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Last Chance: Bubblegum Punk Giveaway!

The etnies Bubblegum Punk Giveaway is ending soon! Don't miss your chance to win a complete, very limited edition etnies Bubblegum Punk Band Kit. That's a guitar, amp, mic and drum set... plus Bubblegum Punk apparel and shoes AND music and gifts from Von Iva. It's not too late now, but it will be by Monday!

Enter now!

New ThirtyTwo Site!

The new ThirtyTwo site's ready for your perusal. Go ahead, poke around...

Check out new ThirtyTwo Boots and Apparel, new Team Pages, everything you ever wanted to know about 32 Tech... so have at it. And don't forget to tell us how awesome and easy the new site is. It's just nice to hear every now and then...

Other than that, enjoy.

Yours,
The 32 Crew

GvR '08! The Tie Breaker!

Lorena & Louisa Footage

Lorena and Louisa tell it like it is... exhibit A.

Sheckler Wins Dew Tour!

And he's back in the game... Sheckler just claimed his his second win of the 2008 Dew Tour. The good folks of Portland were treated to an undeniable comeback (after injury left Sheckler with a 7th place finish in Cleveland) culminating in a big fat final winning score of 90.1! That's our boy...

New Stuff & FREE Shipping!

Time Out: Summer Darling

Ya know, sometimes... sometimes I just don't need everything to be so xtreme (no "e", just "x"). Our crew has been shredding all summer... from Maloof to US Open, Dew Tour and X Games(!)... it's easy to get caught up in all the action. The thing is, that it can be xhausting and I just don't want to be so xtreme these days. Plus, the beaches and warm weather are begging me to be lazy and pull up some sand. But alas, my awesome job entails sitting here at my desk... where I've happily started a love affair with Summer Darling. Their video for "The Open Grave" is my timeout YouTube vid of the moment. And I think it's time for a nice little mellow break... leave the xtremeness to the Flavor Collision Doritos and Flavor Blast Goldfish crackers... and GoGurt or whatever.

The Side Project

Our friends at The Side Project have a new site! And there's so so SO much to take in. Alize, Lauren, Lorena, Evelien and Rachel all have their profiles up; Lisa's got a blog all about her adventures in filming; there are loads of videos and photos, and you can add your own at the Forum. Skate like a girl... and tell everyone about it!

Soooo On Trend

etnies Callicut is featured in the September back-to-school issue of Seventeen Magazine. The article? "Top Ten back-to-school Trends". Hey, when you're hot, you're hot. Go to our As Seen In Gallery to see who else is talking about us.

GvR '08! The Tie Breaker!

Transworld Moto With Tarah

X Games Gold... check. Now what? No sign of slowing down for Tarah, that's for sure. And as we've seen, it's never a dull moment in Moto. See what Tarah's up to these days in Transworld's, Catching Up With Tarah Gieger.

Hey Portland! Dew Tour's Coming

Hey there Portland!

Ready yourselves for the AST Dew Tour and all the Sheckness that comes along with it. Cleveland was fun and all, but I'm betting that Ryan's ready to rip for your gem of a town. Here's where to be and when. Get there.

2008 AST DEW TOUR, Portland, OR – SKB SCHEDULE

Wednesday, August 20th – Gates Closed
1:00PM – 5:00PM SKB Vert Practice
1:00PM – 2:00PM Open Practice
2:00PM – 3:20PM Heat 1
3:30PM – 5:00PM Heat 2
5:00PM – 10:00PM SKB Park Practice

Thursday, August 21st – Gates Open at 2:00PM
12:30PM – 2:45PM SKB Vert Practice
12:30PM – 1:30PM Heat 1 Practice
1:30PM – 2:30PM Heat 2 Practice
2:35PM – 3:00PM Heat 1 Warm Up
3:00PM – 5:00PM SKB Vert Prelims
3:00PM – 6:15PM SKB Park Practice
6:30PM – 9:00PM SKB Park Prelims

Friday, August 22nd – Gates Open at 2:00PM
12:30PM – 3:00PM SKB Vert Practice
2:00PM – 4:00PM SKB Park Practice
4:00PM – 5:30PM SKB Park Final
9:00PM-11:00PM Music – Gym Class Heroes

Saturday, August 23rd – Gates Open at NOON
11:30AM – 12:45PM SKB Vert Practice
1:00PM – 3:00PM SKB Vert Final

Spencer At Snowstock

Last week Spencer claimed Bronze at Burton's New Zealand Open, and now she's got some Kiwi Silver to go along with it. Spencer took 2nd in Big Air at the Billabong Snow Stock in Wanaka, New Zealand! Yeah Spence!

