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Things that are LAME

Motorized skateboard, moped, rollerblade, bicycle and razor all in one. X-treme!

You know those things in life that are extremely lame but probably (somewhat) fun to ride, but only if your friends don’t see you on it and never find out?

Here’s a short list I’ve compiled of some of those things:

• Riding a moped
• Rollerblading
• Riding a go-ped
• Fat chicks
• Ugly dudes? (for the ladies ;) )
• Sponging (bodyboards)
• Heelys
• Any kind of motorized skateboard invention
• MySpace (or at least MySpace bulletins)
• Unicycles
• And the granddaddy of 'em all… the Razor scooter

I left out a bunch, but you get the idea. Today I’d like to officially add one more to the ever-growing list… the Wheelman. Decide for yourself, check the video.

Chris Sorman Turns 21!

Happy birthday to our amazing spinmaster, online poker addict and etnies ThirtyTwo international team rider, Chris Sorman. This Swedish ripper just turned 21, and we wish him all the best, with plenty of success and luck to come in the future! Party on, Sorman!

STI Lab Is Blowin' Up!

The June issue of Wired magazine has a sweet article on our one-of-a-kind STI Lab! Check it out if you can!

etnies Design Contest From 1989!

A dear friend passed this one on to me this morning. Check out this etnies design-a-shoe contest from 1989 on When We Was Rad!

More Team Reportage!

etnies 20-Year Anniversary NYC April 6, 2006

Tyler Lepore survived the etnies 20 year Anniversary despite meeting a few strange NYC vets. He went crazy buying up tons of art books and a few special items for a special person. He’s back in Vancouver shredding local resorts as well as hitting up Whistler when it’s good. Ty’s been busy this season with snowboarding, home improving and maintaining his passion for doodling and working on his bike. You may catch him tossing back a few wildcats in Kevin Sansalone’s new film scheduled to be released this fall.

Tyler and friend caught off guard.

Benji Ritchie, A.K.A. Loose Lips, is back in Whistler after the NYC extravaganza. He’s still going out in the backcountry where it just keeps snowing and snowing. Benji’s been filming with the Whiteout crew all season so be sure to check out his part later this fall.

Benji Ritchie and Tyler Lepore signing some posters for all those eager kids...
Way to go guys!

Stian Solberg has been on a mission this season. He flew from Norway straight to Canada earlier this season to dive right into being the road warrior all season long. He’s been filming with Defective films all season and shooting with various photographers. You might catch Stian along the West Coast during the Young & Restless tour with some of the other shredders like Eric Jackson and Freddy Austbo. Be sure to check www.thirtytwo.com for details.

Here’s a sneak peak at what Stian’s been doing all season.

Party Pelosi and Sexi Lexi. Before a huge bottle of Vodka and tons of Redbull.

Jussi Tarvainen took a little bit of a break from snow shredding this month due to a slight knee injury. Nothing serious just landed flat one too many times but he’s been a trooper all season long. He’s stoked on his work visa so he’s been livin’ it up as a foreigner living the Cali dream. Jussi’s been filming with the Mack Dawg crew all winter so be sure to check him out. I’m sure you won’t be disappointed...

Stian and Markku sharing the festivities and getting involved for Chris Edmunds birthday.

Last but not least, Wille Yli-Luoma’s nowhere to be found. Just kidding! Wille’s been on a crazy mission this season. He’s been filming with the Volcom crew and from what I gather, he’s been killing it. I can’t wait to see the footage ‘cuz some of the lines I’ve seen him do, I can’t even comprehend. Just check out this line he did last month. Be sure to check him in the new Volcom flick.

Lexi and Leanne trying to put the moves on. C’mon ladies! He’s six years old!

‘Til next time...

If you look real carefully, you can see Wille’s line about 3/4’s of the way to the right of this photo. I’m sure this looks a lot different from the top.

Early May Team Stuff!

Here’s the crew checking out a zone for some Pow-pleasure...E-Jack, John J, Spike, and Zim.

“Spring showers...May brings flowers” is slightly an understatement this season. Even the saying “Miracle March” is a month off...at least for the West Coast it is. Check out what some of the ThirtyTwo/etnies Snow team riders have been up too:

Here’s a shot of E-Jack pointing out his lines.

Fredrik Austbo is chillin’ on the coach recovering from his knee surgery. Unfortunately, he blew out his knee before the Olympics and didn’t realize it until after all the excitement. He’s doing well and keeping a positive attitude about everything. Luckily, he’s so young he’ll be bouncing back in no time. Good Luck Freddy, we’ll see you soon. Oh yeah and happy belated birthday. Freddy just turned 18 on April 20th. 4/20? What?

John J spotting his landing. You can see him slay this jump in the new Standard films out this fall.

John and Eric Jackson have been quite the busy bro’s this season. They’ve been spending the whole season destroying where ever they go. They’ve been up and down the West Coast and ventured out to Montana a handful of times. They’re in Whistler right now slaying it with Standard films. They’ve encountered a few roadblocks during their mission but nothings stopping them from having fun and killing it in the backcountry. If you haven’t checked out the new Snowboard magazine lately, you should cause The Jackson brothers have a full interview in there explaining their passion for shredding. It’s pretty cool. Anyways, they’ll continue to slaughter ‘til this summer. If you want to try and meet these guys, you may get lucky at the premiere of Standard films sometime this fall. Be sure to check for dates and details.

That’s right kids, its not all that fun in the backcountry when your sled burns down. E-jack watching a brand new Polaris 900 sled burn straight to the dirt.

Markku Koski has been in the US for a bit now getting his shred on. He’s been hanging out in Tahoe with the Defective crew filming and shooting photos. He’ll be in the states til the end of April then back to Finland for a bit and then off to Lapland or Hemsedal, Norway. Check out some of the images from the Sierra at Tahoe shoot. Be on the look out for Markku in the Defective film scheduled to be released sometime fall of 2007.

Kitto’s! (translation..."Thanks!" in Finnish)

Here’s Chris Edmunds (Defective filmer) getting roped up for the sick angle. Good thing Chris had a light lunch this day.

Markku Koski killing the pipe while Chris follows him on the cable cam. Defective films scheduled to be released sometime in the fall of 2007. Markku always looks like he’s having a good time while shredding. He makes it look so easy.

Yup... That was a good day. Thanks Markku for brightening up our day...

Chris Sörman Stomps His First Backside 1260!

Photo by Anders Neuman

Our swedish shred dawg and online poker nerd Chris Sörman stomped his first ever backside 1260 last weekend in Are, Sweden. Chris was filming with the European Pirate Crew for his video part in their upcoming movie!

Chris warmed up with a backside 900, followed by a BS 1080, and finally hammered out the BS 1260, first try! We kid you not! Watch out for Chris! He's got more craziness in his pocket for use at a later date...

etnies Soccer, I mean...Football

I think I like these better than the Lo-Cut Golf! Just kidding, these aren't for real...pretty good PhotoShop job, eh?

Step Uppage!

Who knows what it is or why. Just Step Up!

Biggest Gallery Ever!

I don't need to tell you who these guys are, do I?

Plenty more photos have been added to the New York Gallery!