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etnies Invades Tavarua!

by: Alex | Wednesday, February 27, 2008

etnies team riders Aamion Goodwin, CJ Kanuha, Leilani Gryde, and etnies Surf TM Dave Boehne ventured off to the island of Tavarua for the NIXON High Tide Hold ’Em Invitational...

Nixon put on a sweet event bringing athletes from different sports as well as a few celebs to compete in Surfing, Ping Pong, Fishing, Guitar Hero, Spear Fishing and Poker.

The crew scored perfect Cloudbreak, became pirates, narrowly escaped a pounding from Tito Ortiz and "talked story” with Jena Jameson. All in all it was a great trip and etnies held it down! Thanks to the Nixon crew for a great event! More surf pics to come in part 2 as they start coming in...

Rune Gets 2nd! Elissa Burnout Action!

by: Brink | Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Thanks to Skate Daily, results are in from the 4th annual Bowl-A-Rama at Bondi Beach’s coast side bowl in Australia and Rune Glifberg took second!

Final Results

1st Bucky Lasek
2nd Rune Glifberg
3rd Omar Hassan

Miss Elissa Steamer is featured on Thrasher's latest Burnout, so you might wanna go see what's up...

Fuel TV GvR Snow Airtimes!

by: Travis | Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The etnies GVR Snow will air on FUEL TV on Monday, April 7 at 8:00pm ET/PT. For more information, please check the Fuel website for local times and listings.

GvR Snow Lifestyle Photo Gallery!

by: Travis | Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Guess what? We had hidden cameras all-over GvR and we caught some naughty behavior. Go have a look see at our gallery of lifestyle photos, because the riding wasn't the only thing that happend at GvR - I don't think I need to mention the Ghostface groupie!!

'til next year.

Potter @ NASCAR

by: Cropley | Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Todd Potter was out at the NASCAR races over the weekend for some FMX demos with Mulisha teammates Jimmy Fitzpatrick and Ryan Hagy. Unfortunately the Sunday shows were rained out. But Saturday the shows went off without a hitch and Potter was going nuts on Shane Trittler's new ramp-to-ramp setup. The take off ramp is 3 feet wider and the landing ramp is 7 feet wider than the old setup, making it much easier for Potter to throw bigger tricks as wells as his upside down whips as seen below!

The crowd was huge!

Here are a few more shots of TP from the event...

Mary Osborne's Expression Session

by: Alex | Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Mexi-Pression is a three-day surf contest in the middle of a seven-night Mexican surf cruise to Cabo, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta! More importantly, Mexi-Pression (Mexico Expression Session) is where Featured Rider Mary Osborne will be this fall...and you can join her. Go ahead, mexpress yourself. AND don't forget to enter our Dress Me, Mary! Giveaway!

How Not to Get Sponsored!

by: Brink | Tuesday, February 26, 2008

We'd like to think you are the next big thing, and maybe you are. We love hearing from you and seeing what you can do on a bike or a board. We like to give everyone who sends in sponsor me videos a fair chance too, but seriously folks, make sure its a format we can handle... like something post-Jurassic period. Thanks!

Invisible Half!

by: Brink | Monday, February 25, 2008

If your mom won't let you build a ramp, make an invisible one!

Malto Faces Off!

by: Brink | Monday, February 25, 2008

If you're so inclined, head out to the newsstands and you can see Sean Malto school Mike Mo during a Face Off in the April issue of Skateboarder...

More Mary

by: Alex | Monday, February 25, 2008

We've been busy little bees in the GvR hive, but still had a chance to catch up with Featured Rider Mary Osborne. She checked in to give us the following update on her own personal goings on of late.

Mary writes:

I was in Hawaii before and after Christmas for a Patagonia photo shoot.

Immediately after Hawaii I went straight up to Mammoth for what I like to call "cross-training." We had a group of about 15 close friends and scored perfect powder. I did my first "powder tree run"...keep in mind I am like a fish out of water because I have only seen snow fall a number of times. It's always very exciting for me.

Straight from Mammoth MTN I went to a photo shoot for Wet n Wild cosmetics. I should have pics soon for you.

ASR was a huge success as we launched the Mary Osborne Pro surfboard model by Robert August. The picture is my "Pink Panther" Surfboard model and my friend/artist who did my logo Shannon Menzel.

I am finally home again in little old Ventura. I love it here this time of year, especially when the great waves and beautiful February weather rolls in. I have been surfing Rincon as much as possible, filming and shooting photos.

