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NSSA September Surfer of the Month: Parker Coffin

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:25:57 +0000

Parker Coffin Parker Coffin Age: 14 Residence: Santa Barbara, CA School: Olive Grove Charter School Sponsors: Volcom, Aerial 7, Spy, Channel Islands, Sex Wax, Creatures of Leisure, and Premiere surf training It’s only half way through 2010 and the youngest Coffin brother has already dialed in two—count ‘em two!—Surfer of the Month accolades. His second [...]

Billabong Ante Up Kicks Off The 2010-11 TTR Tour This Weekend

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:20:05 +0000

The first 5Star TTR World Tour men’s event is about to go down in Whistler, BC, Canada this Saturday, June 26. The Billabong Ante Up will be taking place in the Camp of Campions terrain park with a Big Air event. This event gets the show on the road for the rest of the season [...]

Day 43 – By bike and train over San Juans

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:16:29 +0000

Syndicated from Biking Bis – Bicycle Touring and More DURANGO, COLO. – I can’t imagine a better day bicycling, even though it did include several hours on a narrow gauge railroad.The climb up Red Mountain Pass is a monster. It’s a 13-mile ride from Ouray and rises from 7,706-foot elevation to 11,018 feet. It took us 3 [...]

NorCal MTB Racing This Weekend: June 24-27, 2010

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:16:27 +0000

Syndicated from NorCal Mountain Bike Racing For those of you making your weekend plans, here is quick rundown of this weekend’s MTB racing schedule for NoCal (Why is everything in Tahoe this weekend ?): Reno Wheelmen Twilight MTB Series (06/24/10 – TONIGHT) TBF Friday Night MTB Series (06/25/10 Friday Night) So Cal Mtn. Stage Race [...]

NSSA August Surfer of the Month: Cole Richards

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:10:12 +0000

Cole Richards Cole Richards Age: 18 Residence: Garden City, South Carolina School: St. James High School Sponsors: Billabong, Perfection Surfboards, Village Surf Shop, Freak Traction, Gravis Footwear, Odyssey Eyewear, Future Fins, Rockstar energy drink When the clock ticks down, and all eyes are on you, the true champions step forward. Not everyone can rise to [...]

Touring/splitty themed art – David Marlaire

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:08:18 +0000

Saw this over on TGR, had to post it up here. David Marlaire is a splitboarder and a damn fine artist, expressing his love of the outdoors through his art. His bright, vibrant colors instantly made me think of Jaime Lynn’s art (think: a good chunk of Lib base graphics over the past 15 [...]

Ride With Brian Grubb at the Carlsbad Lagoon! Free!

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:07:53 +0000

Have you ever wanted a chance to wakeskate with a professional wakeskater? Well nows your chance to ride with one of the originators of the sport, Hyperlite team rider Brian Grubb. He will be out at the Carlsbad Lagoon Tuesday June 29th hanging out, and giving some instructions, and possibly a demo ride from the [...]

Vans OTW Launch Philly

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:01:36 +0000

The Left Over Milk provides us with some coverage of the recent Vans OTW launch in Philly. The event took place at popular retailer UBIQ, with appearances by Eric Elms, Dimitri Coste, and The Blackouts (Ako and Atiba Jefferson), all key members of the OTW initiative. Following recent OTW launches, the event looked like yet [...]

Green Overdrive: Riding Brammo’s Electric Motorcycle

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:00:34 +0000

On this week’s episode of GigaOM TV’s video show Green Overdrive (where if it’s green we drive it), I take Brammo’s all-electric motorcycle the Enertia out for a spin. It’s so much fun to drive, and I did my best impression of Top Gun as I rode around the base and past the (fake) jet [...]

NSSA July Surfer of the Month: Tanner Hendrickson

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:59:15 +0000

Tanner Hendrickson Tanner Hendrickson Age: 17 Residence: Paia, Maui, Hawaii School: Elite Element Academy Sponsors: Fox, Xanadu Surfboards, Dakine All sports have their sweeps. One team so completely dominates their opponent that they win all the games in a series, and a fifth (or sixth or seventh) game never crosses anyone’s mind (we’re talking Lakers [...]