Magic, Slate, Project or whatever you want to call it

The show is best summed up by http://www.thearabparrot.com/. Keep his site on lock

Tail Tapas at Liveblock

Color Magazine, eS Footwear, and Livestock present - 'Tail Tapas"
Mini Ramp Jam and Competition
Sunday, Sept.14 outside of Livestock
239 Abbott St in Gastown
1pm-7pm/3pm contest start

Don’t be confused, it’s an event within an event at the 3rd annual LIVE BLOCK party & BBQ. Enjoy DJ's, complimentary drinks, and Japanese tapas by Guu while skating the 4 foot eS mini ramp for your chance to win some cash.

All ages/Free.

Fresh Radness

DJ Marvel got creative with his Serato box...nice!

Edward Colver

To support the upcoming Edward Colver photo exhibit at the Reserve store, Freshjive has produced a short documentary, directed by Chris Glancy.

Photographs by Edward Colver
Friday August 29, 7-10 PM
Reserve
420 N. Fairfax
Los Angeles, CA

etnies Rider Benoit Milot..

.. blasting over Gastown, Vancouver. Sweet.

RVCA Presents We Are Wolves.

Make Something

I really wish I was in California right now. Make Something is an initiative taken by RVCA, inviting youth to experience creative learning in a non-traditional setting. The classes are taught by artists in the Beautiful Losers film (Aaron Rose, Alex Kopps, Clare Rojas to name a few..) and other creative leaders in the surrounding community. Zine-making, painting, sculpture, photography, music, and animation and more workshops are being offered, all with the same DIY mindset. The walls of each “classroom” display many of the works created on-site, and will hence become an ever-evolving gallery of young ideas in artistic practice.

More info here.

Win Altamont's Goat Collection

Altamont is giving away an Altamont Goat Collection Prize Pack, including The Goat t-shirt , a 10" vinyl record with the Fall 2008 Altamont catalog and a super limited-edition Cannibal Carnival t-shirt by Neck Face. Email your name, full address, phone number and t-shirt size with the subect heading "Win The Goat Collection" to altamontcontests @ gmail .com for a chance to win.

Deadline: September 15, 2008.

Tamara Drybrough Wins girls DC Nationals

Congrats also go's to our etnies girl Canada team rider Tamara Drybrough for taking 1.st along with $1500 cash in the girls division of DC Nationals, it's official and an all around etnies sweep this year, thanks for repping Tamara you rule. 

J-S Lapierre Wins DC Nationals !

Congrats to etnies Canada team rider J-S Lapierre as he storm's the DC Nationals and takes home 1.st place and $8000 which is the largest purse ever for an Am contest, watch out for this kid he's coming up strong and is proving to be a force to be reckoned with, Congrats again J-S, don't spend all that money on nothing.

You Es Eh North American Tour

Canada was able to get a bit of eS love as they rounded the top of the United
States on the East Coast leg of their huge North American tour. We scheduled
them for a stop in Winnipeg for a demo at the Forks Skate Plaza. Unfortunately,
we got rained out of that plan and had to quickly adjust by taking it indoors
to The Edge Skate park. The team made the most of it and put on a show for
the people that endured the rain. We then made our way to Vancouver
for a mini ramp session and bbq at Antisocial Skate Shop before returning back
to the united states to finish off the tour in California. All in all, it had
good turnouts and was successful despite the raindrops. Thanks to everyone at
Sk8 Skates, The Edge Skate Park, Royal Sports, Kings skate snow and surf,
Antisocial Skateshop, Timebomb Trading, Sole Technology , Cyrus Thiedeke for
holding down the mic duties, Mike McKinlay for filming and of course Scuba
Steve and the Es shoe team for making it happen. - Judah Oakes

More photos here
Video here

LRG presented the Empire Anniversary Party at Opera

Thanks to the Empire crew in Quebec for the 9 years!
More photos here.

Timebomb in SBC Business

If you copped an SBC Business Issue at the September Know?Show, be sure to check out Dean Seguin's article on the new Timebomb Trading Inc, office. Gman and Nick Louie break down everything from the custom artist installations to the eco-friendly initiatives taken within the office. You can read the article here.