Last week I spoke at Fillmore Elementary School for a huge skate demo called Skate Pass. This is the first school in California to incorporate skateboarding into PE Curriculum. I basically spoke in front of about 800 kids about skateboarding/surfing and how they both have changed my life. The school is so lucky to have this opportunity and what fun for the kids. Here are a few articles....

"The Fuel TV segment will begin airing tomorrow on Fox Sports Net and continue to run through the week on Fuel TV (28 times). Both Time Warner and ABC went out to the school this week to shoot segments. The ABC segment will run Feb 26 in the AM and the TW will run on Headline news sometime soon. "

"California Approves Skateboarding Curriculum!
Skate Pass, the company bringing skateboarding to schools, has been welcomed into California. California is now the 10th state in the country to approve the curriculum, making history for both skateboarding and the state.

“California has strict physical education standards, which makes this event an incredible opportunity to promote skateboarding to both the state and the country.” Says Eric Klassen Skate Pass Co-Founder.

"Skate Pass is coordinating a press event at Fillmore Middle School on February 5th, 2008. The event will represent a shift for physical education as well as profile skateboarding as helping state and national efforts to fight childhood obesity. The high energy event will include demos and speakers from skateboarding and government health organizations."

"Paul Schmidt, George Powell, Steve Berra were among the invited guests who spoke about skateboarding."

Last week I did a big interview for Ventura Life Magazine. It should be coming out next month.

I think that is it for now. I'll keep you updated as things progress.

THANKS!

MARY O

Thank YOU, Mary!

Enter our etnies Dress Me, Mary! Giveaway.

GvR Snow Photo Gallery!

by: Travis | Monday, February 25, 2008

GvR Snow was heavy on the shutter bugs taking photos of the action. Here are some fresh shots from GvR Snow that we happened to snap. Hope you all enjoyed the event and we can't wait for next year's event, which is gonna be even bigger!

Official GvR Press Release!

by: Travis | Monday, February 25, 2008

Here's the low-down. The team-based format of etnies GvR Snow pitted Transworld Snowboarding’s Regular Footed riders against FUEL TV’s Goofy Footed riders, with each team appointing a team captain. The final score left the Regular footers victorious with 2747 points over Goofy’s 2345. Juuso Lavisto sent it and earned both first place and MVP, while Bear Mountain sold-out of lift tickets with more than 7,000 people in attendance.

FUEL TV’s Director, John Stouffer, came out to lead the Goofy Team to take the win, with Nick Dirks, Louie Vito, Ryan Thompson, Simon Chamberlain and Chris Bradshaw as the starting five going into the finals.

Kurt Hoy, captain of the Regular Team, appointed Austin Smith, Joe Sexton, JP Walker, Markku Koski and Robbie Walker as his starting five going into the finals.

Juuso killin' it

Juuso Lavisto came out, qualified for the finals and pulled some stylish backside 7’s, frontside 7’s and a 50-50 to 360-out on the rail to win it for the team.

Team Regular Getting Paid

Louie Vito Boosting Off the Cannonball kicker

GvR Results:

Total Weekend Prize Purse – $50,000

Regular Team:

1. Team MVP Juuso Lavisto – $9,000

2. Keegan Valaika – $4,500

3. Stian Solberg – $2,000

4. Erich Dummer – $1,750

5. *Robbie Walker – $2,500

6. *Austin Smith – $2,000

7. Dave Fortin – $1,000

8. Scott Vine – $1,000

9. *Markku Koski – $2,000

10. Corey Cronk – $1,000

11. Corey Noble – $1,000

12. *JP Walker – $2,000

13. *Joe Sexton – $2,000 - etnies

14. Beverly Vuilleumier – $1,000

15. Desiree Melachon – $1,000

Goofy Team:

1. *Louie Vito – $1,750

2. Forrest Bailey – $750

3. Clayton Shoemaker – $750

4. Tyler Flanagan – $750 - etnies

5. Jonas Michilot – $750

6. *Nick Dirks – $1,750

7. *Simon Chamberlain – $1,750

8. Siguard Haga – $750

9. Alex Sherman – $750

10. Cody Boan – $750

11. Kimmy Fasani – $750

12. Harrison Gordon – $750

13. *Ryan Thompson – $1,750

14. Gabi Viteri – $750

15. *Chris Bradshaw – $1,750

The * symbolizes the five riders selected by the team captain for the final team. Each of these team riders receives an automatic $1,000 going into the event.

