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JUICE NEWS - JANUARY 2004

Jordan @ the Skate Barn - Hampstead, NC -December 2003- Photo: Levy

Lost Tribe party Jan 16th, 2004 in Norfolk, VA. Road trip to Wanchese, NC on Jan 17th, 2004 for some bowl side BBQ and a birthday bash at the Wanchese bowl. For more info visit www.eastcoastaholic.com

SANTA MONICA SKATEPARK NEWS from www.surfsantamonica.com - Skate Park on the Fence - After clearing all the hurdles in its path, Memorial Park’s long-awaited 24,000-square-foot skate park hit a kink Monday night at the Architectural Review Board, which remained on the fence over its chain-link enclosure. Mostly content with the rolling concrete and metal layout, board members worried that the proposed fence made the park feel like a “prison” and obstructed the view of spectators. They voted to send the project -- which has been nine years in the making -- back for revision. The proposed eight-foot-high fence encircling the street-concrete playground, which includes 8,500-cubic inches of curvaceous, multiple-pool “vert” (skate slang for vertical), posed both aesthetic and safety concerns. Board member Iris Oliveras wondered: “Won't kids impale themselves” on the fence’s exposed spiked top? Another board member worried that the fence’s height would fail to guard unsuspecting children playing nearby from flying skateboards. “I certainly hope not,” Brett Horner, senior analyst for the City’s community and cultural services, said of both scenarios. “Unless the skateboard can do it on its own,” Horner said, an eight-foor fence should do the trick. Comparing it to a skate park he saw in Boulder, Colorado, board member Rodolfo Alvarez said he was generally “disappointed” with the project and saw the fence as a shortcoming. “It’s like going to a theatre and having so many columns in front of you that you can’t see the performance,” said Alvarez. Compared to the more “sophisticated” and “advanced” Boulder park, where “they really integrated the fan, the observers, the mother, the father, and other skaters into the skater area -- here it seems you’re blocking them out.” The fence is just one reason the design fails to ascend to a “national grandeur” compatible with his vision of Santa Monica, Alvarez said. With its “disappointing” size and scope, the park will fail to be a magnet for tourists and national and international skateboarding competitions that would pump money in the local economy and put another jewel on the City’s crown. “If you were going to have a competition, which would bring money into the city, you would have it in Boulder, not in Santa Monica,” Alvarez said. “Precisely because Santa Monica is where it all started, I am disappointed,” Alvarez said, referring to theDogtown skate team revered as the founding fathers of modern skateboarding, having perfected the craft on the streets and in the empty pools of Santa Monica and Venice Beach 30 years ago. However, the designers of the park maintained that while the project was limited by space and money – a much larger space at the beach was shot down – it stays true to the legacy left behind by the living legends and boasts all the features needed for professional competitions. The park, designers said, sports especially designed “ShotCrete” concrete surfaces that are as “smooth as butter” paving three separate and adjoining pools or “combi-bowls” varying in depth from 4 to 11 feet. The pools are encircled by galvanized metal coping on the lips, connecting to metal and concrete handrails, stairs and other street elements. “It’ll meet the needs of the old-school and new-school skaters,” said John Little, who is on the California Skateparks design team. Some board members disagreed with Alvarez’s criticisms. Oliveras pointed out that the park was “designed on a small scale” and was never meant to aspire to national grandeur. While the park is not dug as deep into the ground as the one at Boulder, where observers can safely peer down at the spectacle, it provides a direct eye-level “3-D perspective” of the acrobatic goings on, Oliveras said. Board member Joan Charles agreed. “This is an amenity for our citizens. We don’t always have to make things for others (non-locals) to use, we barely have our own things as it is.” For additional local news visit www.surfsantamonica.com.

CONSPIRACY NEWS - New Video Release titled "More Concrete". Great footage from Colorado, Oregon, Texas, Kentucky, and California. Now available on DVD and VHS! www.swampco.com or www.conspiracyboards.com

Sessions Welcomes Emmanuel Guzman to the Team. We're proud to have Emmanuel (AKA Little Hustler) as our newest am. Born and raised in Santa Cruz and 100% skateboarder he's a forced to be reckoned with. Emmanuel is also riding for Santa Cruz Skateboards, Krux Trucks, Hard Luck Wheels and Bills Wheels Skateshop.

