Volcom and Snow Team Ambassador, Artist, & Musician Jamie Lynn teamed up to create a piece to help raise awareness for Boarding for Breast Cancer (B4BC). One dollar from each piece sold from this collaborative collection is donated to B4BC.
[Link: Boarding for Breast Cancer]
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In a move far more fitting for the current business climate Quiksilver has teamed up with Sydney-based fashion designer Sam Elsom to create a limited run of “luxurious, hand-tailored garments for men,” including a suit. When the market’s in shambles go upscale.
The elsom suit is expected to retail for about $1200. The elsom collection will be distributed for sale internationally via Quiksilver shops and will be available as of March 2009. . . Quiksilver’s Men’s designer Ryan Scanlon said he was excited about the collaboration.. . . “Sam (Elsom) is renowned for the understated beauty and simplicity he brings to fashion and his dedication to sourcing the highest quality sustainable textiles is unwavering,” he said.
Wonder what the margins are on this effort?
[Link: News.com.au]
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As we sit at our computer watching our stocks chowing down on a nice dinner of dirt, it’s good to know that Success magazine is out there gathering the tips we need to help us make it through.
They talked to Tony Hawk to get his tips and you know what? They’re pretty dead on.
Oddly, he left off the part about lending your name to one of the highest grossing video game franchises in history. For Tony’s elaboration on all these tips, click the link.
[Link: Success Magazine]
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So, it’s kind of a drag that so many of the top surfers are out of the Billabong Pro Mundaka, or that the surf has been pretty poor all week. That shouldn’t stop anyone from recognizing one small fact: if Kelly Slater wins his first heat in Round 3, he will be the ASP World Champion again, according to a story in the LA Times.
I hadn’t really thought about it that much until I was out there in the water, but I don’t want to deal with the emotions of worrying about it anymore,” said Slater, who defeated Carlsbad’s Taylor Knox and Britain’s Reubyn Ash in the first round. “I just want to try to win one more heat and get it done.”
For Taj Burrow to keep his hopes alive Kelly has to lose in round three and Taj has to win the contest. We were at Trestles so we know he can do the winning part, but Kelly losing in round three? We don’t think so. Sorry, Taj.
[Link: LA Times]
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As one of the first films to capture the true snow shredding potential of snowboards Apocalypse Snow has been revered for years.
Now the movie’s star (and Apocalypse Snowboards founder) Regis Rolland has teamed up with filmaker Didier Lafond for a remake of the cult film called Apocalypse Snow – Le Retour.
Based on the similar James Bond style chase sequences that made the first film so popular, this time however, our hero finds himself speed riding, acrobatic paragliding and wingsuiting, as well as partaking in some breathtaking back country ski and snowboarding scenes. . . . Shot in High Definition, the 26 minute film will be available on DVD just in time for Christmas and features some of the biggest names in mountain and aerial extreme sports. The DVD will also include an additional 52 minutes of footage documenting the making of the movie, filmed in and around Les Arcs and the Mont Blanc region.
While we don’t believe it’s possible to come close to recreating the absurdist alpine magic of Apocalypse Snow 20 years later, it will be fun to see them try.
[Link: Apocalypse Snow Retour via Chamonet]
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Sure, we’re looking forward to all the skating this weekend at GVR, but just knowing that Hyper Crush is playing the GVR VIP party on October 4 is enough to get moving in that direction, because they Hyper Crush and nobody does it like they does!
[Link: Hyper Crush via Etnies GVR]
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Fact: the only game system we own in the Nintendo DS. It is the single best video game system ever invented; it’s small, sleek, and cheap. Because of this, however, we thought we’d miss out on Shaun White Snowboarding.
All that is going to change on November 16, 2008 when SWS drops in on the DS and Sony PSP platforms.
Built from the ground up on both platforms, each version includes exclusive and unique features. Using intuitive controls, players can ride and compete on mountains around the world. They can also express their creativity through rides and customization and challenge their friends through wireless multiplayer. The game is scheduled for release on November 16, 2008.
We want it now!
[Link: Game Focus]
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In 1970 surfer Peter Drouyn was the number one ranked surfer in the world: for men. Now the 58-year-old Australian is “transforming himself into a lookalike of voluptuous Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. . . and going by the name of Westerly,” according to a story on Metro.co.uk.
The retired legend, from Sydney, said his male hormones had gradually ‘drained from his body and been replaced by female hormones’ over the past eight years. . . . ‘It hasn’t been intentional. It’s totally natural, with no medication or hormone therapies, no enhancements and no advice. . . . It’s just happening,’ he said. . . . ‘It’s a strange phenomenon. This is all happening for a purpose.’ And he plans to undergo gender reassignment, which he hopes will be his ‘rebirth as a human’.
Apparently, he’s serious.
[Link: Metro.co.uk]
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According to a story in the Wall Street Journal (which we can’t read because we’re not subscribers) Foot Locker Inc. has reportedly said that is paying $102 million in cash to buy skateboard mail order company CCS from Delia’s Inc.
The reason: because Foot Locker wants “to capture more younger customers. . . The skateboarding-inspired apparel market has been a bright spot as consumer spending dwindles in segments like basketball shoes.”
[Link: The Wall Street Journal]
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We wouldn’t survive without our Gravis Sidearm (best “man sack, seven letters starts with S” in the history of the world). But this whole Black Box line soupped-up by LA style masters The Hundreds looks real smooth, if you don’t mind The Hundreds bomb logos all over your stuff.
It’s been over a year in the making, but the fruits of our labor have come to light, as the Collection is hitting select Gravis retailers worldwide, and is set to drop at both The Hundreds LA and The Hundreds SF on Thursday morning at 11am.
Get in line sneaker kids.
[Link: The Hundreds]
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