Eastern Boarder

Manifest

2012-01-25T09:38:00.002-05:00

Manifest from Sam Tuor on Vimeo.

VOTE FOR PAT

2012-01-16T18:28:00.001-05:00

Pats part is amazing, go vote for him right here

Street Games

2012-01-16T14:26:00.002-05:00

Cross Continental

2012-01-13T13:46:00.001-05:00

Bode extras with Grenier cameo

2012-01-08T00:03:00.000-05:00

No matter what egomaniac "legends" think, Bode kills it

Vote for Pat starting January 10th

2012-01-07T23:40:00.000-05:00

You know Pat's edit will be amazing, vote for him starting January 10th right HERE

late, again

2012-01-07T22:10:00.001-05:00

Team Vacation from Salomon Snowboards on Vimeo.

Few of Grendy's favorite things

2012-01-03T20:27:00.003-05:00

Volcom Road Tested season II

2012-01-02T13:59:00.001-05:00

Old news?

2012-01-02T11:41:00.000-05:00

Malto on SB

Mike Mo and Nyjah on DC

EB & Waterville present Street Games

2011-12-31T16:08:00.000-05:00

Join EB at Waterville Valley for a new event we whipped up to celebrate the soon to open new South Street Terrain Park. Win great stuff from Forum, Four Square, Special Blend, Oakley, Coal, Banshee Bungee and Redbull. The new park is going to be fun..and we figured we may as well go play in it when it gets going asap. We are bringing a 20' Banshee Bungee to use as a slingshot start for anything we might need a boost for. This $200+ bungee will also be one of the prizes when the dust settles.

Thanks WV and all the other sponsors..it's going to be fun!

Event details:

This Street Style event will take place in our brand new South Street Terrain Park.

Sat. 1/28/12 (Snowboard event with EB)
Sun. 1/29/12 (for those who still ski...really?)

Registration: 8-10am at Event Yurt
Price: $10 per competitor *Discounted lift tickets available at registration.*
Divisions
15 and under
15 over
Women
WUSR
Sponsors: EB, WV, Oakley, Red Bull, Foursquare, Forum, Special Blend, Coal
Format: 30 min jam for each division per section.
1st section: Slingshot
2nd Section: Roll the dice
3rd Section: TBD

Pat on tour

2011-12-27T16:09:00.000-05:00

Found some pics of Pat from the Forum Vacation tour and a shred one(think its Pat, maybe Jake Welch?) on Tim Peare's site. Good stuff, check it out.

Worst scorp ever?

2011-12-22T21:55:00.000-05:00

Video here

Roadkill Part 2

2011-12-22T16:44:00.002-05:00

Grenier and Bode in AK: Part 2 from Salomon Snowboards on Vimeo.

Cover Shot guy

2011-12-22T08:19:00.001-05:00

Brighton

2011-12-20T17:02:00.001-05:00

POW

2011-12-16T19:39:00.000-05:00

Looks so fun

Roy Hobbs getting some

2011-12-14T21:19:00.000-05:00

TUMBLR

what the...

2011-12-14T21:05:00.001-05:00

Ebay gold

2011-12-13T22:06:00.000-05:00

eBay Gold!

Real Snow 2012

2011-12-13T20:15:00.000-05:00

Dang!

Pat Moore

Scott Stevens

Bode Merrill

Louis-Felix Paradis

Dan Brisse

Jed Anderson

Nic Suave

Halldor Helgason

Bone Zone "The Moville"

2011-12-13T11:08:00.001-05:00

Bone Zone the MovIIIe from Harry Hagan on Vimeo.

Videograss

2011-12-12T13:10:00.001-05:00

Markass Mondays Season 2: EP4 from VIDEOGRASS on Vimeo.

SITP

2011-12-11T15:34:00.000-05:00

New product just in time for the holidays!