At the close of the etnies GvR contest on Saturday, Ghostface Killah played a free show on the Bear Mountain sun deck. A crowd of snowboarders and lurkers gathered to hear the great performance he put on, regardless of the rain.

All hail Ghostface Killah!

See ya next year!

Jimmy Marchand!

by: Brink | Sunday, February 24, 2008

The Skateboard Mag linked to Jimmy Marchand's sponsor me video one day, and I got really stoked. So stoked and inspired in fact, that I found Jimmy on MySpace and asked if I could send him some etnies shoes (He's a fan of the Arto Mids.) He sent then me this footy you see above via email to check out... and yeah, that's a switch backside flip to manny down a bank.

After watching it, I explained to Jimmy I felt he could have done the backside noseblunt a little better. His reply:

"Well to tell ya the truth I had just eaten a special brownie a half hour prior to that noseblunt going down, so it was alright with me."

And I decided at that very moment I wanted to interview him. So over the last few months, via email and at Tampa Am, I did.

RB: Tell us about your condition…
Jimmy: Well I have what is called scoliosis, which is a curve of the spine. I also had blood clots in my legs when I was born so it kind of stopped me from growing.

Were you born with scoliosis? How did it affect you growing up?
Yes I’ve had this condition all my life but it has not brought my morale down in anyway. I actually started walking with a walker when I was young, but by the time I was five the doctor switched me to Canadian-style crutches because I could literally do handstands on my walker! Once I was off of the walker and onto crutches I figured “shit, what the hell else is possible?”

How’d you get into skating?
So when I was about eight or nine the kid next door to me had gotten a skateboard and wouldn't let me try the damn thing. So I went out and got one of my own. An 80's deluxe banana board. My doctors have always told me that its good to keep my self active, but they did not think skating was safe for me.

Well, it’s been about ten years since I’ve been told to stop skating because its dangerous, but I feel its what keeps me alive. When I started skating I had a dog at the time and I wasn’t good at pushing the board yet, so I took the dog for a walk down the bike path and he pulled me so fast on my board that I could have shit myself. So since that day I’ve wanted to go fast and always skate, skate, skate!

Do people hate on you or talk shit? Or maybe even react weird to you over the years?
I’d have to say “fuck ya” to that one! Lots of times I get kids that come up to me an say that I’m cheating an that it isn’t really skating or some shit like that.

Did anyone tell you that you wouldn't be able to skate? Or have more people been cool and positive about it?
No one has ever told me I couldn’t skate but doctors that I grew up seeing have told me to switch to bowling or something more mellow like that.

What’s the most common thing people say to you about your condition or your skating?
Usually when I travel out West, people tend to give me props for skating and ask how I can do the stuff I do. People tend to ask me if I can ollie.

Are you in pain from your scoliosis? like does it hurt to skate even if you don't fall or anything?
From time to time I get sore from having scoliosis, but nothing a hot shower can't fix.

What are your favorite skate videos?
I’d have to go with Shorty’s Fulfill the Dream because of the skating and music selection. Welcome to Hell by Toy Machine and anything 5-Boro puts out because those guys skate with soul!

Who are your favorite skaters?
My favorite skaters would have to be Aquil Brathwaite, Nick Dompierre, Zered Basset, Pete Eldridge, Jereme Rogers, P-Rod, Apples, and everyone at home.

Did you get a lot of email or attention from your skate videos on the web? The one I saw and wrote to you about originally?
I’ve gotten some feedback from my skate video online and managed to get myself some flow packages every now and then.

You got a girlfriend?
No girl, so holla at me, ladies!

What do you wanna be when you grow up?
Well lets’ see, I’m 24 now so when I grow up I’d like to be a more tranquil person. And still be able to roll down the street on that bad Larry!

So what was the first trick you learned?
I’d have to say the first trick I learned was a fakie shove-it.

Because of your scoliosis, how do you have to skate and do things differently than other skaters? Like, can you not pop or jump of flick? What’s the deal?
Well, basically I cant ollie. I kinda do everything by pressure flipping and by popping the board one-footed, and then just hope I land the shit! It’s just really hard to explain my style of skating. I love it and the fact that I can’t even tell you how I pull shit off boggles my mind!

