Author: matt

On December 19th, Mark DellaGrotte will be speaking at the Fight Summit in Las Vegas on “Building a Successful MMA Gym.” His talk is set for the 2:30 in the afternoon at The Flamingo. Other speakers include Greg Jackson, Randy Couture and Monte Cox.

More information can be found HERE.

RPRT welcomes rookie skate pro Luan de Oliveira to the roster. Luan is one of those special cases of talent that is far and above most of his contemporaries. Part of the venerable FLIP skate team, Luan is poised to take 2011 by storm.

Welcome Luan!

RPRT Snow Manager Ken Perkins is on a tear adding Scotty Vine to his roster of clients. Scotty is the third add in a few months to the RPRT snowboard roster and a brings insane rail and freestyle skillset to the table. Scotty is also a consistent contest winner!

Welcome Scotty!

November 9th at 7 pm EDT, ESPN’s E:60 will be airing the feature they shot on Roberta Mancino this summer in Italy for the show’s finale episode. The piece will highlight her life as a model and athlete as well as provide a glimpse into her personal life.

The trailer for the episode can be seen HERE. Please tune in!

World Cup snowboarder Brennen Swanson has officially been invited to participate in the 2010-2011 Winter Dew Tour. Competing in Men’s Superpipe, Brennen will go head to head with top names like Shaun White and Scotty Pike.

RPRT clients David Gonzalez and Geoff Rowley have been immortalized in the newest iteration of the highly successful Activision video game Tony Hawk franchise. Both riders appear in the new Tony Hawk Shred out this week.

In other Shred news, RPRT’s BARON also has a song on the soundtrack.

RPRT is proud to have been able to work with new women’s world MMA champion, Zoila Frausto during her bid to win the 115 lb. tournament for Bellator. Beating Megumi Fujii, considered to be the best pound-for-pound female fighter alive, in a split decision last night in the finals, Zoila captured the belt and respect from the entire MMA world.

Congrats to the new world champ Zoila!

Baron has been tapped by electronic mega-duo UNKLE to remix their next single. Baron, a huge UNKLE fan, is honored to be able to work with the legendary duo.

Baron is just coming off several projects and his track “The End of the Beginning” has just been released on video game TONY HAWK SHRED.

Hundreds of kids descended upon the Volcom HQ this week for the 2010 Damn Am contest. After the rain died out and the contest switch was flipped on, rprt clients Curren Caples, Shane Borland and Louie Lopez all ripped with CC and LL advancing. Curren had to jet out of town and Louie was left to battle it out in the finals with a near perfect second run to seal a 2nd place win at the contest!

Congrats Louie!

Two sport phenoms Curren Caples and Shane Borland will both be signing with surf accessory leader Surf Hardware and their associated brands for the remainder of the 2010-2011 season. Surf Hardware is the worldwide leader in fin control systems (FCS), surf traction (Gorilla Grip) and suncare products (Headhunter).