Skate Team Report 06-30-04
by: Mike Matz | Wednesday, June 30, 2004
What has been going on with the etnies skate team the last few weeks, you ask? Well, keep reading and youll find out some of the latest!
Ryan Sheckler and Stefan Janoski were among a small crew who recently went up to Portland, Oregon for a Zumiez demo on June 22. They did their jobs҅a one-and-a half-hour demo and a three-and-a half-hour autograph signing went down, followed by some much needed chill time later that night. Check the photos.
Stefan is back in Sacramento now after having a hectic few weeks. He did another Zumiez Couch Tour stop in Arizona with Quiksilver before heading out to New York City to skate and hang out for a bit. He went to Portland for the Zumiez demo straight from New York and then headed home. Stefan is now relaxing a bit and doing some skating in El Norte since finishing up his TransWorld Subleties video part and returning from all the traveling. No rest for the weary, though, as he has plans to get started on an interview for one of the mags really soon.
Ryan has also been on quite a mission. Although he is back home in Southern California, the last few weeks for him have been pretty hectic, as well. He was out in Cleveland for the Triple Crown contest (where he placed 3rd!) before heading to Wisconsin to film for the Almost Skateboards video, then it was off to Sacramento for yet another Zumiez Couch Tour stop with Volcom, and then the Zumiez Tour stop in Portland. His future consists of loads of filming for the Almost video and then the Summer World Cup contests in Europe: Dortmund, Germany and Prague, Czech Republic. Then comes the usual round of X Games, Gravity Games, etc.
Bastien Salabanzi is headed to Barcelona (from Paris) to hook up with TransWorld photographer Oli Bartok and Flip filmer / team manager Ewan Bowman. Could yet another amazing interview be in the works? Hell be over there for the next couple weeks before heading to the Summer contests in Europe in mid-July.
Rune Glifberg is expecting his second child any day now. Today may actually be the due date, but no news yet on the kidҒs arrival. Either way, congratulations, Rune! Since the child is due at any point, Rune has been in Copenhagen with his woman, taking care of her and awaiting the birth. He did, however, make a short trip to Marseilles, France for the Quiksilver/etnies Bowlriders contest. Rune killed it, as usual, but wasnt able to put it all together to get into the Top 6. It doesnҒt matter though, cuz all who attended were treated to RuneҒs amazing skills and style.
Thats the news for now. More updates to come soon, keep checking back!
Etnies Bowlmasters At The Cradle!
by: Mike Matz | Monday, June 28, 2004
For the third time, the etnies Bowlmasters went down at the Cradle skatepark. Emerica rider Chris Senn from Grass Valley, California worked his way up, heat after heat, and ollied into the deep end for 1st place--all while displaying his penchant for speed, lines and creativity.
2nd place was claimed by Tony Trujillo, who boasted an endless supply of tricks and momentum. He also won the From Marseille to Brixlegg award for the Best Skateboarder from the Quiksilver Bowlriders, where he placed 2nd, as well, and the etnies Bowlmasters.
Ben Krahn from Portland, Oregon placed 3rd, displaying the longest and most technical lines of all the finalists. The twenty-nine year old Emerica team rider used the whole park and did tricks no one else thought of. Ben also won Best Line.
It was a tough decision who did the highest cradle carve, so the prize was split between the locals Matthias CradleboyӔ Trobos and Chris Percival. The Best Trick went to Brent Atchley from Portland, Oregon, with a nollie heel disaster on the midsection.
Friday was qualification day for the etnies Bowlmasters and over fifty riders entered the competition. Even Joe Hammeke from Thrasher magazine could not resist and dropped-in as the last rider in the last heat. The youngest competitor was five year old Emil Holst from Copenhagen, Denmark, who was not afraid to drop-in to the deep end.
On Saturday, it was time for round one. Forty skateboarders competed in heats of five, with three advancing to the Quarter-Finals, which also happened on the same day. Outstanding was Marseille local Alexandre Cochini, who never stopped skating the park and placed 4th in the Finals.
After a long day in the sun, it was time to party at the castle in Rattenberg, where Matthias Hoffmann set-up a brilliant event with the Surfaholics, Stimilions and the Cardiax.
The sun rose too early on Sunday, with the Semi-Finals and Finals on the schedule, but it was time to start the day with the 4th place round. This round contained all of yesterday's 4th place riders who had a chance to enter the Semi-Finals. The judges had a hard time deciding which of the four would go through. Finally, Daniel Cardone from Italy convinced the judges with his unique style and David Matelleur from Belgium proved to be the toughest skateboarder of the weekend.
The Semi-Finals contained two heats of seven skateboaders, each of whom had an introduction run of forty-five seconds followed by a ten-minute jam session.