Check out the TSOL and Exploited decks at http://punkrockskateboards.com

September 30, 2003 - Dreamland President and alpha skatepark designer Mark "Red" Scott becomes the first skateboarder in history to successfully perform a "flowing loop," at the Reedsport Skatepark, in Reedsport, Oregon. "Red" has been skateboarding for 26 years and has 13 years of experience building concrete skateparks and 17 years of experience building wood skateparks. Go to www.dreamlandskateparks.com/loop.html

KEY BISCAYNE, FL - JAN 15TH at the Bayside Hut 3501 Rickenbacker Causeway on Key Biscayne - 'Endless Summer' - We will bE showing the original surf movie of all surf movies, the original 'Endless Summer.' We also have classic footage of South Beach. LANCE-O will also be spinning classic reggae, dancehall & ska. Rocker-T will be performing live. www.kulchashok.com

EDUCATE YOURSELF - Visit www.punkvoter.com

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. reported that total sales for December 2003 were $187.5 million, an increase of 22.6% over total sales of $152.9 million for the year-ago month.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - International Surfing Association - January 8, 2004 - QUIKSILVER ISA WORLD JUNIOR SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003 - August 17 - 23, 2003 - Durban, South Africa - THE QUIKSILVER ISA WORLD JUNIOR SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003 IS DRUG FREE! The International Surfing Association is pleased to announce that no banned substances, according to the International Olympic Committee's Anti-Doping Code (adopted by the ISA in 1995), were identified in any of the drug tests taken at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships 2003 last August in Durban, South Africa. This is very good news for the ISA and the surfing world. The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport, which performs all the tests on South African Olympic athletes and other sports in South Africa, conducted the tests for the ISA WJSC according to Olympic Code. For further information, please visit www.isasurf.org

BLACK LABEL NEWS - "LABEL LIVE" AVAILABLE ON DVD AND VHS AT SKATESHOPS EVERYWHERE - BLACK LABEL PRESENTS THEIR FIRST TOUR VIDEO FILMED ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND FEATURING THE BLACK LABEL TEAM. THE DVD FEATURES OVER A HALF HOUR MORE UNSEEN FOOTAGE! Here is the latest slab of news from the label; Grant "Shark Attack" Schubert has the final stages of the "Label Live" video in his hands! The video documents the Label and Six Gun boys on tour in Europe and here in the good 'ole lower 48 and up into Canada. I've seen a rough draft and it's not your run of the mill tour video. In fact, it's more like a non stop rockin' party! All done kick ass Label style. As if the action wasn't enough, the soundtrack will have you pogoing straight to the bar! The DVD will have over a half hour more unused footage, and a photo and a magazine montage from all of the tours! In other news: Our fearless leader John Lucero has been on a mission lately skating everything, everyday! Including hot sessions at the Laguna Niguel Park. John was recently asked by none other than Jason Lee, to film a one minute part for the "Friends of Stereo" video. Tequila! Kristian Svitak is on a U.S. tour with 88 shoes. Look for him to roll in and wreck your town .Kristian's pro shoe is also available from 88. Patrick Melcher has migrated from Chicago to sunny southern California. "The Melch" can be seen zipping around Hollywood on his Lambretta, and prowling around all the nightclubs of tinsel town. He's set to return to Chi-town after the winter thaw. Jason "El Kid" Adams as you probably know has returned to his native land of San Jose to frequent the endless skate spots. The Kid's new pro shoe is out from Duffs. Wade Speyer has been seen around Nor-Cal, and if you know Wade, you know he's ripping! Strawberry Bowl? Killed! Ripon Skate park? Blown up! Tim Brauch contest? Destroyed! Literally! He really destroyed the bowl at the Milpitas Vans park. During one of his run's he accidentally launched his board into a light fixture and blew it to pieces! Broken glass everywhere! People were so stoked! The crowd went nuts! The cleanup crew was called in and the contest resumed after 30 minutes. Yeah Wade! Ben Gilley has returned to the dirty south of Alabama. 'Ole Ben now lives in Birmingham, where he can be seen at Faith skate shop just about every day. Speaking of Chalba, The "ODC" (Old Dirty Crooks) Chet Childress has made the move out west to San Jose to help form the SixGun posse, which includes Jason Adams, Chet, Ricky "The Mexican" Espinoza, Pat "StreetRake" Rakestraw, and John Ponts. Pat Rakestraw's first pro model board is available from Black Label's SixGun division. Featuring a clean shape everyone will love and a killer switchblade graphic. The all black dipped shred sled is out now and ready for rippage! Ragdoll is enjoying the rock and roll lifestyle in his band "ch ch ch ha ha ha" They have been touring around southern Cali. to packed houses. Ragdoll's first pro shoe should be out soon from Duffs. Salman "The Sultan" Agah is working on his new energy/thirst drink called "Skaterade". It will be available in skate shops and parks all over. The can labels will feature different guest skate artists. Salman has been working a long time to make sure he can bring you a beverage that has "All the stuff you need, and none of the crap you don't". Bowl ripper from So CalAlex Horn has been seen riding Red Kross Boards as of late. Could Neil Blender have anything to do with this? Very limited edition hand painted Duane Peters Red Kross boards coming soon. Handpainted by Duane Peters and John Lucero. Visit www.blacklabelskates.com for more.