What’s your favorite stuff to skate?
Favorite shit to skate? Hmm… well flatland has always been my thing, but since I’ve progressed, I’d have to say banks, hubba sets, tranny, ledges… anything in the street that looks like ya can fuck with. I stay away from the damn handrails fool! I’d like to keep my nuts for a while.

What’s the newest thing you learned?
One -footed pop shove-it 50 -50. I’ve been getting into a habit of trying shit down stairs lately. But for me it's a lot harder to accomplish than you might think. Since I cant ollie, I have to pressure flip every trick down a set in order to land it. Lots of times it doesn’t work out. But never-the-less, its intense and fun!

Do you fuck up a lot of sets of crutches?
I do fuck up lots of crutches. Sometimes ill be at a spot an the shit will snap first try! I go through a few pairs every few months. And they’re expensive as hell.

Can you beat anyone you know in arm wrestling?
Arm wrestling I'm pretty good at, because I pump using my arms. I get a good work out.

What’s been your worst skating-related injury?
The worst thing I’ve ever done is almost tear my ACL. My knee was swollen like a grapefruit for a few weeks.

How was Tampa Am for you?
Going into Tampa Am was like crossing a 12 lane highway on your skateboard and hoping for the best! At one point I felt so nervous that Jello legs just took over, and the board was everywhere.

How was it skating in practice for you? A few times I thought you were gonna get clobbered, dude.
You must have missed the collision then. I was going for a salad grind on the quarter pipe and I ran into some kid full force!

How bout your runs? I think you didn’t do much in your first but your second you landed a bunch of things...
Haha, well actually I totally blew those two runs, man! The atmosphere was all so new to me I couldn’t relax.

How’d you feel after? People seemed to be going nuts for you.
After my runs I was so relieved to come out of there not too banged up! So right after that I left the course an got the sickest free tattoo.

Here's Jimmy's second run from Tampa Am '08

Get into any trouble while you were down in Tampa?
Well, if by trouble you mean running from white Dodge Duragos with flashing lights at 3:30 AM, then yes! Oh an there was a rumor going around that I had gotten into a fight with the door man at the skate park.

Wait? What happened?
Well at the end of the night everyone’s outside at the club and a fight breaks out and people are punching everybody, so cops show up in durangos. Meanwhile the Flip team manager and I flee with two chicks we met. We hop into a cab at 3:30 am and that’s the last the we remember of that night!

And what about the doorman?
I didn’t really fight the door man. I got into an argument with him because he told me I couldn't bring my board in. So I said, "If your not gonna let me bring my board in then I’m going to go around the fuckin' back." So then he let me in.

What are your plans for ’08?
I hope to enter more contests and get over being so nervous! Also work on getting some more coverage. People seemed to like what they witnessed!

Also, what would you say to anyone else who might have a condition like yours, or a disability, that is thinking about skating or something like that? Perhaps there's a few people out there, or a lot of people, who think they just arent able to do it or scared to try?
I'd have to say that anyone that is handicapped in anyway should always stay positive! And shit if your already in crutches how much worse can it get? Skate 'till you cant walk anymore!

GvR Highlight Video!

by: Brink | Saturday, February 23, 2008

Now that we all know who won, it's time to see what went down! Here's a quicke video we whipped up today after GvR. Stay tuned for a ton more photos, videos, coverage and more in the coming days!

Regular Stomps Goofy!

by: Travis | Saturday, February 23, 2008

Who won? The team I've been touting all along, duh. Team Regular! Congratulations go out to both teams, because to be honest with you, everyone was throwing down hot moves in some crazy conditions.

Stay tuned for GvR photo galleries, articles, video, photo sequences and more!

List of winners:

Regular Top 5
Juuso Laivista
Keegan Valaika
Stian Solberg - etnies/ThirtyTwo
Erich Drummer
Robbie Walker

Goofy Top 5
Louie Vito
Forrest Bailey
Clayton Shomaker
Tyler Flanagan - etnies/ThirtyTwo
Jonas Michilot

MVP
Jusso Laivista

Regular Reigns Supreme

by: Alex | Saturday, February 23, 2008

So I was wrong; the Goofy Team did not win today's GvR. The thing is, I sort of have a problem saying that Regular is better. Can Regular ever be anything other than...just plain regular? Alright, I'm of the goofy persuasion...one thing I will say, is that Regular Footer Dave Fortin is anything but regular. He is one crazy mother--shut yo mouth!

More updates to come! Highlights, lowlights, shenanigans and the like.

