One damn fine skateboarder, Van Wastell apparently has passed away. Rest in peace.

Today at 4pm you’ll be witness to some crazy skateboarding at our plaza park. Do not miss this. For reals. The guys are STOKED on the park design. The rain gods are going to take a break for this event, not to worry…

This Thursday, August 14, 2008, the Fourstar Clothing team will be skating at Regina’s new plaza park. The demo will begin at 4pm. The riders listed above are some of the greatest skateboarders on this planet, and the rare chance to see them in person is something you shouldn’t miss. We’ll see you there!

Happy birthday to the Tiki Room (more on that later), but more importantly, happy birthday to the hardest working man in show business: C-MAC! Ladies: you know what happens on someone’s birthday. Here’s your chance…

Today would have been Eddy’s 24th birthday. Instead of a present for him, here’s a present for all of you: a never before seen clip of the legend himself, Edward Johannes Lugt. We still miss ya, Holmes.

Huf over at 48 Blocks.

Sheffey from Big Brother @ BobShirt.

Caswell thanks to Rob Brink.

If you haven’t heard about this site yet, you’ll be stoked. Koston and Berra have a private skate facility from which everything is documented, then put up on their website, theberrics.com. Definitely worth checking out.

Things we only want to see:
- a mint condition OG Tiki Room Sticker (the square ones); prize: one of each of the new Tiki stickers
- a pair of es Ronnie Craeger shoes; prize: the Ronnie Craeger poster in the store;
- A Gonz Vision board; prize: a pack of Adidas stickers and a Krooked yo-yo
- any Welcome to Winter III through V shirt; prize: one of each of the new Tiki stickers
- an 80’s issue of Transworld Skateboarding; prize: any DVD in the house (excludes box sets)
- an H-Street sticker; prize: RDS soap on a rope
- a pair of Rudy Johnson DC shoes; prize: a set of Royal trucks
- any 80’s Santa Cruz deck; prize: a set of rails
- autographed Hulk Hogan or Ultimate Warrior poster; prize: a pair of DVS Bexley shoes
- an ‘89 Rider’s Grey Cup ring; prize: RDS Roughdragons t-shirt
- an autographed DEF3 CD; prize: a night with Fernandez
- a SK8 Regina “Skate your ASS off t-shirt”; prize: a Tiki t-shirt
- a McDonald’s Hamburglar happy meal toy; prize: coronary heart failure

Things we want to keep:
- C-Mac footage (on DVD, three trick minimum); prize: any DVD in the house (excludes box sets)
- a 24 flat of Arizona Green Tea tallboys; prize: any deck, *note: if they aren’t AZ Green Tea, you get NOTHING
- a 12 pack of a certain beverage that originated in Amsterdam that comes in a green bottle with a red star; prize: any Tiki deck
- Guitar Hero III for Wii (with guitar); any pro deck and any pair of shoes
- Happy Birthday cupcakes for Noel (no chocolate, 12 minimum); prize: a Tiki t-shirt
- any RATT album on vinyl; prize: rock lock, plus an additional 10% off any purchase

Tasks:
- a photo of you having lunch with Mario at Mrs. Vanelli’s (Northgate); prize: lunch with Mario
- high five Noel; prize: an extra 5% off any purchase
- get a photo of the hottest girl you know holding an “I’m in the C-Mac fanclub” sign (click here to print); prize: a Tiki t-shirt *note: all staff must approve of said photo before prize can be issued
- get Noel to sign a piece of paper with the words “I love the Tiki Room” (already printed on it in bold black marker), then get a photo (after 1pm) of Dave from West49 holding it up; prize: a Tiki t-shirt
- do the same as above, but substitute Dave with HYNX
- for ladies only: kiss C-Mac on the cheek; prize: an extra 5% off any purchase
- shovel a path at the Red Stairs, and bring in footage of you LANDING something (firecrackers and ollies are exempt); prize: a set of Reds

We normally get this up a little sooner, but that’s how things go sometimes…

Is Welcome to Winter Canada’s longest running skateboard contest? We’re not 100% sure, so if you know otherwise, drop us a line…

Check the Welcome to Winter 11 website.

The Tiki Room was approached to do a colorway of any Plan B board. Above is the final product. We chose Colin McKay, as he’s the only Canadian on the team, along with the lesser known fact that Colin McKay was born in Regina.

The top sheet has the Tiki woodgrain logo on it, as opposed to the normal Plan B logo. Only 50 of these were made, so get ‘em while you can…

Sarah Molder was representing the Queen City this past weekend out east in the DC Nationals. She placed fourth in all of Canada. Woohoo! Nice work Sarah…

It’s that time of year again- we’re moving the ramps out of the indoor park for the Exhibition closure. Your help is needed, so if you aren’t doing anything on Saturday (July 21st), please come out and volunteer. Thanks!

Winnipeg is holding a big contest this year titled “Wam at the Plaza”. Lots of cash is up for grabs. Get out there if you can.