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From The Sacklunch Boards
Currently being discussed, Korda becomes Analog
street, Bahne Skateboards does some blatant self-promo,
and a word about Supernaut. Dive in, the water's warm.
Sack
The Vote
Reports of Skateboarding's death are premature, but if, on the
outside chance the skate maket did crash, who would be to blame?
Vote
now in the Sack Boards.
El
Jeffe Anderson Is Gone
Jeff Anderson, 24, died February 23, 2003 when he fell
several floors inside the hotel he and other snowboarders were
staying in. His memorial will be held in the old Gondola Station
inside Mammoth Mountain's Main Lodge on Saturday March 1st.
-Fall
2002 Interview with Jeffy
-Bleiler
Wins Gold but Loses Friend
-Riders
wear JA armbands
-Jeffy
remembered on the TWS Boards
Make
Up for Skater Chicks?
Yes, Urban Decay (what a perfect name) has launched a line
of make-up called Skater that will "inspire even the
most radical girls on wheels to get their glitziest." Seems
like it might be more appropriate for certain Australian companies
looking to "make up" sales.
Tony
Hawk On The Hershey Highway
The product endorsements just don't stop as Tony Hawk gets
behind Hershey's Chocolate milk and gives them a hand with sales.
The commercials will be directed by Stacy Peralta. He's
also on the PepsiCo
payroll with the once-funny Dana Carvey promoting
Go Snacks. Is this kind of endorsement okay for skateboarding?
Discuss
in the Sackboards.
-Hawk
on Simpsons with Blink 182
-Tony
on turn 3 of Daytona 500
SnowboardCross Added To Olympics
At a meeting designed to trim the number of irrelevant Olympic
events (race walking, synchronized swimming, canoe slalom), the
International Olympic Committee ironically added "snowboard
cross" to the Olympic Sport roster. Washed pros rejoiced
worldwide. Should snowboard cross be in the Olympics? Tell
it in the Sack Boards.
Sandow
Birk's Inferno
The Long Beach artist famous for his In Smog and Thunder
shows from 2000 is unveiling his new paintings which are a reworking
(with words by Surfline's Marcus Sanders) of Dante's Inferno.
Read this story. It's good.
Desperately
Seeking Boys
Marketeers are sounding more and more like mid-aged men driving
BMWs up and down Santa Monica Blvd. TransWorld's Peter
Ferraro said his magazines can deliver the boys because its
eight titles are built around the "passion points" of readers.
Then again, Peter is "no longer with the company".
-The
race to think like a teenager
Shark
Attack, Shark Attack
The plywood shark fin has to be one of the oldest pranks in the
book, but that didn't stop "Jim and Joe" from
causing a whole surf contest at Seaside Reef, CA to freak out
like a troop of Girl Scouts.
-Jim
and Joe interviewed by Surfingthemag.com
Boy
Blue Crushed To Death
First it was Jackass, now the syrupy sweet surfer girl
movie Blue Crush is being blamed for the death of a 13
year old Port Salerno, FL boy who wrapped a chain around his waist
and tried to swim across a pond.
K2
Votes on Rawlings Purchase
On March 26, 2003 shareholders will vote on whether K2
should purchase Rawlings for between US$9 and $10 a share.
The Rawlings would give K2 some balls, bats and gloves.
Ski
and Snowboard Deaths On the Climb
Researchers say that snow sports are extremely safe compared to
other sports, then why is the media so death obsessed? Bill
McKeown of the Portland State tries to figure that
out.
Infogrammes
Writes Off Loser Games
The French company, and current owner of the Atari name,
had some bad numbers thanks to royalty write offs from games on
they had "insufficient visibility on sales prospects" . . . like
Transworld Snowboard.
Joe
Baker's Ridable Art Reception
The snowboard graphic artist Joe Baker has a show
running in Middletown, Connecticut through March 2. You can check
out his art at www.joebaker.net.
Riders
Not Scared After Kelly's Death
Leave it to the paper of record to point out that snowboarders
are not letting Craig Kelly's untimely death keep them
from getting their shred on.
Snowboarder
Dies In Keystone Park
Derrick Lesnick, 22, died from "deceleration"
injuries after flying from the second jump in the Keystone
terrain park. He had multiple injuries and a lacerated liver.
Art
Bowl Movements In Soho
Deitch Projects, a Soho art gallery, has built a bowl as
the centerpiece of an exhibit of skateboard art. The owner, Jeffery
Deitch, compared the action to a "live Jackson Pollock
painting." Some people will do anything to hang out with
skaters. Is this art? Tell
the world on the Sack Boards.
Journalist
Says Bam Goes Too Far
A funny outsiders view of the skate videos most of have watched
until we've worn them out. All this for the launch of CKY4
the latest and greatest.
SD's
Skateboarding Serial Snatcher
A skateboarder in Pacific Beach, CA has struck for the
second time in two weeks. The man, in his 20s, has rolled by and
grabbed a purse from the same lady at the same stop two weeks
in a row.
Skater Gets Seven Years
Timothy R. Strano, a 23-year-old skater was sentenced to
7.5 years for beating a man to death with his skateboard.
Strano said he was only trying to protect his friend from the
man who stopped his car, got out, and was reportedly "reprimanding"
the skaters.
Jonze,
Kaufman, and Cage in Europe
It's rare to get an interview with all three in one room but apparently
the publicity shy director/writer/actor threesome is interested
in seeing their film to well in Europe. One of the best stories
yet on Adaptation.
Taj
Hunting World Title
He's getting ready for the new season with one thing in mind:
winning the world title. And Margaret River is where it's all
going to start.
Surfers
Bring US$7 Million to North Shore
They may hate the traffic and the idiots in the water, but North
Shore businesses do all right during the winter surf seasons
thanks to traveling surfers who stay for the waves.
The Surfer at Channel Nine
He's spent most of his working life as the captain coach of the
In The Nude Board Riding Club, but now David Gyngell
is the great hope of Australia's Channel Nine.
Pro
Surfer to Write Children's Books
It's a though every father has had when trying to find a good
book to read to his kids, professional surfer David Giddings
is doing something about it. He's writing them himself.
Bike's
Mike Vihon Dies In Crash
Perry
Ellis Buys Op Licensee
Rip
Curl Adjusts Senior Management
Billabong
Takes Hit From Trade Mistake
Previous Bags o' Crapola:
-February 6, 2003
-Janaury 27, 2003
-January 15, 2003
-November 12, 2002
Special thanks: to Jim Romenesko's MediaGossip.com
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