Hey fellows!

How you guys doing? As you realized our internship is over, this class was a success for most of us, and I really appreciated the overall atmosphere!  So, a lot of us left Oside including me, I m writing to you guys from Costa Rica. Hell you should drop by here, amazing surfing and landscape. I m at playa santa Teressa, went for a cool morning session with some nice Euro chicks and back to my sweet hostel, swinging in a hammock, Pura Vida as we said here in Costa!

You guys will get some pictures soon from the travelling Octobomb, the concept is taking pictures of the board and cool people from all around the world, so stay tuned for some interesting pics!

Alex

As summer comes to an end so does this moment…. it all began with excitement that never died… questions, determination, falls, and great accomplishments that assured learning was at hand at all times… But what made it what it was, were definitely the people I may now call great friends….all the moments in the cave… oh the many moments in the cave..lol…dana and her “what the French! toast?” and her awkward turtle……I swear stephen played “Little Lion Man” by mumford & sons just about a hundred times….. Brian or shall I say bee + rock= b-rock, always kept it entertaining and Ill miss playing sk8boarding and ping-pong… dan awkwardly sending skype messages when your sitting right next to him but he always had the best youtube videos….the Frenchman or aka Alex just kept his swagger in the office all day everyday…Nick and his crazy rockstar self….Mr. Uli, oh the moments, and I know he secretly wished he could have had, what he called, the “Sissy 29″ board…..Ms. Jess and all of our many moments especially how we always seemed to be hungry, all of our food runs for Mexican food and our beloved heart attack roll, oh and can’t forget our last supper at the BBQ place..mmmm….BambooSk8/BambooBuddy has taught me many things that I will definitely take with me in my future…..As the summer sun begins to set and paints the colors on the ocean blue the seasons shall change and bring something new……

well, in the beginning four months seemed like an eternity. However, the time has gone by so fast. I have truely enjoyed all my experiences in the last few months. Building the quarterpipe, chilling in the cave, and all the events we were involved will always be remembered. I would like to give a shout out to Mark, Andrew, and Wyatt for always making the daily grind not such a grind, You never knew what the day had in store for you at the office, it was awesome. Anyway, the experience at Bamboosk8 was amazing and I thank everyone in my class and everyone at Bamboosk8 for making the experience awesome

Ok everybody, this is my last mandatory Blog and I guess it might be relatively short.

I just wanted to say good bye and thanks for the great time here. I met great people, especially those who I worked with.

It was a really cool time, lots of fun but also a lot of work, but now it Holiday time

I wish you all a good future and I’m realy looking forward to see you guys again.

Have a good time

Uli

Wow man, this is already over, I can’t believe it.  Summer flew by!  But, this internship here has been a great time.  I have learned an awful lot about the industry and made a lot of good friends.

We’ve got Dan who never drinks and never likes to party…, Jessica with her “Where is my smoothie” attitude, Jen the girl who bejeweled her skateboard(first time I’ve ever seen that and hopefully the last), Stephen and his awesome thought process when you get Rockstar gum in him, Nick with his “Rockstar” life, Dana and her Michiganness…, Alex with his cigarettes and capris, and even that one guy from Germany grew on me ha ha.  A whole lot of characters made for a lot of good memories!  I will miss all of them.

BambooSK8 has taught me a lot of good lessons that I needed to learn.  I will forever ride bamboo!  Hopefully our intern class paves the way for awesome things to come from the next classes.

Peace,

Brian

Six teen weeks came and went, and they went fast! It’s crazy to think back because at the beginning of this experience I thought I knew things, but really I didn’t know at all. I’ve learned a lot about myself from being here at Bamboosk8. I’ve learned that being accountable and dependable is a major characteristic you need to possess when being part of a team atmosphere and running a successful business. I’ve learned the importance of accounting and financials from our exercises, which are essential for future planning and maintaining of an organization. I’ve learned that if I wanted to start my own business, I can, it is possible. Anything is possible, it’s just takes some time, effort, and determination. I have learned that the skateboarding industry is way more complex than I had originally thought, but also way cooler than I had originally imagined. If anything, this experience has made me want to be a part of it even more. For others looking into this internship experience, I would say definitely do it. The people you will meet and the things you will learn will be invaluable. You will leave with a sense of self satisfaction and a new confidence you never knew you had. Additionally, you will have a blast and partake in so many new and exciting things. For example, we interns put on the Octobomb Launch Party (pics are down below). This was really cool because none of us had actually planned an event, so it was a learning experience for sure, but a great one. It was stressful at times, but fun and we knocked it out of the park. We had bands, food, raffles, prizes, and more. I loved it and wished we could have done more of these. I also attended the Maloof Money Cup which was rad. Sold decks and went around representing and promoting Bmaboosk8. It was cool, and there was some great skating to watch. It was definitely a highlight of the experience. Oh and the OB street fair. Great time! (also the out of work stuff!) So with that I will bid you a due and say thank you to everyone at Bamboosk8. You guys have welcomed me in, taught me, and shown me stuff I was waiting and wanting to be a part of.  Thank you to all the other interns who put in the time and effort. We had some good times and I know I have made some relationships that will last beyond the infamous Cave. I don’t exactly know what’s next for me, but I am optimistic and confident that I will find something I love and enjoy. To the new class of interns, good luck! Don’t drink too much of the keg at work, and see you around!

