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Nike Workers Discuss NW Surf Scene [Link: Sissyfish]
Former Skatepark Owner Gets 10 Years Wayne Lee Cummings, 31, the former owner of Showcase Skate Park in Rogers, Minnesota was sentenced to 117 months in prison for “soliciting kids for sex,” according to a story in the StarTribune. Cummings. . . was found guilty on three felony counts of soliciting a child to engage in sexual conduct and communication of sexually [...]
Mike V Arrested For Fight At Hockey Game Mike Vallely was arrested and cited for “fighting in public” while at a Ducks hockey game at the Honda Center on Thursday night, and then today The Ducks officially severed promotional ties with the former pro skater, according to a story in the OC Register. The incident occurred during the ‘three stars of the game’ presentation [...]
We All Scream For Hannah Teter Lick it up, lick it up. . . Yes, Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter now has her own Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream flavor and it’s call Blonde Ambition Maple Blondie. The first flavor created for an athlete, Maple Blondie is a rich and creamy maple ice cream with blonde brownie pieces and a smooth maple [...]
Zumiez Net Sales Up .8% For Q3 Up anything is a good thing, right? While not even up 1 percent, it was good to see Zumiez up something for Q3. Here are some details from CNNMoney.com. Total net sales for the third quarter (13 weeks) ended October 31, 2009 increased 0.8% to $113.2 million from $112.2 million reported in the third quarter (13 [...]
Sucked Into The Snowtunnel We’re not even going to guess where this thing came from, but The Snowtunnel is described as follows: The Snowtunnel is a patented design that allows snowboarders/skiers the opportunity to ski all year round. Unlike other artificial environments, The Snowtunnel uses real snow and can be run at a fraction of the cost of larger refridgerated [...]
Neff Plugs In To Knitted Electronics It’s not that we have low expectations from Neff, because that’s not it. We just always thought of them as a beanie and t-shirt company, yet, they continue to come up with stuff that seriously looks cool. Like these knitted headphones. We’re not going to wear them, but there is no doubt that they are [...]
New Oderus Urungus Pro Model GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus (a.k.a. Dave Brockie) is apparently a hardcore shred who, like all of us, wanted a pro model. It appears that Sined Snowboards has given him one according to a post on the oderus.com website: That’s right, own a piece of rock and roll history with the very special limited edition (only [...]
SIA’s Misleading Press Release A press release sent out yesterday titled 86 Companies Will Make Their Debut At The Snow Show by SIA talks about how many new companies are involved in the Denver show and SIA President David Ingemie is ecstatic. “New companies take risks and provide the retailers with fresh ideas and excitement – they shake it up [...]
Surfer Drowns At Rockaway Beach Alessandro Barreto, 36, an inexperienced surfer, from Richmond Hill, New York died last Thursday (Thursday, November 12, 2009) after being held under while attempting to surf at Rockaway Beach, according to a story on YourNabe.com. “He was under water about four or five minutes,” said Rockaway resident Dave Monastersky. “He was under a long time.”. . [...]

Nike Workers Discuss NW Surf Scene
[Link: Sissyfish]

Former Skatepark Owner Gets 10 Years
Wayne Lee Cummings, 31, the former owner of Showcase Skate Park in Rogers, Minnesota was sentenced to 117 months in prison for “soliciting kids for sex,” according to a story in the StarTribune. Cummings. . . was found guilty on three felony counts of soliciting a child to engage in sexual conduct and communication of sexually [...]

Mike V Arrested For Fight At Hockey Game
Mike Vallely was arrested and cited for “fighting in public” while at a Ducks hockey game at the Honda Center on Thursday night, and then today The Ducks officially severed promotional ties with the former pro skater, according to a story in the OC Register. The incident occurred during the ‘three stars of the game’ presentation [...]

We All Scream For Hannah Teter
Lick it up, lick it up. . . Yes, Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter now has her own Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream flavor and it’s call Blonde Ambition Maple Blondie. The first flavor created for an athlete, Maple Blondie is a rich and creamy maple ice cream with blonde brownie pieces and a smooth maple [...]

Zumiez Net Sales Up .8% For Q3
Up anything is a good thing, right? While not even up 1 percent, it was good to see Zumiez up something for Q3. Here are some details from CNNMoney.com. Total net sales for the third quarter (13 weeks) ended October 31, 2009 increased 0.8% to $113.2 million from $112.2 million reported in the third quarter (13 [...]

Sucked Into The Snowtunnel
We’re not even going to guess where this thing came from, but The Snowtunnel is described as follows: The Snowtunnel is a patented design that allows snowboarders/skiers the opportunity to ski all year round. Unlike other artificial environments, The Snowtunnel uses real snow and can be run at a fraction of the cost of larger refridgerated [...]

Neff Plugs In To Knitted Electronics
It’s not that we have low expectations from Neff, because that’s not it. We just always thought of them as a beanie and t-shirt company, yet, they continue to come up with stuff that seriously looks cool. Like these knitted headphones. We’re not going to wear them, but there is no doubt that they are [...]

New Oderus Urungus Pro Model
GWAR lead singer Oderus Urungus (a.k.a. Dave Brockie) is apparently a hardcore shred who, like all of us, wanted a pro model. It appears that Sined Snowboards has given him one according to a post on the oderus.com website: That’s right, own a piece of rock and roll history with the very special limited edition (only [...]

SIA’s Misleading Press Release
A press release sent out yesterday titled 86 Companies Will Make Their Debut At The Snow Show by SIA talks about how many new companies are involved in the Denver show and SIA President David Ingemie is ecstatic. “New companies take risks and provide the retailers with fresh ideas and excitement – they shake it up [...]

Surfer Drowns At Rockaway Beach
Alessandro Barreto, 36, an inexperienced surfer, from Richmond Hill, New York died last Thursday (Thursday, November 12, 2009) after being held under while attempting to surf at Rockaway Beach, according to a story on YourNabe.com. “He was under water about four or five minutes,” said Rockaway resident Dave Monastersky. “He was under a long time.”. . [...]