Author: matt

Skate phenoms Curren Caples and Shane Borland have both committed to re-signing their deal with Surf Hardware and their associated brands FCS, Gorilla Grip and Headhunter Suncare. Both boys are also incredible surfers and they are some of the few kids in the world with high level sponsorships in both sports.

Surf Hardware is perhaps the most well known and respected surf accessory company and sponsors the best surfers in the world.

Mountain High announced its new pro team this week and RPRT’s Ryan Paul is one of six snowboarders on the roster.

The team consists mainly of local up-and-coming boarders, but Ryan, from Minnesota, was picked to be a part of the team due to the Mtn. High brass considering him one of the best new riders on the scene.

Look for RP to be involved in great promos and events at Mtn. High during the 2011-2012 season.

Coming off a disasterous slam at X Games, Curren Caples came back the following week to get 3rd place at this year’s Coastal Carnage at the US Open.

Andrew Langi also made it into the finals placing 10th overall. Andrew will be skating in the Dew Tour bowl contest this weekend in Portland as well.

Congrats boys!

The world is waiting for Jeb Corliss to move next and a date has been set! Jeb, with the help of the Chinese government and Red Bull China, will be the first person to BASE jump and wingsuit through Tianmen Mountain’s iconic “Heaven’s Gate.” The stunt will be aired on Chinese national television and will be part of the Tianmen Mountain Sky Festival.

Luan Oliveira barely missed a gold medal in the street contest during X Games 17. Going into the finals with a first place standing (score 0f 91.0), Luan skated incredibly but in the end lost the gold to Nyjah Huston by only .67 points.

Also congrats to David Gonzalez and Andrew Langi for making finals in skate (DG – Street and Park + AL – Park).

Unfortunately both Kyle Loza and Curren Caples suffered last minute injuries preventing them from competing this year and Chad Kerley was not bumped up to compete BMX street from the alternate spot. Josh Hansen competed in Best Whip as well.

Congrats to all and get better Curren and Kyle!

Curren Caples has been on a media tear this month with full page features in both Rolling Stone and ESPN Magazine. In the latest issues, both present Curren as the “New Face of X” and discuss how he was the youngest competitor in the X Games last year. Curren can also be seen in the latest Los Angeles Magazine and will be doing interviews for Inside X Games, ESPN and LA Times during X Games week, to name a few.

Curren will be skating superpark next week at X Games 17 for his second time. Last year he just missed getting a medal with an admirable 4th place finish.

X Games take place July 28-31 at LA Live in Downtown Los Angeles and airing on ESPN.

Returning to the show’s “Superhuman’s” segment, Jeb Corliss will appear on ABC’s 20/20 this Friday evening at 10 pm. The segment will feature what Jeb is calling “his best jump ever” shot a few weeks ago in Europe.

Jeb is preparing for a big stunt to take place later in the summer in China.

Continuing his dominance in Europe, Luan Oliveira took the top spot win at the Relentless Energy “Above The Line” contest at the Bright Tradeshow in Berlin this last weekend. Also skating in the contest, RPRT’s David Gonzalez finished with a 7th place final.

Next stop is Street League in Glendale Arizona this weekend. Geevum boys!!!

Roberta Mancino was chosen by famed fashion photographer Marco Glaviano to shoot a new pin-up campaign for Hello Kitty. The pictures will appear on a T-shirt series and will for sure bring tremendous sex appeal to the iconic Japanese cartoon character. No word yet on when to expect the product in stores.

Mark DellaGrotte has a small role as a car dealer in the latest Kevin James film “Zookeeper,” which is out today in theaters nationwide. Watch Mark make his big screen debut!

Mark has a large role in Kevin’s next film “Here Comes The Boom,” due out in Summer 2012.