Dan

Hey Guys,

Just though I’d give you a few ASR Pics. For your viewing pleasure.

Hey folks,

Well I just got back from a week and a half vacation to New Zealand.  It was awesome, that country is amazing.  I didn’t get to snowboard or skate while I was there, but I did get to bungee jump and go zorbing.  Those of you who don’t know what zorbing is, its where they stick you in this big plastic ball type thing and roll you down a hill…needless to say it blew my mind.

Also while i was there I got to go to some skate shops.  Let me tell you, I was grateful to live in America when I saw the prices of their skateboards and snowboards.  A Zoo York deck, not even a pro model, was around $85.  A Forum snowboard with crappy bindings, was $1,000.  A Nixon t-shirt was $60.  So, I just felt bad for all the kids our there who can’t do those things because it’s too damn expensive!

But, other than that it was amazing.  The native culture was awesome, they cooked us a full meal that had been cooked in a local hot spring.  We went caving in the middle of nowhere and saw glow worms.  We took a ride on a jet boat that went 60 mph while doing a 360 about 30 feet from a waterfall.  But, I am also glad to be back to normal life.  Surfing, skating and relaxing on the beach.  Especially glad that the 12 hour flight is over with!  It took me a while to get over that, especially with roomates who play karaoke at every single chance that they get, I’m not bitter or anything…

Well, thats about all I have to say.  Can’t believe the summer and the internship is almost over!  I don’t want to leave.

Peace

So all the interns have been busy with all these great events going on over the last couple of weeks and from what I hear they did a great job! Me, on the other hand, instead of battling large crowds at the Maloof Money Cup I was battling Mother Nature. This past weekend I once again returned home to Michigan for a much anticipated camping trip with my family and their friends from high school that I grew up with. This is a camping trip that we’ve done the same weekend for the last 20 years and this year I took on the role of planning the activities. And it turned out fantastic. I planned out and organized our ‘Camping Olympics’ which involved everyone splitting up into teams and competing against one another in Corn Hole, Ladder Ball, a putting contest  and then they proceeded to play Yatzee or Spoons. Which if you have never played Spoons I suggest you make sure you have health insurance beforehand because it gets intense. I’m not going to lie, I was caught a few times jumping and screaming bloody murder across the picnic table in search for the last spoon.

Then after dinner the teams also competed in a Jiffy-Pop Pop-Off and then Camping Taboo which I had created that incorporated all the themes, activities, places, adventures or things having to do with our camping trips of the last 20 years. With some assistance of my mother we came up with the fantastic theme of ‘Foiled again!’ This means that on Saturday night (when we do our big group dinner with all 40 of us!!) everyone had to cook their food in tin foil. But to make things more entertaining and slightly ridiculous, everyone was required to make an accessory of tin foil and wear it to dinner! It was fantastic to see everyone’s creativity and geeky side come out in full swing! Here are just a few pictures for your viewing pleasure.

So as we are sitting there in all of our tin foil glory, my dad proceeds to inform us all of this monstrous storm that is cross Wisconsin and should be reaching us within a few hours. So imagine if you will 40 people sitting in the middle of the woods covered in tin foil with a severe thunderstorm on the horizon. In any normal situation, you would think that these people might get up, seek shelter and remove the tin foil from the tops of their heads… nope. We finish dinner, refill our adult beverages and gather our chairs around the bonfire to continue with the festivities… a Jiffy-Pop Pop-Off!! Which sadly enough I did not capture on video but it was hilarious. There was jumping, dancing, singing, and lots of shaking done in, around, and over the fire. While comical, I do believe that we had mistakenly preformed a native Indian rain dance and brought on the rain sooner than expected. But the rain did not stop us, once it let up a little and we made sure our fire was still blazin’ we returned to the fire for round two of the contest only to be rained out again. And again you would think that after a second time being caught in the rain that any normal person might just simply retire to their camper or tent if you are a real camper seeing as how it was already approaching midnight. (Sidenote: for those of you that no me or my family, we have never made any claims to being normal or anywhere near it.) So we return to the fire for a third and then forth time to finally view clear skies till about 3:30 am, when either the early morning hours or the adult beverages have taken everyone captive. Luckily just in time, for nearly an hour later the mother of all storms comes rolling through! Don’t get me wrong, I love me a good thunderstorm and miss them seeing as though San Diego does not see much of them, but I do not suggest enjoying or watching a storm from inside a very small tent, with very thin walls, and very low to the ground! Let’s just say that Dana did not get much sleep that night for fear of floating away from the monsoon that seemed to happening out doors or the deafening thunder that made the ground feel as though we had pitched our tent on the rail road tracks with a high speed train barreling down it, never mind the lightning that light up the campground to intensely and frequently that I seriously contemplated putting my sunglasses on so I might be able to go back to sleep! After about an hour I was finally able to go back to bed and get a couple more hours of sleep before we had to pack everything up, which was still soaking wet. But I wouldn’t have changed a single moment! I miss Michigan and the amazing light flickering, wall shaking, tent flooding thunderstorms that happen only in Northern Michigan. I love camping!!

