Mikey in Slap!
by: Brink | Sunday, March 30, 2008
Seen this switch back smith from Mikey Taylor in the latest Slap? We did.
Barcelona Clip!
by: Brink | Saturday, March 29, 2008
So, day 1. Malto's first MACBA ollie... then we got kicked out. Manual sessions for days. Tree drop-ins and more. This place is pretty fun.
Plan B Podcast!
by: Brink | Thursday, March 27, 2008
Check out Ryan Sheckler and the rest of the Plan B crew as they ripped the Domincan Republic.
Sheckler Tampa Pro Footy...
by: Brink | Tuesday, March 25, 2008
VitalSkate and 411 have some Tampa Pro footy with Ryan Sheckler for you to scope out when you get a moment... Head over to TWS for some animated sequences too.
Shoe The Shoeless
by: Alex | Monday, March 24, 2008
Last Friday, etnies kicked off Spring Break at the Los Angeles Mission's Easter Event... not quite the barefoot romp we'd normally opt for, but well worth it.
etnies founder and CEO Pierre André Senizergues lead the team in delivering 2,000 pairs of new shoes to the homeless on LA's Skid Row. Each person was welcomed with a hearty holiday meal, a cleansing foot bath and a pair of etnies.
“Growing up I had the opportunity to meet a lot of homeless people while I was out skating spots in the city, and I really felt for them,” said Senizergues.
Sheckler Takes 5th!
by: Brink | Monday, March 24, 2008
Big ups to Ryan Sheckler for taking 5th place at Tampa Pro yesterday. SPoT will most likely have photos and video up soon so check back!
Sheckler in Slap!
by: Brink | Sunday, March 23, 2008
Pick up the latest Slap magazine for some animated Ryan Sheckler and an in depth article on the effects of skateboarding's popularity in the mainstream world! Deep, man... deep.
Berrics Black Label Contest!
by: Brink | Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Everyone's favorite new skateboarding site, The Berrics, is so hyped on their day with Black Label & Kyle Leeper that they done went and did a contest. Head on over and win yourself some shit, including the Black Label Factions!
TWS Leeper Pro Spotlight & More!
by: Brink | Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Grab yourself the May issue of TransWorld for Kyle Leeper's Pro Spotlight, where you'll gain a little insight about his upcoming etnies pro model shoe (oops, did I say that?), his loner status and beyond. Oh yeah, there's some pretty pictures too, and Kyle's new Black Label and Quiksilver ads, so support the mag and grab a copy now! On second thought... why aren't you a subscriber already? Congrats Kyle, the interview is bangin'. You done us proud.
Special TWS May '08 etnies-lovin' bonus! Ryan Sheckler pops up in a Plan B tour article and there's an Alien Workshop touring/filming article as well. Check out Dill!
New Styles Available Now
by: Alex | Monday, March 17, 2008
Free pair of socks is for a limited time only. While Supplies Last.
Barcelona Bound...
by: Brink | Sunday, March 16, 2008
Yes indeed, we are about to board a plane. That's Malto, Mikey, Fletcher, Heath (TM), Leeper, Mike Manzoori (our beloved filmer guy), Oliver Barton, a few others we can't name yet and myself. Two solid weeks of skateboarding. Check back daily for updates.
Touring South France...
by: Brink | Sunday, March 16, 2008
The Riders:
Willow
Charles Collet
Evelien Bouilliart
Tuukka Korhonen
Julian Furones
Steve Forstner
Alessandro Magnani
The Recap:
We drove from Basel to Lausanne to pick up Alessandro at the train station, stopped in Lyon to grab Charles, and then had five more hours of driving ahead of us. We got to Nice at three in the morning. Luckily the flights of the rest of the team didn't arrive before noon the next day. Once we got everybody in the van we started hitting the spots in and around Nice.
- Furones... nosebonker.
On the second day we got a small taste of the lifestyle of the rich and famous in Monaco. Only a half hour away from Nice this low-tax paradise has some nice skate spots. Willow got a really good switch heel and Tuukka came trough with a solid line.
We had high expectations for Sunday and the trip to Ventimiglia, Italy. Some of us had already skated there and the spots had something to offer for everybody. Of course things didn’t go as planed and some dark clouds moved in from the mountains. Just as we got to the first spot, raindrops started to fall. We decided to use the off time to drive around to check out more spots. On a streak of more bad luck, the main spot we had hoped to skate was fenced off and scheduled for demolition. As soon as the rain stopped we climbed the fence and started to dry the ground. Willow was jumping down the stairs before it was even halfway dry, to but the cops kicked us out just as he got close to landing the varial heelflip. After a long session at the train station spot, we headed back to Nice to pick up Evelien from the airport.
The weather was not looking very good for Monday, so we decided to head west to Hyeres. On the way there we got stuck in the middle of a crazy thunderstorm and some of the heaviest rain I’ve ever seen. We passed two gnarly accidents on the one-hour drive. Our gamble paid off and the sun came out just as we approached Hyeres. We dropped our stuff at the hotel and headed straight to nearby Toulon to skate the famous “small” rail. The rail got knobbed since the last time we were there, so we had to improvise. After getting kicked out of another spot, we finally got some stuff done near the end of the afternoon.
