Ryan Kingman in Trajectory @ The Berrics

Haven't visited The Berrics website for a while and was pleasantly surprised when I clicked today and saw that there was a Trajectory feature about Stance, the sock company co-owned by Hawaiian homie Ryan Kingman.

Pretty awesome that this was posted because it was just 3 days ago that I received a fat box of these socks courtesy of the King Man himself, and for that I have to say MAHALO!
So sick.

Anyway, if you didn't know, Kingman recently left his longtime job at Element where he was marketing director and before that team manager so that he could start his own thing and he talks about it here.


Breaking it down for the masses.


Small kine sample of the product.


Kingman putting that shit to work!

Ryan has always gotten much love and props from the braddahs in the Hawaiian skate scene for not only being a true shredder on board, but also as a solid and respected stand-up businessman in the industry.

So rad to see local dudes doing it big in skateboarding whether it's on a board or just straight running their own shit!

Fitted Hawaii/84 Skate/Spitfire Collabo

Local homies Fitted Hawaii and 84 Skate have teamed up with Spitfire and are dropping a 54mm wheel this Friday.



Also on Friday, the two retailers will be releasing a t-shirt that commemorates their collaboration project.



Fitted CEO Cuzzo put this little video together that was shot by Skillet of Chris Kays at the Hickam Hangar rocking the tee and putting the wheels to work.



Also, speaking of your boy Cuzzo, he must have gotten inspired by recently being featured on the Chrome Ball Incident, because he and his skateboard showed up at A'ala Park last night for a little bit of rolling and of course a few cold ones.

Peep his blog post documenting the evening right here, homie is real quick like that with it, and I also gotta throw my man huge shakas and much mahalo for the wheels, you know I gets down with some 54mm Spits!

More Maui

Here's another couple of clips of a Maui dude doing good in the world, in this case Ryan Spencer.

Saw this on the Thrasher site, dope line with a suuuuper nice switch wallride:



Also there's this video that was edited by the chief moke Kale from Moke Life:



In addition it seems that Ryan is now riding for this clothing company called SUPERbrand Apparel , check out his team page here , and if you didn't know this company also has guys like Chris Roberts and John Motta representing them as well.

Maui stays steady killing it, keep it up braddahs!

Rene Matthyssen on The Chrome Ball Incident

Just doing the usual morning pit stop of all the usual websites and lo and behold right there on the best skateboard blog in existence, there's this post featuring our dear friend Rene Matthyssen, a.k.a. Cuzzo from Fitted Hawaii.


I have a lot of Rene's old ads and other photos from mags, but not this one.
HAHAHA, they spelled Kauai KUWAI, I don't remember this being that way.

Anyway, gotta go to work right now but I'm definitely gonna speak on this awesomeness later in detail and post some other flicks that didn't make it into the post.

SUPER stoked to see somebody from Hawaii on Chrome Ball, especially Rene, dude definitely deserves gigantic props for representing the islands to the fullest, what up big Cuzzo!!!

Hawaii Photos From New Nike SB Website

A few posts ago I mentioned that Nike SB had revamped their website and dropped a nice little web clip that featured some of the footage that was shot here in Hawaii when some of their riders visited last November.

Also in that post I included some screen grabs from the footage that featured local spots, and since it was all shot in HD, the stills actually ended up looking pretty decent.

Well, it was brought to my attention recently that now in the team section of the website there are some seriously high quality photos that were shot here during that same trip.

Check out a couple of Grant Taylor:


Pearl City park ollie from QP to QP over the bank, may have already been done years ago by Chris Kays, but still incredibly gnarly.
Also, just an incredible photograph.
Really.


Big ol' frontside air at the new Graveside.
Apparently this thing, much like the original Graveside was, is very difficult to skate but I don't think the same rules apply to guys like this.

Check out the BGP's in that photo too.
Legend shit right there.
Maui legends Chad and Keone?
Yeah, but Steve Olson and Lance Mountain, for realz!

Speaking of Lance Mountain, I'm guessing he didn't have any problems adjusting to the new Graveside either.


Hard to reach frontside with signature steez.

Fuck yeah, Lance Mountain.
Period.

Actually, I have a real quick Lance story from this past trip that made me giggle like a motherfucker when it happened.

On one of the days when the guys were all skating, I met up with Chad, Hartsel, Andy and the whole crew on the North Shore.
After a couple of sessions at the North Shore park, Steve's bowl and Travis's mini ramp were cut short by rain, we all ended up having a nice little BBQ at the super sick beach house that they were renting for the week.