Hey mates,

How you guys handling those really busy 2 weeks of events? Still alive for the last and biggest one, the ASR?

I hope you had the opportunity to see live the surf contest at HB, it was wicked! Mark, Andrew Uno, Andrew Dos and I were there, we saw randomly Mike Fanning on the street, saw Reynold trying some sick air, Machado full of style as usual..  The day continued with Weezer’s gig and we ended up  at a random patio waiting for Uno.

Next day, straight to Maloof, enjoyed the skating vibe. Now guys be ready for the ASR, hope to see you there!

Alex

The last few weeks have been crazy around here. After the success of our Octabomb Launch Party we looked ahead to probably the busiest two weeks in the skateboard industry, especially in southern California. The US Open of Surfing, The X Games, The Maloof Money Cup, and ASR all take place in these two weeks. The X Games is always a huge event that takes over Los Angeles every year. This year they created an awesome park course and street course for all the skaters and BMX riders to rip up. There were some sick lines thrown down and one BMX rider even decided to air out of the street course, it was crazy. The US Open of Surfing took over the Beach at Huntington in it’s usual fashion. There were vendors tents, a massive park course, a huge skateboard bowl, and of course all the waves for the surfers. We were there for a few days passing out flyers and checking out the action, as well as the amazing concerts that are put on. The Maloof Money Cup was like nothing I have ever seen before. The course for the street skaters was sick and featured obstacles taken from various famous skate spots around southern California. Then just behind it was a very unique halfpipe as well as the Mini Mega Ramp. There were a million kids running around gathering up all the free swag they could, and Bamboosk8 held it down in the Kicker booth to inform people about our products and of course set them up with anything they needed to shred. This weekend is the ASR trade show in San Diego and you better believe that Bamboosk8 will be in the house representing. Also look for our very own warehouse manager Andrew to be shredding it up in the Shop Boys Contest, good luck man.

This past week was amazing at the Maloof Cup representing and holding down the fort for BambooSk8! I made so many new friends and I hope all the new owners of BambooSk8 boards enjoy and reep the benefits of our decks. I luv all the kids that came and hung out with me at the booth and taught me how to do some tricks while showing off their skillz. And I definitely want to thank all the Kicker Guys for sharing their booth with us and keeping it entertaining, good times. Oh and we musn’t forget the moment when Jess and I got in trouble for sk8ing …lol ….Anyways here is my shout out I promised to all my new friends and the BambooSk8 fans….

So….

Week 14 already and I’m not ready to leave! Seems like we just started this program and its almost finished.  Anyway, I attended the Maloof Money Cup for a bit yesterday. Wanted to stay for the finals but of course I had to go to work. I did manage to grab a few pictures though before I had to leave. I do have to say, the Orange County fair is sick and way better than Del Mar. I had to record the finals so I didn’t get to watch until late last night but there was some awesome skating going down yesterday. Congratulations to Chris Cole for killing it and taking first prize.

Anyway its Monday here in the cave and I’m all by my lonesome typing away with my coffee in hand. This week is going to be another busy one. We interns have a lot to get finished and we have to prepare and promote for ASR.  We’ve got the philosophy, charter, MPS, one on ones, ASR, the blog and more. Check one on the blog.  Time for me to get this all done. Hope you like the photos and talk to you soon.

D

If you like music, and I’m sure most of you out there do, and you like being rebellious and enjoy hanging out with beautiful people then The Vans Warped Tour is like heaven for you.

