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Volcom Inc.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Lovely Bad Things: 'We Almost Got Murdered In Washington'

    Facebook​The Lovely Bad Things are featured in this week's print edition in our Local's Only column. You can read the article here, but to catch you up to speed: the quartet based out of La Mirada are known for their rowdy shows and infectious surf pop sounds. They will release a 45 via Volcom Rec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    TRMRS Shake Things Up

    ​ Orange County and Long Beach have seen a steady stream of great, scuzzy surf bands arise in the past few years. Case in point: TRMRS (pronounced "tremors," like that Kevin Bacon movie). This Costa Mesa four-piece play self-described "trash pop," which sounds like teenage energy spread furiously ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    A Former Costa Mesa Councilwoman and the OC Skateboarding League [PHOTOS]

    Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyDominic Walker won the high school final.​​​While 20 middle school kids were competing in the semifinals in the halfpipe, the 25 high school competitors had just begun the semifinals on the street course at the Vans Skatepark at the Block at Orange. Overlooking it all, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    [UPDATED: Shop Owner Response] Surf Shop Survives: Frog House Clears First Hurdle, Has More Challenges to Overcome

    Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyThe shop is small, but its roots in the Newport surf scene are deep.UPDATE, MAY 12, 5:03 P.M.: It's been a mentally draining--and sometimes sleepless--past six months for T.K. Brimer, owner of the Frog House in Newport Beach. Up until Tuesday night, when a city council vote ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Costa Mesa-Based Action Sports Brand, Volcom Sold to French Group for $607.5 Million

    Sold for $607.5 million.​Richard Walcott and the folks at Volcom have good reason to pop a few bottles of the Champagne region's best bubbly. On Monday, the surf, snowboard and skateboard brand reported that it had been purchased by PPR, a French luxury and retail group. Now, the question is ... More >>

  • Music

    April 14, 2011

    Volcom Sues Jay-Z

    [Mental Notes] More important, what's going on for Record Store Day in OC?

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Battle for the Diamond: Surf Brand Volcom Sues Jay-Z Over Trademark Infringement

    Jay-Z may need to find a new shape.​De Beers lied to us. A diamond is not forever. Jay-Z has been throwing around that diamond hand signal for a few years now and using it as the logo for his music company, but a Costa Mesa surf brand is taking legal action to get its diamond back.Volcom is suing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Wanted: Teen Filmmakers (By Volcom and Newport Beach Film Festival)

    ​Volcom and the Newport Beach Film Festival are looking for teen filmmakers--not for any nasty purposes, but to generate submissions for the annual spring youth cinema celebration.This will be the seventh year of the Youth Film Showcase that runs during the Newport Beach Film Festival, whose 2011 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2010

    Pepper

    The Grove of Anaheim

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    Maloof Money Cup Competition Begins

    ​The Orange County Fair, nightly concerts in Pacific Amphitheatre and potential new owners measuring the closets aren't the only things going on at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa these days. Tonight through Sunday, the Action Sports Arena there will be taken over by skateboarders seek ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    What You Missed: Warped Tour, The Slam Skate Competition, Psychedelic Furs

    Doug Neill​So the weekend's over, the US is out of the World Cup, and yeah, you're back in the office. Already. But let's relive the weekend. Just for a bit. What'd you miss? We were all over the place again, dropping in on the Warped Tour in Carson, the Slam OC Skate Competition in Costa Mesa and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Wax On, Wax Off: Agenda Tradeshow in Huntington Beach

    ​ ASR, usually the surfing world's biggest tradeshow, will be hard pressed this year to compete with the success of the Agenda Tradeshow this past weekend. Held at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach, Agenda saw a wide assortment of designers, surfers, artists and industry types converge for p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    What You Missed: Agenda, Sonic Youth, Where's the Band?, AVN

    John Gilhooley The AVN-Adult Entertainment Expo 2010.​What'd you miss this weekend? First up: Photographer John Gilhooley had the worst assignment ever: Shooting the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2010 in Las Vegas. It was four days of porn, girls, porn, girls, sex toys and giant inflatable, bucking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: New Year's Dispatch from Mammoth

    MammothMountain.comWax On, Wax Off has been chasing snow and festivities around California during the holidays. That, combined with shaky wifi and limited computer access, has made things on the blog a little slow. But this week is shaping up to be a raging good time up here at Mammoth Mountain. Wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: Report from Oceanside's California Surf Festival

    by Aaron MendozaThe California Surf Festival, held in Oceanside this past weekend, was like a ghost town most of the time. There was no bustling festival on the streets, no heady atmosphere full of people. Many of the film screenings were nearly empty. Perhaps it was the decently shaped west combo s ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 8, 2009

    [BEST OF OC] El Artista (the Artist): Aaron Kraten

    by Aaron MendozaThe California Surf Festival, held in Oceanside this past weekend, was like a ghost town most of the time. There was no bustling festival on the streets, no heady atmosphere full of people. Many of the film screenings were nearly empty. Perhaps it was the decently shaped west combo s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    What You Missed: Joan Jett, Wild West Costume Party, Volcom Fashion Show, ALL & Big Drill Car, OC Mud Run

