Tag: Hamilton

Surfer Bethany Hamilton Awarded the Coveted Wildcard In Upcoming Swatch Women’s Pro

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Bethany Hamilton (HAW) has been awarded the coveted wildcard into the Swatch Women’s Pro and will compete alongside the world’s best female surfers September 9-20, 2015. The event will mark Hamilton’s first appearance in competition since giving birth to son Tobias Dirks in June of this year. The Hawaiian last took part in an event […]

Big Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton Teams-up with NRDC to Stop Ocean Damage with Campaign for Rio+20 Earth Summit

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The NRDC and big wave surfer Laird Hamilton have collaborated on an effective campaign leading up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit June 22, 2012 to stop repairable ocean damage. This is an ongoing campaign, which started with the Peace Paddle, which took place earlier this year in Malibu, setting the Guinness Book of World Records […]

Jerkin -the Highly Contagious Dance, Music, Fashion Street Culture Movement Leaves Hyphy and Krumping in the Dust

Based on positivity, flow, and an entrepreneurial spirit, Jerkin is not a flash in the pan trend. It’s got the signs of sustainability.

Olympic X Games Gold Medalist Shaun White Moves on to Target Deal as Volcom Contract Expires; Trend Continues as Mass Retailers Gobble-up Action Sports' Label Networks Reveals Data on Where Volcom Ranks in Youth Culture Fashion Preferences What This Means for Target

It's not all that surprising that Target Corp. would want an icon like Shaun White. As an Olympic gold medalist in 2006 in Snowboarding SuperPipe, X Games Gold medalist in Vert Skateboarding and Snowboarding SuperPipe, video game character, and 10-year-contract holder with snowboarding's largest brand Burton, to get the Flying Tomato on a contract may mean big business towards reaching youth culture. Or clearly Target thinks so. And they may be right.