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NIkki Sixx Wins Battle With Vans
Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx didn't like seeing his image in an old Vans Shoes ad so he sued the company and won a $600,000 judgement. He probably blew his sponsorship chances though.
- The details of the suit
On Being Hoyer and Nothingness
Newport Beach's surf enigma Josh Hoyer explains the happy life of nothing, coffins, and his non-existent goals for the future in this interview with Transworldsurf.com.
The Block Wisconsin?
After announcing plans for a Big Bear, CA version of The Block Hotel Marc Frank Montoya and friends are now working on another at Rib Mountain, Wisconsin. They really are hitting all the hot spots.
Super Gray on Tray
Julian Vogt a 93-year-old snowboarder from Glenwood Springs, CO will appear on the Today Show soon teaching NBC's Kevin Tibbles how to snowboard.
Billabong Stock Surges
After raising its full year earnings forecast by 10 percent to 40 percent growth Billabong's stock surged 9 percent. Percent, percentage, percentages.
Ocean X Surfboards
Ukulele's Chris Ruddy and plastics engineer Mark Jolley are rolling completed surfboards off an assembly line in two hours. Now they want to put one of these machines in Oceanside, CA. Plastics, my boy, plastics: indeed.
Snowboarder Survives Jackson Avalanche
Daniel Hundere, 33, of Driggs, ID was swept over a 67-foot cliff onto Highway 22 Sunday when he set off a slide in the lower part of Glory Bowl. Pass motorists dug him out.
- If you're riding the Hole, check here first
McCoy Selling Off Mammoth
Dave McCoy, the 89-year-old founder of Mammoth Mountain has announced that he is selling off his remaining shares in the company. Intrawest, who already owns 59.5 pecent has the first right of refusal. More condos and villages please. (Thanks, Larry)
- McCoy hires investment advisor
Snowboarded Suspended for Pot
A 19-year-old Olympic snowboard hopeful from Japan was just suspended from competition for 10 months after testing positive for marijuana. The snowboarder claimed the "gondola" defense, but it did not work.
Hilton Phone Hack
Paris Hilton's Sidekick cellphone gets hacked and guess who shows up in the pictures on her phone? Well, sure, there are images of a topless Paris macking an older woman, but more importantly: The Muska. Click the link to see if you can spot Chad saluting the Sack faithful.
Zumiez Going Public
Looks like it's finally time for Thomas Campion to cash in on his 140 action teen apparel stores as the company registered yesterday for an initial public offering of up to $57.5 million in stock. Malls rule. (Thanks, Brassmonkey).
Orange 21's Down Day
Spy Optics parent company Orange 21 Inc., is trading on the NASDAQ at $6.25 under the symbol ORNG. The stock lost 34 percent of it's value today.
- Orange 21 announces 04 Results
- Stock drops on unaudited 04 numbers release
- Orange 21 presents at Roth Capital
Pilot Scott Tracy
From the "what ever happend to" files comes news of pro skater Scott Stanton's band Pilot Scott Tracy. What's better than making weird new-wave music with your wife.
Greg Long Gets The Bump
While surfing at Rocky Point on Oahu's North Short, San Clemente loc Greg Long was knocked off his board by an 8-foot tiger shark. He didn't even get scratched.
- Beaches reopened after shark attack
David Nuuhiwa Sr. Dies
Nuuhiwa, 82, a Hawaiian whose expertise on his native culture won him celebrity in California surfing circles, died Jan. 21 after a two-year battle with cancer.
Chicago Tribune Bags on Quiksilver
In a critique of the Sports Illustrated Bikini Issue, writer Ed Sherman says, " I always feel sorry for the writers assigned to do stories for the swimsuit edition. Will there be 50 people who read Karl Taro Greenfeld's rather long piece on the Quiksilver bathing suits?
Well Ed, if all the Sack readers check it out the answer is, "Yes, maybe even 51."
-The Swimsuit issue: an intellectual history
Surfaid In Newsday
It's a story about how surfers rushed in to aid the tsunami victims and it's a nice reminder that surfers do care about the world around them.
Primedia Gets $410 Million For About.com
Apparently the New York Times Co. is still hopeful about the online future as they just dumped $410 million to snatch up About.com. Let's see: that means Primedia only lost $200 million on the deal. Not bad.
