Check out the pictures from the LA Burton Rail Jam!!!

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Check out the pictures from the Art Show.

Hey boys and Girls.. a couple pix from the rail jam on Saturday. It was perfect weather!!!  More to come

Chuck….

your Winner….

and of course Fabio….

lol……

Winner for best caption!!!! (not sure what you will win, but if its good maybe we can come up with a prize)

Sad, MT HIgh has as much snow as Mammoth……

get up there as fast as you can!!!!

So a few of us went out to check out the premiere in Santa Monica for the new Burton movie For Right or Wrong and it was way better than I expected. It would have been better if I hadn't had to work late because Akiko and I couldn't get seats so we watched it from the back. Anyway definitely check it out! Kelly Clark represented the ladies by throwing down in the pipe in case you missed it at the Olympics. We saw how much you can abuse a board by jumping down to last section of a crazy long rail! Landing and riding out was sick!!! Of course Sean White throws down. We saw Terje, Keir and more. Oh and Mads built some insane hit and got crazy air like he likes to do! There was some big mountain heli riding that makes you super jealous. So yea something for everyone! Check it out! I know I can't wait to get out for my first day of the year!!

Get your bandaid on before it starts… now that’s plannin.

What up skate rats. Those of you who checked their emails in September found out that we were going to hold a Plan B demo at our West LA location. On September 23rd, P.Rod, PJ Laad and Pat Duffy came out and hung out at the lounge for a while. I think they wanted to play some Tony Hawk Pro skater on the X-Box 360 in the lounge. But seeing how there were about 200 skate rats swarming to get autographs, the team members were handed sharpies and the autograph session had officialy begun! After about an hour of autographing away, the team took a rest at the back of the shop and re-fueled on some pizza and drinks. However, after a short while P. Rod, PJ Laad and Pat Duffy all decided that they were gonna sesh the 5 stair and so the racks were moved aside and so were the spectators, making room for a run in. At this point our own Jorge Comelli and Richard Massie also joined the sesh and hammers where thrown down!

Photos, courtesy of Sam Muller. www.keepitrad.com/sam/

P.Rod Switch Hardflip

Photo: Sam Muller

P.Rod Switch Trey

Photo: Sam Muller

PJ Laad Nollie Flip

Photo: Sam Muller

PJ Laad Switch Heelflip

Photo: Sam Muller 

Im glad Fuel TV was there to grab some action shots!

i gotta tell you, that ring must be powerful or something

more pictures to follow!

Looks good for a wetter than normal winter!!!!!

I have often wondered why the beautiful couch in the lounge always ends up getting mysteriously tattered and worn, almost like the shoe bench gets drunk and has his way with her at night when everyone leaves the shop…

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I havent been able to have proper sex with any girls since youve left (everytime we engage in the act i her hair turns wavy and sandy blonde-ish, she develops facial hair, and i realize its your face). help me with this problem jay, i miss you…NO, i NEED you

"THE ADVICE CORNER" with the big jb and jay "the beautiful one" janelle coming soon. You can find us giving you all our proficiently focused words of wisdom in the south east corner of the 9star in west la. And as for the Mission Viejo store… based on what we've already gathered on your moral, were gonna need a lot more prayers and holy water to advise you bad ass motha fuckas. juuuuust kidding…sorta

jay i love you hon…fight the power…stay proud/black

p.s. sarcasm is what we do best over here at the l.a. store..well…its what i do best (the realest nigga at nine star…im black)

after a year of working at 9star, i finally started a blog.  9star is a fun place to work at in case you haven't noticed

Team Nine Star took a recent trip to Mammoth Brothers Park to make their presence felt. The Team, which included Andrew Pott, Richard Massie, Jorge Comelli, Dom Dom, Big Max, lil max, Elijah the board destroyer and Lamanzo were skating the street section hard and grabbing everyone's attention. Let me just say that Team Management of Nine star team is more like baby sitting. Our new team rider Jorge is just full of energy and had to release it somehow. So he decided to buy a BB gun and shoot everyone during our entire trip. That's why on the way back we decided to leave him behind after we got food on the way back home from the trip. But somehow I felt bad so we went back and picked him up again. Next team trip I'm gonna duct tape this kid and throw him in the trunk!  Oh and by the way, it was Big Max's Birthday and he turned 15 while on the road. Happy Birthday Max Karish. Enjoy the photos.

