Kahalani trucks were originally designed by Dan Åhlström (Kahalani boards), in 2001.The trucks were produced in Sweden with the goal to make a low, light, and stable precision truck that also had great turning ability. The truck was designed to master the most technical race courses and the highest speeds. In both 2002 and 2003, the truck was race-tested at the legendary Hot Heels World Championships in Kaunertal, Austria.
In 2006, the truck got its breakthrough. Two of Kahalani’s young team riders, Erik Lundberg and Olle Van Keppel, took the trucks on the road with them as they toured on the IGSA circuit.With stunning results around Europe, USA and South Africa, they ended up 2nd and 3rd in the world rankings and provided a constant stream of feedback to the truck designer.
Erik Lundberg (l) and Olle Van Keppel (r) racing on Kalahani trucks.
Olle Van Keppel clocked 109km/h with these trucks (using blue/red combo khiro barrel bushings) in Ohio, October 2006! After testing virtually every truck on the market without satisfaction, top Brazilian skater Luis Lins joined the Kahalani Trucks team in mid 2006 and finally he found the truck he had been looking for.
There is a new skateboard company out of Thousand Oaks, CA, owned by John and Kathleen Lukes. Grand Prix Skateboards (GPS) is a creation inspired by John’s passion for auto racing and his knowledge as an aerospace engineer. More than 20 years ago, John designed CAN AM and formula racing type skateboards that remain under his 3 patents and enjoyed racing his Formula Ford and Super V while watching the evolution of skateboarding.
Grand Prix Skateboards is synonymous with the Hi-Tech Formula 1 business; where the best innovative concepts originate.On the cutting edge of skateboard technology, the goal of GPS is to apply innovative automotive racing concepts to the sport of skateboarding, bringing technical sophistication and new thrills in the level of competition.
Surf-Rodz is a longboard and snowboard company, running out of West Haven, Connecticut.They’re hand-building carbon, bamboo and other composites into longboards, snowboards and more.Check out what they’ve got brewing for 2007:
The NEW Surf-Rodz 60" Carbon-Gun Longboards offer a high strength-to-weight ratio structure with impact resistance and excellent flexibility. With new aerospace composites and snowboard construction techniques, the NEW 60" longboard deck weighs in at just 3 pounds making this a very lively longboard skate deck. As final engineering is completed, SZ has already started its research and development in building two other composite-type longboard cores for 2008.
You must join the mailing list on or before May 7th to participate in the Loaded Newsletter Challenge (and win the grand prize). The sooner you join the mailing list, the more time you have to complete the challenges. (click here to join)
A different challenge (see details below) will be sent out in our mailing list newsletter each Monday beginning March 5th and continuing through May 7th. This is 10 weeks, which means 10 challenges.
You have until midnight on May 21st to submit your challenges. Challenge submissions will not be accepted after midnight on May 21st. No excuses may be used, even for personal issues or bad weather. That is why we call it a challenge!
If you complete and submit all 10 challenges by midnight May 21st you will earn the title of “Loaded Champion” with bragging rights and will also be rewarded with $150 off the purchase of any Loaded Complete including the new Speedboard and Dancer we anticipate in the Spring/Summer, OH BABY!!! Plus, you will have learned all sorts of sweet new moves. And that’s not all— The person who we believe completed all of the challenges with the most style wins a FREE Loaded Complete of his or her choice, OH DADDY!!!
Yes its that time again and I know you all love to give. GFH Boards is sponsoring a team to take place in the Swim 4 Life to benefit Surfaid International. Surfaid is a not for profit company who's goal is to help communities around the world to combat things such as malaria and malnutrition. In most of the best surf spots around the world the communities directly tied to the spots very often suffer from poverty and the ailments that are associated with not having the luxury of modern medicine and other amenities that you and I have here in the USA. There main target for this event as you will see is Indonesia, such as the hard hit Sumatra by the tsunami.
So below is a link that brings you to the GFH page (if you cant click on it please cut and paste to your search bar) where you can sponsor a swimmer and or give a general donation. Now this being said all I really care about it that GFH raises the most money not that I personally do, so I will leave it up to you if you want to sponsor me or the team. Please I know things may be tight but this is yet another good cause, and hell its even getting me back in the pool which is cause enough for me.
Please even if it is $10 it really is a great cause and every little bit counts. If you would rather send a check than use a credit card online please make all checks payable to "Surfaid International" and mail to me directly at Justin Shaw 8 Indian Dr. Old Greenwich CT 06870
Again as always thank you for all your support and I look forward to sharing with you all that GFH raised the most money and helped a community at need. Oh and as always it is tax deductable and your info will be given at the end of the donation process for you to print out. Please also forward to all who may be willing to help out the cause
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