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April International Team Report!

Markku!

Hello, hello, hello. Oh gosh, this winter went fast! Now it's time for our springtime Team Report. The ThirtyTwo gang from Europe is still busy with filming and shooting photos.

Mr. Busy, Markku Koski is finally done with all the competitions and has returned to the US backcountry. Since he was concentrating on competitions this season, and did well in the ones he entered (sixth place at the Vans Cup in Tahoe and fourth at the US Open) he didn’t get a chance to go film and shoot too much, so he’s enjoying some springtime riding right now—trying to get some stuff done before the season is over!

Hampus “Hampan” Mosesson is in the US as well. Since he was pretty damn unlucky with his VISA for the states, he just started filming last month, and is now trying to get his video part for the next Mack Dawg movie done. But there’s still enough snow, and finally also some sun, so Hampus is spending every spare minute he’s got to film stuff and collect as much footage as possible for a bangin’ video part.

Hampus, Chris and Freddy!

Thomas Harstad was on a mission with the Storbis guys this season. He was traveling around Europe with his crew, and finally flew to the states beginning of April, to get some park shots. But, like almost everybody this season, those guys weren’t really lucky with the weather, and I guess the trip wasn’t too successful-filming wise. But since we had a great winter in Europe, with tons of snow, Thomas collected a good stack of footage. Check out the new Storbis site, its great fun!

Jussi and a sunset.

New truck and sled owner Jussi Tarvainen is still in the US as well. He’s been busy filming with the Mack Dawg crew, and after a bruised knee setback and a three week break, he’s back on track and about to finish his video part. He went to Copper Mountain for a pipe shot, then to Aspen and now he’s on his way to Tahoe to film some more park stuff.

Norwegian candy addict, Fredrick Austbö had a quite unlucky season. He did a lot of contests and what he thought was just sore knees turned out to be a torn ACL. That means, Gummi bears, pineapple and ginger diet for the next couple of weeks. (For all of you who don’t know, those things are good for your ligaments, and help your body to heal faster!) We all cross our fingers for Freddy and wish him a quick and successful recovery.

Freddy with some boot installation!

Swedish ripper and ladies man Chris Sörman is finally back home in Sweden. It was his first season filming with a video crew, and he was pretty bummed when he heard that he would have to stay in middle Europe for a bit more than two months just to get enough footage for his video part. Now he’s back in his favorite country, enjoying the slushy spring riding conditions up north. Chris was busy traveling this year, and entered some of the bigger contests in Europe. He got second at the Snow Jam contest in Czech, and I am sure he used this prize money for online poker! Like Hampus, Chris is addicted to that stuff. Anyways, right now, Chris is back in Sweden, hitting some more park jumps together with the Pirate Crew. Check out next years’ Pirate Movie and see Chris in action.

Chris and Markku!

Spanish girl power and ThirtyTwo rider Cuca Aranda packed her stuff and went to Australia for the next five months. Cuca’s plan is to improve her English, surf and snowboard. I bet she’s gonna like it down there!

French ThirtyTwo rider Remi Lamazouere was a busy traveler this season as well. He was filming with the Psykopit crew all over Europe. Check out his part in the Psykopit’s new masterpiece! Oh, I’m sorry…you’ll have to wait till next fall to see it.

etnies Showroom In Paper!

Check out Paper magazine's website for a little writeup on the new etnies showroom in NYC and a whole mess of other cool things!

Looks Good To Me!

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Meet Chelsea. She's the new etnies Girl of the Month. She skates, surfs, rides and more. Cute too! 'Nuff said...

TransWorld's Got Us Covered!

29 Greene St.

Here's a little writeup and slideshow from the etnies NYC party on TransWorld's site.

New York Gallery!

Brian Deegan, Ryan Sheckler and Pierre Andre!

Check out the photos from the etnies NYC 20th Anniversary trip/party/extravaganza!

Always Getting Into Trouble...

Mayhem!

Check out these undercover police arresting a protestor in France. Homeboy on the left is rocking his etnies.

Oops, Did We Offend Someone?

Here's what Arto thinks of the complainers...

The etnies New York 20th Anniversary party was a blast. Looks like we offended our new neighbors. Oh well...welcome to etnies skateboarding 2006.

Stay tuned for more New York video, photos and updates than your little noggin will be able to process...

Retro Sticker Gallery!

In honor of our 20th Anniversary, check out a handful of retro etnies stickers in the new Sticker Gallery!

Babies!

BLEEEECHHHHH!

