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An Evening With Chris Sharma At Movement

Meet the one and only Chris Sharma as he shares his latest slideshow presentation. One night only! Get your tickets soon as they are going fast! You can grab yours at prAnaBoulder, prAnaDenver and Movement Climbing Gym.

Source: http://www.prana.com/blog/2012/05/22/an-evening-with-chris-sharma-at-movement/

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Mark Hunt injured, so Lavar Johnson jumps at chance to fight Stefan Struve at UFC 146

After earning a $65,000 bonus for Knockout of the Night on May 5 after stopping Pat Barry in the first round at UFC on Fox 3 in East Rutherford, N.J., you couldn't blame Lavar Johnson had he chosen to go on vacation. It was his second KO win in the UFC in four months and both times, the knockout came on national television.

He chose to take only a few days off, however, before returning to the gym on Monday. It paid off for him big-time on Thursday when he was offered, and quickly accepted, a contract to fight Stefan Struve on May 26 on the main card of UFC 146 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.

Mark Hunt injured a knee in training and had to withdraw from the fight with Struve on the all-heavyweight card next week. The UFC offered the bout to Johnson, who came out of his first-round win over Barry unscathed.

He said he never hesitated in accepting the offer.

"This is what we do and it's my job to fight," Johnson told Cagewriter. "They called me up and I'm still in good shape. A fight is a fight, no matter who it is, or what. My job is to take the fight. I jumped right on it."

Johnson said he weighs 250, so he won't even have to worry about cutting weight to make the 265-pound limit for his fight against Struve.

At 6-11, Struve will have a seven-inch height advantage over the 6-4 Johnson, but Johnson insisted it won't matter.

"His reach is 83 and mine is 81 or 82," Johnson said. "I'm faster and I hit harder. I'm aggressive and I'll be right there in his face."

He was aggressive against both Barry and Joey Beltran, whom he knocked out on Jan. 28 at UFC on Fox 2. He took a few hellacious leg kicks from Barry in the early moments of the May 5 fight, but said he didn't feel them.

When friends brought it up to them, he acted surprised, saying he checked the kicks. But when he looked at the film, he realized he was hit full bore by Barry, one of the hardest kickers in the sport. But Johnson had prepared for Barry by training with kick boxer Carter Williams, himself a great kicker.

"That's what happens when you train with Carter," Johnson said, chuckling. "Eventually, you don't feel a thing."

He was a virtual unknown to UFC fans as 2012 began, known primarily as the fighter who was shot in the abdomen during a Fourth of July family reunion a few years ago. But if he beats Struve, he'll be 3-for-3 in 2012 with seven months still to go.

He hasn't heard much from UFC president Dana White, but said it didn't matter.

"My bonus check said enough for me," he said.

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UFC 146: “Dos Santos vs. Mir” Weigh-in Results

The UFC 146 weigh-ins took place at the MGM Grand Gardens Arena in las Vegas without a hitch, all fights made the mark for their respective bouts, including UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior Dos Santos and former champion Frank Mir. Both Heavyweights are set to clash in tomorrow night’s main event.

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Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/28706/ufc-146dos-santos-vs-mir-weigh-in-results/

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Fun in the Foothills: Endless Wine Tasting in April

Hire a DD folks, it’s time for Passport weekend.  That means a weekend of serious wine tasting from one corner of El Dorado county to the next.  Barbera, Mourvedre, Syrah, Viognier, trusty Chard, Cab, and Merlot, and a million wines named after the American River, someone’s rooster, truck, or maybe even a cowboy or two.  If you have [...]

Source: http://feed.aorafting.com/~r/aoblog/~3/2CbaiOsUhZE/

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We've moved to a new address!

We're sorry (but excited) to announce that our "Surfing, Surf Art & Culture" blog has moved to Club Of The Waves! We've migrated our entire blog archive over there, so you can still find all our old posts and plenty of new ones too! Blogger has been very good to us since 2008, but it's time for us to move on…

The 'new' blog over on COTW has two options to view it in the traditional or "Classic" blog view, or the slightly different "Grid" blog view. See which you prefer…

www.clubofthewaves.com/blog/

Aloha.

Source: http://surfingartculture.blogspot.com/2011/01/weve-moved-to-new-address.html

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How I Would Fix One In A Million


Like everyone else, I was disappointed when One In  Million NYC was cut short. It was obvious from the get go that things would be different from the epic 2010 series that  gave us Forest Edwards and got John Fitzgerald on Zero. A lot of people have already written about what went wrong this year, so I won't get into that. I am a huge fan of reality TV. I watch Survivor, Top Chef, and others religiously and occasionally go so far as to seek out international versions of my favorites. With my extensive knowledge of reality competition series I offer up my ideas on how to fix OIAM because I would hate for it to die before it reached it’s full potential.

America’s Next Top Model is probably the most successful reality TV franchise, with versions in 49 different countries or regions. The American version has gone way down hill but Australia and New Zealand still hold it down. Since OIAM is essentially America’s Next Top Skater, the Top Model formula can easily be ported to OIAM. Each episode of Top Model entails a Teach, Challenge, Photo Shoot and a Judging. OIAM seemed to want to take this route, but didn’t understand that these pieces have a purpose. That is to educate the contestants and help them advance their careers as well as show their desire and ability to learn and grow. An important note is that Challenges never send contestants home. Judges send contestants home. This would prevent someone like Matt Militano from being eliminated in the High Ollie Challenge despite being one of the best skaters in OIAM.

