I came in this morning and did the usual email check. I was alerted of a message on Myspace. I was pumped, because myspace messages are always worth checking out….not really, but interesting to say the least. I open up the message and am treated to this little gem. For those of you who want to get picked up someday by the shop or someone else I have just the lesson for you. Do the exact opposite of what this person did AND send a video with your email. YouTube, vimeo, or whatever. Always send a vid and keep your email short and informative. Use good grammar, be respectful, polite, and all that. I dont feel the need to type anymore…I think the letter does most of the talking.

For those of you lucky enough to have a iPhone, Vans just put this on the app store. I just picked it up, I suggest you check it out if you can. Click the pick for link.

Well not too much going on right now as far as product updates. We have a bunch of stuff on the way though. Some new Fourstar is shipping Monday, new Es just shipped on Friday, and even some new Kr3w and Supra in the next week. We are staying up to date on Dustin’s Rants and the PhotoBooth sections though. Peep those out in the meantime. We’re also working on a new site!

So the other day I’m chillin’ at the shop…as usual. Sipping on my DD medium ice coffee with 2 sugars. I see a group of bros walk into the shop. I start with the usual “Whats guys, how’s it going, blah blah talkie talk.” Without even making eye contact they nod and head straight to the lounge and sit down. Bro #1 is like “Oh dude skate 2″ and picks up the controller and attempts to play the game. Bro #2 and #3 just sit there and murmer back and forth, just sitting there watching him butcher up skateboarding. They shuffle the controller around a little bit then just get up and leave. That’s all. No one said thanks or bye or anything. Let’s start with how wrong this is. One, they weren’t even cool or trying to talk to me. This is a lurkers #1 problem. If you want to lurk YOU MUST be cool with the guy working the counter. If you are not cool with the guy behind the counter then the lurk timer is ticking in his head. Number 2, you should at least check out the stuff in the shop. Even if you have no money…make it look like you at least want to buy something. After all, this is a business, technically. Number 3, dude all I’m asking for is for people to be cool. Lurking is ok with me. I like people to lurk. If you want to lurk though you need to know these rules of lurking. You have to talk about stuff, be cool, buy stuff once and awhile, and have a good reason to lurk. Like lurking because you dont know what to do with yourself isnt cool. If your waiting to skate or for your parents, that’s cool. If you are over 18 then you have little excuse to lurk if you’re not cool. If you’re not cool watch some T.V and learn.

Ok all you damn cry babies riding on a skateboard. This one is for you! I’m literally about to vomit with the influx of all these damn cry babies in skateboarding today. Back in my day skateboarders were bad ass and gnarly to the bone kid! We used to get our asses kicked just for skating….and now its “cool” and all you pussies are still crying for no damn reason. Dude this gap isn’t perfect, this rail sucks, this deck doesn’t pop right, my trucks aren’t light enough….so on and so forth. So where did all of this start? I have no clue. All of a sudden people just starting crying and bitching about everything in skating. Like taking great things and breaking them down to nothing. Some people even try to bitch about “The Berrics.” Which is the most amazing site ever. Taking dudes to spots even. Like awwww man I dont skate this kinda stuff. WTF?!? You dont skate then, in my book. Dude what the hell? I’ll skate a curb if that is all that is there. Then even if someone likes the spot they will bitch about whats wrong with it. Like dude there is a kink in the rail, a crack 20ft before the gap, or the ledge is kinda chunky. Last time I checked that was called “The Gnar Factor” and or “Cost of doing business.” So get over that shit and skate. Stop being a pussy about everything. I don’t care about the chip in your deck, or your bushings being cracked. I do care about those flat spotted ass wheels though. That is another rant all together! If you have flat spots you need to fix that shit! Peace I’m out!

Just got in the Sal’s from Etnies Rec. today. Looking pretty raw. Black shoes with black soles, pretty dope! Sizes 9-12 and going for 65.00.

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Yeah that pic is horrible I know. It was the only pic we had from the whole thing! So many people came out and supported the shop and it was sick. Speaking of sick…I was sick like all week. This is why there hasnt been any rants this week. I’m sorry I wasn’t healthy enough to keep you amused through your worthless work/school days. I’m getting back to full health now…which means I’ll be fully pissed and ready to rant in full effect! We are also working on updating the shit out of the site right now too. So keep a look out for some changes coming up. Actually if you have to keep a “look out” for the changes we are making then do me a favor and pull your head out of your ass because if you have to look hard to see what were gunna change then you cant be helped! Really though, we have some buttery ass, sick nasty, raw uncut, bad assness coming your way.

This weekend The Board Boutique released their Spring Tee collection. The prices rang from 10.00-20.00. There is another tee that is not in the photo we will be by Friday. It is the BB Sneaker Freaker Tee.

The latest from the “K”. All tees are going for 18.00 retail. We are fully stoked with all graphics in all sizes.

Sweet…26. I’ve officially been around skating boarding for 13 years now. I’m now the old guy. It’s funny to think back to when I got my first deck. It was from THE LOCAL SKATE SHOP!! It was a Hook Ups deck, GK trucks, Quickies bearings, Shortys hardware, and Spitfire wheels. It was for X-mas. I was able to skate a 4×4 square on the porch. Thank god it wasnt any bigger or I prolly would have busted my ass way more! Now here I am…13 years later “Living the Dream.” It really is though. Im super hyped that Im the guy behind the desk doing all the boring paper work and worrying about the money while everyone has fun. I think to have a really good skate scene and community you need that. So yeah dude, Ill do that part so everyone else can find skateboarding and have fun. I still get to skate all the time. Not as many trips now, but I still get around. As long as I’m around it I dont really care. Its all the same.