For the Finals, six men were chosen to skate an introduction run and a fifteen minute jam session: Alex Giraud from Marseille, France blasted a transfer never accomplished before, flying over the hip platform to the mid bowl. Tomi Toiminen and the judges all agreed to call the new move the Giraud Transfer.
Benji Galloway from South Carolina, USA made his way through with impossible combinations of tricks to earn 5th place.
Thanks to the Cradle Skatepark, etnies, Quiksilver and Eastpak, and as Dave Duncan from World Cup Skateboarding said, This is one of the most beautiful places in the world.Ӕ Thanks also to the cities of Brixlegg, Kramsach and Rattenberg, who have supported skateboarding by building a Dreamland skatepark. This brand new concrete park was built in 2001 by the Dreamland builders, who also built the Burnside skatepark in the United States and are now finishing a new park in Bologna, Italy. An overview of this amazing concrete paradise is available at skatethecradle.com.
Results
1. Chris Senn (USA)
2. Tony Trujillo (USA)
3. Ben Krahn (USA)
4. Alex Cochini (FRA)
5. Benji Galloway (USA)
6. Alex Giraud (FRA)
Highest Cradle Carve
Matthias Trobos
Chris Percival
Best Trick
Brent Atchley--Nollie heel disaster on midsection
Best Line
Ben Krahn
It’s Go Skateboarding Day!
by: Mike Matz | Monday, June 21, 2004
Today, June 21, is officially Go Skateboarding Day, so make sure you get out, go skate, and have fun!
Yesterday, June 20, etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest, along with all attendees, helped celebrate the memorable proclamation signed by the Lake Forest City Committee declaring today, June 21, as the official Go Skateboarding Day in Lake Forest. Everyone had an amazing time skating, enjoying free meals and winning lots of prizes, compliments of etnies.
Thanks to Pierrre Andr Senizergues, President and CEO of Sole Technology, Inc., IASC (International Association of Skateboard Companies), and Peter Herzog, the Mayor of Lake Forest for their efforts and support in making the declaration of Go Skateboarding Day possible in the City of Lake Forest. A special thanks go out to Don Brown and his son Evan for showing everyone a couple of new tricks at the park.
For those that missed yesterdays celebration, you can show your support today by stopping whatever you钒re doing, going skating and having fun! etnies will be hosting a GSD event at the etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest and a free barbeque at 3:00 p.m., so stop by, show your support, let the good times roll, and let the grind be heard around the world!
Directions:
etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest is located at the corner of Lake Forest and the 241 Toll Road in Lake Forest, California 92630
For more information, call: 949.460.2020
Etnies Team Live In Portland!
by: Mike Matz | Monday, June 21, 2004
On Tuesday, June 22, join some of the etnies skate squad in Portland, Oregon as they participate in the Zumiez Couch Tour! Ryan Sheckler, Stefan Janoski, Tony Silva, Carlos de Andrade and Fabrizio Santos will all be in attendance for a demo and autograph signing.
The carnage will go down at the Clackamas Town Center Zumiez location. The address is 12000 SE 82nd AVE #F1-003. The demo starts at 1:00 p.m. for an hour or so, or whenever the heat becomes too much (check the weather...its supposed to be a hot one!) and the autograph session starts at 2:30 p.m.
Come on out and stitch a smile on your face!
For more info, check out: zumiez.com
etnies’ Fredrik Austbo Takes European Open Again!
by: Mike Matz | Tuesday, June 15, 2004
etnies European Open
June 11-13, 2004
Munich, Germany
For the seventh time, the etnies European Open took place in Olympic Parks ice skating area in Munich. IOU provided an excellent street course complete with a wooden car, which was supposed to be a Lamborghini, but looked more like a Hummer. At least you could backside 180 the thing like Chris Pfanner did and win one of the Best Trick awards. The others were a backside nose blunt slide on the hubba by Petr Horvart and a backside nose blunt slide on the rail by Charles Collet.
Pre-Qualification was scheduled for Friday, and more than 120 youngsters tried their luck. Saturday was Qualification day, and many well-known European skateboarders showed up--even Tony Silva from the U.S. and Avi Luzia from Israel dropped in. From the ninety competitors, two went straight to the Finals: Akim Cherif from France and Fredrik Austbo from Norway were the lucky ones this time.
After a long day of too many nice forty-five second runs, SchҼtzi held an amazing party at the Praterinsel, where everybody danced until the morning light. Scandalous pictures will soon be available on Louisa Menkes site, partygirlproductions.tk
The sun rose too early for the Semi-Finals on Sunday. Thirty skateboarders made the cut from the Qualification. Philip Schuster had an amazing run with switch 360 flips, backside lipslides and tailslides on the hubba. Killian Heuberger did switch frontside heelflips and Conhuir Lynn was a pleasure to watch with his nice, big 360 flips.
