Keoni and Evan Session

This is a picture from a session that took place on the Streets of Venice ramp. The Flyin Hawaiian Keoni Castaneda got major air over Evan Berle. Thank you to Rob Nowik for taken the pic and sending it to us.

Skatefest

The First Annual Westfield Culver City Skatefest was a huge success. A big thank you to Westfield's staff, Brixton, In4mation, KR3W, and Supra for sending us prizes, Champions for the street course, Bloodbath Project's Ramon Cho for making an amazing mural, and Juice Magazine's Dan Levy for announcing and conducting safety classes. Money was raised for the Land of Plenty.

More Skatefest Pics

Oh Sookie

Snopp Dogg recorded his tribute to "True Blood," like only he can. Enjoy it or suck it.

Just a Reminder

We are having our Skatefest this Sunday between 12 and 5 p.m. We will be having a street course for everyone to use, demos on our ramp, a few pros will be on hand, video games, and raffle for charity. All the money raised is going "The Land of Plenty." The organization encourages creative physical education and artistic expression through the culture and activity of skateboarding.

The story of the Y&R hat

I am sure that everyone has had this happen to them, your teacher takes something away from you while you are in class. Well this is the story of someone who fought back and we are going to make sure that he wins. D.C. and his mom came into the store yesterday and asked the price of a Y&R hat, this is his story that he e-mailed to me.

"Ok Kevin, here's the story. It was the last day of school and I thought " Wow, its the last day of school, maybe I could wear my Reckless Snapback Hat". I thought wrong. So my Physics teacher, Mr. Frank took it away from me and told me to get it back after school was done. So when school was done, I go to him asking, " Hey Mr.Frank can I have my hat back?. So we go in all the classrooms and we couldnt find it anywhere. So he told me, "If he couldn't find it, he would buy me another one". And by the way, my name is Darnell AKA D.C.

We sold out of Y&R hats, but D.C. is going to be the first person that gets a hat when the new shipment arrives. And it will be paid for by Mr. Frank.

Ian Astbury

One of the many fun things about working with Daniel Clements is that you never know who he is going to bring into the shop. The other night Ian Astbury, the lead singer from The Cult and The Doors of the 21st Century, stopped by to hang with Dan. Ian brought his son with him to ride the ramp.

World Cup

With the whole world watching the World Cup, it just got me thinking, shouldn't they make skateboarding an Olympic sport?

Converse Shoe Release

Converse had a shoe release party at the Pink Motel for Rune Glifberg. The Pink Motel is where they shot Powell Peralta's, "The Search for Animal Chin." Converse went all out doing everything, including resurfacing the whole pool and adding transitions to the shallow end, so you could keep the lines going. Shredding the coping off the pool was Salba, Hosoi, Lance Mountain, and Eric Brittan, just to name a few. According to our rep., Converse shoes are headed to the Streets of Venice, so be on the look out.

Rebel8

We just got in the Summer selection from Rebel8. Founded in 2003, Rebel8 is the clothing line from Joshy D. and Mike Giant. It has roots in skateboard, graffiti, and tattoo cultures. The art is done by Mike Giant and each of his graphics are hand-illustrated. Unlike most clothing graphics, which are created by digitizing the original artwork into vector format, Mike's graphics are exact reproductions of his original art. Each season, Rebel8 brings in a guest artist to design a tee. This time they brought in Jay Howell. These tees won't last, so make plans to get yours today at SOV.

SOV X Y&R Video Recap

For those of you who missed it... Here's a video Recap of the Launch Party that we had with Young and Reckless. And if you did miss it, you can still purchase the new summer line from Y&R at Streets of Venice.

Excel - Lost

SOV's own Daniel Clements was the lead singer in the band Excel. Someone out there combined clips from Lost and Excel's cover of "Message in a Bootle." Enjoy !!!

What The F___K ???

RUSTENBURG, South Africa -- The Brazilian referee and his assistants who will work the England-United States match at the World Cup have been studying English-language obscenities the players might use.

Carlos Simon will referee Saturday's match in Rustenburg, assisted by Roberto Braatz and Altemir Hausmann. They want to ensure players can't get away with abuse.

"We have to learn what kind of words the players say," Hausmann told Brazilian broadcaster Globo Sport. "All players swear and we know we will hear a few."

Braatz says they aren't learning them in "11 different languages, but at least we have to know the swear words in English."

FIFA denied reports that match officials have been given lists of swear words to listen for, but did say proficiency in English was a requirement for referees and assistants working the World Cup.

In addition, refereeing officials briefed all teams about the rules, including the potential for players to be cautioned or sent off for abusive language or gestures.

"There should not be any surprises to any members of the teams," FIFA spokesman Alex Stone said.

You Tube

These are the four videos "recommended" for me by You Tube. You had me until the Miley Cyrus video. Thank you, You Tube.

Fly Society

Fly Society just released a new track called "Skateboard," from their upcoming album "International Passport." Take a listen to TK at http://www.zshare.net/audio/76733353786983cd/.

A Drama Filled Night

Last night, we had our launch party with Young and Reckless. Fans and celebs like DJ Muggs and Rapper Rich Boy came out to support Drama and his crew. The display looked great and the new items flew of the shelves.

Revenge

The Streets of Venice crew are all Lakers fans. These tees from Fresh Jive will be on the shelves tomorrow just as soon as UPS drops them off. We only got a few, so if you want one come get it. GO LAKERS !!!

Stages

Everything in life comes and goes in stages. Above are the stages of the Young and Reckless display that is being constructed at SOV. Stage 1, empty wall. Stage 2, something placed on wall. To find out the rest of the stages, stop by the Streets of Venice for a party with Y&R starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 4th. It will be the first opportunity that anyone has to purchase items of the Y&R Summer line.

Skatefest

Streets of Venice is teaming up with Westfield LLC, Best Buys, Pro-Tec, and Vans to throw "The First Annual Westfield Culver City Skatefest & Father's Day Celebration." It's on June 20th between 12 and 5 p.m. The event features a street course for the public to use, demos by some pros on the street course and on the ramp in our store, a live painting by an artist, video games, a raffle for charity, giveaways, autograph sessions, and much, much more. Make your plans now to attend.

The Hundreds X The Dodgers

Dan Clements and I got invited by The Hundreds to a Dodger Game tonight. A special thank you to Keith for dropping off the tickets. The Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks, 1-0, on a walk-off home-run by Matt Kemp. When did P-Rod make the team ?

Ghostown Riderz

We had a few skaters from Ghostown Riderz stop by the shop and use the ramps. These photos were sent by Rob Nowik. Ghostown is having an open Pro AM on June 19th. The event will feature contests, DJ's, Live Bands like Double Secret Probation, Hearose, Horny Toad, and Spacehounds. Attached is the flyer for the Pro AM.

What the

Above are two items from two of my favorite people in the music world. The picture is of 50 Cent, who looks more like a quarter. The rapper lost 50 plus pounds to star in 'Things Fall Apart,' a movie about his friend that died of cancer. Then the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne who scared fans at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. The video funny and entertaining, enjoy.