    Keith MayAmerican Apparel approvedWho hates summer as much as we do? What? No one? Sure there's always tons of things going on every day and every weekend during these warmer months--but you're also moist like, the whole time. Or is that just us?We had a full weekend, as always. And it was so full i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    TONIGHT: Riverboat Gamblers at Detroit Bar

    Yes, it's not a state secret...Wednesdays are boring. Usually. But then again, there's always room for surprises. Like the whoop-ass Texas-born punk of The Riverboat Gamblers. Passing through California on a west coast stint, this furiously energetic tattooed five piece makes a stop at Detroit Bar, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2009

    TONIGHT: 'KUCI Nights' Get Started at the Yost in Santa Ana

    Here at the OC Weekly, we're rather big fans of KUCI, UC Irvine's community radio station. So it's a no-brainer to suggest checking out their first ever "KUCI Nights," tonight at the Yost Theatre in Santa Ana. It's five bands, all from southern California: LA's Castledoor and Death to Anders, and OC ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2009

    [Newport Beach Film Fest] Orange County Connections Abound Among This Year's Entries

    Here at the OC Weekly, we're rather big fans of KUCI, UC Irvine's community radio station. So it's a no-brainer to suggest checking out their first ever "KUCI Nights," tonight at the Yost Theatre in Santa Ana. It's five bands, all from southern California: LA's Castledoor and Death to Anders, and OC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Newport Beach Film Festival Seeks Young Talent

    If you are a filmmaker who is 18 or younger, the Newport Beach Film Festival wants you. Entries are being sought for the 2009 Youth Film Showcase, a free springtime event that gives young people a forum for their cinematic masterpieces. Besides allowing budding Tarantinos opportunit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    Road Builders Union to Surf Industry: Fuck Off!

    The Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council issued an ultimatum to the Aliso Viejo-based Surf Industry Manufacturers Association: stop sponsoring environmental groups opposed to the 241 Foothill-South toll road or face the mighty wrath of more than 100,000 union workers ... More >>

  • Music

    July 17, 2008

    [Locals Only] Pepper, 'Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations' (Law Records)

    The Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council issued an ultimatum to the Aliso Viejo-based Surf Industry Manufacturers Association: stop sponsoring environmental groups opposed to the 241 Foothill-South toll road or face the mighty wrath of more than 100,000 union workers ... More >>

  • Features

    June 12, 2008

    [Summer Guide] The Simple Pleasures of an OC Summer

    The Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council issued an ultimatum to the Aliso Viejo-based Surf Industry Manufacturers Association: stop sponsoring environmental groups opposed to the 241 Foothill-South toll road or face the mighty wrath of more than 100,000 union workers ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    Vibrant Plumage

    Birds of Avalon

  • Culture

    January 31, 2008

    More With Less

    Not in this version of Romeo and Juliet

  • Culture

    December 27, 2007

    Trendzilla

    Side Boobage! And other good fashion stuff from 2007

  • Culture

    January 11, 2007

    Trendzilla

    The evolution of surf/skate fashion

  • Music

    November 2, 2006

    Hits!

    Greene Records

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    It's Good to Be Natural

    No. 1: Save trestles. Or dont.

  • Music

    October 12, 2006

    Hits!

    Bionic Records

  • Culture

    September 21, 2006

    Trendzilla

    The bro

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    'Military Is Very, Very Important'

    And camouflage is back, at the latest Action Sports Retailer expo

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Costa Mesa

    And camouflage is back, at the latest Action Sports Retailer expo

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Tomboy Sexy

    Girls, old guys, argyles and skulls at the Action Sports Retailer bash

  • Columns

    September 1, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Girls, old guys, argyles and skulls at the Action Sports Retailer bash

  • Music

    June 23, 2005

    SHOCKING THEMSELVES

    JUNE 23-JUNE 30

  • Culture

    March 31, 2005

    Beverly Center? Weve Got Two of Those!

    And we know how to use them

  • Culture

    February 10, 2005

    Armada Sighted Off the Coast

    Armada Skis finds success making skis at the beach

  • Music

    January 27, 2005

    Live Previews

    Armada Skis finds success making skis at the beach

  • Culture

    January 20, 2005

    Where Dank Lives

    ASRs little bro, Agenda, does just fine hawking board-sports gear in a chilly warehouse

  • Supplement

    December 2, 2004

    Go for the Discounts

    Stay for the brand names at Shelter Streetwearor cause your kid wont let you leave

  • Music

    June 7, 2001

    Killing in Tons

    Stay for the brand names at Shelter Streetwearor cause your kid wont let you leave

  • Music

    March 29, 2001

    Welcome to Schmoozeville

    Relishs 29-hour drive as a career metaphor

  • Music

    March 22, 2001

    The Fuckin' Contest

    Relishs 29-hour drive as a career metaphor

  • Features

    July 27, 2000

    'Noise and Chaos'

    Relish on the road with Warped

  • Features

    April 20, 2000

    Frock&Roll!

    How OC surfwear companies sell you without selling you

  • Music

    December 30, 1999

    Not Another #%&@$* Year-End List!

    Yes, another #%&@$* year-end list!

  • Music

    September 16, 1999

    CD REVIEWS

    Yes, another #%&@$* year-end list!

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Orange Countys Radical Culture Czars

    Economists fear him. Adults emulate him. This kidand thousands like himare teaching corporations how to sell the world everything from edgy soft drinks to extreme sunglasses

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