Club Mumble

A new blog with some good people who are part the art, creative, and skateboarding industries - including many friends of Timebomb. This project was brought together by Bob Kronbauer, so expect some good things.
http://www.clubmumble.com

Happy belated birthday Jerry Hsu, but who's getting the BGP?

Is that Royal rep Alex Sirois scoring some 'background props' with the cocksuckers cramp? See more HERE.

How Swede eS is

Swedish artist Gorm Boberg getting eS up!

Nyjah

eS Footwear rider Nyjah Huston gets a nice cover shot.

Clipse Meet n Greet

eS Footwear presents the Clipse 'meet n greet'. Just in time for the Knowshow in Vancouver. Also cop tickets to the concert if you have not done so already as the show is almost 'sold out'.

Stir Fry

Dragon sponsors this Boxing Day bash if you are in the Victoria area.

Ho, Ho, Ho

Thanks for keeping up on this blog! Wishing you all the best for this Holiday season and have a great 2009 from the whole Timebomb crew!

Dragon blog

Goggles season is in full effect! To see the product for this season click HERE.

RVCA Canada

More blog action for you to bookmark. We are up at running HERE.

Jonas talks G-Shock

LRG owner Jonas speaks on the new limited LRG G-Shock HERE.

Vintage AR

Some vintage Andrew Reynolds. Click HERE for the footy and interview. Oh yeah, this blog post is dedicated to Casey Jones.

Bob K

Yeah Bob! See more HERE.

Frank Zappa

Freshjive's Reserve Radio gives you 90 minutes of Frank Zappa. Download HERE.

Stocklist

Not sure about the Supreme bite on the logo, but this show should be good for all the east coast retail shops (Feb.2-4). Click HERE for more info.

G-Shock LRG ltd. Frogman

This limited LRG G-Shock is dropping late January. Only 50 dropping for Canada so hit up your fav LRG dealer to reserve yours.

Fathom

Check the new 32 billboard on your way to Fathom in Ontario

32 Outerwear

JP Walker seen a couple days ago ripping in the new 32 Outwear program. Stay tuned for that drop next year.

EA's Skate 2 Newest Trailer Dropped

This trailer is quality. Look out for Etnies' Jason Dill and Emerica's Jerry Hsu and Braydon Szafranski. Be sure to watch it in high res. Skate 2 drops January 21st on X360 & PS3. Thanks for the link Coralie!

The Gift of Rick

Rick Mc Crank in Vancouver. Thank eS Footwear for this!

Classic

Thx to Classic in Quebec for this LRG window.

Jingle Bell Rock

Curse of the Red Top

Leo Romero, the actor? More here.

Aaron Rose on the Fake Aaron Rose

By MAUREEN CALLAHAN

For weeks, thousands of skeeved-out viewers have been ranting on “Gossip Girl” fan sites about its least popular character - the greasy, disaffected downtown artist wannabe Aaron Rose.

Now, someone else wants to register his complaints - the real Aaron Rose.

“I wish they would have made him cooler,” says the real Rose, a former down town artist who says he was contacted by a writer for the show six months ago, then heard nothing.

“It’s funny and it’s flattering, but there’s a part of me that’s like, ‘Oh, go after them - this is not cool. They’re messing with my reputation.’ ”

One reason: The fictional Aaron Rose - played by John Patrick Amedori - is of inde terminate age, yet is clearly way older than Queen Bee Serena, the Upper East Side high-school girl he’s dating.

He enjoys layered scarves that tend to drown his diminutive frame; attempts to grow out his patchy goatee and creepy moustache and says things like, “I don’t know how you do it in high school, but I enjoy dating more than one person at a time.”

And worse, he makes and displays bad art.

The real Aaron Rose is now 39. He, too, is an artist, and in 1992 opened the Alleged Gallery on Ludlow Street.

The tiny gallery helped pioneer the Lower East Side as a home for scenesters and misfits - and Rose showed early work by now-established artists such as Mike Mills, Shepard Fairey and Spike Jonze.

Real Rose - who now lives in LA - became a Lower East Side fixture, known to likeminded souls and readers of the downtown bible, Paper magazine.

When the fake Aaron Rose made his debut on “Gossip Girl” one month ago, the real Aaron Rose was in Europe.

He was unaware that his fictional doppelganger materialized on a TV show until he was deluged with “about 5,000 text messages.”

Now, he gets so many texts when an episode airs that he thinks the show’s producers should pay his cellphone bill.

“On the one hand, I think it’s super-hilarious, and I should be flattered that I’m considered mock-worthy. But - his hair! He has terrible hair!” he says.

The real Aaron Rose adds that the fake Aaron Rose does not, in any way, comport himself like an actual artist.

“He acts like a model,” says Rose. “Like a male model. Anyone who’s a visual artist would laugh at him.”

He was greatly distraught to hear that fake Aaron’s crappy, crappy artwork has been displayed on the air.

“Oh, no!” he exclaims. “Oh, no! Now you’re bumming me out.”

