Active Ride Shop News

The Fourstar Team is hitting the road for their next skate trip ‘A Tribe Called Mapquest’ if you’re in any of the areas tell the Fourstar Team your friends at Active sent you!

TEMPE, AZ - OCTOBER - 15th 5pm / Cowtown, 215 W. University & 8pm / Tempe Skatepark, 8403 S. Hardy Dr
SOUTH HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 19th 4pm / Southside Skate Park, 510 Iowa
CUMMING, GA - OCTOBER - 23rd 6pm / TNT Skatepark, 1375 Weber Industrial Drive
WILMINGTON, NC - OCTOBER 25th 5pm / Eastern Skate Supply, 307 Old Dairy Road

Sad news from our friends at DLXSF.com Johnny Ramano lost his battle with cancer today. He will missed. More Info at these sites:
http://j-grom.blogspot.com/
http://www.johnnykickscancer.com

Paul Rodriguez and Daewon Song will be coming out to LA’s first street skate plaza as part of the Ambassador Series. The opening date is September 27th and make sure you check out their website for more info on the Ambassador Series and the huge Grand Opening Celebration!

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Incase: a better experience through good design. Their motto couldn’t be more true. Incase is one of my favorite companies out there. They do accessories and cases better than anyone. I personally own the Nylon Slim Backpack,  the Protective Cover For IPhone, and the Guitar Dub bag. Their attention to detail in their designs are what make them the best. It’s like that old saying, There’s a place for everything, and everything in it’s place, I’m surprised their isn’t an Iphone holder in my Iphone holder. Later this year Incase will be launching their Paul Rodriguez signature line of bags, they look legit, and you know you’ll be able to get them right here at Active Ride Shop.

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You asked for it, you got it. Hang on to your keyboards kids, Drop Sneakers Not Bombs is back for round two. If you haven’t heard, DSNB is a collection of shoes made exclusively for Active Ride Shop by the best brands in footwear. Swing over to DropSneakersNotBombs.com for a sneak preview of things to come. Stay tuned for shoe previews and announcements. The official launch date is set for November 14, 2008 at all ActiveRideShop stores and online at Activerideshop.com. Let the hype begin!

Check out all the latest goods from your favorite companies; Real Skateboards, AntiHero, Krooked, Thunder and Spitfire online now!

Skateboarding has suffered yet another tragic loss, this time, 24 year old Van Wastell. Van passed away this past Friday, September 5th, 2008. He will be missed.

Deathwish Skateboards are now in stock at Active Ride Shop. Deathwish is just about the hottest thing out there right now. Check out the latest pro Deathwish skateboard decks from Jim Greco, Erik Ellington, Antwuan Dixon, and the Lizard King.

If you live on Earth, Fallen is probably having a video premiere somewhere near you. Check out the flyer for all of the official dates and times where the Fallen team will be premiering ‘Ride the Sky’. If you’re near any of these Active’s; Escondido, Mission Valley, Las Americas, Irvine Specturm, Orange, Mission Viejo, or Costa Mesa, head into whichever store is closest to you to pick up FREE Fallen World Premiere tickets. The tickets are for the San Diego Spreckels Theatre showing! Get into the store quickly because the premiere is this Thursday August 7th and the tickets are going to go quick! Make sure you check back with us because Active is going to be premiering Ride the Sky at numerous Active locations so that you can be among the first to check it out!

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On Saturday, July 27th, 2008. Insight brought the party or should I say the Bonner to Costa Mesa Camp! The night was to celebrate the new partnership with one of Active’s most exciting brands and to showcase their holiday line. The atmosphere was set with the ever so artistic Dopamine campaign framed and hung around the event, and Insight’s very own Justin Reynolds on the turn tables mixing it up for all the peeps. The definite highlight to the evening was the “Watch the Green Ball” event coordinated by the one and only Bonner. The best way to describe this event would be Hacksack on Mountain Dew, it was extreme, all I have to say is watch your drink. Thanks to all that came out and thank you to Insight for great evening, long live the Bonner!!!!

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Active Rider Paul Rodriguez wins the Silver Medal at X Games Street Competition this past Friday, August 1st. Prior to the Pro Street Finals, Active Ams competed in the X Games Shop Challenge. The Team, David Loy, Theotis Beasley, Justin Figueroa aka Figgy and Greg Myers all skated for Active and came out in third place taking home the Bronze medal. Congratulations to Paul and the Active Ams and here are skate street results from X Games:

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Check out the new Active Ride Shop Back to School 2008 catalog. It’s online now here. There is something like 700 new items in it. Sometimes I’ll go to it just to play with the pages. Enjoy.

If you’ve already seen Danny Way’s crash from the X-Games 14 Big Air event last Thursday, you know that Danny Way is gnarly. Watch this video of what was going on behind the scenes and I think you’ll agree that Danny Way is on a level at which all things gnarly should be measured against. Rightfully so, Danny was named Best Athlete of X-Games 14. Thanks to DC for the footage.

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Yes, the rumors are true, Active friend and skateboarder Mike Vallely is now the newest addition to the crew of skateboarders who have gotten their own Mtv show. Aside from Mike V having his own FUELtv show, Drive, he has many other things going on that makes him one of the busiest and hardworking men in the business. Mike juggles his professional skateboarding carreer, rock star gig in the band Revolution Mother, FUELtv show Drive, and Mike never ceases to be a dare-devil madman. Lastly, Mike V’s job that is always prevalent, being a father and husband. The show will encompass all of the chapters of Mike’s crazy life and give you a glimpse of what Mike V is all about. Mike V invited me and Chris Haslam down to the second taping of the show and I was blown away at how huge and produced the show is going to be. It’s quite amazing. I’m not going to spoil anything, but check out the photos and we will have more updates soon!

RVCA is throwing four film premieres of Beach Blanket Burnout, 2 in So Cal, 1 in Nor Cal and 1 in NY. Check out the flyer and RVCA’s website or beachblanketburnout.blogspot.com for more detailed info!