Marty, our intern from Canada (da yooper) was forced around the office and street with a bow and arrow to his head to perform strange photos with our bamboo skateboard with the capped langur graphic. He smiled politely most of the time! Enjoy the photos of us having fun at the office… just a normal Monday in Oceanside.
http://business.transworld.net/33170/features/catching-up-with-bamboo-sk8s-ron-stebenne/
Click to read an interview with Ron Stebenne of Oceanside, California BambooSK8 talking about the ecological benefits of bamboo as a superior choice for building skateboards. Thank you transworld.
March 3, 2010 | by Skope Staff
http://skopemag.com/2010/03/03/buck-brothers-we-are-merely-filters
Guinness World Record holding (Most gigs in a 12 hour period) London-based punk powerhouses Buck Brothers are the greatest thing to come out of a Buddhist Disco since pacifist whack-a-mole. Their sophomore effort “We Are Merely Filters” has the same infectious hook-driven melodies with hilarious lyrics filled with far-spanning references and witty wordplay that was featured in Me.
Although, going through several line-up changes over the years and having more drummers than Spinal Tap. The Buck Brothers have found gold in their current line up consisting of the only original member Andy Duke (Vocals and bass), and new members Craig Welsh (Drums and vocals) and Dom Beckford (Guitar and vocals).
“We are Merely Filters” is an all out assault on your brain. Perfectly mixed, it can be enjoyed waiting for the bus with headphones, or even better by going to one of their concerts. You’ll find that this Brit pop/punk/rock mix is bound to have you dancing halfway through the first track.
From the bloody brilliant “All I Want To Do” with its mantra “Life is cool. Religion sucks. All I want to do is dance.” To the non-sense “Pop Muzik” that echoes DEVO and The B52’s. Buck Brothers latest is bound to have you screaming “Encore! Encore!”
Stand Out tracks:
“You’re so Good, Good, Good you’re great” –A chronicle of the downfall of a public figure, its tragic story mirrors the life of the modern celebrity.
“When I Look At You. (All I Think About Is Sex)” With lyrics like “Your love may be king/Your love may be queen/But we’re not in a monarchy/And thanks to civilisation Procreation’s recreation/We’re more than just the birds and bees” how can you not love this song?
“Deeply Shallow”- A comment on modern society, you’ll find yourself humming it later on the day.
www.myspace.com/buckbrothers
www.buckbrothers.net
You can check out the Buck Brothers on our music page:
We’d like to thank all the wonderful people who came out and supported our fundraiser at the OC Tavern in San Clemente this past weekend. Special thanks to the bands Frame of Mind, OFFWHITE, & Soul Rebel Alliance for performing. This fundraiser was set up to help offset the costs of an after school program we are developing with another agency for 3 schools in the San Diego area. Stay tuned to another event very soon!!
Special thanks to Rock 105.3 for supporting BambooSK8 recently at Big Bear Mountain where they raffled off some BambooSK8 decks. Look forward to future events…
February 20th… Drove down from LA to Orange County for the Musink tattoo convention which featured over 300 tattoo artists from all over the world. In the barn, they had a mini half pipe and a stage for a host of bands to perform including NOFX, the Cult, the Damned, the Buzzcocks, and many more. Around 5pm, all the legends came out to tear up the ramp – Hosoi, Alva, Olsen, Dresden, Demontrond, Reategui, Salba, Peters, Vallely, etc. It was a blast to see these guy in the same room let alone on the ramp.
Check out these awesome art skate clocks from our friend Ando over at search+resQ. Some of these were done on bamboo decks.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/01/12/reclaimed-wood-eco-clocks-keep-time-in-the-urban-jungle/
The first graphic we will be introducing is the “Capped Langur” graphic, which will be ready in February. Later on, we will release the “Zebra-logo” graphic, which we are still tweaking at the moment.
BambooSK8 will not be displaying their products at the ASR trade show in February. We have made a strategic decision to put our money into alternative ways such as our support of a booth at the Vans Warped Tour this summer. We are planning to visit ASR/Crossroads on Wednesday February 3rd though and would be happy to meet with all interested shops, distributors and individuals. You can meet us near the Starbucks around noon. Email info@bamboosk8.com
Have a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving; we are all blessed. Our office will be closed on Thursday and Friday.
BambooSK8 contributed some charitable goods that went directly to the LAYN organization kids at the shelters and some stuff for the celebrity gift bags (if all went as planned) - check out www.layn.org for more on helping out kids who have been abandoned by their families and need hope. We also gave 2 bamboo skate decks to Slash for his kids!!
What a spectacular night of rock star celebrities coming all together to help out this wonderful cause. Imagine if you can, Slash on guitar with Dave Navarro from Janes Addiction, Travis Barker of Blink 182 on drums, Duff from GnR/Velvet Revolver on bass, Ozzy Osbourne singing, Billy Idol singing, Chester from Linkin Park singing, Andrew from Wolfmother singing, Tom Morello on guitar, Perry Farrel of Janes Addiction singing, Steven Adler from Guns and Roses fame on drums, and many more… a mixture of covers from Led Zepplin to Black Sabbath to Janes Addiction. Wow! The event was hosted by George Lopez, who was incredibly funny. I wish I could tell you all the hilarious dirty jokes he said, but this wouldn’t be the forum for that. Another funny moment was when Slash’s wife and one of the kids was on stage asking people to text to LAYN to donate $10 and not too many people were dialing, so the kid grabs the mic and say’s, “start texting mother fr’s.” The crowd just erupted in laughter and finally pulled out their phones. The event was hosted at Avalon in Hollywood on Vine Street – across from Capitol Records building. It started out with each of the celebrities doing the red carpet horse and poney show for all the TV cameras and other press before going in and rocking out. I was fortunate to meet up again with some of my guitar heroes – Dave Navarro of Janes Addiction (who is never that friendly to strangers with his “I’m too cool for the world attitude”) and Tom Morello of Rage against the Machine (who is always super cool). The silent auction involved a variety of items up for auction including a really great one in my opinion – Anthony Keidis donated his 4x gold Canadian (4 million copies) certification and autographed it. It was a huge framed item that I believe only went for $600. Other items included autographed guitars, bamboo stuff, vacations, etc. Tickets for this event ranged from $85-500 for the VIP experience, with around 800+ tickets sold. Thank you Fez for making it happen!!
