FEBRUARY
-2-9-2012-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-I don't have much for you today... we just put up the Family section of "Stakes Is High", Ryan and Tony are in the back making stickers, and everyone is headed to Albuquerque for the weekend. See you next week!
-2-1-2012-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Happy Black History Month! And there is 29 days this month, which is extra special and only happens once every four years. In honor of Black History Month and the leap year, Greg Knight sent this montage of him and his friends shredding in Virginia.
-The Spencer's have been getting some coverage lately. William is in the new Skateboard Mag, and Shad is in the new Thrasher. Huge thanks to Ty Bush for getting those photos out there.
-Did you see Ryan's part from Stakes Is High? It's on YouTube, along with the intro/Nate's part. We'll be periodically putting the parts up, but you should still buy the video! It has a bunch of bonus features. Try pressing "enter" on your DVD remote for each person's name, you might be suprised.
-I'd like to thank The Skateboard Mag and Shad Lambert for putting up my Rip Clip yesterday. I never know what to write about myself, so I guess I'd just like to thank them and thank you all for supporting The Shop.
JANUARY
-1-16-2012-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-In the last few weeks, we had the Girl/Chocolate team in The Shop to do an signing, we put the DVD up for sale, and Ryan went to Thailand. But before Ryan left, he got buck. He's going for in in 2012.
-Nate's been killing it! This whole web-update should be about Nate. He had a interview on 48 Blocks. Then some footage from the BLVD trip to Brazil came out. After that, Tony put the intro/Nate's part in "Stakes Is High" up.
-If you haven't ordered the DVD yet, please click this link and do it now! We'll be shipping them out daily!
-1-2-2012-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Happy New Year! We left 2011 with a bang, premiering our new video "Stakes Is High" at The Mayan Theater this past Thursday. We had over 600 people come out for the premiere, and sold out of all the DVDs we had. I'd like to thank everyone who came out from Kansas, Arizona, New York, New Mexico, Maine, California, and all over Colorado. We have a great skate scene in Colorado, we appreciate all your support! If you want to see photos of the premiere night, check out The Denver Shop blog, my blog, or the Toebock website.
-We'll have more DVDs of "Stakes Is High" in later this week, probably around Friday or Saturday. The DVDs will be $10.00, and will also be available to order online from this very website.
-What does The Denver Shop have going on in 2012? Depends on who you talk to, but here's my predictions: Ryan's already going to have filmed another part, Nate might move to Brazil, Greg will get lost somewhere between Colorado and Virginia and never be heard from again, Justin Greer will win more money in Blackhawk and do absolutely nothing with it, Monico will have a child, Joey will skate his first handrail, Whitney will still live at home, Garrett will finish high school with Jan and F.S. with become a phenomenon, Tyler Price will finally get paid to skateboard, William will become a millionaire off of Spider-Man, Shad will become an entire foot taller. I don't have any predictions for me, it's weird writing about yourself. I just want to skate.
NOVEMBER
-11-29-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-I haven't done any updates for good reason. Every time I've come into The Shop Tony and Whitney have been diligently editing, so I haven't been able to get on the computer. I'm here now though!
-New Shake Junt and Sk8mafia video's have come out. I haven't seen either yet, but I'm more psyched to see the Sk8mafia video strictly based off of Wes Kremer. Best dude out. This clip of Monico has nothing to do with Sk8mafia, Shake Junt, or Wes Kremer, but here it is.
-Tyler brings you an amazing combo.
-The video is supposed to be done and sent out for production this Thursday, December 1st. Footage from William and Noel is in the mail as we speak, so I don't think that the deadline will be met. Time will tell!
-11-10-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-OFFICIAL DENVER SHOP PRESS RELEASE: The Denver Shop video will be premiering December 29th, 2011 at the Mayan Theater in Denver, Colorado. There will be two showings, one at 7:15 p.m. and another at 8:15 p.m. Bring yourself, your friends, babies, seniors, seeing-eye dogs, girlfriends, boyfriends, imaginary friends, Whitney Wells, basically anyone. See you there.
-The Denver Shop is proud to carry 43 Magazine. 43 is a non-profit, independent skateboard magazine that uses very aesthetically pleasing photos and has a very elegant format. I recommend checking it out, and if you like it, make a donation so they can keep making such a great medium for skateboarding. Support the realness.
-Brandon and Cory are working on a video named Malfunction due out in January. Check out their blog here if you're interested.
-Greg Knight hit me up on Facebook the other day. He skated with Jason Dill in Virginia and said he was really cool. It's always good to hear when skateboarders are cool to their compatriots. He's also been skating a bunch, and jumping off of shit, literally. Also, speaking of Facebook, if you haven't "liked" the Denver Shop's page, do it. Now.
-2ND OFFICIAL DENVER SHOP PRESS RELEASE: We are hosting an autograph signing with the Girl team on January 9th, 2012. It will be a great way to begin the last year on earth ever. Hopefully I can get Mike Carroll's autograph for a third time (once in '98, again in '09, and hopefully again in '11). Legends never die.
-11-1-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-We have exactly one month left until the entire video has to be done and sent off for DVD production. Premier date to be announced soon, but there's potential for a three-year anniversary date. Pretty excited to get the band back together.
-Joey and I skated this weird thing downtown the other day.
-Gotta keep the team in shape via push-ups. My guess is that Shad could do 1000x more than anyone else.
-Received an Email from G-Knight......."Hey Tony, Got a photo the other night of trying to skate a rail in complete darkness. Too dark and ended up slamming, so just got this front board. Thinking you'd might like to use it as a web update or a facebook photo. Photo was taken by Luke McKaye. Will be back in CO in a few weeks. Hope things are going well and see you soon! Greg"- Can't wait to see you Greg!
-9 inches of snow expected in the next two days. Perfect editing weather, but not good for much else. Stop by The Shop to say what's up to Tony. He might kill himself if we don't keep an eye on him.
OCTOBER
-10-13-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-I feel terrible, not due to lack of updates, but because I'm sick. Don't make-out with Noel Boyt, he'll give you mono.
-First things first. This Saturday Denver's second skatepark is opening. The park was built by the reigning fakie-ollie king himself, Kanten Russell. He's a really nice guy and we're psyched to be supporting the grand opening of another skatepark for Denver's youth. The Denver Shop family will be there putting on a little demo as well. To clarify, I don't think there will be paintball at this event.
-We got a recent update from Ben Gardner. He's doing really well, skating a bunch in California, and told Tony he's going to send us a bunch of footage for the new video. Ben also said he has been skating with Neil Mims. Hey Ben, was it awkward when you told him you 50-50'd that rail he ruined himself on?
-Jokes aside, Tony said he wants to see, "a montage of dudes going to skateparks and knobbing shit". Did this montage really trigger that much animosity toward skatepark montages? I guess for Tony, the answer is yes.
-In other news, nothing is lamer/funner than a good old fashion flyout session with your bros.
-I would like to appologize for two benihanas in one web-update, we're just not very good/trying to have fun.
SEPTEMBER
-9-27-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Hello all! Here's what's coming down the tube this week...
-Whitney and Tony are editing the video right now. Ryan's part is looking really good.
-Nate's knee is starting to feel better, with reported sightings of him at Northglenn park this weekend and Cushing park today. Pretty soon he'll be getting back to slamming in the streets.
-New dad Shad is back to regular filming missions, trying to stack some clips for the video before it's too late. Tony just sold the last copy of In Color, so now we have to put out a video.
-Joey told me today that he doesn't check the site ever because, "it's just videos of you". Here's what he does instead of checking the site. Cute.
-9-14-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-It's been about a full month since I've sat here at The Shop and typed up a web-update. Since then the deadline has come and gone, school has begun, and the weather has started to cool down. Tony has begun the rough stages of editing the video, and if he relearns all of his Adobe Final Cut skills, it will come out better than "In Color". We're still planning on having the premier in December, which I keep saying, as if repeating something over and over again adds to the likelihood of it happening.
-I can't say with any sort of honesty that people have been getting footage lately, but here's a breakdown of what I have noticed: Whitney has been focusing boards he can't afford, I haven't seen Ryan in a bit but I''m sure he's been busy, we're all mourning the relocation of Greg Knight, and Garret has been preparing for his senior prom. I heard Jan is his date.
-As I write this, the I-Path team is showing up for an autograph signing. The Denver Shop would like to thank the I-Path team for supporting our shop and coming through. Thanks guys!
AUGUST
-8-23-11-
-The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler and all the kids are back in school. A sure sign that Summer has officially come to an end. Speaking of ends, I'm sure you have all heard that ES footwear has been put on hiatus til further notice. This just goes to show that skateboarders, now a days, would rather support basketball shoe companies than true legit skateboard companies......it's actually quite sad. And honestly I don't want to get all political on you guys but you, as skateboarders, should really be aware of the skateboard companies you support. That statement goes for shop owners as well. If not there will be no real companies, no real shops and no real skateboarding left.......heavy huh. So with that said I'll get back to what's happening around here. We had our final Skatecamp of the season on Sunday, and besides some local haters all the camps went smooth. I would like to take this time to thank everyone who volunteered their time to help this year. Without your help the camps would not be a reality......Thank you all! In team news, the guys got back from their Albuquerque trip and from looking at the footage they brought back they probably should've stayed there.....Jokes, Sort of. Either way the deadline for footage is Friday and the premier is scheduled for December. Not much else for you today, hope to see you soon!-
-Secret John Motta part?
-Gary feeling the peer pressure.-
-G-Knight left back to Virginia this morning, which was a surprise to us all. Good luck with school and we'll see in October.-
-I guarantee you that what ever this dude did when he got around the corner was epic as F#@k.-
-8-15-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Well I'm back from California just in time to get footage before the upcoming deadline. California was fun, but Denver will always be better/home. Some upcoming events for The Denver Shop family are: a roadtrip to Albuquerque this upcoming weekend, skate camp on Sunday (there are still spots for campers too!), and the looming deadline of August 26th. The rumors are that there will be a premier on December 29th, which will be the three year anniversary of our last video, In Color. I hope to see you all there. We're all mourning the loss of ES footwear. I grew up skating every color of the Koston 1s, and it seemed that lately the brand was really starting to get back to its roots. The end of this great company serves as a reminder that we all need to support what we love in skating, whether its your local shop or your favorite skater. Nothing will last without support, and The Denver Shop thanks you for yours.
-We have some awesome back to school sales going down right now. We have a lot of great apparel and hard goods coming in everyday so please come get it. I want you to look good for that first day of class!
