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AUG 15: Crossroads and ASR.

By Gunther Estrada.

It was Friday afternoon and a drive that usually takes me 1 1/2 hours to San Diego took me 3 HOURS! and I was rolling down with American psycho’s girlfriend! Jesssssus! but that’s a different story (Thanks Eddie). Anyways I finally got in one piece to the southern edge of gringolandia to check out the 2010 Crossroads and ASR events.

Gunther and Legañita found a nice Peruvian flag inside ASR. Hell yeah !!!

Gunther and Daniel found a nice Peruvian flag inside ASR. Hell yeah !!!

ASR had to reduce its facility even more than last years event! what? who cares? oh yeah who cares, now we have Crossroads around the corner where all of the Skate brands have a legit portal to the retail side of the industry (Skateboarding only) that way they can feel like they are doing business with somebody that actually cares ya know?. The business as usual was followed by a best trick contest on 3 different stages and a whole bunch of tricks were done on all of the 3 sections. We had a great time with our friend Daniel Falla “Legañita” that honored us with a visit once again and this time “Finally” introduced me to a chick!… Amy Gunther, yep we already share something :) (She actually has a boyfriend so back off piranhas!). The beautiful lady owner of KCDC Skateshop in NYC came to the other side of the continent to hang out with dirty, drunk, hairy immature dudes on skateboards and also to do some business deals.

go check out Her website….or die!
Overall really good times, free beer, cheap Hotel Honda room, and… thats it.

Amy Gunther and Gunther Estrada.

The amazing Sean Sheffey, Switch Crooked Grind.

Jeff Garza and Daniel Falla.

5BORO's Willy Akers, nose blunt slide.

Skateboarding Legends Kareem Campbell and Sean Sheffey.

JAN 11: Agenda.

By Gunther Estrada.

This New year seems to be coming packed with great news and the hope for a better economy, according to recent statistics made in the U.S.A we are doing better than a year ago and we had our slice of reallity this past weekend at the second Agenda Trade Show made in the OC. This event kicked start the new year in the city of Huntington Beach were we had the chance to see a very strong response to the trade from retailers and vendors and a unexpected section announced no longer then 2 months ago, a section destined to only Skateboarding made possible by The Berrics. It was with great pleasure that all of the people involved in this busines welcome The Berrics to bring a fair and more organized real skateboarding businesses to the trade :). here are some pics from the Trade Show.

The Berrics Agenda....

Gunther Estrada, Teddy Kelly and the AMP Girls.

Hali Estrada and "Buttery Ass" Donovan at The Berrics Agenda.

JUNE 19: “God Save the Label”

I got on my car after a long day of work and drove south to Carlsbad for the Black Label Premiere of “God Save the Label”; After a 45 minute drive on traffic I got to my final destination “The Hensley’s Bar” , The flying Elephant is the name of this Irish Dive bar located by the 405 FWY and owned by one of my fucking hero’s Mr. Matt Hensley!

I didnt have to drive to long to find a parking spot and I thought it might be because I got there like an hour before the movie, little did I know the place was already packed and due to a “California Department of bullshit” law, we werent able to enter the place until the people inside had left the joint.
The guys organizing the premier were forced to have 2 shows and I was one of the lucky ones to wait for the sloopy seconds. Anyways, I got in, got a beer and walk straight to the area were the movie was going to show, the room had some Black Label boards on the walls and on the screen as a manner of previews before the movie they were showing Animal Chin!! I got a chair and watched the movie that brought back all the memories still alive from the good old times.
After the “Animal Chin” preview the feature movie started and I noticed a couple of names right away Ben Skrzypek and Peter Raffin…really good stuff, also Shuriken Shanon and Vince del Valle were throwing down good tricks in this video but definitely Chris Troy had the heaviest hammers in it, overall a pretty good video.

Here are a couple pics from the event.

JUN 10: Nike “Debacle” Premiere.