So where do I begin when it comes to the music? I’m a huge music fan…
I will start off by saying this – OZZY Osbourne takes it to mach 10 within 3 seconds of getting on the stage and the crowd just couldn’t keep up. His pitch was still relatively well but its his passion that just wreaks havoc on the crowd considering his age and mental state (?) – he comes alive like a little kid with eyes that just possess you. It was awesome!! Billy Idol was rocking hard as the crowd chanted “Rebel Yell” – always great to see him; I hope he never lets that punk attitude die. Watching the chemistry of Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro as they did “mountain song” and “jane says” was memorable, as it always is to see them connect again. Andrew from Wolfmother – what a voice; enough said! They covered Wolfmothers hit “woman”…which is so Led Zepplin but still so cool. Chester from Lincoln Park – hits some high notes but not that impressed overall – granted, he just flew in from France, so I got to give him cred. Tom Morello on guitar – who else can scratch a guitar with metal and make you hum along to it? Always great to see Tom, who is incredibly upbeat and even watching him from the side of the stage – he was so into watching Billy Idol and Ozzy…feeling every bit of the emotions put out. I can remember seeing Rage Against the Machine in 1992 with House of Pain in Detroit – I knew it wouldn’t be long before they took over the world. I then attended about 7 more shows over the years until they split, then came back, then split, then came back. Travis Barker – this dude is sick… he played 90% of the night with 110% – seriously, he’s one of the best drummers out there and always a super cool guy with no ego. I had just saw Travis a few weeks back at the Tony Hawk charity event in Beverly Hills. Duff from GnR fame… always keeping the groove locked down. Even GnR’s Steven Adler came out to hit the skins as they covered “Paradise city”.
The night ended around 11:30 to all of the celeb’s being bombarded by paparazii outside of the venue… thankfully no one got hurt.
Great job Slash, LAYN, Fez, and others involved!!!! May this money donated multiply in blessings for children in need.
Dr. Bamboo will be tweeting all day tomorrow…. find out what its like to run a skateboard company minute by minute. http://twitter.com/BambooSk8 - click on the link and start following bamboosk8 on twitter.
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BambooSK8 is proud to help out by donating or selling skateboard decks below cost to help out organizations or people around the world. This is in Nicaragua.
New York freestyle skate and bmx jam
Flea receives the SIMA Humanitarian of the Year Award from Tony Hawk and Izzy Paskowitz during Liquid Nation Ball 6, La Jolla California, September 11, 2009
I have been a fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers for over 20 years… I’ve seen the Chili’s at least 10 times in my life and have met Anthony and Flea on different occasions in LA. I can’t even describe what it’s like to be in their energy field other than an amazing sense of gratitude for the music they make and the love they spread through the world. If you would have told me 20 years ago this band would sell millions of records – I would have said ”no way” despite being a huge fan. If you grew up in the 80’s, then you would know how important this band was to skateboarding and how much they loved skateboarding.
Anyhow, Flea says, “What i do is what you are suppose to do…be kind, love people, treat them fair, etc.” We can all learn something from this humble individual we call Flea. Nobody weird like me…
Green Events is excited to be hosting Ecofficiency.org’s first annual Endless Summer Benefit Concert and you’re invited! Please join us Saturday, October 17th for an evening of live music, art, food, and fun at the Boathouse Collective in Costa Mesa (map). BambooSK8 & BambooBuddy will be there along with Australian artist Krystie Sargent painting on some decks…
Bands Marc B., Pawnshop Kings, Humanlab, Allensworth, and Kacie Yoshida will be performing live, local artists, including Jesse Miller and eVocal, will be displaying art and creating live art pieces for your viewing pleasure, DJ’s will be spinning using the power of the sun courtesy of an Akeena Solar portable system, and organic eats and drinks will be had by all. There will even be eco exhibits to view and a silent auction with original art and other sustainable items benefiting Ecofficiency.org.
Thanks to our sponsor Tru Organic Spirits, a tree will be planted for every cocktail poured making this a carbon neutral event!
Tickets are $20 and include two free drinks of your choice. You’re practically getting your money back while making a donation to a worthy cause! Buy tickets ahead of time at www.ecofficiency.org for front of the line access or simply come the night of the event. Doors are set to open at 7pm.
This is a 21+ event open to the public, so feel free to pass this invitation on to your friends. We look forward to seeing you there!!
We at BambooSK8 have permission for all of you to leave positive comments on their website.
BambooSK8 was proud to join the Tony Hawk foundation for the 2nd time by attending another charity event in Beverly Hills. This event took place at Billionaire ROn Burkles humble abode; yes, I said Billionaire. I believe that only 800 people are allowed to attend based on starting donations of $350 but additional money is raised by numerous auctions such as an autographed fender bass from the Dave Matthews band or a guitar signed by Social Distortion to autographed skate decks to vacations to sport memorabilia to a vehicle (spiced up by DUB), etc. In addition, around $50,000 was raised for the watts skatepark just from pure donations on the whim. 20 at-risk youth were brought in thanks to donations. In fact, one of our little Loopd Eco Tribe skaters made a donation, so I made sure I got him a special autograph from Tony Hawk. Reality is, this event is filled with a mix of celebrities and rich folks but all of which who enjoy doing their part to help the skateparks, all the while doing the horse-and-pony show for their kids who get to meet Tony Hawk. I must say Tony does a great job keeping it real and down-to-earth. In fact, Tony went for a 900 not one, not twice, not even three times but more like 5 times – pulling it off until running off the side of the ramp. Dude is over 40 and killing it out there for the crowd! Bucky Lasek, Andy Macdonald, Kevin Stabb, PLG and a few others joined him on the ramp. About a dozen booths were set up from organizations or companies like Yo Baby / Kick flipper, UFC, Best Buy, DUB magazine, Pinks Hot Dogs, Nixon, etc. Literally, you walk away with bags of goodies including shirts, hats, stickers, belts, drum sticks, guitar picks, shoes, and tons more. This year Blink 182 performed, which was really cool to finally see them live – not that they are even remotely talented in light of other musicians, but they have catchy songs and are incredibly funny with their interactions with each other onstage and with the crowd. Tom joked, “This song was a hit in the 90’s.” I do have to say that Travis Barker is a mad man on those drums and I have the utmost respect for him, as a drummer and as a businessman. Many years ago, I looked at buying his house out in Corona… in fact, it was right down the road from me at the time. Anyhow, other celebrities included Jeremy Piven, Eric Estrada, Vern ’mini me” Troyer (who gave $1000 for TOny hawk’s shoes and deck he skated), Chuck Liddell from UFC, Perry Farrel (Janes Addiction), Johnny Knoxville, Holly Robinson Pete, Tom Green, and a bunch more. A special shout out to the entire crew that makes this event happen…from the valet guys at the front gates to the mansion, to the food crew, to the security, to the organizers and promoters, to the Tony Hawk Foundation, Ron Burkle, and all the people who generously donate year after year; without these folks our youth might not have a safe haven to go skate at. It is these skateparks that keeps kids out of trouble and gives them hope for a better life while also keeping them healthy and positive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHgao6mXnhE – video of Tony Hawks 900
Visit the sk8 store… new 70% bamboo skateboard decks are finally ready and they are selling like hot cakes!! These have incredible strength (over 400 psi) + tons of Pop. Each deck bought online gets you 20 free music downloads. Loopd Eco Tribe skaters all get a discount with their coupon code + grip tape + stickers + zine + music downloads.
