Adios 2008! Here’s to the year that was

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mike lewis

It has been a crazy year economically, politically, socially, and in our microcosm of action sports, things were no different. We here at Transworld Biz we’re discussing the year that was and thought we’d give you a run down on our eight most viewed stories of 2008 to give you a little pre-celebration conversation fodder and let you skip Carson Daly’s countdown tonight.

8: Hollister Steals Surf
The bogeyman is a mall based, middle-America retailer owned by Abercrombie. Sad.
7: Burton Love Graphic Draws Hate Mail
Hell yeah sex sells. If all of the Love articles were combined, this probably would have been the most viewed topic.
6. Upstarts: WhiskeyMilitia.com
This one deal at a time site (ODAT) is killed it at retail and page views.
5: TWBiz Visits Nidecker’s Factory
The Swiss are known for more than just cheese and chocolate.
4: Big Brother’s Back
After four long years, Big Brother is back. Owned by Big Brother Alumni Jeff Tremaine’s Jackassworld.com, skateboarding’s rawest magazine will now exist in digital format.
3: Future Snowboard Magazine Calls It Quits
Future closed its doors and operations on June 12th
2: Burton Reports Layoffs
Because just about everything big B does is big, so went the page visits on this bad boy.
1: Quiksilver Prevails In Roxy Trademark Lawsuit
The only thing bigger than Burton this year was the amount of press Quiksilver received with its various trials and tribulations.

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