Only Dom can pull off this look.

Only Sean can F@%k with Dom.

Elijah and Lamanzo

Jorge the BB Gun Gangsta.

Jorge mid flip.

Jorge Nose Grind.

Lil' Max in action.

It's bird, it's a plane, it's Andrew Pott flying over the pyramid.

El Potta, got the red dot on yo head, what you got?

El Potta had enough of Jorge's shinanigans, so he decided to beat him up at 80 MPH in the back seat.

Patrick aka Tyreese aka Eazy-E.

Happy 15th Max.

Snowboarding in July has always been very fun. Yes, I said July and you read right. Fortunate few get a chance of shredding the gnar gnar in the middle of summer and Team Nine Star was one of those fortunate few. With many thanks to John and Justin from K2 Snowboards, this summer trip was a fun one. We first arrived at Seattle and that night we went out and checked out the local hang out spot and saw some great bands at a small local venue. The next morning we took the Ferry and headed out to Vashon Island where the K2 Headquarters are located. There we toured the factory and observed how the research and development team design a board and then make a prototype to be tested by their team. After checking out the factory we headed down to Mt. Hood to do a little testing of our own. K2 was kind enough to arrange a 9 hole golf tourney before we made our way into government village. Let me tell you, I have never played golf so drunk in my life! it was around this time where my memory gets hazy for the rest of the trip. I'll just let the pictures tell the story and you try to figure it out for yourself. 

Our buyer Eric and his fabulous hair, no to mention sexy shades on the ferry on the way to Vashon island.

First night in Seattle. Seattle has some crazy people. This guy was a fan of one the bands playing at the bar that night. Dedicated!

Summer time slush fest at Mt. Hood. It's so much funner than it looks.

Campers checking out my homemade graphics on my board. (they were x-rated, and note the beer on the board!) I was being the guy these kids' moms warned them about!

Edward 40 hands! a game with no winners. This is when trouble began.

Eric cheating by cooling his 40. (note this guy's hair then check out the next pic.) I wasn't kidding when I said this is when trouble began!

Aftermath of playing Edward 40 hands!

John, K2 sales manager forgot to take his shoes off before passing out, which means open season to get messed with while passed out. sharpies, whip cream and marshmellows were involved.

This guy was the only bartender in town and on the third night he threw my ass out the bar. But I managed to get back in somehow. So I was told!

Japanese campers are fun. the one on the left liked to measure everything she got a hold of.  

Dude, the X-games were off the hook this year. Just when you thought what else can be done that's haven't been done before, Pastrana comes outta nowhere with a double backflip on a motorcycle! As if that wasn't enough, Danny Way  was spotted flying off the Mega ramp doing backflips of his own, ON A SKATEBOARD! The X-games are done and over and all we can do now is just talk about it and re-live the moments once again as these exceptional athletes have set the bar even higher. I can't help to pounder what will take place next year? It seems like all the X-games athletes have gone back to their labs thinking about the same thing "how can I raise the bar next year?" Triple backflips? Backside Rodeos on skateboards? who knows? But I am certain about one thing. Nine Star will be there once again hooking up tomorrow's Danny Ways and Chris Coles and other future X-games competitors with the sickest, newest gear. If you had a chance of going to the X-games. you most likely visited "The Shop by Nine Star" right by the Mega Ramp. It was madness and our crew of employees and our friends came thru big during the four days of the event. Thank you gals and guys. If you weren't there to witness it for yourself, check out the photos below to see what I'm talking about.

The Shop By Nine Star. X-Games 12.

Aryeh of Nine Star & Charles from UCLA snowboard club. (Jason lurking in the back)

Cash wrap ladies working at a million miles per hour!

Inside View. Do you think we brought enough decks???

Jeff, one of our shop rats and a future 411 filmer gripping away. Check out his skate video coming soon.

*Jeff was not subject to child labor, he volunteered and his mom was cool with it*

Julia keeping it gangsta in the BMX dept.

The view in front of the Nine Star tent. this is what I call front row tickets! 

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