Sion Milosky paddles into the biggest wave EVER…

Daniel Russo creates a behind the scenes short documentary on Sion Milosky and his pursuit to catch the largest wave ever.
Nathan Fletcher: “That was the biggest thing I seen anyone paddle into, ever”
Shane Dorian: “Hands down the biggest wave I’ve seen anyone paddle into.”

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Jamie O’Brien: “I looked down that wave and I have never seen a bigger wave before.”
Daniel Russo: “I’ve seen Garrett paddle into some big waves at Outer Logs, but this is by far the biggest one anyone has paddled into this winter so far…maybe ever.”
Gordan Merchant: “I was watching this day at my house and I would call this at least 30 foot Hawaiian. I would never have thought Sion was on that wave until I saw the e-mail with the images. The biggest wave I have ever seen anyone paddle into to.”
Bold Claims from big names. As you can see from his peers words, Sion Miloski — Hawaii’s latest addition to the big-wave paddle brethren — is legit. Here he describes what led him to big waves and this wave in particular, what many of the games best are calling the biggest paddle in to date. Via : www.surfingmagazine.com

The Quail Motorcycle Gathering

Building on the success of its Automobile counterpart, The Quail Motorcycle Gathering will offer a spectacular display of classic sports and racing bikes lined up on the pristine lawn of the Driving Range at Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club on Saturday, May 14.

Late surfer’s wife gives birth to boy

Congratulations roll in for Lyndie Irons and the first child of the champion waterman

Lyndie Irons, widow of the late surfing champion Andy Irons, gave birth to their son on Kauai yesterday.
Andrew Axel Irons was born via Caesarean section about 8 a.m. yesterday. “Mom and baby are doing fine,” said Jodi Wilmott, spokeswoman of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.A three-time world surfing champion, Irons, 32, died Nov. 2 in Dallas. The cause of death is under investigation. Irons’ wife was seven months pregnant at the time of his death. Andrew is their first child… Read more

Reports of 40-foot waves off the west coast

Surfers say weather conditions off the west coast combined perfectly to create huge waves of up to 40 feet high yesterday.

Surfers have said weather conditions off the west coast of Ireland combined perfectly to create huge waves of up to 40 feet (12m) high yesterday.
One of the surfers, Andrew Cotton, from Devon in England, is photographed on the front of today’s Irish Times.
He says everything came together for the wave to happen… Read more

Hermès chiefs warn off Arnault

By Scheherazade Daneshkhu in Paris

The men at the helm of Hermès International have called on Bernard Arnault, head of the LVMH luxury goods group, to withdraw from the scarves and handbags group.
They called LVMH’s surprise swoop on 17.1 per cent of the tightly held capital last month as an “attack.” In an interview with the Financial Times, Patrick Thomas, chief executive, and Bertrand Puech, chairman of Hermès, made it clear that LVMH’s €1.45bn ($2bn) investment was unwelcome and the stealthy raid on Hermès, that began in 2008 using equity swaps, was not “friendly,” contrary to Mr Arnault’s declarations.
“It’s clear his intention is to take over the company and the family will resist that,” said the impeccably groomed Mr Thomas, who in 2006 became the first non-family chief executive… Read more

Cholera Cases Detected in Haitian Capital

Haitian health workers and humanitarian aid groups are grappling with the first outbreak of cholera in rural Haiti in a century.

They are hoping to keep the deadly disease from reaching the squalid camps of earthquake survivors in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Health officials say the death toll from the cholera outbreak is at least 208, including 50 prison inmates.
Officials say the disease has sickened more than 2,600 people, mostly in the Artibonite region of central Haiti.
A contaminated river is the suspected source of infection… Read more

Surfing Heritage Foundation to Hold Longboard Collector Club Meeting and Swap Meet

The Surfing Heritage Foundation is proud to hold the Longboard Board Collector Club’s monthly October meeting at the Surfing Heritage’s main archive in San Clemente on Saturday, October 23rd from dawn till noon.

The Longboard Collector Club is an organization comprised of serious collectors, looking to buy, sell or trade vintage boards, books, and other items related to the surfing lifestyle. The program is free and open to the public. If you have any surfing related collectables you are welcome to join in.

The event will also feature renowned author, Matt Warshaw, who will be signing his latest book, “The History of Surfing” from 10 a.m. till noon. Warshaw also wrote The Encyclopedia of Surfing, “Surf Movie Tonite! Surf Movie Poster Art, 1957 -2005”, the Ron Stoner book and was managing editor of Surfing magazine from 1985 to 1990.

Additionally, the Surfing Heritage’s showroom will be open to the public featuring the world’s largest collection of wood surfboards and other items from surfing’s past. Dick Metz, the Heritages co-founder stated, “We are always excited to see the Longboard Collector Club here at the Foundation; they continually bring something that no one has seen for years that represent a rare piece of surfing’s history. It’s a great group of individuals that truly take surfing’s history to heart”.
… Read more

The 6th Annual Barber Vintage Festival

Vintage motorcycle gas tanks are shown at The The 6th Annual Barber Vintage Festival that will be held the weekend of October 8-10, 2010. The festival offers access to motorcycles and the legends that made the sport what it is today along with a motorcycle parts swap meet on Thurs., Oct. 07, 2010 in Birmingham, Ala. (The Birmingham News/Bernard Troncale).

Arthur Penn Died

“Bonnie and Clyde” director Arthur Penn has died.

