BambooSK8′s Jeff Wright performs his amazing new trick the “Wright Air” at the ASR Action Sports Retail show in San Diego. How’s that for a skateboarding trick of the day?
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BambooSK8′s Jeff Wright – trick of the day – “Wright air”
Monday, August 30th, 2010Rob Zombie and BambooSK8
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Bamboosk8 attend Sambazon party in San Diego to help the environment
Thursday, August 12th, 2010BambooSk8‘s Mark and Andrew were invited to a private invite-only Sambazon event at a sweet warehouse in downtown San Diego on Tuesday. It was put on to launch Sambazon’s “Warrior up” viral marketing campaign highlighting several athletes and business owners who represent or own companies working towards helping the environment or less fortunate people, a few of these companies are: Buster Biofuels, Keep-a-Breast foundation, Surfrider foundation, waves for water. Guests included surfer Rob Machado, pro skaters Bob Burnquist and Buster Halterman. Read more at http://sambazon.com/ Thank you NP for the hookup! I can say that I drink the Sambazon Acai juice religiously; good stuff and good for you!! Who wants to be an Eco Tribe warrior??
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- w/ Buster Halterman
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- w/ Rob Machado
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- Mark, Andrew, Nathan
BambooSK8 and Ocean Current team skater Jeff Wright
Saturday, August 7th, 2010Oceanside Police Department arrests bamboo skateboarder – “skateboarding is a crime”
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Police Confiscation Papers
On Sunday morning, around 12:15am, one of our employees was skating through Oceanside minding his own business when a cop stopped him for no reason. When asked if he had been drinking, he said “yes”, although he had only had a few drinks. At that point the cop became a total jerk, despite our buddy being only a few blocks from his house. He was then arrested and held for the night until we could pick him up around 1pm; 12 hours later. I guess “SKATEBOARDING IS A CRIME” in Oceanside. What’s really funny is that the cop wrote “skateboard – bamboo”. AWESOME!
BambooSK8 team skater in Transworld ad
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010-
- Jeff Wright – Ocean Current
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- Transworld September 2010
Jeff Wright, BambooSK8 and Ocean Current team rider in September issue of Transworld
Skateboarding events in August – Say HELLO to Bamboosk8
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010BambooSK8 will be at the Maloof Money Cup at the Orange County Fair in the KICKER booth from Wednesday-Sunday this week.
BambooSK8 will be at the US OPEN in Huntington Beach this weekend.
BambooSK8 will be walking around the ASR crossroads trade show next Saturday 14th.
BambooSK8 will be at the VANS Warped Tour in San Diego on the 10th and Pomona on the 11th. Stop by the CONCRETE WAVE booth.
BambooSK8 at Vans Warped Tour – Ventura, CA
Friday, July 9th, 2010BambooSK8 at Vans Warped Tour – Carson, CA
Friday, July 9th, 2010BambooSK8 skate team bbque – Oceanside, CA
Thursday, July 1st, 2010Big Eddie B at Camp Woodward
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Camp Woodward
http://www.hookit.com/members/eddiebanian/ - one of the top viewed athletes on hookit.com
BambooSK8 was proud to help Eddie get to Camp Woodward this summer to tear up the skate ramps!
Big Eddie B
BambooSK8 at Vans Warped Tour – Home Depot Center – Carson, CA – 6/25
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
GO SKATEBOARDING DAY – JUNE 21st
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Have you ever stopped to really think about the impact of GO SKATEBOARDING DAY? While obviously it’s to promote our sport (yes, I think its now a widely respected sport), I also think that it’s a nice reminder for us to just go have fun and be free, with no limits, no constraints, etc.
Being that we are based out of Oceanside, our gang took the liberty to spread thy message of bamboo all around Southern California. Team 1 consisted of Nick and Jen, Team 2 was Brian, Uli, Stephen, and Heather, and Team 3 was Dana, Alex, and Jessee. The rest of us just rolled down the local street…
Team 1 recap: The Orange County/LA Team
Jen went to Venice, completely packed, a lot of crazies, met some guys that own a clothing company that were interested in getting bamboo skate decks – we like people who want our decks!! Nick hit three parks in Chino and Rancho Cucamonga!!
