Group Y recently held their third industry panel discussion at Oakley HQ in Irvine . Having wisely made the decision to seize the opportunity and attend, I came away from the event very impressed. They without a doubt know the keys to our hearts, as anytime you combine Wahoo’s, an open-bar, with 100 [...]
A look over to the right of your screen is evidence enough that we have been neglectful of one thing… We haven’t been as up to date with the Skateboarding category as we would like to be. This is why it gives me great pleasure to welcome one of the most passionate skateboarders [...]
Do you remember the days when you would stroll down to your local skateshop to get some goods and just chill out? Remember meeting up with your friends, watching skate videos, or just hanging out and talking with the shop owner about the latest skateboard news? Chances are you do and if you are like [...]
After recently posting the “Talk Radio in Action Sports” article I was soon made aware that I violated one of the rules taught to me by my mother many years ago- Never use words lightly. In the post, I used the phrase “With the first and only talk-radio program in the world that is [...]
I’ll be attending the group Y Gathering and Panel Discussion up at Oakley Headquarters in Foothill Ranch tonight. The topic, “Branding in Action Sports: Keeping Brands Relevant In Rapidly Changing Environments,” followed up with an all-star line-up of guests has me super excited and ready to bravely take on the infamous Southern California traffic [...]
These last two weeks have given me another opportunity to help a landlocked visitor from Utah try his hand at surfing. I’ve been lucky enough to become friends with an ‘all-time’ group of guys from that part of the country who are for the most part are stoked on the chance to get in [...]
As I watched Tiger Woods pull off yet another amazing victory on the PGA Tour yesterday, I started thinking about what the tournaments are like when he isn’t playing. There are still great players playing great golf, but it just isn’t the same and everyone knows it. As Tiger is to golf, Kelly [...]
The more things change the more they stay the same…As the 2008 ASP Tour moves from Snapper Rocks to Bells Beach there is an all too familiar name atop the standings. With the much of the build-up to the Quiksilver Pro heavily centered around so many others, Kelly Slater decided to remind us that [...]
Red Bull continues to impress by putting on some of the most creative events that take place on the cold-slippery stuff. This time it’s with their Red Bull Gap Sessions, which again, is more than your average run-of-the-mill contest. This contest isn’t entirely new though, it first took place in ‘06 and was supposed to [...]
Stand-up Paddleboarding has now established itself as a mainstay within the surfing community, and I have personally placed it firmly atop my list of ‘things to attempt’ by years end. A cousin of mine recently returned from a visit to Oahu, where he was able to take advantage of the late-season swells, as well [...]
