Archive for September, 2008

Toy Machine Halloween Signing

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

I can feel that Halloween is right around the corner.  The crisp Fall air is almost intoxicating.  What am I talking about?  I don’t know about you but it’s hot as hell outside for me in Los Angeles.  Yesterday it was about 93 degrees in the Valley.  Yes, 93.  And ...

Foot Locker To Buy CCS For $102 Million

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

I’m kind of torn about this.  I’m not exactly sure how I feel.  When you take for instance the global monster that is Foot Locker and you take into account that their latest addition might be CCS, one of the biggest if not the biggest skateboard catalog in the “sport’s” ...

Artificial South Bay Reef Coming Out

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

I’m so into the idea of playing God when it comes to nature and its functions.  When I was little, used to do all sorts of what I thought back then as “Radical” experiments.  I don’t mean radical like Mario Lopez’s hair in “Saved By The Bell”, but radical meaning ...

BMX Competition to Haunt Rochester, NY

Monday, September 29th, 2008

  The residents of Rochester, NY will have to look out for more than ghouls, goblins and pedophiles in the streets this Halloween because on October 25th, more than 30 of the best BMX riders in the country will gather at the Rochester Main Street Armory for a contest that will be ...

Chelsea Hedges Returns to Surfing

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Former ASP World Champ Chelsea Hedges has missed several months of surfing this season, but there's a good reason.  The 25 year-old Aussie gave birth to her first child, daughter Mieka, four months ago and took a much-needed break from competition. Hedges finished seventh on the Women's World Tour in '07 ...

Jeremy Stenberg Repeats at LG World Championships of FMX

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg has repeated as champion at the 6th annual LG World Championships of Freestyle Motocross in Pomona, CA.  Twitch pulled off the win by edging Beau Bamberg and Adam Jones in the final round. Stenberg's win was impressive given the lingering injuries he's battled this season, but it did ...

Torah Bright’s Favorite Things

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Roxy Girl Torah Bright was featured in the UK's Guardian talking about some of her favorite things. Among the nuggets: - Her favorite place to snowboard is St. Moritz in Switzerland. But her home country of Australia is close behind. - She actually loves skiing, too.  "It's a nice break from snowboarding." - ...

2008 NORA Cup Results

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Yes, we do suck because the NORA Cup awards were handed out last Wednesday in Las Vegas during Interbike and we're only now getting around to posting it. Sounds like it was a huge party and it was nice to see that Stephen Murray made an appearance, handing out Dirt Jumper ...

Deanna Templeton Photo Exhibit

Friday, September 26th, 2008

  As I have said in the Nikita Photo Shoot posting, I think it’s important to get smart and awesome women onto the front pages of the media because the young girls of this country is in need of some real role models.  Well I’ve always been a fan of Ed ...

Nikita Photo Shoot Contest Winners

Friday, September 26th, 2008

In a time when female leaders in this country are far and few between, especially in the mainstream media, I think it’s time to boost the morale of our “sistas” and highlight those who are actually doing something positive.  Instead of listening to preposterous statements like, “I can see Russia ...