-I came back from out of town to a bunch of great footage that the guys have been getting. Everyone has been on a roll, but Nate and Garrett have especially been killing it. Keep it up everybody!
-That's all I have for now. I'll try to be back soon.
-8-3-11-
-Hump day, hang in there the weekend is right around the corner.
-We run into the weirdest dudes out skating-
-Fred is one of our Pueblo connects who has been holding it down in Pueblo forever. Good news if you live in Pueblo or surrounding area, Fred is opening a skateboard shop on the main strip. If your ever in that area go support him!
-Murphy left for San Diego today to go skate and shmooze with the Black Box dudes. Hopefully he doesn't come back wearing a chain wallet and Fallen's:) Good luck Josh, I'm sure you'll make us proud!
-Training session @ Commerce Park.-
JULY
-7-30-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-A lot is going on at The Shop lately. We've completed two skate camps, with one more to go on August 21st. We got our first run of hats, which are available in blue/orange or a black/silver. Elm did a very nice job with the production, so I would suggest picking one up. Tons of back to school product is coming in, but I would recommend holding onto your summer as long as possible! Never let go!
-Monico is in town for three days, and boy is he on a mission. His goal is to film his entire part for the video during his brief trip, and he's already stacked several clips. With the footage deadline less than a month away (August 26), I'm glad to have someone around who is extremely motivated.
-Ryan loves to slide.
-Tyler is recovering from a harsh head smash that he obtained while hucking down a large set. Don't worry, he's fine and well, and will be back in the streets in no time.
-7-20-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Updates! SkateCamp reminder, this coming Sunday the 24th. There is still room for a few skaters, so please sign up, it'll be a good time! I'll be there!
-Shad and Kathy had their newborn girl, Selah Maree Spencer, on July 3rd. Congratulations!
-Several of us ventured up to Greeley this past Sunday to skate the three spots they have to offer. Here's a brief edit of the throwaway footage we got up there.
-Chad edited together all the footage he filmed for our past video In Color. Thanks for being down for The Shop Chad, reminiscing on this footage makes me more psyched for the new project! The deadline is August 26th with a premier in December. The dates are real now!
-A couple of weeks ago I went to the lovely state of Utah with David and got to skate a Mystery demo with those dudes. Here's the footage from that. Thanks to David and the Mystery guys for letting me skate!
-7-14-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-It's almost been a month since my last web-update. A lot has been happening around here. We had our first SkateCamp, which was very successful. We have two more coming up on July 24 and August 21, so sign up while there is still space!
-Boulevard Skateboards did a collaboration with The Denver Shop to produce this fine offering of a skateboard. The board is available in 8" and 8.25", so get yours while they're here. Core skateboard companies and skateshops will never die, but your support is always appreciated!
-Sometimes stuff gets pretty weird when there is a bunch of young males hanging out in a sketchy ditch for hours on end. At least Jan can keep us entertained with his raps and Alex's beats. Look at what Aurora has created!
-Very rarely does a hard slam end with the person sitting in an upright position. Justin Greer knows how to handle a biff when it comes his way, which is all too often.
-Brandon and I lit up this set late one night, and surprisingly three people came out of the building who had been working into the long hours of the evening. I hope I am never in their position. At least they were down for skating!
JUNE
-6-23-11-
-Extremely hot around here today, 90 degrees to be exact. Wind and heat are my two pet peeves when I skate. The pool is where I should be, instead I'm in here with a broken swamp cooler writing this update.....FML. Oh well got lemons make lemonade........So I'm sure everyone's heard about Ryan Dunn's car accident that took his and his friends life but I don't think to many people are aware of the suicide of one of Thrasher co-founders Eric Swenson. Without this guy kiddies there would be no Thrasher, Indy trucks or spitfires. RIP! In team news: Nate left today for a 10deep release party up in Seattle.....Murphy's in our nations capital doing the family vacation thing...Shad is waiting patiently for his addition to the family to arrive.....William just finished up working on the new SpiderMan movie and is in full film for the video mode, rumor has it that he is also workin on a "bangin" part for the Berrics...You heard it here first! Whitney is gonna go bro down with Noel in Portland next week....Speaking of Noel, he once again is transplanting to new territories, this time the city of angels or what I like to call hell with an ocean view.....The rest of the team are skateboarding, filming and getting ready for Sunday, the first skatecamp of the year. There is still a few spots left...get in where you fit in! Nba draft is tonight. What will the Nuggets do with their 22 pick? Trade up? Settle for the 22nd pick? Or use it in a possible trade scenerio? GO NUGGETS!-
-72 hours with Justin Greer......-
-I guess Josh gets free Theeve trucks now....who knew?-
-6-20-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-I really do wish I updated the site more, but it's hard for me to get to The Shop and sit in front of the computer when I could be out skating. I just got back from a very skate intensive trip into Utah with David, so I thought I would take today off to recover and let you fine people know what is going on.
-SKATE CAMP IS THIS SUNDAY! There is still some spots you can register for, so I would suggest getting on that before they are filled. It's going to be a very fun time.
-Justin used to work at an after-school program where he would make sure little children didn't hurt themselves on the playground. Now that he has a new job as a gambling addict, he gets to hurt himself on the slides instead.
-We would all like to wish Paul Walsh a speedy recovery from knee surgery. The Aurora Biebel will be back in action soon!
-Steven Tyler. Aerosmith sucks, but these two don't.
-6-8-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Two weeks since the last update. I've been on a computer hiatus because the weather has been so awesome and we've been trying to film as much as possible. I personally took the time to lay out everybody's footage for the upcoming Denver Shop video, and it's starting to look like an actual video. Keep up the good work everyone, summer is here!
-This ditch is really hot on a June afternoon, but Jan and Brandon know how to have a good time regardless.
-Classic Greg Knight right here. I love this guy!
-Ryan has never heard of summer, which is why he is taking classes through June and July. He learned frontside boardslides the first day of class.
-Speaking of learning, the summer events of the year are quickly approaching. Yes, I'm talking about The Denver Shop Skate Camp! Click the icon that reads "Skatecamp 2011 Registration" to sign up. I look forward to seeing you there!
MAY
-5-24-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-More rain today friends! Luckily I'm here at The Shop, bored enough to write a web-update for you all. Nate is on hiatus from California; rumors place him in Castle Rock, training for some higher ollies by wearing ankle weights at all times. Greg Knight is also in Colorado for the summer. He has a job as a river raft guide in Idaho Springs, so hopefully when he isn't doing that we get him out filming for the new video. Legends never die.
-I was really looking forward to going night skating soon, but Tyler kind of ruined that for me. After a couple hours of stomping a gnarly trick down this set, the Tonka-beast inside of him accidentally threw his board at a light. I'll forgive him when he replaces the bulb, until then he's on my shit-list.
-Classic Aurora right here. Everyone is a product of their environment, and after watching this Paul Walsh and Tony Mellick make a lot more sense to me. "I messed up my balls, baby!"
-Calling all sales reps! If you work for a skate company, you should skate. Chad Lewis is the prime example here. Killing it!
-Sometimes the easiest way down is to slide.
-5-16-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-It hasn't been long but a lot has happened. Tony went on a little vacation this weekend, Greg Knight is en route to Colorado for the entire summer, Justin is excited that the Playstation network is back up, and Whitney is moving to Portland. Stuff is getting pretty weird around here.
-Well, I told you I'd be back with some footage. The rain let up a little bit and the guys took full advantage of it by seshing the old Golden Park. Tony switch boardslide the rail back when a skateboard was a 2x4 with roller skates for trucks, but now that he's old enough to need hip surgery Justin had to bust it for him. Check it out here.
-When Tyler isn't doing a gnarly flip trick down a gap, he's getting tech on a ledge, or filming a line, or jumping on a rail, or pretty much doing whatever he wants. He is one of the most well rounded skaters I know.
-I've been arguing with Tony about filming in shorts. He says it's whack, I think it's awesome. In the end, I won't have 40 year old man telling me what to wear, and I'll film lines like this in the comfort of my own shorts.
-Rock and roll will never die!
-5-11-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-HEY HEY HEY! How is everyone doing? Really well? Me too! Let me inform you as to what has been going on lately. Darren, Mike, Casey, and a bunch of other people were in New York, so Tony's been stuck behind the counter of The Shop a lot lately. Joey turned 21 yesterday. J Greer hit his goal at Black Hawk. Whitney might be romantically tied to someone out of state. Shardy, Ryan, and I are out of school for the summer.
-Skatecamp registration is open, and spots have already been filled before we even announced it. Make sure you get registered as soon as possible for any of the three camps. They are a really fun time, everyone learns something, and everyone wins! Click the icon to the right to register.
-Nate has some rad footage in the new Boulevard promo video. Check it out here for free! And thanks a ton to those dude for putting our promo on their site. Be on the look out for the BLVD/The Denver Shop collaboration boards coming out soon. Support real skateboard companies backed by real skateboarders. Real shit!
-As soon as the rain lets up well get some footage for the next web update. Promise.
-5-2-11-
-Happy Monday....Holy shit, it's May already? Damn April went fast. The weekend was weird around these parts. Depending on what part of the city you reside you would have encountered wind, rain, snow, and occasionally Sun....it reminded me of an Element ad. Hopefully we are through with that bullshit and Spring will finally stick around. So I guess the big news of the day is the American Military finally caught up with Bin Ladin last night at a dance club outside pakistan. He was bummed to say the least....The Military knew he was in there due to the overwhelming request for his favorite song.....Now I'm not one to start conspiracy theories but I thought it was weird that there wasn't any photos of his death, and not to mention when was the last time a high profile war criminal was just dumped in the ocean? All I know is that WE KNOW NOTHING! On a lighter note, Darren, Skigan and Garza went to visit Franny in New York for a couple weeks. Hopefully Darren will come back with some updates on how filthy and overpriced the Big Apple has become......Murphy's in DC, our nations capital, doing what, who knows. Something to do with his internship. If you would like to secretly stalk him on his trip check his Blog. I would like to take this time to congratulate Bucky, Shad, Kehoe and Derek for the "Always Sunny in Colorado" video. Kudos bros, well done and it was worth the wait....Now if I could just get my hands on a copy. That's all I got today....see ya soon.
-This is the third and final trailer for the new Denver Shop video.....hope you enjoy.-
APRIL
-4-22-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Tony has taken my place as web-updater, and has been doing quite a good job. I haven't been updating lately because I've actually been skating, rather than sitting in front of the computer. But today, I sat in front of The Shop computer for a couple of hours, organizing people's footage and getting everything together. Everyone has been skating and filming a lot lately, and I am really starting to see the concept of an actual video come together. Honestly, I'm really excited about it! I'm putting pressure on Tony to make a good trailer for the "It's Always Sunny in Colorado" premier. Hopefully he doesn't choke, or forget.
