NATIONAL CONTEST SERIES FINALS AT SKATE CAMP
Congrats to Vincent Luevanos who took first place at the MAKE IT COUNT National Contest series, making him the newest Element flow rider! Watch the video to see outstanding skating from skaters all across the U.S. All entrants won contests over the past year to earn their trip to [...]

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE - Congrats to Vincent Luevanos who took first place at the MAKE IT COUNT National Contest series, making him the newest Element flow rider! Watch the video to see outstanding skating from skaters all across the U.S. All entrants won contests over the past year to earn their trip to skate camp [...]

Wrapping up Game #1’s flashback to Pipe in 2000, the second installment of the Rob Machado Online Experience Game has officially launched. Game #2- The Journey, will now explore 5 of Rob’s favorite waves, symbolizing his shift from the tour and focusing on putting the soul back in surfing.
 
When all 3 games are completed, 1 [...]

Today is the last chance to register for SIMA’s Sales & Marketing Boot Camp slated for July 9 in Dana Point, California. Aside from a stacked line up of seminars, SIMA will also be releasing the much anticipated results of it’s bi-annual Retail Distribution Study.
Last Chance To Register: CLICK HERE
The results from the last Retail [...]

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a department of Homeland Security, has begun an audit on on 652 U.S. companies to determine whether employees qualify to work in the country, and LA-based American Apparel is one of them, according to a story published today on the Wall Street Journal’s web site.
American Apparel reported that [...]

U.S. Snowboarding announced that the Grand Prix stops leading up to the 2010 Olympic games have been finalized for Copper Mountain, Colorado, Mammoth Mountain, California, and Park City, Utah.
The Schedule will be as follows:
Dec. 11-12, 2009, Copper Mountain
Jan. 6-10, 2010, Mammoth Mountain
Jan. 22-23, 2010, Park City Mountain Resort
According to the release:
The Grand Prix series, which [...]

Billabong has selected software vendor NGC (New Generation Computing(r)), to handle its product lifecycle management, global sourcing, and visibility.
According to the release:
NGC’s software will be implemented worldwide as a strategic PLM and global sourcing solution for Billabong across all of the company’s regions and brands.
Billabong selected NGC after a detailed and rigorous evaluation of the [...]

More than 467,000 people last their jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Results of the Labor Department’s monthly employment report were higher than expected and suggest that we are not of the woods economically yet.
According to The Assoicated Press:
The Labor Department’s monthly employment report showed that [...]

Utah’s long standing law requiring people to attain a sponsor, membership, and pay a fee before entering a bar or club to get their drink on, officially came to an end yesterday. The change follows intensive laboring by the the state’s ski industry association and tourism department and is designed to boost tourism and make [...]

Utah’s status as an up-and-coming mecca for outdoor and action sports companies has been bumped another notch as Ortovox USA Inc., one of the top makers of avalanche transceivers, announced it will be locating its new distribution center in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City.
According to The Salt Lake Tribune:

Based [...]

Can-Am ATV Racers Take Podium And Top Six Spots In Morning Overall 

Valcourt, Québec, June 29, 2009 – The Snowshoe GNCC race is recognized as the roughest of the 13-round GNCC championship. The ski resort backdrop provides rocky, mountainous terrain, which is a test for both rider and ATV. Can-Am™ was ready for the test as [...]

Motoworks Race Report- Round #8 (Muddy Creek)
Blountville, TN: 06/28/09- Motowork’s East coast MX team traveled to Muddy Creek in Tennessee this past weekend for what turned out to be a great weekend for the rookie MX team. In Moto 1, Lawson lead for the entire race before getting passed on the last lap [...]

K&N’s “New” AIRCHARGER™ High-Flow Complete Intake-Airbox Assembly
APPLICATIONS: ‘08-‘09 KAWASAKI KFX450R
PART NO: 63-1124
MSRP: $399.00
INSTALLATION VID: http://www.knfilters.com/video/63-1124_Install.html
June 2009, K&N Engineering, Inc. Releases an “ALL NEW” High-Flow Complete Intake-Airbox Assembly (63-1124), designed for 2008 thru 2009 KAWASAKI KFX450R Model Sport ATV’s.
The “All-New” 63 Series High-Flow Complete Intake-Airbox Assembly boosts Horsepower on the KFX450R by over 12%!* Replacing the stock airbox [...]

The #20 Continues To Stay In the Top Five after Round 8
(N. Kingsville, OH) Round eight would find us in Blountville, TN at Muddy Creek Raceway. The weather was just as excepted - unbearably hot and muggy with plenty of bright sunshine. Timed qualifying on Sunday, would put Josh in the sixth place gate pick [...]

