Rob Dyrdek twittered this YouTube vid this morning. Now we can officially say that we’ve seen it all.
Surprised most of these guys are still alive. The high-five at the end is absolutely epic.
It’s not team spirit you’re smelling…
It’s winter coming. Are you ready?
“Hot Dog!” – quote from the best old-school skiing commercial evah’.
You, my friend, you are the reason we do what we do here, and for this reason we’re going to step things up over here at The House Blog.
Coming soon is an in-depth library of How-To videos. Everything from switch back-fives to pro status sticker jobs. But we need your help! What do you guys want to know how to do? Anything goes so set the comment board afire with suggestions of anything you would like to see, or you think “your friend” might not know how to do.
Number one on the list of things “Not to Do at the Dew Tour” should be learning how to ollie in front of a live TV audience.
Glad the poor girl is o.k. We’ve all been there… just not sure how many people have had BMX legend T.J. Lavin teach them how to ollie a skateboard? (Still trying to figure out the reasoning behind that one.)
P.S. Am I the last person in the world to find out that T.J. Lavin raps?
This guy really likes the X Games.
Just a little sumthin’ sumthin’ to break up the Monday monotony. You may now resume your day more or less enlightened.
For around 4 or 5 years now The House has been using shopping cart- skateboards as a time efficient/ fun way to skate around the warehouse to pull gear and fill orders. Well now it seems our idea has hit the streets and the shopping cart- skateboards were given to the public to see how they would like them. Dave found this video on likecool.com, it made me laugh…
Not too much unlike when about a month ago Dave demonstrated how an order might get put together back in our warehouse.
I believe I have made mention of Dave’s creepy little unicorn, Skeetels, that lives in his office. Thanks to our Friday Freebie Giveaway videos that we post up on our Youtube channel, I can share with you what gives me nightmares.
We’ve probably all received this acronym on our phones at some point within the last decade. It could be the most annoying of all text vernacular; OMG!
Most people would probably agree that it stands for “Oh My God/Gosh”. I was on this train too, until I recently saw an episode of Gangland on the History Channel where I was enlightened that OMG officially stands for “Outlaw Motorcycle Gang” in the law enforcement world. Then I got to thinking about all the different people and places I’ve seen/heard this and wondered; Is Shawn Watson actually a two-wheelin’ merchant of destruction as well as board-wielding purveyor of sickness?
2010 Liquid Force Watson Hybrid
I’m sticking with my new perspective as I find it much more entertaining than the thought of language being reduced to how it sounds in Idiocracy. So grab yourself a 2010 Watson Hybrid wakeboard and start popping Outstanding Mute Grab’s Over Mom’s Garage On Monday’s Grind! Or, better yet, come up with your own!
Kris and Dave go crazy and grab take a hot lap in a warehouse picking cart.
Bradley from Farmerville, LA will be hooked up with a free Protec B2 Wake Helmet simply for shopping at The House…you could be next.
Can you imagine how funny it would be if you were just hanging out at the library doing homework and you saw this go down.
From Hipster to hippie by Hana Snavely
Here’s to a mom that supports what we do
Here’s to a mom that knows what all we’ve been through
Here’s to a mom that is patient and kind
Here’s to a mom that’s there when we take a bad digger and almost go blind
Here’s to a mom that cared for us when we were small
Here’s to a mom that loves us even though we think it’s a good idea to try and ride our boards on a wall
Here’s to a mom that lovingly scolded us, hand on her hip
Here’s to a mom that worries for us when we’re packed in a car on a road trip
Here’s to a mom that offered us reassurance and comfort
Here’s to a mom that is the first thought that goes through our head if we’re about to do something where we could get hurt
Here’s to a mom that told us there was nothing in the dark to fret
Here’s to a mom that taught us confidence that we would later need to gap down a 20 step stair set
Here’s to a mom that bundled us up head to toe, making sure nothing froze
Here’s to a mom that hopefully won’t see us when we’re high in the air rolling down the windows
Here’s to a mom that told us to be careful while you play
Here’s to a mom that will still come to support us even though it may turn her hair gray
Here’s to a mom that picked us up so we could reach the drinking fountain
Here’s to a mom that helped us realize we can take down a mountain
We know we put you through a lot mom, but thanks for loving us any way.
Thanks and Love you Moms everywhere! Happy Mother’s Day!
April Fool’s Day offers a chance for some on-hill foolery. Sure, you could throw snowballs at ski patrol and say it’s only because it’s April 1st, and you could switch your buddy’s binders around, but these antics are always adolescent when the nature of snowboarding offers so much more. We like to think of ourselves as creative types right? Try one–or all– of these jokes on, and if you really want to keep those around you on their toes, try these on any day besides April 1.
Zip Ties
Zip ties have so much potential that you should have to drive to Mexico and smuggle them back. They’re dirt cheap and come in all shapes and sizes, best of all, if your target is outside when they find out they’ve been zipped, they’re in for a battle to get these things undone.
What to do:
A.) Run a zip tie through the binding ratchets, the same way the ladder strap would go in. Cinch that puppy down and it will keep the teeth from ratcheting and the bindings from doing their job.
B.) Zip tie the gussets, powder skirts, or whatever marketing term is relevant to your friend’s chosen apparel. Get them tied up real tight, get both arms and both legs. Watch as your friends stick each appendage into their gear only to realize there’s no way out.
C.) This one’s for the sneakiest (and probably meanest) pranksters only. While on the chair lift, find a way to zip tie your buddy’s coat to the safety bar. Set up a bet with your other friends first as to whether he sacrifices the jacket in time to unload, or if he gets stuck on the downhill ride of shame.
Snowboard Saw
Made popular by a certain Scandinavian shredder in a video years ago, the snowboard saw has the potential– as all great pranks should– to really hurt someone. The best target for this is your friend the claimer, the one who always landed that back 3 5-0 when no one was watching. Make sure to pick out the jib claimer in particular, because a park rail is going to be an ingredient in this.
What to do:
Take a handsaw and cut about halfway through the victim’s snowboard, starting at the topsheet and working towards the base, right between the bindings. Try to make your cut clean and use a small enough blade to make it too obvious. As soon as your target straps in, tell him you want to see a good ol’ fashioned boardslide.
Fence Trap
Most parks these days have those ridiculous fences at the bottom forcing you to snake your way back into the ski trail, because “us snowboarders are always so darn outta control.” Those fences aren’t permanent, somebody puts them up and takes them down every day…so you can too.
What to do:
Hope that the snow is soft enough that you can just stab those fence poles into the snow where you want them to be. You want to close up those little gates so the fence turns into an impenetrable catch-all for anyone that can’t ollie.
Associated Press
Uvex apparently received a cease and desist for simply using Lindsey Vonn’s name during the Olympics from the IOC. Since she rides for Uvex they wanted to congratulate her on her gold that she won on Wednesday for women’s downhill skiing, so they put together this carefully worded poem:
There once was a lawyer from the IOC,
who called us to protect “intellectual property.”
“During the Olympics”, she said with a sneer
“your site can’t use an Olympian’s name even if they use your gear.”
“No pictures, no video, no blog posts can be used…”
Even if they are old? “No!”, she enthused.
While Olympians chase gold the IOC pursues green.
Cough up millions, or your logo cannot be seen.
Except there it is, on top of countless heads!
Tax free endorsements the IOC dreads.
And so it is with a wink and a nudge
that we would like to congratulate a skier whose name we must fudge.
Her hair is long and blonde
Last name rhymes with the German city of Bonn.
Congratulations Women’s Downhill winner –
from all of us here at UVEX (no longer an IOC sinner).
Check it out at their web site too HERE
