Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Everyone loves the 80’s. Who doesn’t love that decade? The music was awfully awesome, the films were carefree and light, and the style. You can’t beat the style. Everything from the JHERI CURL to the PANTS was fresh and that decade can never be duplicated again. Even people who weren’t ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
China has recently experienced the major excesses of life due to their blossoming economy. They are a good example of how communism can work in a capitalist world with a bit of slavery sprinkled in HERE and THERE. Kidding. Just a few years ago, you would never see a Ferrari ...
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
There's probably no thing more useless than speculating whether Kelly Slater will be there when the ASP World Tour kicks off its 2009 tour next February at Australia's Gold Coast. After all, it was a shot in the dark figuring out whether he would show up at this year's events, ...
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Kelly Slater knows something about timing. The world's best surfer secured his record ninth world title last month and also celebrated the release of a new book, "For The Love," about his life and love (of surfing). The 192-page book features 200 photos and was written by Slater and Phil ...
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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
The most-respected big wave surf contest in the world has announced its invitees for the 2008/09 edition. The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau (it used to have "Big Wave Invitational" in there, too) has a holding period between Dec. 1 and Feb 29, 2009 and requires a minimum of ...
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
In 2005, Quiksilver bought French ski/snow company Rossignol for $560 million. Now it's going to sell for $52 million. You can probably do the math, but that's a depreciation of $510 million.
No one is probably happier about this than former Rossignol chief executive Bruno Cercley, who now heads Chartreuse & ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Kelly Slater has done it again. Two years after securing his record eighth world title at the Billabong Pro in Mundaka, the 36 year-old surfing legend won his ninth world title in the same location after making his Round Four appearance. Slater was knocked out in the fourth round but ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Yo bros and babes! You presence was like totally missed at this passed weekend’s “All 80’s Day” street and vert contest hosted by the totally badical Quiksilver Skate Team. The contest was held in the land of Gnarlia, a.k.a. Huntington Beach! Brocious!!! So I gathered all my gear and went ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Just when it looked like skateboarding was kind of catching up with snowboarding as far as production value, this comes out. It’s not even a snowboard movie; it’s a snowboard epic film. This film features the likes of , in some of the most beautifully shot sequences I’ve ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
For the second year in a row, Great Dane Rune Glifberg reigned victorious at the Quiksilver Bowlriders competition in Malmo, Sweden. With this event and after just winning the 4th Annual Vans Pool Party a few weeks ago, it looks like Rune is going nowhere. So watch out ...
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