11.23.2011

Skullcandy files lawsuit

November 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "...the Park City-based headphone, accessories, and clothing manufacturer Skullcandy filed a complaint against Skelanimals -- a music-related accessories and apparel brand -- in the Utah District of federal court in Salt Lake City for trademark infringement."

10.31.2011

Deadliest Catch star collaborates with DVS

October 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "Anderson chose to design the Torey Mid, personalizing the model already in the DVS collection for team rider (and Grizzly Griptape creator) Torey Pudwill."

10.28.2011

Slater's Bells board at Smithsonian

October 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "Kelly Slater's mainstream reach now extends to Washington, D.C., to the collection of artifacts at the National Museum of American History."

New books chronicle surfing's history

October 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "Two new books have set to expand the record of surfing's history, examining topics that have drawn attention to surfing and attributed to its growth: big waves and wetsuits."

9.27.2011

The Goodwin Project

September 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "Aamion Goodwin is in Jerusalem and out of his element. But that's the whole point. Goodwin is two months into filming "The Goodwin Project," a documentary of his 13-month long surfing journey across the planet with his wife Daize and their two young children..."

8.12.2011

Music lineup for Quik Pro New York

August 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "...when the Quiksilver Pro New York hits Long Beach next month (Sept. 1-15), event organizers are taking measures to make sure spectators stay busy."

7.26.2011

ASP announces 2012 Volcom Fiji Pro

July 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "The ASP said in a statement that Fiji would host the Volcom Pro through 2014, "with the potential for further extension from the current three-year license agreement."

7.25.2011

Padres to host Tony Hawk night

July 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "The crew running THF has seen over 400 skateparks open in low-income neighborhoods across the country, including in Atlanta, GA, last month."

7.13.2011

How Incubus Spent Its (Four-Year) Summer Vacation

July 2011
Esquire.com

Excerpt: "The world's most popular standard-issue rock band on growing up into a group with legitimately exciting potential. Thanks, at least in part, to Harvard."

6.22.2011

N.H.L. Tries to Give Back the Water

June 2011
Green Blog
The New York Times

Excerpt: "The N.H.L. calculated that a seven-game playoff series consumes roughly 800,000 gallons of water, from resurfacing the ice, to concessions, to flushing toilets."

Slater to unlock Surf City

June 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "On Tuesday, 10-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater will add to his collection of city keys. "

6.20.2011

Eye of the Condor coming to La Parva

June 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "The Eye Of The Condor (EOC) invites photographers, videographers and skiers from several brands to compete to produce the best still and moving imagery from certain runs within the resort this summer."

6.02.2011

Cristobal de Col wins 2011 ISA's

June 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "Competitive success is not new to de Col, who claimed his first international title in 2006 as the World Champion of the under-14 division at the Rip Curl Grom Search in Bali, Indonesia."

5.12.2011

Garcia issued arrest warrant

May 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "The Queensland, Australia, police issued former world champion surfer Sunny Garcia a warrant for his arrest last week, following the February 19 physical altercation between Garcia, World Tour surfer Jeremy Flores and a local surfer named Adam Clarke on Australia's Gold Coast."

5.06.2011

Parsons signs on as coach for Andino

May 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "Long-time competitive and big-wave surfer and contest director Mike "Snips" Parsons recently left his post as Special Projects and Athlete Manager at Billabong after 10 years to become the 17-year-old super-grom's full-time coach."

4.30.2011

TGR launches new production studio

April 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "TGR intends to use content from the Studios to expand its web presence, adding blog posts, video clips and coverage of ongoing projects in real time."

4.25.2011

Atlantic Surfing Federation debuts

April 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "...the ASF needs to cement firm contest details, and they need Surfing America's approval. So far, it has neither."

4.07.2011

Surf Hall of Fame adds more inductees

April 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "Anderson began shaping in 1972. Yet his tri-fin design was met with skepticism at first. But Anderson's competitive results muzzled his critics."

4.05.2011

Volcom sues Roc Nation

April 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "On March 29, action sports apparel giant Volcom filed a civil suit against Roc Nation, the management company of artist and entertainer Jay Z, for trademark infringement and unfair competition involving Volcom's long-held stone mark design."

Dew Tour adds new events for summer

March 2011
ESPN Action Sports

Excerpt: "Skate bowl contests have been added to the dockets at Ocean City and Portland, and FMX will be key events in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas."