Last night the Surfer Poll Awards were held in Hawaii for the first time and aside from the hordes of OC civilians who didn’t get the chance to slink int on flesh and bright smiles, it seems everyone was happy with the new, more intimate Turtle Bay Resort venue.
Hosts Sal Masekela and Freddy P. kept the show rolling perfectly (as far as we could tell from a live webcast that cut out every 6- 8 minutes) and in the end, there were very few surprises (Kelly won his 16th title). Follow the jump for the full results. [click to continue…]
Wahoo’s Fish Tacos, Corky Carroll and Hobie Alter are oddly involved in a food-service competition for space in the recently expanded John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, according to a story in the OC Register.
In separate proposals, two companies bidding for the airport food service contract are proposing restaurants named after the surfing celebrities. HMS Host International wants to build Hobie Hut, a surf-themed beach bar and grill. Delaware North Companies is proposing Corky Carroll’s Surf Bar. . . While Carroll is famous for his personal adventures and surfing titles, Alter is known as an industry innovator. He is considered a surfboard manufacturing pioneer – one of the first to mass produce foam and fiberglass boards.
Sorry, Hobie and Corky we like seeing you make some money, but if anyone deserves a spot at John Wayne it’s Wahoo’s.
We haven’t made it all the way through Todcast The Movie part one which is now up on VBS.TV, and we’ve never seen the movie. We like Todd. But if this one sucks, it will be the last one you’ll have to see taking up room on our site.
[Editors’ Note: We just added part two after the jump. Seems part one passed (in spite of TR’s rude comments).]
In a month when the covers of both Transworld Surfand Surfer Magazine feature portraits of Andy Irons against a black background, Surfer’s office mates at Surfing Magazine have a completely different take, according to a post by Stuart Cornuelle titled In Defense of Cowardice.
They’ve chosen not to do any work at all toward understanding or reporting the Andy Irons story. Not that they don’t have the scoop. Cornuelle writes:
The things we can’t say in our magazine could fill a…magazine…and Surfer’s the same, as is Transworld, and Surfline (ask L. Samuels), and even the venerated Stab, which is practically owned by Billabong. Make what you will of the fact that Brad Melekian, a Surfer Magazine writer, penned his Andy opus for Outside instead.
No. Surfing Magazine is going to remember Andy doing a big freesurfing cutback because as they say:
We’re not journalists. We don’t really chase leads or hound sources. We don’t chain smoke and flask-nip into the wee hours for no pay, just the satisfaction of spitting on the graves of our heroes. Sorry. Bookmark TMZ for your gossip fix — “you and every housewife in America,” to paraphrase Melekian’s well-researched article.
Guess it’s better than “the dog ate my homework” and Cornuelle got to call out Transworld Surf, Surfer, Stab and Billabong for good measure, but is this really a story to be proud of ignoring?
After seeing his qualifying runs it is doubtful that anyone was surprised by the final results at the 2010 Tampa Am as Elijah Berle rolled through this run. Ishod Wair finished second, Jon Cosentino finished third, and Kevin Romar was fourth. For the entire final results, click the link or follow the jump for Ishod’s run.
Last night (December 4, 2010) on the top floor of downtown Los Angeles’ iconic Cooper Building the International Association of Skateboard Companies brought the skateboard industry together to honor six skateboarders and two industry titans in their second annual Skateboarding Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Those honored included: Torger Johnson, Stacy Peralta, Steve Caballero, Eric Koston, Bob Burnquist, Patti McGee, CR Stecyk, and Larry Stevenson.
For everyone who has grown up in skateboarding this night was packed with emotion. It would be easy for those who were not in the room to be cynical about a group of old skateboarders getting all dewey eyed over each other, but as we looked around and saw a room filled with skate heros, living legends, and those most responsible for making skateboarding what it is today we were dumb-founded.
For the rest of the speeches follow the jump (or click here for a photo gallery). If you only have time for one, we suggest Steve Caballero’s. Rarely has the professional skateboarding life been so eloquently explained. [click to continue…]
We’d rather watch it live online, but if we’re forced to wait it’s good to know it’s something worth waiting for like this 2010 Tampa Am qualification run from Ishod Wair on December 3, 2010.
Sebastien Toutant took the Oakley Shaun White Air & Style Beijing tonight in China and strolled away with $100,000 USD with a 1260 double cork. Belgium’s Seppe Smits landed a backside 1260 for second place. And Germany’s Elias Elhardt landed in third with a backside 1080 double cork. It was a spin-o-poluza as usual.
“It’s awesome,” Seb said. “I think it’s by far the best moment of my life, for sure. My first 6Star win, I’m stoked to be in China for the first time. Couldn’t have been better than to win the event today!”
It was also so nice that Shaun White had the decency to not win his own contest (unlike some other shredderswe know).
Each December for the past 18 years 686 owner Mike West has been thown a holiday party for employees, friends, and family. This year his annual Black & White Party was held at Hollywood’s Bardot on Vine. By 9 PM there was a line 60 people deep all dressed in some kind of mix of darkness and light, and truthfully, not standing out a whole lot from regular Hollywood night visitors.
Inside guests were treated to caricature artists, DJ Barbie and DJ Quickstat, the requisite photo booth, not to mention the warm hospitality Mr. West always provides. At 9 PM models showed off 686’s next wave of outerwear. It was an amazing evening of holiday cheer that reminded us that Hollywood still isn’t overrated.
