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I went back home for good old turkey day and of course I had to go skate all the local spots. I went to Hawthorne skatepark, Daweong Song’s home park. It was closed because of some graffitti. I have skated that park forever and the people ruining it are the same people skating it. All I want to know is why do you have to ruin your local spot. If you are skating it every day wouldn’t you want the skatepark to be in the best condition. Here are some basic rules to follow no matter what skatepark you are at:

1. Show respect to everyone because you never really know who they are
2. If you spill your drink in the park take off your shirt and clean it up or else someone will slip and break their arm
3. If you are going to someone elses park bring a gift. If you are of age, beer, if you aren’t then water or energy drinks
4. Don’t drop in on any one EVER
5. If someone does something sick hoot and holler. Trust me they’ll do it for you in return and it will push your skating that much further.

6. Most importantly respect the park. Skaters barley have anywhere to skate anymore so why trash the one spot we are allowed to skate

Geoff surprised us with a business scenario where in solving we really learned the difficulties with running a business it was a greeat experience made you really think in a challenging way but at same time had the effect of causing me to desire even more to cut my own niche in this business.

As we enter the final month of the internship it is hard to believe how much I have accomplished.  All the projects that I have been working on are in full swing and good things are happening at BambooSK8.  The internship program is very labor intensive and a true test of skill and determination.  This is my third internship and by far the toughest. Our intern class has really been pushing our products and the sales are increasing as a result.

BambooSK8 was fortunate enough to have a month of free advertising on Rerip.com and I was given the opportunity to create an ad for the website. Check it out if you haven’t already.  The BambooSK8 website has been going through some changes as well and it is really coming together.

All of us interns have come a long way and dedicate a lot of time promoting a quality, sustainable product, that is truly the future of skateboarding.

Hello, hello!!! So we are coming to and end of week 12 here as interns at BambooSk8. We only have 4 weeks left! I can’t believe that we all have already come this far! People are starting to really buckle down on their projects and finishing up all other things. We finally got our longboards in a few weeks ago, so make sure you check them out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go for Greg who brought the idea of our longboards to life!!!!  There is also a really sick event this weekend! Come join us at PACIFIC BEACH SURF SHOP”S Green Room Opening on ASEC!!! It is this Saturday November 21st from 6-11. It’s going to be a great time so please stop by and support BambooSk8, Pacific Beach Skate Shop and ASEC!!!! Hope to see you there!!!!!

The Kick Gas Festival, which took place a couple of weeks ago, is the West Coast’s largest eco-party which included a ton of music artists and D.J.’s from all over.  Music artist’s like Matisyahu came together to promote a cleaner lifestyle.  It is a great place to check out the latest forms of alternative transportation.

We set up a booth alongside Ocean Beach Surf and Skate which featured a skate demo. Below are some pictures I took at the event.

Next year this event will be even bigger and better so be sure not to miss it next time around.

Hey yall just keepin everybody up to date on what is goin on the decks are shippin out crazy fast like roadrunner fast i need to hurry up and get mind before theyre all gone. But slidefest is this saturday and it should be real legit cant wait to be there see these dudes tear up the hill.  Right now still we’re still building the business model for soft goods its a slow process but it sure to pay off huge dividends in the future!

Hello all!!!!! Week 10 here as an intern at BambooSk8 and everything is going grrrrrreat!!!!! This Saturday we will be attending an awesome event in Oceanside called Slide Fest!!! There is going to be a downhill slide contest, a contest for best trick and much more! BambooSk8 is going to be coming out with longboards very soon so this a perfect event for us and for you!!!!!! Please come and stop by and support BambooSk8 and all the longboard riders!!!!! For further info go to http://gravityboard.com/slidefest2009/  I really hope to see many of your faces!!! It’s a local event and it should be a blast!!!

Whats up everyone it’s Schwan checkin in week 10! Things are starting to pick up around here now that we have a bunch of decks…but they are moving quickly! Longboards are coming in soon, excited. There is never a shortage of things to do here. Currently I am wrapping my head around designing, gathering material and planning textile prints to make bandanas. Also there is talk of developing a street team…looking forward to working on t-shirt designs for eco tribe as well.

Peace…