Wednesday June the 10th, finally the day has come. Tom Contreras picked me up and we were on our way to meet Hali, Alvaro and Rod for the Nike video premiere event.
We had seeing the trailer for the movie and were stoked to watch the Am’s for this company since we had a great previous experience with “Nothing but the Truth” about a year ago. Finally after 45 minutes flying on the carpool lane we got to the land of the broken dreams “Hollywood”. This event was a little different from their first movie premiere, lets say a little less exuberant. The premiere was taking place at a theater in Vine Street called “Ricardo Montalban Theather” named after the recently deceased actor from Fantasy Island…The Plane!!! The Plane!!! Remember?
Anyways, through the door straight to the freebies hahaha! They had a large variaty of free chocolate, candy , popcorn , redbulls, and sodas for everybody assisting this event and up on the second floor a nice bar set up with the delicious PBR Pabst Blue Ribbon (American Beer delicatesen) that was distribute for free to everyone with the red wristband.
The sitting area doors open and we got some spots close to the action, the movie had amazing editing in it and combined with the talents of Justin Brook and Grant Taylor (favorite parts) delivered a great work from this up and coming Amateurs. Good Work!, and by the way, KOSTON rides for NIKE now.

Here are some pics of the event.

The Entrance way before everything started.

Alvaro, Gunther and Tom.

Gunther and Hali.

Koston rides now for NIKE. Brad and Erick for Fuel TV.

Tom and the candies.

Finally The Video .

JAN 30:ASR.

By Gunther Estrada.
The weekend of the 22nd thru the 24th we attended yet another ASR tradeshow, like kids in a candy store we rush in, to only see that the economy has affected all sectors and industries in the whole country. As a result several brands didn’t attend the Trade Show this year. It didn’t look crazy empty but it wasn’t like other years.

Sevag, Brett and Gunther.

Setup and not so many people as you can see...

This year brought for the first time a “mini” Mega Ramp. This is a miniature replica of the real mega ramp. But please do not let the word “mini” confuse you, this construction was huge and just to give you a hint Bob Burnquist and Andy Mac were there trying tricks onto a rail that was set up on top of the kicker ramp.

Good stuff usually comes in bottles.

I Had the opportunity to meet one of the legends of Skateboarding, Dennis Martinez whom along with Christian Hosoi, Jay Adams and Bruce Logan were presenting the release of their life documentary called D.O.P.E “Death Or Prison Eventually” that talks about how their lives change from having fame and fortune to becoming addicted to drugs and loosing it all and finally being in jail to pay for their dues to society. A very powerful documentary and definitely a must have DVD for a real skateboarder.

Gunther Estrada and Dennis Martinez.

The brands from Europe didn’t attend this year due to Europe having another trade show happening at the same dates as the ASR. Brands and retailers focused on the sales and tried to have a normal trade weekend leaving the negative economy and rumors aside. I think the ASR this past weekend was a success for everyone that attended but we’ll wait to see what September has to bring us and hope for the best to everyone in the future.

Oh yes... Devon is EVERYWHERE !!

OCT 15: Night at The Berrics.

By Gunther Estrada.

An amazing opportunity cross our way when we received the invitation to attend an event at the most famous Skate Spot/Training Facility in the industry, “The Berrics”. Ken Mishima was the connection maker and we were more than excited to go check out this place that has given so much great footage and innovation in such a short period of time. Run by Erick Koston and Steve Berra, this place is probably the most well known skate facility in the world and it’s popularity is increasing everyday.
We got there early and walked our way inside of the place and saw the perfection on every single obstacle construction, everywhere we looked had the right amount of space, run way, trannie, high and smoothness.
straight to the bar and ready to shoot some photos with our friends we took possesion of the center ledge to watch the show (Darker My Love Band) and to dream of the tricks we would be able to do in every spot when the time to skate that place will come (keeping my hopes up).
A great night, the band was really… not my kind of music but I am sure people enjoyed it (some dancing chikies and emo dudes). Overall, it was nice to be there and see in person the place where some of the Skateboarding history has been written lattely, and of course it’s always nice to have a weekday to spend with our friends besides the usual weekend deal.
Special Thanks to Jason King and Ken Mishima for the invitation. Here are some pics of the NIGHT.