Aus den USA haben uns heute ausführliche News von Almost, Enjoi, Blind,Darkstar, Tensor und Speed Demons erreicht. Leser der erstenStunde werden sich erinnern, dass wir solche "Newspakete" immer übersetzt haben, doch leider sind die fetten Jahre vorbei und es gibt nur noch den englischen Text mit ein paar deutschen Sätzen.
Round 4 ist in Arbeit, ob es wieder ein "Kampf" zwischen Daewon Song und Rodney Mullen geben wird? Chris Haslam ist in Europa auf Independent Tour – Greg Lutzka hat seinen Globe Part fertig gefilmt – Jerry Hsu kämpft immer noch mit Schmerzen und wird wohl bald eine OP sich "gönnen" und Danny Ways Arzt um Hilfe bitten – Caswell Berry bekommt auf Osiris ein Pro Model – Wieger Van Wageningen kümmert sich in Eindhoven um seine erste Wohnung – Darkstar filmt vllt. für ein neues Video – Chris Oliver von Blind Europe hat die englischen Meisterschaften gewonnen –
ALMOST
Chris Haslam was off again, after just returning home from Japan. He's been mashing around Europe with the Independent Team to clock footage and wreak havoc on some guaranteed unnatural terrain. He returns to the States for only a brief eight hours and then boards a flight to Hawaii to get lay'd with the rest of the DaKine backpack Team.
Torey Pudwill has been working on wrapping up his Skateboard Mag Interview and is immediately there after embarking on a mission to begin work on a highly anticipated THRASHER Pro Interview while simultaneously stacking footage for the almost Video.
Also be on the lookout for Tory and the Matix Team on an upcoming Europe Tour. Oct. 8-24 Matix EUROPE TOUR – London, Paris, Lyon, Barcelona.
Lewis Marnell is patiently awaiting VISA approval in order to get back to the States to bang out some interviews and footage. Look out for the next Kingpin with a full blown Lewis interview. The kid left a trail of coverage on his brief stay in Europe last time.
Cooper Wilt has been holding it down in San Pedro at the infamous Sunken City Ramp. Cooper just had an Interview in the latest issue of SLAP – on shelves right now.
Greg Lutzka is happy to say that he has wrapped up his Globe UBF part and is patiently waiting for the Premiere to Go Down! Other than that it's business as usual and all of the guys are grinding away, trying to keep up with Daewon for the right to bear the winning title to what some may refer to as Round 4?
Daewon Song is on FIRE! Literally. Since acquiring his latest wheel sponsor, Daewon decided to have their logo permanently attached to his person, the only stipulation being that it had to have an asian feel, hence the slanted eyes.
Rodney has been checking off tricks on his Directionally Challenged list in an effort to bring you the Grade A level of skateboarding that we have all become accustom to. His new format and style are blowing minds all around the southern half of CA.
www.almostawebsite.com
ENJOI
Jerry Hsu is in remission all month long. He has been battling with some injuries that are seemingly never willing to give him a rest. He is considering getting some orthoscopic Surgery if the pain continues to persist. Never fear because Jer has taken all the necessary precautions to ensure he is back on deck at Full Speed. One way of ensuring that is by hiring out Danny Way's Doctor for medical advice and Physical Therapy.
Caswell Berry has a Pro Shoe for Osiris coming soon! Keep them eyes peeled or plucked or waxed or whatever it is you do. Nice Brows by the way.
Jose Rojo is rocking some new shoes and is making his debut in Japan this month! All star squad is all I can say about that. Is there talk about a Pro board coming soon? Huh…
Cairo Foster is also in Japan but he will be spending his time with the ever artsy RVCA clothing brand. Oh, and don't forget to ask him about his Signature Krux he's been working on, maybe you want to refer the ancient Egyptians on this one.
Louie Barletta is skating his mini rampo in his backyard and shooting photos of others as we speak! He's getting radical with the Ezekiel team this month… I'm sure you'll see the action on some skate blog soon.
Nestor is getting it done in Berlin! When he returns he'll be on a couch surfing expedition until he can find a place to lay down his hat.
Simo has healed from an annoying heel bruise and is killing it in Finland after some time in the Volcom flat in Bilbao, Spain.
Wieger Van Wageningen is in Eindhoven working at a snail's pace in order to purchase his first flat. Other than that the ginger wiener is heading to Kazakhstan with some Nike SB dudes. Damn. Good luck buddy and see you in a month.
www.enjoico.com
DARKSTAR
Machnau, Paul Trep, and Ryan Decenzo have been in Toronto for about a week on a Darkstar filming mission. Word is they got 7 minutes of footy in 5 days. But what are the dudes filming for? New Darkstar video? Terell's got a full blown Pro Interview on the November Skateboarder! Darkstar AM Nick Fiorini has a little write up on the SLAP site.
Adam Dyet is in Utah on a filming mission. PLG is chilling after his 2nd place finish at the Dew cup finals in Utah last week. Congrats PLG!
On the product side, DARKSTAR is introducing SPEED PLUS – the highest quality wheels that have ever been made! We're talking about our finest quality master urethane out there. Highest rebound, maximum speed, no flatspots Guaranteed! All sizes 50-55mm available. Go get some!
www.darkstarwood.com
BLIND
Morgan Smith has been in California for the last two weeks filming for the new BLIND video. Also, he's got a full interview in the new SBC magazine. Grant Patterson has also been in Cali for the past moth filming for BLIND and CIRCA. James Craig is re-cooping his broken arm. Get well soon homie. Duncombe has been at home in Australia killing it and getting in some much needed family time. Jani spent some time in Finland before flying back to Barcelona as the weather got cold. He's soon off to Cali again to the G vs R and the Vans Showdown. The rest of the team has been filming for the new Blind video which is turning into an epic.
Blind EU ripper Chris Oliver keeps killing it. The dude won the UK Champs – hailed the best UK comp since the Radland days – now Chris is off to the Adrenalin Games in Moscow – a comp that should be huge with national TV and all. The Russians are deep and heavy into skateboarding these days. And yeah, Sam Beckett won the UK vert series so that one was a clean sweep for the Blind guys.
It's good to see the Frenchman Dany Hamard healthy and back on the board 100%. Dany is just amazing on the wooden toy. See Raph Brunis in Globe's "Street Video Challenge" shot and edited in six days in Montpellier, South of France. At the moment the whole EU team is shooting for the Euro part for the upcoming Blind video.
www.blindskateboards.com
TENSOR
Look out for the new psychedelic Jake Duncombe Response Pro Truck dropping soon.
www.tensortrucks.com