Spotted At Back To The Banks

I was sent this photo from Saturday's Back To The Banks contest in NYC. Lorena was spotted looking cute and... um. doing... something? She was out there for her homies slash sponsors 5Boro so it was part of her job to look that good in that t-shirt. All in a day's work I suppose.

Bubblegum Punk Giveaway Update

Have you entered the Bubblegum Punk Giveaway yet? If not, this might motivate you... Von Iva sent over a box of totes and cds for the winners!

Check out the goods... and ENTER TO WIN!

Sliding Liberia Screening

Did you sleep on tix for the Newport Beach Film Festival premier of Sliding Liberia? Well later this month is another chance to see the brilliant footage of Dan Malloy and Chris Del Moro. Swing by Tom's in Santa Monica for a very special screening and release party on August 23rd.

More Tarah Footage!

Keep an eye on #68. That's X Games Gold Medal training!

Last Days To Vote!

Surfer Polls close in T minus 2 days and counting... i.e. it's time to vote! Don't worry, it's super easy. Head to SurferPoll.net, click the Vote Now button and have at it! You'll be asked to enter your top 10 men and top 5 women, plus video of the year.

Our picks? So glad you asked...

Dudes:
Jamie Obrien
Dan Malloy
Eric Geiselman
Kai Otton
Brett Simpson
Mason Ho
Aamion Goodwin
CJ Kanuha
Ford Archbold
Ryan Carlson

Chicks:
Sally Fitzgibbons
Leilani Gryde
Mary Osborne

Video:
THE PURSUIT

Thanks all for the support!

Sally On Surfline

Great Mistake? Sally's record-breaking qualification for next year's ASP World Tour may have been somewhat accidental, but her multiple wins come as no surprise to anyone. It's safe to say her days on the come up are done... Sally's made the big time. Make no mistake about that. Read up as Surfline takes you through the past eight months of Sally's 2008 season.

Evelien Interview!

Evelien dishes on the ins and outs of skating for a living, talks about realizing she "actually skated well for a girl," and gives etnies TM Laura Lynn a little shout out in her CoolerMag.com interview. Read up!

Nina B Update!

What's up, Nina?

Heyo!

Congrats Tarah on her X games gold!!!!! that course looked sick!!!!!!!!! dangggg!!!!! Summer has been a blast! I've been roadtripping with some gal bike riders from Colorado the last few days all over Ohio, PA and now NYC to ride street and check out the "king of new york" comp. The contest so far has been awesome, everyone's been going off; hopefully our presence will one day inspire a "queen of ny" ha!

Here are some pictures from the trip so far:

here's me following nadia at a dirt spot in columbus. yeah girl train! ha

here's jess ausec, subbin it up at the flow skatepark in columbus, ohio

on our way out to king of ny comp, nadia steinbrecher and i met up with ray himself (ray's indoor mtb park) and co-worker bobby D for my first time downhill mountain biking sesh at 7 springs in PA. I wish we would've gotten some action shots, but man my arms are still sore from hangin on! We basically got in about 15-20 runs, taking our bikes up the ski lift, then bombing down the mountain hitting 20-30ft tables at the end..holy air time! Scary, but awesome.

then directly from there, met up with jess again and we made it to king of ny at the owls head park in brooklyn, ny the next morning where we took a few rebel runs during the "king of ny"

stoked on some hips and tall quarters again:

nadia with a fast plant

today is part 2 of the comp and still more pics to come...thanks for readin :) lets shred!

etnies Girls On Top At ESC

The European Skateboard Championships went off this past weekend... and our girls held it down for the etnies crew. Ianire Elorriaga took 1st Place with Evelien Bouilliart right behind in 2nd! Candy Jacobs for etnies Holland and Kristina Westad of etnies Norway finished off the top four in 3rd & 4th, respectively. Congrats ladies!

The contest was heaps of fun but, as you can see below, the good times didn't end on the podium...

Holly Lyons On MTV's Made!

Alex Mills is a brainy klutz who spent all of last year stuck at home with allergies... allergies and all the Rob & Big episodes her little heart desired. She spent her days parked in front of the boob tube, and her nights dreaming about being a skateboarder. After a less than successful solo run at it, Alex enlisted the help of MTV's Made.

