Surfin' safari lands promoter atop magazine group.When Don Meek was surfing the waves Palos Verdes Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. This affluent bedroom community is known for its dramatic views, good schools [1] extensive horse trails [2] as a kid, he probably didn't realize he would one day be in charge of Surfing magazine, along with Snowboarder and Bike. The new vice president and group publisher for the Action Sports Group division of Primedia, publisher of more than 250 special-interest magazines, Meek is responsible for all aspects of business, financial management, administration and personnel for the company's Los Angeles-based magazine division. "It takes all the things I've learned in 20 years in business and marries that passion and experience with the things I love to do when I'm not working," Meek said. "It's really the job of a lifetime." Meek was president of the Gravity Games Gravity Games is a multi-sport competition originating from Providence, Rhode Island that is broken down into Winter and Summer adaptations. These feature a variety of extreme sports such as , skateboarding, Freestyle Motocross, BMX freestyle (during the summer) and snowboarding , an action sports event joint venture between Primedia and global sports marketer Octagon that featured sports like inline skating and freestyle motocross Freestyle Motocross (also known as FMX) is a variation on the sport of motocross in which motorcycle riders attempt to impress judges with jumps and stunts. The two main types of freestyle events are: In 1994, Meek created the U.S. Open of Surfing and was the event's executive director until 1996. In its debut, the event drew 350 participants and a quarter of a million spectators. It continues to be the dominant surfing competition in the U.S. Before heading back to the beach, Meek spent three years with Sony Entertainment as vice president of channels marketing and sales development, where be helped launch TV channels worldwide. He started his media career at what eventually became Fox Sports Net and helped launch its event group, which developed proprietary sporting events. "Historically, television only sold TV spots, but we were the first to get into ownership," he said. "Now it's standard operating procedure standard operating procedure Medtalk A technique, method or therapy performed 'by the book,' using a standard protocol meeting internally or externally defined criteria; a formal, written procedure that describes how specific lab operations are to be performed. for networks today, but we were pretty ahead of it." In addition to surfing, the Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). resident enjoys skiing, snowboarding and mountain biking mountain biking Sports medicine A sport in which participants use specialized bicycles to navigate rough, steep trails covered with unforgiving rocks Injury risk Concussions, fractures, death. See Extreme sport, Novelty seeking behavior. with his wife, son and daughter. |
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