Hello fellow skateboarders,
Tofino Parks & Rec are hosting their 7th annual skate comp. Find your way up the town of Tofino Friday, July 1st and enter yourself in this breath-taking event. Tons of prizes will be given out, music, beer gardens for you older folks, a best trick contest, and fireworks to end the day. So come hang out and play with skateboards, any further questions seek answers on their facebook page!!http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=161606407238473
hollllllllllllllllllllllaaaa tron!
Beleive it or not kids, jt has strayed away from his professional facebook career latley and actually started heading back to the park. His likes, pokes and tags are getting replaced with boned out ollies, highfives from chase and ass taps from kaden. Seriously though, JT’ been killing it these days. So hard hes now getting CIRCA flow! Skating along side island og’s Matt Howell and Brandon Sorrows.
C1RCA is a super sick shoe company and they are lucky to have JT on the team! So next time you see JT at the park, punch him in the balls and say congrats!
Next time you’re in the park and you see Chase ask him. I know there are a million reasons why he has been smiling a lot recently. For one school holidays are coming and with those comes a Summer away from responsibilities like homework and making it to class. Other than this though. He’s skating better than ever, traveling to see his favourite skaters in Seattle and Vancouver. All good reasons to be stoked. Sometimes to find the answer you need to start at the very bottom and work up. So next time you see Chase look at his feet. On these you will find the very latest offerings from the latest addition to the Alternative Groove shoe wall, Converse Cons.
While Converse has always been synonymous with skate, in their Cons line they have taken this to the next level. Designed by skaters, for skaters is an overused line in the marketing world, but with what Cons are doing with splitting their skate line from their mainstream shoe line you will find everything you need for your Summer skate shoe, and nothing you don’t want, or like.
Come check them out in store and if you don’t know or aren’t sure, ask the always smiling Cons flow team rider Chase about his shoe of choice… AG
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Spend a day with yourself. I mean it, spend an entire day with just yourself. What would you do?…
When we are on our own we are unashamedly passionate. Our inner voice becomes the only voice that matters and with it we can scream. There are very few people that ride a tandem bike for pleasure and there are reasons behind this. When you are at your most expressive, your actions are dictated by your innate instincts rather than by your learned reactions to situations. You are in the truest meaning of the word; free.
This is what I believe creates our inner drive for the sports we are passionate about. The reality of our lives dictates that we are seldom given the liberty of being alone and able to do as we please without fear of the consequences of our actions on others. When we surf, ride, slide, (insert sport of choice) we live in the moment as individuals. While riding with friends we can feel completely alone and in a way so refreshing and enriching that we are treated to moments where there are no wrong answers.
Make the time, grab your gear and enjoy…. AG
Shop decks have landed here at AG. Two sick new 309 designs boards. This year’s deck has all the pop of last year plus the missing secret ingredient that will make this year’s deck the best decision you will make all summer….. For those of you that have been waiting, not only did our shop decks arrive but the epic new offerings from our friends at Instrumental. We have the full Lurk series ready for you and the ever classy Instrumental originals…. AG
The AG skate team is killing it already this Spring and the boys are getting recognized. DVS and sister company Lakai wanted a kid on the streets of Nanaimo in recognition of the sick skate scene here in town. AG has been the home of Lakai, DVS and Matix in Nanaimo for a long time now so our friends came to see us and one conversation on the DVS bench later, they had the name Kaden Martin ringing in their ears. Watch the guy for 5 minutes and you see why they are so pumped to be involved with him. Kaden and the boys are working hard on pumping out some sick new footage so check back to see Nanaimo’s only Lakai, DVS and Matix skater getting it done… AG
The sun is shining, the park is dry and Chase Torrie is shredding for Cons. As Spring firmly plants itself on the Island, AG team rider Chase is stoked about his new Cons Pappalardo OX shoes. “They’re really nice and they skate real good” says Chase, and with more deliveries dropping at the store every day come in and grab a set before you head to the park, hit the streets or go rip the bowl. This kid is set for big things and AG is stoked to support him all the way. A big thanks and shout out to our friends at Cons for making this happen. Check in regularly to see footage, results and photos as Summer unfolds…
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Photo Luke Connor
To choose your Cons come by the store or check out the site and give us a call. 250 3907433 http://www.converseskateboarding.com/
How many people can look out of their window and see what we see? Drive down the Island Highway and you have so many constant reminders that where we live is different. I’m not talking here about the license plate in front of you with the marketing catchphrase “The most beautiful place on earth” staring back at you. But, stop and think about it and there is some weight behind that.
Take an average day in the store at AG, we check the snow report at Mt Washington and look to see not if it has snowed, but how much. To see if that record snow year is in sight or if it is just another run of the mill 5 metre plus season. We talk to customers about where to surf on either coast, seeing the surprise and delight that first time a person realizes that they can surf on the South Island, or that there is a place nearby, by the point, where the wind hits…. you know the rest. It is amazing to hear the stories from some epic session where the snow was falling but the waves were the best they’ve ever been, listening to the excitement in the customer’s voice about how the next storm set is shaping up to provide something even better.
You begin to realise that we don’t have to wait.
Last night after work I drove over to Doumont and for an hour as the dark came ever closer I squeezed in just one more trail over and over again. Soaking wet, tired and oh so stoked I climbed back into my truck enjoying how good it felt to be riding in March.
More and more it seems that the Island does not seem to get bogged down and restrained by the constraints of the ‘real world’. If there isn’s deep snow to ride, a wave to surf, a trail to ride. Go take advantage of one of the other amazing options we have here for a day or two, as conditions will change, and your passion will be able to be sated again. Until then think of the skate kids among us, sun, rain or snow, they are waiting for their chance. If they are not at the Park, you can be sure they’re on our couch watching videos until the pavement dries.
As a guy from a long way away who has made this Island home, where we live is pretty special, and the things we see and can do… priceless.