Team 2 recap: Uptown Team
They hit five different parks, making a big loop starting in Oceanside, heading south to Carlsbad and Encinitas and rounding things out in Poway. Oceanside Bishop was packed with younger kids, they had a small event going on with Osiris and Chipotle, everyone was really friendly and the head guy even announced that “BambooSK8 is here too!” Carlsbad was really fun, lots of kids and parents wanting information, Encinitas we stayed at the longest because of the size of the park, they were BBQing and DC was supposed to show up but never did. We had the kids demoing boards, taking stickers and fliers as well as lots and lots of coupon codes. We finished up in Poway, which had a lot of skaters that were much older, ranging from about 15 to 25 years old, we definitely pushed the launch party on them as well as having them demo the decks and offered them codes. We took lots of pictures at each park of both us and the local kids with our stickers and boards.
Team 3 recap: Downtown Team
They ended up hitting four parks starting with Crownpoint park’s Sector 9 event, then Ocean Beach skate park, Washington Street skatepark, and then Embarcadero Marina Park. Embarcadero was the most busy, the interns were swarmed with kids wanting stickers and fliers. They video taped a lot of the events and will edit and post those soon.
Overall Go Skate Day was a total success – just having fun skating and promoting the skateboarding culture.
PHOTOS COMING SOON!
BambooSK8 team rider Jeff W. in Venice
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Jeff W.
New inventory of decks – coming end of June
Sunday, June 6th, 2010We are expecting our new batch of bamboo skateboard decks to be ready around June 30th. We will have tons of stock on 7.5, 7.75, 8, 8.25 and 8.5″ decks, as well as our brand new locker decks. Also, we will have brand new bamboosk8 high-quality wheels made with corn. Yes, it’s an eco revolution as we now displace some of the traditional urethane! Soy wheels –> Corn wheels! We’ll be using Randall Trucks on our longboards – can’t get any better than that!!! New eco-friendly t-shirts in a multitude of designs are also being developed. We apologize for running low on inventory this month – sales are booming beyond what we predicted; thank you to all who have purchased and continue to purchase. We can’t do this without you!!
BambooSK8 gives back to local Venice Boarding School
Friday, June 4th, 2010K5 stores – Encinitas and Poway
Thursday, May 27th, 2010We like to give shout outs to good skate shops in our community that sell our product. K5 – check out their bamboosk8 decks with a rasta-inspired logo.
K-Five Quality Boarding Equipment
280 N. El Camino Real
Encinitas, California 92024
760.436.6613
http://www.k5.com
K-Five Quality Boarding Equipment
12630 Poway Rd.
Poway, California 92064
858.679.6822
http://www.k5.com
BambooSK8 joins Vans Warped Tour 2010
Monday, May 24th, 2010BambooSK8 is super stoked to join the Vans Warped Tour this summer. Please make sure you stop by and visit the Concrete Wave booth where we will be featured with a few other great brands and non-profits. Concrete Wave has introduced the “passport” program for the tour so make sure you get your passport and get it stamped. We will be giving out free stickers, green washed ritual music cards for 20 free songs, bamboo shirts and bamboo skate decks.
We are looking for serious fans of our brand to help out if possible. You will be responsible for purchasing your own ticket (sorry we only get a few tickets ourselves) but once in, you can help pass goodies out at the booth. Geoff and Wyatt will most definitely be at the California dates so stop by and say hello!!!
