It had been a while since we had a "Skate the Shop" contest and it was just about time to bring it back.Now for all of you who are not familiar with what skate the shop is, let me explain. Last sunday of each month we clear out part of the store and get the furious five stair ready and lubed up for some hot action. I’m talking anything from an ollie to a switch trey or a hardflip. The furious five has seen it all and still begs for more. Well if you beg hard enough, you shall get what you want, sometimes even more than you bargained for. The Furious five got plenty of action from the usual shop rats including Ian "I kill stairs" Preston, Dante "mad ollie" Pope and Matt "Ziggy" Le mond who also rides for 9 star. The session was so fun that Jereme Rogers of "Girl skateboards" stepped in and wanted to get a piece of the action. We can’t have the ams have all the fun now, can we? Jereme Rogers sure did please the crowd and pump up the kids. At this point even the skate moms were feeling the hype, but this was only the begining. The Jam session went up another notch when from no where Andrew Pott of "Shorty’s skateboards" came flying and busting the highest hardflip the five stair has ever seen. He landed bolts and from then it was on. Ian Preston snagged first place and won a $100 store credit. Matt Lemond got second place taking home a Jereme Rogers pro deck by girl skatebords and a kid named Max got third taking home a "How to go pro" DVD by shorty’s skatebords.  Jereme Rogers and Andrew Pott skating the 9 Star furious five. Just another sunday at 9 star.

Jereme Rogers: Girl skateboards, DVS, Royal

Andrew Pott: Shorty’s, Circa, Venture Trucks 

Jereme Rogers: Girl skateboards, DVS, Royal

Andrew Pott: Shorty’s, Circa, Venture Trucks

 Jereme Rogers

 The shop rats

 The furious five.

I cant help myself.. i watched this video and immediatly got the urge to go running with a couple buddies…Whos Game!!!

YeeHAW 

so i made a goof this fine sunday evening. it was after the sunday shop skate comp. i was told to hold up a board and DVD of no one in particular. and i assumed they were gifts or prizes for god know what. i didnt eve do anything. so i didnt argue and dipped after the pics cause i wanted to skate. little did i know that the DVD and bord were not for me. they were strictly props. 

how ignnt is me.

And another reason people should just guve up on the blades… when you make a mistake you look like a weinie…

If you have never seen this before.. One of the funniest things on TV……click the picture for the link!

These babies stay cleaner longer thus rolling faster for a longer period of time…. they will be in the store by the end of Feb…. Look out for them.

click on the picture for a link to the bones website. 

get em while there hot!!!!!

I hate hearing these four little words.  Check out the pics of Bolsa Chica going off!!

Aryeh, Amanda, myself(Jay), and our pilot Warren had quite a long ride home from Mammoth. I think we listened to every song on Warren’s ipod. Well…not really, but it seemed like it. For those of you who have never made the drive from Mammoth to L.A….take my word for it: it’s long and boring. Click on the picture below to see what happens when 3 hours into the trip Warren puts on some Gwen Stefani. 

What’s up? So Team Nine Star just got back from Mammoth Mountain, California. We took a trip to check out the on snow demo. For those of you that don’t know, the on snow demo is an event that takes place every February. It gives shops a chance to try out the 2007 Snowboard products before they place their orders. It also involves a bunch of bro blah bra time as well as a bunch of all day partying(thanks to the Nitro booth for the 10am Jagermeister shots).  I tested out some of the NEW brands that we will be carrying next year: Rome, Nitro, and Solomon. We will also be carrying Ride, but I didn’t get a chance to try one out.(Sean did, he loved it).  I tried a Rome Anthem 156. I don’t know what else to say except it ruled. The Solomon boards were solid as expected. I tried two boards from Nitro, the Misfit and the Supra Team. The Misfit is one of their most popular boards and I could see why. It’s a good all around board for a great price. The Supra Team was excellent. I could ride it as hard as I wanted and it held a great edge. I’ll probably end up getting either a Rome Anthem, or a Nitro Supra Team next year or maybe both…I liked them that much.