Store Wars Winner – AXIS Boutique

Nov 14,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

ell, the winner has been announced for the 2012 Store Wars Video Contest. Axis Boutique from Laval, Quebec has come through as the Champs taking home a huge Prize Package containing:

an electronics prize pack valued at $5,000
a compilation shoe with Circa
an Ad & Video Profile with Push.ca
editorial coverage & ads in Concrete Skateboarding Magazine
and custom Skullcandy Headphones

Not bad, eh?

Their video proved to be the most popular amongst the voters and when you watch it you will see why. A lot of hard work went into this edit with tough spots, sick tricks, and solid editing.

Good Job Guys!!

Click the link to check out the full story and watch the vid

http://www.concreteskateboarding.com/?p=22002

When The Rain Don’t Stop

Nov 13,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

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Here’s a quick video from Have 2 Skate Shop Owner Sebastien Fez Tellez just reminding people that even when it’s raining there are still lots of places to skateboard. There’s underground parkades, baseball dugouts, covered ramps, and even inside the shop. When the rain don’t stop, avoid it.

Check out some of the boys rippin’ it up: Brad Muscat, Hippie Mike, Jaden Easton-Ellett, Travis Emerson,, Justin Lawson, Noah Eastwood & Kyle Ensor – simply named “Autumn Rain”

A Day to Remember

Nov 12,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

With today being a day to reminisce I would like to pay tribute to some of the local skaters who were my friends who we have lost over the years and we all miss every day:

Major Dave, Rachel Hunter, both just uncalled for tragic losses to the skateboard community.

Lee Matasi, chased down by an ignorant kid with a gun in 2005 and shot in the head on the streets.

Chris Whitmee, hit by a random bullet in a public washroom. The guy it was meant for took 5 shots and is still alive.

Josh Evin, tragic motorcycle accident.

And Don Hartley, The Mad Carver, a solid face to face collision with one of his best friends during a Bowl Series Contest at Seylynn Park.

These are just to name a few, and unfortunately I’m sure I missed some people.

All these people were great influences on us in many ways, when they were living, and even after we lost them. And they all shared a passion for skateboarding, a passion for friendship, and a passion for Freedom.

We pay our tributes on this Day of Remembrance

Major Dave Rest In Peace

Carver Don Hartley Rest In Peace

Josh Evin – Video by Premium Skateboards

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Kaelen’s 1st Skateboard Demo – with Ryan Brynelson

Nov 10,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

Kaelen Faux loves skateboarding, which was pretty much inevitable since both me (Hippie Mike) and mom (Carrie Williams) are skateboarders for life. It’s Kaelen’s 3^rd birthday on Sunday, November 11^th and I asked him if he wanted me to get a Clown to show up at his Daycare on Friday, and he said he wanted Ryan Brynelson to come instead and do a Freestyle Demo for all his classmates. I talked to Ryan and of course he was down. Kaelen really loves watching Ryan skate and I figured this might be a great opportunity for Kaelen to join in to the Demo and show off some of his skills in front of all his friends that know absolutely nothing about skateboarding. And so it happened. Everyone was super stoked!

Here it is – Kaelen Faux’s 1^st Skateboard Demo – with his idol, Ryan Brynelson

Ethan Craig – Lovin’ the Hi-8

Nov 10,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

Here’s another stylish video from Ethan Craig filmed all in the month of October completely on a Hi-8 Camera. It’s pretty long but worth a watch, not for the tricks necessarily, or even for all the rippers that are featured in it – Ryley Antoniuk, Gabe Dinorscio, Giet Rolan, Joe Buffalo, Hideki Ishii. Michael Ray, Ryan Lepore, Taylor Senft, Zach Barton, Mike Campbell, Mike Graveline, Adam Hopkins and Many More. But like I said, this video isn’t about who’s in it, it’s about a guy who loves to film, and loves to edit and it shows. You can really see the premeditated visuals that Ethan carries around in his head prior to going out filming by all the fillers, funky angles and intro shots throughout the video. These are the shots that most people think of after the fact while they’re editing their footage and seeing the backgrounds at spots, where Ethan is seeing it as it happens, and in a way, showing up prepared for it.