I must say that grillin' and chillin' with the Nike dudes was a pretty cool time but the highlight for me was drinking a beer on the lanai while handling a sausage (yes homo) and looking out at the ocean in one direction and then turning around and looking through the window into the living room and seeing Lance Mountain chilling on the couch in his pajamas watching TV with the remote in his hand.

I mean I been digging this dude since Future Primitive and he's one of the raddest of all time and he's rocking pajamas and watching TV, it was just one of those moments, man I don't know, it made my day.

ANYWAY.
The last one is of Chet Childress at The Manhole, or whatever the fuck you guys might call it.


Whoa, that's definitely a different approach.
Chad said that the guys bought some red spray paint and wrote SLAYER on the wall to make it more interesting but you can't even see it.

Overall I'd say that these all came out super sick and it is always a kick to see Hawaii spots getting some love from the big boys.

Matt Chaffin @ Stoner Plaza in L.A.

Well this dude just keeps on his grind doesn't he?
Homie just got back to L.A. a few days ago after a nice return home for the holidays and now this clip of Matt absolutely destroying the Stoner park has surfaced courtesy of the dudes over at the Autobahn Wheel Company.



Jesus, Shmatty!
Must be nice to have that place as your home park and meetup spot, not to mention be one of the top fucking dogs there.

COT DAMN that boy is good, but you already knew that.
Big ups and huge shakas to Matt for always representing Hawaii to the fullest on the global skateboarding stage.

I've said it before, but this shit we're seeing now from him is only the tip of the iceberg and you will definitely be seeing a lot more from this dude in 2011 and beyond.

Nate Guest: Believe The Hype

Saw this short and sweet clip of Nate Guest today while perusing the Valley Isle's finest skateboard resource center Moke Life, and I must say that this cool little edit is proof positive that Maui don't fuck around when it comes to getting their shred on.





I don't know if this means that Nate is riding for Hype Skateboards or what, but it is always rad to see guys from Hawaii doing it big and getting worldwide recognition for ripping hard.

Also, and maybe it's just me, but doesn't it look like Maui has a lot of good stuff to skate?
It could also be due to the fact that I haven't been there in years, but it seems like every time I see footage from Maui it just looks really fun.

Maybe I'm just bored of all the same spots on this island but I would love to take a Maui trip sometime soon with a bunch of people and have a chance to sample some other shit.

Brah, we go.

Shoots.

Girl Open House 2011 Video

Always a rad event when the Girl/Chocolate family throws their annual open house and warehouse park contest, this year looks like it was no exception.

As usual, my favorite bumbaclot Jordan was there representing with the bullhorn and runnin' shit like always.

Look at this fool!


Jordy's voice is naturally incredible but the effect that a bullhorn has on it is sublime.


Striking a pose with MC and Beebs.


The open house always has some kind of killer background where they position people to take group photos, this year's one was definitely the best one yet.


Look at this thing!
They Photoshopped the Girl dudes into the greatest team photo of all time, check out Koston representing the role of Hartsel!
Anyway, hats off and huge shakas to the creative genius who made this happen.


Just another shot of Jordy and his boss, seriously two of the raddest dudes ever.

Speaking of the warehouse contest though, it is extremely disappointing that this year's event is the first time in recent memory that someone from Hawaii was not entered in the competition, which I guess could be considered a good thing for everyone else because Hawaiians have either won the contest or placed second there every year since 2007.

In case you may have forgotten, Danny Hamaguchi ended up taking second in 2007, Nate Guest finished second in 2008, and Ryan Spencer got second place in 2009 and then won the contest in 2010.

Anyway, there are a couple of videos from the event last week floating around the Internet, this one is from the Crail dudes themselves:



Also, this one is courtesy of Tackyworld.

Hopefully next year Hawaii gets back up in the mix and represents in this contest once again because there are several island rippers that could definitely get busy on that newly revamped transition-friendly setup that they have there.

Hawaiian Footage Featured in "Around The World With Nike SB" Web Video

Just peeped out the newly redesigned website from Nike SB, and much like their shoes, the shit is high tech and incredible.

Oh yes indeedy I am a fucking blatant swoosh disciple, no shame in my game!
I really don't give a rat's butthole about their politics or that sweatshop stigma that they're often associated with, bottom line is that they make great shoes and I have been riding Dunks for 5 or 6 years now and they are without question the most comfortable and easy to skate in shoes I've ever worn.