-Brandon put some clips together from the Colorado Springs park. Before you click the link, know it's in super slow-motion.
-Sometimes, even the filmer gets hurt. From the skaters perspective, we're more concerned with the camera than the person operating hit. I'm glad the lens is o.k.; Tony not breaking anything is just a bonus.
-Be aware the The Shop will be closed this coming Sunday because of Easter, and because we'll be out skating!
-4-18-11-
-Happy Monday. Hopefully you made a conscious effort to stay away from your local skatepark over the weekend and got out in the streets. I know one percent of you did.......The Nuggets played their first playoff game against OKC last night. They played good enough to win but Durant was unstoppable, he hit three three pointers at the end of the game that gave the Thunder the lead and the Nuggets couldn't get it back. I think Affalos absence and J.R. Smiths lack luster scoring performance was our main down fall last night. If we can steal one game on their court this series could get interesting. Next game is Wed. night...GO NUGGETS! The playoffs in general have been very entertaining. I especially liked Melo throwing up the game losing brick at the end of the Boston-Knicks game......So enough with the sports talk, lets talk about Bucky O'Connells new video "It's Always Sunny in Colorado". It premiers Thursday April 28th @ the Bluebird and our very own Shad Spencer has a full length part....Even though this is a 303 Boardshop production and Shad is having a part he wanted me to relay to all you gossip starting loud mouths that he is still riding for The Denver Shop....After all its blood in blood out! Congrats to Bucky and I can't wait......See you in the streets!
-Justin "The Gambler" Greer had a birthday yesterday, he's 24, single, hot and ready.-
-Double the pleasure or double the pain....you decide.-
-Although Mason probably wouldn't admit it, I beat him twice in skate a couple weeks back......Mason, If I'm not mistaken that makes me 3-0 against you....just sayin.-
-Is that who I think it is around the 1:53 mark? Yes it most definitely was........-
-4-5-11-
-Hey bros...how's it hangin? It's been awhile since we last connected on this intergalactic super highway but you knew our paths would cross again. I'm not gonna lie I'm a little bitter as I write this due to some bros stealing a couple longboards from the shop earlier today....I honestly don't know what's worse, stealing longboards or riding them. So with that said lets get right into it.......Brandon, Justin and Tonka went down to Albuquerque over the weekend. They hooked up with Monico, stacked clips and were back before anyone noticed. This Denver Shop video is actually starting to come together....slowly but surely.....But I wouldn't hold your breath. While I'm the topic of videos, the Denver skate community has a couple video premiers coming up...First is the "In The Flesh" premier. I'm a little confused as to who exactly is putting this out but i'm sure it will be worth a watch, plus I heard there are some shop dudes who have tricks. Second is the Real video premier "Since Day One". All the core shops of Colorado came together to bring you this so clear your Monday because this is the one we've all been waiting for and I'm sure it won't dissapoint.....In other team news, William's still in Cali working on the SpiderMan movie and filming for our video on his off time...Lybarger is still nursing a rolled ankle...Shad is building indoor skateparks.....Nathan's keeping it real on Montoyas couch....Noel does art and skates Burnside with Childress, Hassan and Partanen.....Murphs using the negative as a positive....And Whitney...well your guess is as good as mine. In shop employee news, Darren's 22nd birthday was yesterday and I made him work. I sorta felt bad...for a minute. Even though the Nuggets lost last night to OKC, they have done what they needed to do post-Melo to keep the fans happy, and that was win games without Melo. I'd have to give my vote to Coach Karl for NBA coach of the year....I find it hard to believe that there has been no mention of him in the race this year. How he dealt with the Melo bullshit this year was first class. The team is playing better than ever and have the potential to win 50 games....Again! And not to mention that cancer thing he beat last year.... It's closing time here at the shop so I'm out...I'll see you in the streets.
-Quote of the day, "im looking for kooky bro dudes on longboards, but that doesn't really narrow it down."- Skigan
-Travis sent me this bro-cam rail session....Travis, I would fire your filmer.....and speaking of firing filmers, Joey please fire me.-
MARCH
-3-23-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Sorry I haven't been in front of the computer for a while. I've been really busy with school, skating, and my new smart phone. I know those things are lame, and it actually deleted my blog, which isn't very smart. So I started a new one, the link is above. If my current lifestyle sounds lame, wait until you hear what the other team riders have been doing. Ryan rolled his ankle and has been off the board for about three weeks, Paul Walsh tore his ACL, Whitney turned 25 and has been complaining ever since, J Greer got hit by a car, and Joey is in hell, I mean southern California. The real winners are Tyler and Steven, who went a little too hard this past Saturday night and ended up in the hands of the law.
-Whitney has the pain threshold of a infant, and he screams like one too.
-I don't really keep in touch with William,but here's what he has been up to. Keeping it ninja!
FEBUARY
-2-23-11-
-Franny sent over an update from the big apple.......
My bad on slacking about the update. im lazy as fuck so what can i do.
First off, Melo is totally biting my style on going to New York. Fuck him and the Knicks. One man team, am i right?
Well it's colder than a witches tit out here making pretty much everything I do miserable. I've quit skating and started ice climbing the giant mounds of snow that have accumulated on every block. I am thinking about living in one next winter to keep the rent costs down. Speaking of rent I recently relocated to a fancy little spot right next to the Marcy Projects just down the street from Jay-Z fried chicken. It's fun because I see a lot of crazy shit i.e this little gem that I came across the other week. Skigen can probably appreciate this the most. I hope everyone out there can appreciate the fact that sun actually comes out during the winter instead of hiding like a bitch for about 4 months. Tell everyone I said what's up and to come visit. Maybe there could be some NY footage in the new vid. Who knows. Maybe the Angels will finally win the pendant. I threw in a little clip because i'm a horrible writer. Hopefully you can get from the email.
Peace
Franny
P.s. send me a d-shop shirt. PLEASE
Considering there wouldn't be an update today without you Franny I guess you deserve a shop tee. Before I can send one out I need a little favor....Find Melo's car and slash the tires!
-Aurora represent, by the way I do not know these dudes......either way it's genius.-
-2-12-11-
-What a shitty last couple weeks around here....hella cold and snow every other day. Today is finally warming up and all next week is suppose to be in the 60's so hopefully this snow will melt and we can get back on the film program. It seemed as soon as Nathan got back from Cali he was gone again. He actually went back to continue the dream and to help get BLVD up and running......Good luck homie, we all miss you! In other team news, William Spencer is still residing in Los Angeles doing stunt work for the new Spider-Man Movie.....So basically he gets paid to jump off walls now. Tyler Price is the newest bathroom attendant at La Boheme Gentleman's Cabaret....which is a nice way of saying he works the dirty bathroom at a raunchy strip club downtown. If you have a dollar he has a light for your cigarette and some off brand cologne to help you get that girl on the far left stage......Whitney has a new blog that showcases his art....buy shit and support a starving artist with diabetes! Murph and J-Greer are BFF's again....is'nt it cute!
-it's hard enough trying to run a core skateboard shop in the winter. Now I have to deal with these kooks on Saturdays, my busiest day, sitting on the corner with these signs.......I guess it may be time to invest in a sling shot.
-No excuses pussies.....either your part of the problem or part of the solution.
-If you ain't got shit going on tonight you could show up here and buy me a beer.......Now get out in them streets and create havoc.......If you ain't running with it, run from it!
-2-1-11-
-Damn...Negative 10....really? It's colder than a witches tit out there......which means it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey! See you on Black Ops.....(The-Denver-Shop).
JANUARY
-1-28-11-
Hey bros! What a day in the mile high city.......65 degrees today and the weekend looks legit as well. As long as the weather keeps cooperating we can keep being productive and get this video wrapped up.......well maybe some of us. The Nuggets are currently on a 5 game road trip. They have won 2 of those games and go for three in a row tonight against the Cavaliers. This is a game we should win, but these are the games the Nuggets usually blow...I guess well see. Trade rumors still surround Melo and the Nuggets....now it's the New York Knicks that you hear about every other day. I guess the deal could've went down already but Chandler of the Knicks says he doesn't want to leave New York, nor does he want to be in Colorado. I say We keep Melo and the rest of the team intact for the rest of the year and see where the team can go. if Melo wants to leave after the season is up so be it, let him leave......Not much else going on today homies, I just wanted to touch base and say hi....so hi and bye, and I'll leave you with this tribute to all the snow bros in town for SIA........if you aint running with it, run from it!
-1-25-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Sorry that I'm a week late friends. The new semester started, and it seems like every day I have something to do besides a web-update. But, I am here to judge the contest, and to thank you all for increasing our Facebook numbers ever so slightly. And the winner is...Alex Cordiner with this photo. Come in to The Shop to claim your prize, Tony will set you straight.
-The New Year has brought really good weather and awesome skating. Everyone has been going out a bunch and trying to get as much footage as possible. I'm really starting to believe that this video will happen eventually. I'm hoping for August. Cross your fingers!
-Some people focus on tricks, money, or asses. Steve needs to re-evaluate his priorities.
-Boring rail clips for the sake of a web-update.
-See you soon!
-1-20-11-
-Hey bros! Ya know January always sucks...back to reality, work, school or whatever else keeps us from raging the streets. Luckily the snow we got from that mini snow-storm last night has already melted so the weekend looks legit enough to get some street skating in. Justin and Darren returned from their Arizona journey.....The stories I've heard consisted of a lot of cops, searched cars, getting hurt at skateparks, losing iphones and the Boyish video premier. Although the trailer is sick, I really can't comment on the video yet because I haven't seen it....Don't worry, Darren left his copy at the shop so as soon as I'm done with this I will watch and give you the down low next update. I haven't talk to The Walsh in a couple weeks. Last I heard, Walsh and his brothers where being considered for a new MTV reality show. The show is loosely based on dudes who look like they are from Jersey Shore but really live in Aurora, CO.....Safe to say they got the job. Sorry kids but I don't have much more for you today...like I mentioned earlier January sucks!
