Active Ride Shop News

Come Meet Active Pro’s Eric Koston and Billy Marks at Active Chino Hills!

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 7pm

Active Chino Hills - 3405 Main Street, Suite 4025 - Chino Hills, CA 91709 - 909.203.4640

All Girl and Toy Machine Decks $34.99 12/3 Active Chino Hills Only!

Also, if you’d like to check out Billy’s Day in the Life Part I on Skateboarding.com do so HERE!

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I went to Ed Templeton’s Map of the Inner War art show and was amazed by all of Ed’s new work that was on display. There were at least a hundred people inside the packed gallery checking out Ed Templeton’s works and getting their ‘Deformer’ book signed by Ed himself. Ed is a great guy who is super humble and it is shocking how much art he put together (250 new works) for this show with having so much on his plate. Ed is the man. Check out the photos and if you’re in the Southern California area or are willing to come to So Cal by plane, train, automobile or jetpack, make sure you head on into the Roberts and Tilton gallery - 5801 Washington Boulevard - Culver City, California 90232  - 323.549.0223 - The show runs November 15th – December 13th, 2008.

All photos: Erica Yary

Active Am 2008 - Saturday November 22nd - 11am-5pm
Taking place at Active Headquarters - 12087 Landon Drive - Mira Loma, CA 91752

Over 35 of the World’s Top Amateur skateboarders competing for cash, prizes, and top honors at the third Annual Active Am. This year’s prize purse is $12,000 and that includes the $1,000 Skateboard.com Best Trick! Get your tickets to Active Am FREE at any Active Location! LIVE WEBCAST on ActiveRideShop.com!

Bring a can of food or frozen turkeys and be entered to win a $500 Active Shopping Spree! Active Am is presented by Vans and brought to you by: Red Bull, Real Skateboards, Thunder and Spitfire

Confirmed Active Am Skaters:

Andrew Langi, Brad Cromer, Brandon Westgate, Bryce Golder, Chris Pfanner, Chris Troy, Daryl Angel, David Loy, David Reyes, Davis Torgerson, Gilbert Crockett, Grant Taylor, Greg Myers, Jake Donnelly, James Hardy, Jamie Tancowny, Jimmy Carlin, John Dickson, Jon Goemann, John Motta, Justin Figueroa, Lamare Hemmings, Marius Syvanen, Marquis Preston, Massimo Cavedoni, Matt Bennett, Mike Anderson, Mike Franklin, Peter Raffin, Peter Watkins, Scott Decenzo, Theotis Beasley, Tony Cervantes, Vince Del Valle, Vincent Alvarez and Wes Kraemer.

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Guys and Gals of Chino Hills/ Chino come out and support your local school! Ayala high school and Chino Hills Huskies are set to battle it out! Everyone is welcome!! We’ll be setting up ramps and knocking down with food, giveaways, coffee, and bands! Former students are also welcome to skate for their alma mater! Winning team gets prizes and bragging rights. See Ya Thanksgiving weekend!!

Active & Solid Rock Cafe presents: THANK FEST

NOV 28TH 3PM

SK8ING/COFFEE/CONCERT/FOOD/GIVEAWAYS

Ayala vs Chino Hills Skate battle Royal!! Wear your school colors and bring the cheer squad! Bragging rights and prizes for winners!! Full street course!!

Performance by The Audio Transit

directions: right off the 71 south Central exit
15330 fairfield ranch road Chino hills, ca 91709
909 606 7856

Brent has been keeping himself busy all summer long practicing his rail trickery.  Here he demonstrates one of the many tricks that he has in the bag. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.For those who are keeping track, the score is currently tied.

  My favorite germaphobe and Active team rider Ryan Thompson (not the NY Yankee’s outfielder) just today got a shot on EXPN.com! 

Ryan is an amazing and unique person.  My first impression of him was nothing but interesting. I met him while he was living in SLC, UT with Technine team manager/filmer Cole Taylor.  I knew Cole already, and he’s intimidating sometimes… kinda gangster. At the time I too was sponsored by T9 and filming for their FODT film; and prior to meeting Ryan I assumed that he was a some fresh white kid trying to act all tough, while ironically living in the middle of Utah…  but was happily surprised by Ryan’s normal demeanor. He’s almost too normal. He once had a sponsor tell him he needed an image!  

