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Hollywood Sepkovic’s Monster Lawsuit Scott “Hollywood” Sepkovic, the man many credit with transforming Hansen’s Monster from an energy drink into and international brand, has filed a “multi-million dollar lawsuit against the company” according to press release sent out today. In the lawsuit, Crown AMG alleges that Monster unlawfully interfered with Crown AMG’s business by, among other things, filing lawsuits against [...]
Ed Templeton: Naked At The Comp emerica posted a great interview with artist and skateboarder Ed Templeton. We felt a certain skinship with the Toy Machiner when he mentioned that some days he just gets out of bed, walks over to his computer naked and spends the rest of the day working without ever putting his clothes on. There were a few [...]
So Exactly Who Is J.O.B.? G-stringed ass lover? Poet? World’s best surfer? Enigma? Hawai’ian Idol to the sycophant Twitterer Charlie Smith? Rule breaker? The mind-bendingly amazing teaser up on Surfline.com suggests Jamie O’Brien may be all of this and more. Let’s just say we’re looking forward to seeing the final product, when ever it is released. [Link: Surfline.com]
Sal Raises $80,000 For Stoked Mentoring Our favorite E Television announcer Sal Masekela may not have kicked Diddy’s hiney (or bettered Oprah’s 1994 time of 4:29:20), but he did finish all 26.2 miles of the New York City Marathon and in so doing ended up raising $80,000 for Stoked Mentoring, according to a story on UsMagazine.com. “One hundred percent of the money [...]
Vans Opens In Ala Moana Store If you’re going to have to attend a function in a mall–a function that includes appearances by Christian Hosoi, Reef Mcintosh, Kalani Chapman, Kiaborg, Ray Barbee, and the Matson 3 (and those are some good reasons to get tricked into going to the mall)–it might as well be Oahu’s Ala Moana Mall, right? It’s all [...]
Quiksilver’s 125 Reoganization Casualties Big day behind the behind the velcro curtain. According to a Josh Hunter story on Transworld Business, Quiksilver has laid off 125 employees and eliminated 75 positions in the Americas region. “We’ve reported to investors over the past couple of quarters that we’d be making expense reductions of between 40–60 million dollars from a combination of [...]
To Lurk Or Die In LA Party with HUF tonight November 5, 2009 at LA’s Kibbitz Room and celebrate the release of the Huf x Nike Blazer SB. Some people apparently get pretty excited about new Nike shoes. Live performances by Hanni El Khatib and more importantly free PBR. Doors open at 8. Kibbitz Room (at Cantor’s), 419 Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles [...]
The Making of Neverland Episode 1 Go behind the scene of the making of Absinthe Films Neverland and watch them work. Justin Hostnyk, Shane, and the boys start gettin’ ‘er done. Truth is, we still haven’t seen the movie. The good news is that we can all download it on the iTunes store right here, or for those still on the [...]
Shaun White On Conan O’Brien Apparently Probably not even worth mentioning, however, aside from Mad Men we don’t watch any TV anymore. That’s why we miss compelling shows like The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and guests like Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White. Click here for part 2. [Link: Hulu via The Ski Channel]
Transworld Media Promotes Rob Campbell Transworld Media has announced that Rob Campbell has been promoted to the position of Editorial Director at the company, according to a post on TransWorld Business. In his new position, Campbell will oversee all six TransWorld titles, including SKATEboarding, SNOWboarding, SURF, Motocross, Ride BMX, and Business. He will also direct content strategy and partnerships across all [...]

Hollywood Sepkovic’s Monster Lawsuit
Scott “Hollywood” Sepkovic, the man many credit with transforming Hansen’s Monster from an energy drink into and international brand, has filed a “multi-million dollar lawsuit against the company” according to press release sent out today. In the lawsuit, Crown AMG alleges that Monster unlawfully interfered with Crown AMG’s business by, among other things, filing lawsuits against [...]

Ed Templeton: Naked At The Comp
emerica posted a great interview with artist and skateboarder Ed Templeton. We felt a certain skinship with the Toy Machiner when he mentioned that some days he just gets out of bed, walks over to his computer naked and spends the rest of the day working without ever putting his clothes on. There were a few [...]

So Exactly Who Is J.O.B.?
G-stringed ass lover? Poet? World’s best surfer? Enigma? Hawai’ian Idol to the sycophant Twitterer Charlie Smith? Rule breaker? The mind-bendingly amazing teaser up on Surfline.com suggests Jamie O’Brien may be all of this and more. Let’s just say we’re looking forward to seeing the final product, when ever it is released. [Link: Surfline.com]

Sal Raises $80,000 For Stoked Mentoring
Our favorite E Television announcer Sal Masekela may not have kicked Diddy’s hiney (or bettered Oprah’s 1994 time of 4:29:20), but he did finish all 26.2 miles of the New York City Marathon and in so doing ended up raising $80,000 for Stoked Mentoring, according to a story on UsMagazine.com. “One hundred percent of the money [...]

Vans Opens In Ala Moana Store
If you’re going to have to attend a function in a mall–a function that includes appearances by Christian Hosoi, Reef Mcintosh, Kalani Chapman, Kiaborg, Ray Barbee, and the Matson 3 (and those are some good reasons to get tricked into going to the mall)–it might as well be Oahu’s Ala Moana Mall, right? It’s all [...]

Quiksilver’s 125 Reoganization Casualties
Big day behind the behind the velcro curtain. According to a Josh Hunter story on Transworld Business, Quiksilver has laid off 125 employees and eliminated 75 positions in the Americas region. “We’ve reported to investors over the past couple of quarters that we’d be making expense reductions of between 40–60 million dollars from a combination of [...]

To Lurk Or Die In LA
Party with HUF tonight November 5, 2009 at LA’s Kibbitz Room and celebrate the release of the Huf x Nike Blazer SB. Some people apparently get pretty excited about new Nike shoes. Live performances by Hanni El Khatib and more importantly free PBR. Doors open at 8. Kibbitz Room (at Cantor’s), 419 Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles [...]

The Making of Neverland Episode 1
Go behind the scene of the making of Absinthe Films Neverland and watch them work. Justin Hostnyk, Shane, and the boys start gettin’ ‘er done. Truth is, we still haven’t seen the movie. The good news is that we can all download it on the iTunes store right here, or for those still on the [...]

Shaun White On Conan O’Brien Apparently
Probably not even worth mentioning, however, aside from Mad Men we don’t watch any TV anymore. That’s why we miss compelling shows like The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and guests like Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White. Click here for part 2. [Link: Hulu via The Ski Channel]

Transworld Media Promotes Rob Campbell
Transworld Media has announced that Rob Campbell has been promoted to the position of Editorial Director at the company, according to a post on TransWorld Business. In his new position, Campbell will oversee all six TransWorld titles, including SKATEboarding, SNOWboarding, SURF, Motocross, Ride BMX, and Business. He will also direct content strategy and partnerships across all [...]