Active Ride Shop News

  Remember the Kingpin movies?  Or do you remember them as Whitey’s movies?  Some of the Active team used to film with him too; guys like Iikka Backstrom, Andreas Wiig, Scotty Wittlake, and others.  That guy Whitey moved on from making some of the best snowboard movies and is now doing straight hollywood stuff.  Here’s a rad video he made of Red Fang from Portland, OR.    http://pitchfork.tv/videos/red-fang-prehistoric-dog

If you didn’t already know, Active Rider, David Loy won Damn Am Costa Mesa this past weekend. Make sure you check out his winning run! Congrats David!

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The Element crew rolled through Active Temecula and Active Norco for day’s worth of signings. Mike Vallely, Darrell Stanton, Collin Provost, Nick Garcia, Jeremy Wray were all in the mix for the signings. Element came out swingin’ and brought out a bunch of free Element decks for the fans out there in Activeland. Check out the photos and make sure you come out to the Bam X Kat Von D X Mike V event we are having at Active Westwood on November 9th!

All photos: Erica Yary

I love this.  Just wanted to share it with you.

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The new Fontana skate park is the shining light of the So Cal scene right now. The park is amazing and yes you have to wear a helmet, but at least you know the cops aren’t going to corner you and make you feel like a dirt bag when you least expect it. The Action Park Alliance holds down the managing of the park and they have fought hard though out the nation to cut back the full gear pad idea that most cities and insurance companies think is standard practice. Full gear sucks! I can deal with a helmet. Any way, Active was in the house for the opening and we provided a $500 best trick contest, along with a signing with Billy Marks and Johnny Layton. The boys got down a skate gnarly too! The best trick contest was host to all the local heroes. Greg Greene came up with first place by nailing a kickflip backside 5-0 on the kinked ledge to win the big money. Homie didn’t even touch the tail down… that’s balance and a half. Second was Birdhouse rider, local legend “Ghost”, with a frontside 270 lip down the rail. Third place was Dolan with a massive kickflip from way up high. Big shouts to all the boys who got down. It was truly an A caliber contest!! Thanks to all the people who got behind this park! Amazing!! Go skate it Oct 29^th 7pm, cuz the Hessians Tour will be dropping by to blow doors of this mutha!!

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There’s nothing worse than a super star, with a crappy attitude, promoting your label or name. Luckily for us, we here at Active are blessed to have P Rod reppin’ hard for the big A. Paul Rodriguez has been grinding on the streets with us this past fall big time, trying to get at all the fans who respect his amazing style, ability, and mellow attitude. With every signing producing 200-500 people, one has to sit back and say, “Wow”. The dude is big time for all the right reasons. Reasons like, helping open the a new park in Wilmington CA, winning the Maloof Cup, representing sick on a potentially corny Dew tour on MTV, CBS, etc, which is rare for skateboarders these days and signing for 5 ½ at a Chino Active signing, never once showing frustration. Ok you get the point, the dude is legit! Here’s some photos of the man getting down with the fans at the Brea Active. Enjoy!

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Andrew Reynolds, Kenny Hoyle, Garrett Hill, Bryan Herman, Justin Figueroa and Theotis Beasley were all present for the Altamont Team Signing that went down this past Sunday at Active Long Beach. If you were there, or if you weren’t, check out the photos from the signing and make sure you make it out to oneof the upcoming events!

I just saw this interview of Pierre Minhondo on the Snowboard Revolution website, and thought I would share.    Pierre is a good ol’ friend of mine.  I used to film with him and Justin Eeles for all the Neoproto films, and then the first People movie.  I also just did an 830 mile bike ride with him a couple weeks ago.     Check this link-http://www.snowboard-revolution.com/rider/Pierre-Minhondo-Interview.html 

This is totally not affiliated to this post, but I went to the Reno Gun Show a couple days and was overwhelmed with the great people watching there.  First off, Reno has some really diverse and interesting people, but the gun show really brings them out.   This kid’s father was even funnier, but I couldn’t get the shot (photography prohibited said the security).

By the way, I voted yesterday.  OBAMA!

