Back in May, ESPN filed a suit against Quiksilver alleging the company was using a mark confusingly similar to the X mark used for the X Games. Now it looks like the rolls have reversed, and ESPN will face allegations in court that its X logo violates Quiksilver's Gen X clothing trademark.

OK, things just got interesting. Malto is closing in fast, and Silas Baxter Neal made a quantum leap this month. Get more information right here.

Although fall’s still in full swing in most of the country, chilly nights, snow in the high country, and the first couple issues of shred magazines means it’s time to fire up the 2008/09 Exposure-Meter with a clean slate for all the competitors. It’s anybody’s race as some new faces look to replace the hierarchy and some legends show how they earned that adjective. Read more here.