Crossroads Recap

Here is a video of the CROSSROADS Best Trick contest. Our rider Robert Lopez got a clip. Kickflip Backside 50/50.
Crossroads is a trade show put on by Jamie Thomas at ZERO / Black Box Distribution. Its a skateboarding specific trade show.
Good Job Robert on the exposure. Robert will be in town next month for the Tampa Pro.

Welcome THE HUNDREDS

Well we closed baby sister BETA due to a slow economy and brands opening questionable shops. But fear not all you Hundreds fans. COVERT has decided to carry the Hundreds torch. We just received the first batch of Johnson Mids in Black and Brown / Burgundy. We also have some left over tees from Beta. If you buy a pair of shoes I will discount a tee.

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.

Locals Only Update

Peep the link to the DEW TOUR blog. DEW TOUR The boys from COVERT were a little banged up and gave it a good try. But in the end it was CJ DIXON getting the win.
CJ skates for Vierra Ride shop. We also got a little video montage KEVIN PEREZ put together. Enjoy!

Locals Only

We have the Finalists for the Locals Only contest at the DEW TOUR. Come out Friday, October 16th at the AMWAY arena
and support your favorite shop. Below are video highlights from the qualifier at MESH. Thanks Kevin.. Congratulations to are Finalists. Lam Le, Chris Blake, Dalton Dern, Carlos Leon, C.J. Dixon, Aaron Collier, T.J. Harris, Brian Pederson, Garrett Miller, Kenny Day, Brian Ortiz, Kanaan Dern and last years winner Freddy Tan. See you at the Friday.

Locals Only

Below is the flyer for the LOCALS ONLY contest at the DEW TOUR. The preliminary qualifier is Saturday at MESH. This is how it goes. The contest is free with a paid admission to MESH. The top 6 or 7 will qualify for the finals will be held at the DEW TOUR on Friday the 16th. The finalists from the MESH contest will skate along side a representative from all the Local Shops. If you are interested in skating the contest come top MESH Saturday.

Zombie Dance Party!

Getting an early start to the Dew Tour. Drink specials all night. Dj sets by Face and our next door neighbor Patrick. The Shadow Conspiracy & Subrosa will be on hand with team riders. Come out. Maybe you'll make it through the night without your brains being eaten'.

C'mon Son

Kanye put his foot in his mouth again. Thanks Dave and Billy. Peep it.

Who Got that ED HARDY

I got turned on to this blog called IGNORED PRAYERS Its a pretty awesome blog to waste time on. Its filled with random pictures and videos. A few pages deep I saw this hip hop track by Dirt Nasty from Dyslexic Speed-readers. The track is dissing the fuck out of ED HARDY clothing. I see people wearing ED in Covert sometimes, It makes me laugh because that shit is rotten. Seriously rotten. I like to think Covert and our sister BETA are here to keep you informed on what is legit. Im not sure how old the track is but the VON DUTCH line is the best.....BTW VON DUTCH was the ED HARDY 6 years ago. Can we please stop supporting crappy clothes sold in way to many stores. Thanks Billy for the blog info.

HUF Fall 2009

HUF fall 2009 has hit the shelves. Here are some pictures we took from High Snobiety which they took from HUF. We are really pleased to be carrying the brand in Covert. The t-shirts are really clean. The New Era and Brick 5 panels definitley work. But the Hoodys are my favorite. We got them in back, waiting until the weather to changes. If you must have one now just let us know and we will grab it for you. Here is an interview from HypeBeast and some footy from the DVS video "Skate More"

Hypebeast+Keith Hufnagel from HypebeastTV on Vimeo.

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.

Support! Support! Support!

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.

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

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.

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