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.  

 



Introducing BoardWarrior Spain

 

We’ve been dropping some teaser clips for the last few months of the BoardWarrior Spain team. Now we’re stoked to finally give you a good long look at these hard riding boarders. Team manager Alejandro Cejas has put together a great edit that shows some gnarly talent coming from Spain.

Did you know?

David Fernandez

I don’t know which is better, watching technically accomplished and fearless BW boarders or watching the amazing spots they are skating! While boarders here in the USA keep one eye out for cops who would end a good sesh, boarders in Spain don’t have that worry. Spain is boarder friendly! Yea, that’s right, boarder friendly. So keep an eye on the amazing spots these guys are riding. You may want to hit them up yourself. These clips were filmed in Gran Canaria and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.


 Meet the Team
Benjamin Bremejo is the youngest Team Spain rider at 21, skates Gran Canaria, a great place for interesting spots. He is also an accomplished ramp, street and rail skater. His other sponsors are AJ Proyect Skate Shop, Dirty Clothing and DC Shoes.

 

 

David Fernandez, at 25, is a ‘to hell with everything’ skater. From Santa Cruz de Tenerife, David’s favorites are ‘unskateable’ spots. His other sponsors include Shut Up and Skate, Imagine Skateboards and Bones Wheels Spain.

 

 

Juan Mendez

 

Juan Mendez a killer downhill and transition skater at 33 years old. From La Orotave Tenerife,  Spain his other sponsors are FANFI and OV. 

 

 

 

 

Alexis Samper

Alexis Samper is 36 years old and he does it all, street, terrain, ramps, verts, rails…you name it and he’ll skate it! From Santa Cruz de Tenerife, his other sponsors include The Barrios Skateboards.com,  Zona Skate Shop, Rockstar and Dragon Clothing.

 

Rubén González born 30 years ago in Realejos, Tenerife Spain, hits ledges and gaps hard with amazing skill that you can check out for yourself in the new video. Don’t forget to pay attention to the paradise he skates in the Canary Islands. His other sponsors include Kinetic Supply and our good friends at Northwest Skate Shop, who are busy promoting skateboard culture in Spain.

 

BW is stoked on what these guys are doing and think you will be too. Check them out at BoardWarrior.com and check out the awesome sites in Spain that they are skating.

 

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!