-If your looking to kill 5 minutes go here and look at some photos my boy Igor took of a party that Zumiezs throws every year for dudes who sell hella crap to kids who really don't skate....sad thing is, core shops could use some pro love like this...just sayin.-
-Thrashers King of The Road 2010 will be an online download...I guess actually making DVD's isn't profitable anymore...I really don't understand that way of thinking, at least Thrasher is giving it to us free.-
-1-11-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-It's Tuesday, I have the day off work and I can't skate because of the weather, therefore I'm super bored. Most people in Denver complained about Woodward Indoor park, but I'd do almost anything to have a dry, warm place to skate right now. Oh well, hopefully this weekend brings some dry spots and footage!
-I haven't seen Joey since New Years (I'm pretty anti-social these days), so I have no idea what he's up to. But judging from this clip, I'm pretty sure he's transitioned from combo tricks onto some new shit. And to correct last weeks error, Joey's Call of Duty handle is joeyGTOTR. Ask him about his powerbalance.
-Ryan's 21st birthday is tomorrow, so make sure you wish him a happy one!
-The Denver Shop's Facebook page recently changed from a private page into a "local business", so we need to socially reconnect with all our beloved fans/enemies. So please click the Facebook icon above and "like it", then suggest it to all your friends. Whoever posts the funniest video/image on The Shop's page wins a Denver Shop deck of their choice. I will be the judge, and you have until Monday the 17th to submit your entry. Only one entry per person. Thanks!
-1-10-11-
-It's Monday, cold, there is 5-8 inches of snow on the ground depending on where you reside, and to top it off this came in the mail today.......bummed to say the least. Since we're on the topic of being bummed, you knew I would eventually chime in on the whole Nuggets organizations complete meltdown and how I've been wearing a paper bag over my head to watch the games in my own house. I'm a bitter fan at the moment, especially with this new trade rumor, Nuggets would possibly deal Melo and Chauncey Billups to New Jersey. And in a three-team trade with the Nets and Detroit Pistons, Denver would receive two draft picks, Derrick Favors, guard Anthony Morrow and point guard Devin Harris. Also, the Nuggets would get Nets reserves Quinton Ross, Stephen Graham and Ben Uzoh(all three suck)......Mostly bummed because the fuckin Birdman isn't involved in this trade. Considering how the Nuggets have played the last two weeks a change is probably in order. Honestly I just want some closure on all this shit....trade who your gonna trade, get what you can and lets move on. So with that said, J-Greer and Darrin were smart enough to get out of town and are now enjoying the Arizona sun....thanks dicks! Joey was going back to Cali, but I don't think so. The bear got sick and is stuck here:( Lybarger returned from Hawaii where he was attending a Rubik's cube convention. Here is a photo of him patiently waiting to get the autograph of his idol, Rubik's cube champ, Xing Dong.......Laterz skaterz.-
-The streets have no mercy.......-
-1-9-11-
-1-3-11-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-It's a new year! Things are going really well here at The Shop. The sun is coming out to dry up the snow, the D.U. students are back from break, and the stress of the holidays is over. Here's some team updates for you: Temuchin is in The Shop right now, Ryan is on vacation in Hawaii, Noel moved to Portland, Justin has been up to beer, Monico has been eating really well, Tyler has a black eye and hurt his tooth, Brandon is vegan, Steve's heel is healing up, I have two more weeks of freedom from school, and Joey got absorbed into Call of Duty: Black Ops for Playstation 3. His screen name is JOEYGTOTR if you want to beat him. I hate video games.
-Whitney's has been collaborating with himself, incorporating art and skateboarding. Sounds fantastic.
-The people who work here actually skate. Keep it up Darren.
DECEMBER
-12-31-10-
-The end of the year is upon us once again, in fact it's the end of a decade. It marks the Shops 15th year holding it down in Denver and I would like to personally thank anyone that has ever been down with the shop, my great customers, and of course all the great family and team riders that support the shop and help keep skateboarding alive in our community.....Hats off to all of you! I must personally apologize for the lack of updates this year but honestly we have been on the grind with trying to get the The Denver Shops third video out and all the behind the scenes bullshit that goes with it.....We are shooting for an August premier, so bare with us as we finish this thing up. A big thanks to Brandon, Cory and D-Bow for filming, we are almost done hang in there! Some big changes are coming down the pipeline for a few of our team members this year...The Shop would like to congratulate Shad and Kathie Spencer on expecting their first child this year....Im sure he/she will be bondoing spots in no time! Noel Boyt is up and moving from Seattle to Portland, Oregon as I write this to start art school out there....I hope that Schools ready for Noel! I'm still finding hidden penis drawings everywhere in the shop from when Noel worked here.....Power moves.....Congrats Noel! I'm sure some of you caught William Spencer on the American Ninja TV show, along with placing 8th in that, he is also stunting for the new SpiderMan 3 movie......I guess it's safe to say my life sucks compared to his. Josh Murphy has been on a steady diet of work, school, skate and his part in the video will be delicious. Thanks Murph for your commitment to the video and shop over the last year. And Don't worry people, Tonka's still smashing......So with that said I think I'm gonna wrap it up...Have a safe night and until next year, "I'm not a hater, I just know what I like!" - Noel Boyt-
-Nathan's been on the grind over the last few months, staying with Danny Montoya in Long beach, helping with the transition of the name change with Listen to BLVD. Check out part-two of the Listen, I mean BLVD trajectory over at the Berrics...Congrats Nathan!-
-12-20-10-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-It's been a month since my last web-update. Over that time the semester has ended, I turned 21, and we've been skating a bunch. Of course the holidays are going on right now, and The Shop has been going off. We have a lot of product right now, and we will be opening early and staying late all this week (except Christmas of course, we will be closed). Come by and buy!
-Monico has been on a very productive schedule in Albuquerque. Here's a really rad photo of a really gnarly trick he sent us. Keep up the good work Monico!
-I went skating with Shardy yesterday, and he was on a roll. Check out his most recent footage, inspired by William Spencer.
-Brando's been practicing his photography skills. Here's Flyin' Ryan!
-You never know what you'll run into out on the streets.
-It's winter break and t-shirt weather, so get out there and skate!
-12-3-2010-
-Guest Editor: Noel Boyt-
-Hello once again!!! It was Josh Murphy's 21st birthday last night and his girlfriend bought me a ticket to come out and surprise him. It feels great to be back home surrounded by all these weird people. The surprise party was quite the turn out, full of everyone you already know and many people you'd rather not know. Justin Shardy recently traveled up to the Northwest and paid me a visit. I was able to show him all of the cool local hangouts like where Kurt Cobain killed himself and where Bruce Lee broke his back. According to everyone out here J-Greer has a pretty severe substance abuse/ gambling problem that drove him to even delete his facebook profile! I told them it's probably just a quarter life crisis or something...I mean geez, he sure is one of the greatest functioning alcoholics I've ever met who can hardflip, that's for true! Speaking of other people who have significant issues, Monico quit skateboarding...just joking. We all know he's one of those really normal human beings. I'm sitting in the shop right now typing this but I already miss it all...hopefully next time I can stay longer. Miss you guys already, until next time!!!
NOVEMBER
-11-16-10-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Wow, almost a month since the last web-update! Sorry about that. Since then a lot of video gems have come out: Habitat's Origins, Krooked's 3-D, Toy Machine's Brainwash, and most recently Paul Rodriguez's Me, Myself, and I, which is just insane. Whether you like the dude or not, he goes pretty hard and does some innovative shit. Download it from iTunes, or illegally, or wait for it to be on YouTube if you want. Full-cab flip back tail, what!?!?
-Transworld's been really hooking it up for us lately. They put up our 5 Trick Fix yesterday, featuring myself, Nate, Ryan, Justin, and Tyler. If you look at the comments, people really seem to be feeling Justin's satan shirt. I didn't know that trend was still in. Also, Whitney filmed Ryan's nollie backsmith, even though he didn't get credit. Love you Whit!
-Tyler is onto that going up shit. In the next Denver Shop video every part will have a trick up a rail, and a trick where somone ollies over the top of a rail to a grind. We're just trying to keep up with the Joneses.
-Here's some clips I filmed during dryer, warmer days. I miss them.
-I hope to go filming this weekend, we'll let you know how it goes!
OCTOBER
-10-27-10-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Well last time I wrote an update I challenged the fine people at Crailtap to use our survey. Well, they used it! Although they censored the "Fuck The Berrics!" answer. Thanks for putting that up though, we need all the coverage we can get. Speaking of coverage, Joey got a check-out in the most recent Transworld. Nice job Joe!
-The cup runneth over with Albuquerque footage. Monico really killed it on that last trip.
-Ryan tried to get buck this weekend but instead he wrecked his shoulder. Only two weeks or so and he'll be back on board. That guy is a trooper.
-Whitney and I got weird in Fort Collins. For the record, my feet are normal color, his are the messed up ones.
-Greg Knight is always up to something weird. Here's a recent e-mail we got from him: "Hey Tony got to skate a fun backyard bowl last weekend with some people that have been building the new park here. My friends wife was shooting photos on her phone and some of them came out pretty good! Well been meaning to send something for a while, and will have more soon. Planning on coming out to Colorado for thanksgiving break.. see you soon. Love Greg".
-Here's some viral shit floating around on the internet that should get you hyped to skate/be alive.
-I'm going to go skate with William. Should be crazy!
-10-14-10-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Remember last time when I hoped that we'd be more timely with our web updates? Well, I haven't been to The Shop since the last update, and Tony hasn't written one, so here I am. Since the last update, there have been two separate trips to Albuquerque. I wasn't on either one of them, but I heard people got some good footage. Cory and Brandon both made montages of their trip. Check them out, those skateparks sure look fun. And Monico's been killing it!
-Steve and Tyler live together and film lines together. Guess which one of them is drunk right now? Trick question.
-Possibly the most offensive Crailtap Shop Survey. I challenge the people over at Crailtap to even use this. At press time, Noel refused to apologize for his real talk.
-I'm headed to Denver Park. Later!
SEPTEMBER
-9-29-10-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-So I've been extremely busy with school, homework, work, moving, skating, and basically not here to update the website. I figured Tony would step up and update it himself, seeing as he sit at this computer for hours a day listening to 90's hip-hop and not doing a damn thing. But it's been 19 days, and he hasn't done shit. So here I am.
-I guess Tony hasn't been completely blowing it. If you look above we have new, color photos. And we also have links to our Twitter (the social networking site for very important people. Why else would I need to know what you are doing every five minutes unless you're super important?), Facebook (the social networking site that steals your information and sells it), and YouTube (where you can watch, or not watch, Hollarado and In Color), and our Team Blog. Check the team blog for regular updates from the team members with iPhones.
-Dog Food Park is a super fun, super weird smelling place. Pretty fun though, obviously.
