Recap from Bogata

Some nice words here from our comrade in arms Patrick. Festival de la Bajada Recap Hopefully Guff is working on cutting up team rider Hugh Johnston and Dillon Stevens footage from their trip to South America.

I had a lovely holiday...

...with my kids who live down by the tracks around the corner from the factory. And I hope you all had the same good times with family and friends. Things should get back to normal pretty quick meow. Maybe we'll even pick a winner for the coat rack in the new year. I hope you've all been thinking about your goals for 2011, because it's going to be a great year.

Speed Snacks

A very amazing fan sent in a batch of these homemade tasty treats with labels and all to keep this dog and his fellow longboard animals well fed. Thanks very much mystery fan, we love you and your baking.

Beautiful pavement...

... and perfectly cut grass. Meow this must be why longboarders love golf courses so much.

Bond Head from Keenan Domerecki on Vimeo.

Don't forget to vote in the poll on the left for your favourite Eh Team Episode... (Check 'em out here) and comment on Monday's post for your chance to win a coat rack.

Elephants never forget...

...that Longboarding is awesome! Thanks to Matt Pidutti and Puds Brand Clothing for the photo which was taken at the Bowmanville Zoo in Ontario. Puds Brand is a Canadian art inspired clothing company that has also started work on a full length longboard film to be released in Summer of 2011. Check out his site at www.pudsbrand.com

Episode Thirteen

Liked that?  Check out episodes 1 - 12 HERE

Favourite Eh Team Episode?

While we upload the latest Eh Team video, we thought that we'd ask you out there in internetland what YOUR favorite episode has been so far? Not sure, check out our youtube channel and watch them all! Vote in the poll on the left, and comment below for your chance to win a free Landyachtz coat rack.

Stick it to the man Contest!

We received this awesome entry from Scott Turner who lives in Grants Pass Oregon.  Check out these spots...

Creative sticker placement is what we are looking for and Scott has done just that.  Do you want to be a part of this contest?   Check it out HERE on our facebook fan page.  All the rules and how it works are on that page. Keep them rolling in.

Andrew Chapman loves...

... curry, sushi, and snow capped mountains. Tara, tolerant drivers, he feels his road bike is pretty sweet, and also loves carbon fiber, anything fast, beer, New Zealand, BC, and Europe (except Italy).

It looks like a lot of fun chasing what you love.

Get your votes in...

Concrete wave magazine is doing their readers choice awards.  Cast your vote for your favorite company ;)

Here's the link:  Concrete wave reader choice awards

Blast from the Past

Check out this Video...circa 2007.  Time flys when your bombing hills

Vancouver Island

Home to many great events, swimming holes, and crazy locals... enjoy.

Vancouver Island Longboarding from UNKLE.CA on Vimeo.

Thanks to Unkle.ca for this edit.

Van city to Cali

Landyachtz team riders Hugh Johnston and Dillon Stephens have wrapped up their trip to South America and wanted to share this little preview of the first few days of their trip.  Hope you enjoy their adventures from Vancouver to NorCal.  Watch for more clips soon...

EVGS.... ASSEMBLE!!!

EVGS = East Van Grom Squad, and damn these kids tear it up. They made the trip across the Georgia Straight to Nanaimo last weekend ... Home of Switchback Longboards and the world famous Nanaimo Bar. A big thanks to Switchback for throwing events like this slide jam, you guys rule!

Fernando Yuppie

Fernando visited the guys at Skate House Media,  check out this great video...

Visitors: Fernando Yuppie Pt. 1 from SkateHouseMedia.com on Vimeo.

This is how you ride a Dingy...

The Dingy from walkingclock on Vimeo.

You feeling lucky?

Lucky Surf and Skate is having their grand opening this Friday. Giving discounts is one thing... but making those who want the discount give as well... now that's a twist.

Ya Carly!

Carly did an interview for Heart of Hills, which is a blog run by two lovely ladies out of Germany.

She's a hero to animals and people alike it seems. I'd really like another scratch behind the ears right about meow though.

Landyachtz PSA

Stay in school kids,  because knowledge is power!

Tech decks are cool again

The North Burnaby Swap meet

Landyachtz Team rider Wolfgang Coleman and LY family friend Unkle Lee organized a local swap meet and slope style this past weekend.  Check out this video with a bunch of Landy riders that was featured on Skate Slate today,

Skate Slate provides up to the minute news on anything longboarding.  Check them out and also hit up Unkle.ca for insight into the local scene, awesome videos, article and photos.  Thanks Lee for bringing Unkle to the public.