Enter etnies skatestress Holly Lyons. Holly willingly left her beloved SoCal home to meet her challenge in Tipp City, Ohio. Can she teach as well as she skates? Will Alex do her justice? Tune in tomorrow, August 10th, at 1pm PST to see Holly prep her newest protege!

TV Schedule

Surfer Polls Are Open!

It’s that time of year when we have the chance to vote for our favorite female surfers. Obviously, they are all etnies surfers, right?! Please take a moment of your lovely day and enter your top 5 nominations for female surfers in the 2008 Surfer Poll Awards!

It’s so easy to vote! Just go to SurferPoll.net. Click on “VOTE NOW” and enter in your favorite etnies surfers in the blank spaces. Here are a few friendly suggestions:

Sally Fitzgibbons – WQS 2008 Champion leading with the most points in surfing history and definite addition to the WCT tour next year! This girl has had so much success in such a short period of time, she should be at the top of the list no doubt!

Leilani Gryde – Coming back from a knee injury last season, Lei is still in the top 20 ranked surfers on the WQS tour. This girl could possibly be joining Sally on the WCT in 2009 as we wait to see how she finishes out the season.

Mary Osborne – One of our all-time favorite longboard ladies, Mary does so much for charity and surfing as a sport that she could definitely use a pat on the back!

Spencer On Transworld

Feels like SoCal's in the midst of a summer-long heat wave, but in New Zealand the toilets flush the opposite direction and it's winter right now. We had Spencer O'Brien out there last weekend, shredding the August snow for the Burton New Zealand Open... must be weird getting used to riding upside down.

More on Spencer's Slopestyle Bronze on Transworld Snowboarding.

Complex Clash Of The Kicks

Complex.com's got a special edition of Clash of the Kicks.

Vote for your fav shoe worn in last weekend's X Games and maybe win a prize for yourself. Our picks - Ryan's Sheckler 2 and Malto's Faction. Vote as many times as you want and you may win the whole enchilada or one of their daily prizes!

Mary O Update

Hope everyone is well and enjoying summer. Below is an update of what I have been up to. Thanks for your support.

--June 22, 2008
Pro Longboard Association Tour
"Taylor Jenson and Mary Osborne took home the Ventura Classic titles in the Professional Longboard Association's second event of the season. Attendance was good, Waves small, but the competition was hot...

The Women's Division saw hometown girl Mary Osborne beat out top women's contenders Julie Cox, Kaitlin McGuire, and Wanda Smans for her first PLA victory of the season. While another first happened in the Men's Division as well, San Diego native Taylor Jenson winning the top prize in his first PLA contest of the season. Jenson, who also walked away with the K55 High Style Award for "Best Ride" of the event, beat out top surfers like Colin McPhilips (2nd), K55 event winner Kai Sallas (3rd), and Tom Lloy.
Garbriel Fimbres took home the Open Amateur Division prize."

--June 29
"Cowabunga Day"

For the last six months I have been mentoring a young girl, Cecily Coco, with her Gold Award for Girl Scouts. Our goal was to take disabled children surfing from our local community. It was a huge success. Thanks to Ventura Makos and Matt Miller for their extra help!

- July 14-16
Mary Osborne Girlie Surf Camp
Successful week learning to surf with 12 6-8 year olds this week in Ventura, CA. There were tears, huge smiles, long rides and memories to laugh a lifetime. The moms even made it out!

- Filmed and interviewed for Nomads HDTV show
We filmed the main piece in Costa Rica a few months back during the Robert August Surf n Turf. This last week camera man Dave Nash came up to Ventura where I was able to give him the full tour of my hometown. The show will be aired soon.

Upcoming Travels:
- Due to a death in the family I was unable to attend the Roxy Longboard Championships in France this year.

- July 29- Aug 3: Nantucket, MA with the Robert August crew

- Aug 5-12: Scorpion Bay, Mexico for all girls surf excursion. Trip will be featured on surfline.com and Foam Magazine
Featured Press:
- "The Book Of Surfing" by Michael Fordham (full page shot by David Pu'u)
- Photo featured in Surfing Exhibit that is now open at the SB Nautical Museum (David Pu'u)
- 805 Magazine June Issue (full page and interview)
- Feature on Fantasticsmag.com (mulit-page pics and interview)

Websites:
maryosbornesurf.com

maryosbornesurf.blogspot.com

THANKS AGAIN!!!