2011-12-09T11:11:00.001-05:00

Crazy Icelanders

2011-12-07T22:08:00.000-05:00

Free EB tee if you can tell us what video they show at 15:10

Volcom 2012 In stores NOW

2011-12-05T18:44:00.000-05:00

Tons of new Veeco just came in ; gloves, jackets, pants, etc, etc for the guys, girls and little ones.

East Snowboard Mag

2011-12-05T10:08:00.001-05:00

First issue is up, I think Tanner and crew did an amazing job, keep up the good work. HERE

Big Hucker

2011-12-01T13:39:00.002-05:00

Does Shaun hit the jump at his contest? Looks sketchy as hell.

Sketch balls

2011-11-30T21:14:00.002-05:00

coming soon?

2011-11-29T20:09:00.002-05:00

Girl/Chocolate Trailer

2011-11-25T19:41:00.002-05:00

Grant Taylor SOTY

2011-11-23T20:25:00.000-05:00

LINK

Travis Rice Supernatural

2011-11-22T19:45:00.000-05:00

This is going to be good, click here.

Grenier Video Collection

2011-11-15T19:01:00.001-05:00

I would guess Bub has a pretty decent one, mine isn't too shabby either.

Salomon is lucky

2011-11-14T12:55:00.002-05:00

To have amazing riders and one of the best filmers out there, great job Tanner.

Yale @ Boreal

2011-11-14T12:45:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday Forest

2011-11-14T09:56:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the delay on posting this, the expo kicked my ass.

Ammo ender

2011-11-05T19:22:00.001-04:00

Desert Sessions and a really weird ender trick, best i've heard to describe his riding, from YoBeat "SIMILAR TO WATCHING A CAT GET THROWN ACROSS A ROOM."

Welcome to the team Chris

2011-11-04T14:01:00.001-04:00

Thank you Matt and Tanner for the footage, you guys are the best.

Western MA

2011-11-04T10:06:00.001-04:00

Chris Beresford(EB Team rider?) and Brett Colson taking advantage of the October snow.

686 DAY!

2011-11-01T14:32:00.000-04:00

Portsmouth AOF Premier on Snowboarder

2011-10-27T10:56:00.000-04:00

Great write up by Tyler, read it here AOF@SNOWBOARDER

Man of the hour

Mulch and Jay

DFL Luke

New EB TM sporting the latest BCD fashion

Deb!

Ammo Pro Montage

2011-10-25T21:27:00.000-04:00

Oli Gagnon from CTT

2011-10-25T21:03:00.000-04:00

Oli Gagnon 5 Favorite Photos from SFK992 on Vimeo.

Mac hates HD

Parkwork II

2011-10-24T17:36:00.002-04:00

Parkwork Orange Episode 2 from Loon Mountain Resort on Vimeo.

Thursday Night

2011-10-24T17:00:00.003-04:00

Dyl9

2011-10-20T10:08:00.002-04:00

DYLAN MUDDAH FUGGIN DRAGOTTA from YoBeat on Vimeo.

Turning into a Rav week

2011-10-18T21:05:00.004-04:00

Crazy to see a link on Boardistan

MIKE RAVELSON / ASHBURY AM TEAM from Ashbury Eyewear on Vimeo.

Rav & Rego

2011-10-17T22:59:00.000-04:00

Parkwork Orange Episode 1 from Loon Mountain Resort on Vimeo.

Bit tardy

2011-10-11T11:42:00.001-04:00

on this one, I was sitting on a beach all weekend.

Thanks for the Bonezone from 401 on Vimeo.

Congrats Pat!

2011-10-07T18:00:00.004-04:00

We can't thank Pat enough for the support he always shows EB, one of, if not the most deserving pro, congrats on another cover and interview, you rule buddy!

30th Annual Boston Globe Snowboard Expo is coming!

