New Sheckler Update! More 411 Stuff!
by: Brink | Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Ryan is home from Dubai and has updated his site with some new news.
Also, check out 411's site for day 6, day 7 and 8 from the Red Bull Dubai filming tour.
More Zumiez Photos!
by: Brink | Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Just added more flix to the Zumiez 100k gallery!
Elissa in Kingpin!
by: Brink | Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Check out Elissa Steamer in the February issue of the world's most international skateboard mag, Kingpin!
New Fury Site!
by: Brink | Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Fury just hit me up to let me know the new site is live!
Spring e-Collection!
by: Brink | Monday, February 26, 2007
Check out the new e-Collection footwear in the etnies online store!
Rune Wins in Oz!
by: Brink | Monday, February 26, 2007
Rune took 1st with ease at the Bondi Bowl contest in Oz last weekend. Big ups, Rune! You're friggin' killing it lately! Found it on SkateDaily!
Tampa Burnout Part 3
by: Brink | Monday, February 26, 2007
Check out Thrasher's Burnout for coverage (part 3) of the etnies Florida tour last month!
Rune In The Skateboard Mag!
by: Brink | Monday, February 26, 2007
The coverage from the North Shore Bowl Jam just keeps on comin'. This time, in the April issue of The Skateboard Mag.
Wooden Waffles Stops 5 & 6!
by: Brink | Friday, February 23, 2007
Saturday, February 17th, we left Utrecht (in Holland) early for a three hour ride to Verviers in Belgium. All riders, including three extra Belgian etnies riders, had never been to the skatepark, but all of 'em liked the park a lot.
The park isn't big but has a good setup. Most riders liked the stairs and the rails. Coolest obstacle was by far the big hip with the flatbar on top. It was waxed like crazy in there. You you could grind faster then you would roll towards the coping.
The etnies teamriders even did a demo after four hours of skating and seriously annihilated the place. One of the best demos ever by Dutch skateboarders, no doubt!
We spent the night in Antwerp in a hotel, and after waking up skated the new outdoor park. Built by Team Pain, it's a really good park! Around 1 p.m. we left for the North Park. Since everybody was already warmed up from the session before, it didn't take long for the riders to start ripping again.
The locals where stoked to see so many tricks go down so quick, and soon they all set aside to watch the show. Stickers were given out, and goodies tossed. The kids jumped like crazy to make sure they went home with some stuff. Only bad thing was that the photo camera broke when we got in, so we only have a few photos...
Around 5pm we left, but as soon as we where in the car ready to go home, everybody opted to go back to the outdoor park. We skated there 'till 6.30pm when it was completely dark. All in all it was a really good weekend, packed with amazing skating. The last weekend is here. See you in Groningen or Rotterdam!
Check out the gallery! More info here and here!
Tampa Tour!
by: Brink | Friday, February 23, 2007
Check out Conhuir cannonballing on last month's Florida trip! Here's a gallery as well, with more pix to come soon!
Tampa Burnout Part 2
by: Brink | Friday, February 23, 2007
Check out Thrasher's Burnout for coverage (part 2) of the etnies Florida tour last month!
Tampa Burnout Part 1
by: Brink | Thursday, February 22, 2007
Check out Thrasher's Burnout for coverage (part 1) of the etnies Florida tour last month!
Zumiez 100k!
by: Brink | Thursday, February 22, 2007
Here's some video of Elissa and Leeper playing in the snow while at the Zumiez 100k event last month. While you're at it, check out the gallery too! More photos to come soon!
Arto Claus!
by: Brink | Thursday, February 22, 2007
etnies TM, Uncle Clifford let me raid his digi cam last week and I found this photo of Arto Claus. More to come!
More Rune!
by: Brink | Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Grab the April Skateboarder for more coverage of Rune ripping Quiksilver’s North Shore Bowl Jam at North Shore, Oahu!
etnies in the Midst of Chaos!
by: Brink | Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Hangin' out in Laguna Beach last weekend and some altercations went down between drunk people. Road cones got thrown at cars, bouncers got crazed, cops arrived, and I snapped a photo of this dude with an etnies shirt while the police lights blazed. Oh, the drama!
