On Thursday, February 20, 2014, the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd announced Samsung’s title sponsorship of the ASP World Championship Tour. Here’s more from the ASP announcement: “From the beginning, our goal has been to elevate the platform of this tremendous sport through top-of-class media and sponsor partnerships,” Paul Speaker, […]
Women’s surfing just got a boost for 2014 with the announcement from the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) that an event in Maui has been added as the final stop on the 2014 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT). The event will be hosted in the world-famous Honolua Bay from November 24 through December 6, […]
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 […]
With the new theme for 2013 the “Best Day Ever,” the 19th Annual Vans Warped Tour will kick-off its insane 40-date tour on June 15 in Auburn, WA at White River Amphitheater and wrap up August 4 in Houston, TX at Reliant Park. Known as the unofficial rite-of-passage among American youth, Warped has been breaking […]
The VANS WARPED TOUR, America’s premier music and lifestyle festival now in its 19th year, kicked-off highlights for what to expect this summer at their official press conference and kick-off bash at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles March 28, 2013. If the event was any indication, this tour will once again be the premiere […]
As the Vans Warped Tour 2013 moves into entering its 19th year, making the tour the longest running music tour in history and definitely one to watch when it comes to youth culture trends, sponsorship, and up-and-coming artists, it’s undergone a variety of interesting themes, including Punks In Space, Lucky 13, Island of the Misfit […]
It seemed inevitable, but it took awhile: Today, Wednesday, October 17. 2012, Nike announced it was ending it’s contract with Lance Armstrong. “Due to the seemingly insurmountable evidence that Lance Armstrong participated in doping and misled Nike for more than a decade, it is with great sadness that we have terminated our contract with him,” […]
The FIS may not agree, but TTR (Ticket To Ride, founded by legendary snowboarder Terje Haakonsen) has never really played by their rules anyway. TTR World Snowboard Tour announced July 3, 2012, a name change from TTR World Tour to the World Snowboard Tour marking yet another stance on the fact that they are the […]
Story and Photos by Tom Wallace The Vans Warped Tour is arguably known as America’s youth culture right-of-passage to music entertainment as the longest running festival tour in the United States, attracting more than 500,000 young people now going into its 18th tour with more than 40 dates across the U.S. and Canada. The kick-off […]