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Emerica Stay Gold-Video Review

September 5, 2010
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EMERICA STAY GOLD-VIDEO REVIEW

It’s hard to actually figure out where to begin with this video. Every single part is absolutley nuts, Brandon Westgate’s, Leo Romero’s and Andrew Reynolds especially. Apparentley skating up handrails is the new trend so we can all basically just quit skating now. There is no set of stairs too big, handrail too long, or pants too tight for these guys. You will find yourself saying holy fuck atleast over 100 times over the course of this video, some of you may even be reduced to tears or light sobbing. I’m going to do a short review on a couple of parts I found interesting in the video.

Brandon Westgate
First of all, fuck this guy. So talented that I’d punch him in the throat straight out of jealousy if I ever met him. Skates faster than Dennis Busenitz on coke, has an ungodly amount of pop and the most proper style. His lines in SF are especially sick since he’s full on pushing as he’s already bombing a hill. If I was a cop I would have pulled him over for speeding and sent him to jail. Crazy shit

Braydon Syfranskixki/Braydon stupid last name
Dave and I were talking about this guy and both agreed that every time we see footage of him, we expect him to suck but he always ends up being suprisingly good. Looks like a total dirtbag, rocks purple scarfs without shame, comes out with the ugliest pro shoe’s, but still manages to rip. Nothing overly suprising in this part but purple scarfs aside it was definetley entertaining and all around good.

Leo Romero
Wow. Fuck. Wow. I think he actually skates up 3 or 4 handrails in his part? One of them is an 8 stair. I think he may be jesus. His last three enders on this double set kink rail are retarded too. Also he has the cheesiest mustache and I can’t help but respect that. Definetley one of my favourite parts in the video.

Jamie Tancowny
This part made me choke on a bag of chips I was eating out of suprise on his first trick. Eat’s 100lbs of shit on a frontboard on this huge rail then proceeds to noseblunt it afterwards. Also this kid is from Edmonton so it’s sick to see someone from there blowing up. Tons of crazy stuff in this part.

Bryan Herman
Bryan Herman is living proof that if your a burnout with -2 brain cells you probably can still nollie inward heel over a picnic table. The first bit of his part is in a schoolyard with benches and he does some insane stuff over and on them. Plus, this dude has the nicest hardflips in existance so those are always the best to watch. If you don’t like Bryan Herman, you don’t have a soul.

Jerry Hsu
Switch everything aside from one trick which is nollie. It definetley wasnt an easy task filming an entire part switch either as you will find out with his minute long section of him wrecking himself on every obstacle known to man. I actually want to send him a trophy in the mail for this part.

Andrew Reynolds
If you do actually happen to do any light sobbing during the video, this will be the time. Start to finish this is one of the craziest parts I’ve seen in my life, its nuts to see that Reynolds still rips even though he is an older dude now. I think he could actually frontside flip the length of a football field if he was going fast enough. It’s hard to actually review this part properly because nothing I say will do it justice. Also I heard that it was the last part he’ll ever put out so if this is true it makes the part even that much better. I won’t spoil any tricks aside from on varial heel he does down hollywood high 16 that will probably give you goosebumps. god DAMN!

*EDIT: we now have this video at the shop. come and pick it up! there’s only two copies right now so get here quick!

*DOUBLE EDIT: the last order fucked up and we got more so now we have a bunch of copies. just buy the video already

nick trapasso=holy shit

August 16, 2010
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tpr posted this on his facebook and i felt the need to share it to the rest of the world. this guy has more style than one of pimp magic don juans outfits

stuff and such

June 16, 2010
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Remember my paint a mural post? well, this shit is actually happening now. Not by a meth addict sadly, but by our own Danny Fernandez and Josh Goff (close enough). We are located on 2323 11th ave and if you can find your way through the labyrinth that is now our downtown 2 ways, come stop by and check it out getting done.

Also, potential Karl Shubach of Misery Signals autograph signing in store this month? Bring your guitars, cd’s, and babies foreheads. Dave Chapados of Tomorrow Starts Today will also be willing to sign your indoor helmet, pair of fallens, or pack of John Player Standards.

Edit: There will be no actual signing in store, but bring Dave your smokes anyways.