New Black Label Video!
by: Brink | Tuesday, February 20, 2007
The new Black Label video is coming. Check Leeper out in the trailer!
Hooters Gallery!
by: Brink | Tuesday, February 20, 2007
The etnies team was at Hooters last week. Here's the pix!
Sheck in Dubai!
by: Brink | Monday, February 19, 2007
Sheckler is in Dubai with Red Bull and some friends. You many not know Loy and Figgy yet, but you will very soon...
Rune & Elissa in Thrasher!
by: Brink | Monday, February 19, 2007
Check out the new Interview Issue of Thrasher for some coverage of Rune ripping concrete an Elissa Steamer interview! Good stuff for sure!
Elissa Burns Out!
by: Brink | Friday, February 16, 2007
Some photos of Elissa Steamer over on Thrasher's site in their latest Burnout. Good stuff!
Wooden Waffles Tour Update: Stops 3 & 4!
by: Brink | Friday, February 16, 2007
Day 3: We went to Middelburg, in the southwest corner of Holland. The Meker skatepark is one of the smallest on the world, but has a really good vibe. As soon as the riders got in, Axel Cruysberghs started the etnies show. Each trick he landed got the crowd even more hyped. Soon the rest of the riders where backing Axel. Evelien Bouilliart and Bart Naafs where both sick at home, but the other eight etnies riders took care of biz. The etnies Wooden Waffles tour was by far the busiest event in the Meker skatepark, ever. Thanks to the Meker and Forties crew for this amazing day!
Day 4: Last Sunday we went to Burnside skatepark 'n shop. With 16 years one of the oldest skateboard shops in Holland. Since the moved to their current location about five years ago they have a skatepark in the back of the shop, which makes it even more special.
The place was busy. Lots of skateboarders where there. There where even quite a bit of familiar faces from last year's STEP UP tour. The team skated through the whole park, doing tricks on all the obstacles. Hein Schellekens and Axel Crusyberghs ripped in the miniramp, and they where back-up by the etnies Europe team manager, Oli Buergin. He killed the ramp with various switch tricks! At the end of the day some visiting kids fought for their life during the product toss. A lot of them went home with a hat, belt or wallet. All in all a really good weekend. Good vibes, great skating and we're only half way the tour...
Here's the photo gallery!
Photos by RACK and Lars Muselaers
Dill Video!
by: Brink | Thursday, February 15, 2007
Dill's got a pretty sick new feature on VBS TV! Check it out.
GvR '06 to Premiere on FUEL TV this Friday
by: Brink | Tuesday, February 13, 2007
The Third Annual etnies GvR will premiere on Fuel TV this Friday, February 16, 2007 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (5:00 pm Pacific Time), and will re-air 14 more times over the next month. etnies GvR brought together the best professional skateboarders in the world aligned by stance, Goofy foot and Regular foot, in the end-all-be-all barometer of stance domination.
Watch the premiere on Fuel TV to see Jereme Rogers win first place for a second year in a row, as well as Ryan Sheckler and Nyjah Huston earning the MVP awards for their respective teams. The premiere also includes great the bowl contest and behind the scenes footage from etnies GvR.
2006 etnies GvR Air Dates:
Friday 2/16/2007
8:00 pm ET, 5:00 pm PT
11:00 pm ET, 8:00 pm PT
2:00 am ET, 11:00 pm PT
Saturday 2/17/2007
12:00 pm ET, 9:00 am PT
3:00 pm ET, 12:00 pm PT
Monday 2/19/2007
10:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm PT
1:00 am ET, 10:00 pm PT
Tuesday 2/20/2007
4:00 am ET, 1:00 am PT
Wednesday 2/21/2007
5:00 pm ET, 2:00 pm PT
8:00 pm ET, 5:00 pm PT
Sunday 2/25/2007
11:30 am ET, 8:30 am PT
2:30 pm ET, 11:30 am PT
6:00 pm ET, 3:00 pm PT
Friday 3/2/2007
12:30 pm ET, 9:30 am PT
4:30 pm ET, 1:30 pm PT
Pastras' Daily Habit!
by: Brink | Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Our very own Stereo Sound Agent, Chris Pastras, will be guest hosting Fuel's "The Daily Habit" again next week because he did such a kickass job the last time.
