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.
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.
http://www.rerip.com/
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
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
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!
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.
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!
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
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
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
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
Where will you be June 21st – GO skateboarding day? You’ll find bamboosk8 on the streets…
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
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?
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.
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
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).
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
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.
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 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
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
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