Saturday 27 June 2009
Tunnel Outlaw July 12th 10am
By AdamC, Saturday 27 June 2009 at 19:08 :: posted to Skate sessions
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Euro Trip 09’ WOOT! WOOT!
By AdamC, Wednesday 24 June 2009 at 15:30 :: posted to Board News
James Kelly, Patrick Switzer, Jackson Shapiera and Louis Pilloni will be touring Western Europe this summer hitting up a variety of longboard events and hotspots. Along the way we will be meeting up with friends and skaters. Patrick, James and Louis head out of LA June 28 with Jackson from Australia meeting us during Peyradudes. We are all excited for the new adventure that is in front of us.
Friday 19 June 2009
Irvine Slide Jam Recap
By AdamC, Friday 19 June 2009 at 17:44 :: posted to Board News
The Irvine Slide Jam and Clinic went on last Sunday with around 50 stoked skaters showing up throughout the day. With the sun out and a cool breeze the day flew by as we slid down the hill for almost 5 hours. All skill levels were present eager to learn more and help others.
Tuesday 16 June 2009
MOTION BLUR PHOTO CONTEST !!!!! June 16- June 28
By AdamC, Tuesday 16 June 2009 at 15:29 :: posted to Board News
At Loaded we love photography, we know that all of you love photography, so let’s do a little contest to encourage you all to take pictures and improve your photography skills. The contest is: THE BEST MOTION BLUR LONGBOARDING PIC. It can be of any boarder doing anything (speedboarding, dancing, pushing, carving, ollieing, falling.) Remember the subject is longboarding so please no pictures of people running.
WHAT IS MOTION BLUR: When the subject is in focus and the background is blurry. Motion blur is a technique used to capture action and movement.
HOW TO TAKE MOTION BLUR PICS ?? CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW
RULES: Take a bunch of sick motion blur skate pics and SUBMIT ONLY 1, UNO, folks, as an attachment to news@loadedboards.com. Try to keep the file size UNDER 2mb.
THE PHOTO DOES NOT HAVE TO BE WITH A LOADED BOARD. It can be any skateboard.
PHOTOSHOP: Using photoshop is fine to adjust your levels, contrast, saturation, to crop, but please do not pot apply any motion blur in photoshop. The motion blur has to be done with the camera.
TIMELINE: June 16th-June 28th. We will accept no more entries after JUNE 28th.
In the newsletter on JUNE 29th 3 winners will be declared. However the top 10 photos will be uploaded to the Loaded flickr account for everyone’s viewing pleasure.
We might get a lot of entries so just expect a short reply back saying that we got your photo.
PRIZES
1st Free Set of any O’tang Wheels
2nd O’tang T-shirt
3rd A bunch of Loaded and O’tang stickers
HAVE FUN,
Any questions email me at adam@loadedboards.com.
Remember to participate. If we get a good response, this will encourage us to do more contests like this in the future.
MOTION BLUR PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS
By AdamC, Tuesday 16 June 2009 at 11:45 :: posted to Board News
Wednesday 10 June 2009
50/50 DRAW WITH TWO GREAT CAUSES
By AdamC, Wednesday 10 June 2009 at 19:19 :: posted to General
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Exploring New Terrain
By AdamC, Tuesday 9 June 2009 at 23:55 :: posted to Skate sessions
Monday 8 June 2009
Saturday Night Sessions
By AdamC, Monday 8 June 2009 at 14:09 :: posted to Skate sessions
Monday 1 June 2009
Irvine Slide Clinic and Jam IV, June 14 2009 1:00pm
By AdamC, Monday 1 June 2009 at 14:21 :: posted to Skate sessions
The Great North America Road Trip: Vancouver, Canada
By AdamC, Monday 1 June 2009 at 14:06 :: posted to General
GO SKATEBOARDING DAY 2009 JUNE 21
By AdamC, Monday 1 June 2009 at 13:58 :: posted to Board News
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Free-style & DH Event in Salem, Oregon
By AdamC, Wednesday 27 May 2009 at 19:11 :: posted to Skate sessions
Monday 25 May 2009
The Great American Road Trip, Chapter 3, "Buffalo Bill Downhill Colorado"
By AdamC, Monday 25 May 2009 at 20:41 :: posted to General
Get Excited for Boarding for Education
By AdamC, Monday 25 May 2009 at 19:18 :: posted to Board News
In an effort to spread awareness about Supplies for Dreams (www.supplierfordreams.org), the Chicago Longboarding Society and Team Funk Apotamus will be longboarding downtown wearing bus costumes (the Supplies for Dreams' logo, made by yours truly) and handing out fliers to fun-loving Chicagoans!
The event will be recorded and put on youtube so be ready to show off some sweet moves.
Thank you LOADED Boards and LONGBOARD LARRY for sponsoring our event!
We will be raffling off their donation of a LOADED COMPLETE and a LONGBOARD LARRY KOMODO during the event! Everyone who helps to hand out fliers at the event will receive a ticket for the raffle.
We will keep you updated on word from other sponsors.
Everyone that is participating in the event is REQUIRED to sign a waiver. Anyone under 18 must have their parents/guardian sign their waiver before they start riding.
Protective gear highly recommended but not required.
Supplies for Dreams (www.supplierfordreams.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of students in the Chicago Public School District. For more information or looking to get involved, email me at ddejong@suppliesfordreams.org
Like what we are doing? Become a fan of Supplies for Dreams HERE
We hope to see you all out there! Thanks for your support!