Also it doesn't hurt that the team manager Andy Henrie is from Hawaii and just so happens to throw a box my way every now and then, huge shout out to the Mad Professor, what up braddah man???

Speaking of Andy, Sergeant Skate is without question the rippingest TM in the industry and worthy of mad salutes and respect because he definitely knows how to keep his troops motivated, which he does by consistently shredding just as hard or often even harder than they do.

I've been lucky enough to be there in person a few times when Andy has brought some of his swoosh soldiers to the islands for a bit of shralping, most recently was a couple of months ago when Daniel Shimizu, Chet Childress, Lance Mountain and Grant Taylor came out for a little R and R mixed in with a bit of movie making with filmer Jason Hernandez.

Now for New Year's Nike has put together a little web video featuring a bunch of clips that were filmed all over the world in 2010, some of which were documented right here on Oahu last November.


What's Crooked Arm doing at the Manana park in Pearl City?


Did Grant Taylor own the North Shore park?


Was Grant going fast at Wallows?


Did this hurt?

Check out this tasty morsel now to find out the answer to these questions and also so you can peep sizzling new footage from Stefan Janoski, Clark Hassler, Daniel Shimizu, Youness Amrani, Lewis Marnell, and Weiger Van Wageningen or however the fuck you say his name:

New Year's Day Wave Action

Surf Nazi?


Nah, more like Bodysurfing Bully!

Bodysurfing is the shit!
Always been a big fan of body whomps since small kid time.

New Year's Day went up to the north shore to meet up with Brian Wyland and his lady friend.

Waves were pretty much typical wintery north shore waves, and by that I mean pretty frickin' big.
Ke'iki beach basically has one of the heaviest shorebreaks on the island, maybe the gnarliest.
I don't know though, Waimea is pretty ridiculous when big but it doesn't break as close to the sand as Ke'ikis and even Sandy's can get super hairy but when Ke'ikis is thumping on a big north swell it is fucking mental.

Anyway, it was doable there and fun for the most part but some of the sets that rolled in were downright devastating and got ducked under with the quickness.
The idea was to wait for the ones that weren't frightening and then jump on those.

Me and B-Dubs got more than our share and also managed to not die.
It was a great day!


Sooooooo...what do you think, little buddy?


It's throwing, we go!


Unknown dude about to get pitted.
Soooo pitted.


One of the non-terrifying ones, I'm all up in this bitch!


Brian jumped on the express elevator to the lobby and received a thorough thumping upon arrival.


Wardrobe malfunctions go down all the time, you just gotta keep your eyes peeled because it will happen.


Brian did a few Aquaman calls and summoned this monster to breach a few hundred yards offshore, because everybody know when a Wyland speaks, whales listen.


Peace out, literally.
Time to go to the north shore park for a little warm-down roll around.

Stoney Maroney

Found a couple of rad montages featuring the Stoner plaza, which is obviously one of the best skateparks going these days, too bad it's in Los Angeles and not out here somewhere.

This first one is a compilation of stuff that was previously posted on Twitter by Joey Brezinski, I'm guessing these clips were all shot on an iPhone or some other cell phone communication device.

Check out island homie Matt Chaffin with the last few tricks!
By the way Matt has been back home for the holidays and dude's been busy filming and killing it as usual, sup Shmatty!

OH and I almost forgot.
The music.
Don't trip, it's just J. Casanova, the formerly likeable and incredibly talented skateboarder Jereme Rogers.
I think mushrooms ate his fragile little brain.



The second montage is courtesy of theskateclick.com and it's a short and sweet one.

Again, you will be treated to a couple of scintillating Shmatty tricks but before we see them, we are blessed with a Jordyclot moment and even a trick from him!



Man, the Stoner park is fucking amazing.
Hawaii needs a full-blown plaza type skatepark already.
Don't get me wrong, I do love to get my tranny on (EWWWW, not in a Tom Slick kind of way, you weirdo) but the Stoner park is one of those places that seems impossible to get sick of, it's gigantic and there is simply too much perfect shit there for you to ever tire of.

Would love to see what would have happened if something like this was built at the location where the Banzai park is on the north shore, imagine all of those padded up little park groms killing marble ledges and manny pads on some flip in flip out shit instead of whipping around like racecars and flying gigantic airs over hips.

Anyway, there's no denying that we need something similar to Stoner out here, and although I definitely enjoy it there's more than enough transition in Hawaii, it's way past time for a street oriented plaza type park.