Bucky's Burrito Blast
Those who have witnessed, first hand, the incendiary effects of burritos on Bucky Lasek's gastro-intestinal tract would probably agree that this may not be Bucky's best idea, however, he is launching Bucky's Burritos a Mexican food restaurant in the Port Plaza Shopping Center in Newburyport, MA this spring with plans for 25 more. Watch out!
Tony Gets Murdered on CSI: Miami
In an episode titled "Game Over" Tony Hawk will play a professional skateboarder who is murdered while producing a video game. That's kind of creepy.
Still Fighting Over Surf City
Santa Cruz and Huntington Beach are still fighting over who rally is Surf City. The lawyers are stoked because with all the money they'll make on this legal battle, they'll get much more time in the water.
World's Largest Surfboard
Nev Hyman is building a $35,000 surfboard in hopes of setting the record for "world's biggest high-performance short board." With it's 12 person capacity, outboard motor and anchor he should probably be going after the record for "world dumbest boat."
Skater Dies in Tow Accident
Cecilio Soltero, 25, of San Diego, CA died Feb. 9, 2005 when he fell while being towed by his brother's SUV. Soltero's brother is in custody for vehicular manslaughter.
Hurley Fashion Show at The Mothership
Of course we all missed it because it was up in P-landia at the Nike compound, but where else are you gonna to see Kris Markovich dressed up like a Catholic schoolboy on a catwalk? Well, where else but Peter King's (K-I-N-G) very own slideshow.
Primedia Puts About.com Up For Sale
The parent company of Surfering magazine has put up their online property About.com for sale for $300 million. Is that so they can fund Wavewatch.com?
Koston To Play Celebrity B-Ball
Eric Koston will joining Nelly, Ryan Cabrera, Ice Cube, and other B-level celebs in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Colorado Convention Center Feb. 18.
Slater Not Done Yet
Despite what he describes as a "lacklustre" 2004 season Kelly Slater is committed to throwing his 33-year-old body back onto the ASP Tour for another go at Andy Irons.
. . .But the Little Girls Understand
The action sports industry is going after the girls because, guess what? They're spending more money on action sports gear. Especially now that the major labels are major fashion players.
- Quiksilver included in worlds longest fashion show
- Beach chic takes off in Oz
- Mambo has mid-life crisis
Klug Xplains
After a broken clavicle that required surgery and a plate with 8 screws Alpine snowboard racer Chris Klug is thinking being a X Games performer may not have been the best use of his time. It's unfortunate that Klug was hurt in the qualifiers. Had it been the finals his crash would have been replayed into glory.
Burton Chills With At Risk Kids
Burton's program to introduce "at risk kids" to snowboarding, Chill, is rolling strong. Recently, kids from Chi-town's roughest hoods were bused to the slopes.
Bruce Jones Profile
The LA Times Michael Hiltzik takes a stroll through Bruce Jones' Sunset Beach surf shop and remarks on how much the surf market has changed.
The Northwest Sucks
This must be one of the worst seasons ever for snowboarders in the Northwest. You hate seeing headlines like this in February: Weekend Snow Reopens Some Slopes. Bummer.
- European snow business melting
Australian Surfer Revived After Drowning
Candice Tanne, 26, was found floating beneath her surfboard at Bondi beach. Doctors lowered her body temperature inducing a coma and 16 hours later, pulled her back. Cool.
- Last Wednesday Candice was dead
Beautiful Bloodsucking
Ed Templeton is the anchor for a New York Times Magazine story on the OC opening of the Beautiful Losers show (which was fun, if you missed it.)
- SF Guardian art critic Glen Helfand on Beautiful Losers
- agnes b. Beautiful Loser reception Feb. 6 in LA
Hamburger Helper
Former Transworld darkroom magician Ray Potes is already up to issue eight with his SF based b/w photography magazine Hamburger Eyes. Click and subscribe. Now we'll have that Throbbing Gristle song in our heads all day.
Buying Visit With Elvis Drinking Cup
We all heard about the Virgin Mary grilled cheese and then the Elvis drinking water that was sold on Ebay, but we didn't know that former pro-snowboarer and Nutballz owner Kyla Duffy was the winning bid on being visited by "the cup". Leave it to snowboarders to play the media like that.