2011-10-03T10:43:00.001-04:00

New 686

2011-09-28T16:33:00.004-04:00

We just got in a bunch of new 686 for guys, girls and kids, here's a couple of the kits, check out the rest right here! 686@Eastern Boarder

Forum Vacation Plymouth

2011-09-28T10:48:00.000-04:00

October 15th

2011-09-27T19:25:00.004-04:00

Bridges is the best

2011-09-26T16:58:00.001-04:00

effortless

2011-09-25T21:10:00.001-04:00

About to blow up

2011-09-23T07:36:00.003-04:00

Spot the Dot

2011-09-23T07:33:00.001-04:00

We need to think up a new Spot the Dot contest, any idea's?

Hobush-AMMO

2011-09-22T12:52:00.001-04:00

ART OF FLIGHT IS HERE

2011-09-21T13:33:00.001-04:00

Apologies for the delay, not our fault BUY IT HERE

Rego park footage

2011-09-21T08:01:00.001-04:00

Brendon Rego - Park Footy from brendon rego on Vimeo.

2011-09-20T22:21:00.001-04:00

AMMO

2011-09-16T16:35:00.003-04:00

If you missed the Worcester premier of 32's Ammo you missed a kick ass time, well done Ryan and AP.

New stickers, come and get'em

2011-09-16T13:34:00.000-04:00

Ruler

2011-09-15T12:32:00.003-04:00

Hmmm, wonder why your knee hurt?

Worcester Defender of Awesome premier

2011-09-14T18:40:00.001-04:00

Videograss retrospect in Japan

2011-09-13T17:26:00.000-04:00

Rome tour and signing Saturday the 17th Natick

2011-09-12T17:10:00.002-04:00

Thirty Two New Zealand Tour

2011-09-07T12:37:00.000-04:00

Volcom Road Tested

2011-09-01T09:40:00.000-04:00

50 Greatest Skate logos

2011-08-29T09:29:00.005-04:00

By Don Pendelton for Complex Mag, weird place for it but good read.

Manifest

2011-08-28T18:40:00.000-04:00

MANIFEST (teaser) from Sam Tuor on Vimeo.

Irene

2011-08-26T14:05:00.001-04:00

I don't surf but that looks like it may produce a wave or 2?

Tent Sale dates

2011-08-25T20:57:00.002-04:00

Its that time of year again, the annual EB tent sales, get there early!

Max

2011-08-24T15:12:00.000-04:00

Think he ever gets sick of telling the same story?

Granite Skate Fundraiser

2011-08-17T12:39:00.000-04:00

New Adidas just in time for BTS

2011-08-16T17:47:00.006-04:00

New Adidas Busenitz Pro's, get them HERE to at your local EB

Sitelift

2011-08-16T13:43:00.007-04:00

Little changes, more coming...HERE

2011-12 Capita

2011-08-15T13:42:00.000-04:00

Everything you ever wanted to know about the line.

Best guy in snowboarding

2011-08-14T18:38:00.001-04:00

Burton 2011-2012

2011-08-14T11:19:00.003-04:00

Thanks to all that came down to Danvers yesterday for the official kick off of winter. Head on down to see new product from K2, Ride, and Burton.

Carnie's views of Street League

2011-08-10T15:20:00.003-04:00

Anytime you have the words Carnie and interview you know its worth the read.