-So we're trying to start something called Tonka Tuesday. Yeah, it's Wednesday, I know that. But after you watch Tonka Price kill this set for the internet just remember that he spent ten minutes documenting these clips for your pleasure, so forgive us that we couldn't put it up yesterday. Hopefully we'll be more timely next week.
-See you in another 19 days. Or next Tuesday. Who knows?
-9-10-10-
-The weekend is here my friends. Even with the holiday, this week seemed way to long and I'm ready for the weekend...Lybarger was so excited for the weekend he gave himself a brain hemorrhage which resulted in blood gushing out of all orifices of his body.......so bad in fact that he had to sleep on the toilet.....It's been a while since I've discussed the Nuggets but I feel its about that time. Things are looking bleak folks.....The front office is falling apart under the new ownership, Melo wants out, Coach Karl could die on the bench, Billups is getting old, JR Smith is chocking dudes during pick up games, Martin has never given us a full season, Nene is a pussy, and the self proclaimed Birdman is an embarrassment to this organization.....the Nuggets have literally become a fucking joke.....So with that said, GET BUCK IN THEM STREETS YALL!
-Typical day for a Skateboarder.-
-Lybarger dropped me a text the other night, "Here's a web update".-
-One question.....What you know about the Black Jesus?-
-9-02-10-
-Summer is never long enough, but all good things must come to an end. Speaking of the end, Coincidently Paul Walsh and Heath Kirchart have decided to retire from SkateBoarding at the same time. The reason? Pick up the new Thrasher, read Kirchart's interview, all your questions will be answered. Even with Walsh's retirement the SkateCamps this year went smooth and glitch free. Thanks to all the team and family members for all your dedication again this year, without you guys SkateCamp would not be possible....BRAVO! To all the Skate Companies who donated swag for the camps, THANK YOU! And to all the Skate companies , who I support all freakin year, that blew the shop off...thanks for nuthin....Just a heads up, I have a memory like an Elephant.......Noel Boyt made a visit to the homeland last week, and besides the fact he couldn't skate because of a broken ankle we had a good time with plenty of laughs......oh yeah, look out for a Noel Boyt designed Denver Shop Tee in about a week....see you in October Amigo! Another Family member who moved away, Monico, emailed me last week. There was no content in the email besides a photo.....Either way it was good to see he's still shredding the gnar. It was good to hear from you, and I hope to see you soon Mony.....I don't have much more for you today.....I do want to mention that the shop is fully stocked with all the new hyfey gear that is sure to grant you pimp status at the club and with the 3 day Mega-Labor day sale this weekend you can dress for less.-
-I guess the new thing is grinding up rails....and you can always count on Whitney to be down with the latest and greatest trend.-
-Art or fart....you decide.-
-This clip pretty much sums up Tyler Price.......the hardest working man AM in Skateboarding!-
AUGUST
-8-20-10-
-Guest Editor: Noel Sinclair Boyt-
-I haven't visited Colorado in about a year and it feels great to be back!!! Unfortunately my luck turned sour and I broke my ankle a few weeks ago so no seshing the Mineral 14 for me. It's always fun to come home and to see the physical, emotional and psychological torment some of my friends go through. More often than not people are bettering themselves, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I enjoy some of my friend's suffering. Their pain inspires me. The last skate camp of the summer is on Sunday and we have yet to witness any broken bones or concussions...I mean come on, I want some leap of faith shit up in this (says the cripple). I looked through everyone's footage folders and I was really excited to say the least. I think the new video is going to be what Dumb And Dumber was to film...a hilarious reality check in the form of a compound fracture to the femur. That or the sensation of laughing while you're trying to swallow at the same time...the opposite of the orgasm; the norgasm. For a once cripple/bipolar schizophrenic Ryan sure came correct with some footy hottness...bear witness. I love those wonderful and heart clenching come back stories like Ryan's and Henry Sanchez's...I'm sorry...too soon? Another thing I love is when humans get addicted to absurd things/objects/substances. One prime example is Justin Greer, who for the entirety of our friendship has been addicted to technology. Speaking of technological advancements Shardy has been pushing the digital envelope lately...I mean shoot dang, look at this! Try and download that blog in your pants and smoke it! Until next time Colorado...never land primo in the first half an hour...yours truly...N.S.B.-
-8-18-10-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Hey guys! I'm long overdue for a web update, sorry about that. A lot has been going on lately; summer is coming to an end, trying to film a bunch for the video, skatecamps, barbeques, and premiers. I hope all of you have been enjoying summer as much as possible. The Emerica video premiered yesterday in Hollywood, California. From what I've read on the internet Heath Kirchart skates the mega ramp, Jerry Hsu's part is all switch, Leo Romero has second to last part, and Andrew Reynolds ends the video with a bang. We'll let you know as soon as we get the video, should be the best thing since Mindfield.
-Ryan and I were in Kansas City for a week, skating and hanging out with old friends. If you didn't see my blog updates re-counting the trip, here are the only two skate photos we got that week. Tony laid them out weird next to each other, so mine looks like a switch backside 5-0. It's really regular, I'm not that good I swear. Thanks to Ben Hlavacek for shooting those, and to everyone in Kansas City that showed us a good time.
-I went filming with Cory on Monday and ran my face into a wall. When people ask me what happened, I don't want to tell them that I did it from skating, I want to come up with an elaborate story that sounds way cooler. E-mail us at tony@thedenvershop.com with any good story ideas. We'll use the funniest one for next web-update.
-Sometimes you're listening to music, and other times the music is listening to you. This guy must have loved the intro to Minh Thong's Colorado classic Sike.
-This Sunday we will be closed. It is our last skatecamp and Tony's birthday bash, so the store will not be open. Please visit us Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. or Monday from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
-8-12-10-
-Hello boys and girls, and happy Thursday.......The Summer has flew by and Back to School is right around the corner. The shop has you covered on all that fresh gear your looking for, and honestly there is no need to advertise for some super sale because we always have the best deals on stuff, if you shop here consistently you know this to be true. So get in here and get laced out for that first day! Murph and Ryan just returned from there Kansas adventure, if your wondering what went down go over to Murphs Blog and check the hype......Speaking of hype, no one has completed the 5 tricks with Murph contest so I guess I will officially end it. Either no one could do the tricks, no one cares , or no one visits this site. The last SkateCamp of the year is August 22nd and there is plenty of room left to enroll, so get in where you fit in. If you were in the last skatecamp A photographer by the name of Terry Gonzales was there shooting photos of the amazing strides kids were making. If your interested in a photo of you getting down and dirty go check out her website, find your photo and get in contact with her. I'm sure there's more I could talk about today but I'm boring myself so until next time work on your street plants.-
-Here's Tonka getting buck on one of the best mini-ramps in Colorado.-
-I'll let you come up with a caption for this photo.-
-For those of you who didn't know Listen has changed their name to BLVD. Skateboards and is now being distributed through Syndrome....Nate is out in Long Beach staying with Danny Montoya helping to get this thing up in running. Good luck guys, give us a call when the boards are ready for delivery.-
-8-2-10-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Already August! Isn't alliteration catchy? The summer is really flying by though. Enjoy it while you can, and you know what else is enjoyable? Our last skate camp of the summer, held this August 22nd at Wheel Park. It's always the funnest camp of the summer, and Noel Boyt will be in town for it! Get registered and we'll see you there!
-Here's a little photo montage from the Transworld Hallelujah premier. Thanks to everyone who came out and to Transworld for giving us the opportunity!
-Ryan thought he would give ledge skating a try. Bad idea pal, rails are safer for you somehow.
-I went downtown with Whitney and Debow the other day and we saw a guy carrying a huge duck around. After that I was inspired to film this ollie.
-Shardy has been outside a lot lately. His tan looks a lot better than mine, that's for sure.
-Some crazy guy broke out the door-window here the other day, and I originally thought it was karma for all the shit we talk back here in the office. But it turns out he broke out the State Farm window and the Chinese restaurant window, all during business hours. So apparently we talk enough shit that even those near to us have to suffer. Sorry neighbors!
-See you next week, Ryan and I are heading to Kansas City bright and early tomorrow morning. Hopefully Tony does at least one web-update while I'm gone.
JULY
-7-26-2010-
-What a busy weekend...First off Saturday night we premiered Transworlds new video "Hallelujah". Super sick video and a really fun night, if your wondering I thought Taylor Bingaman had the best part but that's coming from an old washed up dude.......thanks to everyone who came out to support the scene. Notable local celebrities included, myself obviously, Pete Eldridge, Adam Van Pelt, Alex Brown and Shad Spencer. Brandon took a bunch of photos maybe I can get him to make a montage or some shit. Here is The Denver Shops Trailer #2 which we threw out before the main attraction.......If you like thanks, if not Whitney made it. Sunday we had the second Skatecamp of the season. Prolly wasn't a good idea to have a premier the night before a skatecamp but the guys pulled together and made it another successful camp....Thanks dudes.
-Noel has suffered a set back.-
-Remember when we where trying to start something cool with the shop site by doing 5tricks with so and so? Yeah well apparently only three dudes on the team can put together 5 mediocre tricks in one day, so here's the 2nd installment of 5tricks with Murph.....with that said lets make this a little more interesting. If anyone can duplicate Murphy's 5tricks I will put up a complete skateboard to the winner......and Justin, the answer is no, team guys can't participate. First one to send me the duplicated tricks in a quicktime format will win a complete skateboard....let the games begin!-
-This is what happens when innovation collides with determination......or the commonly used term "dopesick".-
-Enjoy the greenhouse effect, we'll talk soon.-
-7-20-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-It's raining, it's pouring! July sucks with all this rain. Oh well, at least I can get behind the keyboard and do something productive.
-Grant Hammel told Tony that he won't be able to help out at skatecamp this month. When Tony asked why, Grant sent him this photo and said that it was the result of trying the Whitney challenge down no-pegs at Denver Park. Be careful out there guys, not everyone is as good as Whitney. Grant had to learn the hard way.
-In other Whitney news, he finally got a trick the other day!
-This weekend is going to be super busy for The Denver Shop. On Saturday, we have the premier of the Transworld video Hallelujah at Tooey's Bar on Colfax and Marion. There is an all ages show at 7:30pm and a 21+ show at 10:00pm. Tyler, William, and Joey all have tricks in the friends section, and I've heard the rest of the video is quite good as well. See you there!
-On Sunday we have our second skate-camp of the summer. There is still time to register, click on the icon at the top of this web-page. Can't wait!
-Noel Sinclair Boyt is raiding Denver sometime in August? Castle Rock will never be the same.
-See you soon.