This coming week Uli and I will get the fantastic opportunity to go to this eventful event and represent BambooSk8.  If you there be on the look out for the Concrete Wave Tent and massive amounts of Bamboo Merch. Things don’t get any better than saving the environment while going to one of our generations best events.  Its gonn be EPIC.  I hope to see you all there!!  Come out and say hey…you may even meet the two lovely ladies below, but only if your lucky

Peace, Love, and Disco

check this song out by Set Your Goals, one of the bands playing at Warped Tour

The Few That Remain

who would have guessed, today is a busy @ the bamboo HQ

beside dealing with our main tasks ( like me for instance: Europe) we are preparing for the Weekend, which entirely booked out with all the skate events: Maloof money Cup and the Us Open

they are going to be great, that’s for sure, although I won’t be around. But 4 days off and visiting my friends in San Francisco sounds good to me as well. Then we have two times the Warped Tour in our schedule for next week. Thanks very much guys for taking me to the one in San Diego, you make a childhood dream come true

We also faced a new girlie board design line today, created by Jen, I named the edition “Sissy 29″( check the pictures, maybe Girl skateboards should reconsider their designs

We are also considering a cooperation with Svarowski for this particular product line. The lead slogan might be the AndrewG quote: “Go Pink, or go home”

last but not least, during all this being- busy- mentality which rules our day, we had time for the more important things in life, like for instance….

Jess

or her birthday to be more precisely:

happy birthday little lady

So this week we sadly enough had to say goodbye to our favorite blonde BambooSk8 buddy and mascot, Pope!! Pope was from the last intern class and one of my favorites! So Wednesday we all got together to give him a proper sending off… needless to say we all stayed up way past our bedtimes and were less than chipper in the morning but it was worth it.

Here is some pictures of Pope and his favorite ladies and his boys!!!

As I’ve sure you’ve already read but Jessee, Brian and I got to go enjoy the X-games with Mark, Andrew, and Geoff. Jessee already went into great detail about it so if you would like to hear more I suggest you wait 20 minutes and read her blog again. Otherwise hang in there, I’m working on creating a video of my favorite clips from the event. But it’s taking a little longer than expected since my computer hates me and I am still looking for the that perfect song for my video stars to rockout too. So stay tuned for those fun filled adventures!

Peace, Love & Coco Puffs

Dana

Now, despite the fact that we slave away here at BambooSk8 without seeing our bank accounts grow, there are definitely quite a few perks that come with the job. X Games anyone? Uhhh yeah.

The car ride to L.A. for X Games 16 with five heads (Mark, Andrew, Brian, Dana and myself) in Dana’s Civic was… memorable. We had live serenades and sick raps performed by BambooSk8’s own BRock that included original styling and lyrics to songs that everyone, but B, knows the words to. Lets just say, its a great thing he is so Marketing and Advertising savvy or I could see him trying to pursue American Idol, just to get shut down by Simon and added to the humorous hopeful episode.

Of course the competitions were sick and packed full of incredible performances of gravity rebellion. We saw Travis Pastrana take his seventh Moto X Freestyle Gold. His final run was a victory lap that included a ridiculous double back that had everyone in the arena on their feet roaring with applause – stoked!!

Pastrana being the mack daddy.

Photo Highlights:

Moto X

Moto X

Now, getting to what we all want to hear about… the Big Air Finals. These guys were unbelievable. They made falling from 40 feet in the air onto your knees look like taking a fun ride down the slide in the playground. It was nothing to them and they all just got up and walked away, no problem. Crazy!

Carlsbad kid Jake Brown took 1st after launching the 70 foot gap with a solid backflip, followed by a 540 off the 27 foot quarterpipe. Bob Burnquist was nipping at his heels, scoring a 93 compared to Jake’s 93.66, but just couldn’t stomp the 900 spin off the quarter. Still, an amazing performance by skateboarding superheros.

Two riders hitting the ramp at once. One filming the other. Nuts.

Post X Games, the raps and serenades by BRock continued – that I kept trying to chime into and quickly making things awkward… I got put in my appropriate seat in the car (you know the one thats apparently named after me, thats in the middle, in the back, where I would be the first one to die if we were to wreck), and I heard Andrew’s new favorite word(s) more than anyone needs to hear botched English in their lifetime. And Andrew, if you are reading this, “Nun yown biznez.” Ya heard?

Mark is very lucky that the X Games somehow killed my Droid because if my phone could access its’ memory card right now, this blog would have gone a completely different way. Unfortunately, the video I shot of him “dancing” on Pope’s last night in Cali, is now in embarrassing video heaven. I guess he is right, Driod does NOT; which, right now, is serving in his favor. Would Verizon hurry up and get the iPhone already?!?

BTW, Brian – American Idol tryouts are August 19th in SanFran… I’ll give you a ride if you sing your heart out and fake lyrics for Paula…

Also, Thanks for being our Mario Andretti, Dana! We all heart you!!

