FLIP NEWS:
New team rider BOB BURNQUIST grinded a rail into the grand canyon. The superman dives off the end, does he survive the death defiying leap? You'll have to wait for the video to see the answer.. GEOFF ROWLEY has been on a wild skate/drinking bender across the states and back at least ten times in the last three weeks, filming and damaging himself inside and out for the video..the pain has just begun...and no prisoners will be taken....unless they are female. RUNE GLIFBERG jetted of to china with BOB for some skateboarding antics at the worlds biggest skatepark in Shanghai. RUNE and LANCE MOUNTAIN have been on a 24-7 mission to skate the combi pool at THE BLOCK in Orange and the VANS/PROTEC Pool Party Contest. Congrats to Lance who took fouth in the Masters division while Rune charged into second place in the Pro division winning $15,000 for his efforts.
New am on flip.. LOUIE LOPEZ has arrived from LA with insane skills ready to take the world by storm... DAVID GONZALES takes a nice 1000 dollars for second place at the phoenix am contest just last month.. i know he will spending the money wisely. ERIC FLETCHER has boarded a plane back to the states after a 3 week long filming trip to BARCELONA where he laid down the law, leaving behind ARTO SAARI, ALI BOULALA and MARK APPLEYARD (who has been to Dubai with Volcom and assorted European countries with Globe) to take up the slack and film for the new Flip video... RODRIGO TX will be arriving in the Barcelona shortly, after just arriving back from Sao Paulo, Brazil where he took care of business.He will be joining the rest of the boys to gather footy for the new video.
Its been very nice in Barcelona as ALI BOULALA has been driving the boys around in his white Cadillac STS pimped out ride. Last summer ALI passed both his car and motorbike driving tests in Sweden.ALI, ARTO and EWAN will be driving to Finland via the UBER GENTSCH to shoot some shots for Ali's LIMITED MAGAZINE interview. SHANE CROSS is flying over from OZ to film with Volcom in NYC before heading off to the FEAST CANADA tour in early June. TOM PENNY will be flying up from Buenos Aires, Argentina where he has been on a secret filming mission to Toronto for the start of the FEAST CANDA tour.
FEAST TOURS:
The Flip and Fury teams have joined their forces for THE FEAST TOUR. From June 6 to 11 authorities in Canada are readying for what will surely be widespread destruction and devastation. From November 10 to 19 you can witness the mayhem first-hand in the Southeast. Below are more details:
Jun. 6, 2006 Mississauga, ON West 49
Jun. 6, 2006 Markham, ON Markham Centennial Skatepark
Jun. 8, 2006 Ottawa, ON Legacy Park
Jun. 9, 2006 Montreal, QC Skatepark Orkus
Jun. 10, 2006 Montreal, QC Arsenic
Jun. 11, 2006 Sillery, QC Arena Jacques Cote
Nov. 10, 2006 Arlington, TX Havik Skatepark
Nov. 11, 2006 Dallas, TX Fast Forward - Wind Haven Plaza
Nov. 11, 2006 Dallas, TX Fast Forward Shop at North East Mall
Nov. 12, 2006 Austin, TX Skatepark of Austin
Nov. 13, 2006 Houston, TX Southside Skatepark
Nov. 14, 2006 Atlanta, GA Ambush
Nov. 15, 2006 Easley, SC New Generation Skatepark
Nov. 16, 2006 Jacksonville, FL Square One Skate Shop
Nov. 17, 2006 Tampa, FL Skatepark of Tampa
Nov. 18, 2006 Orlando, FL University Surf and Skate
Nov. 19, 2006 Miami, FL MIA Skatepark
Oh, and here's video of Bob front flipping the Mega Ramp.
