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Latest Update: October
18, 1999
Tony
Hawk Retires from Competition
Those who witnessed Tony's win at the Vans World Championships
may have seen his last pro contest. Then again, we've heard that
from a lot of sports legends. Here's his interview with the Orange
County Weekly.
The Seedling A Classic Surf Film
Thomas Campbell the artist/world traveler has released a
surf film called The Seedling. It was shot on 16mm and is
probably the most beautiful surf movie ever made. It's all longboarding,
and it's all good. It premiered at the world famous La Paloma
Theater in Encinitas last week to standing room only crowds.
To get a copy of The Seedling call (760) 757-9863.
Tony
Hawk's Pro Skater Is Cool
The video game named after the vert world champ will make even more
Hawk fans in the Playstation universe.
Gotcha
Glacier Delayed Again
The massive sports complex is looking more and more like a hoax.
This time the delay is based on "design changes in the shopping
and entertainment portions" of the facility.
Swatch
Wave Loch
Want to see Carl Ekstrom's designs in action? Check out Surfer
Magazine's collection of Quicktime vids from the stationary
wave.
Arnette
Streamlines with Luxottica
The hip eyewear company takes another hit as dozens of employees
are laid off.
Silly
Skateboard Gets Write Up
Steen Strand has already put way too much of his Stanford
educated skills into the FREEBORD "a skateboard that
rides like a snowboard." Now the SF Examiner jumps on the program.
US
Ski/Snowboard Team Benefit Rocks
The San Francisco Ritz-Carlton was in full swing as performing monkeys
Trace Worthington and Fuzz Feddersen (on a snowboard)
danced for cash. You thought the skiing was the hard part.
Running
on the Skatepark Platform
It's almost frightening after years of searching for places to skateboard
that San Mateo, CA politicians are actually promising X Games
and Skateparks if they're elected.
Police Beat
Calle Fresno: Several juveniles on skateboards reportedly
caused a disturbance at 12:31 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of
Santa Maria Street.
Bolsa Avenue: An electric skateboard fell out of the bed
of a truck in the 5900 block at 10:16 a.m. Tuesday.
Chicksticks.com
Sells Boards to Broads
Barrel
Jumping with Hot Tub Al
Shark
Attacks 16-Year-Old Kailua Surfer
Snowboard
Life's TOP 25
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Special
thanks: to Jim Romenesko's MediaGossip.com.
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