So the moral of this story is that being an unpaid intern still has its’ benefits. Last night reconfirmed that working in the action sports industry is where I want to be and that life is good.

I heart BambooSk8!

Andrew, Mark, Geoff, BRock, Me, and Dana ignoring us, as usual.

Left side view.

Right side view.

Crazy week filled with crazy moments with the crazies…..that pretty much sums it up. This week was amazingly long but filled with nothing but good times, I feel like I had some quality bonding moments with the BambooSk8 family. From the crazy awesomeness of our Launch Party to the acoustic performance of the rockstar Whit and the fairwell to Pope…it was a party filled week. Some things that I learned this week ……
1. If you are going to put a poster on a moving bus, make sure the tape is ready (ps. I am not advising that you do this)
2. When you have a microphone in your hand, have no expectations but be ready for anything
3. Fake mustaches are definitely a conversation starter
4. Mark has a secret alias , “Spiderman”, and Andrew is K.B. (Koala Bear…lol)
5. Stephen and Brian love Islands endless fries and onion rings, and they are cut off from having more than one serving of rockstar gum or monster
6. Watching the sunrise at denny’s always means you have an intersting story behind it
7. Playing hacky sack with a lighter in a room with a low hanging ceiling fan can get dangerous
8. finish every sentence with “murh murh….”

So yeah, I probably could go on but lets keep it interesting. Oh and the cherry to my sunday this week was I put together my first sk8 board ever and I am so excited!!!! Whos gunna teach me some tricks?

honestly?

Well, I try to. As you guys might now I’m German, and although the view you guys have about Germans( eins zwei, eins zwei and so on) I have to admit that you are more or less right. For instance, Germany I the only country I’ve ever been where you are moaned at you if you are one minute too late. Seriously? One minute?Yes! 8 o’clock is 8 o’clock and not 8:01. But thank god there are other Germans as well and I am happy that I am one of those:)

But anyway, If you followed our class 7 blog history you might have realized that I am likely to bullshit around, but not in this blog; I least I will try:)

First of all I have 3 reasons to write this blog.

The first is personal: Goodbye Pope( you might know him as Jeffrey from Intern class 6). This guy left sunny Oceanside this Wednesday which made us having a great party the day before until I guess 5 am. You can’t imagine how silent it was in the office the next day:)

he left us to work on some small Island, I just know it in the Atlantic ocean on the coast of New Hamster. Anyway, Pope, hope you have fun over there, but not as much as here so you regret leaving us:) Have a good time, see you in a couple of years for an awesome surf session; being in the water is really not half as fun without you.

Second reason: today I stumbled over the Blog entry of MarkD about his recent project “Vertical Gardens”,

Check it out its a great idea in my eyes

http://www.verticalearthgardens.com

Third Issue: In week 12 we are encouraged to write a bit about the internship here and our experiences so far.

I just can say its still great and as I focused myself I have to admit that I really gained lots of important experiences so far. First of all, my English language skills have improved dramatically. Additionally I feel like my work skills and my ability to get more things done in a shorter amount of time really increased. The whole working environment here supports my personal development like I never would have guessed and the best thing is, entirely without any lack of fun. It is simply great to see how our effort we have put in this company pays off. At this point, thank you guys for getting to know you and supporting my personal development. Due to this internship I am looking forward to go back to university for another year, just to learn thing which would have been useful to know while I am here, so now I am indeed looking forward to sit in the auditory again.

I wish you all a great weekend

cheers

Uli

Fellows, still interested by our progress towards the old land called Europe?

Well, Denmark is going to have soon the opportunity to test our boards, this Danish web magazine (http://skateboard.dk/) gonna have the honor to try, organize a testing event on them local “venice beach” and write comments about our decks ! Sweden is following right behind with Norway and southern Europe isn’t too far neither.. Cant wait start packing those samples and check them article, pics of the event and so one.

Come to you mates later with some more Euro news.

Cheers,

Aex

In life, we are faced with many questions.  For example, what are you gonna do for a career?  Where are you gonna live?  How much wood could a woodchuck chuck?  These questions everyone has to answer at some point throughout their life.  But every once and awhile we are blessed with special opportunities to have unique questions presented to us.  Stephen and I had one of these opportunities the other night as we were heading to see the rockstar known as Whitman Randy Savage.

As we were at a stop light, a black Lincoln Navigator pulled up next to us.  It was this lady in her late 30’s or early 40’s.  She rolled down her windows and started hitting on us…we were paralyzed.  So, the world just blindsided us with this question:  What do you do when a cougar in a black Lincoln Navigator rolls up next to you and starts hitting on you?  Still to this day, I don’t know what the answer is!  Oh and Islands Burgers is amazing!  Endless fries for life baby.

