Well i was right it was a fun time and cheers to everyone who made it happen, here are a few pics of who showed up and made it fun.
Emmanuel manny man Guzman

Sid and Manny.

Sid was ripping what a shocker.

so was this bloke Josh mattson and Gremlin Diesel.

The Gremlins were out ( Diesel ).

Mike poore was hard at work, check out the next Strange Notes for the footage.

The Listen LBC massive were hanging out too, 508 Furnace crew inside ..lol.

Justin The Strubster stopped by but his arm was in a splint so no sk8ing but good to see ya mate.
I thought he told me his shoulder got a splinter and it got really bad, but i just heard it wrong ( bloody cell phones ).
Dont worry he is fine and will be shralping real soon.
Manny, Justin and DAF Noah

Leonard and his dog Blue.

Sid had Lazer eye.

Sids Sad

Ohh yeah this is new, complete computer keysk8board set ups ( its the future of customizing your computer if you are into sk8ing or not ).
This version shown off by P.M.

If any of you Nippers out there have nowt to do this weekend Saturday the 3rd of May pop over to the log shop in Pacifica, Justin Strubing, Sid Melvin and myself will be out there for a bit of a demo/hang out type of thing, it should be fun so be there or be a banana.
check the flyer.

Flo has been real bizzy on a Vans China tour with UK SCS ripper Kris Vile here is a few snap shots of them.


They might not look to ninjariffic but i assure you on a skateboard they are.
Flo nollie crooks.

Kris blasting ollie.

A little bonus in case you never saw it, Carolino and Flo's joint 411 part.
This should not be missed,wicked sk8in here.

i went over to Newport on friday night to check out the opening of the new Sabre sunglasses store.
Tom Knox was there and we had a good chat right next to the bog.


if you are in Newport check out their new spot @
436 32nd Street
Newport Beach, CA, 92663.

Tommy Fynn did great at the Globe “slaughter at the opera” contest, but unfortunately he hurt his knee on the big rail just before finals so technically he got 10th since only ten were picked to go through. Never mind mate you still have your interview coming out in the OZ magazine The Skateboarders Journal.

Flo Marfaing has been getting bizzy in China with the Vans Euro team, he told me that the skating was amazing and that they were betting on different foods to eat ECT. He bet Leo Sharp the photographer that he couldn’t eat a whole bunch of Wasabi in one go for the price of 4 bucks, so without thinking he lobbed it in his gob, apparently he went so red in the face the whole restaurant was laughing. Good one Flo.
Check out this link for a short clip.
Flo in China
Here is a Pic of him and UK SCS ripper Kris Vile.


Sid Melvin has been ripping it up in Woodward or as he wrote it “ Hi I went to Woodward for some skating and it snowed and it was fun love Sid”.


Look out for his Sidewalk interview dropping in issue 140.
Justin Strubing has been all over the place as usual and will continue since there is an onslaught of Vox and Hurley tours planned for this summer as well as the Santa Cruz Euro Enduro 2 tour, which I will release more info about soon.
He has a guest blog on Epicly Trife so check the link to check out more Strubing.
Strubing Blog

Emmanuel Guzman is in the midst of doing a Thrasher Magazine interview so look out for that in the future, also his new Spitfire wheel should be out in shops in the next 3 to 4 months.

Alex Carolino is now riding for DC Brazil and has a new part in “Duotone”, which is a new Brazilian video.

Alex Moul (me) should have a little part sorted for the next Strange Notes as well as Carolino and Flo and look out for the new Screaming shirts coming soon.

Last but not least we have decided to write off skateboarding because we are not selling enough gear, so we have gone into the car industry, nice knowing you all.


April Fools ;-).

So what's goin on with the Santa Cruz Skate team? Yeah, I've been wondering that myself. We tried to track down Alex Moul for questioning - no luck. We ransacked his place and all we found was this pic:



Sketchy. I couldn't find a ransom note, but these ladies are surely suspect...

Winners...and losers...

Check out Mike Yeager - our February Santa Cruz Skateboards Winner! Congrats man, you're a winner...how does it feel?

Recently Emmanuel Guzman and Justin Strubing went out to AZ whith Vox and Thrasher.
Check them out ripping while warming up for the big stuff that will be showcased in the next of the Black and Blue series.
click the links below
Touch IT

Touch IT2

Hello peeps
check out this blog of footage that the sidewalk guys made from the last time they popped over.Featuring Mob grip rider David Gonzales, Chet Thomas and myslef (Alex Moul) having a
LAAARRRFFF at the Volcom park....haha.
Click the link below.
"BLOG IT"

Check out Justin's new video clip on our video page promoting the new SAVE US SERIES, plus Flo has a new clip on there aswell.

