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Post Throws Snowball At TWS
The New York Post's Keith Kelly has finally picked up on the Future Networks action sports launch and even mentioned their recent The Snowboard Journal purchase. Apparently, the action sports media is important enough to be thrown in the same column as Brad and Jen.
OC Weekly Attends Agenda
We don't really understand the story. Maybe if you attended the Agenda show you'll understand what Theo Douglas is talking about.
Flow Recalls Binding
Flow Bindings is recalling their 2004 Flow Mk Series Snowboard Bindings because a pin used to secure a rear snaplock can bend and break. So far no injuries were reported.
Quiksilver Going After Rossignol
Shares of Rossignol rose after Quiksilver admitted to making a "friendly offer" for the company today. Interesting.
[Editors' Note: We recently received an email from a highly respected Sacklunch reader who pointed out that the words previously surrounding the links about snowboarders who died during the Christmas holiday were horrendously insensitive and wrong. We agree and have removed them.]
- 42 year old man dies at Breckenridge
- 12 year old dies at Winter Park
- 13 year old girl dies
at Heavenly
Monster Mash
Jack Turner, owner of Snow Monsters, a program designed to encourage kids to snowboard and ski is being harrassed by Monster Cables for trademark infringement. Apparently, their lawyers have too much time on their hands.
-Monsters battle it out
Surfing Santa Night
You know this won't be the only one, but Roy Harrell of the Delmarvanow.com kicks down a reworking of ye olde Night Before Christmas. . .
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More RPV Madness
Robert Keese, 26, alledgedly knocked David Rizzo, 37, off his surfboard and threatened to drown him during a confrontation at Haggerty's. Keese was arrested and released on $50,000 bail.
Another Identity Crime
Val's Liquor saleperson Scott Johnston of Napa, CA was arrested on suspicion of selling alcohol to minors. Underage Napa skaters will now have to find another beer sponsor. Damn.
Show Dog Updates
-Jamie O'Brien wins Pipeline Masters
-Tommy Czeschin and Hannah Teter Win US Snowboard Grand Prix at Breckenridge
-Natasza Zurek wins Roxy Chicken Jam
Kite Snowboarder Dies
A 48-year-old man who was kite snowboarding in Alberta is dead after a 60-mph gust slammed him into the side of an abandonded church in Edmonton.
Surfer Torn In Two By Sharks
Nick Peterson, an 18-year-old surfer in
Adelaide, South Australia was being towed behind a boat when, after falling off the board, he was hit by two Great White Sharks.
-Friends watched in horror
Quiksilver Passes the $1 Billion Mark
In their reporting for the 12 months ending Oct. 31 Quiksilver sales rose 30 percent to $1.27 billion. Profits are up 43 percent $23.97 million in the last quarter. What's that a two nine percent margin?
-A Quik Xmas party review
Stevie William's Dirty Ghetto Kids
Reebok is launching their second run at skateboarding with a new line of shoes and clothing endorsed by Stevie Williams called DGK (Dirty Ghetto Kids). Stevie, grab the cash while it's coming.
Skater Dies in Skateboard Contest
14-year-old South African
skateboarder, Lloyd McPherson, died last weekend from an injury during an "international" skateboard contest in Cape Town South Africa.
Another Silly Freeze Magazine Eulogy
The Denver Post's Scott Willoughby laments the passing of former TransWorld ski magazine Freeze.
Billabong's Albatross Takes Flight
The Billabong Clipper is getting closer to being finished, but it made a historic first flight to Corona del Mar for the LA Times. It appears that Bill Sharp just can't stop hunting that big white wave.
-Billabong's maiden voyage
Davey and Goliath Go Snowboarding
The Lutheran Church is reviving their animated series with a holiday special called Davey & Goliath's Snowboard Christmas. You don't even know how much we loved that show.
Shaun White Wins Air & Style
We haven't seen much coverage on the web (apparently, no one cares anymore), but the most watched snowboard contest in the world is over and Shaun White was the winner.
-Video from Freecaster Sports
Snowboard Mag Blog Launched
Mark Sullivan has launched his Aaron Draplin designed bloggy blog. Sign up and you too can start your own blog right now. You know, blogging is the latest thing.
