In the world of snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing, and other extreme sports there are the athletes, those who put it all on the line in front of the lens. Often times though we forget about the many hard working photographers and filmers behind those lenses. They sit or stand for hours on end, constantly moving just to get the right shot, just to get the right angle. Even once they get the shot thats not even the end of hard work. After that its time to move to the editing room where hours are spent slaving over thousands of photos and hours upon hours of video that usually end up on the cutting room floor. These dedicated poeple give their all, and not even to have their OWN pictures and videos up in lights. Well this guy right here, happens to be a different story. Daniel Gardiner, a truely dedicated filmer, and one of the best shredders around. He holds it down both behind the camera, and infront of the filmer, just enjoy this short edit from Shred Camp 2011 and find out where Jed Anderson got his style from…
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
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!
This Friday June 3rd make sure you are at the Pioneer Park at 4pm! For those who missed it last time there will be a free BBQ, tons of CIRCA swag thrown out as prizes for best trick on all your favourite park features. Whether you are only just rolling on your first board or looking to get sponsored get down and get involved in the second of our bi-weekly skate jam series… See you there… AG
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
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.
Cameron Aldoff is a local kid making big impressions with his stills. Enjoy the photos and expect more over the long summer of skate ahead…
Chase front 180 switch nose manual fakie back one out
Chase backside 180
Jarred 5-0
Kaiden front lip
With summer just around the corner, school nearly done and days getting longer, expect to see Cam and the AG skate team killing it. Drop by AG to check out the new AG shop decks, the new Instrumental decks and a store full of summer’s finest clothes, shoes and so much more. 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
Thanks for checking us out! Alternative Groove, or AG as we are known by our friends, is a Vancouver Island shred shop located in Nanaimo, BC. We've been around for over a decade stoking people out on surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding at a grass roots level.
We love the fact that we get to support the best brands on earth, including local and up incoming brands! We're also not limited to so-called board sports, we have a rad selection of casual shoes, clothes and sunglasses as well.
Hours
Mon - Wed 10 am - 6 pm
Thurs - Fri 10 am - 8 pm
Sat 10 am - 6 pm
Sun 11 am - 5 pm
201-6750 Island Hwy North
Nanaimo, BC Canada V9V 1S3
