Black Box and The Doogood Conservatory are presenting a Food and Card Drive for Domestic Violence at the Bill and Maxine Wilson Memorial Skatepark at 702 South 30th St. in San Diego on Saturday, December 11, 2010 from 11 AM to 4 PM. The event will feature skaters James Brockman, Donovon Piscapo, Jimmy Carlin, Ryan Bobier, and John Rattray.
Bring any non perishable food item to be traded for raffle tickets to win presents from Blackbox. Make a holiday canrd and receive a raffle ticket. Top 10 Cards receive special presents.
The Food and Card drive is in support of the San Diego Rescue Mission and the YWCA. Click the graphic for more info.
Quiksilver stock rocketed up this morning on rumors the company may be taken over by French multinational holding company PPR, according to Reuters.
French newspaper La Tribune reported that the owner of the Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Puma and Bottega Veneta brands is looking to buy a sports brand and could be attracted by the Huntington Beach, California-based seller of adventure sports apparel.
The stock was up nearly 18 percent on the news. The French certainly do love them some Quiksilver, don’t they?
How easy it is to sit back while watching the Billabong Pipeline Masters In Memory of Andy Irons and talk about it not being “classic Pipe” or how great it would be if it was, and then a backdoor barrel like Dusty Payne’s (above) comes slamming though and it’s obvious that it is a better wave than most people will ever surf. But that’s how Pipeline is. And that’s how it was today.
Following his emphatic Round 1 victory, including the day’s high heat total of a 15.10 out of a possible 20, Payne notched in some late heroics in Round 2, netting a rare barrel up the beach at Gums. . . “I nearly started the heat at Gums but decided not to and ended up at Backdoor,” Payne said. “Then I was watching these really good barrels come through up there and decided to head up there. There’s not any current at Gums so I was just sitting there by myself and Andy (Irons) sent me a good one. I didn’t think I was going to get barreled in that heat, but there it was.”
If he can make it to equal 9th the 21-year-old Hawaiian is on the tour. Tomorrow round three lights up with heats including Kelly Slater vs. John Florence in R3 H6.
Kevin Pearce was interviewed by Fox Boston at the opening of his father Simon Pearce’s Newbury Street store grand opening on Thursday, December 2, 2010. It’s good to see Kevin doing so well at getting his head around his injury and his recovery.
Using her new ESPN Women blog as her launch pad Gretchen Bleiler has announced that she is eliminating “most of the halfpipe competitions from [her] schedule this season.”
Just as the decision I made in high school wasn’t easy, this one isn’t, either. Competing in the halfpipe is what I know and love, and what I’ve been great at for the past 10 years, which is exactly why it’s time to forge into this new territory. It’s time to learn and time to grow. Seeing snowboarding differently, seeing the mountain differently, and riding with creativity and style — that’s my new goal.
Sometimes the transition from athlete to spokesmodel can be difficult, especially when sponsors’ memories for why they sponsored athletes in the first place seems so short these days.
Activision would like to remind everyone that even though Tony Hawk Shred had a less than stellar first week on the shelves that it’s a little early to “close the book on Tony Hawk Shred,” according to CEO Eric Hirshberg, quoted on Computer And Video Games, because they are marketing the game for holiday gift giving and we’re done with that yet.
“The one question that I can answer, and remarkably so, is that Tony Hawk does really still have relevance and tremendous appeal for people,” Hirshberg added. “He is a lasting icon. He has that Michael Jordan-ish or Jordan-esque staying power, seemingly.”
Jake Burton outlines his “life as a pioneer” with Burton for Fortunemagazine and offers up some solid business start-up advice.
“I underestimated the cost and time it would take to get the business going.”
“Once I became focused on growing the sport, instead of just getting rich, things took off.”
To go global, live global. Three years living in Innsbruck “opened my eyes to being a global company.
Own it if you want to control it. “I’m fortunate that I didn’t take on shareholders who would expect numbers, or Burton wouldn’t be the success it is today.”
“Plan lots of lead time for starting any business. It will take longer than you think, and it will cost more than you imagine.”
Those wacky Australian gearheads at V8 Supercars built a little skateboard for Tony Hawk to ride. While the above photo could be classified as one of the downsides of celebrity life, (via Makezine), we’ve seen no evidence of Tony riding it (wisdom on his part we’re guessing)
For video of the world’s highest powered motorized skateboard in action, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Mammoth’s sister mountain June Mountain has always been one of our secret spots. When there is snow (and there is now) June Mountain has one of the best blowing powder runs in the world. And on Thursday, December 16, 2010 the mountain will open for the first time this season with $5 lift tickets.
With over 500 acres of terrain and a vertical rise of 2,590 feet, June Mountain lies just 21 miles north of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. June Mountain is widely regarded for its utter lack of crowds, pristine conditions and great variety of diverse terrain. . . June Mountain was voted by the readers of Transworld Snowboarding as the third best terrain park and sixth best pipe in North America. For opening day, June Mountain is scheduled to have terrain parks open on Upper and Lower Sunrise and Mambo.
All that and getting Carson untracked? Might be worth a flight up for the day. [click to continue…]
Surfline has upgraded their iPhone offering with an all-new Surfline app which gives users global access to the Surfline HD cam network as well as all their other surf forecasting goodness.
Surfline’s all-new iPhone® app is the only mobile surfing app available with surf cams at over 150 of the best surf breaks in the US and Hawaii and LIVE streaming HD cams available at over 90 breaks for premium members. Surfline’s app provides the great useful tools and data that have made Surfline a trusted forecaster for surfers around the world.
We let our account expire so we can’t test how good the HD cams look on the phone, but if you have a subscription (and an iPhone) download the free app and let us know how it works. Follow the jump for the official release. [click to continue…]
Black Box and The Doogood Conservatory are presenting a Food and Card Drive for Domestic Violence at the Bill and Maxine Wilson Memorial Skatepark at 702 South 30th St. in San Diego on Saturday, December 11, 2010 from 11 AM to 4 PM. The event will feature skaters James Brockman, Donovon Piscapo, Jimmy Carlin, Ryan Bobier, and John Rattray.
