Save Trestles Hearing Del Mar Fairgrounds September 22

If you've ever surfed Trestles or just care about clean water, get your ass out to the Del Mar Fairgrounds on Monday September 22nd, 2008 to voice your opinion that we don't want a toll road built right in the middle of the state park which is home to Trestles. I don't know all the legal specifics, so I'll leave that up to the Surfrider Foundation. Check out the Save Trestles page, by clicking on the link below:

www.surfrider.org/savetrestles

ASR Bikini Models

In the spirit of the ASR show, here is a video I found on Youtube.

Matuse Wetsuit Review

I've been debating buying a Matuse wetsuit and found this video which talks about some of the suits. It's a little bit salesy, but kinda interesting. Anyone else have any experience with these suits?

Miami Kitesurfing Accident

Crazy video of this kitesurfer trying to kitesurf in a tropical storm. Brutal...

Shaun White Video Interview

Coo little interview I found with Shaun White.

Tanner Gudauskas Wins U.S. Open Juniors 2008

San Clemente local Tanner Gudauskas took the U.S. Open Juniors this year in Huntington. Nice little interview I found from the event.

Is Ryan Sheckler Selling Out?

Is Sheckler a sell-out? Checkout an article I found about him the other day. Interesting.

While preparing for the Skate Park finals Ryan Sheckler took some time out to answer some questions regarding a recent ESPN interview where they made the claim that the young skater was "happy selling out".

Sheckler was understandably unhappy with the comment.

“They said something in the ESPN interview that I was comfortable with selling out which is completely not what I said.  It is not selling out.  I haven’t sold out.  People say what they want to say, but in my eyes I have taken my skateboard career and gone on a different path,” Sheckler said. “It might not be the same path as some of these core skateboarders that think that their path is the right way.  There is no right path in skateboarding.  I want to do something different.  I love this.  I love the fans.  My life is crazy as it is and this fits right in the puzzle piece.”

Asked about his MTV reality show Sheckler said: "My life changed a lot (after the debut of the TV show).  I didn’t really think it would change that much.  The core fans are still there, but I definitely have a new following of TV fans.  It is an uncontrollable monster.  It can go either good for you or bad for you and turn in a snap.  You have to make sure you keep everyone happy too, which is hard.  I am a skateboarder.  I have an extraordinary gift and that is what I love.”

“I have walked around and people would recognize me before that show.  Now, obviously, people are like ‘Look at Sheckler.  Look at Sheckler.  What a punk.’  There is a lot of jealousy.  There are so many jealous people now.  That is the biggest thing I’ve dealt with.  There are just haters.  More jealous people than I ever thought existed.  There are so many people that speak badly about me, but that is okay because they are still talking about me.  That is my plan, whether it is good or not good.  There are people that will say I am not cool, but other people correct them and say ‘No, I’ve met him.  He’s cool.’  It is funny to see.  It motivates me so much.  It just makes me want to skate.  All I want to do when I wake up is skate.  That has been the same thing since I was four years old.”

Shark kills US surfer at Mexico beach

2 attacks in one week on the West coast. I guess it's just bad luck (but first in 50 years and first in 30 years sounds strange).

Shark Kills US Surfer at Mexico Beach

Surfing Tips: How to Duck Dive

Cool little video explaining how to duck dive.

Duck Diving How To Video

Vans Cup at Northstar in Lake Tahoe

The 4th annual Vans Cup starts today at Northstar in Lake Tahoe. If you are in Norcal, get up there to see some sick riding.

Vans Cup at Tahoe Brings the World's Best Snowboarders to
Northstar-at-Tahoe™ Resrot February 29 - March 2

Andreas Wiig, Danny Kass and Hana Beaman Among the Stars to Compete with $200,000 at stake for West Coast’s Biggest Snowboard Contest

The 4th Annual Vans Cup at Tahoe comes to Northstar-at-Tahoe™  Resort February 29 - March 2 with a field including nearly all of snowboarding’s brightest stars: former Olympians Danny Kass, Mason Aguirre, Ross Powers and J.J. Thomas, plus other greats including Todd Richards, AndreasWiig, Chad Otterstrom, Andy Finch, Leanne Pelosi and Hana Beaman.  While the weekend is considered the most important professional snowboarding competition on the West Coast with a total prize purse of more than $200,000, each year the snowboard world descends upon Northstar-at-Tahoe for the great snow and laid back atmosphere that Vans serves up. 

For more, go to Vans.com

Quiksilver Pro Duranbah Beach

Mick Fanning is back at it again this year, though K Slate is looking tough too. Gonna be a sick WCT tour this year.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/sport/fanning-fires-slater-still-thrills/2008/02/23/1203467448140.html