Happy New Year!
Posted by: Brink | Saturday, December 31, 2005
Hey all you little manics! 2006 is here. Have a happy freakin' new year and let's make it fun!
Happy Birthday, Leanne!
Posted by: Sarah | Thursday, December 29, 2005
We’d like to wish a very happy birthday today to etnies Girl snowboarder Leanne Pelosi. Have fun, “Party” Pelosi!
Happy Holidays from etnies!
Posted by: Brink | Friday, December 23, 2005
etnies would like to wish you, your families, your friends, your pets and your lovers happy holidays and a happy new year. See you in 2006!
December Team Report!
Posted by: Brink | Thursday, December 15, 2005
- Lacin' up
Congratulations to Hampus Mosesson for winning the Air & Style in Munich, Germany!
Freddy Austbo and Thomas Harstad planned to get their early shred on in Mammoth but since the snow conditions weren't up to par, they fled to Whistler to ride some pow. Freddy Austbo is actually trying out for the Norwegian Olympic team so he'll be competing at the Grand Prix in Breckenridge and then heading out to a few more FIS contest to rank some scores. Good luck Freddy! Mean while Thomas will be following the snow.
Eric and John Jackson are hanging in Mammoth getting their sleds ready to hit up the back country. The brotha's will be filming with Standard films again this season and competing in a handful of events through out the winter such as the Sessions at Vail and alternates for the X Games.
- Tandem!
Markku Koski is in Whistler right now training for the Olympics or at least getting ready to compete to score some points for the Olympics. Markku will be competing in a handful of the FIS competition to score enough points to make it on the Finnish Olympic team. Good luck Markku. I'm sure there are some fans out there who want to witness the 1440 again.
Janna Meyen is already gathering footage for her part in the Volcom movie. She's been at it since Baker opened up early November of this year. She's somewhere out in the back country filming and bagging shots. Way to go Janna!
Tyler Lepore has been shredding Mt. Baker as well as some of the local spots around Vancouver. He's been renovating his bathroom and getting ready to hit the road again so he's been pretty swamped...no pun intended.
- There's really no disputing the cuteness factor of this photo
Leanne Pelosi and Alexis Waite are on a five-day road trip with the etnies Girl crew covering a photo shoot up the coast of Cali. They'll be stopping at random spots to cause some havoc. Their final destination will be SF and then back to the mountains. They'll be shredding Park City, UT this week to practice for the Roxy Chicken Jam. Good luck girls!
Benji Ritchie is getting his shred on back east. He's hanging out in Quebec getting his early season start at Mt. Tremblant. He'll be making his way towards the West Coast later this month so he can start filming and shooting photos again. Benji will continue to work with the White out crew this year filming all over Canada, Europe and where ever the snow drops.
Stian Solberg broke his collar bone shredding Mammoth early season. He was rushed to the hospital where he went under the knife right away scoring himself a nice titanium rod through his shoulder. He's doing fine and recovering right now back in Norway. His spirits are up and positive. Not exactly how he wanted to start the season off. Stian's planning on heading back to the states after New Years to start filming with Defective films and get back in the groove.
Jussi Tarvainen is pumped to be riding Talma. He reported that the jumps there are super fun and the spirits are at its all time high. He'll continue to film with Absinth films this season traveling back and forth from Europe to the states.
- Not stoked
Wille Yli-Luoma has been livin’ it up in the Pacific North West. He's getting ready for the season and has been out already with the Volcom crew shredding Mt. Baker. He's pretty fired up this season since he'll be focusing on filming with the Veeco family.
- Posse in effect
Check out some "behind the scenes" photos from the Maxim photo shoot in Breckenridge, CO. And be sure to check out the February issue of Maxim. You might see some familiar faces.
In other news...
- Party Pelosi!
Be sure to check out Leanne Pelosi in the winter issue of Salt magazine. She's been on fire lately, getting tons of coverage. I think she mentioned something about ESPN and Snowboard Canada. She also won female rider of the year from Snowboarder magazine. Congratulations "Party Pelosi!"
That's about if for now. Keep checking back for more news!
Holiday '05 etnies Catalog!
Posted by: Brink | Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Wanna do some shopping or make wish lists for your parents? Download the new Holiday ' 05 etnies catalog. Enjoi!
The Blown Out Shoe Contest Winner!
Posted by: Brink | Friday, December 9, 2005
- The Winner!
- BLOWN OUT!
Congrats to Kevin from Albany NY, for submitting the most blown out etines photo! There were a lot of good entries, some with completely missing toecaps from so much skating, but Kevin was chosen based on pretty much having the gnarliest overall damage to a single pair of etnies we have ever seen. These shoes have done some mileage! Kevin will be flown out to the etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest for a weekend of skatin' and hangin' with the etnies team. Golf anyone?
Thanks to all who entered. More contests to come. Maybe even sooner than you think. Hint: Holiday time.
- Fire-induced blowout!
- Lots of tre flips
Hampus wins Air & Style 2005!
Posted by: Brink | Wednesday, December 7, 2005
- Shifty for the gold!
etnies / ThirtyTwo pro Hampus Mosesson fought his way through 16 riders, pulling off a perfect frontside 540 shifty and backside 720 Indy to late Shifty for the Gold at the the first Air & Style Games in Munich's famous Olympic Stadium! Hampus was more than stoked and enjoyed the after party full throttle! Congratulations Hampus!
- Happy Hampus
Check out Hampus' final runs from Air&Style 2005
Slow Newsday. Default: Hot Chicks!
Posted by: Brink | Monday, December 5, 2005
- Got redheads?
Sometimes there isn't always fresh etnies news to mention here. So in order to keep myself employed, I default to hot chicks and other nonsense. Check out Heather Christensen. She skates too!
Some Contest Weiners!
Posted by: Brink | Thursday, December 1, 2005
- Sheckler as seen in THAW!
Sorry for the delay folks, I'm super busy over here taking photos of horse poo and skating the etnies park or STI Lab for the good of the etnies.com readership, so sometimes things like this slip through the cracks.
As far as the THAW contest goes, so far we have to offer congrats to Stephen from Santa Barbara, California; Julia from Livonia Michigan; Tony from Marlton NJ; and Rollie of Placentia, California. All four got some free etnies kicks and a copy of Tony Hawk's American Wasteland! Whoopeeeeee!
As for the Best Skate Blog contest winners. Tim from Squaw Valley California pondered the unexplainable in this blog by asking:
Why does that guy have his head up that machine's ass?
It made me laugh enough to pick him as the October winner.
The September winner was chosen for using the "flattery" technique in this blog. Steven from Normal, Illinois won by stating:
etnies is the best shoe company ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And no, I didn't edit out any of his exclamation points. Keep in mind, no one else will win in the future by telling us we are the best. We already know it now that Steven told us. Thanks Steve, you're the best too.
Still waiting to hear from the August Blog Comment winner I contacted, but once again, if that doesn't happen soon, I'm cancelling his ass! Oh ya, and the November winner will be chosen soon!