Just one day after celebrating his 88th birthday. The filmmaker, a veteran of World War II, passed away at his home in New York on Tuesday, September 28 after suffering congestive heart failure, according to his daughter Molly.
Penn began his Hollywood career in the 1950s with small jobs in TV before making his feature film debut with “The Left Handed Gun”, starring a young Paul Newman. He quickly established himself as a top director following the success of the Oscar-nominated “The Miracle Worker” in 1962, a film adaptation of the play he had previously staged on Broadway… Read more

MATT OLSEN OUT OF THE MOTORCYCLE CANNONBALL LINE UP

Scottsboro, AL~September 14, 2010 – Matt Olsen, Motorcycle Cannonball rider #85, has crashed his motorcycle while riding the Stage 5 section of the historical shore-to-shore run that is on day 5 of the 17 day adventure. Written by Felicia Morgan

According to Matt’s father, Carl Olsen who is also a rider in the rally, the younger Olsen hit a pothole in the road and went into a shimmy on his 1913 Sears. Olsen had almost straightened his machine out when the wobble turned into a tank slapper and Matt went over the handlebars. His left forearm is broken in both bones, requiring surgery that his father reports he came through very well. Matt is in a cast which will immobilize his arm and wrist for the 6 weeks required to allow the bones to heal correctly. In addition to the arm, Olsen also has numerous face cuts and a “slightly broken nose,” but prognosis is good and there is expected to be no permanent damage. Olsen will fly home from Huntsville, AL to Aberdeen, SD tomorrow afternoon… Read more

Brad Pitt stranded by motorcycle mishap

Written by Asia

He may be the sexiest man in the world and enjoys the most beautiful woman on his arm, but Brad Pitt isn’t having much luck with his motorcycle past time.
No one knows just how many motorcycles the famous actor and philanthropist owns, but the bike he chose to ride to the set of his latest movie was the one that had a case of the gremlins.
According the celebrity gossip website Popsugar, Pitt decided to ride one his custom creations to the set of Moneyball, being shot with co-star star Jonah Hill in Culver City, California. Brad plays Billy Beane, legendary manager to baseball team the Oakland A’s, who led them to victory in the 2002 Major League Baseball American League West Division.

While no reason was given for the broken down ride, the chromed creation looks similar to a ride dreamt up by Shinya Kimura. If it is Kimura’s creation, the famous custom bike builder reportedly used a mid-1970s Ducati 750 when he crafted it last year (shown below)… read more

Captain America: The First Avenger

by Rick Marshall in Marvel, News

Filming for “Captain America: The First Avenger” is underway in England, so it was only a matter of time before more photos from the set began to hit the ‘net.
Previously, we got a look at some USO-style set pieces, including a tank, medical tent, and a big ol’ stage. This time around, we jump straight to the real goods: Captain America in costume and in action, and a shot of some suped-up motorcycles ridden by black-suited henchmen (HYDRA?).
Posted over at The Daily Mail, the six photos don’t show “Captain America” lead actor Chris Evans in the familiar red, white, and blue costume, but they do show his stunt double in the star-spangled suit (with shield), both on and off a US Army motorcycle.
I’ve posted two of the most interesting images here, but here are some of the elements worth noting about the pics:
– It looks like Cap’s fans were heard when it comes to the wings on the side of his helmet.
– The presence of a holster on Captain America’s uniform and the rifle strapped to the motorcycle would seem to indicate that Cap is back to his gun-slinging roots for this 1940s origin story.
– Cap’s shield seems to have taken a few shots. I can’t help wondering how this shield relates to the one seen in Tony Stark’s office in “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2.”
… Read more

Classic car prices continue to rise.

By Seth Lubove Bloomberg News

Photo credit: AP Photo/TDavid Newhardt/The Mullin Automotive Museum
LOS ANGELES – Peter Mullin, owner of one of the world’s largest private collections of classic French automobiles, points to a 1935
Hispano-Suiza J12 Cabriolet sitting among 60 other cars in his museum in Southern California.
“This is the finest car ever made,” Mullin says. “At 100 miles an hour, you couldn’t even tell the engine was on.”
The collector is just warming up at his Oxnard-based Mullin Automotive Museum, which was designed to evoke a 1930s art deco auto salon in Paris. He caresses the swooping fender of a red- and-black 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Atalante coupe, designed by the company founder’s son, Jean Bugatti… read more

Japanese architect Sejima’s people-oriented Biennale

AFP

Kazuyo Sejima, Japan’s Pritzker Prize-winning architect and the first woman to curate the prestigious Venice architecture show, says it should be all about people.
“Of course form is very important, because form is one attitude for relating to the surroundings,” Sejima told AFP Thursday after unveiling the 12th edition of the Biennale in the lagoon city.
“But at the same time people’s activity is to me very important. People also are involved in the process of creativity,” said Sejima, 54, dressed all in white on a hot summer’s day.
Sejima, whose Tokyo studio SANAA, co-founded with Ryue Nishizawa, created the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and London’s Serpentine Gallery, said the architect’s view of space “can give people opportunities.” … read more

Tahiti awaits world’s best surfers, including Kelly Slater

It’s cut-down time on the Association of Surfing Professionals this week in Teahupoo, Tahiti.

Cocoa Beach’s Kelly Slater is No. 3 in the world. ASP photo

Stop No. 5 on the 10-stop circuit will see a cut from the top 45 surfers to 34 for the remaining five events.
Cocoa Beach’s Kelly Slater, ranked No. 3 behind Jordy Smith and Taj Burrow, opens against former world champion Andy Irons and Heiarii Williams.
Satellite Beach’s Damien Hobgood, ranked 13th, will face Kekoa Bacalso and Jay Thompson.
C.J. Hobgood, ranked 22nd, opens against Smith and Polynesian Manoa Drollet… Read more
Smith is looking for his first world championship. “Most important for me is to realize that it’s not always going to be a walk in the park,” he said. “Being No. 1 is much like being No. 2, 3 or 4 as there is still a long way to go this season.