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Fri | 06/25/10 | Home Depot Center | Carson, CA | 326 | Buy Tickets |
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Sat | 06/26/10 | Shoreline Amphitheatre | Mountain View, CA | 258 | Buy Tickets |
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Sun | 06/27/10 | Ventura Country Fairground At Seaside Park | Ventura, CA | 188 | Buy Tickets |
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Tue | 06/29/10 | Cricket Pavilion | Phoenix, AZ | 221 | Buy Tickets |
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Wed | 06/30/10 | N.M.S.U. Practice Field | Las Cruces, NM | 149 | Buy Tickets |
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Thu | 07/01/10 | AT&T Center | San Antonio, TX | 174 | Buy Tickets |
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Fri | 07/02/10 | The Showgrounds At Sam Houston Race Park | Houston, TX | 270 | Buy Tickets |
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Sat | 07/03/10 | Superpages.com Center | Dallas, TX | 328 | Buy Tickets |
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Mon | 07/05/10 | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater | St.Louis, MO | 238 | Buy Tickets |
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Tue | 07/06/10 | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre | Indianapolis, IN | 214 | Buy Tickets |
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Wed | 07/07/10 | First Niagara Pavilion | Burgettstown, PA | 246 | Buy Tickets |
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Thu | 07/08/10 | Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre | Cleveland, OH | 251 | Buy Tickets |
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Fri | 07/09/10 | Arrow Hall | Toronto, ON | 187 | Buy Tickets |
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Sat | 07/10/10 | Parc Jean Drapeau | Montreal, QC | 154 | Buy Tickets |
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Sun | 07/11/10 | Comcast Theater | Hartford, CT | 182 | Buy Tickets |
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Tue | 07/13/10 | Comcast Center | Mansfield, MA | 385 | Buy Tickets |
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Wed | 07/14/10 | Darien Lake P.A.C. | Darien Center, NY | 236 | Buy Tickets |
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Thu | 07/15/10 | Toyota Pavilion | Scranton, PA | 197 | Buy Tickets |
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Fri | 07/16/10 | Susquehanna Bank Center | Camden, NJ | 189 | Buy Tickets |
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Sat | 07/17/10 | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Uniondale, NY | 250 | Buy Tickets |
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Sun | 07/18/10 | Monmouth Park Racetrack | Oceanport, NJ | 161 | Buy Tickets |
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Tue | 07/20/10 | Merriweather Post Pavilion | Columbia, MD | 201 | Buy Tickets |
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Wed | 07/21/10 | Virginia Beach Amphitheatre | Virginia Beach, VA | 219 | Buy Tickets |
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Thu | 07/22/10 | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | 309 | Buy Tickets |
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Fri | 07/23/10 | Vinoy Park | St. Petersburg, FL | 171 | Buy Tickets |
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Sat | 07/24/10 | Cruzan Amphitheater | West Palm Beach, FL | 248 | Buy Tickets |
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Sun | 07/25/10 | Firestone Amphitheatre @ The Lot | Orlando, FL | 276 | Buy Tickets |
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Mon | 07/26/10 | Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood | Atlanta, GA | 296 | Buy Tickets |
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Wed | 07/28/10 | Riverbend Music Center | Cincinnati, OH | 260 | Buy Tickets |
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Thu | 07/29/10 | Marcus Amphitheater | Milwaukee, WI | 184 | Buy Tickets |
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Fri | 07/30/10 | Comerica Park | Detroit, MI | 269 | Buy Tickets |
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Sat | 07/31/10 | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre | Tinley Park, IL | 366 | Buy Tickets |
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Sun | 08/01/10 | Canterbury Park | Shakopee, MN | 238 | Buy Tickets |
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Mon | 08/02/10 | Sandstone Amphitheatre | Bonner Springs, KS | 150 | Buy Tickets |
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Thu | 08/05/10 | Northlands Grounds | Edmonton, AB | 147 | Buy Tickets |
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Sat | 08/07/10 | Utah State Fairgrounds | Salt Lake City, UT | 107 | Buy Tickets |
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Sun | 08/08/10 | Invesco Field | Denver, CO | 201 | Buy Tickets |
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Tue | 08/10/10 | Cricket Amphitheatre | San Diego, CA | 258 | Buy Tickets |
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Wed | 08/11/10 | Pomona Fairplex | Pomona, CA | 215 | Buy Tickets |
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Thu | 08/12/10 | Sleep Train Amphitheatre | Marysville, CA | 149 | Buy Tickets |
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Fri | 08/13/10 | Idaho Center Amphitheatre | Nampa, ID | 60 | Buy Tickets |
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Sat | 08/14/10 | Gorge Amphitheater | George, WA | 219 | Buy Tickets |
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Sun | 08/15/10 | Washington County Fairgrounds | Hillsboro, OR | 183 | Buy Tickets |
To learn more – visit www.vanswarpedtour.com
Funny bamboosk8 skateboard video unboxing from Trevor
Friday, May 21st, 2010Bamboo vs. Maple on grindtv – Spiral Threads (Ireland)
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010http://www.grindtv.com/skate/video/bamboo_vs_maple_skateboard_stress_experiment/#51629
These are bamboosk8 bamboo decks – sold to Spiral Threads in 2009. If you are in Europe – hit them up.