That’s all for today. I will now leave you with this gift

“i’m the best mane, I deed it”

May 22, 2010
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everybody rejoice, the great board depression of 2010 is over. tiki boards are now in! this is only for a limited time, until taylor’s fat ass breaks and buys all of them. come get you some!

situation critical

April 7, 2010
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Just a general FYI: there is no 8 inch tiki board’s for the next couple weeks. Over 5 people today were sadly dissapointed, and I don’t want to have to disappoint anyone else, in fact im still getting over disappointing my parents by being born a ginger (without dill here to harass me for my hair hue, I have to do it myself)

Either be a man and step it up to a 8.25 or buy a ripstik. That is all for today! Oh, and this XXXtreme video

new quest

March 20, 2010
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Spring is now upon us, and the plaza is now rip-gnar-able. So I have a proposition for anyone reading this post.

Every obstacle at the plaza is dry except for the double set and 8 stair. SO

the first person to shovel either the double or the 8 stair and then film a trick over it (ollie’s don’t count, 900’s might) will receive a prize package from myself. I’m not going to tell you what will be in this package, but it might include a 27$ sword from san fransisco if you are over the age of 18 (and mentally stable). This thing is collecting dust and im tired of beheading shoplifters with it so its time to find it a new home. If your under the age of 18, you will still be rewarded.

with that, GET HUNGRY ON IT!

holy shit

January 31, 2010
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Everyone, meet Skrib. Skrib is from Winnipeg, and his knees are made of some sort of space metal (they have to be). He skates 14 sets for fun and is known to focus his shirt on occasion. This is his part in the Winnipeg video “APackOSchizos”. Prepare to have your mind blown, or your shirt focused, whichever comes first.

huzzah!

January 6, 2010
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the slave video is here! buy it, or else ill punch you in the stomach when you least expect it (janz kevin and dave exempt)

“Pair of hats?”

December 22, 2009
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Having our store in a downtown location leaves us subject to all different sorts of people. Some come in, and are friendly. Some come in and are friendly, forget to close the door and then I stop being friendly. And then, there’s a small percentage of people who are so ridiculous that they’re almost legendary. Just the other day, I was fortunate enough to experience a legend gracing our store with his presence, and it went something like this.

The guy walked in, probably in his mid forties and I noticed he was staring at the shoe wall. I asked if there was any shoes he was interested in trying on, and he replied with “Yeah.. some shoe laces” in the most obscenly high, cracking, pitchy voice, that roughly sounded like a mix of violin and teenage puberty. So I then asked if he was just after a pair of shoe laces, and he replied “Do these shelves come off?”. I then paused for atleast five seconds, a little caught off guard by his question.

Me-”Uh…I’m not really sure man. Probably.”
Kook-”Oh. Do you own this place?”
Seeing an oppurtunity for a potentially awesome conversation, I said “Yeah man, I do”
Kook-”Ok. Who put that there?” as he points at the wall.
Me- “I really don’t know”
Kook-”Do you open this place? Close this place?”
Me-”Yep, just about everyday”
Kook-”Oh. Ok. Paint a mural.” I remember him saying this as if it was the most obivous thing in the world to do.
Me-”What?”
Kook-”Yeah. A mural. Right on that wall, big mural.”
Me-”Ok. I will.”

Then there was a break in the conversation where for a few minutes he wandered aimlessly around the store, not really looking at clothes but at the floors, all the racks and various walls. Hoping for some more interesting conversation I said “Is there anything else I can help you with man?”. He then walked back to the counter and started looking at the hat wall.
Me-”Alright, so your looking at a hat then?” I suggested, not really knowing what else to say.
Kook-”Yeah…like a pair of hats?”
Me-” A pair of hats?”
Kook-”Ok. Have a good day”

He then left. I’m still looking for a pair of hats, and I guess if this post has to have an overall message it would be to avoid crystal meth. Unless your planning on being a mural painter for shoe walls, because its working just swell for that guy.

W2W 13-An in depth analysis

November 26, 2009
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W2W 13 definitely did not disappoint. Instead of writing a detailed description on why the contest was amazing, i’m just gonna let the skating speak for itself and list the bangers that went down during best trick. If you weren’t there to witness the contest yourself, just use your imagination and pretend I did all these tricks, and everytime I use capitals just picture my voice yelling. GO!

Hubbas:
Bs 180 over hubba
Nollie crook
Kickflip over hubba
180 nosegrind
Smith off bank to hubba
Wall ride off hubba
Over blunt (CLOSE ENOUGH!)

Stairs:
Fire cracker
Nollie heel
Tre

Rail:
Backlip
Almost switch flip bs board. Woulda been sick!

