Big news from Nike, owners of Hurley today as it was announced that founder Bob Hurley would be stepping down from the helm as CEO after 16 years. He will transition into a new role where he will focus on building and cultivating the community and extending Nike’s relationships with elite athletes. Here’s more: He […]
There’s a lot of interesting news coming from Nike these days, starting with the announcement that co-founder and Chairman Phil Knight plans to step down and is hoping for Mark Parker, CEO, to replace him. This came on the heels of their latest financial news that its annual profits rose 22% to $3.27 billion, and […]
The largest storm ever recorded has left over 1 million people without clean water in the Philippines. Waves For Water non-profit, with the support of Hurley H20 is currently asking for support to get clean water filtration systems into the area. Here’s more: New York, NY // Nov 8, 2013 – Waves For Water founder Jon […]
When sports have a ripple effect above and beyond the competition scene, it’s always a good story. In this case, it’s also helping the children of the most hard hit area of the tsunami in Japan. Iconic surfer Rob Machado has traveled the world for more than half his life. And during that time, he’s […]
When Shop-Eat-Surf scooped Transworld Business yesterday on the big action sports news that Hurley, and therefore Nike, decided to no longer sponsor the mega-surf event, the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA, the responses to answers were of course remarkably similar. But there’s more beneath the surface. In the Shop-Eat-Surf story, Tiffany Montgomery […]
Quiksilver’s sun-drenched fades and gradients on their new collection of board shorts. Story and Photos by Tom Wallace and Kathleen Gasperini Agenda fashion trade show held in Long Beach Convention Center, CA, August 1-2, 2012 has become the ideal platform for a new crossover of styles, brands, and retailers. While many traditional players in action […]
The U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA July 28-August 5, 2012 has become one the mostly highly regarded surfing competitions, mainly for the thousands of spectators that attend and the huge sponsorship from Nike (Hurley and Converse), and festival-like atmosphere. While the competition is great to watch, the event rarely has the waves […]
C.R. “Craig” Stecyk III, the co-writer and production designer of “Dogtown and Z Boys” with Stacey Peralta, is debuting a digital film short called “Fin” as part of his collaboration with Hurley in a film series project capturing personages of Southern California. The soundtrack includes Social Distortion, Breakdown, Tommy Guerrero and Steve Alba and the […]
In the past few years it seems we’ve been writing more and more about the sport of surfing and not necessarily because of its soulful nature and attraction among youth culture, but because of the complex business issues surrounding the industry. Now, hitting mainstream Los Angeles this week, a poignant article by Tibby Rothman was […]
T-shirts have never been more important in youth culture fashion, often creating entire brands through cool messages and graphics. Moving into plans for 2012, here’s a recap of where things stand