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Mar 4, 2021 SPONSOR Jesse Mendes, the Brazilian-born professional surfer based out of Kauai, officially joins the Body Glove athlete team. Mendes is a 28-year-old goofyfooter who grew up in Gauruja, a small city just outside São Paulo. He caught the surf world’s attention while competing regularly against friends and fellow Brazilians Miguel Pupo and Gabriel Medina. Known for a progressive aerial game, dynamic single maneuvers and a balanced approach to competitive surfing, Mendes is the new...

Mar 4, 2021 SPONSOR Join host Bob Rief and his extraordinary group of friends as they share legendary stories of lifestyle, business, and innovation on the Views From The Bus podcast. The Bus being Bob Reif’s blue VW Bus – which you’ll likely find him cruising in along San Diego’s North County coast line. In this episode of Views From The Bus, Bob McKnight, former CEO of Quiksilver joins Bob Rief. There has been no brand more legendary than Quiksilver and no founder more legendary th...

Mar 4, 2021 SPONSOR The latest adidas Skateboarding and Mark Gonzales collaboration unveils the newest colorway of the Aloha Super silhouette in halo silver / white / core black and “Brainwash Victim” t-shirt in white This combo pays homage to a portrait of Mark from the September 1986 issue of Thrasher where he was wearing the “Brainwash Victim” t-shirt Featuring a nubuck and leather upper with a reinforced leather and eyestays for premium durability and custom artwork on the footbed a...

Mar 1, 2021 SPONSOR Today, the World Surf League (WSL) and Rip Curl together announced the three-year partnership of the  Rip Curl WSL Finals, the new one-day competition that will decide the men’s and women’s World Surfing Champions. The inaugural Rip Curl WSL Finals will take place in San Clemente, Calif. at Lower Trestles. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top five men and top five women on the Championship Tour (CT) rankings will head to Orange County for this one-day, winn...

Mar 1, 2021 SPONSOR Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) today announced changes to its senior leadership team. Aligned with the company’s recently updated Polaris growth strategy, these changes to increase agility and efficiencies include: John Harper, chief operations officer, will depart the company effective August 1, 2021. Subsequently, the role of chief operations officer will be eliminated. With the elimination of the COO role, Marc Mastronardi, chief stores officer, and Dennis Mullahy, chief suppl...

Mar 2, 2021 SPONSOR FUEL TV and Volcom have struck a distribution partnership to bring Volcom’s ‘TRUE CONVERSATION’ video podcast series to FUEL TV’s worldwide audience, it was announced today by Don Meek, Global Chief Content Officer at FUEL TV. “When we first heard about ‘True Conversation’ from the team at Volcom we knew it was an initiative that would resonate with our global community of passionate action sports participants.” said Meek in making the announcement. “And w...

Mar 1, 2021 SPONSOR Vans, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand, proudly presents the all-new Skate Classics, our most iconic silhouettes with an updated, extra-tough construction designed first and foremost for skateboarders. Completely redesigned with skaters in mind, Skate Classics deliver more of what Vans skaters like Lizzie Armanto, Dustin Henry, Axel Cruysberghs, Daiki Hoshino, and Giovanni Vianna need to enable maximum progression. Reinforced materials and upgraded const...

Mar 2, 2021 Urban Outfitters in Waikiki - SES file photo SPONSOR The Urban Outfitters chain has lost two senior executives in the space of about six weeks. Urban Outfitters is part of Urban Outfitters Inc., which also operates Free People and Anthropologie. On Jan. 12, the company announced that Trish Donnelly, CEO of the Urban Outfitters Group, was leaving to pursue a new opportunity. She is the new CEO of PVH Americas and will oversee the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands. At the time th...

Vans, the global icon of creative expression, presents “ These Projects Are Ads for Creativity”, an artist-first brand campaign that showcases creativity in its purest form by enabling Vans’ family of creatives to go out and make things – drawings, sculptures, music videos, custom shoes, digital animations, and much more. In celebration of International Women’s Month, Vans goes beyond creating a conventional ad campaign and instead, has committed traditional ad resources to empower fi...