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June BMX Team Update

Want to know what the BMX team has been up to lately? You’re in luck, because Nina Buitrago sent in this quick Team Update…

Stacey Mulligan has done it—she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh!! It was by far one of the largest graduation ceremonies I’ve ever attended. Congrats, Stacey!

I went to Cycle Craft, a bike shop in New Jersey, for a SweetskinZ Tires Mini Ramp Jam, and even got to sign a poster for DAVE MIRRA!! Craziness.

A week later, I got a phone call and now I’m riding for the DK Bicycle Pro Team. I have been traveling all over country with their stunt team doing shows at elementary and middle schools and kids’ festivals. It’s so much fun and the kids are so excited to have us there; one kid even had us all chew gum and spit it into a bag for a souvenir…gross!!!

The traveling continued as I went to the etnies “Grounded” video premiere, where a majority of the team was in action along with most of the state of California. I am speechless; everyone really threw down for this and it just goes to show that Manzoori is the man! I can’t wait to see the bonus when it is released on DVD. I even hear there’s a “Hey Ladies” section. Should be pretty sweet!

That’s about it for now! Until next time…

Alize Montes Wins Jr Jam at Vegas AmJam

Congratulations to 7-year-old etnies Girl flow team rider Alize Montes for winning the 11 and Under Jr. Jam at the Vegas AmJam held at Mountain Ridge Skatepark! Alize, who was the only girl competing, beat 20 boys to win her division.

Skate Jr Jam Results (11 & Under)

1. Alize Montes
   
2. Nichols Michel
   
3. Destin Watts
   
4. Style Hughes
   
5. Alex Miller
   
6. Jace Weaver
   
7. Enzo Cautela
   
8. Kevin Aguilar
   
9. Juan Molina
   
10. Michael Bentajabo

Don’t Forget to Enter etnies Girl’s Tilly and the Wall Giveaway!

etnies Girl and Tilly and the Wall are teaming up to give you the chance to win! Five winners will be randomly selected to receive a copy of the band’s second release, “Bottoms of Barrels,” a poster and a pair of Calli-Vulc. No purchase necessary. Enter etnies Girl’s Tilly and the Wall Giveaway by July 16, 2007, and good luck!

Tarah Gieger Finishes Third at Mammoth MX

Congratulations to team rider Tarah Gieger for taking home third at Mammoth Motocross! The strong finish comes on the heels of her recent second place showing at round three of the 2007 AMA/WMA Women’s National Motocross Championship at Budds Creek MX Park in Budds Creek, Md.

Next up, Tarah and teammate Sarah Whitmore will compete in round four of the 2007 AMA/WMA Women’s National Motocross Championship at Thunder Valley MX in Lakewood, Colo., July 21-22, round five at Washougal MX in Washougal, Wash., July 27-29, and round six at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, Pa., Aug. 25-26.

RESULTS

1. Alisa Nix 3-1
   
2. Elizabeth Bash 4-2
   
3. Tarah Gieger 1-5
   
4. Tatum Sik 5-3
   
5. Sherri Cruse 6-4
   
6. Jessica Patterson 2-10
   
7. Michelle Camacho 9-6
   
8. Michelle Skenden 8-7
   
9. Stephanie Cancilla 7-8
   
10. Michele Collins 10-9

Elissa Steamer Nominated for ESPY

Congratulations to Elissa Steamer for being nominated for a 2007 ESPY Award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete! The annual event seeks to honor the best teams, players and plays in sports. This year’s ESPY ceremony will air Sunday, July 15 (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET), and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and LeBron James.

Cast your vote for Elissa today!

Fall 2007 Look Book

The etnies Girl fall 2007 collection plays with shapes, details and prints that embrace the individual experience and spirit of etnies Girls everywhere. Check out the Look Book to see how pieces from the season’s two complementary themes, “Scout’s Honor” and “Rocksteady,” easily coordinate for a complete and effortless style.

New Sandals in the Online Store!

More sandals from our fall 2007 collection have just been added to the etnies Girl Online Store! The online store is your source for the season’s hottest shoes, clothing and accessories, including styles and colors that are hard to find anywhere else.

What Did You Do for Go Skateboarding Day?

June 21 was Go Skateboarding Day, the day once a year when skateboarders around the globe celebrate the pure exhilaration, creativity and spirit of one of the most influential activities in the world by blowing off all other obligations to go skateboarding! This year, Congress even signed a proclamation recognizing it as an official holiday for skateboarders all over the world.

At etnies, we celebrated Go Skateboarding Day with an all-day skate session and BBQ at the etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest.

What did YOU do for Go Skateboarding Day?

