The second day of ASR finds us tired and torn brains numbed by lack of sleep and an overwhelming sense that there can't possibly be anything we missed. Nothing could be worth wading into the muck and mire of the glamour obsessed masses, scuttling from booth to booth. Not withstandin,g we journey into the frey; and be it luck or fate we managed to run into a few things you may actually care about. Seriously, yea we were suprised too!
Come along with us and check out that we have in store for you, a little bit of our expirience, a good deal of goods worth shaking a stick at and some things that may even bring a bemused smile to your face. Remember tomorrow is the last day so if there is anything in our gallery so far you want to know more about please, get in touch with the editors and let us know. If we are gunna be taking enemy fire we might as well do it for you.
ASR is more than just shoes you will never wear, boards you will never ride, and lables you could care less about. It's about witnessing another persons grasp on their version of the american dream. Be it a well thought out linear line to the perfect design or a half baked egg giving you the runs. Either way it's a display of mastery. Profane, inspired or just downright odd, the point of ASR is not what has been created but how it interfaces with the audience of slack jawed suckers and sellers, rubes in their own right, the masses are the judges here.
This go around longboarding seems to be more accepted, crazy displays of lunacy while still present seem to be fewer and maybe I am just getting jaded but the flesh bags seem, less, how do I put it. Fresh. We actually had a blast today, got to see a great many new friends, not just on the floor but also at the party we hosted. Read on for a few shots of thoughts. See the full gallery of ASR Here.
[This coverage of MHFOS come from Ross at the SLAC]
Maryhill Festival of Speed for me was like traveling in time. It was 7 years since I was last at Maryhill for the 2001 EDI event. So many of the old faces were their and so many new ones. I couldn't believe how well organized the whole event was. Maryhill truly represented a world championship event.
The Award Ceremony was so amazing. We had Never Summer boards being given out people running around having flour wars and a rock concert. Marcus and John even let the SLAC team sell over $760 worth of tickets that weekend for Paskapoo Raffle.
The Speedboard and Longboard Association of Calgary (SLAC) will be running a fundraiser raffle from Aug. 22 to Oct. 1st.
SLAC is the Alberta Non-profit Society that organized the extremely ambitious 2007 Paskapoo Downhill Rodeo.
In 2007 prior to the race a major sponsor (and a few minor sponsors) reneged on a verbal contact after our drop-dead date which in turn forced SLAC organizers to run a deficit or be forced to cancel the 2007 race . Realising that a large number or riders had already booked international flights, SLAC members pressed forward and when the dust settled the event was negative in excess of $20,000. SLAC has been tirelessly trying to get out of the red since.
Have you heard of these guys? Prepare yourself for an infusion of stoke...
Captain Africa and Guapo:
Pushing the Limits
Bruthadood is a force that is pushing the limits of longboarding. The dynamic duo is made up of Stephan "Capt. Africa" Reinhardt and Scotty "Guapo" Raynor. The two 18 year olds are from Colorado. They ride a unique genre of skating that is made up of sliding, old school, board walking and more. That's not what's unique -- thousands of 'fishheads do the same thing -- it's that they're currently enduring in a test of will and strength by skating a 3,000 mile journey across the United States!
Videos have been released of the skaters shredding but even raw footage cannot express the creativity that the Bro-doods possess. These young thrashers represent Flexdex and Kahuna Creations. Stephan and Scott recently released their own boards with their main sponsor, Flexdex Skateboards. The board is called the Bruthadood 38. It was named after the team and built to express their riding style! Click through to check out the Bruthadoods and get some of what they're servin' up!
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