Transworld Surf is currently working on its last print issue. The new owners, Grind Media, who purchased the company a month ago has said that they didn’t think it was feasible to run …
Transworld Sold To Grind Media
In a piece of very interesting industry news that broke yesterday, Bonnier Corp. sold Transworld to the owners of Surfer, Snowboarder and Skateboarder, Grind Media. In a great …
Transworld Announces TV Series
Transworld have announced that they will be creating a 26 part TV show to debut in the US this fall. The show is going to cover motocross, skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX and surfing along with personalities like James Stewart, Dane Reynolds, Hannah Teter, Brian Deegan, Scotty Lago, Sean Malto, Peter Line, Ryan …
How To Start A Magazine: Lessons from 10 Years of Pop Magazine
In 2005 Dave Keating and I, Rick Baker, set out to create a free press surf, skate and snowboarding magazine. …
Bob McKnight Retires As Quiksilver’s Executive Chairman
Image via Transworld Business Bob McKnight is retiring from Quiksilver as Executive Chairman and will now just serve on the …
Grind Media Closes Skateboarder Magazine
Grind Media announced on August 19th that they will be closing Skateboarder Magazine. It’s the second closure since the publisher …
Rumors Of Team And Brand Cuts At Quiksilver
There’s quite a few articles around today speculating about some changes at Quiksilver and DC. Those changes include 30 staff going, the majority of their surf team (excluding guys like Kelly Slater), their entire …
Burton Shuts Down The Program
Yesterday, Burton announced a huge number of changes to the company and the brands they hold. The Program, which houses Forum, Special Blend and FourSquare, is to be shut down, Gravis will be relocated to Tokyo and only be sold in Asia, Anon will move …
Dedicated To The Shot
It is not a stretch to say that photographers are the backbone of the action sports industry. Not only do skate, surf and snow mags live and die on the strength of their images, none of the athletes would have profiles, and none of the brands would have exposure, without photographers. And none of the rest of us would have anything to put on our bedroom walls.
The Full Interview With Steve Berra – Part 4 of 4
It’s taken a little white to get here but it is well worth the wait! Steele Saunders has become a semi-qualified audio tech and has cleaned up all four parts of the interview with Berra to make for much easier listening. In this section Berra talks about making films, the reasons for starting the Berrics and the logistics of the park. You can read …
Andy Irons Dies From Dengue Fever
UPDATE: 09:24 – Transworld Surf has posted further details. According to their article, AI was at Dallas Texas when the complications occurred. The article says, “Andy was so sick he was unable to board his flight from Dallas to Kauai, got a hotel room, and was found there dead leaving behind a pregnant wife, family, and world …
Rusty Signs Joey Brezinski
Rusty have signed Joey Brezinski onto their team. Brezinski will have his own line coming from the label called R.AD …
Ken Block On Boardsports Business
Ken Block has got to be one of the most knowledgable guys around when it comes to action sports. He …
Ken Block On Boardsports Business
Ken Block has got to be one of the most knowledgable guys around when it comes to action sports. He …
Mick Fanning Riding For Skullcandy
Mick Fanning has signed up to ride for Skullcandy. He joins the likes of Snoop Dogg, Terje Haakonsen, Mark Frank Montoya, Devun Walsh, Lizard King, Theotis Beasley, Kai Otton, Clay Marzo and more. Read more to peep the press release and see the ‘welcome to the team’ video.
Rusty’s New Musical Clothing
Rusty have got onto some new technology that allows them to thread headphone wires permanently into clothing. The completely washable …
Ben Mates 7th At Canadian Open Pipe
New Zealander Kendal Brown won the Burton Canadian Open womens halfpipe yesterday. But the big news for Australia is that …
10 Years of Nikita
10 years ago, on an island far, far away, what is now one of my favorite (and most under-represented in …
In the News
New Zealander Declares World Travel on a Skateboard ‘Efficient’ – Yep, you read right. New Zealand man, Rob Thomson, spent …
Kelly Slater Wins Globe Pro
I’m pretty sure this no longer counts as news… Kelly Slater has won another surf event. It’s like reporting that …