new locker/cruizer octobomb deck + short deck octobomb
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010-
- Octobomb w/clear grip
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- Octobomb locker/cruizer
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- Octobomb striped top
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- Octobomb short deck
SHOP PRE-BOOKING NOW!!
9.25″ x 31.5″ locker/cruizer longboard “octobomb” made from bamboo featuring a Japanese octopus with polynesian styled body, designed by Los Angeles artist D. Leamon.
BambooSK8 offers 2 versions – A. alternating bamboo vertical top or B. clear natural vertical bamboo top; both with bamboosk8 logo on the nose; deck has a surf-inspired kick tail. We also have the decks without the graphics.
Available mid-June, along with completes featuring Randall trucks + high-quality custom wheels; shop pre-booking now!!!
Also available in 7.5, 7.75, 8, 8.25 and 8.5″ – decks will be available mid-June; shop pre-booking now!!
BambooSK8 at Nickelodean TV land awards celebrity gift event
Friday, April 23rd, 2010BambooSK8 was proud to be a part of the 2010 Nickelodean TV land awards celebrity event this past Saturday in Hollywood/Studio City. Photos coming soon of celebrities and their families learning about BambooSK8′s sustainable bamboo skateboards. The highlight was most definitely when the lightbulbs went off in peoples heads recognizing exactly the infuence that we are making on a new generation of skateboarders in the paradigm shift from maple deforestation to sustainable bamboo. A few of the celeb’s took a moment to just simply say “thank you” which was very kind. Look for photos of the celebrities with their kids skating a bamboo skateboard.
European bamboo skateboards
Friday, April 23rd, 2010-
- Sutsu leaf (United Kingdom)
We would like to extend our gratitude to Sutsu in the United Kingdom for the variety of great ecological responsibilty skateboard graphics they provide. Also, we would like to thank Impress Design from France who also puts out some great graphics with a sustainability focus. For those of you in Europe that skate, hit these guys up and show your support of their bamboosk8 manufactured bamboo skateboards.
Sutsu Ltd.
United Kingdom
http://www.sutsu.com
Impress Design
France
+ 33 (0)6 09 96 55 78
http://impress-concept-design.fr.gd
Coachella – what skateboarders want to go with BambooSK8?
Friday, April 9th, 2010BambooSK8 is heading out to the Indio desert on April 17th, Saturday to see some great music, art and culture at the coachella music festival. This is a great experience for people of all ages. Anyone who wants to join us, let us know by emailing @ our contact form; we encourage carpooling. We would skate there but its like 2 hours and it’s really hot; so bring your sunscreen, a hat, and lots of money so you can buy us some food.
Bamboosk8 featured in transworld biz
Monday, March 8th, 2010http://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.
BambooSK8 featured in the GREEN GUIDE NETWORK
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Twitter Tuesdays with Dr. Bamboo
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Dr. 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.
bamboosk8 ad on rerip.com
Thursday, November 5th, 2009http://www.rerip.com/
BambooSK8 philanthropy/charity
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009-
- Skaters in Nicaragua
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 – Saturday November 14th
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
New York freestyle skate and bmx jam
Endless Summer benefit for Ecofficiency.org
Friday, October 16th, 2009Green 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!!
Check us out in Europe at gillout.com
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009We at BambooSK8 have permission for all of you to leave positive comments on their website.
