Active Ride Shop News

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For the third consecutive year, Active, DC and Alien Workshop have joined forces to bring the biggest go Skateboarding Day event we could get together to the DC Skate Plaza in Kettering, Ohio. Alien Workshop and DC Shoes Riders; Josh Kalis, Rob Dyrdek, Dylan Rieder, Ryan Smith, Lindsey Robertson and Evan Smith were all on the front lines. The guys skated with the couple thousand locals that came out and signed autographs as well as snapped a bunch of photos all day long. The line to get an autograph from Rob Dyrdek, Dylan Rider and Josh Kalis was about a mile long and after 3 hours of signing the guys had to cut it off. We held four best trick contests and a huge product toss once the contests were over. One local in particular came to the event and dominated just about every best trick contest we held, Nick the Brick. Thanks to everyone who came out to the event and everyone at DC, AWS and everyone celebrated skateboarding and Go Skateboarding Day with us!

All Photos: Erica Yary

Check out the new Down with People Trailer.  Featurinng Active riders:  Bryan Fox, Austin Smtih, Josh Mills, Ryan Thopmson, Simon Chamberlain, Shaun McKay, Nima Jalali, and Stephen Duke.  With a deck that stacked you know this movie will be winner.

For everyone in OC who is close to Huntington Beach, come meet at HB Pier this Saturday June 21st, at 6PM and skate down to the river jetties for food and drinks. We’re also raising money for our skate pal Johnny Romano to kick his cancer’s ass, so bring wads of cash and lots of positive thoughts.

For more info on the event check out the Etnies site.

Sea No Evil Art Show with guest speaker, Paul Watson, live performance by Matt Costa, and Guest DJ Shepard Fairey. The only thing that would make this any better is if when you got there they gave you cash, and some of that really good beef jerky from Bishop. The whole thing goes down Saturday July 12, 2008 at the Riverside art Museum located at; 3425 Mission Inn Ave Riverside, CA (951)  684 - 7111. Go to riversideartmuseum.org or seashepherdartshow.com for more info. Doors open at 6:00 PM.

On Saturday, June 21st, Go Skateboarding Day, Active is heading out to Kettering, Ohio to celebrate GSD with Alien Workshop and DC Shoes at the Rob Dyrdek’s AWS/DC Skate Plaza. The event will be from 1-4pm Skaters who will be there include Rob Dyrdek, Arto Saari, Josh Kalis and more! There will be a $2,500 best trick contes, tons of free food, prizes and skateboarding!! The AWS/DC Skate Plaza is located at: 2675 East Stroop Rd, Kettering, Ohio 45440

Go Skateboarding June 21st with your local Active from 3-5pm. Contact the store nearest you and join in the fun!! Free Red Bulls, prizes from Active and Boosted headphones! Every store is planning something different, so get on the phone and find out what’s crackin’!

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The Winners of the night include:

BEST ROOKIE
Silas Baxter-Neal

BEST STREET
Guy Mariano

BEST TEAM
Habitat

BEST VIDEO
Lakai, Fully Flared

BEST TWO VIDEO PARTS
Stefan Janoski, Inhabitants & Nothing But The Truth

BEST TRANSITION
Dan Drehobl

BEST VIDEO PART
Guy Mariano, Lakai, Fully Flared

TWS READERS’ CHOICE
Guy Mariano

TWS LEGEND
Tony Hawk

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This past Wednesday June 11th, we headed out to the Pala Skatepark and the Black Box guys met up with us there. Mystery, Zero, Fallen, and Slave team riders came out to skate with the locals and the hessians for the afternoon as well as give out a bunch of free product. A few guys who came out were Ryan Bobier, Brian Slash Hansen, Jon Goemann, Jay Thorpe, Brandon Luera, and Pete Eldridge.The band Neurotoxin rocked out while we held our best trick bowl contest that went off.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the event and to all the sponsors of the event and once again a huge THANK YOU to Black Box for showing up with the posse and skating it up!

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Chula Vista Skatepark was the second stop of 2008 Hot Dogs & Hessians. Even though it was sweltering outside Chula Vista locals showed up to skate in the heat, eat some hot dogs, and get some free stuff from the Hessians. Steve Clare from KR3W and Supra came out to the event and hooked everyone up with free stickers and product. Pistol Pistol also made the trek out to Chula Vista to perform at the event which was great again! Thanks again to Zero, Mystery, Boost Mobile, Red Bull and Thrasher for making this event bigger and better.

Active’s Myspace and Facebook pages recently got an update in a big way. If you want to see technology moving at the speed of light visit our Myspace page and our Facebook page.

We took some time out to find out what’s going on with Active Am, Theotis Beasley. Check it out…

Who are your Sponsors?
My Sponsors are Baker, Altamont, Thunder, Spitfire, Nike SB, Vitamin Water, and Flik Griptape.

How did you get into skating?
I got into from my cousins. He came over to my house and asked me if I wanted to skate with him and ever since that I’ve been skating all the time.

How does it feel to be a part of Altamont?
It is the best feeling. I love skating with Andrew Reynolds, Bryan Herman and the rest of the team. They take good care of me. When I got that call from Reynolds I felt so honored.

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Free music by Never Enough, live art by Deph, and free stuff all hosted by the amazing crew at To Die For! A great time for you and your friends!!

Snowboarder Magazine has compiled a list of terminology that every snow shredder should know!  Here is a list by category of words you should know before you go shopping for your next snow setup.  Happy reading!

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Hot Dogs and Hessians at SkateLab in Simi Valley went off. After cooking up a hundred or so hot dogs, the hessians made their way inside for a live performance by the band Pistol Pistol. While Pistol Pistol was playing we held our best trick contests and the bodies were hittin the floor. After the intense best trick contests the winners were given a limited edition Hot Dogs & Hessians Ogio backpack, decks from Mystery and Stereo, Zero wheels and more! Even a few of the Stereo Team Riders came out to the event like Danny Supa, Clint Peterson and more!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the event and to the Stereo Team and Crew for showing up. a HUGE thanks to Ogio, Mystery, Fallen, Zero and Thrasher for hooking the skaters of So Cal up!! Thanks to Todd at SkateLab for allowing us to have an event at the amazing SkateLab.

Transworld SKATEboarding, the world’s number one skateboard magazine, announced the presenters for the 10th Annual Transworld SKATEboarding Awards today. This year’s presenters are true heavyweights and will surely make this the skateboarding event of the year.

Award Presenters:

Felix Arguelles, Sal Barbier, Steve Berra, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Antwuan Dixon, Corey Duffel, Erik Ellington, Tim Gavin, Brian “Slash” Hansen, Chany Jeanguenin, Terry Kennedy, Eric Koston, Brian Lotti, Lance Mountain, Chad Muska, Don “The Nuge” Nguyen, Daewon Song, Rob Welsh, and Stevie Williams

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