… something happened somewhere, but thats not what this post is going to be about. Not such a long time ago there happened something as well and it happened in the Pacific Beach Surf Shop.

THE OCTOBOMB LAUNCH PARTY

Actually it was last Thursday when we finally aired our new board and experienced that all the blood, sweat and tears we’ve put in through the last weeks finally paid off in an breathtaking result; I sometimes like to exaggerate:) but no lie it was definitely a great party. Bull Taco filled our stomaches with great tasting tacos and served the hottest sauce I’ve ever consumed( thats no exaggeration, this stuff was really hot). We danced to the tunes of Boomsnap, Seth Petersen and Whit’s Band and got culturally enriched by Jess and her fiddle. We had so much stuff for the raffle and the silent auction, for instance a surfboard and of course our new designed Octobomb shirts, we couldn’t get rid of all this stuff. Not too bad, now I have some surfwax savings:)

But anyway, when we started at 7 pm I was a bit concerned because there weren’t that many people, but it turned out that Jen is a genius promoter. Just a bit later the shop was packed and we had crazy skate sessions going on outside, and everybody loved our board; which is simply awesome by the way.  So what can I say, it was a great party, thanks everybody, you all did a great job and thanks everybody who was there celebrating with us. If you haven’t been there, you better be sad now because you definitely missed a great party.

We even  had fake mustaches for everyone; Yes, damn right, FAKE MUSTACHES for everyone and for free.

So as you can see you definitely missed a rad party, check those pictures and find even more on our facebook. Here is also a video from the guys from PB Surf Shop and check the Octobomb Skate video on our sk8 blog, its sick.

PB Octobomb video

have fun with all the media stuff and have a great day

cheers

Uli

For those of you who have never written a blog…it is actually kind of difficult.  First you have to think of something interesting to write about, then you have to write about it in an interesting way, and then you have to make people read it and stay interested.  So to those of you who write a successful blog and have lots of followers and have people commenting on your posts….props!!  That is a big deal and an amazing accomplishment.

So we had out Launch Party last week on Thursday and it was awesome!! We had some crazy things happen that I’m not allowed to write about, things that dealt with hotel rooms, random people yelling, and things that may or may not be legal.  So overall it was a success.  I made it out alive.  Hope all you guys are having a good week and to everyone out there…keep skatin’

Week 12 it is. So the Launch party was pretty freaking awesome. Everyone had a great time. The music was good, the food delicious, and the Bamboosk8 team kicked butt. We all really worked well together to make the evening big success. Huge thanks to all the sponsors who came out to represent.  We look forward to future events with all of them.

We are still busy with the Maloof Money cup, U.S. Open, and X Games, all coming up. We are all excited and want to have a presence at each of these events. We are currently figuring the logistics of who is going to be where.  I think I will be attending the Maloof street finals Sunday Aug. 7; it’s going to be sweet. Hopefully I can sell decks and promote Bamboosk8 as well as I did at the OB street fair. I’m bringing my A game and setting a personal goal of 15 decks!

Other than that, I’m still really enjoying my time here at Bamboo. I am still learning and trying to absorb everything I can. I know the end is near and I want to finish strong and leave a lasting impression. I need to continue to work on the personal goals and commitments I set at the beginning and see them through to the end. Our twitter account is gaining followers and I am still working on ways to increase the numbers even further.  I will see you all back in a week or so with another update. Until then, Lorber out.

To everyone that was at the Octabomb Launch Party, thanks for coming out, it was an amazing event and everyone had a great time, some had a better time than others, hahahaha. Anyway, looking into the near future it seems that we have a ton of stuff going on. This weekend X Games kicks off and you better believe we will be there to see everything go down. The US Open of Surfing also kicks off this week, if you have any down time cruise on out to Huntington pier and soak up some sun and the madness that is the US Open. It is definitely gonna be a good time. The Maloof Money Cup is also right around the corner, if you want to see the best skateboarders in the world killing one of the sickest courses ever, then you better be there. Bamboosk8 will be represented at all these events, they are going to be amazing. Things in the cave are going just fine, it looks like another day of fun and excitement with everyone here at Bamboosk8, it’s gonna be a good week.

Tonight is the night of the launch party…hopefully it will be filled with mayhem and debauchery, both of which make for a good party.  If you have no plans you should come out and hang with us.  Maybe you ‘ll even be able to catch a glimpse of the ever elusive Octo Bomb skateboard.  Rumor has it they exist but few have seen one and even fewer have actually skated on one.  If your lucky you may get to do both at this party.  That’s enough rambling though.  If the party goes well you may never hear form me again, if it sucks well you still may never hear form me again.