Awesome Contest Video Results!

Vancouverisawesome.com, eS Footwear, and RVCA have announced their winners of the Awesome Contest! The deal was to film a skate park in one week and submit it to the site for judging. Check the link for the winners..

Ed Colver

Originally obtaining notoriety for documenting the early Los Angeles Punk scene and culture, Edward Colver has captured some of the most iconic photos ever shot. But this was just the beginning. Edward, with his discerning eye, has over the years captured photographic images that stand alone as art beyond the realm of the L.A. punk days.

On August 29, Freshjive and the Reserve store will be exhibiting some of Ed’s more obscure but equally powerful photos, some of which have never been seen before.

Congrats on 9 years Empire!

Congrats to Empire for 9 amazing years. You guys have done a great job in Quebec not only representing some great build outs, but doing a ton for your scene. Wish I was there for the party.

Win the eS Adrian Blanca Collection!

Enter to win the sS Adrian Blanca Collection, including the Accel TT L and TT Deluxe shoes, Blanca zip hood, Global t-shirt and Mendez hat! We'll also throw in a pair of Arrival 1.1 denim.

Deadline: September 5, 2008,

The Cobrasnake's Digs

mark the cobrasnake really loves his rvca.
see his digs and more rvca love.

photos: todd selby
thanks mila.

A Rolling Perspective Winnipeg

Etnies and Color Magazine presented the travelling self-portrait photo exhibit, A Rolling Perspective, in various hot spots across Winnipeg last week.
Photos here!
Photos: Sandro Grison

RVCA Flm Premiers

The much anticipated film, Beautiful Losers had it's premiere in NYC at the IFC Centre. There is probably no better articulation of the DIY mindset in contemporary art than this film. RVCA Advocate Aaron Rose's amazing traveling exhibition and book that brings together the work of an amazing group of artists including RVCA and Emerica rider Ed Templeton, and RVCA ANP Artist's Clare Rojas, Jo Jackson, and Barry Mc Gee - and many others. See film trailer here.

Photos: RVCA ANP




Celebrating all things cycle, RVCA presented the launch of the Costa Mesa based bicycle collective, Council of Doom's, debut film. The premiere played at RVCA HQ in Costa Mesa, CA with over 800 bike enthusiasts in the house. The film will be be traveling across North America over the next few months. View trailer here.

Photos: RVCA, Council of Doom




RVCA presented the premiere of Beach Blanket Burnout at the Yost Theatre in Santa Ana, CA. Director Alex Knost provides insight into the the hangover of a pop culture with this all black and white film, following Buster Olson (Alex Knost) through a day as a disaffected beach bum. The film we be travelling across Australia, Spain, the UK, and Tokyo to name a few places. See trailer here.

Photos: RVCA

Altamont in Vegas

South Rakkas Crew event photos up

Thanks to Freshjive for this one. You crushed the flyer Rick! Is that Raj with three drinks in his hand? No wonder you ended up with barf on your shirt homie! See event photos up on http://www.timebombtrading.com/TIMEBOMB/pastevents/southrakkas/index.html

Emerican Heat Seekers

Check out October 2008's Skateboarder with Emerica AM’s Brandon Westgate, Marquis Preston, Justin “Figgy” Figueroa and Collin Provost in Miami.

Skate & Create

A few months ago, Emerica was invited to participate in a Transworld Skateboarding “contest” called Skate & Create. Kevin “Spanky” Long, Braydon Szafranski, Leo Romero, Bryan Herman, and MVP Brandon Westgate spent 9 days in a warehouse, and created an environment that represented Emerica through video and photography, WITHOUT the use of any photo-shop or artificial photo manipulation.

What resulted was a brilliantly creative video..

Bubblegum Punk Contest

Be sure to enter etnies Girl's Bubblegum Punk contest for a complete head-to-toe outfit (apparel AND footwear) from the fall Bubblegum Punk Collection.. and an etnies Bubblegum Punk Band set- That's a limited edition drum kit, guitar, amp AND mic! Enter here.

12 Questions with Deanna Templeton

1. What are your favorites things to do?

I love traveling with Ed. Shooting photos. Hanging out with my brother and his family. Looking at books and drinking tasty beverages. Exercise while listening to Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. Riding my bike to the beach.