Rose Bernfeld - Etnies Park Opening - Lake Forest, CA Photo: Brad Robarge - Go to www.teamgoon.com for the goods...

SXSW 2004 Music Conference will take place March 17 - 21, 2004, at the Austin Convention Center and music venues in central Austin, TX. Each year the music festival attracts approximately 35,000 music fans over five nights to hear more than 1000 showcasing artists and solo acts from across the globe performing in approximately 50 music venues. Offerings include blues, conjunto, tejano, country, bluegrass, dance, jazz, rap, hip-hop, r&b, rock, pop, singer/ songwriter, spoken word, performance art, world and reggae. At the same time, the conference gathers about 6,300 music business professionals from every aspect of the industry to participate in panel discussions and the Trade Show. www.sxsw.com

Russell Simmons has sold Phat Farm and Baby Phat into a partnership with clothing company, Kellwood. Simmons received $140 million dollars in cash and will continue to manage the company on a day to day basis.

PRESS RELEASE - 2004 Sundance Film Festival- Jan 15 -25, 2004 - Park City, Utah - Opening Night Screening of "Riding Giants" - Director: Stacy Peralta, Screenwriters - Stacy Peralta, Sam George, Executive Producers - Nathalie Delest, Franck Marty, Laird Hamilton, Producers - Agi Orsi, Stacy Peralta, Jane Kachmer, Cinematographer - Peter Pilafian, Editor - Paul Crowder, Narrator - Sean Penn, Cast - Laird Hamilton, Greg Noll, Jeff Clark - "Riding Giants", Stacy Peralta's surfing sequel to his Sundance debut and award winner, Dogtown and Z-Boys, is a semiserious, often rollicking, multigenerational insider's look at the origins of surfing, the colorful and subversive birth of surf culture, and the mythology and lure of the "big wave." This passionate and fluid film is without question the first authentic history of surfing from its humble Hawaiian beginnings to the big business it became to the still-rebellious universe it inhabits today. "Riding Giants" is a study in individuality and freedom, the pursuit and techniques of pure kinetic pleasure, and the risk taking and attitudes that characterize its leading figures. For some viewers, this is perhaps more than they ever wanted to know. But Peralta's detailed knowledge of the surfing lifestyle, its icons and locations, its boom and exploitation by the media, and the fascination it has held for young men for more than five decades is unparalleled and fuels this expedition for the expert and initiate alike. Closely chronicling the sometimes-life-and-death drama that big-wave riding entails, "Riding Giants" is an often-mesmerizing visual thrill ride. But the most appealing aspect of this often revelatory documentary is the realization that the man versus nature dialectic never ends; the search for the ultimate wave and the spiritual pinnacle can only be pursued but never reached. Screening Times - Thursday, Jan 15 6:30 PM Eccles Center. For more listings go to http://festival.sundance.org

SPoT 11-Year Anniversary Party - Rukus starts up this year on Friday, January 23rd at Masquerade in Ybor City when DVS, Shorty's, Hawk Clothing, and Skatepark of Tampa serve 10 free kegs of beer during a show featuring Hot Water Music, Irish Car Bomb, Stress Face, My Hotel Year, and Tim Version. Tickets are just $10. For details go to www.skateparkoftampa.com

Airwalk chooses Bluetorch as a new apparel licensee.