Finally, it’s done
the video about the Almabtrieb 2010 downhill championship aired!
check it out , looks like a pretty cool weekend
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Hello everybody and a happy new week,

mondays are allways, hmmm…..well……. let’s say they are. So anyway, this monday design queen Dana came in with a bunch of boxes containing a new load of T- shirts. Now we got the bamboo logo shirt in so many different colors as you can see on the pics. Furthermore, I got a shot of a rare situation: Mark being really busy( just kidding, he got injured on a soccer game.) We also have now crocodiles living close to the office, so watch your steps. And I’ve been searching a bit in our past and found this awesome picture of buddy Bob B. holding one of ours. This week will be pretty intense, we got a lot of stuff to do for thursday, where we finally are going to launch or new Octobomb board. You should definitely come over to PB surf shop, it gonna be an awesome evening and it is freeee!!!!! So hopefully see you there.

By the way,I had a severe personal change in my mind last week As a strongly convinced street skater( unfortunately more or less retired because of my knees:( I never was really into longboards, but cruzing through Oceanside on our 46″ Pintail is so fun, so I’m now considering about taking one with me to Mexico after this intern. I just have to figure out how to manage all my luggage. Through the last week there was the “Almabtrieb” Event going on close to where I am from, check the video, the track is pretty sick.

Wish you all a monday afternoon

cheers UliAlmabtrieb track 2010

Oh what a crazy couple of weeks! Its crunch time now for the Launch Party and we’ve still got lots of stuff to organize but after all the sweet merch we got in this week its coming together quite nicely! This party is going to be a blast! I’m excited for it! So we just got done with our Mid-term this past week and let me tell you what… to all those little kiddies out there… my advice is to take some business classes!! Although this week has been stressful it has been a great learning experience about all the inner workings of a company. On top of all this I’ve been busy with the new shirt designs for the party. We’ve got another round of shirt being printed as we speak and some new designs going to the printers next week which I think should turn out pretty sweet! I’ll post those up once they are completed. Well that’s all for now, got to get back to the sketch pad!

Peace, Love & Coco Puffs

Hey People,

So, this week I have learned that the perfect time to skate our new Octobomb board is on Thursday July 8th at 2:10 Pm!  Look closely!

But everyone is getting stoked about the Launch party that is going down next week!!!!  So, a lot of our time is being spent on the finishing touches of that.  But, this week I have been researching a lot of things about skateboarding and it made me think about skateboarding and where it is heading.  For example, skateboarding will be in the Olympics soon…I don’t know how I feel about that.  On one hand it is good for it to be popular so we will have more parks and it could be accepted a little more and may become less “illegal.”  But, on the other hand skateboarding has been the sport without rules from the beginning, where outcasts can go and belong.  So, the counter culture sport becoming part of the culture…who knows, progression is progression I guess.  Well, that is enough of me rambling on, live Bamboo!

This speaks for itself

In case you can’t read the above photo:

1. “Have you ever seen midget porn??!!” – Erick

2. “Don’t gotta get ready if you stay ready.” – Mark

3. “Thats legit!!” – Wyatt

4. “Heather, is it good for you?” – B Rock

5. “I love those Sundays with those nut sacks.” – B Rock 2

6. “Whit! You are against ninjas?? You must not use ninja techniques!!” – Uli

7. “I think that might have happened after I chugged the 4 Loco..” – Jessee

8. “Ugh, hello, I don’t lick my own butthole!” – Dana

**Attention Jen, Dan, Nick, Steven, Heather, Andrew, Geoff, and definitely Whit – I expect greatness.

Hey mates, internship is still rocking, we filmed last week our newest skate/longboarding video for the Octobomb deck launching with our team riders. we got lot of good staff, some street lines, parks, bowl… You gonna have to check this out at our launch party the 22 of this month, in 9 days! Fellows, see you there

Well the weeks are going faster and the work is definitely not subsiding.  We are still in the works of planning and executing the Octobomb Launch Party. We have teamed with several Sponsors and live entertainment to bring you the sickest Launch party in ages! We are currently marketing aggressively this week and next through the awesome fliers and posters Dana cooked up, as well as through our various social media outlets. So far we have 87 guests confirmed through face book, but we need more! Oh and did I mention that Bull Taco will be out in front grilling fresh, made to order street tacos. Yea, everyone should definitely check this event out. It’s going to be a night to remember. Also, a pretty cool tid bit, Bamboosk8 & Concrete Wave Have teamed up at the Vans Warped Tour to bring you the Passport Program http://www.vanswarpedtour.com/warpedtour/news.asp?xid=16522&id=1765497. It’s pretty cool and an awesome idea.  Other than that, busy working on my individual goals and maintaining the Bamboosk8 twitter account. I’m trying to figure a way of reaching our goal of 5,000 followers.  It’s going to be tough, but I think we can get close.

