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Latest
Update: August 11, 2000
Tech
Decks Taking Over the World
One of the few toy makers who understand the importants of remaining
true to a sport, Peter Asher, has tuned his son's mini skateboards
into a fotune. No LA Times "extreme" story would
be complete without a quote from "agent to the X stars"
Steve Astephen.
X
Games Mix High Tech and Action
The X Games are set to start next week in SF and ESPN
is all excited about it's technology. Too bad EXPN.com
never really made it off the ground.
Gotcha
Glacier Stalls Again
For what seems like the fourth time, developers of the first indoor
snowboard park in North America beg the city of Anaheim to
extend their finance deadlines. CEO Brad Kinney still claims
it will happen.
Two-Year-Old Skater Rules The Ramp
He started skateboarding when he was 18 months old, now Chase
Feazell is rolling with the big boys.
Doc
Renneker Loves Da Icy Surf
The San Jose Mercury new pipes in on the story of surfing in Antarctica
in a profile on Renneker, who will probably go down in history as
the only guy to ever be profiled in a good surf story in The
New Yorker magazine.
Stance
and MH-18 Aim For Boys
Maxim magazine has changed the face of publishing for men,
now several new magazines (if you consider a renamed magazine new)
are trying to do the same for teen magazines. Oh, and you'd hate
for the Wall Street Journal to do a story on this segment
without mentioning the horribly over-rated, too-frequently talked
about Spike-Lou-Andy failure, Dirt.
Olympic
Officials Plead Innocent
Two former Salt Lake City Olympic officials, Tom Welsh and
Dave Johnson are scheduled to be arraigned Monday. Sources
claim the two will plead innocent.
Surfers
Raise Money for Spinal Injuries
James Pribram and Seth Elmer and going on a week-long
surf-a-thon where they hope to raise $500,000 for surfers with spinal
injuries.
Coppola
Stages Gidget Musical
The man who brought us the Godfather reworks a beach classic with
music and tests it out at a high school for performing arts. If
this goes well for Francis Ford Coppola, we may see it on
the silver screen..
Golf:
Becoming the sport of Cool Jerks
The LA Times just figured out that "bleach-blonde surfers",
skaters and other cool kids are really getting into golf. Just ask
former Details editor Michael Caruso. After plowing
Details into the ground, he'll be doing the same with Maximum
Golf, probably the dumbest magazine in the world.
Henderson
Still Skimming
He's over 40, yet he placed sixth at the World Skimboarding Championships
at Aliso Park. What a guy.
Big
Sur Downing Suit
Three people drowned off the coast of Big Sur three years
ago and the family is still pursuing a wrongful death complaint
against the State for now warning visitors of the dangers of the
ocean. The fact that they were from Kansas may explain part
of the problem.
California's Record Beach Closures
This summer California broke it's own record for total number of
beach closures due to pollution. Way to go, Mr. Davis.
-ABC
New Coverage of Dirty Water
Mary
Osborne: This Year's Model?
The Ventura girl just graduated from high school and her dance card
is already filled with surf contests and modeling assignments. What
more could a girl ask for?
Adrenaline Brings Back the Surf Movie
Talk to any old surfer and they're reminisce about how great it
used to be to go to a theater to see a surf movie. Well, everything
old is new again with OnBoard
Entertainment's new action sports theater tour.
Quiksilver
Launch Soccer Mom Line
They got the boys in trunks, the girls in Roxy, now Quik
is moving on up to the mom crowd with Alex Goes. Or is it
just that the company's designers are getting too old to wear the
stuff they've been designing lately?
Economists
Put Value on State Beaches
Economist David Layton, from UC Davis, and his friends are
trying to put a dollar figure on the fun that people have at some
of California's most popular beaches.
Chris Klug Gets New Liver
Olympic snowboarder Chris Klug got a new liver last week
in a lifesaving surgery in Denver. Though he never told anyone one,
he's been on the transplant list for three years. Get well soon,
Chris. We know you will. He plans to include everyone in his recovery
by posting a journal at chrisklug.com.
Or send him a personal e-mail message by clicking
here.
Economists
Put Value on State Beaches
Economist David Layton, from UC Davis, and his friends are
trying to put a dollar figure on the fun that people have at some
of California's most popular beaches.
Panasonic
Beach Circus Wraps It Up
A carnival so diverse that its sum was much less that it's parts,
the Beach Games were the mall brought to the beach. Rodrigo Texiera
took the street skating, Garcia in surf.
-Glifburg
Wins Best Vert Trick
-Mike
Todd Out To Make Waves
-Ballard
Stays on Straight and Narrow
Garcia
Fights Back, Wins US Open of Surfing
Sunny wins it against Dan Malloy, Rob Machado, and
Kalani Robb in an all USA final held in 3-5 foot surf. What
happened Mick?
-Corky
Carroll's thoughts on the final.
Joel
Wins Another Longboard Contest
Sometimes watching Joel Tudor surf makes you feel sorry for
the other surfers. He never makes mistakes. But this time no one
was worried for Colin McPhillips as the two did battle in
the US Open Longboard finals.
Paddleboard
World Championship
The winner of Sunday's Quiksilver Molokai to Oahu race will
receive $1,000 and be called the world champion. Not exactly what
you would call high stakes.
Sewage
Blamed on Pipe Rupture
Everyday in OC it's another excuse for why the ocean is polluted.
Maybe, if they made the punishment a little more harsh, people would
be a little more careful. How about a three strikes for polluters.
Gotcha
Glacier Still Stumbling Along
The backers of the first indoor snowboard park in the United States
say they're still going to pull the $130 million sports park off.
Others aren't so optimistic.
Skateboard
Site Makes Money
Andris McKinley launched a skateboard site on the web called
sirdna.com and now the Wall Street Journal is writing
a story about him. Look how easy it is.
The
Sacklunch Archives
Those
Darn US Open Announcers
Ian
Cairns Resigns from ASP
Garcia
Sorry For Pathetic Comments
Previous Bags o' Crapola:
-July 27,
2000
-July 20,
2000
-July 7,
2000
Special thanks: to Jim Romenesko's MediaGossip.com.
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