One cold weekend

The temperatures have dropped below freezing, which is quite unusual for Vancouver in November. The staff and team seem to enjoy this snow stuff, but this kitty wants summer back Meow! Phillip really got around this weekend. Skiing Whistler with Blake and Marlowe on Saturday...

... and touring to the top of Mount Seymour with Jess and Liam on Sunday.

The Colombian Connection... Hugh updates us...

Team riders Dillon and Hugh owned Colombia this past weekend with Dillon taking 1st and Hugh taking 3rd.  Fellow Canadian Patrick Switzer finished off the canadian sweep in second.  Check out what Hugh had to say over Facebook with team manager Blake...

(Blake) Hows the skateing been?

 (Hugh) Pavement here is really sticky, not the best for free-riding

but the city was built randomly with no plans so the roads just go fu*king all over the place, twisty turny drops like nothing ive seen before the whole thing has been a very seminal experience the potential here is amazing but its only this one kid who is fully realizing it, child leading the masses

well hopefully you two being there will change that

or at least that was our plan

we’re working on it

perfect

i wish we had more shwag left so we could have a slope style or something

prototype wheels SICK AS FU*K

like no other

glad to hear they do need to come home with you though

im coring these f**kers on this trip

hey you should take this chat conversation and make it a blog post, steal some pictures from fb as well

Justin Ortiz is so...

... Gangster?

Brad Da Silva wrote this about him.
So i know this 'Pirate of the Pavement" and we call him 'Justin Ortiz"
Shredding mad gnar, doing so with mad steeze Somebody walks up and goes "Man ill kick your ass, serve ya up on a plate!"
Then Justin replies "Yo bro, Settle this on the road and ill teach you to skate!"
Some slay in the kitchen, in the water, this case the land If you ever need some help, any boarder would glady lend a hand Now you might fall down, get a scrape, but skating means some pain If you dont know where to start, id go to landyachtz or rayne Or check justin, with his videos, skating and some samarai swords With this kiind of entertainment, man nobody would get bored Put it real simple, this bro slays at skating, a super rad dude With a helmet gloves and pads and half covered in tattoo's So my homie, i say keep doing you, and dont change a thing And while you continue skating ill continue to sing!
bahahaha peacee suckaa

Skateistan

Take 10 minutes out of your busy life and watch this...It's worth it

SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL from Diesel New Voices on Vimeo.

Winters coming and we're stoked

This looks like one of the craziest winter sports out there...

FESTIVAL DE LA BAJADA 2010

Is going down this Sunday in Bogota, Columbia.

Looks like a good time, eh? Good luck Hugh and Dhillon!

Tarma Downhill Peru

Landyachtz Team riders Dillon Stephens and Hugh Johnston where just in Peru the Tarma Downhill race. Check out the footage and scene building in South America...

Tarma Downhill Skateboard Peru 2010 from klems el franchute on Vimeo.

Dillon finished 4th and Hugh finished 9th. Good job on two top 10 finishes guys. Watch out Columbia, they're coming for you next!

Mr-EwokOne.com

Ewok is the artist behind the Switch graphic, and he just re-launched his site after 10 strong years. Check it out HERE !

New EH TEAM Episode!!!

Welcome to the team Kyle...

Right near tha beach...

Dhillon and Hugh stayed at the SkateHouse in LA on their way to their south american adventure. This video makes me want to hit the beach right Meow.

Visitors: Prince Dillon & Kibbling from SkateHouseMedia.com on Vimeo.

This is awesome!

Vancouver is Awesome!

Trains, Planes and Automobiles

Happy Guy Fawkes day?

Hopes and dreams coming to fruition.

2 countries down... 2 ta go. It seems like Dhillon and Hugh are enjoying their adventure. Not sending us quite the pictures that we'd expected... but that's a real nice hat Dave Angeles is wearing meow. Fortunatly I found this photo on Downhill Peru or Die's blog.


Hugh also sent us this short little rant. "we bomb'd through an army base in the desert today. THROUGH TORNADOS at 90 km/h getting pushed one way, then total calm then pushed the other all crazy like nothing i have ever done before. our last day in peru before we head to brazil. miss all of yall."

A days work in Vancouver

Our team riders have gone international. Adam Yates is back in Australia hiding from the snow and Dillon Stephens is on his way from Peru to Brazil to skate in the worlds fastest downhill race, Teutonia.

For the love of it

Andi over at Axess 33 in Cambridge Ontario enjoyed the PEC Gravity Fest a couple of weeks ago. Rain was unable to take away from her fun, and the event went off spectacularly.

Reduce and reuse...