- Duffy raises money for Celiac Research
- Nutballz owner pays $3k for cup visit
Another Tree Death
Brian James Love, a 22 year old student from Carmel, CA died February 2, 2005 when he snowboarded into a tree while riding at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia.
- 8th Austrian found dead in avalanche
- Japanese snowboarder found after 6 days
Tina B in the Nevada City Union
Small town newspaper profiles are always cool. Especally this one on Tina Basich. Yeah, remember her. Skip to the end if you want to know what she's been doing lately.
Rossignol/Dynastar Recall Bindings
Looks like a bad year for snowboard bindings. Apparently, the baseplates on the HC 500 and others break. So far no injuries, just 23 broken baseplates. Take 'em back.
Beautiful Losers Opens In OC
Do not miss the opening of the show at the Orange County Museum of Art February 5 from 7 pm to Midnight. Losers, curated by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike, is a mind altering collection that will inspire and elevate. Seriously.
- Eric Stricker's interview with Aaron Rose
- The RVCA New Image show
- KQED Forum with Christian Strike and Sheppard Fairey (audio) Aug. 04
Former Vans Execs Plead Guilty
Scott Andrew Brabson, a former VP at Vans Inc fessed up to taking more than $4.7 million in kickbacks from Chinese shoe factories. But then lost an $8 million civil judgement to Vans. Ah, that sounds to us like what's called a net loss.
-DOJ documents regarding case
SIA Photo Bonanza
If you couldn't make it to the Bogner Burton Boobie Bash at the Hard Rock Hotel during the Snow Industries of America show then here is what you missed. . . and a few things you didn't.
- SIA Nightlife - SIA products - SIA people
Snow White and the Mountain of Dew
It's an AP story on the "multimillionaire with three homes in California and garages full of cars" guy who got fourth in the Winter X Games pipe. Yeah, his name is Shaun White. He's the new Tony Hawk.
- Target's Shaun White site
Snow's Renegade Publishers
There's nothing old media loves more than new publishing mavericks on the rise. Folio dives in hard with Snowboard Mag's Mark Sullivan and Freeskier's Brad Fayfield. We must admit, Mark and Brad's earnest commitment to their dreams is kind of cute.
Primedia Going After Surfline
When Primedia and Surfline parted company this year some wondered what they were thinking. Could Wavewatch.com's "global wave network" be Prime's attempt at getting some of that traffic back?
Blue Horizon Wins Best Picture
Jack McCoy's compelling study of the yin and yang of surfing pitting the battle between Irons and Slater against Rasta's free surfing stylings was awarded best picture at this year's X Dance.
Shop Owner Arrested for Smacking Kid
He says it was a misunderstanding when Ace of Spades skate shop owner Vince Enriques, 39, hit 14-year-old Damon Pottorff on the head at the skatepark in Newton, Kansas. Apparently, Damon had shopped at a competing store. How's that for biz dev?
Jack Johnson Enjoying Life
Let's see, his concerts are selling out, his audiences are an endless sea of hot 22 year olds and he gets to surf whenever and where ever he wants? Seems like Jack Johnson would have all kinds of things to complain about.
Sal's Dream Job
It's great to watch the X Games and see Sal Masekela kicking down host duties. We didn't know being a receptionist at TransWorld Media could take a guy so far.
Attack of the Surfing Fairies
Kristy Quirk, 28, a ballet teacher from Australia's Sunshine coast is combining longboard surfing with ballet movements to form surf-dancing. As long as the dudes don't wear those tights we saw at the Nutcracker. . .
Sports Illustrated Checks in on X Games
It's a franchise owned by a competitor, but that didn't stop SI from checking in on Gretchen Bleiler, Shaun White, and Eddy Wall. How nice of them.
Hilo Wants Surf School Expelled
A group of surfers is mobilizing to bar the Big Island Girl Surf School from operating in Honoli'i. There probably are better places to learn, unless they're teaching new surfers how to survive getting cracks.
Avalanche Wrap-Up
Seems like this season has been a bad one for people dying in the snow. It's not good news, but here's some more.
Post Throws Snowball At TWS
Flow Recalls Binding
Quiksilver Going After Rossignol
Surfer Torn In Two By Sharks
Previous Bags o' Crapola:
-January 21, 2005
-November 9, 2004
-October 20, 2004
-September
10, 2004
-August 09, 2004
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