The dude who writes over in the "Time to Grind" blog (aka. Kdub) has an article out in the October Skateboard Mag.. page 172/173. It's real sweet & he talks about his passion for skateboarding and how nothing has ever brought him down enough to quit. He gives all you young shredders insight on what happens after you have a couple major skate injuries and when wicked age takes it's ruthless toll on your body. It will also be refreshing for you not so young shredders out there that have similar, if not identical stories and memories about the youth of skating and how the passion stays with you forever. Everyone should check it out! Nice work Kdub!
Photo from the article

Here's a photo from his myspace... back in the day.

Holy crap! Wade came through with the goods yesterday at 6:02 PM...

click to see the full version

Congrats dude you just won a Rob Welsh PowerLyte


Colin got his entry in just a couple of hours after Wade's so we're giving him second place and hooking him up with some shirts...

well done guys!!

Dave from Ohio sent in his entry for the Snakes On Plane contest but unfortunately he went to the wrong movie.. check it out.

Dave you were supposed to go see Snakes On A Plane not Step Up! But well done in terms of logo hunting.. Anyways this means the the Rob Welsh PowerLyte is still totally up for grabs...

and just for good measure let's check that awesome poster again

good stuff!!

So I knew nobody would take me serious until I made a poster... Here you go!

click on the thumbnail to see the poster in all it's glory!
You could have a free Rob Welsh PowerLyte and all you have to do is see the most mind blowing movie of all time!

So I was pretty stoked when I saw Snakes On A Plane and saw the multiple Santa Cruz logos... but I gotta say I even more suprised when I saw Talledega Nights to see a full on Mob Grip promotion... luckily this time I got a screenshot..

Way to hook that up Satva!!

Alright... that one was fake.. but the Snakes On A Plane one was legit! First person to go to Snakes On A Plane, take a photo of the screen when the Santa Cruz logos are up and sends them in wins a Rob Welsh "Branded" PowerLyte deck.. it looks like this..

Send your photos to my e-mail by clicking on WebWizard below....

The Bone comes through with an epic photo gallery of Moscow which we cleverly titled... Krux in Moscow. Ron proves to once again be the king of the captions and gets special bonus points for not making any Yakov Smirnoff "In Soviet Russia jokes..." or references to Tetris

I'm sure I would have made both if I was making the captions...
extra bonus points from me for making a Gremlins 2 reference (still one of the best books I've ever read)

Pluto is not a planet anymore. My whole life we have had 9 planets... now... a lot of years later... we only have 8 planets. Not because it disappeared either.
I guess the other planets were complaining that it was too small. It is the ugly duckling and it doesn't fit in. So Pluto is now considered a "dwarf planet" which means it doesn't count. I think that is job discrimination and the other planets and earthlings that decided this should be put to trial for their crime.
F-bomb YOU Jupiter!! Just cause you're soooo big you think you can strip Pluto of it's rank. Pluto rules! I mean, Pluto has to travel further around the sun then any of the other planets... Pluto worked the hardest despite it's smaller size.
Pluto was my favorite... I'm sad.
Long live Pluto... here's to Pluto!

Well, I guess they have these specially shaped sausages at some little diner on the East Coast. Or you could just ask Charlie Kiesa (our East Coast Road Rep) to cut some up for you! This our tribute to Hall of Meat! Send in your versions to my email below... I'll post them up!

Over the weekend I saw the epic "Snakes On A Plane"... If you like snakes biting boobs and or the use of the word motherf*cker then I highly recomend this movie to you.. also if you're a fan of Santa Cruz you should check it out as well since features both the Santa Cruz Classic Dot logo and the Santa Cruz Knot logo... I couldn't find a screen grab from the movie but it kinda looked like this...

Well actually not really but the logos were in there... nice product placement SC!

And it's about time!

Thank you to everyone that watched the DVD and filled out the survey at win.strangenotes.com for "OzFest, Creature in Australia". I have randomly selected 5 lucky skaters to win a Lee Smith EZ Money Santa Cruz Skateboard from Strange Notes DVD! You 5 peeps should have received an email from myself and all you need to do is respond with your shipping address.
The winners are:
1. Tyler Stevens from Connecticut!
2. Tim Hoffman from New York!
3. Mekal Arciniega from Colorado!
4. Juana Salas from California!
5. John Castaneda from Texas!
Thank you again everyone! Make sure to pick up the next SN DVD "Ricta Ronto" due out in September! As always, Strange Notes DVDs are Free!

Ever had a Glow in the Dark deck before? I'm guessing NO! Now you can.. and you can have glow in the dark boobs on your deck too! Every straight mans dream... skateboards and boobs that can be seen in the dark!
Take a gander at these disjustingly sweet ass decks! Navarette, Partanen and Hitz got the pro models and there is a Team Model too! In shops now!



(You'll have to go to the shop to see Hitz graphics)
They only take a meer couple seconds to charge up and they're good to go until you can't go any longer!

