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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 .

 

MAY 31:Back to the Berg “Wallenberg Challenge”

By Gunther Estrada.

My alarm went off at 2am Saturday May the 30th, it was the call for a trip planned in advance to San Francisco, California; to witness history in the making again at the Wallenberg High School big 4 stairs. Since Mark Gonzales ollied this massive set back in 1990 it has been the location for the biggest hammers ever thrown. The last time was in 2004 and now Thrasher Magazine bring us  “Back to the Berg” once again. This year the big 4 had a rolling ramp to help the riders get some speed to clear the distance and we were looking forward to seeing who will be adding new tricks to the list.

Before all went down... and Santa was there.. wtf?

 

After a 6 hour drive we arrived at the Wallenberg High School and proceeded to look for parking which was nearly impossible , finally we found a spot and got ready to watch the contest; almost everybody in the Skate World attended this years competition and we had the opportunity to talk to John Cardiel, Karma Tsocheff, Joey Tershey, Mark appleyard, Furby and many others.
We were fortunate enough to find really good spots to cover different cameras and film angles. When the competition started the opportunity was open for a girls to become the first female to clear the big 4, and it started with no mercy.
3 girls attempted the crazy set and only one of them got close to landing the historical ollie. Marissa del Santo almost took the glory and the money…sorry maybe next time.
The real competition started soon after and sure enough crazy shit went down. Chris Cole ollie 360 second try,  Lizard King bs – 180 one foot – ollie disaster and Airwalk; Nick Merlino – switch heel; Lindsey Robertson – bs heel; Jordan Hoffart – varial heel (hand drag, caught last step); Cody McEntire – big spin, Chris Cole – sw fs flip and Andrew Pott finished the contest with a perfect hardflip,  bringing a close to a  historical afternoon in San Francisco’s Wallenberg Challenge “Back to the Berg”.
Here are some pics of the contest :)
Hali Estrada and Jake Phelps before the contest.
Marissa was really close to make it…
Karma Tsocheff, Hali Estrada, Pepe Baeza, John Cardiel, Alvaro Santillana, Joey Tershey and Gunther Estrada.
Gunther with the amazing John Cardiel, the interview is coming soon.
 
Cody McEntire, Bigspin.
Jordan Hoffart varial Heel flip.
Chris Cole Switch Frontside Kickflip…
Lizard king, Airwalk.
Chris cole huge Ollie 360, click on the image for a bigger view.
 
1990 Mark Gonzales- Ollie
1992 Jesse Paez- Frontside 180
1998 Diego Bucchieri- Backside 180
1999 Danny Gonzales – Kickflip Melon
2002 Frank Gerwer- Kick Flip
2003 Tony Manfre- Switch Ollie
2003 Tony Manfre- Switch Frontside Ollie
2004 Steve Nesser- Pop Shove-it
2004 Lindsey Robertson- Heelflip
2004 Darrel Stanton- Switch Backside 180
2004 Andrew Reynolds- Frontside Flip
2005 Chris Cole- Tre Flip
2009… you know. 

MAY 29: New Hoodies.

We have new Hoodies at the STORE. The Toshimi series  have a new addition for 010, the AKIO is available now in Black and White and  The NEW SUPERSTAR HOODIE was added to the Logo Series in Red and White, both are  100% made and design by Skateboarders in Los Angeles CA,  and are made of 85% Cotton and 15% Polyester  400 weight sweatshirt Fleece, the fabric is specially printed for this series and only few will be made on each color-way so go to the store asafp for yours, just click on the images for more info and more pictures.

The Superstar.

 

The Akio.

 

MAY 26: “Historia del Street Skateboarding en Peru”.

Nuevamente me encontre rodando en las calles de Lima, ya desde mi ultimo viaje en Noviembre de el 2008 me dio mucho gusto encontrar a la gente mas unida que nunca, finalmente las personas (marcas) que manejan la verdadera industria de el Skate en el Peru sienten la necesidad de hacer algo para mantener la misma en las manos de los que se la merecen (de Skaters para Skaters) y vienen tiempos mejores para la gente que verdaderamente se entrego de corazon a el Skate y que finalmente decidieron vivir haciendo lo que les gusta. 

