Recently, Sanuk’s trippin’ troubadour, Donavon Frankenreiter, made Ft. Lauderdale a stop on his tour. Donny jammed out at a couple stops in the area and even made a guest surf-instructor appearance at the Hang Loose Surf School. The surf school is part of Billabong’s effort to get groms filled to the brim with stoke.
Even before Donavon’s arrival, the little salties did everything they could to emulate his signature style. Many of them dawned dark Zinka mustaches to greet him. Upon Donny’s entrance, the crowd of mustachioed mini-donnies erupted in euphoria. Just look a ‘em! Smiles for days.
Why yes, that is a signed Sanuk! But the fun didn’t end there. Oh no, not even close. Next, it was time to throw on trunks and go for a surf.
Word on the water says one of the kids had mastered one of Donavon’s songs on the ukulele. You know what that means….Donny duet time!
With permanent markers always on hand, Donny takes a sweet second to sign a pair of Sanuks for a happy fan. Righteous! Head over to Donavon’s Website for full coverage. We didn’t take these photos, but Stoked Entertainmentdid.
Ahoy there Happyheads! We bring to you, in its entirety, Donavon Frankenreiter’s episode of Firsthand. As one of FUEL TV’s signature shows, Firsthand, takes you into the everyday mojo of action sports athletes. Peep never-before-seen, exclusive angles on the biggest action sports personalities of our generation.
Watch as Fuel TV follows Donny grooving in Kauai, building his dream home, cooking up breakfast for his groms, taking them to school and even enjoying little post-classroom surf session. The episode also shadows the mustachioed mad man on trips a trip to Maui, El Salvador, Australia and Byron Bay.
Ergo Underground has been hosting a sweet series of impromptu contests. Their mission: assemble a posse of talented surfers in a “friendly clash” of for a little cash. With this series, Ergo Underground has taken the “for surfers, by surfers” vibe to a whole new level.
Puerto Rican surfers ran everything from registrations, heat match-ups, and even judging. Turns out these shredfiends can throw down proper turn and a killer event. Who says surfers can’t be productive? (Don’t answer that…)
From start to finish, Sanuk’s Maria Kuzmovich put quite the show. The Open Women’s Division final cranked for a solid 20 minutes straight. Maria, found herself behind the 8 ball for most up the heat, but that didn’t stop her from pulling some Kobe-esque game winning madness. In the last five minutes of the final, Maria laid on the heavy. Quickly, she posted the two highest scores of the heat and took home the win!
Maria’s motto, “Go bright or go home!”
Drawing lines some boys can only dream of…
Winner, winner- Chicken dinner!
Official Open Women’s Results:
1. Maria Kuzmovich
2. Lilac Alvarado
3. Cristina Hernandez
4. Natty Perez
5. Liz Hauser
Sanuk surf-teamer, Alek Parker, knows a thing or two about big blobs on the radar. Blobs? Yes. Blobs. Big ones like these…
That blob happens to be Hurricane Alex. Say hello. Classified as a “tropical depression”, Hurricane Alex has generated some solid surf along the Gulf Coast. Parker has been chasing blobs like Hurricane Alex all year. Needless to say, it’s go time! Most recently, Alex and friends went on a Transworld Surfexcursion to get some shots. Good thing the photogs had their lenses ready, because Alek put on a show.Check out the fruits of his labor of love:
What’s better than getting to shred for a good cause? Nada! That’s why BambooSK8 will be hosting their Octobomb Launch Party!
Crawl out of the woodworks and join Sanuk as we plan to shred some of BambooSK8’s new eco-friendly bamboo skateboards. They’ve got shortboards and longboards for all your shredding needs. Proceeds from the event will be going to National Wildlife Federation to aid in Gulf Coast Efforts.
There’s gonna be plenty-o-boards. There’s gonna be plenty-o-grub. There’s gonna be plenty-o-music by friend of Sanuk, Seth Pettersen! Oh yeah, we’ll be there alright! We wouldn’t dare miss it (and neither should you).So bust out your trusty Sanuks and put them to the test.
So when is they thing eh? It’s this coming Thursday, July 22nd 2010. Things kick off at 7pm over at Pacific Beach Surf Shop (4150 Mission Beach BLVD, San Diego, CA 92109) Down in sunny San Diego, California. See you there!