New venice beach skate park was happening on Saturday with tons of skaters and fans coming out to see a lot of the old school pros tear up the bowl. It was so crowded, which is often the case as every local kid wants to be a part of the experience and there just isn’t enough room. Reality is, this thing is 16,000 sq. foot + and it is right on the beach, which is so rad to skate and look at the ocean. I was expecting a big hoopla of tents and more pro skaters but it was really low key for the most part – taking all the “commercialism” out of it and just focusing on the skating.
Officially named the Dennis “Polar Bear” Agnew Memorial Skatepark (one of the original Dogtown skaters), the design mimics Dogtown’s world of empty swimming pools and urban landscape that gave rise in the importance of modern skateboarding as a sport and culture. A big thanks goes out to Jessie Martinez and Geri Lewis and others at the VSA who made it all happen… I know the kids will enjoy this for many years to come!
If the word “peace” means anything to you…then please take a moment of silence today to remember Mahatma Gandhi’s life.
While we are at ASR, we ran into my old pal Preston who use to skate for me over at Grind King a while back… anyhow, my boy has a new show out that we want to help promote because we will be featured on it in the fall.
“PUSH” TV Promo Featuring: Preston Pollard (ASR Highlight Reel) from John Darko on Vimeo.
PUSH, hosted by Preston Pollard and co-host Stephany Rose, is an inspirational and entertaining new show with a truly cutting edge of culture, music, ministry, and extreme sports, including skateboarding, BMX, and motocross.
This Christian based show will showcase some of the biggest names in the professional skateboarding industry, such as Jeremy Rogers and Greg Lutzka, as well as feature the hottest artists that make up the popular Contemporary and Rock Community.
PUSH will revolutionize the extreme sports scene. Through “a day in the life” with the most popular pro figures, PUSH will give youth the opportunity to spend time with their role models, providing them the direction and inspiration needed to pursue dreams and use extreme sports as a healthy outlet. Giving back to the community, the PUSH crew will be giving presentations at middle schools and high schools, and be providing selected students with the tools needed to break into the skate or BMX scene, such as boards, bikes, helmets and overall inspiration.
The show will demonstrate how dedicated and passionate the featured skaters and bikers are about their sport and their art, and they will extend their stories, inspirations and steps for success to youth through a school involvement program. PUSH will provide viewers with the positive messaging that we all have a God given potential for greatness, and no matter the limit always PUSH for success.
Premiering Winter 2009, PUSH will air weekly to an audience of 10 million people worldwide on TBN/JCTV. Additionally, the show will air on DirecTV and Dish Network throughout Southern California.
Come on down to Venice beach – ie. Dogtown and see the launch of the 17,000 sq. foot skateboard park.
I recently visited a local Venice school to speak to the students about life, business and bamboo… The presentation was well received by the skaters and I will likely be returning to do some hands-on learning lessons about business.
The goal will be to teach the students the entire process of starting a skateboard company from ordering product, handling logistics, quality control, how to market it, how to understand sales, understanding profit margins and income statements, balance sheets, etc.
Who knows – one of these sharp studens might be leading the next hot skate brand…you just never know.
If you are interested in having BambooSK8 come speak at your school – by all means – let us know, we would be happy to contribute.
thanks,
Geoff Koboldt
Venice Ramp on Lincoln Blvd.
ASR – where do we start? Smaller than ever… You could literally walk it all in a day and be done. But what fun would that be? Lucky for us, we had a booth with other green companies in the ASEC green room, full of carnival surprises. It seemed we created a lot of excitement this year for our new 100% bamboo longboards, and of course our new 100% and 70% bamboo short decks. People were also excited to learn about the Green Washed Ritual music project – check out our music page for more details.
Our booth – bamboo fence, bamboo seats, bamboo poles, recycled wood and metal, decks suspended by fishing line, etc.
Greg, Mark, Wyatt, Geoff, Andrew and Shawn
Kevin (Vans), Mark, Kennen and Cristina
Girls with our deck…
The Monster Energy girls… w/ Jo, Nathan and Andrew
http://www.greenecoservices.com/green-action-sports-bamboo-sk8-skate-decks/
We would like to thank Cathy for writing this article about our bamboo decks and then allowing the kids who have skated the decks to leave their comments.
KNOW WHO YOU ARE…
Labor day weekend, we headed down to Venice Beach to check out the all girls skateboarding and snowboard rail event. Yes, I said snow – brought in and laid down on the beach in the hot summer sun of Venice. As usual Venice was rocking out with all the local freaks, tourists, etc. It was a fun action packed day. While Amy Caron won, I personally thought Vanessa Torres by far had the most stylish skating ability and pushed the envelope of her tricks, but it’s not always about going for the crazy tricks as much as it is about being smooth and landing your tricks consistently.
| Name | Score |
| 1. Amy Caron | 78.06 |
| 2. Vanessa Torres | 77.56 |
| 3. Alexis Sablone | 72.50 |
| 4. Tamara Drybrough | 70.06 |
| 5. Leticia Bufoni | 68.19 |
| 6. Abisha Alshebaiki | 66.19 |
| 7. Elizabeth Nitu | 63.94 |
| 8. Candy Jacobs | 62.31 |
http://www.actionsportstour.com/2009/events/s3/results-skateboard.html
New Venice skatepark – coming soon!!!
Always love this house when I walk by… full of demons and gargoyles and wizards, etc.
Friends/Fans/Fellow human beings,
We would like to help contribute a $300 donation to the Tony Hawk foundation charity event this year to take an at-risk youth skateboarder. We are asking you to put your pennies together, a $1, $5 or whatever you can contribute. Please ask your parents as well, as this is tax-deductible.
http://standupforskateparks.org/tickets/beverlyhills/
Please send money to:
Bamboosk8 c/o Tony Hawk charity event
3025 industry st.
Suite B
Oceanside, CA 92054
or you can pay via paypal to sales@bamboosk8.com and put in the comment line “tony hawk charity”.
We went to this event last year and witnessed nearly $1 million going to help build skateparks in low income areas. We know not everyone comes from the same level of class but I think we all can stop and say we are blessed for the things we do have. Let’s come together and help out someone who needs our help more than we need the help.
BambooSK8 has already pledged $350 donation – we are hoping you will match us with just $300.
Blink 182 is set to perform as well… so what an experience for those less fortunate.
thanks,
BambooSK8
P.s. Scroll down on the blog to see last years event including pictures.