- Forstner!
The next day we headed back to Toulon to take care of some unfinished business and hit a big gap near Hyeres at night. Willow struggled to get his trick, while we worried about getting kicked out by the janitor of the nearby school. In the end, Willow was successful and we left the spot without any trouble.
- Willow. Ouch.
The last days of the trip were spent in Nice, where we finally got to skate the famous Massena Plaza. Almost everybody got a trick there. Later we headed to a big set of stairs, where Willow jumped as if he wasn’t sore at all from the night before.
Despite some bad luck with the weather, disappearing spots and the police, we had a good time and the trip turned out to be quite productive.
- Tuukka, Charles & Furones
So, it seems we own the web today...
by: Brink | Friday, March 14, 2008
Jesus! What the hell just went down? I went to bed last night and woke up to an onslaught of our dudes taking over the interweb! I mean, I could milk this and make it a week's worth of blogs, but that's just lame. Besides, it's Friday, and you need to get stoked and go skate all weekend, right?
Let's start off with Mr. Leeper and the Black Label team at The Berrics. Don't sleep on Kyle... you're gonna see a lot more of him, really soon. Like, in a week.
Malto and Sheckler continue to pop up in various Slaughter at the Opera media, courtesy of Volcom and 411.
Then, I stumbled across all this Ronnie Creager shit and realized, when you sit on your ass for five months due to injury, you get hungry for skating and come back with a vengeance! He's currently over on Thrasher's Burnout, dorkin' in AZ and then over on Price's blog at The Skateboard Mag food shopping...
Seems Ronnie was a also gracious host to PLAN B as they invaded Arizona the other day.
- Spot Book!
And last but not least, Cliche's new site looks pretty dope and has a new Javier Mendizabal team page. Yeah Javi!
Nyberg Nails It!!
by: Alex | Wednesday, March 12, 2008
etnies Sweden rider Albert Nyberg tore it up at last week's Sixth Annual Millencolin Open in Örebro, Sweden. The babyfaced Nyberg nailed a hardflip backside tailslide (what!) to win Best Trick, then easily rolled into 2nd place overall.
Congrats from Cali, Albert!
Malto @ the Slaughter!
by: Brink | Wednesday, March 12, 2008
So SPoT's got a ton of Slaughter coverage happenin'. Turns out, skate legend, Lee Ralph was so stoked on Malto that he gave Sean a hand made totem pole.
Maybe you wanna see some more sequences? Like a frontside crookie or a backsmith?
And how about Sean's new Girl ad? Sick huh? Backsmith gap out for us, and a front smith 180 gap out for Girl. Sweet.
Beef at The Berrics!
by: Brink | Monday, March 10, 2008
Seen today's Berrics blog? Mikey had some drama.
Spring Forward With New Spring Tees!
by: Alex | Saturday, March 8, 2008
Daylight ain't the only thing worth saving! The etnies Online Store has new tees, FREE socks and FREE shipping! Lose an hour of sleep but save on etnies gear...call it even.
New etnies Skate Blog!
by: Brink | Friday, March 7, 2008
Have you checked out the all new etniesskateboarding.com yet? Its our little blog for the die-hard skateboarder in you. But don't fret, we'll still have tons of skate content here too... but head over there from time to time for a few extra surprises!
Back in the day...
by: Brink | Friday, March 7, 2008
The April issue of Skateboarder mag has an amazing Mike Ballard feature featuring some old pix of Ryan Sheckler, Jason Dill and Elissa Steamer!
Escapist Permiere!
by: Brink | Thursday, March 6, 2008
Sean Malto's hometown shop, Escapist, is about to release a new video called Fourteen Deep. You probably have faith by now, that if Malto's involved, it should be good. Our friend Ernie Torres is in there too!
Anyway, the premiere is happening on the 14th, so if you can get there, go. If not, you'll just have ot wait 'till that shit is on DVD or YouTube or somethin'.
Speaking of Escapist, have you seen Malto's rider page full of photos and video clips?
Sheckler @ the Opera...
by: Brink | Wednesday, March 5, 2008
- front feebs
SPoT's got their Slaughter at the Opera coverage in full force. You can see a sequence of Ryan Sheckler getting a concussion, if you choose... Or a nice big backlip. Or perhaps you'd rather see him chilling?
Rune Takes Wellington!
by: Brink | Monday, March 3, 2008
540s in bowls are balls out. And our boy Rune Glifberg just throws 'em down like it ain't no thang. He won first place over the weekend in New Zealand at the Wellington Bowl-A-Rama! Yeah, Rune! Congrats... as usual. Must be nice to win all the time...
Sheckoncussion!
by: Brink | Saturday, March 1, 2008
Ryan Sheckler was killing it at the Slaughter at the Opera yesterday in Oz 'till he smacked his head and got a concussion. He's ok though, like you knew he would be... Check out the webcast for a few of his bangers before the slam.
Malto Slaughtered!
by: Brink | Saturday, March 1, 2008
In case you didn't see the webcast, our very own Sean Malto got 5th in Oz yesterday at the Slaughter at the Opera rail/stair jam yesterday. We like that he did so well. Yeah Sean!