Project Whirl

You’ve seen some teaser video and maybe a picture or two on our site already…but now we are ready for the full unveil! Check out this amazing video of “The Whirl” in its final state of completion.
And keep an eye out on newsstands across the country for the next issue of Quad Magazine. The [...]

 
WORCS — Round #5 — Washington
H&M’s Davi Haagsma pulled his very first win in the WORCS Pro-Am class earlier this month in Toutle, Wa. Haagsma, who had to start off the back row, came from all the way back to win in the unfamiliar wooded atmosphere.
“We had a small mishap with a rear shock and sign-ups on Sunday, [...]

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Last Chance to Sign Up for a FREE Sunstar Triplestar Aluminum Sprocket Kit!
Sunstar is providing you the opportunity to win a FREE sprocket kit that includes the stock size rear sprocket, stock +1 and stock -1 AND an OE sized countershaft sprocket! So, you are getting 3 Works Triplestar Aluminum rear sprockets and one [...]

Words: Daryl Trinidad
Photos: Scott Serfas
     Canada Day, gorgeous.  There was not a cloud in the sky. The endeavor crew assembled their finest and headed up to Camp of Champions in Whistler, BC. Not ten minutes into the trek up the lift a random man noticed some of the veterans in the crew and casually [...]

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The Liberty Mountain Snowflex Center’s GRAND OPENING is just around the corner - August 29th! 
 
     This year the snowflex site will open up with three runs, two surface lifts, three kicker options, a cornice, a large 11 ft high quarter pipe, a kinked box, and a flat box. The resort will be open to the [...]

PARK CITY, UT (July 1) - Olympic dreams will be made and broken during the 2010 U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix as the tour makes three stops in its 14th season. A total of five Olympic qualification competitions will take place at Copper Mountain in Colorado’s Summit County and Mammoth Mountain in the Mammoth Lakes region [...]

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So how did you get hooked up with the People crew?
It seemed like it was kind of a long process. Last spring I went out with Jordan (Mendenhall) to shoot with him and Gabe (L’Heureux) at Winterpark, and I guess Gabe was kind of psyched. And then Jon (Kooley) and Jordan throughout the summer were [...]

ROME COMMUNIQUE:
Day 4 of the Rome Team Terror Week at Windells was another sunny day of shred. Slush was slashed, the Rome Nightmare hip was sessioned and everyone left the hill tired and happy.

After getting down from the mountain, Marius, Bjorn, Eiki, and Stale shed their snow pants and threw on some paintball gear. The [...]

We caught up with Boost Mobile/ampm/Monster Energy’s Jason Lawrence yesterday at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, to see what he’s been up to and when we can expect to see him at the races again.
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319-759-3303
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Complete suspension service and valving. Racetech certified dealer. Burlington,Ia 52601
319-759-3303
Eric Brown

Complete suspension service and valving. Racetech certified dealer. Burlington,Ia 52601
319-759-3303
Eric Brown

Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship Will Air LIVE
on NBC for the 4th of July
MORGANTOWN, W.V. (July 2, 2009) - As America celebrates Independence Day this weekend, the world’s greatest riders and the most prestigious motocross series on the planet come together again to provide racing on live network television.
In cooperation with Alli, the Alliance [...]

A Honda Rider realizes there’s something different about his bike.

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Beginning July 6th in Del Mar, the California coastline and those who inhabit it best prepare for a shit-storm of major proportions as the 2nd Annual TransWorld SURF Cali Rally kicks off. To follow all the mayhem, log on daily to www.calirally.transworld.net. Here’s a little look at what happened last year…

Surfing USA! In celebration of 4th of July weekend we present an All American photo gallery highlighting some of America’s best. Enjoy!

July kicks off in high gear as Model Search entries from coast to coast compete for the title of Miss July. To enter the TransWorld SURF Model Search email your photos to transworldsurf@gmail.com. Please include name, age, hometown, and some info about yourself. Winners will receive prizes from B Swim and Spy Optics.

Cast your [...]

Cali Rally Gets Underway July 6th in Del Mar
Announcing the starting lineups for the much-anticipated 2009 Cali Rally. With the returning champions from Billabong joining teams from …Lost, Analog and Reef, the 2009 Cali Rally is shaping up to be the gnarliest road trip these guys have ever been through. Stay right here to follow [...]

My personal highlights of the day (or at least the last part of round 3)…
-ASP Camera man Gordo The Great in the commentary box talking about his 5 day stay in Rio and the ensuing “Devil’s Dandruff” story. One question: Who was manning the camera during Gordo’s time in the box?
-Watching Slater get back on [...]

