winter edit/grab a shovel

Here's Bobby Hommel making the best of what dry concret we had at Fitch Thursday. I shoveled some more and with temps in the 40's on Saturday wer should get a lot more uncovered. come on out to help shovel and then skate with us. I'll bring the hot chocolate you bring the rum!

Casting call

            So it's winter now, not half assed, kinda cold, kinda warm, brown grassed early winter. This is real snow and slush, sinus infection, endless darkness, skateless winter. It sucks. I have this sweet little blog and nothing to write about. I've gone from skating every day to skating every 2 weeks. I have a stack of sweet new boards and no one to ride them. I'm getting a bit stir crazy.
        So how do I cope? Scouring the net for new skate clips only goes so far. I need the spring. It's going to be a busy spring for Weatherd. Couple of events planned, going to be transforming a couple abandoned lots into serious skate spots. We have more boards, t-shirts, and stickers coming out, and we are going to start filming for our first full length video.
        That's a lot of stuff, and we are under staffed. We need more talent. So if you are and artist, filmer, photographer, web designer, or any other creative type, and are interested in being a part of this new venture, email me at rmailto:richard.randy@rocketmail.com. send me a sample of your work. If you have friends who would be into this, tell them about us and have them email me. We are also looking to expand the skate team, so sponsor me videos are welcome as well. I will post the interesting stuff on the blog.
       Until then, I will be heading to the Fichburg park on saturday, snow shovel in hand, hoping to clear enough concrete to satisfy my need to skate. Join me, won't you?

Techneeks.

So two weeks without a blog entry, there is no excuse for that. Unfortunately, until last nights fitchminster 2 premier at techneeks, there hasnt been much going on. Do you know about techneeks? Its a sweet little skate shop. The brain child of Matt Phelps, an all around great guy who has built and stocked this place with his own cash and sweat. Coolest thing about this place is the indoor heated skate park in the back of the store. It's small, a work in progress, but, as you can see from the videos, even in its current configuration its a lot of fun. and for $4 a session you cant beat it. so go to Techneeks at 24 production ave keene Nh  check them out on facebook

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Its just an hour from the fitchburg skatepark. Go skate there. you wont be dissapointed. Best part is theres a 5 guys burger and fries right around the corner.  Tell Matt Randy sent you and pick up a Weatherd deck while you are there. The weatherd team will be doing a demo there  saturday Jan15 6 pm. more details to come.

i'll take that one.

So its real.They are real. Weatherd decks are available at Eastern Boarder Leominster. size 8-8.25-8.5. $48. the shape varies slightly board to board so step on a few of them, i'm sure you will find one you like.

After countless delays I am relieved to say that Weatherd's first batch of boards has arrived. Jared and I set ours up right away and hit the park. Even at 28 degrees under light snow flurries the boards felt great. Come get yours at Eastern Boarder Leominster. We should have them in there in time for the video premier so you can support local skaters in two ways Wednesday night.

lets all go to the movies

If you know what Fitchminster is all about no doubt you are already planning on going to the Fitchminster 2 video premier at Entertainment Cinemas in Leominster Wednesday night. If you havent decided to go yet, just take a minute to think about it. Ask yourself, How often do I get to watch a skate film in a full sized movie theater? How often do I get to see a full length skate video featuring locals that I know? How often do I get to go to the movies for free?

Chances are the answer to all 3 questions is "not very often". So show up. Support our friends. Eat popcorn and twizzlers. Have fun. Jon, Kris, and the krew put a ton of time and effort into this. It took several years to put together and from what I hear it's pretty amazing.