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12, 2002
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Aussie Surfers Die In The Philippines
Six Australian men headed for a surfing holiday were among
the passengers on a twin-prop plane that plunged into Manila Bay
in The Philippines yesterday.
Op And Fender
Present King Of Bands
Fender and Op will produce a CD album tentatively
titled Op "Emerging," which will feature up-and-coming,
unsigned band. The album will remind everyone exactly why the
bands are unsigned. Wait, what about the pay-per-vew special?
Guess
Who's Getting Fired Next Week?
"We're not trying to be the company in southern California
that taps into every trend and tries to find out what the 15-year-old
skateboarder wants. We're about performance, not trends."
--Philip Gyori, VP of marketing at Bolle's parent
company Bushnell, pointing out how ill-suited he is for
his current position.
Slater Hits the Street
The city of Cocoa Beach, Florida has named a street after
six-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater. What used
to be 3rd Street North is now Slater Way.
The
Boom Boom Huck Sell
With the world's most over-used skateboard headline,
"Chairman of the Board" Voice writer Matt
Higgins gets deep into Tony Hawk incorporated and comes
out liking what he sees, even if it is a little soft for serious
skaters.
Skateboarding
Going Off In Florida
Michelle Kaufman churns out a pretty smooth overview of skateboarding
in the Miami Herald. She gets big points for including
so many "quotes" around words that "get play"
in the skateboard world.
THPS 4
Get Phony
AT&T Wireless today announced it will deliver Tony Hawk's
Pro Skater 4 to wireless phones. Don't leave home without
Tony.
Australian
Snowboarder Dies In Avalanche
Clinton Wilton, 20, of Melbourne, Australia was killed in
the Austrian Alps near Innsbruck after triggering an avalanche
that swept him into a glacier crevasse.
Gen-X
Recalls Crappy Skate Ramps
The company, known for selling low-end sport products, is
recalling 88,000 skateboard ramps because they "can crack
and cause riders to fall." Oddly, one of the ramps
was called the Skate Attack.
Offspring Guitarist Starts Action Mag
It's called Spare Change and according to Noodles
it will cost 99 cents and be crammed "full of . . . articles
on skating, surfing, motocross, BMX, snowboarding, art, and music."
Apparently Noodles thinks there just aren't enough action
sports magazines.
Tompkins First Colorado Resort Death
The 23-year-old snowboarder was found by Loveland
ski patrol tangled in a boundary marker rope. Trevor Tompkins
is believed to be the first to die at a Colorado resort this year.
Sun
Valley Halfpipe Woes
Seems nothing goes easy in the land of Hemmingway. The
mountain belatedly decides to put in a halfpipe and now everyone
is upset about the location they've chosen.
Extreme Oops Director Profiled
How could Christian Duguay the director of the exquisitely
haunting film Joan of Arc get suckered into directing a
lowbrow "extreme action sports" adventure film? We'd
rather let him tell you in this profile.
CKY
Meets GNR
The kids from Camp Kill Yourself meet up with the guys
who should when they open for Guns N' Roses on the first
14 dates of the North America Tour.
North
Shore Real TV
Sunny Garcia, Myles Padaca, Damien Hobgood,
Danny Fuller, Holly Beck, Chelsea Gorgeson
and Veronica Kay are moving in together to be stars of
a new reality show for the WB. If Reina hangs out we'll be watching
for sure.
Skier
Sues Snowboarder
A Wisconsin couple has filed a negligence lawsuit against a Japanese
man who allegedly hit them at Snowmass Ski Area nearly two years
ago. One of the injuries listed was "embarrassment of a permanent
nature". Just think if her feelings had been hurt.
Skateboard Shaped UFO Spotted
Airline pilots in China reported seeing a shining unidentified
flying object that was reportedly a "white-blue skateboard-shaped
craft."
Scooting
On Toward Bankruptcy
Scooter inventor Rasyad Chung has refinanced his home
three times to help bring his new QuadCarver to market.
We hope he leaves it at that.
Blue
Crushes Technology Tax Credit
Hawai'ian tech companies are complaining that all of the State's
technology tax credits in 2001 were wasted on Blue Crush
a film that had very to do with technology. Yeah, but all those
tight little butts were great, weren't they?
Billabong
Named in US Lawsuit
Knoxville
Is No Jackass
Skateboarding
And Gun Safety
Mavericks
Winter Season Opens
Previous Bags o' Crapola:
-November 5, 2002
-October 31, 2002
-October 2, 2002
-August 1, 2002
Special thanks: to Jim Romenesko's MediaGossip.com
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