... some of the guys here at the factory had fun constructing their Halloween costumes out of scrap cardboard. This seems like a better alternative to buying a cheap costume that you'll only wear once. You can then recycle your planes, trains, and automobiles when you're done.

This is why i love Vancouver

Thanks to the Ontario Longboarding forum for finding and posting this Gem.

New Dog...

... same old tricks. Now that Enzo is part of our devious plan to let all the secrets out of the bag, we're sure to be saddled with much success. Maybe because he's the size of a horse, perhaps due to the fact that he sleeps in Tom's office. Either way, I'm excited for some new perspective... even if he is a dog.

Some old school awesome

Thanks to Dan Pape and Colabo Innovations for putting this classic together.

Broadway Bomb - NYC

Hey Dave!

Looks like you're having alot of fun out there on tour with Cambridge.

Yup thats right:

Kiko Francisco...

... oh to be Eight years old and shred like a demon. Filming comercials at Venice skate park isn't a bad way to spend the day. This photo was taken by the lovely Carly Richardson.

IGSA Canadian Championship

They're happening this weekend in Prince Edward County Ontario. Team riders Simon Pidgeon and Quinn Dubois will be in attendance... good luck to all.

Shredding Peru

Longboarding is truly a global phenomenon. Felipe Malaga will be co sponsored by Landyachtz and our Peruvian distributor Chaman Longboards. Check out this video of him ripping it up, not a bad surfer either

Watch for Felipe in the upcoming Tarma race in Peru. Landy team riders Dillon Stephens and Hugh Johnson will also be giving the racers a run for their money.

The Ozzi is back down under

Our good friend Adam Yates has returned to his home on the Gold Coast and we will miss him dearly. Check out the interview that he did for Hopkin Racing

Zig Zag Attack!

Found this one on Unkle.ca

O.G. shredder, Frederick Desjardins hosts another Zig Zag Attack in Saint Jerome, Quebec. Thanks to our Sponsors especially PERFORMANCE Boardshop. Thank you all for coming. It was THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ZIG ZAG EDITION TO DATE ! - Fast Freddie

Running on hopes and dreams...

Hugh Johnston and Dhillon Stevens have left on an epic skateboarding journey of the Americas. Their plan as I understand it, is to make their way down the west coast of Cali (skate and destroying along the way), in order to fly out of LAX to Peru for TARMA. Then from there... off to Brazil for the Malarrara Pro Teutonia. Finishing with Festival Del Abajada in Columbia. Looks like they're eating, skating and sleeping well! It's a darn good thing I get to live vicariously through Dhillon's new camera. Tear it up!

This is just plain awesome...

The Stoop hits Giants Head

Learn to tie a tie, skate gnar hills and get stitches. If you don't like awesome skating and a little bit of blood then DON'T click play...

Layers?

I don't imagine that these will provide quite the insulation Liam was imagining...

I pitty the fool!

That doesn't listen to Mr. T.

Phillip is back from sea!!!

Longboarding in Norway

COOOOOLLLLLLL


Thanks to the guys over at King of the Hill for building an international scene!

Caution Parental Advisory...

Enjoy:

Skate Ramps or DIE

LY team riders Dillon Stephens and Wolf Coleman rip it up with the East Van Grom Squad. Thanks to The Stoop Media and Skatie Katie for the sick edit.

A new voice on the other end

If you've called the shop lately you might have noticed that we've got a new receptionist. Her name is Andrea Šebestová and she's from the Czech Republic.

She also has a very steady hand and much more patience than this kitty will ever muster. Meow lets see some of your grip jobs!

Getting bigger all the time

The scene in Spain is blowing up!

Big thanks to Guillermo from Sancheski (our Spanish distributor) for sending these in.

Calling all Ducks

Thanks to Eh Team Editor Dave "guff" Leslie for bringing this brilliant short film into the public eye.

This looks like a meeting...

... that I could get behind. If only I had young Mr. Biglesworth's shirt and tie to wear.

Who doesn't love watermelon?

Looks like we'll be painting the seconds shop to look like one... good thing this kitty loves watermelon.

Go for a walk-about?

Team rider Adam Yates just got back from a trip up the west coast from Cali. He's now learning how to use final cut pro, which this kitty is very appreciative of.

Thanks for the tour Adam!

Push skateboards through the woods anybody?

Recent Developments have lead to the KOTF after party being held at Jaycee House, not Deep Cove Outdoors. It's located at the top of the stables slide hill, which is 1251 Lillooet, North Vancouver, BC V7J 3H7. This is also convienently located on the right just before Capilano College on the way back to the highway from the Demo Forest.