Bank Ledge:
Blunt hardflip out (what the FUCK!)

Flat ledge across pyramid:
50 50 fs bigspin out
Nollie heel 50 50 180 out
Kickflip backtail
Nollie heel noseslide

Over the pyramid:
Fs shuv late flip
Nollie heel late (under?)flip. Something like that
Fakie full cab flip
Bs 360 kickflip
Nollie bigspin heel
Nollie bs 360 heel
Double bigspin flip (TPR TPR TPR)
Nollie bs flip to concussion-Scotty G

Side of pyramid:
Half Cab- Corb!

On every obstacle in the entire park:
Pop shove- Geoff Strelow

Honorable mention goes out to Garrett McNevin with a backside disaster on the vert wall while almost hitting the lights on the ceiling with his helmet. It almost made me cry it was so beautiful.

I’m sure I may have missed a few tricks here and there, but that was probably the first time in my life I had a visual orgasm. To be blunt, in 25 minutes the park basically lost its virginity to the raping of the contest (especially the pyramid).

Thanks to everyone for coming out. That was definetley one of the most insane welcome to winters ive ever witnessed and the level of skating was top notch. Can’t wait for next year!!

W2W 13-Pre Game Predictions

November 16, 2009
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W2W 13: Pre game Predictions

Mike Langen will fall asleep in the back room before his run. Possibly also sleep during his run.
Bryce will hardflip over the pyramid to flat on his 9 inch creature board first try, no warmup, and without stretching his legs beforehand. DAMN!
Out of towners will be welcome, but not really. Just don’t get in Dave Chapados’s way is all im saying.
Laker will join the contest 3 hours late, possibly still drunk from the night before.
“Holy Diver” by Dio will be on repeat the entire contest no questions asked.
Double trouble will be in full effect from Tyrrell, with no flip trick under two rotations. 2 trill!!

Here are my predictions for placing
1. Taylor Senft/Corey Lakeman (It’s a toss up!)
2. Tony Hawk/Dave Chapados
3. Tyrrell Legrand/Joey Brezinski/ They look the same!

On an unrelated note, for some odd reason lately when people have been coming into tiki shopping for wheels I’ve had about four kids call them “tires”. This actually could come in handy because we’re waxing every surface of the park the night before, so leave your wheels at home and bring your dunlop winter set. Or just stop calling wheels tires.

And now for the most important part about this post!
There’s a possibility that two CONTRACTED riders may be attending the contest. Charlie and Lee have been doing a ton of push ups and have been coaching eachother day in and day out, plotting for a hopeful victory in this years w2w. Will it happen? Only time will tell kids! W2W 13! Sunday November 22 at the Heritage Building!!!!!

Extremley Thankful

October 25, 2009
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Top three reasons to buy the new flip video:
1) Bob Burnquist skates the rainbow rail like you would skate a flatbar.
2) At one point, Geoff Rowley is standing on the roof of a cabin with a live cougar about ten feet from him. I don’t know if this is real or fake, but thats a pretty manly move.
3) David Gonzales smith grinds 100 stair hand rails (slight exaggeration by a stair or two) and spits on dead birds.

buy it!

HOLY DIVER!

October 14, 2009
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As you may have already noticed, Regina’s skate season is slowly coming to a close. I’ve traded in my wife beaters for a snow suit, and although I do have an obscene amount of chest hair, skating outdoors is a little too cold these days. Multiple times a day we get calls asking when the indoor is going to open, why its taking so long, if i really am in fact “spider legs” and also to hurry up. My answer to that is this. If you guys REALLY want a loop at your indoor this year, I suggest you quit complaining, because we can and will stop building it. Also, the longboard slalom course (designed exclusively by Kelsey Chapman) will be taking up a good 3/4 of the park this year, so I suggest you trade in that stupid, short skateboard for a REAL skateboard.

In other news, a few Regina cats have been busting their ass for a good portion of this skate season filming for “Just A Sample”, a skateboard flick coming out of Winnipeg. I’ve seen the rough edits, and Taylor, Laker, and Jason’s parts are going to blow minds. My part is more focused on being handsome then actually skating (despite my few tricks down el toro that will ‘shut the haters up’), but im sure you’ll enjoy it all the same. An individual who’s name will not be mentioned did originally have a part, but much like the song, “its my party and i’ll cry if i want to”

Well, I have to poop so this concludes my first of many posts on this site.

Later!