http://alreadybeendone.com/content/2011/08/10/rob-dyrdek-and-the-world-of-mainstream-skateboarding/ Already Been Done By Dave Carnie The best thing about being a televised skateboard contest photographer is that I can pause my subject in whatever ridiculous pose I want. This article actually began a couple of months ago when Lutzka left Dyrdek’s Street League to go skate in the Dew Tour. Rob Brink called it “the first trade in skateboarding.” Which brought up the age-old question, is skateboarding a sport? Games? Leagues? Cups? Trades? There’s a lot of evidence these days to suggest that it’s certainly beginning to look like one. What was more interesting to me, however, was Dyrdek’s quote about “the trade” in the Street League press release. “The last thing we ever wanted was for Greg to lose a major sponsor because of his performance at Street League,” Dyrdek said. “Despite being signed to a three-year agreement we understood that the companies that are willing to pay Greg expect him to win contests. It was clear after the first year that would never happen in Street League, so when Greg asked us to release him we decided it was the right thing to do.” Did Rob just say Lutzka sucks? I wrote Greg first to get his reaction to the quote. “Sounds like Rob said you suck,” I said. “Do you feel that you don’t have the skills to win a Street League contest?” “When it comes down to it,” Greg replied, “I feel like I have the tricks to win the Street League and if you look at simple results I’ve been able to win contests when all the best guys are there. I think the level of skateboarding is so high and it really depends on who is on that day.” “What was the real reason you got out of your SL contract?” I asked. “Do you think you have a better chance with Dew? Or is it an energy drink sponsor issue?” “I can tell you it wasn’t an easy decision,” Greg said. “It really came down to what was the best move for my career. Yes it had a lot to do with the formats and what best fit the way I like to skate. Some of the decision was based on what my sponsors felt was the best event series to get them the exposure they wanted.” One of Greg’s new “energy drink” sponsors is, incidentally, Jose Cuervo. I wondered if Jose Cuervo wouldn’t be interested in sponsoring an overweight skateboard magazine editor? “I think I can hook you up with a bottle or two,” Greg said. Next I wrote Rob to see what he had to say about all this and why he thought Greg sucked so bad. As it turns out, Rob does not think Lutzka sucks so bad. It was a minor political issue: Lutzka lost his Monster sponsor, Lutzka got on Rock Star, Rock Star is affiliated with Dew and Maloof, so Lutzka was backing Dew. What Rob was miffed about was that Greg had said that the Dew Tour had more exposure than Street League, thus forcing Rob to defend his League. End of story. So after I got the scoop on that whole deal, I ended up having a fascinating conversation with Rob about Street League, energy drinks, major TV networks, and skateboarding in general for over an hour. One of the main themes of the conversation was that Street League is perceived as a threat to a variety of sources. Our own industry even has questioned it. “I’m on a fucking mission, you know what I’m sayin’?” Rob said. (If Rob had left out all the “you know what I’m sayings” in our conversation, it probably would have lasted half the time.) “Like it or not I’m on a mission with the world’s best skateboarders. Our own industry cannibalizes itself relentlessly. So for the first time when someone’s not trying to cannibalize it—you know at the IASC thing this week, they’re like, ‘Is Street League bad for skateboarding?’ For the first time something is moving the needle and all of a sudden, ‘Oh it must be bad for us. Let’s keep it unorganized, chaotic, and shitty, and that’s the way we’re going to grow.’” For the record, IASC had invited Rob to come speak at their annual summit meeting, but according to IASC executive director Josh Friedberg, that subject was never on the agenda. “IASC hasn’t discussed it,” IASC president Josh Friedberg said. “Along those lines, I was pushing to get him involved with the Summit, but he had schedule conflicts. Personally I think it’s awesome that Rob has moved to make a mainstream contest run by skateboarders and tried to do something innovative in terms of format.” So is Rob putting the “fantasy” into Fantasy Factory? Not entirely because Josh admitted they did briefly discuss big contests in general. “We decided that we should have a relationship of some type with all of them as they are one of the main touch-points of interaction for non-skaters,” Josh said. “Nothing about them being bad or good for skateboarding, though. They’re just another part of skateboarding.” But are they bad or good for skateboarding? It’s a question that may not have been asked by IASC, but I’m sure many have thought about it. I don’t think so, but one can’t help wondering with the popularity of The Berrics and Street League if skateboarding isn’t going to turn into one big game of SKATE. The first season of Street League was, at times, painful to watch. I wasn’t the only person to liken it to watching golf. Nieratko thought it looked like kids playing on a slide. “They slide down, then they run back to the top, and slide down it again, then run back to the top…” I sometimes see a combination of freestyle and jump ramps when I watch it. Rob himself even admitted that the first season was “slow as fucking shit.” Is this how skateboarding is going to be perceived? No one is enjoying the Street League more than Nyjah. Jesus Christ, what is that $450,000 in prize money so far this year? That’s cool and all, but the Braves fucking stomped the Nationals. But while we within the skateboard industry might have our minor critiques about SL formatting, there are some other people out there who straight