BambooSK8 will be at the Action Sports Retail show (ASR) in the ASEC green room…stop by and see our new longboards and brand new short decks (70% and 100% bamboo).
http://www.skateboardworks.com/2008/11/25/skateboard-manufacturing-finding-new-wood-sources/
Please leave an intelligent, positive review if you own a bamboosk8 deck… do not spam the site!
http://signmeto.roadrunnerrecords.com/ArtistPage.aspx?artistId=4900fd93-4a2f-4ee6-a4c9-628ab9a9f92f
We are asking each of you to go vote and help out our good friend Avery Watts get a potential Major label signing with Roadrunner Records. We love Roadrunner – slipknot, madina lake, cky, lynrd skynrd, ratt, nickelback, etc.
Please leave an honest and favorable comment – mention bamboosk8!!
rock on!!
I bumped into Jay Leno last night on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood on my way to the Viper Room. He was shooting one of his famous “Jay walking” scenes. I’ve been to Jay’s show about 5 times, having the hook up from one of his writers that I know as an acquaintance, and have always loved his comedy. His non-ego, down-to-earth sense is what makes him truly in a class of his own… I’m pretty confident his new show at 10pm will do very well.
- Geoff Koboldt
After all the insane crashes by Danny Way at X-games 14, I was hoping things would run smoother for everyone at #15 and they did… a lot more polished routines with cleaner falls. Nonetheless, these folks still take a beating on every bad landing, which amazes me how they can stay so competitive. Mark, Marina, Kennen and Shawn our bamboosk8 interns drove up and joined me at the Staples Center for the festitivities. This years event was nearly sold out for all the good seats, but I was able to wheel-n-deal one for $50 for the preferred seating area, although it still wasn’t that great of a seat like years past right down by the bottom of the ramp. It was great to see Jake Brown get Gold with his backside 360 over the gap into a 20 foot high mctwist over the half pipe. Silver went to 2 time back-to-back winner Bob Burnquist and bronze to Rob Lorifice.
After the event, we watched the motorcycles go for highest air, which is pretty amazing for them to high jump 34 feet in the air. I ended up leaving early so I could get to the premiere across the street of the X-games in 3D at the Nokia Theatre. The red carpet was laid out for this event with celebrities such as Pamela Anderson, Slash, Hayden Penitier, and more, as well as many action sports athletes and industry folks. How all those celebrities can handle all those bright lights and photos is beyond me, so I decided to do my own filming and photography of them… video to come soon. Funny thing is – all we had was regular passes to enter the theatre, not do the whole red carpet crap, but I was able to make a girl laugh as I told her I was a X-games champion. She said, “where’s your athelete badge”? I said, “I can’t compete my knee is blown out in 12 different places”. She looked at me and saw i had no cast or anything and she just laughed and said, “Have a good time and don’t do anything stupid.” So, I decided to strip down to my underwear and run across the red carpet… no, just kidding.
Coming out soon also is a really rad video of the Next X, which is 5 young kids (Mitchie Brusco is one of them) who get to meet their heroes for a week at Camp Woodward – check it out on Disney.
rock and roll,
Geoff Koboldt
Geoff with Slash
Andy Mac with Shawn
With it being the first conference of its kind, in collaboration with the X-games, I wasn’t sure what to expect from it. Anytime you get a group of people together, they all have different expecations which poses some difficulty for the panel, if they haven’t been prepped with the right questions, as well as if the moderator doesn’t keep it moving along interestingly. In this case, I personally didn’t walk away with anything new but was inspired by some peoples rebellion to what the others thought as truth or at least what has worked for them in business. I have found that most companies situations are so unique to them, that you will never get to the depths of intellectual discussion in a 45 minute panel discussion. For the most part, you get the watered-down version and have to take what you can from it. To make things worse, the motorcycle riders were practicing right below and behind the glass suites we were in. This combined with a weak PA system, made it very difficult for many to hear. group Y did its best but it was an incredible struggle for many to hear, which led many to just get up and walk around or start talking or play on their cell phones.
The real component of these type of things is meeting new people and seeing the old ones. I arrived at the Home Depot Center at 8am to have breakfast and mingle. I met a young college kid from Florida who flew out for the conference to get his chance at getting into the action sports world to sitting down with the Chairman of Skull Candy to meeting a girl who is trying to grow the Canadian skate market to chatting with the President of a major marketing firm, to meeting X-game athletes, etc.
Oh, and another really important piece to learn was just how many X-games athletes don’t even get health insurance from their sponsors. These guys risk their lives and make their sponsors $$millions, and they can’t even get a basic insurance plan; pretty disgusting if you ask me! Nonethless, the athletes do it because they love what they do…
Special thanks to fellow Michigan State graduate Bill from Fuse for the bottle of wine and conversation, Jeff from Skull Candy who really inspired me with the humble breakdown of what it has taken to get Skull Candy where it is, as well as group Y for making it all happen. I am sure next year will be drastically different.
- Geoff Koboldt
Kevin Robinson, Troy - Target, Brad – Wasserman Media, Mark – Fast company and Pat – Oakley; Panel 1 – Exploring relationships between brands, athletes and mangers
Bill – Fuse, Vipe – Monster, Rob – Transworld, Scot – Fuel, Braden – New Era; Panel 2 – Authentic branding and marketing within the action sports realm
Ric Alesandri – X games, Tiffany – shop-eat-surf, CJ – Fuel
Jessica – Womans Sports Foundation, Miki – Tony Hawk foundation, Gary – Woodward, Kathleen – Label Networks, Tim – Motorcycle Industry Council, and Adam – Disney; Panel 3 – Addressing retention and growth of the next generation
X-games half-pipe
Ron has been busy taking his motorhome and a trailer full of ramps around and setting up a mobile skatepark on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1:30-6:30 at a San Diego church called “the Connection”. If you are around, please stop by and say hello to Ron and enjoy a game of skate or just having fun riding the ramps.
BambooSK8 will be at the GROUP Y conference at the X-games this Thursday at the Home Depot Center, then over to the Staples Center for the MEGA RAMP contest. Check out www.groupynetwork.com
Confirmed speakers include executives from;
BambooSK8 was found this weekend at the Maloof Money Cup not only to promote the bambooSK8 brand but to see all the intense competition for the huge $ prize money; $100,000 went to Chris Cole for winning the street contest. Everyone and their brother from the industry was out, so it was nice catching up with all the folks who make it happen… The fans were going crazy beating those little aired up bats like they use to do at the baseball games, which became annoying but nonetheless, we all appreciated the spirit. Quite a few people were found stealing seats, which sucked for us that had assigned seats in specific areas under the shade (still about 90 degrees) so we had to yell a few times. Since we were at the Orange County fair, we even took a moment to ride an elephant.