Mary Osborne

Leilani In Cali

Leilani's been in town and up to no good. Not really; she's actually been surfing and competing and beautifying the neighborhood with her smile and etnies-stickered sticks. See for yourself:

New Shoes For Back To School

Death By Lobster

Art Show! Come out to Infinity Board Shop in Dana Point this Friday. We'll expose you to the talents of Mr. Russ Pope and get you all nice and cultured... like you should be. Trust me, you need this.

Sally Fitz Wins WQS!

There's just no catching Sally Fitzgibbons. After a record-breaking season sittin' pretty atop the WQS rankings, she now officially has the WQS Women's World Championship Title... and with five events to spare! But how's that possible; isn't it a bit premature? Not when you're so far ahead in points that even if any of your closest competitors win the remaining events, you'll still win by at least 520 points! Yep, she's THAT far out of reach. That's another ASP first, as verified by ASP's Al Hunt.

Sally could sit out the rest of the season and still win... but why sit when you can surf? She intends to compete for the remainder of the season and we can't wait to see if she'll set another record for the largest winning margin!

Do it Sally!

etnies Bubblegum Punk Giveaway!

Back to School just got a whole lot cooler, thanks to the etnies Bubblegum Punk Giveaway and our friends Von Iva. Win a Von Iva music gift pack, a complete head-to-toe outfit (apparel AND footwear) from the fall Bubblegum Punk Collection PLUS an etnies Bubblegum Punk Band set up! That's a limited edition drum kit, guitar, amp AND mic! Aw yeah… fall’s gonna rock.

Enter to win!

Spencer Takes Bronze!

X Games 14 wasn't the only weekend action around. Infamous sent us this little update (Photos by Susie Floros):

In a progressive slopestyle final at the Burton New Zealand Open, Spencer O'Brien put together solid run after solid run to take 3rd place. Spencer was up against some tough competition from current TTR champ, Jamie Anderson, and finished just 0.67 points behind Cheryl Maas. When asked about the result, Spencer uncharacteristically had very little to say "I'm just stoked." Spencer also made a serious move in the Burton Global Open Series standings moving from number 90 to number 12 this week.

Congrats Spencer!!!

More details at Snowboard-Mag.com.

Watch Tarah's Gold Medal Race!

Check out Tarah Gieger riding her way to Gold!

Check out Transworld MX to see how she was training to earn that Gold!

Women's Skateboarding In NY Times?

The Times, they are a changin'. Elissa Steamer took X Games Gold on Saturday, and then took time out to sit with NYTimes.com for a little insight-giving, light-shedding session. Check out the vid... which includes some montage-y cuts of Lauren, Rachel, Lorena and Evelien.

Tarah Wins X Games Gold!

Hate to say we told ya so... but we told ya so. Tarah Gieger just won the very first Women's Moto X Gold. That's right, X Games had its inaugural race for the girls ('bout time!) and it's Tarah's name going down in the history books.

That's our Tarah... holding it down! And here's a little more from Tarah.

Women's Street Skate Finals!

Don't let yesterday's results get you down for good ol' team etnies. The skill caliber thrown down at the Women's Street Skate Finals definitely surprised a lot of people and Elissa earned that X Games Gold! Our little Rachel made 4th and the top three were Steamer, Dal Santo and Caron... not a bad trio to come in after! Girls—Lauren, Lorena, Rachel, Evie—ya done good.

Some evidence for any doubters:

Evelien feeble grind

Lorena ollie

Rachel pop shuv it

Rachel front board

And check out our girls on EXPN:

"Belgian Bombdropper"
"Lorena Lima's Take"
"Lauren Perkins: Women's Skate Contender"

Oh, and here's Lorena with a pinata after dinner... don't ask.

Ryan Sheckler Wins X Games 14!

Congratulations to our boy Ryan Sheckler on his win today at X Games 14. This is his second win in X Games Street. The first being four years ago when he was 13. Stay tuned for video and more photos!

Mini Who?

You may have sparked a trend in sawed-off golf clubs, Verne Troyer, but that etnies Lo-Cut Golf shoe in the back is having the Best Week Ever.

Happy X Games Girls' Day!

You lucky, lucky girl. Today's the day we take over X Games 14 with hearts and rainbows and unicorns... Not really, but we are taking over with a little help from our favorite female pros. Sometimes that feels a lot like hearts and rainbows and unicorns.

Come on out and get your learn on with Girls Get On Board! The good times start at 10am sharp and the early bird catches the goodie bag... the first 200 early birds!

Happy X Games Girls Day!