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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

As Noted on the GvR web site, you can get your free tickets to GvR

Get Your GvR Tix!
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

GvR Ticket Drop Schedule
Date
Time
Retailer
Location
Address
Sept 25
4pm
Focus
Lake Forest
20025 #103 Lake Forest Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Sept 27
2pm
Zumiez
The Block, Orange
20 City Blvd W #212, Orange, CA 92868
Sept 27
2pm
Zumiez
Ontario Mills
1 Mills Circle Suite #204, Ontario, CA 91764
Sept 27
2pm
Zumiez
District, Tustin
2477 Park Ave Ste B45, Tustin, CA 92782
Sept 27
2pm
Zumiez
Carlsbad
2525 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Sept 27
2pm
Active
Orange
1500 East Village Way, Ste #2201, Orange, CA 92865
Sept 27
2pm
Active
Brea
1160 B East Imperial Hway, Brea, CA 92821
Sept 27
2pm
Active
Irvine Spectrum
71 Fortune Dr, Space 816, Irvine, CA 92618
Sept 28
4pm
Tillys
Irvine Spectrum
81 Fortune Dr, Ste 133, Irvine, CA 92618
Sept 28
4pm
Tillys
District, Tustin
2403 Park Ave, Tustin, CA 92710
Sept 28
4pm
Tillys
The Block, Orange
20 City Blvd West, Bldg K, Ste 406, Orange, CA 92868
Sept 28
4pm
Tillys
Metro Pointe, South Coast
901 K South Coast Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Sept 28
4pm
ZJ’s Boarding
Santa Monica
2619 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Sept 29
4pm
K-5
Encinitas
525 S Coast Hwy, Encinitas, CA 92054
Sept 29
4pm
Jack’s
Huntington Beach
101 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Sept 29
4pm
Jack’s
Corona Del Mar
900 Avocado, Corona Del Mar, CA 92660
Sept 29
4pm
Val Surf
North Hollywood
4810Whitsett Ave, Valley Village, CA 91607
Sept 30
4pm
Beach Bums
Anaheim Hills
5620 E Santa Ana Cnyn Rd, Anaheim Hills, CA 92807
Sept 30
4pm
Beach Bums
The Block, Orange
20 City Blvd West, #H908, Orange, CA 92868
Sept 30
4pm
WSS
Santa Ana
2520 S Bristol St, Santa Ana, CA 92704
Sept 30
4pm
WSS
Rialto
104 W Foothill Blvd, Rialto, CA 92376
Sept 30
4pm
WSS
Riverside
5981 Van Buren, Riverside, CA 92503
Oct 1
4pm
Zumiez
Main Place, Santa Ana
2800 N Main St #724, Santa Ana, CA 92705
Oct 1
4pm
Zumiez
Brea
1065 Brea Mall, Ste 1057, Brea, CA 92821
Oct 1
4pm
Zumiez
Escondido
200 E Via Rancho Pkwy, Space #405, Escondido, CA 92025
Oct 1
4pm
Active
Mission Viejo
28331 Marguerite Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Oct 1
4pm
Active
Irvine
3851 C&D Alton Pkwy, Irvine, CA 92606
Oct 1
4pm
Liberty
Brea
330 N Brea Blvd, Ste B, Brea, CA 92821

Goofy vs. Regular '08

http://gvr.etniesskate.com/

It's almost that time again! The annual GvR event happens in a few days! This awesome skateboarding event starts on October 2nd until the 5th. The BIGGEST names in skateboard converge in Lake Forest to find out who's better...Goofy or Regular.

Here's the event's details:

