Category: New Media

Women in Action Sports Featured on Upcoming World of X Games

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The World of X Games is a series that features a variety of action sports athletes, including those that have competed in previous X Games and others.  This weekend, Saturday, July 26, 2014, at 3 p.m. EST on ABC, the World of X Games will feature top female athletes driving the progression of action sports. […]

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Hosts World’s Hottest Rock Bands at Inaugural Gibson Brands Alternative Press Music Awards

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There’s no doubt that the inaugural AP Music Awards last night, July 21, 2014, could have also been called the Vans Warped Tour Awards or even, the Kevin Lyman’s Bands Awards. Many of the amazing bands that were represented got their start with Lyman seeing their talent and putting them on Tour for hundreds of […]

Surfing Round-up: Kelly Slater Launches Drink Brand Purps; ASP Hires Chief Commercial Officer and Opens NYC Office; Vans US Open of Surf to Kick-off in Huntington Beach

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There’s another new nutrition drink on the market and this time, it’s coming from surfing’s kingpin, Kelly Slater. Called Purps (rhymes with burps), the packaging fonts and website are in purple, illustrating four different sized bottles/shots of beverage choices. Slater is among the brand’s founders, along with scientist Dr. Chris Schaumburg, and designer PM Tenore. […]

Volcom Documentary Chronicles 21 Years of Insane Action Sports Footage and Life Lived Completely Out of the Ordinary

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There’s been a growing nostalgia in the action sports world these days with snowboarding coming up to its 30th or 35th anniversary depending on who you ask, and the advent of skateboarding and surfing homegrown video technology and movie-making capabilities. So it makes sense that Volcom just announced the upcoming release of a new documentary […]

Top Surfers Including Kelly Slater Rally Together to Save South African Rhinos

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Three of the world’s best surfers, 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), two-time J-Bay Open event winner Jordy Smith (ZAF) and 1989 ASP World Champion Martin Potter, visited the Chipembere Rhino Foundation to help raise awareness about the conservation of South Africa’s rhinos and to find out more about the threat of poaching. “We […]

Alternative Energy and Lifestyle Effects on Youth Culture—How Brands Need to Adjust for the Future

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In our upcoming 3rd Annual Sustainability and the State of the Future Youth Culture Study 2014, we reveal a number insightful shifts in the youth culture marketplace based on their concerns, buying patterns, trends, and ideas regarding global climate change, a world of limited fossil fuels, and expectations from brands regarding sustainability. In this story, […]

Bread and Butter Announces New Shows in Barcelona and Seoul, Plus What to Expect at Bread and Butter Berlin

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Called the “Grand Slam” with the slogan “Always the Sun,” in usual big-media style, Bread & Butter’s founder Karl Heinz-Muller announced a bombshell tonight during the opening of the Bread & Butter Berlin with some major news for Europe’s leading fashion and denim trade show. The show is moving back to Barcelona for the winter […]

Alternative Press Magazine’s Inaugural Music Awards Drawing Best Bands in Youth Culture Today, Plus Coinciding with Vans Warped Tour and Rockstar Mayhem Tour

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On July 21, 2014, Cleveland, OH, will transform into rock central not only because it’s the home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but Alternative Press (AP) Magazine’s inaugural music awards is so far, attracting an amazing range of musicians presently hot within youth culture markets. Along with the line-up and expectations of […]

Label Networks Chosen to Present at SXSW Eco On Youth Culture X Sustainability—Here’s What To Expect

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We are pleased to announced that we have been chosen to present at SXSW Eco conference in Austin, TX, October 6-8, 2014, regarding our research and sustainability strategies within youth culture markets. The presentation is called #TheSustainables: Youth Culture’s DIY Future. Today’s youth culture of 13-25-year-olds represent a new generation with different ideals from growing-up […]

MAHFIA And Group Y To Host 2nd Women’s Action Sports Industry Event

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Mahfis Sessions with Group Y have been making great strides when it comes to women in action sports. First, with their women snowboarding pioneers summit in Mammoth last winter, and coming this week, June 19-21 in Portland, OR, another on women in skateboarding. As we’ve seen in our Youth Culture Studies, action sports are extremely […]