Television personality and sports commentator
Pat Parnell is named host of FUEL TV's original daily series "The Daily
Habit," it was announced today by CJ Olivares, SVP and Assistant
General Manager, FUEL TV and Scott Paridon, executive producer of the
series. Parnell's first episode premieres tonight at 9pm ET/PT."Pat is one of the leading on-air talents in
action sports. His extensive knowledge of, and personal connection to,
the sports and the riders makes him the ideal host for "The Daily
Habit." We're very excited about building on the early success of the
show with addition of Pat and look forward to tapping into some of his
lesser known talents as well," said CJ Olivares, SVP and Assistant
General Manager.
Beginning with network launch in 2003, Parnell
has hosted numerous specials on FUEL TV surrounding key industry events
such as the yearly Surfer Poll Awards and action sports film festival
X-Dance, along with original FUEL TV red-carpet series "Blue Carpet
Special." Parnell's broad action sports experience includes coverage of
the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City where the USA snowboarding
team swept the competition, the JEEP World of Adventure Sports Series
now in its third season, Vans Triple Crown events, Gravity Games and
the Dew Action Sports Tour. He recently served as the play-by-play
commentator for snowboarding events during the 2006 Olympic Games in
Torino and traveled the globe with the Association of Surfing
Professionals World Championship Tour (ASP WCT). From 1996-2001,
Parnell served as host of the MTV Sports and Music Festival while also
working on the Summer and Winter X Games.
Since its launch in October 2005, "The Daily
Habit," which surveys the best in youth culture with today's most
popular action sports personalities and cutting-edge music and comedy,
has welcomed more than 180 athletes and musicians. "The Daily Habit"
encompasses the world of the action sports enthusiast. Featured daily
are celebrity guests, action sports athletes and musicians who are
relevant to this rapidly growing audience. The show will highlight new
products and music by independent, alternative and hip hop artists.
Appearing in next week's episodes of "The Daily
Habit" are surfers Ryan Carlson along with musical guests Nine Black
Alps, Eric Geiselman with musical guests Jonny Lives, Alex Gray and
Holly Beck; and skateboarder Jake Duncombe. The week of August 7th,
actor and comedian Tom Green joins a guest roster that includes surfers
Michael Spencer and Lisa Andersen, skateboarder Braydon Szafranski, BMX
rider Luke Parslow and musical guest The Spores.
Executive producers are FUEL TV's SVP and
Assistant General Manger CJ Olivares and VP, Production and Development
Scott Paridon; the director is Jennifer L. Goodman.
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