The Intermediate group was large with 20 kids participating. It was a tight race, but when it came down to it, there was a clear winner.
The Advanced division was skating strong. After 2 90 second runs each a jam session was scheduled, but with a storm approaching, it was an all out pull the best trick with everyone on the course.
Leaving the street comp was slight debacle as the hordes all left at the same time through an extremely small gate into a vast wasteland of even more people.
Convoy skateboards was holding a competition all day long. They had a live band and a dj spinning music. They are holding down the DC scene, and doing it well. I was lucky to be able to do some skating with fuel.tv blogger Jonny Burns.
Jonny was slaying the pool on some crazy big anti hero deck. Be sure to visit his great southofthenorth blog.
Sign up soon. Spots are filling up! Learn the ropes and have fun doing it.Alpine's own Matt Ebner will be the instructor. Call Ida Lee rec Center for more info.
Our friends over at Kontrol helped us make our first skateboard wheel. These tie into the graphics coming on our decks soon to be arriving from Plan B. These are made with Kontrols skatepark formula and they are great. 54 mm is the size and they are coming in at $30. Don't buy them just because they are black.
Finally new wood from Chad over at Index inc. His stuff always looks good and it skates great as well. All sizes and colors are now available. We would like to thanks Chad for donating prizes for next weeks skate comp.
Hands down,
Burton has shipped backpacks early this season. This is the Emphasis pack. Notice the skateboard straps on the outside. Lots of room, this pack retails at under $50. More packs to debut soon!
You probably saw these pics here this past March from the SIA trade show in Vegas. Well, here is the board now, and it's in stock and for sale! This is sure to be a quick seller this next season. As far as collaboration decks go, Ride is on the cutting edge doing one from Tokidoki as well as JB classics for the guys. This deck is a 150 and it retails at $500.
Limited size run of Genesys G7's arrived in store today. Coming in the salt and pepper colorway, this skate is super clean and one of Razors most popular models. It's selling at under $200. Summer is here, get some new skate on your feet.
Razors is actually putting graphics on their new line of wheels. A nice size inm a 56mm 90 a durometer. At only $22 you can't lose.
The Vato Rat deck was one of the first boards I can remember wanting to own. Sunshine House used to have it on display as soon as you walked into the store. They had a complete that came with powell 3's and Gullwing trucks. So when I saw Powell had re-issued this graphic on a new shape, I had to jump on it. Also we got in the Ray "Bones" Rodriguez skull and sword deck. This was my brothers first deck.
You wanted the best, you got the best! The best damn bearings in the world. These are Bones Swiss precision bearings and they are hella fast. These come pre lubricated with speed cream. You will notice a difference when you put these in your wheels!
Tony Tave and Bam's tiled decks are in stock. The Tave is a 7.75 and Bam's is 7.5. These are part of the featherlight series of decks. For more info check out element skateboards.com.
Element wheels have found there way to alpines skate cabinet. Bam's black and white wheel looks great. Also the Chad Tim Tim wheel along with the featherlight are strong.