SMUT PEDDLERS SHOW - January 17th - Julia Smut's birthday celebration! @ The Thunderbird Saloon 4657 Lankershim Blvd North Hollywood, CA - 818.766.4644 - 21 & over 9:30pm (we play around 10:30pm) with: the Black Jetts, Bad Machine (from Finland) & friends... For details go to www.smutpeddlers.net

PRESS RELEASE - The Business of Action Sports Seminar in Europe - Jan 29, 2004 - London - The seminar will be held at Norton Rose, Kempson House, Camomile Street, London EC3A 7AN. For more information or a full seminar programme, contact SportBusiness Seminars on 44 (0)20 7934 9008 or email Actionsportseminar@sportbusiness.com

Titus Skates Germany will be bringing out a new CLAUS GRABKE model in March 2004! The graphics will be designed by Jimbo Phillips.

LA ART SHOW - Serigraphie Populaire (aka Seripop) will be showing at "Yo! What Happened to Peace?" (group show) Jan 9- Feb 1 @ the Transport Gallery in LA. For details visit www.yowhathappenedtopeace.org or www.seripop.com.

PRESS RELEASE - SWEDISH SKATEBOARD SUMMER CAMP DOCUMENTARY - "1985 Swedish Skateboard Summer Camp Nostalgia" features invited trainers Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain and Rodney Mullen. (plus many more). Check out the new trailer at www.skateboardmemories.com where you can find more information about the camps and the progress of the film. There's a new strip of photo's from Jürgen Kreis from the camp 1983. Including Martin Sweeny and Jani Söderhäll running slalom. Rodney, Claus Grabke and Frank Messman doing freestyle... New strip of photo's from Jonas "Yoda" Wickström from the camp 1981. Including Mike McGill, Steve Caballero, Hans Göthberg, Tony Janson, Hazze Lindgren, Per Holknekt Neil Blender, Claus Grabke, Hans Göthberg, Bruno Peters, Rodney and Martin Sweeny. See for yourself at www.skateboardmemories.com.

FUEL NEWS - January 2004 programming highlights for FUEL, 24/7 action sports television. To find out if you get FUEL, visit www.fuel.tv. * Boost Mobile Surf (Jan 24th/12:32pm ET/PT) Presented by Quiksilver at Trestles Beach, California. This event took place September 4-13, 2003 and features 45 of the top surfers in the world surfing in this exciting competition. * World Beat: Boat Trip with O'Neill Team Surfers (Jan 26th/10:15pm ET/PT) Join 12 O'Neill team surfers from around the world as they set sail in two boats for a little friendly competition and a few thousand Euros. * Insane Cinema Day (Jan 19th/1:00pm ET/PT) The best of FUEL action sports movies from our library including recent films like Propaganda & Project 1242 from Poorboyz and Occy the Occumentary & Sik Joy from Jack McCoy.
www.fuel.tv

NEWS FROM TOM KNOX - Tom Knox and his band The Cacti Widders just played a New Years Eve show at the Ventura Theater in Ventura, CA with the Rev. Horton Heat. Also in the works are two new models from Tom Knox and Eric Dressen on Santa Cruz Skateboards. These boards will be slightly larger new school shapes (8 3/4") some featuring their old school graphics and also new graphics. These boards will be for normal sale, not re-issues, intended for the skaters who want to go big and fast, not tech. Expect them around April.