http://gvr.etniesskate.com/event/


Schedule
Thursday October 2:Hometown Heroes QualifierHometown Heroes Registration 2:00 - 5:00 pm (or until 125 spots are filled)Hometown Heroes Practice 2:00 - 6:00 pm (closed to public)Hometown Heroes Qualifier 6:00 - 10:00 pm
Friday October 3:GvR Practice and etnies Skull Jam Bowl ContestWomen’s Bowl Registration & Practice 11:00 - 12:00 pmGvR / HH Registration 12:00 - 7:00 pmBowl Open Practice 12:00 - 2:00 pmWomen’s Bowl Contest 2:00 - 3:00 pmGrand Masters Bowl Qualifying 3:00 - 4:30 pmPro Bowl Qualifying 6:00 - 7:30 pmGrand Masters Bowl Finals 7:45 - JamPro Bowl Finals 8:30 - JamFree Los Olvidados concert in skatepark 7:45 - 9:00 pmAwards Immediately Following
etnies Festival Village Open from 10am to 6pm Saturday and Sunday
Saturday October 4: etnies Girl Pro Contest & GvR QualifierRegistration for all events 10:00 - 4:00 pmWomen’s / HH Practice 10:00 - 11:30 pmetnies Girl Pro Contest 11:30 - 1:00 pmPro Street Open Practice 1:00 - 3:00 pmOpening Ceremonies 2:45 - 3:00 pmetnies GvR Qualifiers Heat 1 Goofy 3:00 - 3:45 pmetnies GvR Qualifiers Heat 1 Regular 3:45 - 4:30 pmetnies GvR Qualifiers Heat 2 Goofy 4:30 - 5:15 pmetnies GvR Qualifiers Heat 2 Regular 5:15 - 6:00 pmetnies GvR Party Doors Open 7:00 pmBad Religion concert 8:20 pm
Sunday October 5: Hometown Heroes Finals & etnies GvR FinalsHometown Heroes Practice 9:00 - 11:00 amHometown Heroes Finals 11:00 - 12:30 pmPro Street Finals Practice 12:30 - 2:00 pmetnies GvR Heat 1 Goofy 2:00 - 2:10 pmetnies GvR Heat 1 Regular 2:20 - 2:30 pmetnies GvR Heat 2 Goofy 2:40 - 2:50 pmetnies GvR Heat 2 Regular 3:00 - 3:10 pmetnies GvR Heat 3 Goofy 3:20 - 3:30 pmetnies GvR Heat 3 Regular 3:40 - 3:50 pm
Halftime 3:50 - 4:20
etnies GvR Heat 1 Goofy Jam 4:25 - 4:35 pmetnies GvR Heat 1 Regular Jam 4:40 - 4:50 pmetnies GvR Heat 2 Goofy Jam 4:55 - 5:05 pmetnies GvR Heat 2 Regular Jam 5:10 - 5:20 pmGvR Extra Point Jam 5:30Music in the Park Immediately Followingetnies GvR Awards in park 6:30

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Matthew McConaughey Promotes "Surfer, Dude" in Newport Beach

The line formed early for tonight's premiere of Matthew McConaughey in "Surfer, Dude" in Newport Beach. The line started early at 6 p.m. for the 7:15 p.m. showing at Regal Cinema's Island 7 theaters.
The crowd and security were anxiously awaiting McConaughey's arrival, which was delayed because of LA traffic.

McConaughey greeted the Newport Beach crowds by making appearences in two different theaters and he gave away a signed surfboard. He talked and let the audience members snap photos of him. There were some journalists from the OC Register and the Daily Pilot in attendance.

Overall, the movie was funny and enjoyable with a few memorable one-liners. I thought the movie gave me moments of lightheartedness that I appreciated from having a hard work week.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976247/

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

VolleyballTribe.com's Heating Up!

Todd Rogers mentioned VolleyballTribe.com in an article during the Beijing Olympic Games (Todd and his friends are behind this entertaining volleyball web site). I attempted to go online the first day that I heard about the web site. I was not lucky. The web site was not online yet.

Since Todd/Phil won the gold, the web site is up and now boosts of almost 200 members. Some members are former AVP pros as well as well known volleyball players (especially players from UCSB). I predict this site will continue to grow in membership for years to come.

So, remember to check out VolleyballTribe.com and please join! ;)

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Gretchen Bleiler at Irvine Spectrum Oakley 9/13

This is from Oakley's web site:

http://oakley.com/sports/snowboard/posts/884


Gretchen Bleiler Presents Collection at Irvine Oakley Store


Predictably, we wanted more. Style. Attitude. Function. More – across the board – that couldn’t simply be explained by conventional mechanisms of cause.

The effect? Snowboarding Champion Gretchen Bleiler teamed up with Oakley’s Hi-Tech Experts to produce an active lifestyle collection designed for women who play by their own rules. These looks are branded by the power and poise of the lion – an inspiration to this snowboarding legend.

“She’s a strong, independent and courageous woman – a serious risk taker. Oakley evolved in the youth culture of action sports, empowering those who define their own lifestyles. Simply put, she’s the perfect partner to jump-start our women’s movement.”

- Jenn Bradley, Oakley Women’s Brand Director

2008 ESPY: Best Female Action Sports Athlete. First action sports female athlete featured on the cover of ESPN The Magazine. 2006 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist. X Games Gold Medalist. Gravity Games Champion. US Open Champion. Grand Prix Overall Title Winner. Vans Triple Crown Overall Winner.

And a world-wide environmental activist to boot. Gretchen’s Collection features an eco-friendly jacket and pant, leveraging ECO STORM™ textiles and ECO CIRCLE™ technology. The result: while making a luxurious style statement through technical superiority, she’s simultaneously shrinking her green footprint – a downhill assault on global warming.

The Gretchen Bleiler Collection will be on display at the Irvine Spectrum Oakley Store (Irvine, CA) on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 2pm-3pm.

Come on out and meet Gretchen!

Famima, KROQ and AVP promotional event

Last night, I heard a commercial about a promotional event at Famima's Culver City location. The first 106.7 people there will get AVP posters, AVP shirts and get into a beach volleyball clinic for the upcoming Manhattan Beach event. The event takes place this Friday at noon.

http://www.famima-usa.com/

Ryan Mariano

I just recently talked to Ryan and he said he got picked up by Polaroid sunglasses and Vitamin Water. Ryan's already sponsored by Crocs and Cuervo.

Congrats to Ryan! I hope he and Ed do well together in Santa Barbara this weekend!