It’s a fun video, lots of creative spots in ditches and on the back roads of North Van, at the ramp downtown, and of course at Leeside, and it brings back memories while you watch that old crackly style Hi-8 Footage of how skateboarding used to be when I was young…

Grab a snack and sit down for 20 minutes, and enjoy the show

REC CTRL

Protest Team Profiles

Nov 8,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

We finally have the Protest Team Rider Profiles up and running on the site. Now you can follow your favourite Protest Riders without having to search through the entire site. With 12 people on the team there’s always lots of content going up on the site. Just click on the Team Riders Section at the top of the page and pick the one you want to see. All news, videos and events that related to that person should be in there. The photo galleries are available for most people so far and we will be constantly adding more photos so they will be updated.

Support your local Skateboarders

North Delta Halloween Jam

Nov 6,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

Okay here’s the footage from the Halloween Jam that was held at North Delta Park on October 28^th. Put on by Street Dreamz and Coastal Riders, it was bound for success and everyone had a good time skating obstacles for prizes. Lots of solid tricks go down in this video made by AdamLudwiczak including some rare rail tricks by myself.

Or is that the real Hippie Mike or not?

and where the heck was Fighter that day??

and who was that caveman riding that 2×4 skateboard???

Guess you’ll have to watch to find out…

Win a Kilian Martin Powell-Peralta Deck

Nov 1,2012 / By Hippie Mike / 1 Comment

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Kilian Martin – proclaimed to be the next “Best Skateboarder in the World” has recently introduced his new Pro-model Deck from Powell Peralta. Kilian is an extremely unique skateboarder who focuses mainly on Freestyle, but following the footsteps of Rodney Mullen, he blends his Freestyle Skateboarding into Street Skating and literally annihilates everything in sight. Here’s a video where Kilian discusses how he got into skateboarding, what his biggest influences are, and how he would be lost without the world he lives in right now. Check out the video, and then click the link below to enter a contest where you could win a signature model of his new deck.

Win a Kilian Martin Deck

http://bit.ly/ride-powell-peralta-giveaway

You can enter up to November 13^th, and the winner will be announced on November 19^th

Extreme Sports Skateboarding

Halloween War Zone

Nov 1,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

Another chaotic Leeside Halloween, every year seems to get crazier and crazier. This year was definitely the most hardcore indoor fireworks display of all time. We didn’t show up till after 9:00 and it was already full blown warfare. The costumes were solid, the skating was lean and mean, and the air was filled with smoke. There was so much smoke in the tunnel that you had to go outside for a cigarette.

It was tough to get a skate in because the obstacles were all getting dewey from all the moisture in the air, plus the ashes and soot from all the firecrackers and flares were covering the surfaces of the ramps. The ground was dirty and wet from everyone tracking mud through on their shoes, and the echo of explosions throughout the whole place was deafening to the ears. But people were still skating, and lots of footage was created by multiple videographers which I’m sure will be putting out there videos very soon. The big session was on the 8′ quarter straight off the tip of the dick. I 5-0 pick turned the coping on my 2×4 board, Fighter hit the Judo Blunt 180, and Adam Hopkins put on a long demo for the crowd.

It was definitely chaotic, but really just another Leeside Halloween.

Until next year…

Hype Juice 2012

Oct 30,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

Protest Skateboards Filmer Jordan Strong put out this little teaser video strictly named “2012” portraying the chaotic times he had over this past summer going out with all his friends and gettin’ clips. There’s a lot more of the chaos displayed than the skating, but that’s okay, that’s the life he chose. Featuring all the Surrey Loc’s like Calvin Dignard, Dale Kind, Mitch Salter, Ryan Barron, Jay Mykyte, Andy Anderson, Brad “Fighter” Muscat, Jordan Strong and more. Check it out

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