TRANSWORLD:
The second annual Maloof Money Cup went off today at the Orange County Fairgrounds with (just like we said last year), some of the gnarliest skateboarding we’ve ever seen in a contest. Young vert ripper Alex Perelson nailed a 900 and first place in the vert comp, Adam Dyet landed a kickflip back tail down the Rincon rail and took the Best Trick, and Black Box dominated the street course with Chris Cole taking first and the 100 Gs and Tommy Sandoval coming in second. Not too bad for a day’s work. Photos, videos, interviews, and everything else in between will be coming to you in the next couple of days. Stay tuned.
STREET RESULTS:
1. Chris Cole
2. Tommy Sandoval
3. Nyjah Huston
4. Torey Pudwill
5. Ryan Sheckler
6. Sean Malto
7. Greg Lutzka
8. David Gonzalez
9. Paul Rodriguez
10. Mark Appleyard
BEST TRICK:
Adam Dyet
VERT RESULTS:
1. Alex Perelson
2. PLG
3. Bob Burnquist
4. Andy MacDonald
5. Buckey Lasek
GIRL’S STREET RESULTS:
1. Leticia Bufoni
2. Lacey Baker
3. Elissa Steamer
4. Amy Caron
5. Marisa Dal Santo
Bob Burnquist on the min-mega ramp rail
Bob Burnquist
All the street guys meeting prior to the competition so they all could tell Ryan Sheckler his makeup looked good.
I love Elephants!
BambooSK8 interns Mo, Alyx and Andrew got to spend an evening on a yacht in San Diego after Bamboosk8 got an invitation to try out one of the latest boats. We had to make it official with our bamboosk8 decks going on the cruize through the harbor as well. Check out the “I’m on a boat” – reference to Andy Sambergs SNL digital “I’m on a boat” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOvaCV6uQp8
Check out our friends over at GET GREEN MUSIC… purchasing music here helps the environment!!
http://www.bamboosk8.com/assets/docs/yrb-mag-ad.pdf
Check out our bamboosk8 ad in YRB (Yellow Rat Bastard) magazine (New York) along with other stories on skating.
After basically 5 month of interning, including 3 months from across the world, our Australian intern Krystie has been hired at Fox in Irvine as a designer. Check out krysties profile at www.krystiesargent.com and purchase some of her art decks for $100.
We are very proud of Krystie and know that she will do great in the action sports world.
thanks,
bamboosk8
http://whosthebetty.blogspot.com/
We’d like to give kudos to our friend Ashley over at Loopd who did an amazing paint job on some of our bamboo decks with the “where the wild things are” deck.
WWW.ASECaction.ORG
PRESENTS
CHECK THE EVENT OUT ON WEEKLY UPDATE
SATURDAY
JUNE 6
12-5PM
WHERE: 15871 Springdale St. Huntington Beach, CA
WHY: Because your principal Paul Morrow Rocks & he loves to Surf & Sk8 so him and
the faculty want to let you rip it up with Pro’s right here at your school while you learn
cool stuff about the environment and a bunch of cool clothes and gear!!!!
HAPPENINGS:
• Big Up Carnival games with tons of prizes from Action Sports Brands
Fabrizio Santos, Tosh Townend, Element Team riders
+ Big Time mystery Guest Skater
and lots of their friends are going to rip it up a your school
DEMO
WWW.ASECaction.ORG
PRESENTS
CHECK THE EVENT OUT ON WEEKLY UPDATE
FRIDAY
JUNE 5
2-5PM
WHERE: Orange County High School of the Arts, 1010 N. Main St. Santa Ana, CA
WHY: Because Katie Jaffe and the “Garden Club” rock like Led Zeppelin and they
asked us to come to your school let you rip it up with Pro’s while you learn cool stuff
about the environment, jam some music and a bunch of free cool
clothes and gear!!!!
HAPPENINGS:
• Get on down to the “Solar Powered” DJ sound throwing down beats from the
ASEC “Sol Ride”!
Fabrizio Santos, Tosh Townend, Element Team riders
+ Big Time mystery Guest Skater
and lots of their friends are going to rip it up a your school
FREE TASTY ORGANIC TREATS
and lots more free
grubalicious goodies
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Where will you be June 21st – GO skateboarding day? You’ll find bamboosk8 on the streets…
http://www.veniceskates.com/News/Venice_Skatepark/index2.htm
http://www.veniceskatepark.com/images/venice_skatepark_skateboard.html
Check out the new $2 million skateboard park in Venice Beach, CA (home of Dogtown z boys). We stopped by last week to check out the progress; it’s looking great!!
Time to get those bamboo skateboards prepared for Dogtown 2010!!!!!
It’s Ron’s birthday tomorrow. From all of the bamboo buddies, happy birthday Ron.
www.sonicbids.com/greenwashedritual
Out of Step Entertainment, New World Management and BambooSK8 are pleased to announce the creation of a digital compilation: The Green Washed Ritual. It merges major label acts, independent label acts, as well as regular folks who just want to put out great music.
This compilation is the first of its kind and has the ability to reach millions of action sports fans! To further diversify the compilation, 1 Sonicbids artist will be selected.
Distribution will take place at the various events associated with the presenters across the country, but not limited to the X-games, Malouf Money cup, ASEC, Tampa AM, Action Sports Retail, as well as the many digital and viral efforts via the Internet. To start, 25,000 collective series digital download cards will be given out with each skateboard sold by BambooSK8, up to 1 million.
A few of the confirmed bands thus far are Medina Lake (Roadrunner), Ana Lovelis (DKE), All that Remains (New World), Arthur Autumn (Out of Step), and It dies today (New World).
Submissions are open to a variety of genres including: Rock, Alt. Rock, Acoustic Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Alt. Country, Classical, World, Reggae, Metal, Rap and Hip Hop, etc.
BambooSK8 joined up with ASEC and Frank Scurra on May 15th at the Woodbridge High School in Irvine to promote sustainability and show off our 100% bamboo skateboards.
Next event is at the High School of the arts in Santa Ana Ca on Friday June 5th from 3-6PM.
www.asecaction.org – ASEC
We want to thank Dr. Twede and the Michigan State University packaging department (PKG 485 class) for their assistance with designing a skateboard package with an environmental and cost-effective focus. 11 students spent this past semester working on the project; Geoff Koboldt (MSU graduate) first spoke to the class about sustainability and skateboarding in January and then Ron Stebenne came in for the final presentation at the end of April. The 11 students got their special own bamboo skate deck with a “S” for Spartans and Michigan State University logo screened on.
