http://coolermag.com/news/ en Copyright 2008 2008-09-05T13:34:00+00:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/nikita-sur.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/nikita-sur.html#When:13:34:00Z The snow may have dried up, but the Nikita crew are keeping themselves busy by organising a Nikita Surf Trip this summer. The Czech Nikita girls will be heading over to France to host a series of workshops. Whether you want to try surfing for the first time or improve your skills, the Surf Trip is open to all ages and abilities and promises lots of sun, sand and socialising.  The trip includes surf lessons in small groups with professional instructors, evening video coaching, a course about the ocean, surf history and surfing rules while riding the waves, plus evening activities, parties and a wellness program. Based in Hossegor, there will also be loads of travelling around the coast, from Henday to Seignosse, visiting local surf spots and meeting with pro surfers along the way. You can also get to experience some indo boarding, tour a surf factory and take part in a fun contest for beginners.  Participants will stay in beach bungalows in the centre of the surf town Hossegor, 50 km from Biarritz and close to the Spanish border. There will be four weeks of surf trips this year, two in June and two in September: Dates 13–22 June 2008 20–29 June 2008 29 August – 7 September 2008 5–14 September 2008 The cost is 500 Euros, which includes return transport from Prague to Hossegor, accommodation, travel along the coast, trips to Biarritz, coaching, video coaching, rental equipment, indo boarding… and pretty much everything except food! There are only 20 spots per camp, so to book your spot. 2008-09-0513:34:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/bestival.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/bestival.html#When:09:34:00Z Expect the usual heady mix of beers and bands on the sunny Isle of Wight for this year’s Bestival, taking place from 5-7 September at Robin Hill Country Park. Acts we’re excited about include Amy Winehouse, Underworld, My Bloody Valentine, Lykke Li and Sam Sparro, plus a whole heap of other musical treats in the line-up. This year, Bestival is celebrating it’s 5th Birthday, so there’s a fancy dress theme of ‘30,000 Freaks Under The Sea’ - don your mermaid, squid, shark or deep-sea diver suit and get in on the action! In addition to the musical shennanigans, there’ll be The Retreat (for a bit of chill out time), Bestivalley (a green arts and crafts zone), the Bestival Bugle (the on-site daily newspaper), the legendary Inflatable Church, a Solar Powered Cinema, and much more… Expect a blissful weekend of music and fun. Want to grab a ticket? (Frankly, you’d be mad not to). Head to the Bestival website.  2008-09-0409:34:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/howies.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/howies.html#When:16:04:00Z Those eco-friendly folks at howies are famed for using their business to try and change the things that they care about, hence why they voluntarily pay an ‘Earth Tax’ on each product they make. This year, these Earth Tax funds will be used to fund a series of lectures to help give people the tools to help them change the things they care about. The Do lectures will be all about getting a handful of speakers together at Fforest Farm in Cardigan, West Wales from 4th - 8th September in the hope that they may inspire you to do something! howies will supply some great accommodation for free, in a great setting at Fforest Farm and cook you some nice local food. They’ll also get a couple of their favourite bands down, and - fingers crossed - they’ve put in a request for some sunshine too! There are only 75 spots, with the lucky chosen people receiving free accommodation and good local food - all you’ll need to pay for is your travel costs. If you are interested in attending, please write a handwritten letter telling us why and what you hope to DO. Send it for the attention of Alison to howies, Bath House Road, Cardigan, West Wales SA43 1JY. For those who are not picked, howies will be building a website where they will upload every talk for those who can’t attend. 2008-09-0316:04:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/burton-australian-open.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/burton-australian-open.html#When:09:04:00Z From 1-5 September, the top male and female shredders from all over the world will be descending upon Perisher Blue to battle it out for the halfpipe and slopestyle crownage. The second stop on the 2008-2009 Burton Global Open Series, the Aussie Open is an open event, which means anyone can enter! The women’s field is looking strong with competitors such as Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter (USA) and women’s 07/08 Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion and back-to-back X-Games slopestyle gold medalist Jamie Anderson (USA). Jamie currently leads both TTR and BGOS women’s rankings after her first place halfpipe and slopestyle finishes at the New Zealand Open earlier this month. Competition gets underway on Tuesday, September 2nd with the men’s and women’s halfpipe qualifiers. On Wednesday, September 3rd, the action moves to Perisher’s slopestyle course for the qualifiers. All eyes will be on the halfpipe on Thursday, September 4th for semi-finals and finals when the world’s best will fight it out for the Open title and a share of the $50,000 prize purse. On Friday, September 5th the event wraps up with slopestyle finals. See you down under!  2008-09-0209:04:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/ani1.