The gap in talent between the women’s U.S. snowboarding team at the Sochi Olympics and the rest of the field (other than Torah Bright from Australia) has once again been proven. Today, February 12, 2014, Kaitlyn Farrington won the gold, two-time gold medalist Kelly Clark claimed the bronze, and Hannah Teter came in 4th. Only […]
By now, the world’s heard that Shaun White did not three-peat his gold medal legacy in the Olympic halfpipe event. And for the first time, the men’s Team USA did not medal in the pipe. But what is going down in snowboarding from the Sochi 2014 Olympics is an illustration of how the sports changing, […]
Just when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) thought they had another event that would attract a younger crowd, not to mention the star-power of two-time gold medalist Shaun White, the Sochi Olympic course for the snowboarding Slopestyle event which is to debut this winter, has been debated as not up to world class standards. Some […]
The month of January, 2014, has been unusually packed with trade shows and snow sporting news. Starting with the naming of the USA snowboarding team, Kelly Clark’s gold win at Winter X Games in Aspen, Sochi Olympics kick-off, Outdoor Retailer Trade Show, and now, followed up by 2014 SIA Snow Show January 30-February 2, in […]
Collaborative entertainment is moving fast into the mainstream and with actor, director, writer Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new show, HitRecord on TV, which premiered the first three episodes at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, last week, the future of entertainment will never be the same. While Gordon-Levitt is also well-known for his acting in […]
Story and Photos by Tom Wallace and Kathleen Gasperini The big question is why is the outdoor lifestyle becoming more popular? The jam-packed Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2014 from January 21-24, 2014, in Salt Lake City, UT, was energetic, inspirational, a networking hub, and business-central for a marketplace that seems less effected by the economic […]
Outdoor Retailer trade show wrapped-up last week, January 24, 2014 in Salt Lake City, UT, marking another successful show and capturing the energy of the on-going evolution of the industry about the outdoors. One of the most exciting aspects took place during the 2014 Outdoor Inspiration Awards, created by Adidas Outdoors, and the attention brought […]
While earlier this month at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the main talk was how brands like Intel are now finally moving into the realm of wearable technologies, the focus has often been on pieces and ideas that are not actually youth culture focused. And yet, it is the youth marketplace of today that are […]
Story and Photos by Kathleen Gasperini and Tom Wallace The flagship Agenda trade show in Long Beach, CA, from January 7-8, 2014, represented a quintessential snapshot of where the marketplace of streetwear, action sports, and music-inspired lifestyle apparel, footwear, and accessories is headed. The show was packed with business being done at the brisk pace […]
Last weekend December 14, 2013, pro surfing came to a dramatic season ending at Banzai Pipeline on Oahu’s north shore with Kelly Slater, 41, winning his 7th Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons in massive 15-foot waves. Slater defeated John John Florence (HAW), 21, in a hard-fought, 35-minute Final that ended with less […]