Snowboard.com In The LA Times
Rick Godwin gets play for his teen hook-up site Snowboard.com in a story about snow sports websites. Apparently, he's number one on Hitwise.
TransWorld's One Stop
TWS has finally upgraded their Transworldmatrix.com site to update live with content from all six of their sites: all on one page. Well, that makes it easy.
Those Marvelous Malloys
Joe Donnelly adds to the the Malloy mystique with a feature on Chris, Dan and Keith in the LA Weekly. As with all Malloy Brothers features this will leave you feeling like a "lazy, retarded, troll" in comparison.
Gator on Showtime
Helen Stickler's documentary on skater Mark "Gator" Rogowski was on Showtime Dec. 7 at 9 PM. Sad, sad story. Still. But Jason Jesse rules.
Burton Going After Surf
Burton's streetwear company Analog just announced their sponsorship of surfer Nathan Fletcher and the launch of a new "boardshorts" line. Vermont continues it's march on the OC.
Oakley Getting Thumped?
According to a writer for AP, Oakley's new MP3 player that comes with free glasses is "not a bargain." But then again, the Thump is getting all kinds of media play, not to mention being sold at Circuit City.
Quiksilver in South Coast Plaza
So Billabong joins Quik in Time Square, now Quiksilver is joinging Billabong at the OC's number one mall in early 2005. Mall wars in effect.
Poor Man's X Games at Copper
They've the number two event, but Copper Mountain is happy about hosting the Gravity Games according to "former Burton rep" Christine Sperber.
Stab Magazine Online
Sam McIntosh and Derek Rielly at the Australian surf magazine Stab were nice enough to link us on their "we like" list. They create a smart, thoughtful, funny, honest surf magazine and we like being linked.
Marcus vs Warshaw's Zero Break
Ben "The World's Greatest Surf Writer" Marcus takes a look at Matt Washaw's newest book Zero Break and even gets in a little interview. Unfortunately, you'll find no Marcus stories in the book. For those click here.
Maverick's Contest Open
From now until March 15, 2005 24 surfers and 15 alternates will be on 24-hour call for the $75,000 Maverick's Surf Contest. No, thanks.
Broadway Diving Into Good Vibrations
A musical based on the Beach Boy's music is being practiced in NYC. Is this the death of surf?
Another T. Hawk Profile
This time it's an interview done on the Learjet Tony Hawk is using to get from place to place. Yes, we said Learjet. Damn, Tony.
Skater Arrested for Being Hit By Car
David Hastings was hit by a car while skateboarding down a street on the Alfred University campus in Hornell, New York. The police arrested him for criminal mischief. Seems like going through a windsheild would be enough punishment.
West 49 Sold for CAN$24 million
The action sports retailer West 49, which has 57 locations in Canada was purchased entirely by J.U.M. Capital on December 1. The new company West 49 Inc. will soon begin trading common stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Billabong In Time Square
How do you remain the world's number two surf brand? Just do what number one does. Billabong is following Quiksilver with one store and an Element store next door on the Great White Way.
Abberton Cleared of Assault
When Matthew Mytka, a 25-year-old bodyboarder, was beaten while surfing at Maroubra police quickly assumed it was Koby Abberton. Turns out Abberton was cleared because the victim could not properly place Abberton's tattoos.
-Abberton enters not guity plea in accessory after the fact to murder
Emerica's Manifesto
Can't say we disagree with anything in this little piece for Emerica's Wild In The Streets promotion. Gotta promote so their shoes don't end up in an Etnies outlet mall store. Thanks for the link, Sheepism.
Optima Buys WEST Wetsuits
Optima Corporation Ltd, which last year signed a 10-year license for the WEST wetsuit brand, has decided to plunk down AU$5 million grab 100 percent control of the brand. Who, what?
Heddings in LA Times
The story of Pro Skater Neil Heddings upcoming trial for the murder of his 2-year-old son gets a write up in the LA Times. Neil and his girlfriend Christine Rams go on trial February 1.
Hamilton Goes Sledding for Greece
Laird Hamilton has begun training with his Malibu neighbor, pro hockey player Chris Chelios, in a bid to make the 2006 Greek Bobsledding team. Ah, we'll just leave it at that.