Most annoying: “He’s just not cool. Not like I’m Mr. Cool; I’m not trying to say that.”

“I think,” Rose says, “he wasn’t a very well-researched character.”

The show’s producers declined comment.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12092008/news/nationalnews/that_rose_stinks__143366.htm

Underground Invitational 08

If we told you, we'd have to kill you. Invite only folks, but for sure there will be follow up on this one.

The Spirit

This new movie by Frank Miller opens nationwide On Dec.25 but you can win a chance to see the advanced screening if you are in the Vancouver area (see the flyer for details). Check out the teaser HERE.

Kool Keith

Knowshow

Knowshow is coming up! Retailers take note. Everybody else, get ready because there's a few parties you will want to hit up. Stay yuned.

Encore

Jester & Kid Kut could with this one. More on the urban tip featuring new joints from T-Pain, Kanye, R.Kelly, Jadakiss, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Kardy, Lil Wayne and more.

a Rolling Perspective Toronto

It's a wrap! A Rolling Perspective finished the last stops in Toronto. Shouts to Color Magazine for the love and all the shops that were involved across Canada. More flix HERE.

Kardinal Offishall

LRG presents Kardinal Offishall in Vancouver on Saturday, Feb.21 at Commodore.Buy tickets HERE.

Reign in Blood

We just received some photos from Altamont's newest contributor, Boogie.

Skratch Bastid

Check the Bastid's Winter Tour 2008 tour blog HERE.

Cory Wilson, Killing It !

When our good friend Anthony Acosta from The Skateboard Mag was in town we randomly hooked with etnies team rider Cory Wilson at Leeside and he stomped this kickflip wallride, little did he know at the time it would get run in one of the biggest magazines in the world by one of the coolest photographers out there, etnies represent ! Nice Work Cory !

part 2

Smithfits

If you are in the Toronto area

Defektors

Dragon Rogue

Get yours!

How the Grinch stole Christmas

Mr.Vermette strikes on this Boardroom X RVCA instal.

The Freshest Kids Podcast 4.0

The Freshest are back with some more heat! This podcast is extra special to all four of them as they teamed up with LRG to bring you our personal classics. DJ Marvel delivers a Canadian throwback mix, Kut Keys whips up an amazing Rocafella mix, DJ Seko brings it with his
East Van picks, and finally Rico takes you Down South and to the West Coast. This mix was also featured over 2 weeks on Straight Goods w/Jay Swing and Flipout on Vancouver's The Beat 94.5FM. Check out www.thefreshestkids.net to download their other mixes if you haven't checked them yet. Download the mix HERE.

Kenta Goto

Shouts to Kenta Goto and other other friends (Vince Chan, Mathew Miyagawa and Jeff Hamada)
on the lil Hypebeast feature that can be seen HERE.

Three stripes, a swoosh and an E

etnies threw down a little Christmas party for Adidas in Portland. See more HERE

etnies buys beer for Adidas employees

Adidas cut their staff Christmas parties this year so etnies decided to throw one for them.

Adidas' holiday parties cost the athletic apparel company about $6.3 million. Due to the current climate in the economy, their Christmas parties around the world have been canceled. The idea to throw a party for the party-less Adidas employees in a Portland bar was the brainstorm of Sole Tech's Don Brown.

In attendance were a handful of Adidas and Nike employees, Sole Tech employees, and tons of media. About 250 people from Portland's skate scene came down to party.

The party, with it's open bar, cost etnies a little under $1100.

News report here
Here is what went down..
Also here

Ben Tour

Ben Tour working on a lil something something at the new Timebomb. More to follow

Hypebeast X Mick Boogie

The music is just flowing today. Here's a little Hypebeast X Mick Boogie (LRG advocate). Download for free HERE. See track listing HERE

A Funking Ass Soul Christmas

Nothing like the gift of free music during Christmas time. Click HERE for the free download

Blaqstarr free mix

Free download HERE

Jess Kimura

Congratulations to 32/etnies Girl Canadian team rider Jess Kimura for making SBC Women's Rider of the Month. After winning the Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam finals a few seasons ago, Jessica was sidelined by an injury only to come back stronger than ever with a profile in Snowboard Canada and a feature story in this year's Women's Annual. Keep an eye out for her and see her interview here.

etnies Plus for Adult Swim

etnies had Adult Swim (Aqua Teen Hunger Force, etc) cartoon artists and creative director Jacob Escobedo design two limited edition colourways of the Jameson Shoe. More photos on King Shit.

Nyjah Huston and Element part ways

Wonder where he will end up

LRG x Coats For Kizzles...thank you!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who contributed to Timebomb Trading and LRG's Coats For Kids campaign, which helped raise almost 250 (!!!) winter coats, mittens, scarves, hats, and snow pants for the South Burnaby Neighborhood House and Burnaby Metrotown Rotary Club.

