Forum x The Hundreds

I gotta give it to the guys at The Hundreds. Not only are they being nominated by Inc. as part of "30 under 30," but they've decided to forgo the product announcement about their collab with Bur... err Forum and just show some images without saying much.

This totally made me laugh out loud at work today. Nice work guys.
Thanks to Bnqt for the tip-off.

Post-It Note Theater

I'm back on the blog tip... kinda. Watch for some new posts about skate and other things coming in the next couple of weeks.

For now, I leave you with a pretty funny video I dug up from Lexus' LStudio.com

Nike Dunk Gyrizo BMX

If you don't race competitve BMX, you probably don't know that they actually have BMX shoes.

These Nike Dunk Gyrizo's are super legit.

They're Shimano SPD compatible, built on the same last as Lance's shoes (Armstrong, not Bass) and have a nifty ankle strap ala the Dekline Cinto, which I also love.

Pic courtesy of the fine folks @ Sneakerfiles. Thanks for turning me onto this one guys.

Laird Hamilton Paddles out with Oxbow in Santa Monica

If you're in Santa Monica in two weeks, go meet Laird. Oxbow is hosting a little event that should be a good time.



Not sure how this works versus his Steve & Barry's line.
http://www.malakye.com/asp/front/CMSPage.asp?TYP_ID=4&ID=1423

“International Surfwear Company Oxbow Launches Brand in the U.S. with Autograph Signing by Big Wave Surfer Laird Hamilton”

On July 20, French surfwear company Oxbow is officially celebrating the launch of the brand into the U.S. The public will have a chance to meet the legendary big wave surfer for an autograph signing session, from 2 to 4pm at the Oxbow store location in Santa Monica.

“Oxbow has sponsored me for almost 20 years: from my first experimentations with speed sailing in Europe and tow-in surfing in Maui in 1990 to the millennium wave in Teahupoo in 2001, and today, I am very proud to be associated with the launch of Oxbow in the U.S.” explains Laird Hamilton.

Customers of the store will not only be given the one-time opportunity to meet Laird Hamilton, they will also enjoy 25 % off of all purchases made that day.

The Santa Monica location is the first Oxbow store to open in the United States. Located at 131 Broadway in Santa Monica, CA, near the Third Street Promenade, the store is within walking distance of the beach and at the center of shopping for residents and visitors, making it a prime location.

Zoo York Does Rehab

Big LE product drop from Zoo and Def Jam for the new Ghost Face Killah album.

Only 500 of these shirts and decks will be made available as a promotion for GF's new album.

UGP Brings the Doyle II Shoe to Wake

Do you know Underground Products? UGP has been on the cusp for more than a decade now, making things happen in the BMX and more recently, wake scenes. Plus, they're East Coast based, so I love them.

Here's their new wake skate shoe, the Doyle II.

According to the UGP site, it has a neoprene liner with Velcro pulls to keep everything tight as you're kickflipping the local dock at the lake. Will Velcro help? I have no idea... I can't wake skate, but if I could, I'd do it in these.

Pic courtesy of the UGP.

Robust Flavor Gets Stupid on Supreme

The guys at Robust Flavor are pretty funny (to me anyway).

No doubt you've seen the Supreme x Kermit decks that have been running around the Web.


In true Generation: WTF style (calling BS where they think it resides) the guys @ UNIV/Robust Flavor have their own take on the collab.

Pretty ballsy to call out Supreme, but I don't think the Robust Flavor guys care about what you or I think of them.

I still prefer the Nike 6.0 Simpsons 6. DOH! collab, but that's just me.


Mad thanks to CtotheJL and Robust Flavor for the images.

Nike Makes Your Flash Drive Box Fresh

Burton had these out last year (in snowboard form) and now sneaker-heads in offices everywhere can pimp out their USB ports with the Nike version.


This isn't my thing, but I give them credit for the detail, especially the box.

Thanks to Dream Team Clothing for the image.

Non-Lethal Ray Gun From the US Government

Props to the guys over at The Rundown newsletter for clueing me into this.



I'm kind of a fan, if it'll mean less accidental fatalities. Of course, like anything else, in the wrong hands it'd be horrible.

Nike 6.0 Wakeboard Shoes?

Not that I know of, but Nike 6.0 is doing a pretty cool wake boat with Mastercraft. Actually its not just with MasterCraft, its with $irlin and the Texas Ski Ranch too. Four-way collab.... wow.

Whatever, it's a cool boat. Looks very Navy Seals to me. Terrorize lakeside communities near you now.

Pic courtesy of HypeBeast.

Hayes Brothers - Big Changes

I love East Coast brands.

Hayes Brothers is like a micro-brew of snowboards, even more so than Never Summer and Rome SDS, which while small, have been quite successful (while staying independent).

Some of my favorite boards in the line, graphically and construction-wise, are the Bandito and Vigilante. Good shred sticks that look good and can shred the whole mountain. Just what you'd expect from guys riding concrete on the EC.


On a side note, Hayes Bros. has just been acquired too, bt Ault Glazer & Co. This is good news, not bad. They'll have additional resources and hopefully be able to take this gem of a brand a little further.

Press release below:
http://www.sportsonesource.com/news/spec/spec_article.asp?section=8&Prod=2&id=22289

Hayes Brothers Snowboard Acquired
SportsOneSource Media Posted: 2/26/2008

The Hayes Brothers Snowboard Company has been acquired by Ault Glazer & Co., Inc., a holding company that holds minority stakes in a variety of businesses.