Happy GvR Day!

by: Alex | Saturday, February 23, 2008

Looks like the powers that be have once again proven to be GvR fans! The weather forecasts said it'd be raining and cloudy and altogether gross. Shows what they know! The sun is shining, the roads are plowed and there's still time GET HERE!! Big Bear looks great and it's a beautiful day for a Goofy victory!

The Party Has Already Started!

by: Travis | Saturday, February 23, 2008

RunRunRun sounds good while eating lunch.

RunRunRun electrified the lunch room at Bear Mountain with their infectious brand of indie rock. Loud music makes the food go down oh so well.

Lauren Perkins snowboards?

etnies pro skater, Lauren Perkins, knows what's good for her and that's wearing her ThirtyTwo booties.

Big Black GvR Snow Bus!

by: Travis | Friday, February 22, 2008

Getting the GvR Snow bus up to Bear Mountain was quite the exercise in faith seeing as how road conditions have been terrible and Southern Californians have no idea of how to drive in such weather.

GvR Snow goes down tomorrow bright and early, 8am. Finals are at 1pm. The weather is looking good, the course is gnarly huge and Ghostface Killah made his flight. We are set.

The GvR bus in all it's glory!

More logo placement

New Creager Interview!

by: Brink | Friday, February 22, 2008

Head on over to Ronnie Creager's team page for an update on what's new with the Creagerman!

GvR Rider Brackets!

by: Travis | Friday, February 22, 2008

Hola, GvR contestants. If your name is not in the official brackets and you want to break yourself for the blood-thirsty onlookers, don’t worry, you’re still in the Open Qualifiers! Here's the Bracket.

For anyone else out there who wants to step up to the kicker and the hip, come on up to Bear Mountain Saturday morning at 8am for the Open Qualifier.

Current list of qualifiers:

Andrae Cameron
Anthony Fire
Caleb Flowers
Cornell Agee Jr.
Danny Williams
Ingrid Alm
Jake Olsen-Elm
Jameson Wells
Jarad Hadi
Jason Dubois
Jeremy Coultier
Mike Ramirez
Nick Larson
Nick Visconti
Phil Guy
Zach Seibert
Corey Cronk
Madison Ellsworth
Mathieu Caron
Keegan Valaika
Steve Woolworth
Stian Aaro
Lucas Wilson
Bevan Hall
Forest Bailey
Harrison Gordon
June Bonjan
Lynz Adams-Hawkins
Mike Hahn
Sean Sloan
Will Bateman
Will Tuddenham
Yari Ivanisko
Max Baillargeon
Simon Pineault
Steve Cartwright
Michael Gorniaak
Stan Aaro
Silje Johnsen
Erik Dahl
Tucker Watson
Colin Tucker
And you!

Don't forget Ghostface is performing live!

Getting Ready For GvR Snow!

by: Travis | Friday, February 22, 2008

Just wanted to keep you all updated on how the park is coming along. The Bear Mountain crew have been working like crazy to get all the features created. All this wind isn't helping the current situation but the kickers are looking epic. Expect some craziness to go down tomorrow.

To get all the GvR info go the site.

The Hip is growing

The Bear Mtn. park crew discussing their next masterpiece

Clayton Shomaker: master builder and rider

Craig Anderson Surf Footage!

by: Travis | Thursday, February 21, 2008

Our new Aussie rider, Craig Anderson, has been killing it in the land down under. The kid's got some great new footage so be sure to check it. I'm sure you'll be seeing his mug all over the place.

Take A Tour With Mary

by: Alex | Thursday, February 21, 2008

Featured Rider Mary Osborne is always good company; it's no wonder she makes such a great tour guide. Check out this footage as she shows us around her hometown of Ventura. Like her style? Enter to win the etnies Dress Me, Mary! Giveaway!

GvR Sneak Peak Hip Photo!

by: Travis | Thursday, February 21, 2008

This photo was taken last night of the soon to be infamous Hip kicker for the inaugural GvR Snow event. The kicker isn't anywhere near completion and it's already giant sized. So get ready for riders going off and getting broke. What makes this hit even more exciting is that it is located literally feet from the sun deck. So everyone will have prime real-estate to see the blood flow.

I forgot to mention the run-out is looking like the craziest part of the Hip feature. So yes, you will definitely want to be here on Saturday!

What's more is Ghostface will be killin' it after the event on the sun deck and there will be mad giveaway's. So be sure to make it up.

