My journey down to Southern California was a great success. I had a number of folks to see and only a short time. Here are some highlights. I have video highlights coming soon!
The reason to go down to SoCal was to attend Gravity's Slidefest. The event was epic. The level of skating is going thru the roof.
I traveled down with Yan L'hermitte. Yan is an awesome slider and freerider. We got up early to hit Buffalo airport for a 5:30 am flight! Buffalo is 2 hours from Toronto. We had no problems at the border or with the plane. These were very good omens!
Once we arrived in San Diego, I drove up to visit Buddy Carr at Tailtap.com. I spent time creating CW shirts. I stepped out for a burrito. Don't get me started on how delicious burritos from California are. Taco Bell is not really food...it's a food substitute.
On Friday morning I headed up to Orange County for a meeting at Chris Chaput's house. Brad from Altered Skate was there along with a few other folks. High level conversation over pizza...my kind of meeting!
This is how we do it. Colabo.ca Launches First GoPro HD Cams to the World
The Ultimate Colaboration
It is a bright and exciting time for all of us in this new era of skateboarding! As of Friday, October 23, Colabo.ca would like to welcome you to their fresh and new horizon and new website www.colabo.ca . Trailing back to the initial creation of the many non-profit longboarding videos and the synergy of Team Colabo, their passion and experience has rapidly grown to a point where they can further there innovative efforts through new COLABOrations. Through the past year they have successfully been able to complete their first official feature length longboard film, The Fellowship of the Bearing, which was captured completely in HD and funded on heart and determination.
Brianne Davies is the leading women’s longboarder in the world – she is simply unstoppable. She has dominated women’s speedboard racing three years in a row. Brianne has won 1st place in five different countries, was the 2008 IGSA World Champion and earned the title of Speed Boarder of the Year by Concrete Wave. Now she has a board to call her own.
The ISIS is a combination of Brianne’s favourite boards and groundbreaking new features condensed into one ULTRA-MEGA-SUPER-SKATE-MACHINE!
….Customize your board, Protect your board, Illuminate your board
One thing all skate boarders and long boarders can agree upon is the destructive damage caused to their decks from the inevitable “bail out”, crashing their board into a curb. A leading developer and manufacturer of photo luminescent products has solved that problem with an extremely cool side-effect. Board edges that glow brightly in the night – energy-free!
Board Brite is created using military-grade, proprietary vinyl infused with rare earth photo luminescent crystals. It’s a process Board Brite’s parent company, Fotolum, has perfected for over a decade. The end result of this unusual combination of elements is a product that both protects and illuminates boards and boarding equipment. Backed with a superior 3M adhesive, the strips can be put nearly anywhere, giving the rider the power to customize boards, accessories and safety equipment. In fact, the website states, “Use on decks, trucks, wheels, helmets, pads, gloves, skateboards, longboards, snowboards, surfboards, skimboards, kneeboards, skates, skis, and anything else you can think of!”
Flexdex TV releases Episode 5, “Will it Break?: Italian Redux.” Maz Ahmadpour and Stephan Reinhardt star in the latest installment of the hit online show. Flexdex is gearing up for an entire season of episodes including, “Will it Burn?,” “Will it Explode?,” and “Will it Survive 2012?” with guest appearances from various members of the skate community.
The shows will not only highlight the strength of Flexdex’s patented material but also chronicle the exploits of Maz and Stephan as they skate around San Diego and embrace their adolescent fantasies. Expect to see more Blacks Beach footage as well as some San Diego secret spots and some of the more picturesque destinations in the county.
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