-7-14-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Back in the saddle again. I have a couple reminders for you guys out there. First, vote for The Shop's Mountain Dew can. It's really more of a popularity contest than it is actual art and design, so we need your support. You can vote seven times a day, it probably only takes four minutes maximum, and that's with a modem connection!
-Second, make sure you sign up for Skate Camp! The next two are July 25th and August 22nd, so get in while you still can. Kickflips, pizza, brownies, and give-aways. Sounds like a party.
-The rumor floating around here is that an O.G. Brothers Boards team rider is fully motivated once again and ready to crush some of his old spots. He's ready for the fight, and ready for the war. Take a guess on who it might be!
-I thought Nate was just blowing us off, but it turns out he's been in New York and Long Beach killing it. He got two sick photos in the new Skateboarder magazine, check them out!
-Sometimes we all feel like this Tyler. Stay positive out there.
-And look who came into The Shop as I was writing this! Chris Gallagher, original owner of Brothers Boards. He's a really rad dude and laid the foundation for everything we're doing now. Stay up Chris!
-7-13-2010-
-It's so freaking hot today, I'm pretty sure you could cook an egg on the concrete. I would suggest everyone waiting till the sun goes down before they skate. The mailman delivered a gem today from Noel Boyt. It's one of those limited artsy zine things all the artist are into lately. This particular one is full of crushed beer cans xeroxed on paper. I'm curios if Noel actually drank the beers before he photocopied them. Prolly not, he's a pussy like that. Noel, here's an idea for the next zine.....broken whiskey bottles xeroxed on paper, than cut yourself with the glass and let your blood drip on the zines. Not one zine would be the same...very hot! This art shit is to easy. But seriously, thank you amigo it made my day!
-Ryan's been on the program lately but has had some bad luck. Yesterday he broke two boards, broke his brand new Iphone 4, and lost a couple layers of skin. "I broke two boards and got sliced up! It feels good to be back though." Spoken like a true Denver Shop soldier.-
-Went out and tried to skate/film Sunday. The highlight was a dude tazing and kicking a homeless dude in the head.-
-laterz-
-7-4-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Remember to vote for The Denver Shop's Mountain Dew can. Were trying to stay extreme and voting would really help us out. Click the above icon seven times a day, I know you don't have anything else to do.
-Here is an interview with Noel Boyt about art, the Denver Shop, and skateboarding. We're all really proud of Noel and his progressions with his art. Keep it up brother.-
-Tony showed me this Lakai demo that Joey skated in while he was in California. When I asked Tony how he came across it, he told me Joey posted it on Facebook. I knew there was a good reason I deleted my social networking accounts.-
-Ryan is back to skating and even trying to film now, and I am fake-over steezing handrail tricks on ledges. Later.
-7-2-2010-
-Guest Editor: Ryan Lybarger-
-Hello kiddies, Mountain Dew is going to buy the shop unless all of you click above and vote for Andres Guzman's design seven times a day. Tony has already taken the liberty of making your life a lot easier by giving you a link to click which will walk you through everything. So long story short, if you don't want P-Rod running the Denver Store do your part and help us out here. In other shop news Nathan Fantasia is living in NY at the new 10 Deep apartment which explains his absence in Denver. I've been skating a bunch lately between physical therapy and babysitting and I checked out the new Broomfield park this morning, it's real fun. Seeing as nobody has been getting much footage street skating lately maybe we'll be able to put together a Broomfield park montage in the near future, I can't make any promises though.
-My Skate Camp cherry was popped last Sunday and let me tell you, if you weren't there you missed out. Brando filmed and edited a neat little montage on his new Anti-HD VHS camera, he captured quite few a little gems; Tony teaching kids tricks he can't do and Tonka smashes in the bowl at Wheel Park. Actually he's been quite productive lately, filming all of us trying to get tricks, working on his own film, and stacking more clips than Whitney.
- I also missed out on Tony's after party, I didn't go because like Joey, I didn't want my mom to see this. Sorry Joe-Bear.
-The infamous Mini-Carlsbad gap in Thornton is also now home to Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
-This weekend is looking promising for some productivity it seems like everyone has plans to skate and blow things up, come into the shop and have your mom buy you a Fourth of July present!
-See you sooner or later.
JUNE
-6-23-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-BIG REMINDER! SKATE CAMP IS THIS SUNDAY! There are only five spots left, so get in while you can. Click on the "Skatecamp 2010 Registration" above to sign up. It should be a great time!
-Team rider updates: Joey is back from California, Ryan is actively skating flatground, Shad's been shredding a bunch of parks lately, you saw what William was up to last time, Justin got a dog, Tyler is stacking footage, Monico is married, Greg is in Virginia for all I know, I haven't seen Nate in forever, Noel was meditating in Oregon for five days over Mountain Dew and pizza, and I've been doing...stuff.
-And oh yeah, Whitney Wells can do every three sixty flip variation down the No Pegs gap at Denver Park. Ask him about it.
-Now go skate, it's perfect out!
-6-15-2010-
-Freaking Tuesday....not much going on around here. The rain has stopped so that's a plus. I guess the "Home Town Heroes" contest was today up at Commerce City Park. Honestly, I really don't care much for skateboard contest. I just can't relate to the jock mentality of competitive skateboarding. The rawness of street skating with your bros is what turned me on to skateboarding.....don't let it die youngsters.....Joey's in California attending the new Transworld video "Hallelujah" which premiers tonight. There is a rumor floating around that 3 of The Denver Shop family members have tricks in the montage....only time will tell. I don't have much more for you today, but I'll leave you with this. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SKATEBOARD SHOP!-
-Ty Bush is in town taking photos and landing front foot impossibles consistently....check out his hella hyfey blog.
-William "The Mile High Ninja" Spencer has been very busy lately. He had a recent spot on CSI: NY as the bad guy Troy Castro......He was in a Ford commercial, see if you can spot him. He is also going to be in the new Jonah Hex movie playing "The Creature", and recently he made the cover of a comic book bible called "Wizard" magazine, and on top of all that he is working on a part for the new Denver Shop video......What have you done lately? If you would like to follow William on his many adventures you can become a fan here.
-6-12-2010-
-Guest Editor: Ryan Lybarger-
-Skate Camp is coming up in two weeks, if you haven't signed up yet get on it the spaces are filling up fast. Even if you aren't interested in learning just being able to see Tony on a skateboard should be entertaining enough.
-The Bear has fled to California once again, he's been skating private indoor parks and he'll be attending the Transworld premiere in a few days.
-I skated Denver park yesterday with Josh for the first time since December and we had a solid hour before the rain washed us away. The weather is still mistreating us so I put together this montage for your viewing pleasure. I would lie and say we filmed it recently but considering Murph has his Lego hair and Shardy's looking like a more fit Ron Jeremy I've decided it is in my best interest to be truthful.
-Tony's been real rough on me about the whole fixed gear thing lately, so I've been hanging out with this dude, and hopefully he'll start cutting me some slack if I ride one of those bikes. Then again I'm planning on spending more of my time skating seeing as the whole knee injury is blowing over, I'm excited!
-I'll leave you with this front side grind, and keep your fingers crossed that the rain will stop so we can film some more for this video we've promised you!
-6-7-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-So I came in here today and Tony says, "Write some funny shit, it's Monday people are bummed out." If that isn't funny I don't know what is.
-When I hung out with Noel in Seattle he had paint on his pants to let the public know he was indeed an artist. If this interview offends you, don't worry Noel only does/says these things for shock value.
-We got this e-mail from Monico:
"In Bakersfield, CA right now, departing to SF in a couple minutes.
Next step, get marriage license and tie the knot! Cant wait to smell
the sweet SF air, share a cup of Blue bottle coffee with the boo, then
crack a couple no-complies and bomb some hills. Hope all is well and look forward to hearing back from ya!"
and on top of his life-hammer he also still skates!
-Tyler's beer habit finally caught up with him.
-Street grabs.-
-See you soon!
-6-1-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Hello there! I'm glad Ryan filled in for me while I was gone, I think he did a fine job. But now I'm back, and hopefully we'll be doing some more consistent updates in the future.
-My trip to Seattle was super fun. Noel is doing well, and we skated a bunch. If you want to see all the photos and videos from the trip, go here.
-Whitney and Brandon filmed this super artsy five tricks. I don't really think it counts as five tricks though, its more like three tricks, and then two of the same tricks to fakie. Knowing Whitney's talent, I think he could've done at least five different tricks. There's always next time though Whit.
-Rumor has it Ryan Lybarger has done a few three sixty flips since ACL surgery. I feel a comeback!
-I heard Tyler got a gnarly line here the other day. I'm terrible at ledges.
-See you soon.
MAY
-5-24-2010-
-Guest Editor: Ryan Lybarger-
-Hello fellow web-warriors and happy Monday! While Josh is in Seattle and Tony is busy training for the Words With Friends Championships it looks like I'll be taking over in the entertainment, at least for today. Rumor has it Josh will be staying in Seattle a lot longer than planned. My guess is he thinks he won't have to go back here as long as he is a safe distance away. Seeing as he deleted his Facebook account I guess only time will tell. Joey is enjoying the wind just as much as the rest of us, he also has high hopes for Josh's return so they can have more moments like these.
-In other, non-skateboarding related, news Lost ended last night and I'll be spending my time on here instead of on Hulu.
-Whitney's still alive although I haven't heard from or seen him in quite a while... Maybe Tony's been too hard on the little booger, then again somebody's gotta keep things in check.
-Put on your hard hats and build something cool in your dad's basement to skate until the wind dies, see you next time.
-5-20-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Came into The Shop to do a web-update before my great adventure to Seattle begins tomorrow. I hope to come back with a lot of photos and video of the elusive Noel Sinclair Boyt in his new habitat. We'll see how it goes...
-The new Skateboard Mag came in today, and not only does it come with the new LRG video "Give Me My Money Chico" with a bald headed Adelmo Jr., but it also has a photo of Tyler Price doing a pretty hefty kickflip shot by Atiba. Does that mean Tyler is going to start acting famous? New board sponsor? New shop sponsor? New video? All are hard to say. Time will tell.
-Mountain Dew sent us (and 29 other shops in the United States) a little HD camera with the intent of filming a video for them and designing a can of the green beverage. I don't know what they were thinking, but here is what we have so far. Hopefully it is "xtreme" enough.
-Paul Gardner, Casey Bolding, and Alex Brown went to New York City to visit the displaced Denver Shop family member Ryan Franzman. Here's some photos of their trip. Bummer there aren't any club photos. There's always next year boys.
