Right Foot Forward

February 20th is the opening of the RIGHT FOOT FORWARD art show at Bold Hype Gallery. Come see what 25 artists do to the display shoes left from a burglary last summer. The Covert skate team will be shredding some Skate Art from Team Payne.
Music will be provided by LT. SMASH. This is a sneak peak from Scott Scheidly's piece called Security. The show is going to be amazing. Please don't miss it.

For all you fruitbooters...

Human Giant - MTV Shows

Covert Welcomes CHRIS BLAKE to the family

COVERT welcomes our new team rider CHRIS BLAKE. We are super stoked to have Chris on the team. Chris is making some noise in the skate scene and won last years Back to Banks best trick contest on the 10 stair hand rail. Chris rides for 5 BORO. East Coast represent!



Hit the full screen for a better viewing pleasure.

Covert Skate Shop Welcomes Chris Blake to the Family from MESH on Vimeo.

Chris Blake and friends in the Caymans.

ADIDAS Finally

After a momentary mix up, ADIDAS finally shipped. Unfortunately It is not our complete order. But everything looks good for the March shipment. Anyway here is what we were able to get our hands on. Campus Vulc Espresso, Campus Vulc
Black White re-up and the Skate in Silver. There is a little SKATE uprising happening. This shoe is supposed to be the next big ADIDAS style. Light with great board feel. Its also reasonably priced. So come and get it.

Literal Lyrics

Best lyrics ever!

Stoked

Everybody Stoked!

Diamond

Look who showed up for dinner, DIAMOND. Finally. Diamond has had there fair share of issues but they continue to bang out great product. Our first hit just showed up. Unfortunately it was partial shipment. Supplies are very limited. Don't sleep.






Bonus interview with Nick Tershay.

LAKAI MJ2 Select

Now you can skate as good as Marc Johnson. The MJ2 Select is now on the shelve. Looks great, Skates great. Posted a little Fully Flared footy in case you were under a rock and missed it.

RIGHT FOOT FORWARD

On the night of August 18 2009 COVERT SKATE SHOP was robbed. An entire selection of shoes were taken, leaving only the 20 display shoes on the wall. To turn this tragedy into something positive we teamed up with BOLD HYPE GALLERY and gave these shoes to some of our favorite artists. The artists will be using these shoes as their canvas or inspiration in creating new pieces of work. On February 20th come see how this negative event in COVERT's history is turned into a positive with this one of a kind art show.

Some of the artists will be Andrew Spear, Dolla, Brice Stephens, Dustin Orlando, Charles Marklin, Dennis Hansbury, Jester,
Nathan Spoor, Scott Scheidly, Rafeal Santiago, Phil Noto, Francesco Lo Castro, Johannah O Donnell, Bagger 43, Patrick Fatica, Douglas Hoffman, DRES 13, David Hoskins and the Diversitile Crew.

Surf Expo January 2010

Went to the Surf Expo last weekend with team riders Aaron Collier , Lam Le and Eroide Galano... Had met up with some other homies an made a montage of the footy we got...hope you enjoy Filmed and Edited By Kevin Perez.

January Nike Quick Strike

Well NIKE friends I have to say its a good day. We got 3 quick strikes in this week. 2 Dunk Highs and a Blazer.
The Comic Book dunk actually came in last week but my slow ass is just getting around to posting the picture. The second Dunk high and Blazer is from the LOST pack. Yeah Lost like the TV show. Enjoy.

Back In The Day...

Bro Cam from josh Kalis on Vimeo.

So the story goes like this, unfinished video Josh Kalis and Ryan Gee were working on. Bunch of "B" roll stuff from the early 00's. Philly TF skating and just having fun. Gee might have a fully finished version. Playing with cars... EPIC Carolino line, Flo killin the TF...ect. Would have been a dope video if they ever finished it.

Just Like The Dudes In Thrashin'

Just another day of skating with Tony & Tony

S.P.O.T. Throwaway Footage

Covert Team Riders Aaron Collier and ALex Noy hit Tampa last week. They were accompanied by shop filmer Kevin Perez and a NYC tourist named Pablo Rivero. Enjoy!

JANUARY NIKE

Here is the first batch of January NIKE. The Classic High OX Blood starts us off. Im really into the Classic High. I cant wait to take my 9.5 home this week. Next is the Black / Gum Mid. We have been getting a lot of calls about this shoe. It is moving fast. We got a re up on the Black White Dunk High aka VENOM. The Bottom picture is the Blazer high Green Razzel. We are waiting on our Stefan Janoski's. Those will be here this week.

BAKE SALE PARTY

Im late posting for my own party. Oh well if you don't know now you do. Below is the flyer and some tracks that might go down. Its at the Peacock Room on mIlls. The last BAKE SALE went off. I expect the same tonight.

