Not all skate shirts are black! Check out the Silverfish Gear Page . There are new men's, women's and kids' shirts! (Some are even black.)
We're using "spreadshirt", so you order straight from them. Dig through the listings and you'll find some classic 'Fish designs, including shirts with art taken from member Ryan's art-pen drawings. Have an idea for a shirt? Send it in!
The '08 Festival of Speed and IGSA World Championships are in August, and they're shaping up to be huge. We reported in CW about coverage for '08 by NBC Sports, which is huge, and now there's coverage from the '07 race on Telemundo.
Click the image for a link to the information about the Telemundo program, and check it all out!
The longboarding world has been host to some board makers and designers that burn ever so brightly and then, for various reasons, are done. Jeff Bozi's boards are legendary for cutting edge design and an intense infusion of stoke, and then --poof!-- Jeff was done and moved on to other things. Alex Luxat pushed materials and design to new heights, creating a virtually mythological status in the pantheon of longboard and slalom deck construction, and then --wham!-- he's off to much greener pastures. Of course, there's also a certain longboard company out of New Jersey that rocked the world with wild designs, a Ben Schroeder sponsorship and then a train wreck of a demise that still has longtime 'fish readers shudder --and we still aren't using the name. Now comes what appears to be the latest flameout, described here:
The Rise and Fall of Chicago Longboards
After a long, drawn-out wait and much speculation, it has come time to acknowledge the fact that, save a miracle, Chicagolongboards.com has gone the way of the dodo. The speedboard giant of the Midwest has unceremoniously disappeared off the face of the earth. Although the end of CLB has sparked a great deal of hostility and harsh words regarding questionable business practices, there can be little argument that Julian Nicks’ work will be missed by riders in the US and around the globe.
Our buddies across the pond at Lush Longboards have a Speedboard Building Contest going, right now. It runs through February 1 and the winner scores schwag!
Click the logo to zoom on over to their site. Show 'em, your Silverfish stoke and get building!
Happy New Year, from the whole crew at Silverfish Longboarding.com! It's going to be a great year for skateboarding and skateboarders. Welcome to 2008! There are some new things you'll find at the 'Fish and you're gonna be stoked when you check them out! This isn't about new servers (amen), but the ongoing evolution of the forums and functionality of your website. You'll see some new formats and functions in the Gear Reviews sections, you'll be able to take photos found in the Galleries or Forums and post them anywhere else and you'll see three big evolutions in the forums: a ripping new Buy/Sell format, the institution of "reputation" and the long-awaited Regional Forums..
From everyone in the Silverfish Crew, to everyone in the Silverfish community, here's wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas! Spend time with your family, have a great day and shut off your computer! Take your parents outside and teach them to ride your longboard, or just head inside and guzzle as much hot cider, cold eggnog and scotch from your Dad's bar as you can handle! Tomorrow morning, jump into the forums and tell us all what you scored from the 'rents for Christmas or Chanukah and then...go skate. If you see this article on Wednesday, that's what we're doing!
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