-Be back next week with a bunch of stuff! (hopefully)
-5-13-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-My very first day of summer was a mixture of snow, rain and cold. It's middle May, and I hate to get all weird on you guys but this has to be proof of climate change. Either way the weekend should be fine and we'll be back to skating!
-Brandon tried his luck at the casino's up in Blackhawk and came out on top with enough money for a new toy. Further proof that gambling is a good career-path children. Thanks for setting a good example Brando.
-Whitney with too much plaid and not enough grab.
-Brandon edited this commercial of me. Apparently my life is like a video game, I wear Ronald McDonald shoes, and have terrible three-sixty flips. I'm sure I'm disappointing all five of you reading this, or you already knew all of the aforementioned.
-See you soon!
-5-5-2010-
-Hola senor, and happy Battle of Puebla...I guess.-
-Mr. Todd Bratrud made my day today with this signed deck for the shop....Thank you! If your interested in Todd's new company, "The High Five", boards will be available in the shop June 1st. Support the real shit kiddies because there's not much of it left.-
-I feel Joey's pain in this clip...This little dude is a prick. The last trip I took to this spot I made Whitney give this kid his board, ya know trying to be cool, maybe discover the next Javier Nunuz. The next time I went there I was curious if the little guy would come around and if he was using the board that I made whitney give to him. Sure enough he rolls up on a mountain bike. I ask where the board was that we gave him last time. He replies, "fuck your skateboard". I was hyped to say the least.-
-Whitney's diabetes has spread to his butt hole.-
-How did Jan go from this, to this?.-
-He's back....:( and on that note I'm out.-
-5-1-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Well, I've been out of touch for a week or two, and I apologize for that. It's been raining anyways, but today looks perfect, and summer is on it's way. Couple more weeks of school and freedom is ours. Have you seen Braveheart? That guy loved freedom.
-Not sitting down on the computer or talking to anyone about skating kept me out of the loop. So when I sat down at the desk today and looked at the hard-drive, I said holy shit to everything Tyler has gotten lately. Glad someone is producing lately! Now if we could just get Whitney on a Tyler Price like training schedule; sleeping on others' couches, going to the bar, wearing the same clothes for weeks, never changing your socks, etcetera. And maybe no more combos like this one.
-Joey is standing behind me and wants everyone to know his birthday is May 10th, he will be having his party at this ledge spot because he loves it so much. He's turning 20! Cool!
-Jan is our new punk guy. And he's into Kiss. Who would ever skate to Kiss? Bad move.
-Paul Walsh hurt his knee jumping down Skyline 4. Literally jumping. Not doing a trick. Our hearts go out to you Paul, but at least you don't have to film anything for the new video.
-That's all I have. Sorry.
APRIL
-4-23-2010-
-Kind of a lame Friday around here. Waking up to a rain/snow mix will do that to you. In good news, Skatecamp is back! Get it where you fit in and register early because enrollment is limited and classes fill fast. Not much else today kiddies...Oh yeah, Nuggets game tonight. Lets hope the "good" Nugget team shows up.
-Here's reason #298 no one got footage over the weekend.-
-I was looking through some of the coal on my old hard drives and came across this diamond.-
-4-13-2010-
-The Nuggets play their last game of the regular season tonight against the Phoenix Suns. Both teams are looking to secure home court advantage in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs, which begin this Saturday. With a win tonight the Nuggets will wrap up its second consecutive Northwest Division title and will firmly secure the third seed in the conference while the Suns will fall all the way to the fifth seed and lose home court in the first round of the playoffs. Winning tonight will be no small order as the Nuggets have dropped 10 straight games in Phoenix since April 2004, and not to mention Phoenix has won 12 of its last 14 games. We all knew it would come down to some shit like this, and as a fan I'm worried. Either way it makes for a great final game of the season........-
-Joey made it back from California with a gift for the shop from Rick Howard. Thanks for not focusing it Joe-Bear.-
-If your gonna be in L.A. Saturday April 24th be sure not to miss Communes "Experiments in Occultism and Parapsychology". Our very own Noel Boyt will have several pieces displayed.-
-Maybe someone should tell Murph that pole jams are the new pressure flips.-
-Here's what me, Tonka and Steve did yesterday.....the highlight was Del Taco after.-
-The Bones team is looking for a challenge.-
-4-9-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Hey world! Hopefully you enjoyed that trailer, more to come if all the text at the end comes to fruitition. Especially Justin Shardy and Whitney Wells shared part!? I haven't talked to either party, but Whitney needs the help and Justin is just a nice enough guy that he might chip in a switch frontside 360 or two so that Whit can meet that two minute requirement.
-Monico Candelaria, reporting live south of the Colorado border with some big news: "In case you were needing some web update content...by the way, new trailer is killer and absolutely hilarious! and im going to have to be the southwest connection for a while because last week lisa and i got engaged!! ill have to come up there soon so we can have some summer night skating sessions!
Hope all is well buddy!
mony"
Congratulations Monico, hopefully there is karaoke and an open bar at the wedding! Assuming we're all invited...
-I'm going to eat at Earl's tonight for the first time. If you go at the right time, you might get a Paul Walsh sighting. He can drive to work now that he got the interlock system in his car. Hopefully every Denver Shop member will get one of these soon. I'm going to try to get a D.U.I right now just for the heck of it.
-I'm on a boat, he's on a boat. We're on a boat.
-Noel Boyt has been so bored in Seattle he's remembering he has friends in Denver. He e-mailed me some questions and I gave him some answers, hopefully for the greater entertainment of all those people who spend too much time on the internet. The Tony Mellick interview is up next, assuming he can still spell after all his stints in rehab. Time will tell.
-Later!
-4-7-2010-
-No solid date yet, no name, no official line up, but here's The Denver Shops official Trailer #1.-
-The Mail Man is on fire lately with new product ideas for the shop.-
-I took a loyal Denver Shop soldier out skating with us last week. Danny is his name. He wants you to know that not only did he do this first try, but he also gave Shardy an S in a game of skate.-
-Steve, if you really don't want your board broke than Tonka would be the last person you challenge.-
-FedEx came through with this original Gonz drawing that Franny was kind enough to pick up for me at a recent art sale that Gonz had in New York......Jealous?-
MARCH
-3-28-2010-
-Why are You in the house checking this shitty web site? Take advantage of this perfect Colorado day and go land that SSBSTS. I'm off @ 4, maybe I'll see you in the streets.-
-The Viva Burrito by my house has bullet holes in the window.....I love Aurora!-
-Things can get weird when Tonka thinks out loud.-
-Ryan was in San Francisco last week and noticed this little gem in the video case of the Deluxe store.-
-I hate reps who don't skate......With that said here's your local Girl/Chocolate Rep gettin hyphy.-
-3-26-2010-
-Hello my web children, it's Friday! I guess the big news around here is the weather. It seems that old man Winter doesn't want to leave just yet and it's really got us by the balls. They are calling for another 2-5 inches tonight just in time to ruin Murphy's Spring break 2010. Well actually it was already ruined when he went to Milwaukee for a couple days and on the way back he got stuck in Kansas for a night because of the 12 inches of snow we got Tuesday. Milwaukee and Kansas in the same week, sorry Murph, your Spring break was ruined. Ryan's in San Francisco for his Sprng Break, take notes Murph. And for the rest of the team, they've been on Spring break going on 5-6 years now. Tonka's leaving today to hook up with TOEBOCK for a Texas Tour thing I guess. Tonka, while on this trip could you investigate why Jeffrey changed his name to Adam? Inquiring minds want to know! The Nuggets have been a disappointment lately. They have dropped 3 games at the worst possible time, dropped from 2 to 3 in the western conference and that number could get worse considering 5 teams are 1-2 games apart. They play tonight against the Raptors and anything less than a win is unacceptable. With that said get out there before it starts snowing and land that 900!-
-Mo money, Mo problems.........
-BluePrint has a new video dropping soon, "Make Friends with The Colour Blue", my mouth is watering!
-Received this in the mail today....it should fit in very nicely with everything else the shop carries.-
-If you are in or around NYC you would be a moron to miss this. And Franzman, an early Birthday present would be simply amazing....Just throwing it out there.-
-3-16-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Trying to get more consistent with our updates, and it's getting easier because we've been skating more. More skating, more content for web-updates, and more Shad Spencer sightings. I saw the little gremlin with my own two eyes yesterday at Denver park. Photo documentation for proof. Sack lunches before sacking on rails.
-Trails park local, Aurora native, and Denver Shop pal Darren Polak got a new car. In addition to having one of those cool things you have to blow into to make sure you aren't drunk before you drive, it also needs a special boost everytime he wants to go somewhere. Looks like you'll be stuck in Aurora a lot more than you thought Darren.
-Joey Abarca has the pain threshold of a fetus. Blood in, blood out. You're not in So-Cal anymore.
-Tony got some new laces for his Adios.
-Until next week...
-3-8-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Back in the saddle again. We've been skating a lot more lately, especially with the sun staying out later and the warmer weather. Hopefully it persists, and before you know it we'll be complaining about how it's too hot.
-We went to Washington Park last week with a large crew of lurkers, and only a couple people tried to get down on the rail. Ben Gardner loves rails, so naturally he filmed a few warm up tricks. Littleton Rippers forever!
-Roman has been putting his camera phone to good homoerotic use. We realize it isn't iPhone quality, but Whitney is too busy complaining about his job on Facebook to use the camera feature on his iPhone.
-Steven knows how to party, ask him about middle aged Russian women next time you see him, yikes!
-Greg Harbour has been coming up on coverage lately, with an ad in the new Thrasher and a check out in the new Skateboarder. Amidst his fame, he seems to have forgotten his shop sponsor. I'm sure it was just a typo. We still love you Greg, dyed hair and all.
-3-4-2010-
-It sure feels like Spring around here. 60 degrees today and the weekend is looking legit as well. No excuses, get your skate on! I Spoke to The Mile High Ninja yesterday. He's still working on that Nickelodeon skateboard show and he just landed an episode on CSI. He's filming when he can and will be coming back to town soon to start filming for the next Denver Shop video. I believe Greg Harbour's still on the 1031 Midwest Tour. Ryan's still nursing his knee. Brandon's a filmbot. Tonka's still trying to get re-conditioned to the altitude. Noels heading to Portland to attend Art School. Whitney's all ready enrolled in the School of hard knocks. Justin has 25 full days logged onto Call of Duty and "proud of it, thank you". Sorry but that's all I got today. I'll leave you with a rumor I heard. P-rod off Plan-B and back on Girl? I don't start the rumors I just spread them!-
-Nate went on a 10Deep Up North Tour.