NASCAR with Deegan, Twitch, Potter & Garland!

by: Cropley | Thursday, February 21, 2008

The etnies FMX team is gunna be out at California Speedway in Fontana this weekend for NASCAR and the Rockstar Metal Mulisha demos. Deegan, Twitch, Potter and Garland will be tearing it up outside on the new ramp-to-ramp setup, while the NASCAR boys do circles inside on the track.

Come out, watch the show, grab an autograph or two, and enjoy the glorious mullet scenery that only a day at NASCAR can offer!

Saturday, February 23
10AM - Demo
11AM - Demo
Autograph Signing following 11AM show
2PM - Demo
3PM - Demo
Autograph Signing following 3PM show

Sunday, February 24
9AM - Demo
10AM - Demo
11:15AM - Demo
Autograph Signing following final show

GvR Rider Brackets!

by: Travis | Thursday, February 21, 2008

Hola, GvR contestants. If your name is not in the official brackets and you want to break yourself for the blood-thirsty onlookers, don’t worry, you’re still in the Open Qualifiers! Here's the Bracket.

For anyone else out there who wants to step up to the kicker and the hip, come on up to Bear Mountain Saturday morning at 8am for the Open Qualifier.

Current list of qualifiers:

Andrae Cameron
Anthony Fire
Caleb Flowers
Cornell Agee Jr.
Danny Williams
Ingrid Alm
Jake Olsen-Elm
Jameson Wells
Jarad Hadi
Jason Dubois
Jeremy Coultier
Mike Ramirez
Nick Larson
Nick Visconti
Phil Guy
Zach Seibert
Corey Cronk
Madison Ellsworth
Mathieu Caron
Keegan Valaika
Steve Woolworth
Stian Aaro
Lucas Wilson
Bevan Hall
Forest Bailey
Harrison Gordon
June Bonjan
Lynz Adams-Hawkins
Mike Hahn
Sean Sloan
Will Bateman
Will Tuddenham
Yari Ivanisko
Max Baillargeon
Simon Pineault
Steve Cartwright
Michael Gorniaak
Stan Aaro
Silje Johnsen
Erik Dahl
Tucker Watson
Colin Tucker
And you!

Don't forget Ghostface is performing live!

New etnies Skate Blog!

by: Brink | Thursday, February 21, 2008

Have you checked out the all new etniesskateboarding.com yet? Its our little blog for the die-hard skateboarder in you. But don't fret, we'll still have tons of skate content here too... but head over there from time to time for a few extra surprises!

GvR Snow Course Set-Up!

by: Travis | Thursday, February 21, 2008

The GvR course, which will be on the bottom part of the “Central Park” run serviced by Chair 5, will be host to a sixty foot kicker followed up by the biggest hip ever in a snowboarding contest!

Check the Bear Mountain site to watch the hip take shape over the next few days. Be sure to check in with the live webcast on Saturday to see some amazing snowboarding going down!

Remember, if you’re in Southern California, be sure to come up to Bear where the weather’s going to be great and it’s going to dump through Friday morning so we’ll have great snow. Don’t forget, Ghostface Killah hits the stage right after the GvR Awards, so there’ll be plenty of entertainment for everyone. See you there!

GvR Practice Cancelled For Friday!

by: Travis | Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Due to the current weather system, it looks like there will be no practice for GvR on Friday. It is dumping at Bear Mountain right now and the crew building the course will need some more time to make everything primo, so all the riders can go that much bigger the day of the contest. Right?

Stay tuned for updates, but plan to get plenty of sleep Friday night—it’ll be bluebird with freshies on Saturday morning! Or at least we hope so!

Goofy Footers On Fox News

by: Alex | Wednesday, February 20, 2008

etnies Am Melissa Evans stopped into the Fox newsroom on Monday to rep the Goofy Team. Did you sleep in and miss Melissa schooling Fox Anchorwoman Lynda Martin on the topic of etnies GvR? Watch it now on the Fox website and get psyched for Saturday's GvR Snow!

Malto in The Now!

by: Brink | Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Mr. Malto throws a few down, just to remind you that his part in The Now is coming in the near future...

Stian and Markku Make A Video!

by: Travis | Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Stepchild Saturday is back with Stian, Markku and their good friend Fredu. Head on over to Transworld to see the latest video installment.

As far as the cop photo goes, well, it's about time snowboarding got the respect it deserves by the proper authorities!

