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STREET BEAT: GOLDCOAST LONGBOARDS by: SurfSalad.com March 18, 2010 Goldcoast Longboards is a skateboard company based in Salt Lake City which brings a refreshing sense of artistic style into their products. Their boards provide the journey, their 35mm SLR camera documents it. At its core, Goldcoast is a group of people that have been on one sort of board or another for 20 years.
Their mantra says it all: "Travel, Skate, Discover Cool Th… Read More |
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RIDERS RETURN TO STRATTON, VT FOR LEGACY OF US OPE… by: Shredstix.com March 17, 2010 The 28th Annual Burton US Open of Snowboarding arrives in Stratton, Vermont this weekend. Olympic stars Shaun White, Scotty Lago, Louie Vito, Gretchen Bleiler, Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark are all expected to compete. The US Open is the world's longest running snowboarding contest. Its almost three decade history took root while Jake Burton Carpenter was still hand-crafting wooden snowboards i… Read More |
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[INTERVIEW] JAKE BLATTNER - SNOWBOARD TO RALLY March 15, 2010 When you hear "Jake Blattner" at a rally race, it makes you think. Why is that familiar? My mind went straight to my TWSnow subscription in 1995. Jake Blattner was a pro snowboarder progressing the sport - doing new jibs and new tricks that influenced the freestyle riding we see today at the world's premier contests, including the US Open and the Olympics. Jake's interest in rally isn't new, yo… Read More |
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by: SurfSalad.com March 11, 2010
If you haven't heard of ERGO yet, I've got money saying you soon will. Founded in 2005, ERGO provides quality clothing to consumers with a lifestyle marked by originality and distinction. ERGO is also quite charitable. How many companies do you know that have donated $300K worth of clothing to Haiti? Based in New Jersey, E-R-G-O is here to S-T-A-Y. I recently caught up … Read More |
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TOTINO'S SPONSORS US OPEN OF SNOWBOARDING by: Shredstix.com March 11, 2010 Totino's today announced a partnership with Burton Snowboards as a sponsor of the 28th annual US Open Snowboarding Championships, happening March 15-21 in Stratton, VT.In addition to sponsoring the US Open, Totino's will present Burton's non-profit foundation, Chill, with a $5,000 donation and will also support their annual Pizza Party - an event dedicated to celebrating Chill's underserved … Read More |
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by: Shredstix.com March 08, 2010 This week saw Shaun White continue to soar into the as stratosphere, Ken Block serendipitously win another rally race, Peetu Piiroinen stand atop the podium and Taj Burrow outlast his Aussie counterparts to name a few.
Weekly 7 - March 8 Taj Burrow Wins Quik Pro Taj Burrow took on all the heavyweights including 2009 World Champ Mick Fan… Read More |
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TAJ BURROW WINS 2010 QUIKSILVER PRO GOLD COAST by: SurfSalad.com March 05, 2010 Perennial bridesmaid Taj Burrow claimed the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast over Jordy Smith in rippable two-to-three foot waves at Snapper Rocks.
The opening event of then 2010 ASP World Tour season, the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast started the year off with a bang, bringing the greatest assemblage of surfing talent in history to one of the most iconic pointbreaks in the world,… Read More |
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by: SurfSalad.com March 04, 2010 Introducing Street Beat, a new weekly feature on BNQT.com where we catch up with various action sports brands and see what's really going on. Rusty, established in 1984, has been on a tear lately making some incredible products and establishing several highly strategic collaborations. I caught up with Rusty North America President, Charlie Setzler, who was happy to fill me in … Read More |
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KEN BLOCK KNOWS HOW TO RALLY SUPPORT by: Shredstix.com March 04, 2010 (As Seen in USA Today) The second stop of the Rally America circuit concluded last weekend with action sports icon and entrepreneur, Ken Block along with co-driver Alex Gelsomino, claiming a fifth consecutive 100 Acre Wood Rally victory in Salem, MO. Block is the co-founder of DC Shoes, a $450 million dollar lifestyle, apparel and hardgoods brand (Quiksilver, Inc. - ZQK) that has traditi… Read More |
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SHOTWELL EPISODES - ALEX KLEIN by: Shredstix.com March 03, 2010 The boys from Say Mayday sent over these cool episodes featuring Alex Klein and his adventures. Here's their recap:
"Alex was a skateboarder for most of his life. It was good to him; he had legitimate sponsors, he was able to travel the world and meet new people everywhere he went. But by the time he turned 25, he felt the need to explore new avenues. With a natural … Read More |
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by: Shredstix.com March 01, 2010 Another round of our top seven happening's in the world of action sports here on BNQT.com. Pow shred, super agents and a near drowning are just a few of the gems to check out.