Last month, BambooSK8 visited Shanghai, China to visit the worlds largest skatepark; over 150,000 sq. feet. This park was insane to say the least… although we only saw maybe 6 skaters total; all of which were from other countries. For the $3 to enter, it was well worth it… especially on a bamboo skate deck.
http://www.smpskatepark.com/mediaWorldsBiggest.htm
Are you sure you have to go poo poo?
A few of us made the 2.5 hour trek from Oceanside up to the windy/sunny Santa Clarita, about 30 minutes north of Los Angeles for the brand new skate park grand opening. Such an amazing park with literally over 1000 bikers, skaters, scooters and rollerbladers. We saw some knarly wipeouts when skaters crashed into bikers in the bowl. Pure chaos!! Bamboosk8 had a small booth and handed out some of our 100% bamboo decks to those who wanted to join the eco revolution and skate bamboo. It was nice to see Lance Mountain, Brian Patch and Austin Poynter tearing up the bowl.
Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management was proud to host the Running the Malibu Waves on March 7th, 2009 to benefit Challenge for Charity’s (C4C) Special Olympics & The Children’s Lifesaving Foundation. For almost 20 years, the MBA Challenge for Charity, a non-profit 501(c)3, has drawn on the talents, energy and resources of MBA’s from West Coast Business Schools to raise funds and volunteers for the Special Olympics and other charities throughout the year.
This little grom won a deck for running in the kids race. BambooSK8 was proud to donate a few decks to help out.
http://issuu.com/artd494project/docs/project-booklet
We would like to thank Michael A. Salter, Associate Professor of Digital Arts/New Media at the University of Oregon for working with our bamboo skate decks as art for a class…
What an awesome day in the lovely San Diego sun when you’ve got your industry friends together all having a great time skating. Bamboosk8 had a pretty weird spot in between and over some ramps but under the main stage where the bands played, but it ended up working well as our banner was placed in plain view of the best trick contest where all the photos were being shot. Each of the winners got bamboo skate decks. Tons of skaters and parents visited the booth and we sold tons of 100% bamboo skateboard decks – thanks to the efforts of our interns Mark d, Mark o, Gary and Monica. It’s great to see the excitement of people who are proud of what you are doing for the environment and for skateboarding. Other than that, it was great to see some pros – Christian Hosoi, Bucky Lasek, Andy Macdonald etc. tearing up the 14′ ramp and pool. Also, to see the new hot shot kids like Allysha Bergado (thanks Tho), Austin Poytner (thanks Gerry) and Shane Borland (thanks Jimbo); all of which use to skate with me on Termite Skateboards a few years ago.
BambooSK8 is proud to be a sponsor the PACSUN CLASH AT CLAIREMONT contest/demo on Saturday, March 14th from 11am-5pm. Check out www.clashatclairemont.com
PacSun brings World Class Skateboarding, BMX and Music to San Diego.
Proceeds benefit GRIND FOR LIFE and the Krause Family/Mission Valley YMCA Bike and Skate Park.
$10.00 at the door (kids 6 and under free)
NO Skateboards or bikes allowed in the park during the event.
Schedule of events:
10:00 a.m. Gates Open
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Music Stage: After-School All-Stars
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Best Trick Street Skate Practice
11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Best Trick Street Skate Contest
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Pro Vert Demo – Skate and BMX
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Pro Demo Street
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Music Stage: Grandview
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Pro Autograph Session
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Music Stage: Prosthetic Arms
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Pro & Legends Bowl Demo
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Music Stage: Scarlet Symphony
5:30 p.m. Gates Close
PacSun brings World Class Skateboarding, BMX and Music to San Diego March 14th, 2009.
Proceeds benefit GRIND FOR LIFE and the Krause Family/Mission Valley YMCA Bike and Skate Park.
$10.00 at the door (kids 6 and under free)
NO Skateboards or bikes allowed in the park during the event.
Come see Andy Macdonald, Buster Halterman, PLG, Bucky Lasek, Adam Taylor, Jake Brown, and many more.
We will have plenty of 100% bamboo skateboards for you to purchase.
Thank you to Loopd BambooSK8 Eco Tribe skater Tyler for being creative and promoting bamboo…
BambooSK8 has established a new 6-tier level system for sponsorship on the Loopd network; ranging from scout to warrior to council to chief to shaman and finally factory am/pro. The discounts range from 30% up to 70% on skate decks based on what level one is at, along with what level of activity one is maintaining on the loopd network – ie. # of profile views. This new incentive system should incentivize those who want to differentiate themselves as better reps for the company, better skaters in general, and finally those that have an entrepreneurial spirit.
We would like to thank all of those currently in the ECO TRIBE and welcome all new members who have a positive attitude and want to make a difference in the skate community.
Thanks to George and his staff at Modern Skate and Surf in Michigan for putting out a great ad. Growing up in Michigan, I was always a fan of Modern Skate and Surf who had a few shops around the state with great service and great prices.
http://www.modernskate.com/modernskate/
http://www.bamboosk8.com/assets/docs/concrete-wave.pdf
Special thanks to Michael Brooke at Concrete Wave magazine for bringing some light to our intern program.
BambooSK8 had an awesome time at ASR in the (ASEC) Action Sports Environmental Coalitions GREEN ROOM. Again, the booth was mostly made from bamboo and featured our latest 100% bamboo decks with deeper concave.
Bamboosk8 stopped by the LOS ANGELES GREEN EXPO at the LA convention center this past weekend. A variety of companies were present from solar energy to organic drinks to eco clothing and then a whole bunch of companies I couldn’t decifer what it was they do other than call themselves a “green” company. Nonetheless, it’s great to see the efforts of so many companies and people coming together for the collective spirt of change; positive green sustainable change.
A few of our favorites were:
topo ranch – www.toporanch.com – located on abbott kinney in venice
steaz – www.steazenergy.com – great energy drinks without all the “redbull sugar”
You will find BambooSK8 at the Blackbox Distribution Crossroads retail show this coming week on Wednesday 21st. The event will feature about 40 different brands in the skateboard industry. This is a major shift to get skateboarding out of ASR or at least it seems like a political move. Anyhow, the event will run from the morning and into the evening, being open to the public after 6pm. So come on down and skate the massive mystery/zero ramp and say hello to all of us at BambooSK8, although we won’t have a booth – just walking around with 100% brand new bamboo decks.
Black Box Distribution
2777 Loker Ave West Ste-A
Carlsbad, CA 92010
Congrats to 13 year old Austin Speer of Hastings, Michigan. He will soon be receiving his 12 100% bamboosk8 decks in the mail. Many more contests coming soon…
http://abbyskates.com/cheapsk8r/Abby-Cheapsk8r-Vid1_RoughEdit.mov
Abby skating a bamboo deck… cheapsk8r sponsored
BambooSK8 is offering a rare opportunity for those skaters to be a part of the ECO-TRIBE; a group of skate warriors who want to make a difference in the world by skating on bamboo versus maple.
http://www.loopd.com/Members/bamboosk8/Default.aspx
Skaters can receive discounts up to 50% on bamboo skateboard decks and many other great benefits including environmentally friendly stickers + bamboo t-shirts (coming in 2009).
