Hello boys and girls, pals and gals,

Skate the shop was back in action this past Sunday and guess what? It was off the hook and I ain't rappin' fake!  We had some heavey hitters coming thru this time around such as the likes of Andrew Gallagher of Stereo and 9 Star, Nate Principato (March madness winner), Dante Pope (Local ripper and hot shot), Jeremiah Bohnet of 9 Star & DVS, Matty Lemond aka Ziggy (multiple times winner of previous STS) of Nike & 9 Star were just a few to name. The day started with the master chef Chuck Evans aka C-Huck firing up the grill and feeding some hungry skate rats some dogs. Soon after it was on. This skate the shop sesh took place on the 4 stair followed by the 5 stair. after a 45 minute session, there were some serious tricks that went down. Andrew Gallagher's frontside flip (4 stair) to switch hardflip (5stair) earned him the third place and some Hi.Fi Wheels courtesy of Stereo skateboards. Nate Principato, kid who won the WLA march madness and the newst member of team 9 Star straight destroyed the stairs. The kid threw down hardflip, double flip, nollie flip, fronside flip, kickflip stale fish and switch trey bombs. His second place run earned him a Stereo deck. First place went to Jeremiah Bohnet, a kid who was suspended from participating in the Skate The Shop contest as a punishment for what he had done the night before. What did he do to deserve getting banned from STS? lets just say his skateboard flew into the store window the night before and left us with a sky high window replacement bill! Right when the contest started he was given ok by the team manager to put on his jersey and jump right in. Only there was one condition, he had to win and winning he did by throwing down a perfect nollie halfcab flip followed by a pretty damn good looking hardflip! He's also thrown down some switch backside flips (looks like Jeremiah has been hanging with Jereme Rogers) The kid earned himself a Stereo deck, Hi-Fi Wheels and a $100 store credit. The kids in the crowd also got swag from Ogio and Stereo skateboards.

1st place Jeremiah Bohnet (9  Star, DVS)

2nd Place Nate Principato (9 Star) 

3rd Place Andrew Gallagher (9 Star, Stereo, Hi Fi Wheels, Inglewood Auto Tinters)

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Grillin' some hot dawgs

Kids posting up before the contest.

Matty "Ziggy" LeMond collecting checks for showing his strategically placed stickers.

Heeeeyaaaaaw!

Andrew Gallagher likes to dance with his board as a part of his pre contest ritual.

Andrew Gallagher Switch hardflipping into 3rd place.

Safety first kid, helmets are a good idea!

DJ JP, spinning on the ones and twos.

Dancing on the registers? only at 9 Star!

Nate Principato meets the famous 9 Star five stair.

JB (Our skate buyer) decided to compete and not judge this time around. Watch out kids, he's an old fool from the old skool and he's got somethin' fresh for y'all!

Jeremiah Bohnet, 2nd STS win in the last 3 months!

STEREO TEAM DEMO SUNDAY JUNE 3RD @ 6 PM!!!  

I never saw this coming. National Go Skateboarding is now officially recognized by the The US House of Representitives.

thats a big deal folks!!!! 

Well the surf was crappy and not very interesting, but that didnt stop all the people from trying out some new sticks!!! The boards came in and out….. Check out some of the fun..

IM NUMBER 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TRYING TO GET BARRELED… GUESS WHO AND WIN A PRIZE….CLUE: HE WORKS FOR US……………

JOEL HAD THE FLOATER OF THE DAY!!!!  LOL SORRY JOEL THIS ONE WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP….

 GREAT DAY AT THE BEACH….

Look for the next one sometime this summer…. hopefully we have some good waves!!!

If you visit the snow department page on 9star.com, you will notice an interesting picture in the "snow department" tab, go check it out if you don't know what I'm talking about. For those of you who have ever wondered who/where/what that picture is, I present the original animated gif for your enjoyment…….

CLICK HERE: http://ninestarpork.ytmnd.com

Last Saturday was a damn good time in MV.  Havassy brought in a huge crowd and helped raise a good chunk of change for the good peeps at Surf Aid.  Here's a little visual recap:

that's a tight ass painting

Surf Aid was happy for sure 

i don't think matt or joel went without a cup in their hand the whole night

the shop rats had a good time too

thanks again to robb, stop in and check out the show if you haven't already