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Friday, September 19, 2008
SKATE NEWS
Five days ago, Familia Skateshop in Minneapolis, held a little contest called, "The Red Wave Challenge." The dudes over at Familia constructed an exact replica of the famed Red Wave spot in Downtown Minneapolis that you've without a doubt seen Steve Nesser and Seth McCallum skate in mags and videos. From the looks of the video below, things went down hard, even after the rain clouds attempted to rub their giant asses all over the pavement. For photos of the event and updates on the Minneapolis/Familia skate scene, check out the shops blog.
Speaking of Mr. Iannucci, his skateshop, Poets, has a brand new site that's up and running right now. Also visit the official Poets Myspace Page for frequent updates and store happenings.
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Eric Pupecki Talks About The Menace Days At Bobshirt
My friends over at Bobshirt have come correct with another "throwback" interview. This time, they managed to track done and verbally probe the one only, Eric Pupecki. Eric chats about moving to SF, skating EMB, getting the boot from Element, Keenan Milton, Gino Iannucci, Lockwood and his days riding for Menace. Good stuff. Peep this old 411 section called "Roomies," featuring Pupecki, Gino and the late Keenan Milton. Those were the days...
Habitat Skateboards will be embarking on the Territory Trail Canadian Tour 2008, hitting up different spots in Canada for signings and skating along the way, beginning this September 20th. Along for the ride is Stefan Janoski, Tim O' Connor, Fred Gall, Mike McDermott, Guru Khalsa, Austyn Gillette and Marius Syvanen. Wait, what? Is Marius on Habitat? No official announcement has been made but if his name's on a tour flyer like this, he's at the very least on flow. Marius is one of my favorite skaters ever. Super smooth and casual style for that guy. After leaving Santa Cruz a short while back I was wondering what the hell happened to the kid. Habitat seems like a nice fit, if he is in fact on. Check the kids part from Osiris' Feed The Need.
The riders over at eS'are not f*&%k'in around. These dudes have been traveling, handling their business and racking up footage for the much anticipated eS' full-lengthy video. If you don't beleive me, refer to the footage below of Javier Sarmiento, Bobby Worrest, Rodrigo TX and Cale Nuske from a recent eS' tour of the U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates). Look how insane those ledge spots are.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
NEW PRODUCTS
Known for his record cover work for Factory Records and others, Peter Saville has now gotten together with DC Shoes to collaborate on a series if t-shirts, featuring one of his more famous designs. The t-shirts come in black and white with all-over graphic prints.
As only a handful of brands keeping production stateside, ESTATE LA has bucked the trend of moving to cheaper labor-supply rich countries around the world preferring to maintain the utmost quality with their fitted hats. Their hand-made offerings are seen here as they preview an upcoming hat done with Diamond Supply Co. The hat seen here features the classic Diamond script logo on black/white/orange colorway. This marks just a few of number of upcoming releases between the two Californian brands.
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Transworld, Osiris, and Shred Shop are getting together and throwing one heck of a skate jam in Chicago on Saturday, September 27.
Catch John Rattray, Shuriken Shannon, and James Brockman, get free stuff, and Ballpark will be supplying the free dogs!
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NEW PRODUCTS
Just because Lil Wayne turned the VMA’s into a Supra fashion show, let’s not forget the main reason Supra is on top right now–their skate team is stacked! In fact, Supra doesn’t even call it a team; it’s a crew–Erik Ellington, Jim Greco, Terry Kennedy, Chad Muska, Antwuan Dixon, Furby and Tom Penny–yes, that is one tight crew. Pictured above is the new red/white/black colorway of Tom Penny’s pro model shoe, the Sport, which is featured in Furby’s first ad. Expect this fireball to be hitting Supra retailers soon.
As the Nike Skateboarding seasons come and go, we have some hit or miss sneakers. Now thanks to NikeSB.org, we have images of Nike SB’s upcoming Summer 2009 season. Although the Dunk is timeless, it seems newer models are beginning to steal some of the limelight. Speaking of Supreme, peep that “Un-Supreme” P.Rod II…just imagine the P.Rod III.
For the holiday season, Etnies teamed up with NY based Shut Skateboards on this black/gold Rap Hi. For those of you who don’t know, the Rap Hi is a very durable yet comfortable skate shoe, and what better company to team up with than SHUT which is skateboarder owned and operated. $110
After dropping the well-received C1rca Drifter, world renown skate shop/boutique Brooklyn Projects now teams up with Emerica for an exclusive Vegas colorway for Braydon Szafranski’s pro model Sza shoe. The graphics on the shoe are inspired by everything Vegas–from the cheesy carpets in the casinos to the crazy neon signs that litter the city’s skyline.
As the first UK artist to collaborate with Vans, Dave the Chimp’s upcoming release with Vans will be met with a number of festivities. For Dave the Chimp, his skateboard background mixes with his cartoon-aesthetics in a full-blown color affair. The full pack will include of a shoe (exclusive to Size?), a Hessen Mob skate deck, two Vans tees and an homage to Dave the Chimp’s fanzine creation with a Vanzine. The limited print Vanzine features a fold out poster with numerous jokes, hints, tips and fun content. The launch begins Friday, September 19th at the Vans Berlin store with a further launch at London’s Cargo on Wednesday, September 24th with performances by Robots in Disguise and live exhibitions from Dave the Chimp.