-Joey's only focused on two things at the moment. Filming for his Denver Shop video part and managing his and Patrick's highly controversial blog.-
-Would someone please knob this spot already.-
FEBRUARY
-2-23-2010-
-Hello boys and girls. I hope this sunshine is relieving your snowed in blues. Don't worry, we'll be pushing around by the weekend. Three consecutive days of snow will push you into watching the boob-tube more than usual. I tried to watch the Olympics but just couldn't relate. At least there where some good Nuggets games on to keep my mind off the weather. As for today I just finished watching Corey kennedy's part in the "Beware of The Sasquatch" video......Let me just say my knees hurt while watching it.....Get your copy and feel the same way.-
-Tonka's back and I heard through the skate vine that he's in love....believe the hype.
-Received this in the mail today from Axion. Don't really know why considering I haven't ordered any shoes from them. It's a hand painted, signed shoe shelf. Who signed it? Who fuckin knows, I don't speak graffiti. If any of you can shed some light on who this might be clue me in.-
-When Justin was out in California he found the shops LA chapter....believe me it's much hotter than than our Denver location.-
-2-10-2010-
-The sun is out and the melt down has commenced. Lets hope it melts enough to allow skateboarding over the weekend. Justin left today to go meet up with Brandon in Cali. I guess they are gonna skate around L. A. for a week and than head back home, maybe stop by AZ and pick up Tonka. Hopefully when Brandon gets back we can get back to breaking fisheyes and finish up our third shop video. Monico called me yesterday and updated me on his life. He's very happy, skating a ton and still the nicest person on the planet. I'll be heading to Albuquerque in about a month so I'll see you soon amigo! The Nuggets beat up on Dallas last night. Nugs play the Spurs tomorrow night and than head into the all-star break. We got Melo, Billups and Coach Karl representing the Nuggets this year, not to shabby. Now if Melo can finish the season strong, not get hurt, and win the scoring title a MVP award could be in his future. Now get off your ass and go learn frigid airs!
-It doesn't matter what Gonz does I'm into it!
-Justin wants all of you to turn that frown upside down.-
-2-5-2010-
-What a perfect day today. I hope everyone makes a plan to get some pushing in before Sunday because that white shit is in the forecast. I guess we can't bitch considering it's been a mild winter thus far. Nuggets travel to L.A. tonight to play the Lakers and lets hope they play better than they did against the Suns Wednesday. Of course Melo wasn't playing but we shouldn't get beat by 20, at home, by anyone. Melo will not play again tonight due to a sprained ankle that has him missing his 6th game. I'm hoping Smith can get out of his shooting slump and help the Nuggets to a win tonight because if not, I say trade that uncoachable crybaby. Wouldn't it be interesting if skateboard companies started to trade pros....as outlandish as that might sound today it won't in a couple years. Not much else for you today kiddies. I just wanted to touch base with all of you and remind you that we are a fully operation skateboard battleship and we have what your looking for!
-Ryan sent me an update on his knee surgery. The doctors say it was a complete success and he should be back to the carcass toss in no time.
-Received the new Skateboarder today and Fantasia has a photo doing the fandangle.....sick photo, congrats Nathan.
-2-2-2010-
-Good news, spring is right around the corner. Bad news, it's not here yet. Hang in there, you'll be bitching about how it's to hot to skate in no time. In shop news, we have added a "Buy it Now" feature to our product arrivals. You dig a pair of shoes over on the right? Just click the "Buy it Now" button and your dreams will come true! We are here for you, and what better way to kick off this glorious event than to start with the new Etnies Sean "still skater of the year in my eyes" Malto Pro Shoe. In another feeble attempt to make money I have come up with something I call "YOUnifake". With this program you pay me 50 bucks a month and in return I will tell everyone how core you and your crew is. Everyone wins! Email your local Girl/Chocolate rep for details....Sure glad that snowbro show is over, I don't know how much more neon,neff beanies, over sized tees, and dunk highs I could take.......Speaking of dunks, Nathan's in Long Beach, with fellow listeners Rob G. and Danny Montoya, working on a commercial of some sorts. More on this as it comes in......It took the Nuggets overtime but they came away with a win last night against Sacramento. Melo hasn't played in three games with an ankle sprain. Hopefully Coach Karl was just being cautious and resting Melo considering the next few games we have. Phoenix Wednesday, Lakers Friday, Utah Saturday and Dallas Tuesday. We need to win three of those, and we need Melo back to accomplish that.......Now get outside and learn late front foot pressure flips.
-Bros before hoes!-
-Monicos holding it down in Alburqurque....and you knew he would!-
JANUARY
-1-28-2010-
-Woke up to a dusting of snow this morning...should melt by mid-afternoon so no harm done. I'll take a shitty Thursday for a skateable weekend.....In dysfunctional team news, Whitney's nursing a rolled ankle courtesy of D-park....Harbour left on a 1031 midwest tour. I'll have to say there's nothing more punk than a midwest tour in the middle of winter, good luck with that Greg....Ryan went under the knife today and the girls hope he has a speedy recovery.....Noel joined forces with the Barrier Cult. He hasn't been seen in two weeks and what's more disturbing is he deleted is Facebook account:( Brandon has found investors to fund enough money to allow him to continue his chin search till the end of February....William made the Euro news....Shads warehouse hunting...Bens still on probation...Justins online screenname for PS3 is jgreer666, hit him up if you want to battle...Joeys on Lakai, this week....Murphys on some "no ceilings" shit. That should catch everyone up to speed on the team. Speaking of team, my Nuggets are killin it. They have won 8 in a row and are easily the hottest team in the NBA at the moment....So with that said head down to the warm basement and get that flat ground on.-
-1-24-2010-
-Sunday......The Nuggets got their sixth win in a row last night. It wasn't easy, and they needed an extra period to beat the Hornets. Chris Paul was single handedly killin the Nuggets......Sloppy game but a win is a win. My main concern is Melos rolled ankle that came at the end of the game.......On this day in January Ted Bundy was takin, on the same day in January a man named Noel Boyt was born....coincidence? I think not.....Cold and windy but still gonna try and go skate today. Maybe I'll see you out there in the streets.
-A lot of you already know Murphy's been on this Yoga tip lately, so I figured he could use this as inspiration to take his Skateboarding and stretching, combine them, and take it to the next level.
-1-21-2010-
-Billups bucketed 37 points and dished out eight assists as the Nuggets beat the Warriors in a close overtime win. That win made it four in a row and even though the Nuggets have problems with hustling when playing sub .500 teams I feel comfortable with where the Nuggets sit now that its half way through the season....3rd in the western confernece.....the best home record in basketball...Melo getting MVP nods, and with Billups starting to play his best ball of the season I predict Lakers Nuggets for the Western Conference Championship. The trade deadline is Feb. 15 so I guess we'll have to wait and see if the Nuggets will make a move or go forward with the team currently in place. Game tonight, TNT double header, 8:30 vs. the Clippers (one of those sub .500 teams). I know some like to hate when I talk about the Nuggets here on the site....but sorry, skateboarding's been lame for about 2 years now. So if your looking for a legit Skateboarding web site, with up to date news, trick tips and cool cutting edge views on the skateboard culture, let me point you in this direction..........With that said the weekend is suppose to suck so go land that noseslide to fakie today!
-Tonka made it to AZ. His first stop...Tempe....My first stop.-
-1-18-2010-
-Mondays are always better when they're a holiday. I think we should just eliminate Mondays completely, it would make the week go a lot smoother. In team news, Ben Gardner was released from home arrest and the first thing on his agenda was to take some time off from his high profile DJ gig at Skate City and take a trip out to Albuquerque for some skateboarding, updates as soon as they come in. Joey has returned from California with gossip galore.....Skate Mental now part of Kayo? Tonka left for AZ this Morning on a film and relaxation mission....to bad those two words never coincide. Murphy just got back this morning from driving to Wisconsin for some family obligations.....and really why else would you drive to Wisconsin? Brandon's still on his search for Animal Chin. With no strong leads, or sightings, I'm afraid it's not looking good. Last I heard he was filming Chad Fernandez and we all know how that story ends. So with that said get off your asses and go skate!
-I miss Noel.....
"Hey Tony,
I figured I'd send you a video of me at work in Seattle just to let you know I haven't gone soft. I have athletes foot right now so no skateboarding for a little bit. Other than that I've been drawing a lot and setting up my new apartment. Anyone can come out and stay with me anytime....I have a blow up mattress. Hopefully I'll come and visit soon, until then, have someone do a wallride for me at the denver park, thanks."
-Noel
-Loyal Denver Shop soldier from Michigan...glad you had a great X-mas.
-1-11-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-More consistent updates? Don't count on it, but who knows what might happen. With 2012 steadily approaching, we have to cherish what little time is left.
-Just kidding about the 2012 thing, everyone knows the world ends when Tony sells the shop to Gart Sports and the new 1031 video comes out. What's that...we've just received the new 1031 production "Heavy Mellow"? The first sign of the apocalypse has arrived, with recycled street footage and new park footage from Monico Candelaria, Greg Harbour, and that dude from American Gladiators. You can purchase your very own copy at The Denver Shop!
-The Denver Shop would like to congratulate Greg Harbour on graduating from college this past semester, and his Daily Habit appearance on Fuel TV with Kristen Svitak this past week. I don't know what a Daily Habit appearance consists of, but a diploma is nothing to play with. I mean, Tony has one and look at him!
-Joey is in his native southern California for a week. All I've heard so far is that he ran into Megan Fox at Val Surf and met up with Brandon. More information to come as it unfolds...
-1-7-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Hello all. Just got back from New Mexico, which was quite a fun trip. Joey was the MVP, getting the most tricks and also handling other priorities. Ask him if you want more details. As for everyone else that went, we had fun, got some tricks, and got to enjoy another place for a few days. It was also rad skating with Monico and Matthew Candelaria. Monico is a full time Albuquerque resident, and his little brother Matthew was down there visiting him while we were there. Matt is going to be better than his brother soon, mark my words.
-Tyler Price went to California and all he got was this black eye. Tonka smash!
-Bad news: Ryan Lybarger has injured his meniscus and ACL in his knee, and he will not be able to skate for a couple of months. When Ryan told me about his knee injury, he also stated, "I'm going to learn how to film so I can still go out and be productive with you guys." He has the best damn attitude, get well soon buddy!
-Good news: Ryan Lybarger is the newest Denver Shop team rider!
-See you when the snow dries...
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