Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Odyn Vovk/Ashbury

The Odyn Vovk/Ashbury offices are less than a mile away from us. So we stopped by yesterday to see how things are coming along.

Here's the front door (exciting huh?). I had to black-out the address on the door note. Sorry kids. Can't be havin' visitors all day when there's work to be done.



















This is the showroom. All kinds of taxidermy and animal skeletons in here. Smells like leather. Not like new-car-smell leather, more like dried-animal-skin leather, man leather.




















Spring/Summer 09. Shown by apointment only.














I could make some dopey reference to Austin's line being "off the hook", but that term is really played and as you can see, his line is clearly displayed "on the hook" here.



















Old vintage sewing machines, skulls, and...........................stuff.














More animal skulls. It's a happy place.



















This is where ferocious animal carcasses get transformed into fashionable garments.














Here's Lance from Ashbury lookin' fresh in some animal flesh.














Mike, trying to look busy in the Ashbury section, while Chicken works on some quality control.














The office is coming together nicely. Rumor has it that a mini-ramp is going in at some point. So look forward to many more future visits from us.

-Dan

Monday, May 11, 2009

Janoski Shoe Release

Justin Williams and the Empire crew made their way to the release of Stefan Janoski's Nike SB shoe last week. Here's a few photos from the festivities.





Justin (in the Highlife Fitted) with Pancho Moller

















Tyrone & Anthony from LRG (fans of the cannibus camo cap)










Scotty from The Hundreds with his hands full
















Morning after,....looks like fun.











Check out the Force Trucks blog for more photos.


-Dan

King Of Skate




















King of S.K.A.T.E has started and everybody can take part in for free! This is how it works: Copy the trick on flat ground, register at king-of-skate.com, and upload your filmed trick.
You can still join this global online Game of S.K.A.T.E event until round 5. So check out the rules and get your free account at king-of-skate.com now.

-Dan

Cody Rosenthal




















Cody Rosenthal doesn't ride for us, but he recently broke his L3 vertebrae riding some of the lunatic-sized features at Super Park 09. He was flown out of Mammoth Lakes Hospital to Renown Hospital in Reno and is currently in ICU. His surgery takes place May 10, 2009. This group is for all of us who love Cody and wish to support him and his family financially during this very difficult time. Like most talented snowboarders in this industry, Cody does not have Health Insurance. Any paypal donations anyone can give are deeply appreciated. A facebook fundraiser group has also been started. So feel free to join.

-Dan

Friday, May 8, 2009

El Mercado














Spring Summer 2009 product now stocked at El Mercado, a staple Los Angeles retailer located in the heart of L.A. on Pico Blvd. If you're in the area, definitely stop by and check them out. Otherwise, visit their online store.

-Alex

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

3 Sixteen



Our friends over at 3Sixteen have just launched their new Video Look Book. This brand has evolved quite a bit from it's humble "streetwear" roots. Good things in store from these guys if you like the cleaner classier things in life. Anyway, click on the photo above to peep the new vid and learn something.

-Alex

Paint It Live

Here's some photos from the "Paint It Live" art exhibition we sponsored at Maxx Fish in Whistler on April 14th (yeah, I know it's a little late). Anyway, DJsets were performed by Matt The Alien, Vinyl Ritchie, Rob Baanks, and MC Motm, while artists painted live from 8:00pm - 3:00am.













































































































































































































-Dan