My favorite animal is a LIEGER

Sorry TIGER but comedy calls.
Im not a golfer and until recently I thought it was all about rich white guys in country clubs making shady business deals to keep the common man in check. Im sure this happens at the most exclusive clubs. But now all I here about is being on a Golf Course and smoking weed. I guess Thats were all the weed smoking goes down now. So for all you weed smoking golfers out there who don't have a stick up there ass. I bring you the LIEGER tee.
Trying to capitalize on someone's misfortune may not seem cool to some but hey times are tough. I need to make some scratch any way I can.
So this is tee is limited. I am only printing up what is requested.... $20 on American Apparel or $15 on Anvil basic.
If you want one call Covert Skate Shop. 407.228.0804 or paypal covertmot@bellsouth.net
Also posted is the Caddyshack movie in one minute and a Tiger Woods commercial.

FRESH JIVE HOLIDAY

OUCH! Who's afraid of a little diss? Not Fresh Jive or the HUNDREDS I hope. Burrito Supreme diss. KILL YOUSELF features all your favorite fast food death restaurants on it. Explain to people why they are fat and stupid with one T-Shirt. Its amazing. The DE-Capitalism is perfect for the political weather we are in. Show your political wit and make friends. The PARTY and BULLSHIT tee has a nice pentagram and Goat on it. But its fitting because thats what took our boy John Belushi down. Long LIVE JOHN BELUSHI. The photo was taken by Guy Webster. Not show is the GAYLIFE and KOOKS & ASSHOLES hats. Oh we also got a FUCK YOU beanie. COVERT - WE PUSH BUTTONS!!!!!!!

HEEL BRUISE

In our never ending quest to find the newest and most legit brands. COVERT is proud to bring you HEEL BRUISE. HB is not another dumb ass skate brand or t shirt brand to be taken lightly. The line was started by Richard Mulder, Thomas Yu, and Roby Jeffers. The distribution is super tight and it is only sold to premiere skate shops in the country. Shops like Supreme, HUF and now COVERT! A little bit of history. Thomas YU the art director is from STUSSY and Richard Mulder was the first skater for STUSSY and NIKE sb. Below is some 1999 footy when he was pro for Chocolate. Below that is the first t-shirt to hit the wall from Heel Bruise. BTW Spring 2010 looks sick. (Im trying to get different pictures my wont load)

ANDREW SPEAR Follow Up

Just wanted to drop a few pictures from the Andrews Spear's art show. The exhibit will be up until January 9, 2010 at BOLD HYPE Gallery 1844 East Winter Park Street. Thanks to Dr. Lisa for the photos. The first photo is the initial piece of the show. Stevie in color. This piece was featured in Juxtapoz magazine. The next is the man of the Hour Andrew Spear. Last but not least you got me (MOT) and KITTYBAT. Not for nothing but we KILLED the after party. Hot Fire!!!! BTW we are doing it again this Saturday at Peacock. But I will save it for another post.

ANDREW SPEAR OH WORD!

Our dear Friend ANDREW SPEAR is having his first solo art show this Saturday Night at BOLD HYPE . You do not want to miss this show. You may have seen some of his murals in the City Arts building downtown. He did the MANTACOR piece on the back wall of Covert. He got a full page write up in this months Juxtapoz magazine. Andrew is killing it! Be on the look out for the Andrew Spear x Covert collaboration Skateboard Deck and Tees early 2010. There is an after Party at the Peacock Room. Yours truly, DJ MOT will be on the wheels of steel along side KITTYBAT.

NIKE SB DECEMBER QUICKSTRIKE

This will be available in a couple hours. Come and Get it.....

NIKE SB December

December Nike sb has hit the shelves. First up is the Dunk Low. This is the first color-way by new Nike Team Rider ERIC KOSTON. Second is the black wool Janoski premium. The Skate Mental High looks amazing. My personal favorite
is the Classic High. And to round it off we have the Midnight Fog Bruin. The Bruin has been catching fire. A lot of kids are feeling it to skate in. Not shown is the new Veloce. There you have it. Come get some kicks for the holidays.







I searched for Eric Koston / Nike sb on Youtube. All I got was a bunch of bullshit. This was ok even though its a Fourstar promo. I also dropped his part from YEAH RIGHT. For those sneaker freakers out there who don't know, Eric Koston is pretty much the man...

Fresh Jive Hope is Fading Fast

Rick Klotz from Fresh Jive is up to his old tricks again. After beating on the Bush administration for 8 years he has now turned his attention to our boy OBAMA. Its not so much about our new president sucking. Its more about him continuing the policies of the last jerk in office BUSH. OBAMA needs a wake up call of sorts and Fresh Jive is more then happy to stoke that fire.
Read the FJ blogThe Worlds Got Problems for more helpful information on our current state of affairs.

Benny Gold

This one could go either way. That is to say it could go on this blog (being primarily about skateboarding and this is a skateboarder) or over at The Beta Press (since Beta actually carries the Benny Gold line). But since the Beta site, for whatever reason, won't let me post videos, the choice was a no brainer.