2. How old is your cat?

Ptah will be 18 this December!

3. When did you start taking photos? What got you into taking photos?

Are starting taking photos twice. The first time was when I was 15, my friend Kim was a photographer and we would sneak into shows so she could shoot the bands and then she would develop and print them in our school photo lab. I would just stand than watching in awe as the paper would come alive with an image that she captured and so from that I decided I wanted to take photos myself. So under some weird circumstances my Mom got me a Canon T-90 which I used for about 3 years. Then I went on a trip to Guadalajara and naively packed my camera in my checked luggage. Someone from the airport thought they also wanted to be a photographer and took my camera to become one. So about 8-10 years passed when Ed gave me a Canon AE-1 for a Christmas present. That was the 2nd time I got into photographing. I now keep my cameras on my person when I travel.

Continue reading on the RVCA website..
Photo: Deanna Templeton

Defenders Of The Faith

Thanks to our homies Checkmate & Concise for reppin that LRG on their latest photo shoot. expect to see lots of these photos around for the next while. Check their site (http://defendersmusic.ca/) when you get a minute.

LRG Caribana Takeover Video

Offshoot representing at Toronto's Caribana.
Shouts to El Scientifico & Singlefoot!

South Rakkas Crew

If you want to hear some next level beats, I suggest you download some South Rakkas Crew (there's an Ep on ITUNES). They are signed on Diplo's Mad Decent record label and will give you some dancehall/electro flava. Freshjive is presenting the show this Saturday in Vancouver with the bomb-ass flyer courtesy of Rick Klotz. Hit me up if you want to come check the show, especially any shops coming early for the KNOWSHOW.

Gza

etnies presents Gza! Wu Tang forever!

Uptown

Uptown in the T-Dot repping that LRG

Fergie in Luxirie's Aristocrat Jumper

Thanks Leslie for looking out.

Let it Snow

The 2008/2009 snow season is quickly approaching and the magazines are in full press with Thirtytwo's latest product.. Even though it is August, we are getting the itch to gear up now..

Thank you..

to Mike Mc Kinlay for this blast from the past.

LRG X Boardroom

Pop by the Boardroom location in North Vancouver to see the new window and cop some LRG

Congrats to Sud Skates- 20 Years!

Congrats to our Ontario rep Joe Wing for repping Sud Skates for 20 years, and for making the latest issue of SBC. Try to guess which one is JW.

Altamont and 1/2 Alive Present..

Bring It To The Streets

Old Friend

If you have ever visited the Art Department at Timebomb, you would see that I am partial to Polaroids.. My SLR-680 being my baby. That being said, I was very excited to stumble across RVCA's Raymold Molinar's Polaroid photo blog.. worth a peek, he has captured some some of the most surreal and ephemeral images that I have seen shot with a vintage SX-70.

Highway To Hell

The RVCA team always has rad tour photos, and they've posted another round from their Mid-West Tour- a whole ten part series. yipee.

You, eS, eh? North American Tour!

The eS team embarks on their first ever North American tour in the history of the brand, travelling across 10,000 miles of the continent. Come hang out with the team as they roll through their Canadian stops in Vancouver at Antisocial (aug 15th) and Winnipeg **relocated to the Edge Skatepark**125 Pacific Street (aug 12th, 4pm) in their new Mercedes tour van!! Most memorable tour ever.

Add the Vancouver party to your events on the FB.
Add the Winnipeg party to your events on the FB.

The Freshest Kids

Thanks to Vancouver's The Freshest Kids for representing Timebomb Trading Inc. in their latest photo shoots.

RVCA Slayer Top and Dwell Tee on The Cover of Ion Mag

Hot off the presses..
Styling: Mila Franovic

Emerica x Fingercroxx Collab Installation

Check out this full-blown installation Ed Templeton assembled at Double Park, a Hong Kong store for his China-only Emerica + Fingercroxx collaboration shoe.

Mayhem at KNOW?SHOW Montreal

One of the longest running parties in the KNOW?SHOW Trade Show history is Mayhem! Presented by Empire, RVCA, eS, and Timebomb Trading and beats by Kephroc and DJ Nerve.
August 9th at Shine The Lounge, Montreal.

