by The Editors on June 2, 2008
According to a story on Forbes.com:
Shares of Quiksilver Inc. ticked higher on Monday, as an analyst predicted the outdoor apparel and equipment maker will report strong revenue when it releases its second-quarter earnings on Thursday. . . . The company is attempting to focus on its Quiksilver, Roxy and DC apparel and footwear brands and shed its equipment units, including French ski maker Rossignol, which Quiksilver acquired in 2005.
We’re going to guess that news won’t be that great. . . but what do we know.
[Link: Forbes.com]
by The Editors on June 2, 2008
Billabong’s second annual fashion show Design For Humanity at LA’s Avalon/Spider Club on June 4, 2008 is sold out. Which means that unless you know someone (or have tickets) you’re not going to see a bunch of white-hot bikini models strutting to the sounds of DJ Steve Aoki.
Design for Humanity is Billagon’s charitable initiative. It began as an opportunity for Billabong’s marketing, art, and design teams to come together and give back to a non-profit close to the heart of our industry.
This year the money raised is going to the Surfrider Foundation. We wonder why they don’t just call it Hot girls Loosen Wallets.
[Link: Design For Humanity]
by The Editors on June 2, 2008
So far this season three surfers (two Aussies and one American) have been killed by sharks while surfing in Mexico and at Zihuatanejo sign have been posted.
Large yellow-and-red signs reading “Caution — Swim at your own risk” were erected at the Troncones, Pantla and Linda beaches west of the popular tourist resort of Zihuatanejo.
So far experts are blaming the La Nina weather for cooling parts of the Central Pacific and through things out of whack. We think it’s just that the planet is pissed.
[Link: International Herald Tribune]
by The Editors on June 2, 2008
According to the style mavens at the Houston Chronicle, skate fashion is all about feeling comfortable.
Skateboard fashion doesn’t match what’s happening in fashion really,” Strane said. “It breaks the rules.” . . . The sport pushes color combinations to the edge. Vans, for example, offers a high-top sneaker with a different color on each side of the shoe. T-shirts by Rvca and Volcom are hugely popular for their bright graphic prints and soft, thin fabrics.
Ah, so that’s what this is all about.
[Link: Chron.com]
by The Editors on June 2, 2008
Korath Wright, a snowboarder from Canada, has announced that he will be attempting to become Bahamas’ first winter Olympian (though he’s never lived in the Bahamas, his father does, and somehow that was enough to make it happen).
At a beachside reception, escorted by a Junkanoo band, and joined by hundreds of Bahamian supporters, Korath Wright officially announced that he is ready to become the first-ever Winter Olympian from the Bahamas. . . Wright was joined by friends, family, members of government and the Bahamas Olympic Association for this historic event. All attendees also signed the snowboard emblazoned with the Bahamian flag, as a show of support for Wright’s journey. He plans to use this board at his first competition on the path to Olympic qualifications in New Zealand in mid-April.
Hey, if you can’t make the Canadian team, why not try some other country.
[Link: CasinoBeacon.com]
by The Editors on June 2, 2008
Scott Bass and Marty Thomas got a little mainstream love from the San Diego Union-Tribune today.
Bass and Thomas form an articulate, insightful team. The middle-aged tandem packs the show’s hour with commentary and analysis of the week’s surf headlines in an accessible format that serves to extend the issues they cover.
Articulate surfers? Ah, well, let’s just say they do a very nice job. And leave it at that.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on June 2, 2008
Bethany Hamilton, the pro surfer whose arm was bitten off by a shark, has done nothing but work since her accident. She’s a motivational speaker, author, surfer, and all of this has kept her family extremely busy according to a story in the Honolulu Advertiser.
Her father, Tom Hamilton, who still works as a waiter at a Princeville resort restaurant, and Noah share management duties such as booking flights to surf tournaments. Her other brother Tim, a videographer who specializes in bodyboarding footage, shoots surfing video of his sister, while Noah takes her still photos.
Bethany is no doubt an inspiration to all of us.
[Link: Honolulu Advertiser]
by The Editors on June 2, 2008
Apparently they named it twinzer because it is exactly like every other action sports community.
Twinzer was created by two action sports enthusiasts. . . While the “X-games” sports participants will make up our largest segment of users we extend our community to Kiteboarders, Wakekiters, Wakeskaters, Snowmobilers and others who are not yet mainstream action sports. We see these as sports that will eventually capture the imagination of many and therefore have created a home for them.
Wakekiting, too? Cowagunga!
[Link: Twinzer via Mashable]
by The Editors on May 30, 2008
First it’s the K2 binding recall and now this.
[Link: Adio Footwear]
by The Editors on May 30, 2008
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer gives the Paskowitz surf documentary Surfwise a thumbs up.
In another time and place, Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz might have been acclaimed a great Jewish mystic. Twentieth-century America dismissed him as an irresponsible parent. Doug Pray’s funny and thought-provoking documentary reassesses the life of this nomadic surfer, who packed his wife and nine kids into a 24-foot camper for a lifetime odyssey that made them the most well-known family in surfing history.
We still haven’t seen this.
[Link: SeattlePI.com]