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/ani1.html#When:10:14:00Z The legendary Animal Bike Tour returns for 2008, with 40 stops lined up at this summer’s top sports events. For it’s seventh year, the Bike Tour has raised the bar again, with the ‘08 rig offering a more skate park feel with a new ramp set up, ¼ pipe and rail combo’s, where world class riders Martyn Ashton and Sam Pilgrim will be performing freestyle bike demos and laying down some massive moves. Martyn Ashton says: “The new rig is awesome, almost all the kit has moved up in height, as well as in technical difficulty. The riding around the arena is now far more fluid and viewing is improved, 2008 looks set to be another great year.” There will be plenty of opportunities to win some very special tour gear at each stop. Check out the full schedule for an event near you. 2008-09-0110:14:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/nike-human-race.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/nike-human-race.html#When:15:50:00Z Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe has launched the Nike+ Human Race at Wembley Stadium. Set to be the world’s largest one day running event, the Nike+ Human Race, to be held on 31st August, will see up to one million runners across the globe competing in a 10k race. GB team captain, Paula Radcliffe, will be leading 30,000 Brits as they ‘Run for Britain’ against 25 different global cities. London runners will start the race from inside England’s most iconic sporting venue, Wembley Stadium, following a live music concert headlined by a top artist. Those who live outside London can represent their country via the Nike+ website by taking part in the ‘Virtual Race’. Runners can simply use Nike+ iPod or SportBand to track their kilometres on race day and then download their run on the Nike+ site to have their results officially counted as part of the race. To be part of the GB team, you can register for the race from 2nd June via the Nike+ website. A proportion of the registration fee will be donated to one of four charities: UNHCR, Livestrong, WWF and Fairbridge. Can’t get a spot in the UK race? Well, lucky for you there are a whole host of Nike+ Human race cities to choose from, including: Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Rome, Warsaw, Melbourne, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Lima, México City, Quito, São Paulo and Vancouver. 2008-08-3115:50:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/girlie-surf-camp.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/girlie-surf-camp.html#When:13:29:00Z Whether you’re a top-notch wave rider or a spluttering beginner, book yourself in for the Les Ettes & Girlie Surf Camp this summer! Taking place throughout July and September in Hossegor, France, the camps include surf lessons for all levels, with hints and tips from pro Roxy riders, plus the provision of surfboards, wetsuits and any additional kit. You’ll be provided with meals and accommodation in mobile homes by the ocean, plus an exciting programme of post-surf activities including spa sessions, yoga, BBQs, classic surf film screenings, skateboarding, and - of course - parties. All attendees will also recieve a fab goody bag packed with treats. The camps are open to girls aged 16+. To book your spot, head over to the Girlie Camps website. Surf Camp Schedule 2008 30 Aug - 7 Sept 7 - 13 Sept 13 - 20 Sept 2008-08-3013:29:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/buy-a-limited-edition-print.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/buy-a-limited-edition-print.html#When:09:23:00Z Start Soma are offering limited-edition prints from some of their favorite artists in the world, and this month you’ll be able to get your hands on a limited edition print by one of our favourite artists, Casey O’Connell. The first set of Casey O’Connell prints will be of this gorgeous artwork entitled ‘When Freckles Collide’. There will be one limited edition run of 10 large prints (40 x 24 inches), and 150 small prints (20 x 12 inches) - all signed and numbered by Casey. 10% of both limited edition print runs will be set aside for donation to charitable fund-raisers. The first Casey O’Connell print will go on sale via the Start Soma website on August 30th, 2008. To add your name to the pre-sale list for this first limited edition, now. 2008-08-2909:23:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/rip-curl-pro-mademoiselle.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/rip-curl-pro-mademoiselle.html#When:08:58:00Z From 28th August until 1st September, Europe’s best female riders will battle it out in event number three of the ASP Women’s World Tour at Hossegor, France. Former World Champ Sofia Mulanovich overcame fellow Peruvian Silvana Lima to win the 2007 crown, and she’s sure to try and secure the title again with a hefty $85,000 prize purse at stake! 2008-08-2808:58:00 http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/surf-photography-show.html http://coolermag.com/calendar/view/surf-photography-show.html#When:09:06:00Z See the amazing work of Jeff Divine at the Crane Kalman Gallery, Brighton. The exhibition, entitled ‘Jeff Divine: Surfing’s Golden Age – The Seventies Kodachromes’ runs until 31st August. Growing up in La Jolla, Jeff Divine began taking pictures of fellow surfers in his hometown during the 1960s and got to know the original alternative sport before the mainstream media blew it into the commercial kingdom it has now come to be. His images capture the decade of Hippies, long hair, Mexican wedding shirts and bell-bottoms. Santana, The Dead, Steppenwolf and the Stones were on the stereo, hallucinogenic drugs and free love were everywhere and Vietnam had left an entire generation of disillusioned youth. And for those surfers making (or non-making) a life for themselves on the swells on the North Shore, that culture was apparent, but with one distinguishing factor: their prized possessions were their garage-made surfboards all lined up in the side yard. That was what mattered most. According to Divine, “It was all about the karma you had, that and going with the flow. We really believed that when the surf was on that’s what it was all about: good vibes actually caused good waves to happen. I surfed first and then shot photos. As things got more serious, I shot first and surfed later.” Photographing the second generation of surfers, Divine impressively captures the feeling of being on the beach during its most creative era and at the inception of a subculture too large and photogenic to stay down long. 2008-08-2709:06:00