I got an email from a friend in Norcal named Mike. He sent me a joke...
"How many Northern Californians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?"
Give up??
"Hella"
And then I get an email from another Norcal pal from some skate magazines video room with additional info on the joke:
"Guess how long it takes for these same Norcalians to screw in a lightbulb?"
Give up?
"For Days Brah"
That's all from me for now! Thanks Mike from Norcal! I'm dropping a DVD in the mail to you today! And thanks to that guy from the video room of that skate mag... I'm not dropping you a DVD in the mail cause sounds like you have plenty.

first off I finally figured out how Lee makes everything evil... e-zombie! Cat's out of the bag Lee!

In other news I fully got called out by Clariefied... I guess I just didn't want to break the hearts of our legions of female StrangeNotes fans by letting them know that the Web Wiz proposed to his lady Wizard last week, whats more impressive is that I did it without any kind of modem! enough about that though... I've got a softball game to go win...

Thanks for the photo Tom!

In other news, the Web Wiz is back but he has failed to mention a very important, life changing thing that happened to him over his remote vacay. Could be the scariest thing that can happen to a man but yet they all seem to get themselves into this situation at some time in their lives. I give you until the end of today Web Wiz to tell your story... or else I tell it the way I want!
Here's a hint... he will be exchanging these things:

7 day and no Wi-Fi for the Wiz.. It was like when Maury Povich sends kids to boot camp to get scared straight. Well not really but I totally missed out on the skatefairy takeover at the tap.. Lee filled me in on that one, thanks Lee! here's a picture gallery in return!

In other news we're getting some well wishes on a couple of our myspace pages due to their upcoming birthdays... I never really thought about how this would play out but I figure eventually someone's gonna figure out the not only are Mob Grip and Ricta supposedly turning 27 this saturday but so is the web wizard... What I guess I'm saying is that I'm not very clever when it comes to making up fake birthdates...

I felt like checking how it looked to see all the KFC's that happened in the 2006 season/schedule/roster on a map of our great country. CHECK THIS SH*T OUT! Awesome isn't even a valid word for this... maybe awesomazing?! So many in California, with the North West a close 2nd and the East Coast 3rd. But as far as who's the best kickflippers... that title goes to the East Coast! They ruled the kickflippin' titles this year! Way to go! As for you kickflippin' masters smack dab in the middle of the country.. y'all need to talk your shops into hosting some of these on the 2007 season!
We have one final Krux Kickflip Challenge to end the season and that lucky spot goes out to The Great Lakes region.
Saturday, August 12th @ Underload Board Shop in Eau Claire, WI! I hope you guys beat the record of 283... what a way to close the season if you do! I'll even throw in an extra set of Krux Trucks if someone beats the record at this event... just hit me up with an email if you do it!

A handful of the ams and pros from the NHS and Strange Notes family are going on tour with Vox Shoes! We've got Darren Navarette on Creature and Independent , Emmanuel Guzman from Santa Cruz , Independent and Mob Grip , Peter Hewitt from Independent and the newest member to the Creature fiends Adarian Mallory. Check out the flyer below and make sure to check these guys when they stop at a shop or park near you!

I decided that I would let every out there check out what's going on inside the NHS warehouse. We have some new stuff in stock and so I am picking my personal favorite things and letting you all take a peep:
KRUX TRUCKS!
3.5 Velvet Downlow, 3.5 Cannon Mid and 3.5 Ice Mid


WHEELS URETHANE WHEELS!
Out of all these wheels you see before you, I like the brand new, bright Orange OJIII's... 56mm, 58mm, 60mm... whatever you like best!
100% JUICE!



INDEPENDENT SOCKS!
Once Navarette joined the Independent Clothing Team, you had to guess that Vert Socks would shortly follow. And they're in stock right now so go get some at your local skateshop.

FTR Tshirt!!!!! Brand new!


SANTA CRUZ SKATEBOARDS! Rasta colors... Carolinos favorite Signature Graphic colorway! And it has your favorite leaf all over it but I wouldn't suggest smoking it. It's for skating.


THE BOSSES OFFICE! Novak has a bunch of original artwork from the well known, old school graphics of Santa Cruz Skateboards. No colors yet... just the raw drawing!


PICS JUST CHILLIN IN OUR DATABASE! What is Jason Jessee doing right here? Any ideas?

Check out the baby's arm on his jacket down below. Also check out all the random pins, buttons, patches and stuff.


Okay, there are my personal picks from the warehouse this week and the random photo I found chilling in our computer system.

I got an email from a Strange Notes friend today and here it is! Support the cause! This skatepark looks like it's gonna be epic:
From SN friend:

"I used to live in Cambridge, MA... and would get fined out the $!# for
skating in the city. However, due to the massive construction that was
recently somewhat completed in Boston, it created space for a massive park
underneath an east cambridge to boston bridge. The details can be found
HERE!
Anywho... I followed the link down to the DONATIONS! "
So if you can help out, please do! The more places we have to skate, the better the world will be! See what can happen:

Or do you want to be happy like this?

The choice is ours!

So Lee told me to make a new logo and name for the scooter gang... He really put the pressure on when he said that if it's good that he might get it tattooed... So I decided to take my initial idea and make it a little bit more hardcore..

swords are still hardcore right?