up HATE Street League, namely the other contest series. “The Dew Tour is freaking out,” Rob said. Apparently they are not pleased at all with Street League. And they’ve gone so far as to insinuate that Street League is going to kill the Dew Tour. “Are you kidding me?” Rob said. “Like what the fuck does action sports have to do with me? And how could you possibly say that taking Chaz Ortiz, Ryan Sheckler, and Paul Rodriguez from the Dew Tour collapses your entire thing? Like that’s fucking bizarre.” As a skateboarder, I take some pride in what Rob is doing. Rob’s running a contest series on his own terms against these giant corporations, and mainstream sports, and he’s winning. Which is indeed bizarre because he’s dealing with some crazy fucking shit. As much as Rob wants to retain the purity of skateboarding in the mainstream sports arena, the politics continue to threaten his vision. “It’s more the insanity that it’s on this level,” he said. “Check this out, let me give you the latest on what’s happening right now: there’s four Dew Tour stops, there’s four Maloofs, four Street Leagues, next year there’s four X Games, and then MSG [network] is doing the Empire Open at the US Center a couple weeks before the Maloof Cup. MSG’s new thing is they’re going to jump in the game and start their action sports tour, and then turn Fuse into a better Fuel. Like that’s the fucking mess of skateboarding fucking event chaos that’s coming around the corner, you know what I’m saying?” “It sounds like a lot of people fighting over the custody of the child,” I said. “My thing is, you guys go ahead,” Rob said. “You guys can go action sports ‘til the cows come home. This is just street skateboarding. And for me it’s just building skate plazas and showcasing professional street skating. That’s it. It’s as simple and streamlined as that. Everyone else can do whatever they want for everything else. In the end do you want to be a part of action sports, or do you want to be a part of skateboarding, you know what I’m saying? And God bless all parts of skateboarding, they’ll be here forever, but this is only about the elite fuckin’ street skaters. It’s about creating something that the world loves to watch and is exciting, you know what I’m saying? Because anyone can win it. Dudes are so fucking good. These guys are doing tricks first try that were video part enders four years ago. And now this year they’re training on a whole ‘nother level because they know there’s so much money on the line and they have to have everything wired. So it’s changing even the way they skate.” “Training?” I asked. “Does that sound weird to you? Have you ever trained or practiced to skate?” “No, because I invented this shit,” he said laughing. “I was the first pro to call a skatepark a TF, a training facility. I don’t give a fuck what you do in Street League. Nobody gives a fuck unless you put it down in the streets. The paradigm is gone. It used to be the contest skaters and the street skaters. Now the best fucking street skaters are the best fucking contest dudes. Tell me one of those guys in the elite didn’t have one of the best video parts in the last five years that are in this league.” If anyone is going to be able to retain the purity of skateboarding in the arena of sport, it’s Rob Dyrdek. I’m rooting for him. While I’m not the Street League’s number one fan, I’ve watched a couple and I appreciate the simplicity. It is just what he says it is: street skating. And at times, amazing street skating. At other times, really boring street skating. As my wife said while watching one, “Fucking make something.” But, most importantly, there are no motorcycles. And not only do I think SL is good for skateboarding, but skateboarding on TV is so incongruent with how skateboarding really is that it creates an element of comedy that, I think, affords more opportunity. Something that hasn’t been lost on Rob either. Unfortunately, skateboarders spend a lot of time rolling around on the ground, and this does not make for good television. Although Sandoval looks like he’s having a seizure and/or taking a shit, both of which are good television. “Have you considered doing a fantasy skateboard league?” I asked. I’ve long wanted to create something of that nature. “I already did,” Rob said, “go sign up for it.” Apparently Rob has also thought about a fantasy skateboard league and made it reality on the Street League site. Although what I found on the site is more of a guessing game than a proper fantasy league. Creating the latter would require a lot of work. Rob has already envisioned a skateboard fantasy league that incorporates all aspects of being a pro skateboarder, such as ads, magazine coverage, video parts, etc., and that’s how points are generated. “I’ll tell you what I am doing, though,” Rob said. “After this year I’m going to the gaming commission in Vegas and trying to get approved so you can bet on this, you know what I’m saying? Just the idea of being able to bet on this shit is amazing.” “What the fuck?” I said laughing. Gambling on skateboard contests? That’s awesome. Imagine looking at the board in Vegas and seeing “skateboarding” on the list with horse racing, basketball, football, etc.. “Yeah, I had a dude do it last year,” Rob said, “My dude, who’s from Vegas came to me like, let’s do this, I got everything fucking set up.” Rob, however, is still fiddling with the contest format and isn’t going to apply to the Vegas gaming commission until he’s got all the bugs ironed out. But once he’s got it dialed in, we will be gambling on skating. “I just want to see the paperwork you have to fill out and write ‘skateboarding’ in,” I said. “Oh my god it’ll be so sick,” Rob said laughing. It’ll be even sicker when I hit the jackpot with a trifecta of Nyjah, Sheckler, and Cole. And maybe King Shit will turn into something that looks more like a racing form?