Santa Cruz Am Tommy Fynn will be competing in the "Globe Slaughter At
The Opera" Contest. Watch the live webcast of the event this Friday the 29th of Feb
starting at 7pm by clicking this link
Tear it up Tommy

check out his 411 part.

So our Team Manager paid us a visit from SoCal this past week. In return, we put him up in one of the nicest motels the Beach Boardwalk flats have to offer - hey, we figured he could handle it. For those of you not from Santa Cruz, the flats are deceiving. To the unknowing tourist, they're where you go to soak up some sun, ride some rides, buy a deep fried twinki...killer shit like that. But after dark, you want to stay clear...unless you're planning on making headlines in our local newspaper...and not in a good way. Apparently no one broke these rules down for Alex...and he had quite the interesting night. If you want the full story, we're gonna have to let him tell it. Here's the card he gave us before leaving...

Check out Flo Marfaing at the Globe Metz Masters contest

SICK

this is just a little update to let you know what the walking/rolling adverts have been up to.
Justin Strubing has been in New York shooting photos for a possible Skateboard mag interview and went to the Surf Expo mini ramp jam.
here is a pic of him and Brian Lotti who is making a short film called "Free Pegasus" and he met up with them and filmed a few days for it.

Look out for the next Vox Black and Blue DVD since Justin has the last part and SCS team mate Emmanuel Guzman will be in there ripping in his new shoes.
Talking of which, Manny went off to Coasta Rica over the holidays with his girl and told me a funny story. Whilst roaming in the rain Forrest they decided to get something to eat, the waiter recognized the Santa Cruz logo on his shirt and asked him his name, so he told him. “Holy shit” the guy said “ive read your interview’s in the skate mags” and then proceeded to call his mate who brought a board over for manny to do some tricks for them. The price of fame hey, you can’t even go on holiday without someone recognizing you and fanning out and in a rain Forrest of all places. Ha-ha.
Well he is back now and currently working on a Thrasher interview so keep your eyes peeled for that in the future.

Talking of Thrasher, I hope you got a chance to see our article from the No Rest In The Northwest Tour (Thrasher issue # 329 February).
Ted DeGros has been out to China for a little mission to film for a Canadian video called Strangebreww and the photos from the trip are in the latest Thrasher with a little interview. Result.

He is also off to Spain now to film with Florentin Marfaing so maybe I will find out some info on him soon too. But for now here is his new Satori ad.

Tommy Fynn has been killing it lately and has been invited to the Globe best trick contest over in OZ at the end of February, im sure he will blow some minds at that. Also it looks like he will be spending some time in California since he is working on a 6-month visa to come and stay with his mate Dennis Durant, you know you are going to see him in the American mags more soon.
Alex Carolino has been chilling with his wife and new born over Christmas but that’s not to say he hasn’t been skating, he has been filming for an upcoming Brazilian video called Duotone and the photos from that should be showcased in one of the Europe mags ect.
Plus he is now on SC apparel check out his new ad in Kingpin January 08.

Sid Melvin moved into a new place all the way next door. Lol. He has been working on a 411 video part and should have a Sidewalk Surfer interview coming soon. Sid now rides for SC apparel also. Check out his new Santa Cruz ad featuring the new Save Us Series.

Not too much to tell you about myself (Alex Moul),
According to Sid im Mr. October in the 2008 Thrasher calendar, so if you know any saucy birds that want me on their wall let them know. Ha-ha.
C YA.

Check out the Sid Melvin in this 30 trick SCS Ad
click it

Our friends up at Zola Acai Juices hooked us up with free Pallet (yes, you read that right - a pallet!) of Acai juice to keep everyone lively during ASR. It's organic, sustainably harvested and packs a sweet buzz thanks to 24mg of Guarana (natural caffeine). Get some or go to www.drinkzola.com for more info on the Acai berry and Zola juices.



Thanks Buddah!

Yep, that's him, Salba - in the flesh...he stopped by on his way to the San Jose Skatepark to grab one of the new Bevel reissues...



Check out the limited Bevel decks at your local skate shop...

check the link below to see Sid Melvin and Justin Strubing in Chris Ray's Transworld january video montage.
watch this

Santa Cruz Skateboards is happy to announce that 2008 marks the 30th Anniversary of Keith Meek riding for Santa Cruz Skateboards! To honor Keith’s 30 years of dedication, Santa Cruz is re-issuing his very first “Slasher” Pro Model graphic with a Special Edition “Thirty to Life” top graphic to mark the anniversary.

All collectors should take note – thirty years on the same company? Since day one, Meekster’s surf inspired pool slashing skate style earned him the Slasher name-sake and graphics by Jim Phillips. To date, one of the most recognized, iconic graphics in the Santa Cruz Skateboards / Phillips archives.