Sole Technology CEO Honored by Global Green USA

Driven by his vision and spirit for a company successful on the balance sheet, the streets, the slopes, the ocean and ultimately on our amazing planet, Pierre Andre Senizergues embodies the genuine qualities as a true leader by revolutionizing the future of action sports and the way Sole Technology does business. For his environmental endeavors, Senizergues was honored earlier this month at the 11th Annual Global Green USA and Green Cross International Millennium Awards as this year’s recipient of the Corporate Environmental Leadership Award. As CEO and founder of Sole Technology, parent company to etnies, éS, Emerica, Altamont and ThirtyTwo, Senizergues has set a positive example for his peers in business and media by greening his company and speaking out about the need to take action to protect the environment and leaving the right footprint—or, in Pierre’s case, soleprint.

In 2002, under the leadership of Senizergues, Sole Technology began making changes to protect the environment in their business practices. Recently, Sole Technology added to its list the conversion to waterless urinals at its headquarters to promote water conservation. Saving up to 250,000 gallons of water each year, that’s equivalent to approximately an Olympic size swimming pool, three million cups of coffee, and what matters most to the action sports industry, two and a half million bottles of beer.

In addition to Senizergues’ vision and full commitment to corporate responsibility other initiatives include the installation of 616 solar panels, the conversion to water-based cement manufacturing, company-wide recycling efforts, the addition of the first-ever environmental affairs manager and the launch of a sustainable footwear and apparel collection, the etnies SEED Project. Senizergues has also recently teamed up with Leonardo Dicaprio and Tree Media as executive producer for the upcoming and highly-anticipated documentary, THE 11th HOUR, set to open in theaters in fall 2007. Senizergues supports the film in hopes to create awareness and discussion around the issues we are facing and the environmental movement to motivate people to reduce the size of the footprint they leave behind on our planet and for future generations.

Global Green USA was founded by Mikhail Gorbachev and serves as a national environmental organization addressing and creating a new approach to solving the world's most pressing environmental challenges by reconnecting humanity to the environment. Senizergues’ name is added to a prestigious list of past Millennium Award recipients like Leonardo DiCaprio, Ted Turner, Joan Bavaria, Paul Hawken, Gary Hirshberg, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Suzuki, Winona LaDuke, Ray Anderson and many more outstanding leaders.

“I’m honored personally and professionally to recognize a leader like Pierre that understands the important connection between humankind and the environment,” says Matt Peterson, CEO of Global Green. “Global Green recognizes those unique leaders who embody our mission and are an inspiration to others.”

Known for pioneering technological advances in skateboard footwear, Pierre Andre Senizergues and Sole Technology have stayed true to its skateboarding roots while pushing the envelope as a corporate leader of sustainability in the industry and will continue its efforts in doing the right thing.

Fall 2007 Collection Available Now

Want to see what etnies Girl has in store for fall? Visit the Footwear and Clothing pages to view the new fall 2007 collection, which is available now through the etnies Girl Online Store. If you’d rather head to a shop or the mall, check out the Shop Locator to find etnies Girl retailers near you. Either way, get ready to shop for some of the cutest shoes, clothes and accessories of the season!

Order Your Custom etnies Today

Visit the etnies Online Store to customize your very own pair of Callicut, Cinch or Sheckler today. The custom Cinch will be discontinued soon, so order yours before it’s too late!

etnies Girl’s Tilly and the Wall Giveaway!

Team Love recording artists Tilly and the Wall are the newest addition to the etnies Girl music roster! Check out the Tilly and the Wall Artists page and enter for your chance to win etnies Girl’s Tilly and the Wall Giveaway!

Enter etnies Girl’s Tilly and the Wall Giveaway!

etnies Girl and Tilly and the Wall are teaming up to give you the chance to win! Five winners will be randomly selected to receive a copy of the band’s second release, “Bottoms of Barrels,” a poster and a pair of Calli-Vulc. No purchase necessary. Enter etnies Girl’s Tilly and the Wall Giveaway by July 16, 2007, and good luck!

Happy Birthday to Nina Buitrago!

We’d like to give a big birthday shout-out today to etnies Girl BMX team rider Nina Buitrago! We hope you have a very happy birthday, Nina B!

Go Skateboarding Day Is Almost Here!

June 21, 2007, is Go Skateboarding Day!

On that day, skateboarders around the globe will celebrate the pure exhilaration, creativity and spirit of one of the most influential activities in the world by blowing off all other obligations to go skateboarding!

Skateboarders everywhere will hold fundraisers, contests, protests and demos; they’ll skate across cities, gather in skateparks and stream into their local skate shop; some will even revel in the solitary act of skateboarding alone. All will bring together the skateboarding community in the grind heard around the world.

