number of surfers (more on that later).
But hurry! Sullivan says he only has 500 copies of each DVD and they’re going fast (seriously). We’re wishing this whole project was a hoax, but somehow we think it’s for real. Sad and shady, but real. For the hard-sell video follow the jump.
[Link: SponsorMeSurfing.com]
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by The Editors on February 27, 2009
Miss skateboarder Biebel’s Firsthand on Fuel TV last weekend? No worries. The entire show is now up (in HD) on the Fuel.TV website for viewing any old time. Funny how good HD looks and how we’re already starting to take it for granted.
Sadly the Fuel player isn’t embeddable or we would have put it right here. Maybe someday. . .
[Update: Thanks to Rowe, we’ve got the HULU.com version after the jump.
[Link: Fuel.TV]
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