Slow newsday while we head back from New York. Check out these babies getting gnarly!

Step Up Junk!

etnies and Step Up: There is no escape! What is this and where did it come from? Outer space? Is it a hubcap? What's the deal, dude? Either way, this piece of Step Up junk was discovered at Crowders Mountain in North Carolina.

Resort Update: Mt. Baldy

The etnies Snow crew decided it was high time to check out a diamond in the rough. Yup, that's right, we hightailed it straight through dirty, traffic-choked L.A. and headed straight for the hills to go snowboarding at Mt. Baldy. Noting that their official brochure beckons you to "drop in on Southern California's closest, largest and best mountain," and that they just got about 12 inches of new snow, we thought we would do the 45-minute drive from etnies Snow headquarters and go shred the gnar.

Mt. Baldy is a huge mountain that you can pretty much see from anywhere in Los Angeles or Orange County, as long as there's no smog. That's why you so often forget about this little gem--out of sight out of mind. When is there not smog in L.A.? Okay, enough of that crap.

This little resort has only four lifts, and all of them are two-person. A lift ticket is $45 bucks, but come on, nobody walks in L.A., so $45 bucks isn't that bad. The resort is steeper than you think, with plenty of rock drops, tree runs and some open powder fields. I don't think they have any type of snow cats or grooming. It only snowed about 12 inches and the base was only another 12 to 30 inches, so a few of us scraped some rocks. I, however, got lucky…I was saved by the P-Tex gods.

All in all, it was a super fun day of snowboarding. Scope the photos, and if you're ever in SoCal and it's raining, check Mt. Baldy's site to see if they're getting snow. Then go shred!--Brian Cook

etnies 20 Year Anniversary Team Signing in NYC!

The roof of the new showroom has a friggin' mini ramp on it. Whaaaat!!!

WHAT: In celebration of the grand opening of the new etnies’ New York Showroom, riders from etnies’ skate, surf, snow, BMX and moto x teams will spend an afternoon signing autographs for fans.

etnies team riders set to appear include:

Skate: Ryan Sheckler; Arto Saari; Ronnie Creager; Kyle Leeper; Eric Fletcher; Elissa Steamer; Lauren Perkins; Evelien Bouilliart
Snow: Tyler Lepore; Benji Ritchie
Surf: Keith Malloy
BMX: Mike Escamilla; Jamie Bestwick; Garrett Byrnes; Nina Buitrago; Stacey Mulligan
Moto X: Brian Deegan; Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg; Tarah Geiger

WHEN: Saturday, April 8th, 2006 from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

WHERE: etnies New York Showroom
29 Greene St. (between Grand and Canal)
New York, NY

WHO: Anyone and everyone who wants to meet the team and spend the afternoon with etnies!

Heading To New York!

Sheck and Arto in NY last year.

etnies is heading to NYC this week to celebrate our 20th anniversary and the opening of our New York showroom. Oh ya, did we mention the mini ramp on the roof? There will be parties and autograph signings with etnies riders from Skate, Surf, Snow, BMX, Moto and more. Hope to see you there. Stay tuned for info, updates and photos!

ME (my etnies) Contest!

Dont forget to enter the new exclusive etnies.com ME contest where you can design and win your own custom-made etnies Callicuts with the ME (my etnies) shoe builder!

Get Your Rock On...

If you ever find yourself lost in the Bromuda Triangle (Southern California) on any Thursday night with nothing to do, head on over to Ocean Ave Brewery for a night of roots, dub, reggae, dancehall and all your favorite lovers' rock classics. Also, Friday is hip-hop night, and Saturday features hip-hop, '80s and dance. It's all courtesy of our very own etnies / ThirtyTwo Team Manager, Eddie Lee. All the fun happens between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. at 237 Ocean Avenue in Laguna Beach, California. For more info, call (949) 497-3381 or email info@oceanbrewing.com.

etnies Golf!

Sheck focused his driver

With the ever-increasing popularity of golf amongst top pros in skateboarding, some of them being etnies pros, we decided to Step Up and address the needs and interests of these fanatical golf-skaters. So we'd like to take a moment to proudly introduce the Lo-Cut Golf and we hope you like it.

As for the etnies Golf team, expect a full roster to be announced very soon, as well as the etnies Golf website, a new etnies Golf video game. Following that will be a full line of golf shoes and apparel from etnies. Should we make clubs and balls too?

Make sure you check back next week for another very important announcement about the etnies Golf program.

Check the new Lo-Cut Golf!

Good form!

Fore!