Active Ride Shop News

 FINALLY SOMETHING ECLECTIC IN THE INLAND

PHIL PIRRONE / INLAND EMPIRE WEEKLY / KSPC RADIO presents: The First Annual Longhair Illuminati Art and Music Festival Saturday - August 2, 2008 Golden Palms Plaza 13788 Roswell Ave - Chino, CA 91710 FREE TO ALL NOON - 10:00 PM (more…)

Free show along with the Active A team Van tour. Free DC Shoes promo, food, and fun games!! The band Pistol Pistol will rock the house! First show will be at Active Westwood July 27th 4-6pm and keeping the party going we cruise to Santa Monica on July 30th 4-6pm. Don’t miss out Suckas!!

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The Power hour is in effect!! Active will be at Glendale park on the 28th, Carlsbad park on the 29th, and San Clemente skate park on Aug 1st. Every stop is from 8pm -9pm to take advantage of the cool evening breeze! This is a winner take all prize pack on the line, featuring all of the latest Active label goodies. We’ll be looking for the most rippingest person, who can get down throughout the whole park for one solid hour! No sign ups necessary and all are welcomed. Once again, Active keeps the everyday skater in the highest regard!! Chick Fil A will be providing free delicious chicken sandwiches! Got to love that!!! See you there!

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Enter now to win:

• One P-Rod XXL Plan B Board - Size 7.75 (SIGNED)
• One Set P-Rod Silver S-Class Pro Trucks
• One Set Plan B Premium Urethane Wheels 52mm
• One Set FKD P-Rod Pro Signature Series Bearings
• One Sheet FKD Die-Cut Grip Tape
• One Set Silver Mounting Hardwarez
• And… Plan B, Silver trucks, FKD Bearings Stickers

Enter the P-Rod Prize Package Contest

Ladies, here’s your chance to win big for the entire month of July! Every week we are selecting winners to win packages from Stussy, ROXY, Hurley and Ezekiel! Make sure you enter and good luck!

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Active Pro Team Rider Paul Rodriguez took home 1st place and a check for $100,000 thanks to his amazing skateboarding at the first ever Maloof Money Cup in Costa Mesa, CA. The event was massive and the skateboarding was of the highest caliber. The top honors could have gone to any of the top three skaters, but this is how the top skaters placed:

PRO STREET FINALS

1. Paul Rodriguez took 1st and won $100,000 and a Nixon watch worth $10K!!!

2. Nyjah Huston grabbed 2nd $40,000
3. Chris Cole 3rd $25,000
4. Ryan Sheckler 4th $15,000
5. Darrell Stanton $6,250

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Here’s how we’re going to do it! Thanks to Etnies, all you need to do is show up to Active Costa Mesa and claim your FREE Maloof Money Cup Ticket(s), while supplies last! Head in there and don’t forget to tell all your friends!

In it’s sixth year, the Hessians Tour has claimed more lives and capture the hearts of so many! Won’t you feast on this delicious footage of torment and fierce ripping from all of the unsuspecting souls who fell into our trap. By merely giving out tons of free gear and food, it was enough to lour them in. Once there, they fell into a dark hole and meet on the other side, Neurotoxin. Heads bang and boards broke at their feet! It was glorious and all thanks to our fellows at Thrasher, deluxe, Ogio, Stereo, Mystery, and DC! See you next year!!

 Nothing says summer like a good ‘ol fashion church skate jam! Bring a helmet and good spirits! We’ll have a BBQ, Active riders from Temecula and Escondido store will be their ripping it up for the kids and judging contests.

DC Shoes and Active bring you the A Team Van Tour stopping by your local store and theirs no telling what kind of fun will be pouring out the Van. Bring your board and join the antics!!

Do you want free tickets to Maloof Money Cup this weekend at the Orange County Fairgrounds? Stay tuned for details on how to get free tickets to see Eric Koston, Andrew Reynolds, Paul Rodriguez and other guys on the Active team! If you’re not in California don’t forget to check out the Live Webcast of the event on Skateboard.com

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The Second Annual Eric Koston Invitational Golf Tournament happened this past Tuesday, July 8th at Sierra LakesGolf Course in Fontana, CA. The event had a ton f special guests such as; Eric Koston, John Cardiel, Scott Johnston, Rick Howard, Mike Carroll, Tim Gavin, Frank Gerwer, Adrian Lopez, Rob Welsh, Guy Mariano, Ryan Bobier, and more. The guys played the 18 holes to raise money to benefit the charity of Eric Koston’s choice, the Ojai Skatepark. Everyone from Ogio to Dwindle came out to the tournament and played for the cause. The team with the best score of the day was TheSkateboardMag’s Team featuring, none other than, Eric Koston. Check out the photos and we will let you know when other sites have posted their photos from the day as well. Thanks to everyone who helped make this tournament a success for the second year in a row.

All Photos: Erica Yary

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Last Sunday July 8th, the Girl skateboards and Chocolate skateboards Teams came out to three Active’s in one day to do signings. The first stop of the day was Brea Active, the second was San Dimas Active and the third and final stop was Rancho Cucamonga Active. Hundreds of Girl and Chocolate fans came out to the stops throughout the day to meet Eric Koston, Guy Mariano, Devine Calloway, Daniel Castillo, Mike Carroll, Rick Howard, Kenny Anderson, Justin Eldridge, Chris Roberts, Mike Mo Capaldi, Vincent Alvarez, Jeron Wilson and Marc Johnson. The guys were giving out free boards and product to people all day and by the end of the hours and hours of signings the guys headed back to their homes. Thanks to everyone involved in the signing, the stores for promoting, Corey and Luke for setting up and breaking down and to the Girl and Chocolate skateboards Camp for making this happen for us!

All Photos: Erica Yary

Shaun White has probably spent more time on his skate and snowboards since he was born than just about anyone in history, and it shows. Yet how much of what goes on around him does he really take in. ? Some would argue that Shaun is the most influential rider in the history of our sport. T, but that being said, the question remains, —how much of our sport’s culture has Shaun himself been influenced by and retained? This month’s Sicktionary is a little Snowboarding, and Skateboarding, Aptitude Test, or S.S.A.T, if you will. How well would you have fared?
-Pat Bridges

Snowboarder Mag:
How many people can ride a tT-bar?
Shaun White: Two. My mom tried to ride one in Europe and it slipped out and hit her lip, cracking a tooth.
Snowboarder Mag:
Correct. T-Bars are surface lifts that carry two people.

Snowboarder Mag:
What is bevel?
Shaun White:
I am pretty sure it is the angle you want your rails.
Snowboarder Mag:
Correct. It is when you tune your edges to be something other than 90 degrees to help with jibbing or turn initiation.

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Mike Mo Capaldi had a party thrown for him last week at Simi Valley Skate Lab. Matix Clothing was celebrating Mike Mo turning pro and a launch of Mike Mo signature products made by Matix. Check out the photos!

All Photos: Erica Yary