The people at South Burnaby Neighborhood House (SBNH) were very nice and let Judah and I go along with them to one of their drop-off locations. Photos below. (thanks Judah!!!)


The drop off truck on its way. The SBNH/Burnaby Metrotown Rotary's Coats for Kids campaign collects jackets and donates them to schools as well as agencies like the Burnaby Family Life Institute, which is where we visited.


Parked and ready to roll out with Kimberly Barwich, expert truck driver and Coats for Kids organizer for the SBNH. As you can see, the truck is filled with jackets hung on rolling racks. The kids and their parents come on board and get to do some jacket shopping.


Families can register to receive jackets directly with the SBNH or through their child's school or agencies and community centers like the YWCA.


Chillin.


Hangin while someone else does the shopping. Cute.


Last year, the SBNH collected around 800 jackets in total. Hopefully, your donations helped them to hit bigger numbers this year!


Judah catching a picture of me repping 2 coffees, gettin thangs done.


Inside of the truck. So far this year, the SNBH has visited approximately 30 drop-off locations.

So again, thank you to everyone who helped contribute! It was really cool to see how the whole thing works. You may still donate to the program directly, although Timebomb is no longer accepting donations. Please visit the SNBH website for the address of their office. Drop-offs may be between the hours of 9am-5pm. A special thank-you goes out to the Timebomb staff, Judy and Raiden Louie and the families from Brockton, Boardroom, Gentle Fawn, Global Collective Design/Arson, TNT Agency, JW Sales, and NLA. We could not have raised such an amazing amount of donations without you!

Win a Years Worth of Emerica Shoes

Enter for a chance to win a year's worth of Emerica shoes. All you have to do is build your own Emerica Team profile page on EmericaSkate.com and post a link to it on the link below. The most original and creative page will win 12 pairs of Emerica's.

More info

Deadline: December 31, 2008.

Ed on EXPN

EXPN's latest interview is with Ed Templeton on his Map of Inner War Show.

Skull Skates Barrier Kult Deck

Skull Skates released their limited Barrier Kult deck, just in time for the release of the Emerica Francis Barrier Cult Shoe, set to drop in January.

More of Dmote and Ewok in Montreal

We just received photos of RVCA artists Dmote and Ewok's visit to Montreal. Here they are picking up gear for their install at Underworld's new store on Ste-Catherine Street, and also visiting Agence Royale. More photos on the RVCA blog.

etnies x Electronic Arts

etnies and Electronic Arts Inc. worked together to bring the etnies GvR skateboarding contest to the Skate 2 video game, and to create an etnies Skate 2 RVM shoe for real world skateboarding. Drawing inspiration from etnies skate heritage, the RVM features the classic etnies Rap styling with a slimmed down mid-top silhouette on a vulcanized outsole and a tonal Skate 2 logo on the outer heel. The RVM also features STI System G2 gel in the heel of the outsole to absorb shock and prevent heel bruises. The etnies RVM Skate 2 shoe will be available when the game hits stores in early 2009.

Bad News !

If you haven't heard the bad news yet our good friend and LRG team rider Chad Dickson was hit by an SUV on sunday night and is currently in the hospital, apparently he's doing alright but has suffered a broken arm and is pretty banged up. We love Chad here at Timebomb as he is one of the nicest guys in the industry not to mention a truly gifted skateboarder, i wish i was posting a solid trick or something positive about you instead of this but for now it's important for us all to be thinking of you and sending our good energy, much love from the Timebomb crew and get well soon !

etnies reintroduces the RVL

In 1990, etnies debuted the Rap (seen up there on the right in black leather), designed specifically for skateboarding. Two years later, in Plan B's legendary video, Questionable, Sal Barbier helped put etnies on the map in the United States when he rocked both the all red and all blue suede Raps in his part. Shortly after, the Rap, etnies, Sal and Plan B all rose to serious skateboarding fame and skateboarders across the world were singing Del tha Funkee Homosapien. Around the same time, etnies became the first skateboarding footwear brand to advertise in both Big Brother magazine and 411 video magazine. the Rap, Sal, Ronnie Creager and a few others were featured in those ads.

In 1993, to meet the ever-evolving demands of skateboarders, seeing that they were cutting down their high top Raps, etnies released the Rap Low. Beloved and imitated by many, the Rap Low became one of the most staple skateboarding shoes of the early and mid '90s.

For 2009, etnies figured it was due time to bring the Rap back, for real, and evolve a little bit as well. Enter the Rap Vulc Low, (RVL) a mid (RVM) is on the way too. The RVL embodies the classic styling and design of the OG Rap. However, it's been updated for the demands and standards of modern day skateboarding and style. The RVL features a vulcanized construction for superior grip and board feel, System G2 heel gel for impact protection, STI Foam for comfort and protection, lower hidden lace loops and extra laces, padded tongue and collar, elastic tongue centering straps and more. See the Spring 09 colourways here.

RVCA x Underworld

RVCA ANP artists Dmote and Ewok got up on the newest Underworld location in Montreal.