The DC Video: Deluxe Edition DVD To Be Released Jan. 31

Cesar. Photo: Sargeant

PRESS RELEASE - ART EXHIBITS- SIXSPACE IN LA, CA has a very exciting exhibition schedule lined up for this year starting off with the much anticipated two-person show with Donovan Crosby and Martin Ontiveros called "Risen" on January 24th. Other shows include the world-premiere of Glen E. Friedman's "The Idealist", a two person show with Megan Whitmarsh and Rachell Sumpter, the next solo exhibition by Seonna Hong, "Sent: America's first camera phone exhibition", Coop, Florencio Zavalla, and the mark of Space Invader. Our artists also have some amazing projects coming up including Seonna Hong's New York debut at 5BE Gallery in the fall. As always, sixspace.com will keep up updated on the latest projects. Also, don't forget that the hugely successful "Drawing Show" is up through January 17th and Emmeric James Konrad's "Pedagogic Eruptions" continues through the 10th. - sixspace - 549 West 23rd Street - Los Angeles, CA 90007 - http://www.sixspace.com
The Drawing Show - Dec 13 - Jan 17
6PR: Emmeric James Konrad - Dec 13
Risen: Martin Ontiveros & Donovan Crosby - Jan 24 - Feb 28

John Cardiel seriously injured his back on recent filming mission in Australia.... Visit www.dlxsf.com for the most current information regarding Cardiel's status.

Krux Video "Blown Out!" Coming in April featuring Colt Cannon, Caswell Berry, Louie Barletta, Ricky Oyola, Ron Whaley, Seth McCallum, Steve Caballero, Steffan Attardo, Jeremiah Babb, Dan Murphy, Tony Silva, Billy Roper, Nestor Judkins and Emmanuel Guzman...

Tampa Am 2004 presented by DVS, Shorty's, and Quiksilver - January 22-25, 2004.

Ambiguous is proud to annouce the addition of Vinny Vegas & Matt Ball to the skate team!

Colin Kennedy and Rodney Jones join the Savier Pro Team.

Press Release - Bob Burnquist Makes Skateboarding History - Carlsbad CA, Dec 10th- Legendary skater Bob Burnquist continues to set the bar for the skateboarding world. Making skateboarding history, Burnquist looped his infamous backyard twelve-foot steel full pipe Nov 23rd, 2003 at 4:20pm. Although a handful of opportunists have been able to complete track-style loops-generating speed from a starting ramp-until this point, no one had ever successfully looped a "natural" full pipe. Having tried and failed the maneuver once before, ending up with a broken foot and sprained ankle after his efforts at the Baldy pipe on Dec 14, 2002, Burnquist was determined to overcome this elusive challenge. Featured on the cover of the April 2003 issue of TransWorld Skateboarding magazine inside the pipe at Mt. Baldy, Burnquist took the front-and-center coverage of his near miss as a personal challenge to make the full-pipe loop a reality. His recent attempt at the pipe was the result of nearly a year of mental preparation.... Although there are nearly a dozen skaters in the world who can currently complete a track-style loop, to date, looping a full pipe has been an unobtainable feat. To navigate his way around a "natural" full pipe a skater must first generate speed by gyrating back and forth within the pipe. As Burnquist sees it, "it's like doing a loop and a half, really. By the time you decide (to commit) and put your wheels down on the frontside kickturn, it's over. You've got to think so quick." A born-and-bred Brazilian, Burnquist is known as one of the most progressive skateboarders in the world. With a long list of contest wins including nearly every present-day event, and a style driven by pure innovation and originality, Burnquist is admired by skaters and fans of skateboarding alike.

éS 2004 Team is PJ Ladd, Rodrigo TX, Tom Penny, Rick McCrank, Cale Nuske, Eric Koston and Justin Eldridge.... and that's all folks.

The new Stereo team consists of Clint Peterson, Jason Lee, Chris Pastras, Jayme Fortune and Benny Fairfax.

Perry Ellis Buys Redsand - While selling off his personal shares to the tune of $549,201 Perry Ellis CEO George Feldenkreis mentioned that the clothing giant had purchased Redsand a "San Diego action sports brand" for an undisclosed amount.

MARK GONZALES ART SHOW AT ROTH HOROWITZ 160A EAST 70TH ST NYC, DECEMBER 4TH - DECEMBER 31ST. CALL 212-717-9067 FOR MORE INFO.

John Blanchard at the Wilmington Skatepark - Wilmington, NC -January 2004- Photo: Levy

UPCOMING EVENTS 2004
Feb 13-14 - Globe World Cup Skateboarding - Invitational - Melbourne, Australia - Ladies Street
Feb 19-22 - Asian X Games VI - Invitational - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Pro Street & Vert