The Comme Des Garcons Guerilla Skateboard Decks have arrived at Dover Street Market. Overall they present a series of three decks, each available now for 58 Pounds in the DSM online store.
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SKATE NEWS
The AST Dew Tour/Toyota Challenge Event in Salt Lake City
PLG Takes On A Lofty Frontside Lien At The Dew Tour
Little Zoo York, Chi-Town ripper, fourteen-year old, Chaz Ortiz destroyed the course all weekend and walked away with first place, marking his first pro victory. Is a Ortiz pro model in the works? What's up Zoo?
Here's what little Chaz had to say about his win on the AST site...
"I landed all the tricks I wanted to," Ortiz said. "After my first run I was feeling pretty confidant. I just wanted to get top three and obviously the results were better than I thought. I'm feeling good. I'm super happy. I guess today was my day."
Here are the official AST Dew Tour-Toyota Challenge Street Results
1. Chaz Ortiz, Chicago, 93.05.
2. Ryan Sheckler, San Clemente, Calif., 90.00.
3. Rodolfo Ramos, Brazil, 85.90.
4. Greg Lutzka, Milwaukee, 84.75.
5. Carlos De Andrade, Brazil, 82.00.
6. Austen Seaholm, Anaheim, Calif., 81.60.
7. Danilo Do Rosario, Brazil, 79.75.
8. Paul Rodriguez, Tarzana, Calif., 79.50.
9. Tulio Oliveira, Brazil, 79.25.
10. Kurtis Colamonico, Long Beach, Calif., 78.75.
On the Vert side of things, Andy Macdonald skated strong all weekend and managed to come up on top with a well-deserved first place. Here's what Mr. MacDonald said over at the AST site about nabbing the victory...
Here's the official AST Dew Tour-Toyota Challenge Vert Results
1. Andy Macdonald, 90.5
2. Pierre-Luc Gagnon, 90.25
3. Bob Burnquist, 88.25
4. Adam Taylor, 87.75
5. Bucky Lasek, 87.0
6. Sandro Dias, 82.75
7. Marcelo Bastos, 77
8. Neal Hendrix, 75.5
9. Buster Halterman, 68.75
10. Alex Parelson, 51.5
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
SKATE NEWS
Artist Amber B. got together with Element Skateboards to present her upcoming exhibition at Parisian concept store Colette.
"The window display will be erected over the Halloween holiday from the 27th of October with the creative inspiration being centered around the Pagan Halloween game called "Puicini Saucers." The game originated in Ireland, where a person could foresee his future by choosing one of the ingredients found on the Puicini Saucers while blindfolded. A Coin denotes wealth, Water foresees travel, Rosary Beads mean marriage or holy orders, and Earth predicts death... Spooky! The theme of Halloween is carried through the entire display with plenty of ghouls and teeth to be seen, while the entire room will be sewn felt, with the main feature being a huge sewn creature by the name of Mr. Autumn." Via Sneaker Freaker.
Colette will be offering a limited edition Mr. Autumn skateboard deck, that was produced in collaboration with Element Skateboards and a fan zine by Amber B
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Monday, September 15, 2008
NEW PRODUCTS
As the hype of Supra continues to grow, and the more celebrity endorsement they get, they have successfully locked down the street/skate world. Now, we have a new color of their popular Vaider model. This color way of the Supra Vaider incorporates a nice aqua color way with a gray/black snake skin on the front and upper-backs of the sneaker.
The much anticipated Vans x Taka Hayashi Pack 2, the second collaboration with artist and skater Taka Hayashi, has finally been released.
Consisting of a Vans No Skool Mid Vulc, Vans Ownes Hi Vulc and Vans Rowley Shambles Hi, the pack presents a very special line-up. The amount of details on each sneaker is mind-blowing. Premium materials, including leathers, pony hair and more have been used. Furthermore there is a lot of embroidery, printed graphics and tags to be found. The good thing is, even though the sneakers are loaded with details, the choice of color was kept simple, giving the pack an overall round look.
We gave you the complete lowdown on the Lil Wayne’s VMA get-up, now we have a more detailed picture of the Supra Vaiders–Pete Wentz 29th Birthday edition–he received for the Best Hip-Hop Video award. Only 29 pairs exist, so hit up your most exclusive industry homeboy and hope for the best.
The Aloha Army is in full effect, and they hold it down for the skate side with this Aloha Army Cruiser skateboard deck. What better way to spend your weekend than cruising around on this Aloha Army skate deck. Stay tuned for more information on Aloha Army products.
Recently hooking up with Brooklyn based Dalek, Carrot Clothing produce a skate deck featuring the celebrated graffiti artist’s well known work. With other projects alongside 123 Klan and Travis Millard, the Serbian clothing company is making quite a name for themselves. This particular Carrot x Dalek limited edition deck will be limited to only 100 pieces.
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