by The Editors on January 31, 2008
10:15 PM: And the show ends with someone getting on the mic after the video went dead saying, “Tech nine is here, too. We’re rad. We’ve got MFM and. . . fuck you.” And with that, the show ended.
9:44 PM: What do you know. . . it’s rolling and it’s dope. Well worth the wait. Check it, click the link at the bottom of this post. Hopefully, they will post the whole thing so we can catch it again on our own time.
9:28 PM: Still no “Live webcast,” but here’s the latest update from Liam is as follows: “The man in charge, Mr. Hoy and the online president Evan LeFebvre are missing in action, but the bird call is out and once Big Ev and Kurt find their way to the stage things are going to go off.” They probably bagged the show and hit the tables.
9:10 PM: Twenty minutes ago Liam blogged that the show would be starting in 10 minutes. Seems like two hours would be enough time to bring in a satellite truck and beam this thing from Mars. Apparently not in Las Vegas.
8:52 PM: Still nothing but blank screen. At 8:35 PM Liam blogged the following: Things are about to get underway. Everyone’s getting good and tuned up. In general people are looking way more handsome than usual and now that we’ve all been in Vegas for a few days we’re all primed and ready. Hell of a night for a party.” Let’s hope something happens. Maybe the start time was 7:30 Hawaiian Island Time.
8:19 PM: After a couple short interviews by Annie Fast with Lil Jon and The Dingo, and a Andreas Wiig interview by Online Evan at about 8:00 PM the screen went black and we haven’t seen a thing yet. Like no live broadcast of anything.
7:53 PM: Well, it was supposed to have started 20 minutes ago, but you haven’t missed anything yet because they haven’t rolled anything but a “Testing, snow. Testing IBN Sports.”
Tune your browsers to the IBNSports Network and watch the Transworld Snowboarding Riders Poll live (maybe) from the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
We’ll keep you posted if and when this live webcast goes off.
[Link: IBNsports.com]
by The Editors on January 31, 2008
Yeah, this is the guy we all want to hang out with right? Lil Jon. Okay, we don’t, but we are obviously in the minority (once again). Greg Lutzka, Ryan Shecler, Danny Kass, The Dingo, and Travis Mellem are all down with BME Click, according to Hip Hop Elements. We’ll let Mr. Kass explain it:
“When Lil Jon wanted to get into action sports he wanted to pull the illest crew together, and it is an honor to be picked by that man.” Sheckler also adds, “Action sports is taking over, and BME is a part of it. Keep your eyes open and get ready!”
The illest indeed.
[Link: HHE]
by The Editors on January 31, 2008
As seen on Boardsport Source:
Quiksilver, has appointed investment bank, JPMorgan, to initiate a sale process for its ski and snowboard brand, Rossignol. Quiksilver acquired Rossignol, in 2005, but the business has consistently underperformed ever since. The company wrote down the carrying value of Rossignol by US$166 million ($192 million) in the financial year ended October 31, 2007. Rossignol, along with Quiksilver’s three other winter sports brands, represents 16 percent of its total revenue.
[Link: Boardsport Source]
by The Editors on January 31, 2008
by The Editors on January 31, 2008
by The Editors on January 31, 2008
Apparently, Tony Hawk was playing a celebrity soccer match at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California when Paul Caliguri (some kind of US soccer hero, if that’s even possible) talked some smack about the birdman’s soccer abilities.
“I was pretty stoked to play with Tony Hawk,” Caliguri said. “I was trying to feed him the ball so he could score, but maybe he needed a skateboard to do that.”
Nice, Paul.
[Link: ESPN]
by The Editors on January 31, 2008
Rudy Giuliani’s final stump stop inside Cocoa Beach’s giant Ron Jon surf shop was not enough to help him pull Florida. We’re not really sure why Ron Jon would host Giuliani, but we guess it’s a wonderful way to associate your brand with a loser.
[Link: Baltimore Sun]
by The Editors on January 29, 2008
Sadly, the story of Dane Williams, the missing Hurley International marketing worker hasn’t ended the way we all hoped: he didn’t run off with in someone’s private jet to catch first tracks, or to ride a secret wave.
Police were called by a man who saw the body in the alley off 52nd Street near Towle Court about 6:30 a.m., said homicide Lt. Kevin Rooney. . . . Rooney said the physical description matched that of Dane Chandler Williams, who was last seen about 2 a.m. Saturday at 6th and K streets in downtown San Diego. The clothing also appeared to match what Williams was wearing when he disappeared, Rooney said.
Williams family has since identified the body. Police do not as yet have a cause of death, but an “autopsy has been scheduled for Wednesday.”
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribue and KNSD]
by The Editors on January 29, 2008
After watching Steve Fisher fall in both his qualifying runs during the X Games and then seeing Shaun White dominate past all possible criticism, we find ourselves laughing out loud at some of Fisher’s quotes:
“It’s not just Shaun White,” Fisher said before this year’s Winter X Games. “Shaun White tends to get all the credit for snowboarding, but there’s a list of at least 20 people capable of doing amazing things. I always compare snowboarding to the PGA Tour: any one of these guys can win in any contest on any given day. It just depends on what kind of day they’re having.”
Apparently, Fisher was having a bad day at the 2008 Winter X Games.
[Link: CBS 4 Denver]
by The Editors on January 29, 2008
With a week to go before a critical California Coastal Commission meeting, the momentum of the Surfrider Foundation’s Save Trestles campaign is building.
The campaign, which seeks to stop a proposed extension to the 241 Foothill South Toll Road, scored a big win yesterday when President Bush ratified the “Davis Amendment.” The amendment, which was sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis (D – San Diego) and included within the 2008 Defense Authorization Bill, mandates that the toll road project must comply with state environmental law.
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10:15 PM: And the show ends with someone getting on the mic after the video went dead saying, “Tech nine is here, too. We’re rad. We’ve got MFM and. . . fuck you.” And with that, the show ended.