New Fury Trucks Site!

by: Brink | Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Have a glimpse at the new Fury site and Rune Glifberg's new team page! Photos, video and more!

Mute Math Interview Part III

by: Travis | Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Mute Math Interview Part III

- In this week’s installment, lead singer Paul Meany describes how weird playing TV shows in England can be, how Mute Math has made their way into the hearts of their fans, his favorite bands to see live and much, much more!

What one thing has helped Mute Math reach your public the most?
Well, when we made the Typical video. That was a shot in the arm for us. Our record had been out for over a year and we were touring on a small level and we knew we needed some sort of video to help push us. Warner Brothers were stumped and maybe a bit disenchanted, but after we made the video everything came to life. Warner Bros. got excited and MTV started giving us some exposure. We felt like something had happened. It wasn’t some exponential explosion by any means, but it kinda kept the show on the road. It really helped us do another tour and now we just found out yesterday that the Typical video has been Grammy nominated. We were pretty much beside ourselves. The video is up against Feist and the Justice dance video. Have you seen that video? It’s freakin’ ridiculous. Now we get to see what the Grammys are all about.

You guys have been playing lots of Late Night TV shows, are those kind of weird and stressful?
No, I love them, but in the beginning it seemed strange. I guess we were lucky and got to do some smaller shows that helped break us in. I remember when we did Craig Ferguson we didn’t even know about the show, but we had a great time anyway. It was kind of hard to be nervous about it. Now, when we got to do Letterman that was a feeling of “Holy hell we are playing the Ed Sullivan Theater!”

We’ve been fans since we were kids, so being there was an amazing feeling. We’ve learned to enjoy performing on TV shows; they are a whole different animal. Learning how to make the music translate through the TV and perform and not think about it can be tough. Luckily for us we’ve had lots of fans show up to those TV tapings, which is very encouraging, especially when we played Conan.

It must make it easier to have your fans there to cheer you on. If it were silent on the set then it would be weird and so much harder to perform, I would think.
We’ve done those also. The silent shows. Those are weird. They have these shows in England where you roll up to the TV studio, plug in your instruments and they roll cameras with no studio audience. I think that’s what the Brits like. I don’t think we’ve found our footing with those shows yet.

The Matchbox Twenty tour is coming up soon. How did that tour come about?
They called us a couple of months ago. I think we were their first choice. We gleefully obliged. This will be the biggest crowd we will have played for.

Do you think your music will translate to their crowd?
Absolutely, put us in front of anyone. As long as there are people willing to listen, then that’s who we want to play for. I don’t get sidetracked if their music fits ours. I mean we have toured with a lot of people and our music is in such a weird category anyway.

I don’t know how to describe our music, but we’re just trying to get it to people. I think there is something that happens when we play our music, there is an unsaid articulation that happens when something clicks with the crowd, after that it’s up to the crowd to make their decision if they like us or not. Any opportunity we get to open for almost any band has always been great for us. Except for maybe the Chevelle show.

Do kids dance at your shows?
Yeah, I like to think so. I don’t know if you can call it that, but there is definitely movement.

It must help to see the crowd getting their dance on?
Oh, you mean the crowd dancing? Well that varies. When there are people who know who we are there is usually various movements going on, but when we are opening we usually get stared down really good. Most people don’t know how to process what we are doing, which is good. I think one of the biggest rushes for this band is when we go out in front of a crowd that knows nothing about us and we play our set and it goes from silence in the beginning, to by the end of our set we have made some new friends.

Who are your favorite bands to see live?
There are tons of bands. Let’s see, who am I going to give it to? Umm, let’s start with the Flaming Lips one of the more incredible shows. I just saw Feist a few months ago and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more perfect performance. She is an angel and did an incredible job. One of my first obsessions was The Police. There is something really infectious about seeing them live. I never got to see them when I was a kid but when we did Bonaroo, The Police were on the bill, which was another crowning achievement for me. That was a chill bump moment. Plus no one thought The Police were going to get back together.

- Mute Math’s last interview installment will be next week. Be sure to stay tuned!

etnies Racer X Photo Contest Winner!

by: Cropley | Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Congratulations to Tommy Whitcomb for winning the second annual etnies Racer X Photography Contest! Tommy's photo, shown below and in the April 2008 issue of Racer X, won the online voting with over 29% of the votes! If he was a singer he'd be winning American Idol! But we think our prize is better...he has a solid etnies care package on the way and a double pager in Racer X!