We dropped off some bamboo decks and bamboo t-shirts on 12/14/8 for the King of Groms prize packs at Skatelab in Simi Valley. Amazing to see some of the best little skaters out there just tearing it up; some travelling as far as the UK. Tons of promo was given out so I don’t think one kid went home empty handed…
I was proud to see some of my former little Termite skaters competing… 9 year old Shane Borland who now rides for Powell got 5th in street and 12 year old Allysha Bergado who rides for H-Street and was the only girl competitor. You can check out both of them in Osiris’s new video “children of the revolution”.
Bamboosk8 looks forward to spreading the bamboo word to future generations of active kids. Check out King of Groms at 3rd Lair – www.3rdlair.com
Bamboosk8 is proud to sponsor the “Beast of the East” contest at Volcano Skate Park in Hawaii.
BambooSK8 crew made the trek over to Huntington Beach for another Action Sports Environmental Coalition event with other vendors – sector 9, volcom, AOSA, etc. This event was ran on solar panels off the biofuel bus that Frank drove down. We were interviewed by the Sundance Channels people who are producing “Big Ideas For a Small Planet”. After a few games of skate and awarding bamboo decks to the winners, we all watched some bmx aerials on the quarter pipe and launch ramp as the local skaters skated the variety of obstacles. The winner of the skate contest was then awarded a bamboo deck and a wide variety of prizes from all the vendors; so he was stoked. Recycle your brain. After the event, we headed down the road to the Quicksilver headquarters for an 80’s flashback – Tony Hawk, Tony Magnusson, Christian Hosoi, Steve Caballero, Bucky Lasek, and many more – all dressed in 80’s gear.
http://www.malakye.com/asp/front/CMSPage.asp?TYP_ID=2&ID=1714
Thank you Josh, Haipa and Chad!!
Marty McFly skating a bamboosk8 deck he got after his time travels into the future.
http://www.concretedisciples.com/cd_what/product_rev3.php?product_reviews=831
Thanks Cory!
http://www.marcelgreen.com/lire/loisirs/casse-ta-planche-et-gagne-un-bamoosk8,362
Marcel Green – France
http://thehundreds.com/thefeed/wordpress/?p=5535
http://acriacaocom.blogspot.com/2008/11/bambu-skateboards-by-bamboosk8.html
BambooSK8 attended YRB magazines “How You Rock it LA” event on Thursday evening at SMASHBOX STUDIOS in W. Hollywood. Look out for our bamboo skateboards in a future issue. Thanks Albert!!
http://wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?igi=343721&nbc1=1 - link to more photos
Special thanks to our friend Noah from ZJ’s board shop in Santa Monica who took one of our newest bamboo decks with him to Beijing to test them out. He said these are the best ones yet! Thumbs up!!
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/18/bamboosk8-eco-friendly-skate-decks/
Special thanks to Mike and Adrianne at www.Inhabitat.com
for putting this article together on our bamboo skate decks.
Bamboosk8 will be sponsoring this event… check it out for those who are in Santa Ana on December 6th.
http://www.slugmag.com/article/1493/Product-Reviews.html
Thanks to Slug magazine for their great write-up on our 100% bamboo skateboards.
Congrats to Shelby Smith who won 1st place for the year in Northern Californias (CASL) California Amateur Skateboarding League competitions on a 100% bamboo skate board from Bamboosk8. Great job Shelby!!
I attended Tony Hawk’s charity event at Billionaire Ron Burkle’s Beverly Hills estate on Sunday – for a $350 donation. On one front, one is mingling with spoiled little rich kids (tons of them) who say to their mommies, “Oh, mom – it’s only $1000 for that autographed guitar in the auction.” On another front, you realize that it’s these rich families who graciously donate a significant amount of money to help organizations such as this so more power to them. Anyhow, the event was amazing and very well put together… from the valeting of cars to the food/drink, music by Social Distortion, skate jam with Tony and friends, tons of booths with free stuff, hundreds of auctioned items, etc. Overall, it’s pretty amazing what Tony Hawk has been able to achieve in skateboarding and what his organization gives back… It was especially nice to see people donating and bidding on the auction during these tough economical times. Nonetheless, $75k was raised in a matter of minutes by just generous donations – one lady alone who gave $25k. $350×800 in tickets = another $280k. I’m not sure what the auction brought in but there was some pricey tags on items. What’s important here is that the many kids now can have an opportunity to skate/bike with the help of the organization building skateparks. Tony mentioned the next one was TierraSanta and even had some kids come on stage who would directly be inspired. I did my due dilligence by promoting the bamboo skateboards and even made a few pro skaters smile when I asked them when they were going to be skating on bamboo. They sounded excited at the opportunity – now, we just need to get some solid decks in their hands, which we are working on. Bamboo skate decks are the future!!
Andy Macdonald, Kevin Staab, Tony Hawk, Shaun White and Bucky Lasek
Shaun White
Ron Burkles estate
Social Distortion
Anthony Keidis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Perry Farrel (Janes Addiction)
Freestyler Matt Hoffman
Freestyler legend Dennis McCoy
Bamboosk8 was proud to support the first ever all military skate contest put on by the armed forces skateboarding association by donating some 100% bamboo decks and sending one of our interns over to assist the event. We are very thankful for those that sacrifice for our freedoms we often take for granted. By supporting this event, our intention isn’t to make a political statement in any way… just to say “thank you” for our fundamental freedoms. Peace to the world!!
Check out the kids who all got 100% bamboo skateboards:
We would like to thank Michael Moffatt and Todd Nordstrom at Go Jobing for making this wonderful 4 page article happen about our 100% bamboo skateboards, as well as how we as a San Diego company are focused on sustainability both with our product and in our daily lives.
The Wat Pa Maha Chedio Kaew temple has found a way to bottle up Nirvana, literally. The temple, which sits in Thailand’s Sisaket province, roughly 370 miles northeast of Bangkok is made of more than a million recycled glass bottles. True to its nickname, “Wat Lan Kuad” or “Temple of Million Bottles” features glass bottles throughout the premises of the temple, including the crematorium, surrounding shelters, and yes – even the toilets. There’s an estimated 1.5 million recycled bottles built into the temple, and as you might have guessed, they are committed to recycling more. After all, the more bottles they get, the more buildings they are able to construct.