Unless you’ve been in Colorado or Europe, you probably haven’t been or seen any real snowboarding recently.  To fill that void, Boreal just had their 4th annual JPI (Jibassic Pro Invitational).   For the public they even had a big ass patch of snow on the mountain with a few rails and even a jump.  Considering that lack of anywhere being open, they have the best riding anywhere on the west coast right now.

The contest was cool.  Something like 3000 people showed up for it.  The setup was pretty legit, street style and was a jam format. It looked fun.  Reno local am Andrew Brewer beat all the pros and took the cash. After that it was either the local Truckee after party (boring) or to Reno to see the Burton movie premier and a couple rock shows.  A few pros came out, Heikki Sorsa (ACTIVE PRO), Mason Aguirre, Danny Davis, Chris Demolski, Dave Downing, Stephen Duke (ACTIVE PRO), et cetera, et cetera.  ”It’s always snowing somewhere” was a cool movie, but what was cooler was that the Supersuckers played after.  They rocked.  Also rocking was Hunks of Metal; a local rock band consisting of a few snowboarding legends, being Shawn Farmer, Bob Klein, Terry Kidwell, and other band mates who I don’t know if they ride.  My ears were bleeding by the time we went partying downtown.

Check the Transworld website to see my photo gallery of the night. Click this link-http://snowboarding.transworld.net/2008/10/27/tahoe-kicks-off-season-with-a-bang/ 

Heikki Sorsa with a friendly reminder, take note kids.

Stephen Duke parties harder than you, unless you’re a total junkie and are borderline dying every night… only then do you party harder.

Active Irvine Spectrum will enjoy the tunes of Gantez Warriar, one of Ezekiel’s Sound Movement bands. They will be doing a live in store performance at 8pm this Friday at the Active store in the Irvine Spectrum. Come out and join the Active and Ezekiel family along with Gantez Warrior!

Active Ride Shop has a new kid on the block. Last year Active added Paul Rodriguez and Braydon Szafranski to the team this year, Simi Valley 18 year old professional; Mike Mo Capaldi. If you’d like to check out Mike Mo’s Day in the Life, Photos, Ads, and BIO, we have it all at your finger tips!  YES, that is real ice cream… Cheers!

  I did an interview with Fuel TV recently and got a little coverage on their website.

Here’s a link to some photos and interview.FUEL TV

Here’s a link to some more photos. MORE PHOTOS

Check em out please!

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The Fallen Team  rolled out to Mission Valley and Escondido Active this past Sunday November 19th. The skateboarders who came out for the day were Jamie Thomas, Chris Cole, James Hardy, Billy Marks, Tommy Sandoval, Josh Harmony, Tony Cervantes, and Matt Bennett. Not only did these guys sign for around 5 hours on Sunday, they brought out hundreds of free Fallen goods for the Fallen Footwear fans who came out to meet them. People walked away with free hoodies, shirts, wristbands, socks, stickers, etc. Fallen knows how to hook up their fans! Check out the photos to see the day’s festivities. Thanks to Jamie Thomas and the entire Fallen Team, Ian Berry, Kevin Kosha and Rich Smith for making Sunday possible!

All photos: Erica Yary

Hear and Meet Forever the Sickest Kids - Sunday, November 2nd at 1pm
Active Downtown San Diego - 319 7th Street - San Diego, CA 92101 - 619.398.0012

Don’t miss your chance to come out to Active Downtown San Diego to meet and watch Forever the Sickest Kids Perform inside the store!

Foreverthesickestkids.com - Myspace.com/foreverthesickestkids

The first ever Active Ride Shop Warehouse Blowout Sale. Take advantage of Active’s biggest sale ever. At the Active Ride Shop Headquarters. Saturday November 1st, 2008 Doors open at 9AM. T-Shirts starting at $9.99, Shoes Starting at $24.99, Snowboards starting at $169, Sweatshirts starting at $19.99, Boots and Bindings starting at $65, and save up to 70% Off Snowboard outerwear. Also  The Active Warehouse is located at 12087 Landon Drive, Mira Loma, CA 91752. Receive a free Mt. High lift ticket with your $10 admission fee while supplies last.

ALSO, THE WAREHOUSE SALE IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET YOUR 2009 MT. HIGH SEASON PASS FOR $299!