The Opunake Surf Reef Trust is struggling to contact the company building its problem-plagued artificial surf reef...
The twice annual Action Sports Retailer Convention that has called San Diego home for at least 20 years is calling it quits, citing difficult economic times.
With some of the world's best surfboard shapers and designers in attendance, the Sacred Craft Consumer Surfboard Expo steals the show at ASR San Diego.
The 2010 edition of the Sacred Craft Consumer Surf Expo kicks off tomorrow in conjunction with ASR in downtown San Diego. If you're in the area you don't want to miss this opportunity to check out a blending of surfboard history with the latest in surfboard technology. Here's a few things to make sure to check out.
Kicking off Friday August 13 (yep, Friday the 13th) and presented by Subaru, Verizon, Catch Surf, and Banshee Bungee, and with three new teams joining the mayhem, the 2010 Cali Rally figures to be the wildest yet.
From fashion to surf and big brands to little ones, check out this little preview of the ASR Marketplace "Swim" show which runs concurrently with ASR San Diego from August 13-15 at the downtown San Diego Convention Center.
We join iconic surfboard shaper Mickey Muñoz in his shaping room as he creates a custom standup paddle board for the third annual "Billabong Art of Shaping: Orange County Edition."
Consumer surfboard expo will stage adjacent to ASR Marketplace offering retailers and consumers a convenient platform to shop surf hard goods.
The industry benefits as ASR, CLASS@ASR and Crossroads staged together in downtown San Diego February 3, 4. Together the three events provided a platform for 600 brands to link up with thousands of buyers from around the world.
Gone are the days of massive budgets, company sponsored hotel rooms, and a week's worth of industry parties, but the show must go on! Check out the festivities from the Action Sports Retailer annual San Diego Trade Show... scaled down but far from dead!
ASR: Three Show Environments, Two Days, Dozens of Events in San Diego this Week!
Beyond buying ASR, Class@ASR and Crossroads feature seminars, runway shows, contests, premieres and more, February 3 and 4
Who knew that in this crappy economy a trade show could be so much fun? Hopefully you'll enjoy the photo gallery as much as we did creating it. Featuring the Filthy Habits premier by Billabong and Electric's Ry Craike movie premier party.
Although the ASR San Diego trade show is a shell of it's former self (remember when we all had hotel rooms and spent thousands in the name of "networking"?), all is not broken and companies still hire hot chicks to man the booths and roam the halls of the San Diego Convention center.
While on a southbound train, Ian breaks down his recent travels to the East Coast for Hurricane Bill, his views on hurricane surf, and how he plans to go next Mexico and perhaps even jail...
Sun Diego/Monster Energy ASR Party Friday At Bondi in San Diego