Weekly 7 - March 1, 2010
POV Nimbus - Mammoth Pow Snowfall has been intermittent throughout the season depending on where yo… Read More |
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SCOTTY LAGO ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE. by: Shredstix.com March 01, 2010 Scotty Lago appears on Jimmy Kimmel live the past Friday. A highly entertaining exchange discussing his Bronze medal mishap that we better know as the Scotty Lago Scandal, which saw the Seabrook, NY native forced to leave the Olympics early.
Segment 1: <object width="512" height="296"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/FMiIWc7ICNebEU7xqc5d5g"&g… Read More |
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JEREMY JONES - 60 DAYS TO SAVE OUR WINTER by: Shredstix.com February 25, 2010
(As seen in USA Today) - Beyond the athlete vignettes and gold medal glory of the Olympics, a major story from Vancouver is the warm weather and lack of snow. Not just an ironically timed anomaly, decreasing snowfall and above average temperatures have, in recent years, been a plague on winter resorts and the $6 billion dollar ski industry.
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SKIER CR JOHNSON KILLED IN SQUAW VALLEY ACCIDENT by: Abjectica February 25, 2010 Yesterday afternoon I received the unfortunate and saddening news that CR Johnson died earlier that morning while skiing at Squaw Valley after impacting rocks.
Much can be said; and in the few short hours since his passing much has already been said, about his enthusiasm for skiing and his positive outlook on life while battling through adversities. Early on in my involvement w… Read More |
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by: Shredstix.com February 23, 2010 Circe Wallace is a person we can all look up to -- athlete, agent, ambassador of action sports. As a young woman she pursued her passion for snowboarding and became pro, paving the way for an entire generation of female snowboarders. Not one to rest on her laurels, she soon applied her keen business sense to help top talent achieve success both on and off the hill, having represented som… Read More |
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KEVIN PEARCE ON NBC WITH TOM BROKAW by: Shredstix.com February 23, 2010 Kevin Pearce appeared on NBC's Primetime with Tom Brokaw on Monday, February 22, giving us our first real insight into his current condition and prognosis for a full recovery. An emotional vignette, Brokaw met with Kevin' parents and brothers and showed us the first images of a still recovering KP. Still in Colorado at a special hospital for Traumatic Brain Injury patients, Pearce has be… Read More |
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by: Shredstix.com February 21, 2010 With all the Olympic hullabaloo going on you might think the rest of the action sports world was at a stand still. Not so. Mavs went off, Dyrdek talked and another way cooler snowboarding contest happened this side of the border. Check it. Weekly 7 - Feb 22, 2010
Scotty Lago Scandal - By now we're all aware of the Scotty Lago… Read More |
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BRETT SIMPSON ASP SEND OFF IN HB by: Shredstix.com February 20, 2010
Surf City's highest-ranked professional surfer, Brett Simpson, received a proper send-off Friday evening as he embarked on his rookie year on the elite ASP World Tour. Just hours before he headed to the airport, Simpson attended the Go Brett Send-Off Party at Huntington Surf-N-Sport, where hundreds of friends, family and well-wishers showed their support. This is a dream come true,… Read More |
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ON THE SCENE: WOMEN'S OLYMPIC HALFPIPE FINALS by: Shredstix.com February 19, 2010 Some 22 hours after Shaun White claimed gold, the 12 finalists in the women's edition began dropping in - and falling left and right. Whether it was fatigue, deteriorating conditions, or some inevitable cosmic letdown after the men's comp high (am I the only one who thinks it'd be more exciting to run the women before the men?), the girls struggled to stay upright. The lack of a dominant first-… Read More |
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WHITE, LAGO TAKE GOLD AND BRONZE by: Shredstix.com February 17, 2010
In an amazing showing Shaun White and Scotty Lago took Gold and Bronze respectively with Peetu Pirroinen from Finland finishing with the Silver.
Vito finished a respectable 5th just behind a strong 4th place performance by Ipod.
Big ups to Shaun for winning after his first run, then upping the ante on his second run victory lap with a Double M… Read More |