Cop Caught in Karma Backlash
Dean Levitt, the Whitman, Massachusetts police officer arrested two teens for skateboarding in their front yard, was injured when his cruiser hit a guard rail and landed upside down in a ditch. See what happens?
Johnson Surviving Cancer
Pro surfer Dane Johnson appears to be all good after his brush with testicular cancer last year, and that is something we can all be thankful for.
Ifs and Mights Quote
"If he was a snowboarder, he might already have his own video game, but Miller would be happy just to get mentioned on ESPN." Canadian Press writer Jim Morris on some skier named Bode Miller.
Art And Skateboarding
Dustin Orlando's Objex Artspace in Miami gets play along with Chris Deacon and the Skate Park of Tampa in this Sun Sentinal story about skateboarding, art, artists who skateboard, and skateboarders who artist.
Huffy Dumping Product
In an effort to get some money together, the bankrupt Huffy is dumping their inventory of Sims, Lamar, and LTD snowboards for $840,000, inline skates for $240,000 and skateboards for $42,000 (maybe more). Who wants to bet Jamie Salter buys it all?
Billabong Invades Santa Cruz
Alistair Craft and Adam Repogle are carving out a little piece of Santa Cruz for Billabong smack dab in the middle of O'Neill country when they open their new shop the day after Thanksgiving. Can you say West side? Let me hear, ya.
Globe Marckx The Spot
They've been spinning lately and it looks like Globe is finally getting back on track when earlier this month they hired former Op marketing VP Micheal Marckx as Vice President of Global Marketing. We're liking Globe more already.
Murray Launches Aqua VI
She rocked it at Hurley and walked with a nice piece of Nike cash. Now Lian Murray is launching her own, very high-end line of surf clothes called Aqua VI. Wait, doesn't "Aqua" mean "Water"?
Frye Is Surfing's Political Hero
In her bid for the job of Mayor of San Diego, Donna Frye has showed the world that surfers' wives are smart, motivated, articulate, honest, calm under pressure, and most of all cool as shit. Donna Frye 2008. There, we said it.
-Frye loses on "good old boy" technicality
Burton's Million Dollar Campaign
JDK is getting real with Burton's new ad campaign according to Adweek. The first ad shows team rider JP Solberg's "every crack, wrinkle or spot." Let's hope it's not every crack.
The Burton Rumor That Won't Die
In a story about Phil Knight handing over the reigns at Nike, Portland Tribune writer Jon Bell revs the Nike takeover machine again saying, ". . . persistent rumors that Patagonia Inc. or Burton Snowboards may be under consideration have never been substantiated." Nope.
-Perez to fill Knight's shoes
Cornwall's Locals Only Hoax
A crew of surfers in Cornwall, England put up a Locals Only website, sent out PR and ended up creating a media shit storm around trying to keep visitors off their waves. Now they claim it was all a hoax. Hmm, must be more toothless British humour.
Snowboarder Back from Iraq
Tristan Wyatt, 21, of Franktown, Colorado was in the back of an armored personnel carrier when it was hit by a RPG outside Fallujah. He lost is leg. Now he's just hoping he'll be able to snowboard again. Thanks, George W.
November Reign
Todd Underhill and Jeff Dale are bringing snowboarding back into the grassroots with November Snowboards. Wait, a snowboard company not owned by a ski company? How cute is that? Ah, look at the little guy.
Klug's Liver Book Out
Bronze medallistChris Klug won his Olympic snowboard glory on a swapped out liver. The media ate it up. (Not his liver, silly. His story). Now you can, too with his new book To the Edge and Back.
Thanksgiving Helmet Story
Jonathan Collins fell off his skateboard on August 17, 2004 and suffered a massive head injury. Read this story and you'll be thankful you're not Jonathan. Seriously.
Zero Break Hit's Bookshelves
Pac Sun Profits Up 30%
Bakoda Pipe Is Actually a Tool?
Pac Sun's New CEO
Previous Bags o' Crapola:
-November 9, 2004
-October 20, 2004
-September
10, 2004
-August 09, 2004
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