by The Editors on January 13, 2008
At first we thought this was a joke. But it’s not. It’s called the “Asian Fit” line and it’s Oakley’s year-old line of racially profiled eyewear.
“This line fits higher on your face with a narrower and deepened bridge,” said Andy McSorley, Oakley’s eyewear brand manager. “This helps to lift the sunglasses off the face of a person with a shallower nose bridge and higher cheek bones.”
It’s good to know not all Oakley’s customers are mini-truck driving round eyes.
[Link: Houston Chronicle]
by The Editors on January 13, 2008
Two Boise, Idaho men, Robert Carl Befort, 26, and Jacob Jay Eller, 20, were arrested and charged in the thefts of two snowboards on Tuesday, Dec. 8th.
The men had reportedly taken two snowboards from Idaho’s Bogus Basin, however, the owners of the snowboards were able to give police a good description of the car and license plate. Meth makes kids do stupid things. Then again, maybe these boys at risk never had the Burton Chill experience.
by The Editors on January 12, 2008
The media world never seems to tire of first person stories about old dogs trying new tricks. In this installment of that premise, the New York Times sends Harry Hurt III, a 57-year-old “executive” to Lake Placid to take up that rabble-rousing sport of snowboarding. You know, like the kids are doing. And you know, it’s like they speak a completely different language.
Despite my losing battles against age and gravity, I eventually remained upright long enough to experience a few fleeting moments of extreme joy. On Day 2, I put together a sequence of toe turns and heel turns that lasted about 100 yards. On Day 3, something possessed me to attempt a trick known as stomping the box. The box was an eight-foot-long plastic-topped girder that resembled a sidewalk curb. I was supposed to stomp on my board with downward weight pressure so that it remained flat. On my third and final attempt, I rode seven feet along the box before I did a Superman.
Figures.
[Link: New York Times]
by The Editors on January 11, 2008
It’s been nearly a week since Michael George and Kyle Kerschen two 27-year-old snowboarders who went missing at Colorado’s Wolf Creek Ski Resort, but at least one helicopter is still looking for them.
Their car was found in the ski area’s parking lot [on January 5, 2008]. . . Mineral County Sheriff Fred Hosselkus asked anyone who may have seen the men before they disappeared to contact authorities. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Sandy Kroll said missing-person fliers were being distributed in surrounding communities, and skiers and others were asked to look for any sign of them. . . . Kroll said Hosselkus has not said how long the search would continue. The men’s families have asked authorities to keep looking.
[Link: Summit Daily]
by The Editors on January 11, 2008
As if the story of big wave surfer Peter Davi, 47, drowning at Ghost Trees could get any sadder, the Monterey County Herald is reporting that after an autopsy it was discovered that Davi was high on meth when he drowned.
Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Richards said toxicology results show that Davi had a methamphetamine level of 0.75 milligrams per liter in his system at the time of his death. The level for potential toxicity is between 0.2 to 0.5 milligrams per liter. . . “That is a lot,” said Richards. . . . Richards said the primary cause of death was asphyxiation from drowning, but that acute methamphetamine intoxication and blunt force head and chest trauma were “contributing factors” in his death.
Sadly, it seems Davi thought he needed a little extra boost.
[Link: Monterey Herald]
by The Editors on January 11, 2008
In a story about Pac Sun and the challenges they fact Motley Fool writer Ron Vilieger showed exactly why he’s worth his pay check by getting really crazy with the kids lingo:
Unlike some teen retailers, the dudes at Pacific Sunwear (Nasdaq: PSUN) didn’t, like, totally biff the holiday season, but same-store sales for December weren’t as gnarly as Wall Street predicted. This news capped off what has been a choppy year and raised questions about whether shareholders should, you know, like, totally bail.
Isn’t that funny? He’s such a clever writer.
[Link: Motley Fool]
by The Editors on January 9, 2008
Adam Putnam, 36, and his fiancee, Rachel Fehl, 30, spent three days in the outback near Ski Sante Fe ski resort in New Mexico after they got lost while hunting powder. Worker searched for them for three days, but the conditions were too stormy.
. . . the couple . . . slept on pine boughs in snow caves. They had a backpack hydration system with them that they filled with snow and stuffed into their clothing to melt. . . A rescue helicopter spotted the couple waving their hands near the top of Little Tesuque Peak, Anglada said. “They had stamped out SOS in the snow with their feet,” Anglada said.
Sounds like they were dumb enough to get lost, but smart enough to survive.
[Link: Associated Press]
by The Editors on January 8, 2008
Leigh Barnier, 21, of Sydney, Australia died Sunday in an avalanche in Parachute Bowl at Big White Ski Resort. Though he was last seen Sunday morning, his body was not found until Monday moring.
McLachlan said the body was found in the main debris field of the slide, under three to four metres of snow. “After two RCMP police dogs gave strong indication in the area, mechanical equipment was utilized to dig down (to) where the deceased was located.”
Barnier was living the dream and working for a housekeeping company at Big White. He is the seventh person to die this year in Canadian avalanches. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
[Link: Canada.com]
by The Editors on January 7, 2008
The ASP 2007 World Champ Mick Fannning, 26, was doing a little snowboarding in Japan during his time off and apparently fell causing what his mother Liz referred to as a “minor fracture that would not affect his preparations for this years ASP World Tour” which kicks off at Snapper Rocks on February 23.
“I love snowboarding, it’s so much fun, it’s like surfing but it does hurt more,” he recently told Japanese magazine Powderlife. “I’ve been doing one week snowboarding holidays every year since 2003 – California, Whistler, Colorado and Australia.”
Water, it appears is softer than snow.
[Link: The Age]
by The Editors on January 7, 2008
Jesse Brigham, 27, was riding with two friends on Friday in the East Vail Chutes when an avalanche buried him.
His two friends, who located him by the beacon sounding from his helmet, spent 10 to 20 minutes digging him out. But they were not able to revive him, Cordingly said. The pair, who have not been identified, used a cellphone to call the Vail Ski Patrol. The Eagle County Sheriff’s Department also responded to the avalanche, which happened in cold, sunny conditions and was the 14th to hit Colorado this winter, according to the department.
Our thoughts are with Brigham’s family and friends.
[Link: Boston.com]
