by The Editors on November 18, 2008
Breckenridge has always been the season opener for competitive snowboarding. And this year it looks like everything is almost as it should be as the AST Dew Tour launches into their inaugural winter tour December 18-21, 2008 with slopestyle and halfpipe.
The athlete roster reads like the who’s who of the modern . . . snowboard movement, highlighted by multiple X Games and Olympic medalists including snowboard athletes Shaun White, Hannah Teter, Andreas Wiig, Travis Rice and Gretchen Bleiler.
Sadly freeskiing is also included in the event. Which is odd because the AST Dew Summer Tour doesn’t feature inline skating, why would it be included it in the winter events?
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by The Editors on November 18, 2008
Today at 1:30 PM PST Pac Sun will hold a conference call to discuss what will probably be one of their worst quarters ever (we’re just guessing here).
The call will be open to all interested investors through a live audio Web broadcast at Pacific Sunwear’s investor relations Web site. A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available, beginning approximately two hours following the call, for one week and can be accessed in the United States/Canada at (800) 642-1687 or internationally at (706) 645-9291; pass code: 72074140.
Dial up and get a first hand view of how the macroeconomic conditions are crushing teen clothing sales.
[Link: MarketWatch]
by The Editors on November 18, 2008
Police in Billings Montana responded to a call at the Rimrock Mall when it was reported that a Zumiez employee had been shot at by a group of teenagers with a gun.
A police report said no one was injured but officials apprehended four teens in the parking lot outside the mall. They found a B.B. gun that looked like a real firearm and the report said one of the suspects was charged with felony assault that involved using and/or displaying that gun.
Just one of the downsides to doing business in a mall, apparently.
[Link: KULR8]
by The Editors on November 18, 2008
Next month the US Postal Service will be unveiling a stamp that commemorates 50 years of Hawai’i statehood. US Senator Daniel Akaka and US Representative Neil Abercrombie got a sneak peak at the stamp yesterday.
Designed by Hawaii artist and historian Herb Kawainui Kane, the stamp depicts a surfer and a two canoe paddlers riding a wave. It will be issued next summer.
Herb Kane? Wonder if he’s related to Rick Kane?
[Link: Honolulu Advertiser]
by The Editors on November 18, 2008
Former Mack Dawg Productions filmmaker Brad Kremer has just announced that he will be heading up Burton’s cinematography division.
It has always been a dream of mine to work for Burton,” says Brad. “I am honored to be a part of such an amazing team and I am looking forward to redefining snowboard media with Burton.”
Soon, everyone who wants to get paid doing action sports media work will need a similar patron.
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by The Editors on November 17, 2008
Surfboards, by Longboard Magazine publisher Guy Motil was recently awarded a 2008 National Outdoor Book Award for “Design & Artistic Merit.”
This consummately designed and photographed book is about those sleek and simple contrivances that allow surfers to harness the natural power of an ocean wave. Much of Guy Motil’s life has been entwined with the sport, and the text clearly bears out his intimate understanding of boards and their myriad permutations. Whether you’re a surfing dabbler or a serious devotee, it won’t disappoint. One look at this sumptuous book and you’ll agree. It’s a must-have.
This is great news in an otherwise bad month for Longboard Magazine. On Friday October 31, 2008 the magazine’s staff was reportedly “sent home” and publication of the magazine has been temporarily suspended.
In the meantime, Guy Motil is currently at work on eight more book projects: four on the sport of surfing (both shortboard and longboard) as well as a history of aviation and a book on motor sports. Anyone interested in contributing to these projects is encouraged to contact us at Publications@voyagerstudios.us.
[Link: National Outdoor Book Awards]
by The Editors on November 17, 2008
Is Quiksilver’s stock price really going to drop below the one buck line today? Because with twenty minutes to go it’s hovering at $1.25. But it got an immediate 18 cent bounce in after hours trading. . . wonder what’s up?
[Link: Yahoo Finance]
by The Editors on November 17, 2008
This is the kind of TF that makes us think taking all that money might be worth the grief Ryan Sheckler has survived all these years. This place is like a cathedral of skateboarding.
[Link: Skateboardworks]
by The Editors on November 17, 2008
by The Editors on November 17, 2008
The December issue of Slap Magazine might just be a collector’s item. It’s the last print issue before High Speed Productions, Inc. takes tall that skateboarding, life, and art and progresses right into the digital world. Can’t say we’ll notice any difference. We never read the print version anyway.
[Link: Emerica]
Breckenridge has always been the season opener for competitive snowboarding. And this year it looks like everything is almost as it should be as the AST Dew Tour launches into their inaugural winter tour December 18-21, 2008 with slopestyle and halfpipe.