Beverly Hills 90210 Tony Hawk Charity event
Monday, October 12th, 2009-
- Tony Hawk
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- Johnny Knoxville
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- Tommy Lee – Motley Crue
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- Geoff Koboldt
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- Tom Green
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- Etty and Perry Farrell (Janes Addiction)
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- Big Black
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- Chuck Liddell (UFC)
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- Tom Delonge of Blink 182
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- Tony Hawk
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- Kevin Stabb
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- Travis Barker
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- Blink 182, Vern mini-me Troyer, Tony Hawk
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- Vern “mini me” Troyer
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- Ron Burkle’s Billionaire estate
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- Ponch from CHIPs (Erik Estrada)
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- TK – Terry Kennedy
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
Venice Beach new skate park – 10/3/9
Thursday, October 8th, 2009New 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!
BambooSK8 visits local Venice school
Monday, September 28th, 2009I 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.
BambooSK8 on FOX news – from ASR trade show about green companies
Friday, September 11th, 2009Tony Hawk Charity Event Beverly Hills – please help donate now
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Friends/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.
ASR – September 10-12th – San Diego
Thursday, August 27th, 2009BambooSK8 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).
Leave a positive comment at skateboardworks.com if you truly own a bamboosk8 deck
Sunday, August 16th, 2009http://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!
X-games 15, Staples Center Mega Ramp and X-games 3D movie
Friday, July 31st, 2009
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
X-games + Group Y
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009BambooSK8 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;
Maloof Money Cup – Orange County, CA – 7/12/9
Monday, July 13th, 2009BambooSK8 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!
I’m on a boat!!
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009BambooSK8 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
Visit our interns page and learn all about the internship program
Thursday, June 18th, 2009congrats to krystie our former Australian intern
Saturday, June 13th, 2009After 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
June 6th – ASEC event w/ Bamboosk8 – Huntington Beach
Thursday, June 4th, 2009WWW.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
GO SKATEBOARDING DAY
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Where will you be June 21st – GO skateboarding day? You’ll find bamboosk8 on the streets…
Action Sports Environmental Coalition
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009BambooSK8 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
Bamboosk8 visits worlds largest skatepark in Shanghai, CHINA
Friday, May 15th, 2009Last 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?
Pepperdine University’s Running the Malibu Waves w/bamboosk8
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
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.
University of Oregon – digital arts/new media with bamboosk8 decks
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009http://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…
clash at clairemont skatepark pacsun demo
Sunday, March 15th, 2009What 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.
clash at clairemont contest – bamboosk8
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
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.
Loopd Eco Tribe Skater Tyler Streetman with his own ad
Friday, February 27th, 2009Thank you to Loopd BambooSK8 Eco Tribe skater Tyler for being creative and promoting bamboo…
Loopd sponsorship – ECO TRIBE
Saturday, February 21st, 2009BambooSK8 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.
BambooSK8 intern article in Concrete Wave
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009http://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.
Action Sports Retail – BambooSK8 in ASEC GREEN ROOM
Friday, January 30th, 2009
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.
GO GREEN LOS ANGELES EXPO
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
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”
Blackbox Distribution Crossroads retail show
Saturday, January 17th, 2009You 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
Join the ECO-TRIBE on LOOPD.com
Friday, December 26th, 2008BambooSK8 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).
ASEC event – Huntington Beach – 12/6/8
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
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.
Bamboosk8 featured on malakye.com company Q&A
Monday, December 1st, 2008http://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.
More posts about bamboosk8 from around the world – thank you!
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008http://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
YRB Yellow Rat Bastard – How you Rock it LA – 11/20/8
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008BambooSK8 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
Inhabitat article about bamboosk8 – 11/18/8
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008http://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.
Slug magazine review of bamboosk8 deck – November 2008
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008http://www.slugmag.com/article/1493/Product-Reviews.html
Thanks to Slug magazine for their great write-up on our 100% bamboo skateboards.
Store 13 goes bamboo with release party
Monday, November 17th, 2008
C.A.S.L. – 1st place Northern Cal
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Congrats 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!!
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