Meekster still shreds a pool like no other but like most Veterans has recently undergone knee surgery to fix some old battle wounds. The surgery went well and he’s claiming he’ll be back in action soon.

I wish you well my friend – Happy 30th! Best wishes from everyone at NHS for a full recovery.

Hey check out the truth about "PRAY FOR ME" from the horses mouth himself Jason Jessee and find out what kind of nutter’s these legends have to deal with. Crazy.

happy new year everyone and i hope you had a good crimbo.
just a little bit of news from carolino, he is working on a brazillian video called "Doutone" and it is being produced by Fernando granja set to come out around the end of febuary..so keep your eyes peeled for that one or check out the link for a sneak preview.
click it

Check out the 12 PAGE SPREAD of our guys as Thrasher follows them on their "NO REST IN THE NORTHWEST TOUR". Grab a copy of the Feb '08 issue of THRASHER!


By Joe Hammeke

happy christmas from everyone at santa cruz skateboards.
have a bloody good one.

It hurts.



Our man Simon, from Wales...straight pimped his van...Santa Cruz Skate style...we're feelin' it.

I thought this was a bit different.
Well Christmas time is usually for friends and family and all that, but mob grip rider Arto Saari has buggerd off to the desert this crimbo to build a sauna on the back of his trailer.

So when we are all fat and sick of turkey he will be sweating it all off in this beast of a steam room…well when it is finished. What a nutter. Ha-ha.

Anyone who was in the northwest when we did our tour out there might be glad to see some street skating photo’s of us lot coming out in the next Thrasher magazine. So keep yer eyes peeled.
Alex Carolino and Sid Melvin got a year younger on sunday so happy birthday to them.
Well there is not too much else to tell you right now since everyone is hibernating for Christmas, so happy holidays from Santa Cruz.

Don’t drink and skate, look what happened to this guy.

ohh yeah i heard that.

c ya.

if you didnt get a chance to see flo marfaing's interview in KINGPIN magazine you can view it by clicking the link below
ballbags
have a butchers hook at it.

hello peeps
check the link below from innerspace skatepark for a few more pics and their own little write up for our demo there..cheers guys.
have a butchers
fyi the demo will be on strange notes along with the rest of the tour so look out for the next one.

New Santa Cruz Micro Reissues are fully Heavy Metal Chuck approved.

Nice one Chuck!

Well we had the first pro team meeting in years and started planning for next year, its all secret right now but watch this space for info.

If you didn’t get a chance to see Tommy Fynn in the new 411 make sure you pick up a copy or borrow one and check it out, he has a ripping part and should not be missed.

Well if you don’t think Santa will be giving you an scs board for Christmas don’t try and rob your local skate shop like these knob heads tried to do. As you can see the police recovered the entire product nicked from “2 Felons” skate shop (funny name considering the crime) and it was all Santa Cruz boards, at least they had good taste.

The new strange note’s is out called “tastes like awesome” so check that out at a sk8 shop near you.
Mob grip rider arto saari stopped round for a haircut and his MOB shipment the other day as you can see it got quite funny.


Santa claws has got rid of his reindeer this year and replaced them with a brand new Harley still equipped with antlers, fair play. Lol


And this is his brother, I think.

Now im not sure what kind of keg fun they have in the northwest but im telling ya you wont catch me drinking out of this, nutter’s.

play safe

sid mini ramp thing...good song

c ya.

Don't miss it - Cruz'n AZ is set to air on FUEL TV at the following dates and times:



Friday 11/23/2007 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT
Friday 11/23/2007 11:00pm ET / 8:00pm PT
Saturday 11/24/2007 8:00am ET / 5:00am PT
Sunday 11/25/2007 8:00am ET / 5:00am PT
Monday 11/26/2007 8:30pm ET/ 5:30pm PT
Monday 11/26/2007 11:30pm ET/ 8:30pm PT
Sunday 12/9/2007 12:00pm ET/ 9:00am PT
Sunday 12/9/2007 3:00pm ET/ 12:00pm PT



This installment of "Strange Notes: Cruz'n AZ" features two hard-hitting sections from a Santa Cruz excursion down to Phoenix, Arizona with the entire team - Alex Carolino, Flo Marfaing, Ted Degros, Marius Syvanen, and Sid Melvin - tearing up the streets. The Krux team is globetrotting, this time in Barcelona, Spain, filming for "I'm Feeling it" with Ron Whaley, Silas Baxter Neal, and Nestor Judkins, with a special part from Marcos Gomez -- a Spanish local. Bryan Botelho puts it down in San Francisco with as much style as you could ask for. Also look for a trick tip from world famous vert skater Jake Brown.

Oh werd!? Werd. Tune in.