LRG Presented The Caribana Takeover

The event was insane. Large up LRG, 29’ers, Get Janet, Offshoot, Young N Madison, Kardinal Offishall, Mayday, Mr.Morgan, Cipha Sounds, Checkmate & Concise, Cory Lee, Peace, Urbnet, and all the DJ’s who repped as well. See all photos here.

Photos: Quinntyne Brown and GMAN.

A Rolling Perspective Winnipeg

Etnies and Color Magazine's self-portrait art show is making it's way to Winnipeg.
Opening reception Thursday, August 14

8pm TUB (398 Portage Ave)
10pm SK8 SKATES (255 – 1 Forks Market Rd)
12am THE SPOT (93. 5 Albert St / under the FYXX)
After Party @ THE SPOT (93. 5 Albert St / under the FYXX)

Etnies and Color Magazine asked skaters to shoot a photo of themselves from their own perspective, skateboarding. Over 200 portraits have been collected from skaters across Canada, the United States and as far as Japan. With the help of Fourstar Clothing, a selection of these self portraits of pro skateboarders, artists, and other talented individuals have been composed into an exhibition in celebration of skateboarding.

The show has been broken into a three-part art crawl (or roll) traveling across the country during the next six months from Vancouver (BC) to Montreal (QC) with stops in Winnipeg (MB), Calgary (AB) and Toronto (ON). Opening receptions in each of these cities take place in separate spaces at different times. Attendees are encouraged to take their cruiser boards out and celebrate the freedom of skateboarding and embrace the roll from spot to spot.

Details and full artist listing on FB

Complex x LRG 10th Anniversary T-shirt

LRG and Vancouver and Victoria's Complex and have teamed up for their their “It’s a celebration bitches” tee, made popular by Dave Chapelle’s memorable Rick James skit. Tees available only at Complex.

More snaps on Hypebeast.

Etnies Canadian Concrete Richmond BMX Jam Results!

July 22nd marked the date of the Richmond Park Etnies Canadian Concrete BMX Jam. The event had the largest turnout of am riders to date, with a record number 7 heats stacked with talent from Kelowna to the USA. Pro riders and 5 year old ams took turns shredding the street and park friendly surroundings, and with the capacity to have all different styles of riders there, Richmond got sessioned heavily in all shape and manner until sundown. The next jam takes place next month in Coquitlam.

Amateur Results:
5th Place- Braedan Barnard
4th Place- Randy Moffat
3rd Place- Paul Beadle
2nd Place- Dillon King
1st Place- Carlos Mantilla

30 and Over Results:
3rd Place- Darren Bolton
2nd Place- Ron Mercer
1st Place- Mel Gooder

13 and Under Results:
3rd Place- Lucas Pelletier
2nd Place- Austin Kubala
1st Place- Daniel Pelican

Pro Results
3rd Place- Andy Roode and Dirty Dave (tie)
2nd Place- Matt Desson
1st Place- Anthony Alex

More photos on the FB

Beautiful Losers Documentary Opening on Friday

Probably no better articulation of the DIY mindset in contemporary art is Beautiful Losers, RVCA Advocate Aaron Rose's amazing traveling exhibition and book that brings together the work of an amazing group of artists including Emerica and RVCA rider Ed Templeton, and RVCA ANP Artist's Clare Rojas, Jo Jackson, and Barry Mc Gee - and many others. The documentary for this is out on Friday in NYC, and some more exclusive clips of the film have been released.

The new eS site has launched!

The eS site has been fully revamped. Check out Spots, a new application to add your favorite skate spots- complete with a map, photos and videos that you can display to the whole world, or just your crew. Be sure to also visit the new team section, product views.. and you can also build your own profile page.

Enjoy.

LRG Caribana Takeover

It's going down once again for Toronto's Caribana and this time we will be rolling deep with the LRG crew in full effect. Also hosted by Kardinal Offishall and the finest of DJ's. An exclusive free mixtape was made for the party by Agile and can be downloaded http://www.zshare.net/audio/15394930de3b3c1e