by The Editors on July 18, 2008
Ryan Sheckler’s already talking about the quotes that are wrong in Allison Glock’s ESPN Magazine story Just Another Lonely Millionaire Skateboarder.
At the AST Dew Tour Right Guard Open (how’s that for sponsorship) he had the following to say about Allison got the whole “selling out” thing wrong:
They said something in the ESPN interview that I was comfortable with selling out which is completely not what I said. It is not selling out. I haven’t sold out. People say what they want to say, but in my eyes I have taken my skateboard career and gone on a different path. It might not be the same path as some of these core skateboarders that think that their path is the right way. There is no right path in skateboarding. I want to do something different. I love this. I love the fans. My life is crazy as it is and this fits right in the puzzle piece.”
Okay, okay, Ryan. You’re not selling out. You’re just getting paid.
[Link: ESPN via Bnqt.com]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
Okay, not really, but the 20-year-old star of Disney’s High School Musical apparently likes to carry a Sector 9 Bambino around. Billabong must be so happy.
[Link: Defamer]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
Garret Lisi, that frighteningly smart, unemployed surfer/snowboarder physicist who got so much play in January 2008 for maybe having solved the ultimate physics problem with his “Theory of Everything” was profiled in this week’s issue of The New Yorker.
Click the link to read the abstract, or buy the magazine for the whole story. It’s the one with cartoon of Barack Obama on the cover dressed as a Muslim.
[Link: The New Yorker]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
The stories surrounding the Taiwanese fishing vessel Ho Tsai Fa No.18 (which looks not unlike the pirate ship from The Life Aquatic) are getting stranger and stranger as the days roll on, according to WAtoday.com.
Police have described the vessel as a crime scene, confirming its captain may have been murdered. Taiwanese investigators have arrived in Bali to carry out their own inquiry. . . . A flotilla of small fishing boats failed to refloat the 35-metre fishing vessel yesterday and Thursday. It is believed surfing companies [Rip Curl?] and the boat’s owner paid cash to local officials to hire a powerful tugboat, but it never appeared.
Click the link for the rest of this continuing story.
[Link: WAtoday.com]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
Apparently, Salt Lake City based action sports photographer Rob Mathis has been doing a little more than sitting around playing online poker. He has a new book out titled Slide featuring a collection of his photography. Knowing him, and his work, we’d say this one is a keeper.
[Link: Rob Mathis via Nixon Happenings]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
Taking a bigger step into high fashion Hurley International has signed up “Leonardo DiCaprio’s main squeeze” Bar Refaeli for a new campaign.
She will appear for the brand’s spring 2009 runway show as part of Los Angeles Fashion Week in October. Refaeli, 23, might even lend a hand in designing some of Hurley’s collections. “Anyone can hire a model,” said Lyndsey Roach, Hurley’s vice president of marketing for the young contemporary division. “We wanted to do something different. She lives this lifestyle.”
Yep, we’re thinking Refaeli’s assets ought to move some units for the H.
[Link: Women’s Wear Daily]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
Forbes Magazine just did a story on supermodels who were also business moguls and in there with the Klums, Banks, and Mosses was Erin Wasson who has “signed a lucrative deal with skating and surfing apparel company RVCA for an eponymous line of beach-inspired women’s apparel to be sold in stores in 2009.”
[Link: Forbes.com]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
While normally getting coverage for his monster waveriding skills, or for his perfect fitness, USA Today’s story on Laird Hamilton (the Jake Burton of stand-up paddling) focuses on the business side of his life.
Hamilton this year joined the board of directors of San Diego-based H2O Audio, which makes products that waterproof digital audio players, such as iPod . . . . He’s done motivational speeches for companies and is releasing a fitness manual, Force of Nature: Laird Hamilton’s Handbook for Peak Living, in November. He also buys, develops and sells real estate in Hawaii and is developing property on Maui and Kauai. . . . And it appears he could already be headed for a business wipeout. In spring, Laird launched a clothing line called Wonderwall sold at retailer Steve & Barry’s, where most clothes sell for about $10. The retailer, though, filed for bankruptcy protection last week, and its future is murky.
Click the link for the rest of the surfer-as-businessman story.
[Link: USA Today]
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
by The Editors on July 18, 2008
At the ESPN ESPY Awards on Thursday night snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler won the award for best female action sports athlete. She edged out skier Lindsey Vonn, surfer Stephanie Gilmore, motocrosser Jessica Patterson, and snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis.
That’s a huge award,” said an elated Bleiler on Thursday, following a long night of post-awards parties. “All these athletes were there, all these football players, the Boston Celtics, so many amazing people, and just even to be nominated is an honor. To win one, it’s a huge honor.”
[Link: Aspen Times]
Ryan Sheckler’s already talking about the quotes that are wrong in Allison Glock’s ESPN Magazine story Just Another Lonely Millionaire Skateboarder.