Co-founder Stephen Hayes, will remain at the helm as the Vermont company embarks on their second decade in the snowboard industry.

“This is an incredibly exciting time for Hayes Brothers and we expect this to be the year Hayes Brothers takes it to the next level,” Hayes said.

Anthony Bianco, a one time member of the World Cup Snowboarding team and Managing Director of Berlin Cameron, echoed Hayes’ feelings.

“He further commented, "It's fitting that on the eve of their ten year anniversary in an increasingly competitive market, Steve was able to put this deal together," Bianco said. "Based on the media buy and the sharp increase in exposure to a demographic starved for authenticity, this is definitely the year Hayes Brothers punches a hole through all the bogus brands out there and reminds the world that snowboarding is a sport born of first runs of the day.”

“Hayes Snowboard fits our target demographic and we are very bullish about this firm’s potential for growth in a very competitive market,” said Ault Glazer & Co.’s President, Jim Hodgins. “We welcome Hayes into our family of companies.”

Ault Glazer & Co., Inc. is a diversified holding company that maintains stakes in various companies through its minority interests and wholly owned subsidiaries, and is involved in merchant banking, corporate lending, shareholder activism, real estate, healthcare, energy, consumer products & services, insurance and media.

As previously announced on Dec. 13, 2007, Remington-Hall Capital Corp. changed its name to Ault Glazer & Co., Inc., and is currently waiting to be assigned a new symbol from NASDAQ Market Operations to reflect the name change.

Nike SB Zoom Tre A.D.

Nike's SB program is known for the Dunk, but what Nike could probably help the skate world with is making shoes that actually work better for skating. Enter the Nike SB Zoom Tre A.D.




The original versions of this shoe from a few years ago were ugly as sin, but I knew a few tranny guys in NYC that loved skating ramps in them. These look a little better and I'm sure they perform above a lot of what else is out there.

Pics courtesy of SouthoftheNorth.

Shaun White's Lambo

Liv2Ride will love this.

Robust Flavor, the same guys behind UNIV, took a picture of Shaun White's Lambo.

I wish I had a Lambo.

Nitro 09 Slant Snowboard Boots

South of the North seemed to have a lock on SIA 09 coverage, but he missed these Nitro slant boots from the fine folks @ Nitro who keep coming on year after year.

I don't have too much info on them, but I like the idea of making the boots look like a slip on sneaker. I wonder why the guys @ Vans haven't done a checkerboard?

Pics courtesy of the Snowboard Mag.

Spy Optic Drops The Apollo

Straight from SIA, Spy is showing their newest goggle for next winter, the Apollo.


The Apollo is the first goggle (ever) to introduce what Spy calls a dual radius lens. Basically, other goggles have cylindrical or spherical shapes. Bigger lenses that give you better vision also make you look like you’ve got a fishbowl on your face.

The blended radius idea on the Apollo combines multiple radius angles (radii?) so you get more peripheral vision than ever before in a smaller package goggle.

I'm not the only guy who thinks this is cool, the heads @ Future Snowboarding are down too.

Rome SDS Draggers Only Jacket

Liv2Ride just picked up some info from the Snob.

Rome dropped their first boot collection this year and for next winter it looks like outerwear is on the horizon.

The Draggers Only jacket has a neat little 3-in-1 thing going, kind of like my Columbia Bugaboo jacket from 8th grade. Unlike it, the Draggers Only isn't in neon (wish there were blur croc pics) and has a hood.


Being a former east coaster, I'm biased towards brands that have their roots there. I love riding Bear Mountain and it's 100s of jibs, but I'd love to see these yo-park rats deal with the 0 degree temps and 'crete conditions of the Mid-Atlantic and Vermont. There's a reason Kass moved to Mammoth and it's not for the chicks (ok, maybe that's part of it).
Pics from Liv2Ride via High Snobiety.

Quiksilver's Eco-Friendly Outerwear

Read this press release on Quik's new outerwear line. Not bad, some traditional press release BS:

Nanotechnology which makes it possible to copy nature and use the non-stick and self-cleaning process of certain plants and insects onto textiles. In order to do this the surface of the textile is altered by using the nanoparticles.

Is that really what nanotechnology is? Regardless, it's a step in the rigth direction by Quik. Good for them, good for all of us.

Check out all the info here: http://expn.go.com/expn/story?id=3207266

Recon x Futura Sunglasses

High Snobiety just dropped info on the new Recon shades.

Futura has done a lot in his career and I'm stoked to see these come out.

Image courtesy of High Snobiety.

Airblaster Preview

I kind of know the fellas @ AirBlaster through a mutual friend, but not as well as Johnny @ South Of North does, because they've got the ins on the new line.


I like Air Blaster. Know why? They don't take themselves too seriously. Snowboarding is not just about the X-Games, Shaun White or Gretchen Bleiler. It's about fun clothes, jester hats and goofing off as you slide around.

Ok, maybe it's not about jester hats. I'm glad those are gone.


BTW- Check out South of North more when you can. One day I'll start doing blog reviews, but until then, consider this a review. I like the site, because contrary to public opionion, there are people outside of SoCal who skate/surf/snow/stairboard. Heck, I used to be one of them.

The Hundreds Skate Decks

Know what I like about this image?

Someone is actually skating. Nice. Kickflipping at that. I wish I could still kickflip.

Big props to the hundreds for putting the deck in a skater's hands. Top of it looks cool too, I wonder if they'll be able to release clear grip-tape too?

Info courtesy of CtotheJL. Image from The Hundreds blog.