Dan Wakeham Steps Up to the Plate
The Brit talks about sponsors, the competition grind, and life off the board
Dapper Dan.
step-on (UK)
10.09.06- Dan, what have you been up to since the winter season ended?
I had two months off to relax and then it was back on with the travelling.
I went to Mt. Hood in the USA for 3 weeks in june for some summer riding. I went out there with the British team to train, at the end there was a contest which I placed 1st in.
Then I went to Austria to a product test for all of the British snowboard magazines. I work for a distribution company called seventwenty, I am the team manager for Grenade gloves and Essa clothing, so I had to go out there to sort products out. From there I flew out to Norway to meet up with the Nike ACG team to film for their dvd and now I am home for two weeks before I fly out to Switzerland to coach on the british development selection camp, then I think it is on to New Zealand.
You must be away from home a lot. Do you like the travelling aspect of being a snowboarder?
Yeah, I only get to spend about 3-4 months of the year at home, that doesn’t bother me too much but sometimes I get burned out on the travelling and it can ruin the fun in snowboarding and that makes me just want to go home.
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Kirkwood's Women-Only Programs
Press Release
Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Kirkwood, Ca.10.09.06- In response to the growing number of women participating in snowsports, Kirkwood is taking a leading edge on the emerging women’s market by investing in women specific programs and gear that will dramatically increase the fun factor for this important group of customers.
New for 06/07, Kirkwood has expanded its partnership with Burton Snowboards, the world’s leading snowboard manufacturer, to offer a Women’s Learn to Ride Center geared to providing new riders with a comfortable first-time experience. This program joins the already successful children and adult Learn to Ride programs introduced last season and is the only program of its type in Lake Tahoe.
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Burton Open Series Set for 2007 Winter Season
Competition offers snowboarding's largest prize purse
by Burton
Burlington, Vt. 9.14.06- Burton Snowboards announced a new competition series, The Burton Global Open Series presented by Motorola. The international series of snowboarding competitions will play out in five countries throughout the course of a year and award a record-breaking prize purse totaling over $700,000 US dollars.
The Burton Global Open Series features an international field of local, amateur and pro snowboarders, all having equal opportunity to win the single largest title payout in the sport. The male and female cumulative-points champions will collect $100,000 each, after competing in slopestyle and/or halfpipe Open events in New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan and the United States during the 2006-07 season.
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An Interview With Chet Childress
by Mike Sinclair
Skateboard Industry
8.22.06- Editor's note: One of Skateboarding's sickest street cats answers all the big questions about skating - and life.
What's new with Mr. Childress?
Just got done off a two month trip around the US with Rhino. Workin' on some projects, just trying to stay busy and get my mind off my ex broad.......
What is the best place you have traveled too lately?
Can't blow out my spots dog. Everywhere is sweet. I just did that two month trip and there is shit everywhere to ride now. It seems every year it just gets better and better and I get older and more sore...
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Helping a Brutha in Need
by bk
Skate Daily
8.22.06- Early this summer, Deluxe’s filmer Biggs was hit while riding his skateboard by a taxi cab that ran a stop sign. He got served and was very lucky that he didn’t die. In an effort to help offset his huge medical bills, Beers & Bros Presents: “
The Best of Biggs” video premiere at Thee Parkside located at 1600 17th Street (at the corner of Wisconsin) in San Francisco.
The “The Best of Biggs” video is a one night only viewing of a short film Biggs put together of all of the best footage he has shot in the last few years of living in San Francisco. Biggs has no plans of cutting the footage to DVD, so this could be your only chance to see the flick.
$5 Donation at door
Doors at 8pm. Video at 10pm.
Plus: DLXSF product raffle. Come on down and win big.
Also, MicE might be shaving heads so Biggs doesn’t feel left out. So don’t show up wearing a beanie or hat, you might be the next to get it.
Posted by bk
2007 Good Wood Mens Board Test
Transworld
10.09.06- Artec 3.2 156.5
Artec's commitment to the jib universe comes in full force with the 3.2, aimed at the more advanced freestyle rider. Not only is the construction of the board designed for buttery jibs and durability on rails, but it even comes equipped with its own edge file mounted to the stomp pad for detuning on the fly. There was no doubt about its ability as a rail and jib board among our testers, who all really enjoyed it in the park, with the only potential issue being the softness in the nose and tail on bigger kickers.
Company Line
"The Artec 3.2 is the answer to the quest of most jibbers on the hill. With all its special sliding features, it's the ultimate answer to all the obstacles that might turn up in the park."
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Slam City Jam’s Results and Surprises
by bk
Skate Daily
8.29.06- By most acounts, it appears that many of professional skateboarding’s heavy hitters had opted not to travel out to Calgary for this year’s relocated Slam City Jam. Noticeably, today’s standard young gun trio of talent including Sheckler, Huston and Rodgers were surely missed. On the vert Bucky, Bob, Jake, CB, and Knoop were also MIA. For whatever reasons, there sure are alot of uncommon names listed in the final results below.
Nonetheless, Greg Lutzka wins for the second time at SCJ in three years and Rob Lorifice, Lacey Baker and Karen Jones win for the first time as professionals. Congratulations!
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Billabong Signs Jamie Anderson
by Press Release
Billabong Girls announces the signing of 16-year old, South Lake Tahoe rising star Jamie Anderson. This Winter X Games marked her first appearance in slopestyle (finishing 3rd) and superpipe (finishing16th) exhibiting just a hint of the talent we can expect to unleash from this young rider.
Jamie has ridden boardercross, slopestyle, giant slalom, slalom, and halfpipe since age 9. Her first competition at 13, Jamie held the distinction of being the youngest competitor ever at the Winter X 04.
“We are so excited to welcome Jamie to the team. She is an amazing young woman and her talent speaks for itself. It's inspiring to see what she has accomplished at such a young age and we know it's just the beginning of even bigger things to come.” -Candy Harris, Women’s Brand Director
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Vans Downtown Showdown on the Web
by Press Release
8.22.06- Watch one of the most unique skate contests around when Vans webcasts the 2nd Annual Downtown Showdown Sunday, September 3 at 4 pm PST. We’ve invited top skateboard companies and their riders to submit designs for one of four obstacles as part of the Showdown, set in the backlot at Paramount Studios. We then asked each company to bring their best pros and ams to fight it out for an $85,000 prize purse.
Who: The top teams in skateboarding, including Alien Workshop, Baker, Birdhouse, Element, Enjoi, Foundation, Girl, Real, Toy Machine, and Zero.
What: Each team will session four unique, custom-made obstacles in a round-robin format with awards going out for top team, best pro, rookie of the year, and best performance by obstacle.
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