Join etnies on Go Skateboarding Day at the etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest for an all-day skate session, or visit the Go Skateboarding Day site for a list of events near you.

Ask a Pro, Any Pro!

Want to ask your favorite etnies Girl team rider a question? You can!

Maybe you want Evelien Bouilliart’s tips on how to land a trick, or would like to know how Lauren Perkins got started skating. Perhaps you want Mary Osborne’s advice on buying a new longboard, or Sarah Whitmore’s help in picking out motocross gear. Whatever your question, visit the Ask a Pro page of the Community section to ask it today!

Learn How to Surf With Mary Osborne

etnies Girl pro Mary Osborne and her friends have teamed up with Ventura Makos Surf Camp to host an All Girls Surf Week this summer! The clinics will take place Aug. 6-10 in Ventura, Calif., and cost $75 per day ($375 per week). Females of all ages and skill levels are welcome.

For more details, visit Mary Osborne’s Surf Camp online.

Fall 2007 Shoes Available Now

The etnies Girl Online Store has just been updated with brand new shoes from the fall collection. Time to go shopping!

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Be an etnies Girl of the Month!

Would you like to be the next etnies Girl of the Month?

We’re looking for cool girls who know how to be themselves and follow their own path, whether they’re into skating, surfing, snowboarding, riding motocross or BMX, or making their mark through art, music, fashion or other creative pursuits.

Leave a comment telling us why you deserve to be the next etnies Girl along with your age and a link to your Web site or MySpace page. You can also send a paragraph describing why you should be our next etnies Girl, along with your name, age, address, phone number and a photo of yourself, to:

etnies Girl of the Month
c/o Sole Technology, Inc.
25422 Trabuco Rd., Suite 105 #235
Lake Forest, CA 92609

Thanks to everyone who applies and good luck!

etnies Plus Fall 2007 Collection Available Now

etnies Plus is a truly one-of-a-kind, numbered, limited-edition shoe series. Featuring unusual, seldom-seen fabrics, hand-stitched construction and embroidered details, the collection has created its own niche among footwear connoisseurs.

Visit the etnies Plus site to view the Fall 2007 Collection and find an etnies Plus retailer near you.

etnies GGOB Kicking Off 2007 Series With Indiana Skate Clinics

Watch out, Indiana—here we come!

The etnies Girls Get on Board (GGOB) series of all-female action sports instructional clinics is kicking off its 2007 season with three skate clinics in Indiana this month.

Join us for skate clinics at the Major Taylor Skatepark in Indianapolis, Ind., on June 12, the Carmel Skatepark in Carmel, Ind., on June 13, and the Cascades Skatepark in Bloomington, Ind., on June 14.

The clinics will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and cost $20 with online registration or $25 the day of the event. Everyone who attends will receive a gift bag with stickers, an etnies GGOB T-shirt and patch, and a donation to Boarding for Breast Cancer.

Encouraging females through one-on-one interaction and hands-on training is at the core of the etnies GGOB program, which seeks to provide females of all ages basic skills and confidence through the introduction of action sports in a fun, safe environment.

For a complete list of clinics, to sign up for a clinic or for the latest updates and information, visit etnies Girls Get on Board.

Don’t Forget to Enter the etnies Girl & Peaches Giveaway!

etnies Girl is teaming up with the woman, the myth, the legend, Peaches, to give you the chance to win! Five winners will be randomly selected to receive a copy of her most recent CD, “ImPeach My Bush,” as well as guitar picks, an “ImPeach My Bush” poster, a T-shirt, stickers, patches, buttons and a pair of etnies Girl shoes. Enter the etnies Girl & Peaches Giveaway by June 15, 2007, and good luck!

Enter the etnies Girl & Aaron Kraten Giveaway by June 15!

etnies Girl and Southern California native Aaron Kraten have united for a special collection that expresses a shared passion for art and skateboarding culture. Inspired by the individuality of girls who skateboard in an urban environment, Kraten’s artistic interpretation is reflected through this creative collaboration.

One grand prize winner will be randomly selected to receive the Aaron Kraten Collaboration Fakie, Fleece and Tote, and two runners-up will each receive the Fakie. Enter the etnies Girl & Aaron Kraten Giveaway by June 15, 2007, and good luck!

Elissa Steamer Invited to X Games 13

It’s official (just not surprising): Elissa Steamer has been invited to this summer’s X Games! Elissa is not only the X Games Skateboard Street Women’s defending champion, she has won gold for the past three consecutive years and is the only woman ever to win the event. This year’s Skateboard Street Women’s Final will take place Friday, Aug. 3, at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles.