Robert Lopez Mont makes the DEW TOUR

Congrats to our team rider Robert Lopez Mont for qualifying for the rest of the DEW TOUR stops. Robert was also picked to be in the Transworld Best trick contest. He totally had that that shit until Jordan Hoffat pulled a big spin heel on the back board. Regardless Robert was throwing down BIG tricks and was turning heads. The video below is from the Transworld website. Peep best trick. They didnt get the kickflip 50/50 on the backboard. (which was so sick).. All the judges were really impressed with Robert's style. He really turned some heads. Watch out for Robert he is going to be knocking dudes out on tour. After the summer is over everybody will know who he is.

LA is BLOWN OUT!

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DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS AT HOME.

I'm not one to advocate violence in any way shape or form. But really some people only respond to it. This is one of those cases. It also brings up something my brother once said to me, "If you act like a bitch, you get treated like a bitch".

Nike Comes Correct!

The pockets at Nike go deep! So deep, so deep I put her butt to sleep.

Everything You Do Has Already Been Done.

Killing it dead. Just a little head nod to one of the greatest talents to ever grace the stunt wood. He pretty much invented every trick you've ever done.

Harold Hunter Foundation BBQ!

SkyPager Clip from '93. Back when Element was Underworld Element and doing it from the ATL. Pre Zoo York son!



Legends Never Die.

Red Bull Manny Mania - MIA Edition - August 1, 2009

“Get your balance in check – Red Bull Manny Mania is back for its third year of two-wheeled trickery! Started in 2007 as the first-ever pro manual contest, Red Bull Manny Mania swept the nation, flipping in and flipping out across the country and landing in the stacked final in New York City. Past winners of Red Bull Manny Mania include event brainchild Joey Brezinski and legend Ronnie Creager. In 2009, skaters from all corners of the U.S. will get their chance to show off their best manual combos with the Red Bull Manny Mania AM Series, which hits 15 stops all summer long. It all kicks off on June 7th with the Pro final in the city that never sleeps, but always shreds – see you in New York!”

Other Dates Include :

Manny Mania Pro Event 2009
* June 7th, New York City
Manny Mania AM Series 2009
* June 21st, Pittsburgh
* June 26th, Portland
* June 27th, Philadelphia
* July 11th, Baltimore
* July 18th, Boston
* July 18th, Chicago
* July 25th, Richmond
* July 25th, San Francisco
* July 31st, Columbus
* August 1st, Miami
* August 8th, Houston
* August 8th, Atlanta
* August 22nd, Denver
* August 29th, Los Angeles
* September 4th, Phoenix

For any media inquires, please contact: ilana.taub@us.redbull.com

Sounds provided by :

Keenone (MIA Skateshop)
lt_smash (Beta/Prestige Music/RBMA)

COVERT VIDEO

Not to be out done by the Nike DEBACLE video yesterday.(below) Here is the long awaited heavily anticipated COVERT Skate Shop video. It is available for download here. Covert Video

Its been such a pain in the ass. Let me tell you. Tons of Lost footage, Computer Crashes, Multiple filmers and editors. Punk kids hi jacking footy. Ryan Nix getting the camera stolen in Miami was a real heartbreaker. Marco's new footage being recorded in some European standard that isn't compatible with the rest of the video sucked ass. So basically we decided to call it a wrap before the footy got to old. Besides some of the footy started popping up in other videos. Oh well, I hope there is a learning curve.

But for all the B.S. I must say its a pretty good video. Our team is solid. A.j. Burnett living the dream in Hollywood, Marco Lambertucci killing it in Italy, Fred Tan nuff said! Ryan Oconner RipnDip bitches. Oh and lets not forget the monster Robert Lopez Mont....Insane...Of course maybe our best rider doesnt even have a part. That would be Willy D Billions. Maybe next time we will keep better track of his footy. There is just so many more things to say and stories to tell. One thing for sure we learned a lot and will try not to repeat the same mistakes on the next project.

Thanks to everybody who helped get it done even the guys who did not come through. Special thanks to David Cahall for helping us call it a wrap. We are moving on to video two. Enjoy COVERT

Covert Skate Shop Video from d c on Vimeo.

DEBACLE

The new NIKE SB skate video is available for free download.
You can get it here. DEBACLE
Below is the trailer.... FYI the COVERT video drop will be Friday....

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Hot Off The Beta Press!!!



Here is the deal. We are going to need everybody’s help with this one. This sale will determine many things for BETA.

Saturday the 27th we are attempting to blow out ALL of our current inventory to make room for new product and to help us decide what direction we want to proceed in the future. We will have shoes starting at $25.00. Tees starting at $5.00. All accessories will be super cheap. If you spend enough money we will even through in stuff for FREE. You will not want to miss out on this sale. I know a lot of you have slept on our other sales in the past and have come in looking all sad the next day after your boy told you about how he came up on some deals. DONT SLEEP ! ! !

We are opening the store earlier and staying open later. The hours will be from 11am to 8pm. I might even stay open until 9 if necessary. Its up to you.

Be aware these sale prices WILL NOT be available after Saturday. Come through and support your LOCAL spot.

Where The Wild Things Are

Girls Skateboards / Where the Wild Things Are boards are hitting the shelves today. A ton of people have asked about collecting the whole set. There are a total of 7. We are offering a special price on the full set for the collectors.
To stoke you out I added the graphics and the trailer to the movie which is dropping in October below.

Skateboarding challenges observers to examine their preconceptions of what and who a city is for.

I ran across this article written by Ocean Howell. If you not familiar with his name, his was a pro skaterboarder for Birdhouse in the early to mid 90's. More recently, he has been writing articles off and on for Transworld Business. The article itself is kind of lengthly but well worth the effort. It's really interesting to see how far cities are going to subversely control who uses so called "public spaces".

The Poetics of Security: Skateboarding, Urban Design, and the New Public Space

DIAMOND TEES and DENIM

Forgot to blog the new Diamond tees and denim this week. Oops. Diamond has not shipped anything in a while.
This stuff looks great and was definitely worth the wait. Below are some highlights.

Waste Some Time

Ok this is going to be a strange post so bare with me. My boy Billy turned me on to this site Look at This Fucking Hipster. LATFH Here are some pictures I took from the site. You need to peep it to read the funny captions... It's a good way to waste time and make fun of people without actually hurting anybody's feelings. Unless of course they happen to be in front of you...







Which leads me to this!!!!!

The following day he sent me CUCHINI
It protects women from the dreaded CAMEL TOE. These Cougars in West Palm need to get to Hollywood with there shit. They would kill it with the stars. They also need to make some with flags from Puerto Rico and USA for starters. Roses, Obama, Che and Pot leaves. You get the picture. Kim Kardashian and Jessica Simpson could be spokes women.....

Civilized Sundays

Our friend Mike Rosa was asked to film a Civilized Sundays for Transworld Skateboarding. You will see shop lurker and part time Covert rider Ryan Nix and Covert shop owner Willy D.....This is part 1. Not sure if there is a part 2... Filmed and edited by David Cahall. We are trying to start posting more footy. Hopefully this is the start of something new. As I said before the COVERT shop video is finished and will be dropping really soon.

THROW AWAY FOOTY

Here is some throw away footy from Kevin Perez...We have called it quits on the COVERT video. We will be dropping it on the site in the next few days. Stay posted ....

Throw Away Montage #1 from kevin perez on Vimeo.

DEW TOUR

SO the DEW TOUR is coming back to Orlando. Of course Covert will be putting together a bangin party again this year. We are also on tap to host the LOCALS ONLY contest. I will be at 4 of the 5 stops playing the music for the skateboarding events. Here is a link to the the events.
DEW TOUR Tickets are on sale for the Orlando stop. You can get them at the arena box office or Ticketmaster.

NEW SUPRA TKs, SKYTOPS and VAIDERS

New Supra Footwear hit the shelves today. Purple Tie Dye Skytop, GUCCI Skytop, Vaider Charcoal w/neon trim, Olive Tuff Skytop, Red Perforated TK Society and the Grey Patent TK Society. We also got Vaider Tuff Black. We are taking special orders this week on all the other styles. If there is some thing you need let us know.

RIPNDIP east coast tour

The RIPNDIP team just went on an east coast tour stopping in ATL, DC, Philly, and ending in NYC. This is the tour video from the whole trip. Watch both parts its a TRIP! get it? hahaha

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Leroy Smith

Since we are on a bit of a basketball tip I thought you might want to waste sometime watching this video. Peep the site. Its pretty good. Charlie Murphy is Leroy Smith. The man who motivated Michael Jordan....
Leroy Smith

BLUE LOBSTER

A customer asked me about a sneaker called Blue Lobster. I told him the Lobsters came out last year. ANyway I decided to search it a bit and this is what I came up with. Thought I would share it with you. I got pinched by a couple of these bastards over 10 years ago in CAPE COD. I was coming in from surfing and a couple of these clamped on my toes. I jumped back on my board and paddled in to shore. One of them actually was still on my foot when i made it to shore. Im really glad lifeguards were there to fix me up. Not sure why I posted this but enjoy! Here is a blog about it. Blue Lobster Here is a video.

RASA LIBRE

Don't call it a comeback. Well ok call it a comeback. When we opened Covert 6 years there was a new board company on the scene called RASA LIBRE. Well guess what its back and we couldn't be happier. Look for the wood in the next few weeks. Here is a link to there blog to explain everything. RASA LIBRE ESPN did a little something as well. ESPN Article There is an article in VAPORS as well but I cant post it for some reason. I don't think the blogspot likes PDFs. Sorry Kevin this is as good as it gets.

Covert Magic Tees

We did a couple of tees in celebration of our boys making it to the finals. I forgot to take a picture of the MAgic logo bite. Here is the mock up. It looks really good. The second is a sarcastic Kobe dis. Both are available in the store now.

JUNE NIKE SB and JANOSKI RE -UP

Nike SB JUNE has hit the shelves. Here are the stand outs. The White on White SB Dunk which is Super clean and a nice change for you Air Force one heads.
The Supreme P-Rod is the best this year. Get ready for the three. The Purple Dunk Mid looks way better in person. I like the gold trim and stitching. Last but not least is the Red Blazer Premium. We also got a mini re-up on the Janoskis. See you soon.

Santa Monica Airlines

SMA or Santa Monica Airlines is the newest brand to be brought into the shop. SMA has been around for nearly 30 years. I remember rocking the classic bi plane tee way back. NATAS!!!!!! Here is a brief section taken from their site smaskateboards.com to fill you in on whats going down.

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Our still humble beginnings are still humble after all this time which just proves you can stay true to your core belief system and not lose sight of who or what your are.

We have a few surprises for you this year, including an art show, limited edition 30th anniversary products and a store opening which we will let you know about in due time. Kevin Ancell has stepped up and done some of this 30th art (He did the OG Natas Panther), and we felt that we need to close the circle so we are really pretty happy to have his skills on board again.

SMA worked with Washington Street Skatepark the past two years to help out their free park program. This year to further help them in their fundraising endeavors, we will be making limited edition skateboard decks by the Fall ASR show/party with all the proceeds going directly to them. As this nears, we will let you know where and how to purchase these special decks.

Also if you are in Oz, please help out the Moss Jam people. They have a neat program that can use all the help it can get.

All of the good stuff that happened to SMA this past year happened because of you, our skate partners. Your feedback as to what products we need to make was vital to us. Along with our distributors, you helped us to be here for thirty years. For all of you we have met in person and through email, let me say from us here at SMA we say "THANKS!".

- Thanks for the ride
Skip Engblom
owner
Here are a couple stand out peices from the newest line.