Fresh Fruit For Rotten Vegetables is a fast paced, tightly edited, action packed surf film with an equally complimentary hi-bred sound track.
The cast consists of some of the very best longboarders in the world, riding all types of surfboards. That includes traditional single fin logs, tri-fin high performance Longboards, alternative and retro shortboards (hulls, eggs, [...]

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New Kreation and Sponsor Me Now team rider Lani Doherty comes into the TransWorld SURF office to pick the winner of a brand new custom shaped NK…

And the winner is…Jay Michaels from Hawaii!

For all you groms out there saying “Barton who?” let me help you out: Barton Lynch was a brainy Aussie who won 17 ASP World Tour events in his career (which spanned many moons) and included a Pipe Masters win.

Surfing Australia announces Barton Lynch as Head Coach of TravelSIM Team Australia for the Billabong [...]

To me, being pulled deeper and deeper into the submarine canyon offshore of La Jolla would rate as a terrifying experience…

As reported on www3.signonsandiego.com
Seven divers were suddenly swept into deeper ocean water while diving off La Jolla Shores Wednesday morning in what lifeguards are calling an unexplained ocean-current phenomenon.
The divers, who were in three groups, [...]

Hooking the biggest win of his well-documented young career – the highly sought-after Open Mens title at NSSA Nationals – Kolohe Andino was an easy pick for June’s Now/Next Monster Energy Performer of the Month. But that wasn’t the only title Kolohe was taking care of in the month of June.
By winning three National titles [...]

In honor of and the release of the new etnies/Thunder RVL Johnny Romano benefit shoe, Jim is giving away 12 pairs from his twitter account. Tell Jim on Twitter what you are going to do to help someone else and you could win a pair of shoes. More details below:

The carnage is coming July 24-26 with a $50,000 purse. Be ready…

Clyde Singleton presents: GoSkate Day pt.2- “Bangers for Bucks”
On Day 2 here in Jacksonville (yeah, told y’all we did it big), we held 3 “Bangers For Bucks” events at our local skateparks. Kona skatepark, Red Bull, and BusStop Mag all donated hundreds of dollars in cash prizes, and products. The first stop was AB Park, [...]

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TWS: How did you get out of that slump?
Mariano: [Getting on] Girl got me out of that slump. It was a long time … I was just a hanger-arounder. I was hanging out at the beach, I was hanging around—I was skating but not being productive. It would be [...]

Billy Rohan does it again. He and Acapulco Gold organized an event called The Pursuit of Happiness to help promote physical activity, health and happiness through skateboarding—and got to play games of SKATE rignt in front of the White House. Pretty sick. Check the whole article here.

More goofing off when Torey wasn’t killing the contest: Torey snapping a rental bike at Neck’s art show, Cullen Poythress and Andy Henrie bowling for Tuborgs, Scandinavian daylight ’til 11p.m., Obama, Obama, Obama, and King Of Pop Rest In Peace!
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The Birdhouse team and friends came out to the grand opening of the Compton Skatepark. Check the montage. Skaters: Tony Hawk, Derek “ghost” Burdette, Shaun Gregoire, Clint Walker, Kenny Anderson, Steve Nesser, and local … more >
The Birdhouse team and friends came out to the grand opening of the Compton Skatepark. Check the montage. Skaters: [...]

Fuel TV just posted a cool look at Chicago’s street spots featuring Brian Kachinksy and Kevin Porter as your tour guides. Check it out at fuel.tv.

Press Release:
In an economy were most fashion brand are struggling, BILLIONAIRE MAFIA is launching their new streetwear collection with a $50K, three day treasure hunt in Las Vegas.  Inspiring the World with music, art and fashion, BILLIONAIRE MAFIA is here to “Bail You Out.”
What’s unique?  The free BILLIONAIRE MAFIA Treasure Hunt T-shirt has the first [...]

Waylon from the Compound BMX is looking for sponsors for this event, so to anybody who is down to help, I’m sure the Compound will greatly appreciate it.

Press Release:
Wrap up from Chicago’s Dew Tour, Nike 6.0 BMX Open:
Athlete Recovery Fund kicked off the Dew Tour season with a lot of involvement at the first stop.  We started out Thursday night with an athlete meeting which the Hyatt Regency Hotel donated a banquet room and negotiated a special menu for.  The official insurance [...]

Brock Gomez sat down with filmmaker Joe Stakun to get the low down on his newest film, “I Love My Bicycle.” The movie is a documentary about the history of FBM and will be available soon.
You can check out more info about the film including premiere dates at ilovemybicycle.com.

You can also read a review [...]