All our photos from Saturday in the park. Click on the images and see them full size.
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We know full well that Goofy-footed skaters have always been the best in the world, so there’s really no need to have to prove it . All you have to do is check the list of riders at the etnies GvR ’08 website and you’ll see exactly what we mean. But prove it the goofy-footers will today and tomorrow at the etines skateboard park in Lake Forest, CA.
The live webcast starts at 11:30 am PST today (October 4, 2008). Check it out by clicking the link. And there’s still time to show up in person. Click here for directions.
[Link: GvR Live Stream]
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CJ Hobgood slipped in a last minute wave against Joel Parkinson in three foot barrelling waves to win his first WCT event since 2004. The victory moves him up to the number six position on the ASP World Top rankings.
[Link: Billabong Pro]
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We haven’t been to one snowboard movie this fall. Can’t really explain how that happened, but let’s just say that unless they’re being shown in a theatre with seats (and not some polluted bar on tiny flat screen monitors with a drunk realtor yelling in our ear) we prefer enjoying snowboard films in the privacy of our own homes.
Which brings us to our point: If you want to see Burton’s newest shredstraviganza It’s Always Snowing Somewhere in a theater you’re in luck. The following shows are in full-on theaters: Calgary on October 16, Denver on October 21, 2008, Salt Lake City on October 22, Los Angeles on the 24, or Burlington on October 30. The rest are in shops, bars, or in Portland’s case, October 23 in a bowling alley.
Hey, five out of eleven in theaters isn’t that bad. Click the line for all the details.
[Link: Burton.com/movie]
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Thanks to “a new mezzanine and high-tech, three-level pick module designed and implemented by Tompkins Associates, Sole Technology is utilizing vertical space, and this “vertical change” has doubled the company’s capacity while increasing processing volume and lowering labor costs” at it’s 315,000 distribution center. God, what a mouthful of business blather that was.
Working with Tompkins Associates, we were able to design and implement a brand new distribution center in 12 months,” added Theo Song, vice president of supply chain at Sole Technology. “The new facility is helping us support our growth needs, as well as better satisfy our customer requirements. The overall process, or implementation, was actually quite smooth, and the new DC is performing well beyond our expectations.”
That warehouse looks pretty impressive, no? We’re guessing these Tompkins Associates people could work wonders with our garage as well. Maybe we should call them.
[Link: Supply & Demand Chain]
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When Irish surfer Fergal Smith, 21 of County Mayo caught and epic left while surfing two miles off the coast of Perth, Western Australia he had no idea that a great white was shadowing him down the wave.
Only after looking at one of Phil Gallagher’s photos did he see that there was a lot more than glassy face on his wave: like a huge great white shark.
Contributors to Australia’s Surfing Life magazine have awarded the Irishman the “Euro surf-dude of the month” award. . . . Its website read: “Just imagine being in the barrel and looking at a massive shark like you’re at the bloody aquarium or something. . . . “Hats off to you Fergal Smith, you’re our Euro surf-dude of the month.”
One more reminder why surfing West Oz really is the wild, wild, west.
[Link: Telegraph.co.uk]
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Though Kelly Slater and everyone else has denied it over the past two years, we lovebelieving the rumor that Quiksilver is going to give Kelly a $10 million bonus if he wins a 10th ASP world title
Slater showed no signs of pressure in the world title deciding heat, tactical as ever against local Basque surfer Eneko Acero (EUK) winning the round three Billabong Pro Mundaka heat to once again rewrite the sports history books. . . . Thirty-one year old Acero opened quickly for an early heat lead in the 1.5 metre (4-6ft) river-mouth waves before a relaxed Slater took control midway and claimed his ninth crown with the heat win.
Now that he’s slayed number 9, number 10 doesn’t seem like all that big of a hurdle. And yeah, we have no problem saying that. It’s all going to depend on whether Kelly wants it or not.
[Link: Billabong Pro]
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The Burlington Free Press is reporting that Burton has been getting some heat for their new Love line of snowboards that are featured on the website with the following text:
Hi. My name is Love™ and I’m on the market for someone who’s looking to score serious action, no matter where they like to stick it. I enjoy laps through the park; long, hard grinds on my meaty Park Edges followed by a good, hot waxing. Whether you’re hitting it from the front or the back, my mid wide shape, supple flex, and twin tips like it kinky. Keegan and Mikkel love riding me, I hope you will too.
Donna must be very proud of these cutting-edge graphics. It appears her years of hard work on women’s issues in snowboarding have finally paid off.
[Links: Burlington Free Press and Burton]
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You know things are tough when a story gets written about a magazine insert because it has 18 advertisers. But that’s why Media Daily News just wrote up EXPN magazine.
One reason that EXPN may be prospering is its 12- to-29-year-old male target, which seems to have disposable income during the economic downturn. “They’re as unaffected by this as you can be,” said Steven Binder, vice president of ad sales at ESPN The Magazine.
Unaffected? Sounds like something only a VP of ad sales could say. You know, someone riding high on 18 “pospering” pages of advertising.
[Link: Media Daily News]
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The Burton Corp wants to sell Analog product so badly they’re willing to exploit a homeless man’s genitalia.
In the October 2008 issue of Blisss magazine, Analog’s ad features a homeless man laying on the front steps of what looks like a church with his pants undone and his penis out. To Analog this is apparently hilarious. “Please Use Buttons,” they joke.
They really should be nicer to him. He’s probably one of the few people in the world who would wear Analog without getting paid.
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