Air dates:
02.19.07 TOM KNOX & ERIC DRESSEN
(with guest, Bart Saric)
02.20.07 TOREY PUDWILL
(with guest, Ari Gold from The Doogood Conservatory)
02.21.07 GRANT BAKER & AXEL PAUPORTE
(with musical guest, Only Crime)
02.22.07 ROB GONZALEZ
(with musical guest, Cali Agents)
02.23.07 MATT HENSLEY
"The Daily Habit" is FUEL TV's first original daily series, telecast weeknights at 9:00 pm ET (6:00 pm PT) while re-airing later in the evening at 12:00 am ET (9:00 pm PT), and the following day at 8:30 am ET (5:30 am PT) and 3:00 pm ET (12:00 pm PT). "The Daily Habit" encompasses the world of the action sports enthusiast, mixing the best in pop culture with today's top action sports personalities, cutting-edge music, product reviews, and comedy.
Restless!!!
by: Brink | Monday, February 12, 2007
Saw a 20 minute rough edit of Restless this weekend...then watched it about four or five times over the weekend. I was stoked and you will be too.
Rune In A Suit!
by: Brink | Monday, February 12, 2007
Found this photo of Rune and his lady from Bill Weiss' wedding!
Wooden Waffles Update: Day 1 & 2!
by: Brink | Friday, February 9, 2007
- Evelien, frontside board on day 1
Day 1:
Last Saturday the etnies Wooden Waffles tour started in skatepark The Promise in Heerlen, a small city in the south of Holland.
A total of three cars, all filled with various Dutch and Belgian etnies teamriders, left from various cities in the Benelux. Around 1 pm all three vehicles made it to the skatepark.
The Promise is not really centrally located in Holland, and therefore not too many Dutch skateboarders visit the park. It is one of the best ones without any doubt. Decent obstacles, the whole place is super clean and a super friendly staff.
Some of the locals where so stoked to see the etnies riders in their local park, that the spray painted a bunch of logos all over the park. Now that's a warm welcome!
Back to the riders. From the second they came into the park they where in "shred-mode." Douwe Macare, no warm up kickflip front board on the big rail. Nelson Mosikili executed his new trick; cab back lip on the small rail. Felipe Barea nollie heeled the big drive with easy.
Bart Naafs, 31 years old and frontside nosegrinds down the small hubba. No problemo! Sidney Laturperissa skates with a big smile. This smile got even bigger after he bigspin flipped the big driveway. Forget the hour trying and the big-ass flatspots that he ended up with. Skateboarding is fun! Hein Schellekens took care of the gab in the quarterpipe. Frontside ollie over the channel to frontside lipslide.
Evelien Bouilliart, best female skateboarder in Europe, hands down. Street skills like no other chica! How about backside smith grinds down the small rail? And in between she thought some other girls how to ollie. They where stoked to see Evelien rip and they where even more stoked to get a private "how to ollie" class!
Axel Cruysberghs turned 12 a few months ago and learns a new trick easier then most of us. He flew over the snowboard jump, grinded the rail, flipped over the hips and even hit his head on the floor in between this all. Little man, big ripper!
The Dutch etnies team made another Belgian friend this day. Newly Belgian etnies rider Jonathan Franc came to Heerlen and blended in without any problems. Besides being a super humble kid he has some sick skills on his skateboard!
Rachid Addoe showed up a little later, but emptied his bag of trick in no time. He gets more consisted ever day.
Day 2:
We stayed the night in a hotel in Gent (Belgium), that was harder to find then we thaught. Sunday around noon we drove to Oostende for the next stop. Stopped at a bakery in Oostende for some bread and waffles.
Got to skatepark De Veiling around 2 pm. The park was pretty crowded, and dust was lying everywhere. The dust got airtime as most etnies riders started skating. The park is pretty simple, but it has some cool obstacles. The main obstacles were a driveway with no flatbottom. So you had to make the trick or eat shit.
Over the next few hours this obstacles was annihilated. Some riders even stepped up their tricks by doing them to flat. Like Douwe (fs flip & shifty flip), Rachid (bs flip) and Felipe (360 flip)!
