Archive for April, 2007

May Giveaway - Win 5 Alive Series Decks

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Here is how to qualify - Good Luck..

Alive Series GiveAway

Aaron Chang & Grant Brittain Slide Show

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

For more information go to J. Grant Brittain’s site.

Basic Bowl Contest 2007

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

Photos: Evan Hortter
Video: Chris Stupp / Edited By: Mike Hirsch

This Is Not A  Basic Bowl Article

So the annual Basic Bowl contest went down in Huntington Beach, CA last Saturday April 21st and once again I get to miss the annual contest. I did however get to watch a killer Bratz DVD with my 8 year old daughter Gabriella. There was a great scene in the DVD where one of the Bratz “Cat” picked up a skunk and thought it was a cat. I tell you once she realized it was a skunk the skunk sensed her fear and you know what happened next. Heavy….

Chris Hamrock - Photo Evan Hortter Basic Bowl 2007
Chris Hamrock Getting It Done

Luckily we had a crew at the event shredding the pool and getting coverage of the contest. After editing over an hour of video from the contest I do feel like I was there and hopefully you will get a good feel for what went down at the Basic Bowl in 2007. Congratulations to our very own SoCalSkateShop team riders Andrew Miller for taking 3rd place in the Sponsored Am Division and to Nolan Johnson for taking 2nd in the Pro Division - $200 bucks buys alot of candy Nolan.

Punker John - Photo Evan Hortter Basic Bowl 2007
Punker John Always On Edge

Check the media coverage we have from the contest with more to be added over the next week. Some serious ripping by the Cohort Crew, Jake Piasecki, Chris Hamrock, some ripping Ams….. Full Results to be posted soon

View The Basic Bowl 2007 Photo Gallery 

View The Basic Bowl 2007 Video
(Video Size: 136mb/Length 12:30)

So while the crew was getting down at Basic I was snuggled up with my daughter watching Bratz DVDs - she is a sweetheart!  This is not a Basic Bowl Article. Enjoy. MH

….A Special Thanks to the Basic Bowl crew for once again throwing down a killer event and to Jay Smiledge, Ray Zimmerman, and the rest of the crew for bailing out the pool so this contest could go down…..

Getting Ready for the Protec Pool Party 2007

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

The 3rd Annual Protec Pool Party will take place Saturday May 14th 2007 at the Vans Skatepark at the Block of Orange.  Check out our complete Video and Photo coverage of last years event here . This year is sure to be just as amazing of an event as it has been for the past few years.

NOTE: The Combi-Bowl will be closed from Monday April 9th thru Monday April 16th for an acid bath and the installation of new coping..