HCSC 5

2011-08-08T17:49:00.000-04:00

Sunday, August 14th, Taunton

2011-08-04T13:49:00.001-04:00

Defender

2011-08-02T13:10:00.002-04:00

Remember Defender? That game kicked ass, little triangle guy shooting things in a cave, Awesome

Burton BBQ Danvers August 13th

2011-08-02T11:11:00.003-04:00

Go vote for Keep the Change

2011-07-31T10:55:00.001-04:00

Go here and "like" the Keep the Change video so they can get the win.

Art of Flight metal trailer

2011-07-30T07:31:00.002-04:00

Brixton BTS in stores very soon

2011-07-27T09:51:00.001-04:00

HCSC 4

2011-07-27T09:46:00.001-04:00

ShoeZeum

2011-07-26T11:52:00.001-04:00

Heli view

2011-07-22T17:01:00.002-04:00

This ones for Mac, he loves HD.

Just going to throw my 7d on the end of this heli...

1.3 million views

2011-07-22T15:19:00.000-04:00

A cut below

2011-07-20T12:10:00.002-04:00

New tee's by Mikey Gallant, get'em quick, only a handful in each shop

Natick Game of Skate results and pics

2011-07-19T14:38:00.004-04:00

Our apologies for the delay, thank you all for coming out, looks like it was an excellent time.

1st Place- Jonah 200 pts.

2nd Place- TJ Hession 150 pts.

3rd Place- Ryan Emily 100 pts.

4th Place- Matt Jay 75 pts.

5th Place- Fabricio 50 pts.

6th Place- Jake Dionne 25 pts.

7th Place- Steve H. 20 pts.

8th Place- Jake P. 15 pts.

9th Place- Dewallace 10 pts.

10th Place- Josue 5 pts.

Whoops

2011-07-19T14:37:00.000-04:00

Yeah, its moto, just watch it, its only a minute.

HCSC 3

2011-07-18T13:30:00.000-04:00

I know, more snowboarding in July, if nothing else watch the last trick, silly.

HCSC 2011: Session 3 Recap from High Cascade Snowboard Camp on Vimeo.

Ham Van Part 2

2011-07-18T09:58:00.001-04:00

This Episode Features: Scotty Stevens, Mike Rav, Spencer Schubert, Brandon Hobush, Tanner McCarty, Ben Ross, Castro, Chris Grenier, Blake Geis, Chris Cloud, Jesse Gouveia, James Mustico, Sam Taxwood, Alex Rodway, johnny O'Connor, Connor Brown, ROOBS, Justin Keniston, Parker Duke, Ian Hart, Matty B, Jake Knigge, The Manimal, and The Marshmallow

Hamvan Episode 2 from High Cascade Snowboard Camp on Vimeo.