The Challenges would need to be meaningful. Pro skaters don’t deliver pizzas on their boards, but they do have to do demos on shitty set ups or get creative on boring spots. Each episode a guest pro or industry person could give the guys a lesson in some aspect of the industry then the contestants would have to put that new knowledge to the test. The winner would win a prize, immunity from elimination, or an advantage in the elimination. 

In Top Model and most other reality competition shows, there are two challenges per episode. One for reward, and one for elimination. For OIAM, a day of skating would be the weekly elimination challenge because skating is really what matters. One week they might go to rail spots or manual spots or a gnarly bowl. I think OIAM 2010 did really well with this. Just take the guys out to skate and see how they do. Bring along a photographer to get photos because getting photos is an important part of a skater’s job. These photos can be revealed at the judging along with the day’s footage and used online as a companion piece to the show.

Each episode I would have the judges critique each skater. This gives the skaters an idea of what they are doing right and wrong and how they stack up against the competition. I would show the judges deliberating about who gets sent home and who is the top performer of the day. This gives the audience an idea of what the judges are thinking and who their favorites are. They did some of this in OIAM 2010 when the judges had meetings with each skater, but not really in OIAM NYC. 

I would add a mentor to the process. This would be a filmer, photographer, or team manager, someone with industry experience who can steer them in the right direction and also report back to the judges about what is happening on a daily basis. A filmer would be great because they are out there with the skaters anyway and often times they act as a coach or cheer leader when a skater needs some encouragement to get a trick. 

Alex Klein said OIAM NYC was a “parody of American TV Culture”, but he didn’t seem to know his source material very well. Whomever is in charge needs to take it seriously the kids all want to do well, the audience want a good show, and there is real money on the line, and a real need to make a final product. It’s business just like professional skateboarding. Hiring someone with reality TV experience would go a long way in taking OIAM to the next level. A skater would still need to be in charge to ensure whack shit didn't happen but someone who knows how to create an interesting series needs to be involved. I would move the competition back out west. NYC seems like a good idea, but the weather is unpredictable, and a rainy day or two can cost the production big time. Give the guys a break. Skating all day every day is tiring especially in a 24 /7 competition with cameras ever present. Even the biggest skate rat needs a day off to recover. Take them on a field trip to a skateboard factory or just take them to the mall or the beach. You don’t necessarily have to film the day off but I think it would go a long way in keeping people motivated and happy.

I hope OIAM comes back. If done right it could be an entertaining show to skaters and non-skaters and still feature plenty of skating. Some of you may groan at the idea of taking OIAM seriously or bringing it to a mass audience. For you I say, OIAM doesn’t matter, the industry doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters is that skating is fun and no matter if skating is on TV or not, that will never change. 

Let me know what you think in the comments and if you want to rewatch, here are the links to OIAM 2010 and OIAM NYC.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MostlySkateboarding/~3/10FfcHjAAjo/how-i-would-fix-one-in-million.html

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Donald Cerrone hoping to win UFC on Fuel 3 bonus for a pontoon boat

Donald Cerrone is used to walking away from fights with fight night bonuses. Stretching back to his days in the WEC, "Cowboy" has picked up nine Fight of the Night, Submission of the Night, or Knockout of the Night bonuses.

For tonight's UFC on Fuel 3 fight against Jeremy Stephens, it's not surprising that Cerrone already has plans for the next bonus he will try to win.

"You name it, the post-fight bonuses, I'm going for it," Cerrone declared through his informal drawl. "I've got [expletive] to buy. I'm thinking (of getting) 10 or 12 girls to come out on a pontoon boat."

Since he has picked up so many bonus checks, perhaps the UFC needs to think of different ways to motivate Cerrone. Much as Lincoln Hawk arm-wrestled for a new tractor/trailer in "Over the Top," Cerrone could fight for a boat, or a new horse for his ranch, or a lifetime supply of cowboy hats. It's not too much to ask for.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/donald-cerrone-hoping-win-ufc-fuel-3-bonus-174608815.html

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Jon Jones vs. Dan Henderson set for Labor Day weekend in Las Vegas

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones knew that his next opponent was Dan Henderson, who once held that same title in Strikeforce. Now he has a date and a place: Sept. 1 in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White announced the news on Twitter late Wednesday night.

For Henderson, the September date means he will have had nearly 10 months off between fights. His last bout was the Fight of the Year with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, which Henderson won in five bloody rounds. He opted for the long layoff for the chance to win a UFC belt. Though he won a UFC tournament early in his career and has held belts in Strikeforce and Pride, Henderson has never been a UFC champion.

This will be just the second time Jones fights in 2012, a slowdown from the torrid pace he kept in 2011. He won a chance to fight for the belt, won the belt, and then defended the title twice last year. With little time off between bouts, it's completely understandable that he wouldn't want to fight as often this year.

With this fight booking, the UFC will be putting every belt except welterweight on the line between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. However, with Dominick Cruz's injury, Urijah Faber will be competing for an interim belt.

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