The boys had a break and it was time for the GirlҒs Jam. Twelve girls competed with an introduction run of forty-five seconds and a five-minute jam. Steffi Weiss did frontside boardslides on the rail, Rodi Munzel raged all over the course and Juliana Marinko was the most technical one, but 1st place went to Sabrina Goggel, who ollied down all the stairs.
Munich local Tobias Albert flew high in the Finals and landed in 3rd place. Current German champion Fabian Neugebauer placed 2nd with nice 360 flips, and 1st place again went to sixteen year-old Fredrik Austbo from Norway.
Final Results
1. Frederik Austbo (etnies)
2. Fabian Neugebauer
3. Tobias Albert (etnies)
4. Akim Cherif
5. Philip Schuster
6. Kilian Heuberger
7. Reini Rietsch
8. Stefan Lehnert
9. Foppa Forsberg
10. Conhuir Lynn (etnies)
11. Robinson Kuhlmann (etnies)
12. Tomas Vintr
Girls Results
1. Sabrina Goggel
2. Juliana Marinko
3. Rodi Munzel (etnies)
4. Louisa Menke (etnies)
5. Steffi Weiss
6. Claire
7. Lisa Jacob
8. Barbara Pees
9. Claire Alleaume
10. Pascaline Pouzols
11. Melanie Gleibner
12. Mathilde Bouvet
Best Tricks
Charles Collet (etnies)--Backside nose blunt slide on the handrail
Petr Horvat--Backside nose blunt slide on the Hubba
Chris Pfanner--Backside 180 over the car
Many thanks to: Holy Sport Distribution, Quiksilver, Eastpak, Monster Skateboard Magazine, YOZ and Amy from Nixon for official time keeping.
For further information, contact:
monika.bocian@skateboardeurope.com
Phone.: +49 30 265 570 11
www.skateboardeurope.com
Other etnies events this year:
etnies Bowlmasters at the Cradle
Brixlegg, Austria
June 25-27, 2004
www.skatethecradle.com
European Skateboard Championships
Kunsteisbahn, St. Margarethen
Basel, Switzerland
August 20-22, 2004
Vert, Mini-Ramp / Bowl, Street, Girls Jam
www.skateboardeurope.com
Zumiez Couch Tour 2004!
by: Mike Matz | Friday, June 4, 2004
Be sure to catch a leg of the Zumiez Couch Tour, featuring some of your favorite skate and music stars, in a city near you. Admission is FREE to everyone!
June 5, 12:00 p.m.--Denver, Colorado, Zumiez @ Southwest Plaza, 8501 W Bowles AVE Suite #2B-425, Littleton, Colorado 80123 (303) 972-3764--Featuring the S skate team and De La Soul
June 9, 1:00 p.m.--Mesa, Arizona, Zumiez @ Fiesta Mall, 775 Fiesta Mall, Mesa, Arizona 85202 (480) 464-0030--Featuring the Metal Mulisha moto-x team and Sum 41
June 13, 11:00 a.m.--Albany, New York, Zumiez @ Crossgates Mall, 1 Crossgates Mall RD #C-115, Albany, New York 12203 (518) 218-0818--Featuring the Emerica skate team and Autopilot Off
June 20, 12:00 p.m.--Sacramento, California, Zumiez @ Sunrise Mall, 6172 Sunrise Mall, Citrus Heights, California 95610 (916) 723-1146--Featuring the Volcom skate team and Another Damn Disappointment and Swindle
June 22, 12:00 p.m.--Portland, Oregon, Zumiez @ Clackamas Town Center, 12000 SE 82nd AVE #F1-003, Portland, Oregon 97266 (503) 659-8996--Featuring the etnies skate team and music artist to be announced
June 26, 10:00 a.m.--Minneapolis, Minnesota, Zumiez @ Mall of America, 240 North Garden, Bloomington, MN 55425 (952) 814-9260--Featuring the Element skate team and CKY and Mike V & The Rats
June 28, 12:00 p.m.--West Dundee, Illinois, Zumiez @ Spring Hill Mall, 1562 Spring Hill Mall, West Dundee, Illinois 60118 (847) 426-4743--Featuring the Element skate team and CKY and Mike V & The Rats
Get a lot MORE INFO.
Fall 2004 Footwear Online!
by: Mike Matz | Friday, June 4, 2004
School's out and Summer's here...what a perfect time to check out the new Fall 2004 etnies Footwear collection. Simply enter the Footwear section here on the website and scope all the latest etnies models (plus new colorways of your old favorites) available right now at a shop near you.