All in all it was a successful weekend. Be sure to check the photo gallery!
Want more Waffles? Check this out!
Peeps!
by: Brink | Friday, February 9, 2007
This is Pepe...nicknaked Peeps. He rides for etnies. Check his new kicks...keeping his feet warm in the Washington DC snow.
New Arto Interview!
by: Brink | Thursday, February 8, 2007
We just interviewed Arto for you pleasure. Read it, then enter his contest.
Rune's Burnout!
by: Brink | Thursday, February 8, 2007
Thrasher's got another Burnout up with some Rune footage!
New Wallpapers!
by: Brink | Thursday, February 8, 2007
Check out a few new etnies wallpapers and check out the archive of older ones too!
Sheck Rough Cuts!
by: Brink | Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Check out this Ryan Sheckler Red Bull contest!
Fletch Burnout!
by: Brink | Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Thrasher's got some Fletch photos and footy in their new Burnout section. Peep it!
Sheck's Ride!
by: Brink | Tuesday, February 6, 2007
VitalSkate has some video up of Sheck giving a tour of his whip.
Lord of the Lines Video!
by: Brink | Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Check out the new footage of Ronnie killing it over on the Matix site
Arto Vid!
by: Brink | Monday, February 5, 2007
Watch this video and keep clicking on every trick Arto does! Really cool stuff! Could this be the future of web videos?
Arto's February in Finland Contest!
by: Brink | Friday, February 2, 2007
Although he loves havin' fun in the California sun, Arto needs to go home to Finland for some much needed wintertime rest and relaxation this month—not to mention some passport renewal business. February is also "permanent midnight" season in Finland, when there's only one hour of sunlight per day. So you can bet Arto will be living the nightlife to its fullest—saunas, socializing, ladies, motorbikes, glogg and more!
We wanted to celebrate this February homecoming with Arto by giving away some of his new Arto 2 pro model etnies, as well as some stuff from Flip, Fury and Ricta!
The Grand Prize winner gets a pair of etnies Arto 2 shoes, an Arto Flip deck, Arto Fury trucks, a set of Arto Ricta wheels and more! Two Runner ups will get a pair of Arto 2 etnies, an Arto Flip deck, and a set of Ricta wheels. Not too shabby, huh? Fill out the form to enter!
etnies & Pepper Contest!
by: Brink | Friday, February 2, 2007
Kona, Hawaii's favorite sons make their long-awaited Atlantic/East West Records debut with their fourth studio album, No Shame. It's a bold artistic leap forward for the Island-born-and-bred, California-based trio. No Shame defines what Pepper is all about.
"No Shame is different from the other albums we've done because we had so much artistic freedom," says singer-guitarist Kaleo Wassman. "We had plenty of room to explore the range of possibilities of the band, which was so much fun to do."
With the band's trademark penchant for the musically unpredictable firmly in place, No Shame is indeed a tasty and rewarding blend of styles and sounds unlike anything Pepper has recorded before. The 18-track collection, which was recorded over the better part of a year, in a variety of SoCal studios with no less than 4 producers, is triumphant culmination of months of hard work that began on the road in the summer of 2005.
To celebrate the release of No Shame, etnies and Pepper are teaming up to give you some free goodies. Fill out the form for your chance to win a free pair of etnies, a Pepper CD and a Pepper T-shirt! Good luck!
Sheck's Ride!
by: Brink | Friday, February 2, 2007
Saw this article on Sheck's ride over on Ryan's site. you should go check it out now...
More Lord Coverage!
by: Brink | Friday, February 2, 2007
Even more Lord of the Lines coverage is pouring in! Way to go Ronnie! Check out this bit over at the Matix site!
April TransWorld!
by: Brink | Thursday, February 1, 2007
- Fletch!
You gotta get the April issue of TransWorld Skateboarding. Ali is on the cover. Kyle Leeper has a sequence in the front, There's a 20 page Flip article with Ali, Arto and Fletch and Jason Dill is the guest music reviewer. I think I'd call that an etnies-heavy issue, huh?
Sheck Trick Tip!
by: Brink | Thursday, February 1, 2007
Head on over to TWS for a new Ryan Sheckler trick tip!