BoardWarrior Meets Design By Humans

DBH is a perfect fit for BoardWarrior. It’s an amazing way to share our designs and give as many people as possible an opportunity to get a perfect BW tee shirt. Keith has been busy with his newest design software. Usually it’s his cameras and editing programs. Now, his eyes are glazed from working into the wee small hours of the night drafting designs.

 California Grown was born while three of us were sitting in an airport waiting room while flying to film a surf piece. I think the original may have been on a napkin.

The Art & Craft line was born in Keith’s mind while filming Chapter Two. He got the feeling that his subjects were exploring their craft and he was turning it into art. I think it is his favorite graphics line. Once a skate boarder, always a skate boarder. He’s been sharing his graphics for a while now on BoardWarrior’s Facebook.

The Kitty line….well, Keith and Crystal have 3 kitties at home. What’s not to love. I have no idea why he decided to Kill a Unicorn in Skate the Rainbow! All I know is that he chuckles every time I ask him. He thinks it’s so absurd that it’s hysterical. Go figure. You’ll have to let him know if you share in his wicked sense of humor.  And isn’t that Trino blowing bubbles? 

Go check the designs out at our BoardWarrior store front in Design By Humans.  And stick around…there are plenty more to come.

NorCal Ripper in SoCal

NorCal Ripper Shows His Style in SoCal

Matty Jessee, BW’s youngest team rider, was invited to a weekend Ramp Jam in Santa Barbara. The kids of the guy putting on the comp follow Matty on Instagram and wanted him there.  Of course, dad sent the invite, to the whole family. Hey, these kids have the whole Social Media thing covered. Matty, along with mom and dad (Stacie and Matt), sister Shay and even Trouper, the family dog, were invited to spend the weekend, while Matty competed with lots of amazing SoCal rippers.

Backyard Fun

For a backyard jam, it was amazing. Reps were there from Powell Peralta and the Arbor Team. Cash prizes were flowing. Matty was on fire. His energy, silliness and all out ripping style were crowd favorites. Dad, Matt, says ‘I was super proud of him’ and says ‘he was landing tricks he never landed before. Matty was in the zone!’  

There was a one hour jam for kids 12 and under. It was a rad format that let the kids rip it up with each other and show their style. Everyone had fun watching the kids tearing it up and just having fun rooting for each other.

Matty ended up with a ton of prizes and a $40.00 cash prize. He took 1^st place for best style and best attitude. Then he picked up best trick over the box for a kickflip and a big pop shovit, taking 2^nd overall behind Cash Money, a SoCal 11 year old, who is a sick transition skater.

Why is Skateboarding Different?

When it comes to skateboarding, kids are more interested in cheering each other on to perfect tricks. It’s not about beating the other guy. It’s about pushing each other to do a sick trick, high five’s all around.

 

Santa Barbara TV show, Life Chronicles, interviewed Matty after the comp and one of the questions was ‘why Matty thinks parents should allow and encourage kids to skate.’ He never hesitated with his answer:

‘Its super fun, you can do it with your Dad and family and anyone can do it.’ He said ‘its great exercise and better than just playing video games.’  He pointed out ‘it’s not too dangerous because you can skate at any level’. He also mentioned its fun to meet people from all over and travel to different places. His favorite tricks are rails, kick flips and skating street.

 It was a great day all around and everyone had fun watching the kids out there tearing it up and just having fun. Only in skating do we do this.  

 

What is BoardWarrior?

 Think about the origin of surfing, or he'enalu,

as it was known to the Pacific
Island warriors who created it, possibly as a fishing technique, then later as a tactic of warfare. Picture them, proud, strong  and  fearless, riding a hand-hewn plank of wood in treacherous surf, braving sharp, rocky shores through violent currents, prey to strong, fast and mindless predators. This was the origin of surfing, created by men and women with a powerful physical and

spiritual connection to the mighty Pacific Ocean. 

 

Wanna Go Pro?

Wanna Go Pro?

Ruben Gonzalez, BoardWarrior Spain

Hell, if you’re like most of the boarders we know, that’s all you think about. One of the reasons we built BW was to give talented boarders, videographers and photographers a medium to promote themselves.

What this Means To You!

BW profiles let you catalogue your video in one place. No need to search multiple sites. No getting your video lost in the madness of YouTube and it’s cousin Vimeo. One site. One profile. One catalogue.  If you want someone to look at your work, send them to BW. All your stuff is there.

 Skateboarding Video      Surfing Video   Wakeskating Video       

             Snowboarding Video               Wakeboarding Video

 

How You Can Use BW

Pump up your profile.    Post a sick profile picture.    Get some info about yourself thrown in.

• Connect with other like minded boarders by adding them as friends or subscribe to their channel.
• Post your boarding travel plans on your wall and see if you can connect with someone in that area.
• Make connections on other boarding sites and send people to BW to check you out.

What BW is Doing

Who's Watching You!

We are busy building connections and are starting to get noticed by people in the boarding world. Some, like SkidMark, Cali’s Finest, and Elevated like to check out what’s happening on BW. Even TransWorld Skate has noticed us. Yeah, we’re a just a speck to TransWorld so far, but damn it, you gotta start somewhere!


 So, Back to What This Means to You
As the industry insiders start to take some serious looks at BW, wouldn’t you like to have your profile built up? Wouldn’t you like to have a serious body of work so who knows who can look at you? The videos are starting to come in fast now. People are noticing BW. Build your profile and you can get noticed too!