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!
"For one week in August, the world’s greatest gravity racers can be found in one place: the 2008 Maryhill Festival of Speed, home of this year’s IGSA World Championships. 200 of gravity sport’s biggest names will take center stage in a five day celebration of speed, skill and loose definitions of personal safety."
On Saturday, October 11th, 2008 at 2:30-4:00 PM ET/11:30AM-1:00 PM PT, the Jeep World of Adventure Sports plays on NBC --regular, prime time NBC-- and will feature the 2008 IGSA World Championships at Maryhill Festival of Speed! If you were there, you saw our friends from Aura 360 with a camera crew on the hill, interviewing skaters and setting up on-board video runs. On Saturday, MFOS will be one of five "adventure sports" in the NBC show. Click the pic above to hit their website for The Jeep World of Adventure Sports! If you missed it, click the link we've embedded above to jump over to see 11 minutes worth on Google Vids.
Then sit your butt down, set your DV recorder and check out the racing and Scoot Smith's amazing final run to take the World Championship as the first-ever repeat winner at Maryhill. None of us have seen the final product and we don't know how it's been edited to present the racing, but the crew let us see some raw footage through the camera and it looked killer. How long has it been since America has seen speedboard racing on television? Call your family, call your friends, call your high school principal and tell them, "THIS is what we do, so check it out!" Then, dye your hair green because Friday, October 10th is Scoot Smith Day. When people ask "WTF?" Tell'em to watch it on television.
Looking for more? Check out thousands of photos from several photographers in the MFOS 08 Gallery and look for Marcus Rietema's write-up in the next issue of Concrete Wave.
Want to buy the DVD of the Show? Contact info@worldofadventuresports.com
The City of Goldendale has responded to vandalism at the campgounds by skateboarders at the Maryhill Festival of Speed. The news is bad:
"To John Ozman, Marcus Rietema, Golden Event Planning (Lorraine Reynolds), previous Mayor Mark Sigfrinius, Jim Allyn:
Sirs: THE FEW as you put it, left a very bad taste in the mouth of the Fair Board Committee, me and my staff, justifiably so after looking at all of the pictures furnished us by the Klickitat County Buildings and Grounds Department. The pictures are available at City Hall if you are interested.
It is unfortunate that you were not privy to the damage; foul language spray painted on straw bales that was NOT their property against the company or individual who sponsored them; spray painting on fairgrounds property of all the restroom walls that now need to be repainted; replacement of a sink that was pulled away from the wall; a broken gate; a brick that was torn out of a corner wall; flour all over everywhere; empty beer containers; prophylactics laying on the ground; in the barn area a metal image of the animal that is housed there pulled and left hanging from one hook, many others missing.
As of this writing, the damages have not been counted up to give us a dollar amount, it will be large. Goldendale will survive and make its own mark without vandals that come and take advantage of a small town and its people who went all out to welcome, entertain and feed them. As far as I am concerned these vandals are not welcome in Goldendale. Maybe Maryhill can afford all of the vandalism, we certainly cannot.
Arletta Parton, Mayor City of Goldendale"
If you were there, then you know exactly who stole haybales and vandalized them, who trashed bathrooms, who vandalized stables and more. It might even be you, or maybe you just sat by and watched it happen. If you were there, you know what “the Daggers” did the first night, and how the event organizers implored everyone not to make that mistake again, how Bricin Lyons spoke about not trashing our hosts’ facilities, and yet how it apparently did not matter. You know that is wasn't just a small group of "Daggers" responsible for everything but that they started it all off. Did you ever want to skate Maryhill? Do you ever want to skate an event somewhere like the MFOS and think the people in that town can’t read the internet? Talk about it here. Seriously, check out the sycophants that defend these idiots and then get on the phone to thank them for "a job well done."
UPDATE: What Can We Do?
Skaters, Lugers, bikers and inliners across the globe have been asking, "what can we to to help make amends for these kooks? We're working with the City of Goldendale to set up a PayPal account for donations to compensate for the damages at the Fairgrounds. As soon as that's prepared, we'll post the link/info here and send it out to Bricin Lyons, IGSA, etc... It will be in a format you can post, anywhere and two or three dollars per several hundred skaters will resolve the financial side of things.
Of course, when folks in a small town are treated as they perceive themselves to be in this case, there's much more to it than the financial damages. Our community's financial donations will just be a part of how we can respond to the host city. These wonderful people made us breakfast & dinner, treated us like family and showed good-old small town hospitality that 90% of the athletes returned. See the forums for ideas about what we can do.
This is the UK National Downhill Skateboard Championship!
ONLINE SIGNUP IS NOW CLOSED. There are limited places left. If you would like to participate but have missed the sign up please call the Lush Longboards HQ on 0044 (0)1179 465 777. ON THE DAY SIGNUPS: We have a very limited number of places for on-the-day signups. Payment will only be accepted in cash.
Freeride to Race upgrade: £20
Race Entry: £70
Single Day Freeride: £20
The registration tent will be open from 8am until 10 am on Friday and Saturday, after which you will be able to sign up via the Lush Longboards trade stand.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 157 RACERS AND FREERIDERS SIGNED UP (as of 9/7/08))
Siegrist is Fastest in the first Qualifier at MFOS!
With the skies clear and the wind down, Friday morning met the racers and riders of Maryhill Festival of speed with the promise of a long day of racing. Establishing the first solid evidence of who will be the serious competitors for the following days, the afternoon was the first round of time-trial qualifications. Before the end of the day, bales would be tossed and records broken.
The start of the day’s events began with Marcus Rietema gathering the racers for a riders meeting. Special points were the gratitude he showed for all of the gathered participants, the generous sponsors that have stepped up to make it all possible. He also gave an energetic show of gratitude for Goldendale yet again playing host to the contest, and his hope that this event will be another step towards establishing a strong racing circuit in the area. With all the applause distributed to deserving parties, the racers broke to gear up.
Click through to read about it, and for all the results from Round One Qualifying.
IGSA Coverage 
