One of the most popular and prestigious surfing events in the world is the US Open of Surfing, which took place in Huntington Beach (Surf City), CA from July 20-28, 2013 featuring top pro men and women surfers, plus skate and BMX events, street art exhibitions, loads of sponsors, and music with performances from Modest […]
San Diego, CA, turns into a full-on Cosplay geek-fest with some 130,000 fans and comic, movie, entertainment industry types converging on the largest comic trade show in the country from July 18-21. Comic-Con, which can charge basically whatever it wants, has become so popular, that it can take a year in advance to get a […]
Starting May 14, 2013, Circuit of The Americas and ESPN will collaborate for the next 4 years to host the North American X Games in Austin, TX, beating out potential host cities, Chicago, Detroit and Charlotte. Here’s the big news from ESPN today, July 17, 2013, with the official announcement of the next location of […]
GROUP Y, the original collective of youth marketing, action sports and entertainment professionals will launch 4th Annual ASC Action Sports + Culture in conjunction with the AGENDA trade show. The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 24, 2013 at the Center Theater at Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center (same location […]
The rise of mobile gaming via fashion styling of virtual avatars has flipped the script for the fashion industry and provided a growing cross-over platform for tech, video gaming, mobile phone culture, and fashion. The latest in this space is Rachel Zoe’s social gaming company called Crowdstar which is launching a mobile fashion game called […]
Photos by Tom Wallace Widely known as America’s youth culture rite-of-passage to music entertainment, the Vans Warped Tour is rolling across the country for the 19th year in a row, attracting more than 500,000 young people during the 40-event tour. Kevin Lyman, the founder and producer, and his team, along with icon Steve Van Doren, […]
No, Shaun White’s new band Bad Things is not fronted by the gold-medalist snowboarder and skateboarder, but he is the lead guitarist. The band, which consists lead singer Davis LeDuke, bass player Jared Palomar, guitarist Anthony Sanudo, drummer Lena Zawaideh has signed to Warner Bros. Records and will be putting out their debut album later […]
The latest announcement from Instagram, which was bought by Facebook last year for a cool $1 billion, is that it now has video capabilities. Instagram’s Co-Founder and CEO Kevin Systrom said that Instagram will now allow users to create 15-second videos that can also be shared. There will be 13 filters to start. Instagram, which […]
Bonnaroo has become one of the most popular festivals in the world bringing this year, June 14-16, 2013 more than 80,000 fans to a 700-acre plot of land in the middle of Tennessee. For 3 days, a new city emerges featuring stages of all sizes, a diverse line-up of musicians, the Bonnaroo Cinema, recycling and […]
Getting the story out is one of the most vital things a brand can do to spread their message. In the age of technology and changing dynamics of social media, there are several ways now to do this, however one of the most vital is through video formats. Several years ago, we actually started a […]