DISCLAIMER. To everyone in SLC who may take offense to that: -I am not talking poop. I am simply making a statement about the style in Utah. I could have just as easily commented about the “rocker/hesh/hipster” scene there. …but I’ll save that for when I write about Ryan’s fellow Active teammate Josh Mills. haha, just kiddin bud!  

 To get to know him better, go ahead and google his name like the majority of his fans do. Or here, say hi to him if you are familiar to Myspace.com-

 http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=41859786&MyToken=3e0f855e-a81b-4f38-8216-7c82652d0c39 

Now go here and look at photo #6 to see my photo of him: 

 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/flash/zoomGallery?section=expn&photoGalleryId=3697852Thanks.(If you noticed a change, I had to edit it. I was drinking too much wine when I first wrote it.)

Today is your last day to enter to win some Active gear over at Skateboard.com. Make sure you don’t miss your chance!

JOHN DEMAR -  FLOW FOOTY - VOTE NOV 4TH!
The second batch of Flow Footy riders are released! John Demar representing  the OC by way of Active Ride Shop, and Morgan Cope shows why he Technique has his back out in Salt Lake City. Watch The six flow riders videos in the Element Flow Footy contest and vote for your favorite video. Your vote counts November 4th - December 13th at elementskateboards.com!

Support Active Rider John Demar!
John Demar – Active Rideshop - OC
http://www.elementskateboards.com/audiovisual/flowfooty/JohnDemar/

Once you’ve voted for your favorite Element flow rider (John Demar), be sure to cast your vote in one of the most important political contests in recent history.
Control your destiny!
http://www.elementskateboards.com/vote/

The Fallen Team is coming out to Active Riverside at 1pm and Active Chino at 4pm on Sunday, December 7th. Make sure you don’t miss out on seeing the Fallen footwear Team, including Jamie Thomas, Billy Marks, Chris Cole and more, for the last time at Active in the year 2008!

Active Pro Paul Rodriguez is doing another Active signing for us, this time at Active Las Americas! Make sure you make it out to meet your boy P Rod!

Check out the video of the Kat Von D, Bam Margera, Mike Vallely, Chad Muska event we had this past Saturday in conjunction with Element skateboards. Revolution Mother also performed… enjoy!

Video: Daniel Duarte

Once again, that fat bag of awesome, Frijoles Blancos rides again! This time he’ll be on hand at the Chino Game of Skate Contest Nov 14th 2008 5pm to fire things up and throw some elbows! This will be a night time tag team style cage match.  So, get a solid partner and start training that flat ground game. Winning team will walk away with prizes from eS footwear and Active.

Active Pro Mike-Mo Capaldi loves Pizza and Pancakes. Weird combo? Yes. Weirder contest? You bet!

Active and Girl want you to step out of your comfort zone and create a video having to do with Pizza and Pancakes. We don’t care what you do, or how you do it, but whoever submits the one Mike Mo likes the best will win a year’s supply of Girl decks. I’ll say it again, a year’s supply of Girl decks. Do I have your attention now? Good.

The rules are pretty loose on this one, so go nuts. I don’t want to spoil any ideas people have out there, but here are some quick thoughts I’ve got to get your imagination going: Film a Pizza Pancakes eating contest, Pizza Pancakes art creation (syrup & sauce paintings?) Civil war battle enactment with soldiers made of dough, (think peperoni battle wounds and syrup blood) I’m not going to give any more free ideas away. Get going! Contest ends January 1st 2009!

Read below for info how to enter: (MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS SO WE CAN GET A HOLD OF YOU!)

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This past Saturday night Active played host to a huge event where Kat Von D, Bam Margera, Mike Vallely, and Chad Muska came through and signed autographs. Aside from the signing the event was to launch the limited edition gold foil Element board that Kat Von D did the artwork for. After the signing, Mike V’s band Revolution Mother rocked out like none other. If you haven’t heard Mike’s band check them out! We will be posting up a video by tomorrow. For now check out the photos and check out Element’s photo coverage of the event!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/activerideshop/sets/72157608888517817

Check out the photos from Jimmy Sweet and the Loved’s performance at Active Burbank. Also, we held a Deathwish Signing with Albert Madrid, Jim Greco and Erik Ellington after the performance. Thanks to the Deathwish guys!