The Santa Cruz native, whose NSSA career concluded after the contest, now shares the record book next to former Open winners such as Andy and Bruce Irons, Taylor Knox, and Fred Pattachia.

Keep an eye out for the tour, which will boast East’s Eric Geiselman and Devon Tresher, and West’s Adam Virs and Jesse Evans. Friends of Fox and team riders including Rob Kelly and Andrew Geslers will also hop in the mix for a tour stop or two.

With the launch of Mike “Mo” Capaldi’s new fall line of products, Matix and Skatelab are putting on a “Mo Party” featuring mo’ of everything you want. Check it out July 3rd at Skatelab in Simi Valley.

The Sales Force Management solution is designed specifically for the footwear, apparel and accessories/hard goods industry, and provides the sales force with intelligence and sales power through a sophisticated, yet easy to use real-time order entry application.

A veteran Zoo Yorker, Skudin has played an integral part over the past five years in helping to build and shape Zoo’s expanding surf program. In his new, he’s psyched to contribute on an even deeper level.

French surfwear company Oxbow is launching their brand in the States and giving people the chance to meet Laird Hamilton during an autograph signing at its new store in Santa Monica.

UPERbrand has officially launched its website on the worldwide web – www.superbranded.com.

The list of resorts for next year’s gold pass was released yesterday and the omission of Vail Resort’s mountains was not a typo.

Volcom Stone’s first annual FREE Australian Peanut Butter and Rail Jam snowboard event will take place at Mt. Buller, Victoria Saturday July 19 2008.

FREE ENTRY, FREE FOOD and TONS OF FREE GIVEAWAYS ALL DAY

For the second summer in a row, the Great Northwest Gromfest is returning to Whistler, B.C. and Camp of Champions for another international, summer skateboard and snowboard event.