New OBEY + LRG
Just hitting the floor today, a whole new batch of gear from OBEY & LRG. Everything from zip-ups and flannels to dope hats and jackets. Oh, and of course like 20 new tees from each brand. The stuff is hot and all in stock right now, cruse in a check it out this weekend. Plus, don’t forget if you spend over $200 in cloths or shoes you get a free pair of headphones from WeSC or Skullcandy!

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It was a pretty fun event, big thanks to Jason and his crew for rocking the acoustic set. Thanks to Electric for providing the free drinks and Efrem for rolling with our ghetto DJ set up. Jason will be the Nine Star featured artist for the rest of 2008. Come by and check out his work at either location until Jan 1st.

We're welcoming in our new featured artist for the fall season this weekend, Jason Alexander Cruz. Jason is putting his own special tweak on the stores and launching his solo show this Saturday Nov. 8th, with an opening reception beginning at 8PM.

DJ Efrem from Death By Stereo will be spinning, free drinks will be flowing at the Electric Visual bar, and Jason Cruz is set for a special acoustic performance. We'll see you all here, be sure to bring your ID if you plan on having a drink.

Find out more about Jason at his website: jasonalexandercruz.com

Van Homan Signature PRK Park

Colors: Flat Clear with gold bits

Specs:
20.75" Full chromo. 7.75" Fit bars, 3pc Crank/Mid BB, S&M 101 pedals, Fit FAF Tires, 9t sealed bearing cassette, 25t sprocket, Snafu Mobeus gyro, removeable gyro tabs, KMC Kool chain,
Dual material pegs, ECCD seat, Integrated headset, Fit grips, Fit DL stem, Diatech brake, double wall Annodized Alienation rims

Weights:
PRK Signature = 26-1/2lbs (26lbs w/ no pegs) ** 12kg
TRL Signature = 25lbs ** 11.35kg
STR Signature = 25-1/2lbs (24-1/2lbs w/ no pegs) ** 11.5kg

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Mike Aitken Signature TRL Trail

Colors: Flat Burgundy

Specs:
20.75" Full chromo. 3pc Crank/Mid BB, Fit High 8" bars, S&M 101 pedals, Fit FAF Tires, 9t sealed bearing cassette, 25t sprocket,
KMC Hollowpin chian, ECCD seat, Fit grips, Diatech brake, removeable gyro tabs, Linear cable, Integrated headset, double wall Alienation rims

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Edwin de la Rosa Signature STR Street

Colors: Flat black

Specs: NO BRAKES
20.75" Full chromo. 3pc Crank/Mid BB, Fit 7.75" bars, Ody PC pedals, 2x 2.1 Fit FAF Tires, 9t sealed bearing cassette, 25t sprocket, 4x pegs,
KMC Kool chian, ECCD seat, Fit grips, Integrated headset, double wall Alienation rims

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PRK3 - Park/Street model

Specs:
20.5" Full chromo. 7.75" Fit bars, 3pc Crank/Mid BB, S&M 101 pedals, Fit FAF Tires, 9t sealed bearing cassette, 25t sprocket, Snafu Mobeus gyro, removeable gyro tabs, KMC Kool chain,
Dual material pegs, ECCD seat, Integrated headset, Fit grips, Fit DL stem, Tektro brake, double wall Annodized Alienation rims…

Weights:
PRK3 = 27lbs (26-1/2lbs w/ no pegs) ** 12.2kg
TRL3 = 25-1/4lbs ** 11.4kg
STR3 = 25-1/4lbs ** 11.4kg

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TRL3 - Trail model

Specs:
20.5" Full chromo. 3pc Crank/Mid BB, Fit High 8" bars, S&M 101 pedals, Fit FAF Tires, 9t sealed bearing cassette, 25t sprocket,
KMC chian, ECCD seat, Fit grips, Diatech brake, Linear cable, Integrated headset, removeable gyro tabs, double wall Alienation rims…

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STR3 - street model

Specs: NO BRAKES
20.5" Full chromo. 3pc Crank/Mid BB, Fit 7.75" bars, Ody PC pedals, 2x 2.1 Fit FAF Tires, 9t sealed bearing cassette, 25t sprocket, 4x pegs,
KMC chian, ECCD seat, Fit grips, Integrated headset, double wall Alienation rims…

