Linked to the show “The Age of Imagination: Japanese Art from 1615 to 1868″ from the Etsuko and Joe Price Collection (through September 14th), the skateboard features a Japanese warrior battling a dragon. The image is from a rare painting by Katsukawa Shunei (1762-1819), an artist best known for his block prints of Kabuki actors.
The items are the brainchild of the Prices’ daughter, Sachi, who has made it a mission to draw new and unlikely audiences to traditional Japanese art forms. For the fall, one of Shunei’s warriors will make an appearance on a snowboard.
A little over a month ago April Margera (Bam’s Mother) wanted to do something nice for the local community so she put out a challenge:
Raise $200,000 for the Cares Food Network of Union Street in West Chester by Aug. 31. In return, Margera promised the top individual raiser a home-cooked meal at the Margera house, with the top-raising team earning a picnic at the home of Bam and his wife, Missy.
So far only two teams have signed up to raise money. April, you’re doing amazing work, but maybe the prize should be something that people actually want? We’re guessing (and it’s a completely uneducated guess) that West Chester has gotten more than it’s fill of the Margera family over the past few years.
Hey look: another movie about stoned surfers. Starring stoned actor Matthew McConaughey and his stoned celebrity friends. Here’s what New York Magazine has to say about it:
Really, though, this looks less like a movie and more like a ploy to have someone else foot the weed bill for a summer (thanks, Anchor Bay!); he and his friends (including Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson) appear to be doing pretty much all the things you assume they do when cameras aren’t rolling (it’s unclear if any of them knew they were acting in a film). Even so, to a daydreaming employee in an East Coast office governed by an Orwellian mandatory shirt-wearing ordinance, this actually sort of looks like stupid, Netflixable fun.
The new issue of Arkitip Magazine features a retrospective on Tommy Guerrero. Here’s what they have to say about it:
This issue edition will serve as a virtual scrap book; a sentimental gathering of images from past and present. We were lucky enough to be granted access to Tommy’s vault of uncommon memorabilia, private photographs, and to be able to share it with you. . . Featuring the photography of: Bryce Kanights, Luke Ogden, Tobin Yelland, Miki Vuckovich, Gabe Morford & Thomas Campbell.
Arkitip No. 0047 can be purchased for $20 by clicking here.
Any wonder why core retailers are getting a little more worried everyday with the “vertical integration” sweeping the industry? Here’s more fuel for the fire. Volcom has just “agreed to acquire the retail operations of Laguna Surf & Sport“ including its two locations in Laguna Beach and Aliso Viejo.”
Laguna Surf & Sport has been a landmark on the Southern California surf and skate scene for many years and this acquisition further demonstrates our dedication to core retail and its importance to Volcom,” said Richard Woolcott, chairman and chief executive officer of Volcom. “It’s great to now be more strongly aligned with one of our longest standing accounts and we look forward to working together even more closely in the years to come.”
Great for Volcom (the stock is up 64 cents on the news), bad for competing Ma and Pa retailers.
The South African Weekend Postwould like us all to know that after “a string of celebrity relationships behind him, including busty Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson, it seems Billabong Pro champion Kelly Slater has settled for the girl next door,” with Roxy girl Kalani Miller.
Down-to-earth Miller, 20, who is a Roxy women‘s surfwear ambassador, is definitely a refreshing change from other big name celebs Slater has been involved with like Anderson, supermodel Gisele Bundchen and movie actresses Cameron Diaz and Kirsten Dunst.
At only 2.5 ounces this little camera shoots 30 frames per second digital videos and stores it on a SD card. With a 4 gig card you can store up to 100 minutes of video (which should be about ten times as much video as most people need) and audio.
We haven’t tried it out, but it looks perfect for hiding around the house, or taking out and shredding with it. With the waterproof casing you can even wear it on your head while you surf, snowboard, or skate.
The Independent’s Josh Sims checks in with Van’s BBQ man Steve Van Doren for the background on “how Vans became a global shoe brand.
What began as a mom-and-pop operation – Paul Van Doren worked for a shoe firm for 20 years before launching his own brand, which he sold to just 50 local stores – has become a $870m (£435m) company. But Steve Van Doren stresses that its MO has not changed since it was founded in 1966, and soon became the shoe of choice for skateboard pioneers. Granted, there was the time it tried to become the shoe of choice for wrestlers, skydivers and break-dancers, and almost went bankrupt. “So now we stick with just being a cool, native southern Californian youth-culture brand. California is the home of action sports and if we were as big around the globe as we are there, we’d be the biggest shoe brand in the world,” says Van Doren, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, denims and, of course, the family firm’s product.
It’s the same story we’ve heard over and over again, but we never get tired of hearing it. And anyone whose seen our closet would know exactly why we feel this way.
She’s always been our idea of what a model surfer should be: strong, tough, smart, and a rockin’ surfer. Now, it looks like the LA Times has discovered that there is more to Erica Hosseini “than meets the eye.”
As a player on the surfing scene, Hosseini has become part of the $7.5-billion surfing apparel industry — dominated by brands such as Quiksilver, Roxy, Hurley and O’Neill — which sells the lifestyle and vibe surrounding surfing just as aggressively as the sport itself. The appeal is based in no small part on women like Hosseini, who represent the fun, breezy and stylish aspects of the wave-riding lifestyle. . . “I love modeling,” Hosseini says. “My sponsors have been able to advertise me in not just a surf-action kind of way but also in a more all-around way,” she says, “and I’ve benefited from that. I’m super grateful.”
Hello Cleveland, are you ready to rock? We don’t really care that much about the results of the AST Dew Tour, however, they were nice enough to send them to us in an extremely timely manner, so here they are.
Please feel free to discuss everything related to this contest, Mountain Dew, or skateboard competition in general. Results after the jump. (Yeah, Buster! Still in the game.)