Photo: Tommy Whitcomb

These are the top 9, also seen in Racer X this month. It was a tight race and all these guys were really close in their votes and deserve a lot of credit for making it this far out of thousands of great entries. Congrats to the top 9!

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Now go out and pick up a copy of the April Racer X to see these shots in all their printed glory. Also, it just so happens this is Racer X's 10 year anniversary issue and it's packed full of tons of good stuff, as always!

Yale Jacket In Vice Magazine

by: Alex | Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Vice says, "Wear your etnies." See who else digs us in the latest As Seen In pages.

On the etnies Euro Front...

by: Brink | Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Check out the Radix Touropa Trailer...

And etnies rider, Albert Nyberg, from Linköping Sweden keeping warm indoors...

GvR Starting Five!

by: Travis | Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Goofy starting five: Simon Chamberlain, Louis Vito, Kurt Wastell, Ryan Thompson and Chris Bradshaw.

Regular starting five: JP Walker, Austin Smith, Markku Koski, Robbie Walker and Joe Sexton.

Bangers from the very start, that's how GvR rolls. Be there to see the magic happen this Saturday, February 23!

etnies Online Store: Brand Spankin' New Shipment!

by: Alex | Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Fletcher! Taylor! The Skateboard Mag!

by: Brink | Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Have you seen the April ish of The Skateboard Mag? Eric Fletcher and Mikey Taylor back to back Crops, kiiiiiiiiiid!

GvR on The Daily Habit TONIGHT!

by: Alex | Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Don't miss etnies big cheese, Mark Waters, and bigger cheese, Don Brown, on tonight's episode of Fuel TV's The Daily Habit. The two explore the age-old debate of "Goofy vs. Regular" and take us through their quest for an answer—from the very first GvR competition to this weekend's first ever GvR Snow. Tune in to Fuel TV tonight (Tuesday, 2/19) at 9pm EST/6pm PST.

Joe Sexton Destroys Japan!

by: Travis | Monday, February 18, 2008

Just wanted to let you all know Joe Sexton pretty much slaughtered it during the rail jam contest in Japan.

I think it's snowed about ten feet since we've been in Japan. Yeah, ten feet.

During the contest Joe pulled out his bag o' tricks and took the best jibber award. What's just as rad is how excited the fans here are to see the etnies/ThirtyTwo team. The saying "I'm huge in Japan" is an understatement with the etnies team.

Arrigato for now!

Shoo Review! Bike Checks!

by: Brink | Monday, February 18, 2008

It's just been a regular 'ol lovefest lately over at FatBMX! They just did a shoe review of our Angle and Bike Checks with Ruben Alcantara, Taj Mihelich, Michael Beran and Anthony "Mousey" Watkinson, not to mention an interview with Dutch etnies rider Barry Kohne!

Sheckler Cell Phone Update Re: Tilly's Signing

by: Alex | Monday, February 18, 2008

The good: Ryan's fans (you all) showed up by the thousands
The bad: Overcrowding turned dangerous
The ugly: The heartbroken were turned away

Ryan gives his own recap of how it went down last week in his latest RyanSheckler.com cell phone update. Listen here.

Wanted: All Pro Snowboarders For Snow GvR!

by: Travis | Monday, February 18, 2008

All pro snowboarders are invited to GvR Snow
which is going down at Bear Mountain, February 23rd. If you are not on the rider list, but have the Pro skills, then get a hold of us to enter the competition by going HERE!

With $50,000 in prizes, the first annual GvR Snow will be every bit as mind blowing as the Skate and Surf GvR competitions have been. Be sure to let us know your stance so we can add your name to the lists!

Covers, Baby... Covers!

by: Brink | Monday, February 18, 2008

Remember Ryan Sheckler's new TWS cover? How 'bout seeing that thing in action? Thanks to our man Oliver Barton for the sequence.

Melissa Evans Talks GvR On Fox News

by: Alex | Sunday, February 17, 2008

You know what they say; the early bird catches the...news? Thankfully, my DVR catches it for me, and I suggest that yours do the same. Otherwise, you should tune in to Fox News tomorrow morning to see etnies Am Melissa Evans, of Beanies & Bikinis fame, drop some knowledge about this weekend's GvR Snow. That's right, Melissa is set to hype up the competition on tomorrow's Fox News and Tuesday's NBC Morning Show. Tune in!