Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
If you think that skateboarding with their Tony Hawk GUITAR HERO commercials and their Ryan Sheckler PANASONIC spots are ruling the television airwaves with these endorsements, you might be right. But snowboarders like the Flying Tomato; Shaun White’s TARGET commercials are pretty epic as well. Plus those commercials show the ...
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
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Shaun White closed out Winter X Games 13 Sunday by capturing his second-straight gold medal in the Men's SuperPipe -- the first person ever to accomplish the feat.
The winning run came on White's last as then-frontrunner Kevin Pearce watched. ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Unlike a decade ago, the amount of skateboarding talent out there in the world today is amazing. No knock to the 90’s but there were probably only about one or two really great skaters back then. An amateur today can definitely out skate most of the pros back then. The ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Shaun White's grabbed his latest magazine cover. On his living room wall next to the framed copies of Rolling Stone, Nylon, Men's Journal and those two SI's he can put up the latest issue of... Fast Company?
Fast Company? Yes, the signature magazine of the dotcom boom (and bust) is still ...
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
U.S.A! U.S.A! Today was a great day for our nation. I’m not talking to you people outside the U.S of course. An American pilot safely landed a U.S. Airways airplane carrying 150 passengers to safety over the Hudson River in NYC (down with birds!) Two American snowboarders were placed at ...
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
There are some great films premiering at this week’s X-Dance in Salt Lake City, Utah. Don’t let the name fool you, X-Dance is a film festival for movies related to Extreme Sports. I know, I thought it was a new form of DANCING too. But luckily its not.
Right after the ...
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Shaun White took the men's Superpipe contest at the second Winter Dew Tour stop at Mount Snow, VT Sunday. White scored a 96.25 thanks to run that included back-to-back 1080s. Following White on the podium was Steve Fisher with a 92.75 and Kevin Pearce with a 90.00.
Kelly Clark took the ...
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
The second stop of the Winter Dew Tour is well underway at Mount Snow in Vermont. Saturday's action included the slopestyle finals for both men and women. Jamie Anderson took the women's title, followed by Spencer O'Brien.
Meanwhile, for the guys Torstein Horgmo took the crown, with Shaun White a close ...
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
You don’t know who LV is? Well besides getting a life, why don’t you get yourself a fashionista book and drop yourself some knowledge biatch! We’re not talking some low end Shaun White Target clothing made in Laos with graphics drawn up by a 5 year old; I’m talking of ...
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
As you probably already know, those who partake in extreme sport activity are known for their versatility and being resourceful. Extreme athletes are modern day renaissance men/women. You look at the likes of Paul Rodriguez. He skates amazingly first and foremost, he’s a good businessman, and he acts. Luke Howell ...
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