Join Us

Come join us after the Maloof Money Cup on Saturday July 11th.

-Dan

El Mercado "Marisol" Fitted

We teamed up with Los Angeles streetwear/contemporary boutique El Mercado to produce a run of hats celebrating the long time El Mercado emblematic Marisol logo. The hats feature different fabrics including a wool blend, cotton twill, and denim accented with a two-tone Marisol logo and El Mercado text embroidered on the backside. The caps will be dropping Friday June 26th along with El Mercado’s Summer 2009 t-shirt collection.

El Mercado
5287 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
877.931.4086

-Alex

Come On Now.....

"Come On Now..." is a feature I'm going throw in here from time to time highlighting some of the ridiculous things going on around us. Let's start with the Laker "celebration/riot" that took place last Sunday night, which led to the looting of a local sneaker boutique The Holy Grail .



<- this guy's sellin them shoes for crack, fo sho.








Matt Halfhill from nicekicks.com had a chance to interview store manager Liz Sanchez about the looting. Read it here.

It's pretty ridiculous that Los Angeles is now getting a reputation for this kind of thing every time the Lakers win. Come on now people,...seriously?

-Dan

Mark Suciu On Fire

Don't ask me how to pronounce his last name because I'm still not 100% sure yet ("soo-see-you"?), but flow team rider Mark Suciu has been handlin business lately, winning the eS "Game Of SKATE" in Santa Cruz on Monday. Click on the photo for details and video.


He also won the Zumiez "Best Foot Forward" contest in Pleasanton....


He's the one in the black/teal "Collegiate" fitted cap. Kid's coming up.

-Dan

Around The Corner

The Skate Shop Showcase is an event dedicated to the Skate Shops. The concept is simple, each store is given a designated amount of wall space within the show to which they are free to design however they see fit. Add on top of that bands, dj’s and good times…
Click on skateshopshowcase.com for more information.

-Dan

Thanks Theotis

Skateboardermag.com recently posted an interview with Theotis Beasley. He gave us some love in his shout-outs, so click on the photo below to check the interview and peep some footage.



-Dan

Covered

Romain got himself the cover shot for the May/June/July issue of Snow Surf magazine in France.

Beau travail!

-Dan

Easy Rider

Austin from Odyn Vovk rolled by on his new chopper to pick up some samples. It's definitely an Austin-style bike, fashioned in rust, rivets and real elephant skin.













yeah, you heard me right,....real elephant skin. Take a gander.













Riding off into the downtown L.A. sunset before someone from P.E.T.A. sees him.














-Dan

3 Minutes With Devine

Etnies just posted a "3 Minutes With Devine Calloway" interview. If you don't feel like reading the whole thing, let me direct your attention to the most important part (circled in red below).












I guess he really does like our hats. Here he is on the Recognition Tour in the "Cannabis Camo" cap.














-Dan

Brackets Are Done

The 4th and final quadrant for BATB2 has been picked. Click below for the final pairings.


There's also a bracket contest if you think you've got the fortune-telling skills to predict every winner of every round.

-Dan

See You Tonight

-Dan

YES L.E. #1

YES. has just released their first limited production run of boards. Each board is numbered xxx/200 and has a custom base graphic hand-painted by the team.



















Board number 001/200 has been autographed by the team, including Elm rider Romain De Marchi, and has been in a bidding war for the last week. Check it out and place a bid.














-Dan

Debacle Premier

Last night Nike SB premiered their am video "Debacle", featuring Daryl Angel, David Clark, Shane O’Neil, Theotis Beasley, Grant Taylor and Justin Brock. Justin Williams was in attendence with Scotty Ill (they color coordinated their outfits too).















Check out the rest of the rest of Transworld's photos from the night on their website.

-Dan

3 Down, 1 To Go

3rd quadrant has been picked for "Battle At The Berrics 2". Click below for the newest match-ups.


-Dan

Tales From The Triple Set

If you're around San Jose this weekend.....



















Free product giveaways from multiple companies, including us.

NC Boardshop
16203 Los Gatos Blvd
Los Gatos, CA 95032
408-358-6070

-Dan

Transworld Banner

We have a new banner, featuring the "Vandal" fedora, up at Transworld Snowboarding. Click on the screen-grab to check it out, then click on the banner to send you right back to our website.




-Dan

Spotted

Brook D'Leau, of the Los Angeles based duo J*DaVeY, on tour wearing the "Homerun" cap in the webstore exclusive Giants colorway.



-Dan

2nd Quadrant

Second quadrant for BATB2 is up. There's been some substitutions made to the roster. Click below to check it out.

-Dan

When I Said Goodbye

Stones Throw artist Mayer Hawthorne finished his video for "When I Said Goodbye". Take a look below for some smooth barbershop flavor and check out the cameos by the "Vandal" fedora (which Mayer is wearing) and the "Ellington" fedora (on the ground at the end).


Be sure to pick up the album "A Strange Arrangement" when it drops on 9/9/09.

-Dan

Guestbook With Hana Beaman

Hana Beaman stopped in at the Snowboarder Magazine offices and signed the guestbook. Click on the polaroid to take a look.

-Dan

Shredwood

Andrew Langi and Mark Suciu will be at the Skate Works Shredwood Contest tomorrow at the Phil Shao Memorial park.



















Phil Shao Memorial Park
1400 Roosevelt Ave.
Redwood City, CA 94063

-Dan

Our friends at 3 Sixteen and El Mercado are getting together this weekend for a sample sale at the El Mercado location on Pico. You can also pick up anything else in the store at 30% off. Find yourself there if you know what's good for you.


El Mercado
5287 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
(877)931-4085

-Alex

Devine On Tour With Etnies

Our friend Devine is roaming through Europe with Etnies on the Recognition Tour. Here's some photos of him on the tour wearing the "5Panel" cap in snakeskin and the "Vandal" fedora in natural straw.





























-Dan

Black Scale Store

Black Scale opened up the doors to their San Francisco pop-up store location over the weekend... it's been packed since with over a thousand people coming through in just the first couple days.















Mega and Alfred started the brand a couple years back, and it's been growing strong ever since. With the days of the all-over print coming to an end (and not soon enough) Black Scale is an example of how clean and classy should be done.















We met Mega over a year ago when they hit us up to help them out with some of the their fitted cap needs and we've been in touch with them on the regular since. Keep an eye out for a limited release of their B fitteds flipped in some SF colorways soon as well as some other dope projects.















Get there and get in line.
1798 San Jose Ave
San Francisco, CA 94112
(415)333-2533

-Alex

1st Quadrant

The first BATB2 quadrant has been picked and there are some interesting match-ups to start off with. Click the photo to see who's taking on who.



-Dan

Girls Vs. Boys

Our friends over at Comune are throwing a group art show with the ladies from Element Eden next weekend at The Camp in Costa Mesa. So if you're in the area on the 13th, stop by for some art, music, and beverages.















-Dan

Back To The Berg

Wallenberg got destroyed over the weekend. Check out Thrasher’s highlight reel for all the NBD's.

Chris Cole - Backside 360 & Switch frontside kickflip
Lizard King - Backside 180 one foot, Airwalk, & Ollie to firecracker the last step
Nick Merlino - Switch heelflip
Lindsey Robertson - Backside heelflip
Jordan Hoffart - Varial heelflip
Cody McEntire - Backside big spin
Andrew Pott - Hardflip

-Dan

Nick Dirks Monday Mallet

Transworld just put up this clip of Nick Dirks getting handled in Quebec.

Click on the photo and check it out.



-Dan