Posted at: www.inhabitat.com
http://skate.skatemidwest.com/bamboo-skateboards
We would like to thank Skate Midwest for reviewing our decks.
Bamboo Skateboards
So we just got two decks sent over from Bamboosk8.com and they’re pretty sick.
Supposedly the pop will last a super long time with these things ( but all the really good skaters out there knows that decks don’t last long anyway ). They are super rigid and feel pretty solid.
The concave isn’t to deep so super techy skaters may find that a little more effort may need to be put in to get those crook to inward heelflips done.
Check em out for sure and plus bamboo is a pretty good renewable resource so you might be being environmentally friendly!
Bamboo Skateboards | SkateMidwest.com
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/bamboosk8-makes-first-bamboo-shortboard.php
Thank you tree hugger for writing about our 100% bamboo skateboard decks.
http://www.skateboard.com/blogs/blog/20080725/bamboo_skateboard_deck_review-1229.html
*Please note that this review was done on an older model and a hybrid bamboo deck, not a 100% and not our newest model – Nonetheless, we want to thank Nate for his honest review.
We had an awesome weekend in Lake Forest at Etnies. Our 2 interns David and Taylor arrived Saturday morning around 8am to set up our booth, which contained a bamboo table and chairs, bamboo art piece and 2 racks of decks to display, 2 banners, as well as around 100 decks for promotion. Geoff arrived around 9am after getting lost in Huntington Beach dropping off veneers to a longboard company. Ron arrived around 10 with the remaining promotional items. Anyhow, the weather was a bit cold and when the rain came down a few times, it got pretty darn chilly. Nonetheless, the level of excitement from kids stoked on our product made it all worth it. We had kids willing to break their brand new pro model decks on camera for a chance to exchange it for a 100% bamboo skate deck. At 1 point, we through a deck out into the crowd and it took nearly 2 minutes of a near riot before 1 kid made his mark walking away with the deck and a smile on his face. Many were amazed at how strong the bamboo decks really are. We also had a few kids who wanted to go promote our brand and hand out postcard fliers with a chance to win free decks for a year contest. The actual skate qualification took place on Saturday and it just floors me how many guys cannot land any tricks; and they are pros? Wow! What other sport can you get away with that? Saturday around 8:20, Bad Religion took the stage and rocked it hard. Amazing to think how long they’ve been around and still play that fast. Sunday, Ron and the interns worked the booth and we had another successful day; many more bamboo skate decks promoted.
Punk rock
Taylor, David, Ron, Geoff
Working the booth…
Joey Brezinski doing some manual work
These kids promoted our brand all day and got some free decks!
Ron, 60 years old tearing up the rail
Bad Religion is actually Good Religion
Earlier this year, we attended the 1st of its kind – the IASC industry summit at Camp Woodward West. The importance of this event was all the top brands and manufacturers in the industry to discuss key issues such as the creation of more skateparks, environmental/sustainability – going green, how to make ASR better, dealer/shop issues, government regulations, and so much more. The initial speaker the first night was Pierre, owner of Sole Technology. The highlight though was a guy from Harley Davidson who helped turn their company around years ago - his presentation was very inspiring and fostered a lot of thinking about the similarities between chartering a Harley Davidson and skating your favorite brand. The 3 day event was largely successful and we enjoyed skating, bowling, and other fun activities, and most importantly networking.
CLICK BELOW TO READ ABOUT TRANSWORLD’s article:
http://business.transworld.net/2008/04/07/iasc-skate-summit-2008%E2%80%94discussion-in-the-desert/
Pierre of Sole Tech
Gary Ream – owner of Woodward and Ron
Paul Schmitt – Createaskate and Ron
Yesterday, BambooSK8 attended a charity event (in celebration of Internationl Peace Day) that we were invited to be a part of in LA’s Griffith Park. It was hosted by actor Pierce Brosnan and his wife with music by Gavin Rossdale, whose beautiful pregnant wife Gwen Stefanie (No Doubt) was in attendance as well. Anyhow, the event had numerous eco/green companies with booths set up (many kid focused) so it was great to see the momentum of positive change. We were thanked for our contribution of a bamboo deck that was painted on by artist Theo Hetherington, who then silent auctioned them off for the charity event. They also handed out our bamboo postcard fliers – including putting them in the celebrity gift bags; which we felt was great! We were very honored to be a part of this day of peace.
BambooSK8 joined numerous other action sports companies for the 2nd annual Action Sports Environmental Coalition Summit on August 13th in Laguna Beach, CA at a great art studio.
The keynote speaker was actress/activist Darryl Hannah, who said, “forgive me in advance – I’m not much for public speaking” as she read the words verbatim off the paper. Although she had written her speech around 3am that morning, her words cut to the bone of what it means to stand for something in the pursuit of sustainability and were quite inspiring.
ASEC founder Frank Scurra did a great job of pulling everyone together to have a sense of gratitude towards life – our breath, the air around us, the nutrients we put in our bodies, the ecosystems that thrive in perfect unity, etc. Lunch was provided by Chipolte and was excellent. Artwork from Mike Kershnar was displayed around the facility – really great stuff too.
The basic purpose of this event was to bring companies together to share ideas and put together action that will result in each company being more sustainable and ultimately, our industry leading the world in this pursuit. While it makes incredible sense for all of us companies to go in together and purchase let’s say - organic cotton t-shirts so we can all save money on the large volume discount, it is unlikely everyone will want to play ball or coordinate the efforts right now.
It’s expensive to go green for many because they have been doing business for so long down the wrong path – ie. high volume VOC glues in their decks, toxic cotton t-shirts, polluting due to excess shipping, etc. It’s a shame because our industry could be leaders in the eco/green movement of sustainability. I want to believe and trust that others will do their part over the next year. For us, bamboo is the ultimate in sustainability!
Please visit www.asecaction.org for more details on ASEC.
Photo with Frank Scurra
Photo with Mike Kershnar
We would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth (#3519) at ASR in San Diego. Despite the large amount of people complaining about how bad business is for them, we found optimism along with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for our eco-friendly decks. Many people were stoked on our decks and thought they were incredibly beautiful. Also, our entire booth was done in bamboo – fencing, table and chairs, and our larger-than-life 25′ tall bamboo stalk/art piece thanks to Ron. This is what being sustainable is about!! It is also important to thank Frank and the Action Sports Environmental Coalition for allowing us to be featured in the Green room upstairs, the display case upstairs and the dealer/GREEN area downstairs. Please support this wonderful organization!! We gave out a lot of free decks to folks so we thank those that provided the positive feedback to us.
ASEC/GREEN display case
ASEC green room
Captain & Casey
Sord Boards
Wyatt and Johnny (Element owner)
Ron and Geoff with Michael Brook from Concrete Wave
Even Andre 3000 got a bamboo deck!
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