So the ESPY awards went down in LA at the Nokia theater last week, and guess who was at the official after party?! The Nine Star skate team was invited to warm up the big stair set in the middle of the party before a demo by Koston, P-rod, TK and Jeremy Rogers. It was a blast, Sean got a bunch of pictures and then lost his camera so you will all have to make do with my digi-shots I took as I ran around eating and drinking all the free sushi, in-and-out, open bars and bacon wrapped hot-dogs.

Plus check out the video shot by the ESPN folks.

The annual “Life Rolls On” charity golf tournament went down this Monday at the Malibu Country Club. Nine Star sponsored the 5th hole, witch was a down hill par 3, so we we’re giving out skate decks to whoever had the most style shredding the grassy slopes. Check out some of the photos below.

In case you weren't  following the Maloof Cup over the weekend, Paul Rodriguez just beat out every major skater in the world for a $100,000 check! Click the photo for the full results.

Check out the trailer for Taylor Steele's new flick, Stranger Than Fiction! here's a little info from the filmer:

Is pro surfing a complete lie? Is modern wave-riding being faked for glory and profit? Is Dane Reynolds actually a robot? With trademark humor and a trend-setting soundtrack, Taylor Steele's latest genre-defining action flick pulls back the curtain on pro surfing's deepest, darkest secrets. "Stranger Than Fiction" is more than just the newest high-performance line-in-the sand, it's an entirely new era of surfing. Brace yourself for the truth.

Check it out, lots of familiar faces in this vid, and the rap at the end is funny.

Our skate team made it to the quarter finals on Saturday during the X Games Shop Challenge, that means we are going to the X Games on Aug 2nd to compete against the 3 other top shop teams for gold, silver or bronze. Here are a couple photos and video from the event.

Proof that the Corey Smith art show went down in LA, just in case you were one of the people who drank 20 Budweisers that night and forgot. Sorry about the weird order these are in.

Check it out, we just got in our limited edition Corey Smith T-shirts and skate decks. Corey is our featured artist in the stores this season, and we're throwing him a opening party this Friday with free booze, live music and good times! THe party is at Nine Star West LA but you can check out Corey's art or this limited merch in either store until mid August. Learn more about him at his website www.coreysmithart.com

UPDATE: here is what the guys at Globe had to say about the event, it seems everyones favorite tough guys came to do what they do best.

 Mason  is working hard on putting together a banger part that i can't wait to see! Mason is one of my favorite kids to watch skate, He is coming up!

So untill it's finnished everyone can enjoy his old montage.

I got this from my boy Dave Anderson a while back but forgot to post it (must of had some brain cells die on me). Scott's got balance…he beat me with in the first twenty feet!!! check it out.

What was up with Gasol last night, I've never seen the guy that strong to the hoop! He was on fire, where was he the last 4 games, did it have something to do with Perkins being out of the lineup?

Anyways Jay, would you do us all a favor and just leave him off the schedule and let Skyler handle back of house until the playoffs are over?  I mean come on dude the guy is busy enough already filming, skating and battling the Celtics.

After all the kids in the store have been watching those videos below and having Nate teach them how to do flip tricks properly (it's funny how many kids kick down instead of out) I decided I better post the PROOF trailer with his steezy hard flip in the beginning. See kids, all that work really does pay off…

And now, the rest of those "How to" videos with Nate Principato, do as the master instructs. Will someone please post a comment with the story of how these came to be, they're actually pretty good little vids? 

 

Skate the Shop went off last Sunday with the Maloof Money Cup sponsoring and Jake Brown & Pierre-Luc Gagnon judging. Everyone had a good time and Globe & Blind threw down the prizes. Check out the pictures below and check out the Maloof Money Cup on July 11th to 13th at the Orange County Fair Grounds, or at www.maloofmoneycup.com

I have no idea where this came from, and it looks like it's like a million years old but it is definitely worth a post just cause of the awesome negative transition effects and all the zooming in and out. So here it is, the first in a series of How-to's from Nate Principato… "How to drop in on a skateboard"