In love with Mary

Maryhill 2008 from walkingclock on Vimeo.

... the team has had a thing for her since the start.

Landyachtz is at SURF EXPO

Check it out... Landyachtz has a slick booth at Surf Expo. We are going to be here all weekend so if your at the show or in Orlando Florida come on by and say hello.

Meow that looks like some fun

Hugh Johnston edited this little beauty together.

Pretty darn good for his first edit I'd say.

Top Secret Landyachtz Top Mount

Yup, that's right...we are working on a bad ass top mount for next season. MMM MMMM GOOD! Thanks to our friends over at Motion Boardshop for putting this video/interview together.

R&D is very important

Turns out the new hoodies aren't waterproof ... but, at least the colours don't bleed.

Silent art auction tomorrow...

Dave don't take no Guff!

The man behind the Eh Team episodes caught up with Skateslate.com

The interview can be found right HERE right meow!

What's up on Friday?

... thats what. CLICK HERE FOR THE FACEBOOK

Eh Team Episode 10

It’s been a busy summer!! The crew has been working so hard at keeping up with demand and getting to events that we haven’t been spending nearly enough time making Eh Team videos.

The last episode featured Young Guns, Fernando Yuppie and Wolf Coleman. Blake took them out in the Eh Team van for a skate after school.

This time, a slightly different approach was taken. Adam Yates and Dillion Stephens are both major parts of the Eh Team and huge parts of production here at the shop.

Dillion comes from Summerland in the BC interior, he grew up shredding on Giants Head and has developed an amazing skill set on a longboard. He made the Move to Vancouver about a year ago, working first in the packing side of Landyachtz then shifting back into the work shop.

Adam has been living the longboarders dream for the past few years. He’s been traveling back and forth between Canada and Australia dodging winter and hitting Europe in between to compete in the IGSA racing circuit. This summer he’s living at my friend Kurt Russell's house along with Dillion, Liam and Grizz. At the shop he keeps the packing boys motivated and the UPS driver on his toes.

Adam and Dillion both commute to work on their 2010 Carbon Mummy’s setup with 150mm Grizzly prototypes and white Zombies. They also use it to shred alley’s, hit the beach, do early grabs, ride banks, drift sideways, drag race...

Let us know what you think!!!

Mount Washington... seriously?

This past weekend, Wes Sampson, Erik Ware, and many volunteers, made the first annual Mount Washington Downhill Longboard Race a huge success. Despite the ski resort managements attempt to torpedo the event (through an extremely uninformed and disrespectful article published in one of the local papers), it went off without a hitch. The fact that the propaganda piece (masquerading as ethical reporting) made no mention of all the deaths that occur at the resort every winter is quite telling. Also, Marcel Tetrault, maybe a little research next time would be in order, seeing as this is your job we’re talking about. All concerned parties (RCMP, and Department of Transportation) were happy with the results of the event, and it is sure to only get bigger in the years to come. So Peter Gibson, this kitty is calling you out, it’s time to get on board.

Love is in the air

So this was posted in the Georgia Straight, a local Vancouver news publication:

If you are the writer or mystery "Landyachtz Boy" give us a call, 778-785-6855, we can probably help this budding love blossom.

It's probibaly for the best...

... that events like this don't happen all the time. Best for your liver that is.
**don't try this at home, unless you're over the legal drinking age. And in that case, be sure to stay safe**

Thanks Ottawa, and Top of the World!

Someone Call Safeway!

Can't figure out how to embed this one but click on this link...

SHOPPING CART SKATEBOARD

It's good, trust me.

World most Craziest roads!

Ok so we as longboards really appreciate a crazy gnarly road. Check out these guys and hit up the link below for an article on the world 19 most insane roads. These should be on everyone's must skate list...the rideable ones that is!



THE 19 MOST COMPLEX AND DANGEROUS ROADS IN THE WORLD

Trade Show Time

Landyachtz spent the weekend down in summy San Diego at the Crossroads retail tradeshow. Check out the slick looking booth...

Holy Leather Evo Batman

Check out this custom Evo. Local leather master Colin Mayhew did this one up for himself. Nice work Colin.

Win a Landyachtz Switch through You Tube!!!!

We're getting things rolling on a YouTube subscriber giveaway. Its so easy, simply subscribe to our You Tube Channel by September 15th and you could win a Landyachtz Switch. All you do is Subscribe and we pick a lucky user. It's a no-brainer, do it now! You'll get to enjoy all the great videos we put out as well as possibly getting a free complete Switch >>>>>> click here NOW >>>>>>> www.youtube.com/user/landyachtzlongboards