Little Boots will be touring North America and will kick off the tour in New York City on March 2 at the Highline Ballroom. Her tour will zig-zag her across the States and up to British Columbia during the months of March and April.
For more info, go to tourtracker.com.
Dallas Rourke, the slopestyle winner on the first stop of Billabong’s Flaunt It series, walked home with a new all gold 42-20 watch. Rourke’s new watch features a cusotm engraved caseback commemorating her big win in Martock, Nova Scotia. There are 5 more stops for the Flaunt It series leading up to the finals. All stops will feature custom engraved Nixon 42-20’s.
About Flaunt It: Flaunt It is an all-girls slopestyle & rail jam snowboard series that is aimed at giving girls from all levels a chance to 'Flaunt It', while providing over $20,000 in cash and prizes to vie for. The first six events are qualifiers for the Series Finals to be held at Mont Tremblant, Quebec. Each qualifying event will boast a cash purse of $1,500 plus the winner from each qualifier will receive airfare and accommodations to the series finals at Tremblant. The finals have a cash purse of $8,500 with $4,000 going to 1st place!
Nixon and longtime retail partner, BEAMS, have teamed up to create two limited edition colorways of The Wire headphone.
Available in either a blue/orange or orange/blue color combination, The Nixon x BEAMS Wire will launch at retail on February 1 and will be on-sale at all BEAMS locations and all Japanese locations of Apple Retail Stores.
The Wire, an in-ear headphone, is often referred to as the small dog with a big bark due to its minimalist design point of view and ergonomic fit while still delivering robust sound in a comfortable little package.
The Nixon x BEAMS Wire will retail for 7,875¥ and will come limited and custom packaging and carrying case.
For more information visit: shop.beams.co.jp
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Nixon will release a special exclusive colorway for Harvey Nichols, the international luxury lifestyle store, in the rubber player program. The Nixon x Harvey Nichols Rubber Player is limited to only 60 pieces.
The Rubber Player is a unique, new interpretation on the original Player model from Nixon and has been one of the most sought after pieces from the Nixon line for 2009.
The Nixon x Harvey Nichols Rubber Player is available in grey and features a 3-hand Japanese quartz movement, a silicon band, custom-engraved caseback and diamond. This limited watch will also come with a collector’s kit stand and packaging and will retail for £160.
Halfpipe rider Elena Hight have been added to the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding team. The full team was announced Monday and also includes 2006 snowboardcross silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis and gold medalist Seth Wescott and 2002 parallel giant slalom bronze medalist Chris Klug. Six halfpipe riders -- Gretchen Bleiler, Heather Clark, Scotty Lago, Hannah Teter, Louie Vito, and Shaun White -- were selected for the team Saturday. White and Teter are defending Olympic champions. The rest of the team: Graham Watanabe, Nick Baumgartner, Nate Holland, Callan Chythlook-Sifsof and Faye Gulini in snowboardcross, and Tyler Jewell and Michelle Gorgone in PGS.
For more info visit teamusa.org
In honor of Mos Def’s 2 GRAMMY Award nods, HVW8, Union LA and Frolab are ECSTATIC to announce the upcoming photo show entitled “MOS DEF: ECSTATIC MOMENTS” – a one week exhibition showcasing rare performance and behind-the-scenes images captured by Cognito while accompanying Mos Def on the two year journey of making and supporting the June 2009 release of “The Ecstatic”.
The exhibition will be open to the public from January 30, 2010 through February 6, 2010 at the HVW8 Art + Design Gallery, located at 661 N. Spaulding Ave., Los Angeles CA, 90036; open Tuesday to Sunday, 1 – 6 pm or by appointment. (323) 655-HVW8(4898)