The International Olympic Committee (IOC) continues to try and make its mark as a relevant entity for today’s global youth culture marketplace by engaging more in social media. Last week, the IOC announced its latest social media campaign asking athletes to share their love of sport and get active with the #iLoveYOG hashtag as they […]
A one-day film challenge has been set-up by a unique partnership between Vimeo and Connect4Climate for November 29th, 2015, just before the climate takes to take place in Paris. Given all of the new young video producers and filmmakers among our readers, this is a great opportunity to express your message about global climate change […]
Appearing on a panel discussion at the NeuLion Sports Media & Technology Conference held yesterday, October 27, 2015, World Surf League CEO Paul Speaker discussed the many ways that “Over-The-Top” entertainment is changing the sports media distribution model and how surfing is perfectly positioned to benefit from these developments. The World Surf League (WSL) – […]
H&M’s new collaboration with Balmain started off with a bang in New York City on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, as the night brought together fashion industry heavyweights, music icons, and pop culture leaders. A dance crew hyped the crowd for a runway show featuring some of the hottest models in the industry right now. “Tonight […]
The Oasis Water Challenge is one of the most original and educationally fun on-site festival sustainability programs we’ve seen in awhile. At the FYF festival in Los Angeles, along with Global Inheritance, they called upon attendees to do something 99% of them had never done: taste the difference between recycled wastewater, desalinated ocean water, LA […]
The World Snowboard Tour has released their season’s calendar today, October 21, 2015, with a range of events, ending up with the World Snowboard Championships in Yabuli, China, March 16, 2016. Included this year in the WST Elite Calendar will be Big Air at the GRAND PRIX DE RUSSIE and Slopestyle at the GRADVALIRA TOTAL […]
Nikita Clothing, the original streetwear, snowboard, and lifestyle apparel brand for young women, and Bonfire, the snowboard/lifestyle brand for guys, has announced that their parent company, Pretty Great LLC will be operating its European headquarters out of Munich, Germany. According to Boardsports Source, Pretty Great President, Rob Myers, will continue to work out of the […]
The latest artist featured on NeoCha, Wang Zhijun, is doing something about his environment by taking high-end sneakers and re-purposing them into face masks in order to make a statement and deal with the serious problem of pollution in his home city of Beijing. Zhijun, according the story, always dreamed of creating his own custom […]
More than 120 U.S. ski/snowboard venues have registered to host a Guinness Book of World Records event in pursuit of four separate records. The event takes place at 10 a.m. (local time zones) on Friday January 8, 2016 and is the “unofficial” kick-off for the snow sports industry’s Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month (January). […]
X Games Aspen 2016 continues to move in the direction of becoming a more all-round festival experience. Last week they announced their music ticket sales and events to take place at Buttermilk Mountain, January 28-31, 2016. After four successful concerts at the base of Buttermilk Mountain in 2015, X Games in 2016 will increase the […]