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PRK2 - Park/Street model

Specs:
20.5" chromo D/T and T/T. 7.75" Fit bars, 3pc Crank/Mid BB, Alloy pedals, Fit Tires, 9t sealed bearing cassette, 25t sprocket, gyro, removeable gyro tabs, KMC chain,
Dual material pegs, padded seat, Integrated headset, Fit grips, Alloy stem, Tektro brake, Annodized singlewall Alienation rims…

Weights:
PRK2 = 28lbs (27lbs w/ no pegs) ** 12.7kg
TRL2 = 26-1/4lbs ** 11.9kg
STR2 = 25-1/4lbs ** 11.4kg

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TRL2 - Trail model

Colors options:
Flat Green
Clear

Specs:
20.5" chromo D/T and T/T. 7.75" Fit bars, 3pc Crank/Mid BB, Alloy pedals, Fit rear tire, Ody Dirt Path 2.1 front tire, 9t sealed bearing cassette, 25t sprocket,
Linear cable, removeable gyro tabs, KMC chain, padded seat, Integrated headset, Fit grips, Alloy stem, Tektro brake, singlewall Alienation rims

So, yes TK didn’t show up for Skate the Shop like he was supposed to. But hey, the guys over at KR3W said they would make it up to us real soon, and send the whole damn team to the shop on Nov 1st. And Skate the Shop looks like it turned out to be quite the kick-ass good time anyway. Big thanks to Keith and his bummer of a website www.bummer.ws for the pictures.

Skate the Shop @ 9Star (minus TK)…

DJ OMG & DJ Apples…

The Winners…

The Girl Skatepark Bus Trip went down this past Friday, and if you missed out you missed one hec of a good time. We crammed on couple of old school busses and headed to Torrance CA, to the Girl & Chocolate Skateboards warehouse for a day of seshing their private park. We rolled in around noon and rocked the warehouse into the afternoon. There were plenty of cookies, raisins, waters and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches flowing. It was pretty tight in there but everyone was having a good time. Justin Eldridge, Rick Howard, Mike Carroll, Guy Mariano and a couple other dudes from the office where hanging out, and getting in on some of the pb&j action. Then the pro skaters hosted a couple best trick comps, one for the little kids and one for the older guys. Nine Star team riders took the top spots with Vitor Borger taking first place, Jeremiah Bohnet taking second, Nate Principato taking third and Ziggy rounding out fourth place. They all got gear from girl and chocolate. All in all it was an awesome time had by everyone, that is everybody but the Mission Viejo bus driver, you can scroll to the bottom to read that story. Check a video from the day below, and the grip of photos thanks to Reza Patrick Borghei.

The bus headed back to Mission Viejo had the craziest bus driver in the world. When we were almost back to Nine Star she pulled over the bus in a Huntington Beach parking lot, open the doors and ran out of the bus crying. No one knew what was up. Was there a problem with the bus, had she just found out her cat died? It was nuts! It turned out she couldn't handle 50 sweaty 9 to 13 year old skate rats yelling and peeing in gatorade bottles, who knew? The bus ride was everything you would expect from a bunch of rowdy skaters, but apparently this lady was under the impression she was going to be driving the Hearts and Hugs Foundation Children's Choir. I'm not sure what she was thinking, but locking up 50 tied and hungry skaters on a stinking hot bus for an hour while you re-compose yourself is the worst idea ever. Everybody on the bus was going nuts, while we tried to reason with the bus company to find another driver. To make a long story short, the Huntington Beach police came and said "get these kids the &^%$ home", so she reluctantly got on the bus and drove us back. But not before she pulled over a second time, so we had to promise to sit in the seats silently the last 15 miles to the store. Needless to say we're skipping that bus company next time. Big thanks to everyone at Girl Skateboards for making this possible, and thanks to all the parents that came along on the trip. We'll see you all on the next bus trip!

Pick up a copy of the new Automatic Mag and check out our own Andrew Gallagher on the cover getting nasty on an 18 stair! If you catch him working in Nine Star Los Angeles, be sure to get an autograph…

Check it out, video footy of our X Games victory! Thanks to Vimby.com for the vids

Also, check out Nine Star team rider Jeremiah Bohnet stomp out 1st place in the NHSSA comp earlier that day.
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The Element Team BBQ was rad on Sunday, i broke my camera which was not rad, so I only have pictures from like, half the event. Thanks to Element we have some sick pics they posted on their site this morning. Check em out below:

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