AG + RS + VE + ML

With Christmas over and done with, products showing up the2nd and 3rd week of December, and now it’s really no surprise that release dates on pre-ordered products are pushed back yet once again.  We are forced to fabricate and estimate on our own release dates without a single good excuse to give our customer. This is due to poor communication by our suppliers. We have battled with this issue since the beginning of time and no one has ever come out and said anything constructive until now. So this is a really nice article taken from Canadian roll blog about companies not living up to their release dates having later than normal release dates and why it hurts the industry. This is from the customers standpoint. So all you MFG’s and distributors need to take notes.

The Christmas rush of products has come and gone, and to be honest, other than DVD releases I was rather disappointed. It seems like every product I wanted was unavailable, not only in Canada, but in the United States as well. This usually is not a problem because products seem to get released in the rolling industry in trickles rather than bursts, and I know this is largely attributed to the relatively small number of rollers in the world, which adversely effects the amount of products that get released at certain times, this is a fact I have come to understand and accept. However, I stress the phrase “usually is not a problem,” the fact of the matter is many of the products I was looking forward to had either been announced or had official images on the internet a month or months ahead of time, with the assumption that these products would be released for the Christmas buying rush. Products were even featured on shop’s websites for pre-order, with many release dates being published for December or early January. I do not know who allows these images and information to be available on the internet and really cannot understand the benefit of releasing them. There are a few main downfalls that I see by doing this, both for the consumers and the businesses…..

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Uh oh we missed a week. Never fear, “bail of the weeks” are back for 2009. Big gaps mixed with 180’s are always freaky for this reason. Seen it 1,000 times but everyone is still too damn cool to wear a helmet.

Alright so I was doing my normal rounds and caught onto a few exerts from Deshi’s PR dude and team manager/ team rider Oli Bennett and here is what he had to say in response to a post regarding why some sites have decided to remove the Carbon from their websites. (along with an edit) There is also mention of the slimline frames which everyone seems to really be liking.

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Dragon Ledge for EOR2 from kawika jarman on Vimeo.

If you are a local to the Washington or Oregon scene you better make it to Skatebarn for Kawika’s latest and greatest contest entitled “Elements of Rolling 2″ which will be held on January 17th 2009. Head on over and compete for second place. I say second because we all know Jake Dotson will end up cake walking away with first.

Street Artist drops a bunch of great looking two tone adjustable hats in plenty of color schemes just waiting to be matched with some gear. Collect ‘Em All!

Street Artist Mid Range Hat w/ STAR logo:

We got the Arlo limited edition wheels a little while back and now Eulogy drops the rest of their signature series wheels on us. The series consists of pro wheels for legends, Arlo, Chris Edwards, Mike Opalek and B Love. Search YouTube for some clips on these aggressive skate legends if you are in the dark on your history. At $26.00 a set these limited edition wheels are also an excellent value for your money. Props to Eulogy for dedicating a limited edition line of wheels to these fellows.

Chris Edwards Eulogy wheel:

Mike Opalek Eulogy wheel:

B Love Eulogy Wheel: