Saturday, December 12th, 2009
So you weren't able to see the Eddie live? Well, check out a bunch of photos from the event...
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
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Greg Long has won the 25th edition of the world-famous Eddie -- the Hawaiian big wave contest named after Eddie Aikau. The contest was held Tuesday for the first time since Dec. 15, 2004, when Bruce Irons won the contest.
Kelly Slater, who won the ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Here’s a chance for you posers to get out of POSERVILLE and strut your stuff for the entire world to see. Isn’t it time for you to live the life of a sponsored skater? It’s difficult when you live out in the middle of butt Egypt to get your name ...
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
While the female only slopestyle and superpipe competition known as the ROXY CHICKEN JAM takes place March 27-29 at Mammoth Mountain Resort in California, QUIKSILVER has decided to have a competition of its own just for the men - called the Quiksilver Cluck Off. The invitation-only half pipe competition will take place Saturday, March 28 ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
Now that The Battle At the Berrics is over, what would we be paying attention to when it comes to S.K.A.T.E? Well for people like me who don’t skate because we’re too busy blading, we pay attention to QUIKSILVER’S Race To S.K.A.T.E contest where you the Joe Shmo can not ...
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Maybe my praise for the Battle At The Berrics S.K.A.T.E. contest was a bit premature. Wow, now I feel stupid. After going on and on about the Berrics, Quiksilver now comes out with their own new developed twist on the game of S.K.A.T.E. I didn’t think that such a simple ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
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As the six text messages (and counting) to my cell phone today reminded me, the holding period for the 2008 Eddie has closed (Technically it closed on Feb. 28). The Eddie (aka The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau) is the world's preeminent ...
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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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