Fue increible Re-encontrarme con amigos que deje hace mas de 10 años y darme cuenta de que la escencia es la misma aunque el Skate por mas que ya no sea parte de sus vidas en un 100% (para alguno de ellos) aun influencia de manera positiva la forma en la que cada uno construye su futuro asi sea dentro o fuera de la industria.

Julio Cesar "El Chato", Ollie North, La Molina Circa 1991.

Hubieron grandes lecciones en ese entonces (80’s-90’s)  cuando la historia de el Skate en el Peru se escribia en la calle, muchas de esas lecciones nos han ayudado a ser lo que ahora somos, un grupo muy grande y unido de amigos faltos de hipocresia y con muchas ganas de crecer dentro de lo que nos apasiona. Asi fue que recogiendo mis pasos me encontre con mis amigos Carlos Ferradas, Romulo Airaldi, Reinhard, El Chuyo entre otros, gente a la que tengo que agradecer por su tiempo y apoyo desinteresado contribuyendo con el documental que se comenzo a filmar hace mas de un Año y cuyo primer Trailer estara listo en Junio.

Julius Abensur, Ollie Impossible, Playa Redondo. Video Surfari Latino, Circa 1992.

Estamos casi en la recta final de la filmacion y recopilacion de fotos, datos y videos para el  documental de “La Historia del Street Skateboarding en Peru”  y esperamos que este terminado lo mas pronto posible para que las nuevas generaciones puedan tener  una ventana de informacion veraz sobre los comienzos y el progreso del Street en el Peru de los años 80’s-90’s y sepan quienes fueron los pioneros y hoy empresarios Peruanos de una industria mundial de mas de 5 billones de dolares anuales y que esta en manos no solo de  verdaderos  Skateboarders sino tambien de mucha gente sin escrupulos pero con dinero  que sacan  provecho de la masificacion del Skateboarding y de la desinformacion  de una gran parte de la comunidad Skater ofreciendo un producto sin corazon pero bien disfrazado y con una etiqueta de un estilo de vida que no comparten con nosotros. 

Esto sucede hoy por hoy no solo en Peru  sino tambien en USA y el resto del mundo, este Documental tiene como objetivo  contribuir de  una manera positiva al desarrollo e informacion de la comunidad Skater;  el Skateboarding es  una pasion y una forma de expresion y debe de estar manejado, dirigido y producido por Skaters para Skaters.  “ZAPATERO A TUS ZAPATOS”. CFL.

Aca les dejo algunas fotitos y un clip del viaje :).

 

 

 

Gunther, Virgilio, Julius, Romulo y Saito.

Gunther y Peter.

Julius Abensur y Sergio "El Saito" Chinen.

Elard Robles y Gunther filmando a Dieguito,to,to,to.

La tia del Chuyo, Batman, Gunther y Brian de Florida.

El Maestro Reinhard, uno de los pioneros del Street Skateboarding en Peru.

Erik Gilabert, dueño de Radical Producciones y nuestro filmador incansable de los 90's, que junto con Jorge mendez de Surfari latino documentaron los inicios del Street en Peru, Gracias maestros !!.

 

Romulo y El Chuyo..

 

Agradecimientos especiales a:

Erik Gilabert

Ivan Errrrrrgggaaaauuuu!!

Peter Chlebowskate!

Francisco Chavez “Maestro” 

Freddy Wong

Elard Robles

Bruno “Mobil Delvac”

Julai Cadenillas

Cesar

Riki

Saito al agua

Aldo

El Team Perez (por la buena memoria “la flaca de los pantalones blancos(?)”)

Naño

Luchito

El Bat

Dieguito,to,to,to

Rodo “Grind”

Tequila Rocks!! etc…

MAY 25: NEW CFL Stripe Hoodies !!.

Thats right ! The New CFL Stripe Hoodies are available at the store right now, the fabric is specially printed for this Hoodies and they are a limited edition so  go to the store HERE to get more info and to pick up yours before they are all gone; :) and check back tonight for more updates !!! Choncordia For Life.

MAY 11: New Boxers.

We have  NEW BOXERS on the STORE !! The New AKIO and The New SUPERSTAR Boxers are available  right now;  Made out of 95% cotton and 5% Lycra  Poplin for amazing comfort and elasticity  this boxers are constructed specially for  Skateboarding.  So just click on the image to go the store for more info and get some before they are gone cause they are limited in production;  Unless you like to use THIS  (as I said before) and look like a rollerblader :) . 

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