by admin | Aug 19, 2023 | Competitions, Industry, Legends, News, Olympics, Surf
11x World Champ may not have qualified via the CT; but there’s another way. So, you’re saying there’s a chance… After finishing the 2023 Championship Tour season with a dismal 23rd place, Kelly Slater, the greatest surfer to ever live, was not...
by admin | Jul 21, 2023 | Community, Competitions, Industry, News, Skateboard
Push play to view entire competition During last weekend’s X Games “Real Street Best Trick” event at Rincon Middle School in Escondido, CA, commentator Brandon Graham said that the production team at the long-running action sports competition had been trying for three...
by admin | Jun 20, 2023 | Competitions, Industry, Insurance, News, Olympics, Skateboard, Snowboard, Surf
Tom Lowe surfing in the 2018 Jaws Challenge in Hawaii. Photo: Richard Hallman/World Surf League via Getty Images In late April, British big-wave surfer Tom Lowe paddled for a famous slab wave off the coast of Tahiti called Teahupo’o as its 25-foot wall...
by admin | May 31, 2023 | Competitions, Debate, News, Surf
An open letter penned by the WSL’s CEO, Erik Logan, addresses claims of unfair judging and threats of violence after the controversial 2023 Surf Ranch Pro. Following the World Surf League’s sixth stop on the 2023 Championship Tour, the Surf Ranch Pro, there has been...
by admin | May 10, 2023 | Community, Competitions, Industry, Opinion, Skateboard, Social Media
What does the right-wing online video platform Rumble want from its partnership with skateboarding’s premier contest? Street League Skateboarding (SLS) kicked off its 2023 season at Chicago’s Wintrust Arena on April 29. From a competitive perspective, it was...
by admin | Apr 6, 2023 | BRA Community Partners, Community, Competitions, News, Olympics, Skateboard
For Alexis Sablone, skateboarding was never supposed to be the thing, which is not something you expect to say of a person who does their thing at the Olympic level. But Sablone is a multi-hyphenate who walks the walk, an artist and designer and architect with...