I have been having a blast here. Whether it’s meeting great new people, learning the ins and out of business and skateboarding, or attending events and doing anything asked of me. It’s all good and I’m loving it. I can’t wait for next week to see how this all comes together. We just got a shipment of Rockstar goodies to hand out and raffle off.  I’m chewing their caffeinated gum right now and drinking a cup of coffee. Its intense but I’m getting a lot or work done! Anyway, talk to you all soon.

Hey guys, so it’s been a couple weeks since we talked last and so much has happened. First off things have been moving right along with our Launch Party, we’ve got some great bands performing and some sweet donations for the raffles and the silent auction. And Jessee and I went shopping the other week so I’ve got a cute dress to wear to the event too! Pretty pumped! There were a couple designs that I finished last week that I made a mock up of this week and have been rockin’ all week! I have also posted a picture of it below! The jacket turned out pretty sweet. What else has been going on? Oh I went to the fair!!! Unfortunately I was not successful with my mission to uncover some of my most favorite fair food, elephant ears!!  But went on a big scary ride instead. Luckily I did not die as I thought I was going to while waiting in the line for 45 minutes. But it ended up being worth it, it was fun and I got a nice strawberry sundae as a reward for being a big girl! This week I’m actually back home in Michigan this week for the Fourth of July weekend, just been working on the posters for the launch party while sitting out on the dock and doing some t-shirt designs while on the boat.  So the past two weeks have been pretty busy, so being back on the lake in Michigan has been a pretty refreshing change of pace. It’s been a pretty rough weekend thus far between the boating and bonfires, but I think I’ll survive. Well got to go get on the Wakeboard  and tear it up a little bit before hittin’ the town tonight for Karaoke at the local bar!

Peace, Love & Coco Puffs

Dana

tomorrow it happens again,
its more or less your birthday
227 years ago( if i didn’t count wrong) you finally sent the red skirts the first time home to their Queen. Ok, they remained in Canada, but who cares.
So happy happy birthday from Germany.
I promise I will celebrate you tomorrow as passionate as everybody else here and as passionate as my home country celebrates at the moment. Two times facing Argentina in the quarters, two times bye bye “Albiceleste”
so at this point :
DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND DEUTSCHLAND !!!!!
We don’t celebrate our country’s birthday like you, we celebrate soccer, so a bit more infrequent and spontaneous, but it actually it turns out to be more or less the same.
So happy Independence Day everybody
have a nice weekend of celebration,

Click on this video NOW! This is why he is the Danimal. This is the result of working too hard, being super hungry, and I think I see a little frustration in his face as well…

Dan doing the Hula on YouTube

Expect a follow up video on the craziness of Dan the Man. 4th of July is all I have to say about that.

These past couple weeks have been crazy, hectic, and awesome. We are gearing up for the most epic party ever! Just to remind you, it is on JULY 22, 2010 at PB Surf Shop. Be there, or else! Last night, Mark and I went to check out Boom Snap, a super rad band that resides in PB and they are now officially added to the line up for our party! I couldn’t believe how many ladies were avid fans, I mean, I can believe it, just wait until you see this base player – he moves like a dream. Unbelievable.

This party is going to be the best thing since wheels on boards. I hope you have your party pants ready!

Have an awesome 4th!!

Week 8 for some, week 4 for me. Almost a month for me in the US, already? Time flies. Well during this month I have learn a lot and done as much as I could but time is running and we still have a lot to do. I will experiment my first 4th of July this weekend, will see how crazy it will be!

So happy Independence day American fellows and enjoy!

There is so much going on this week it is crazy.  We are all gearing up for the Octabomb release party, with proceeds going to the National Wildlife Foundation to help the wildlife that was effected by the oil spill in the Gulf.  We will also be donating five dollars from each Octabomb board sold on the website to the cause.  We are loading up on sponsors and Swag bags for the event so be sure that you are there for a great party with the Crew from Bamboosk8.  You know that you want to come party with Mark, Andrew, and Whit.  Not to mention Wyatt, Geoff, and all the interns, there are so many characters here that the night should be epic.  Every day here is a new experience and I am loving every minute of it.  It is hard to believe that we are halfway done, but we still have so much to accomplish.

It is now week 8 and the BambooSk8 internship class 7 is already half way done!!  It’s been a ton of fun, but it could be more fun if we all had BambooSk8 vuvuzela’s!!  Even though USA lost, so sad, we can still put the vuvuela’s to good use…here are some ways to use them:

1. cheer on your friends at the skate park

2. cheer for Edward of Jacob while watching the new Twilight movie!!

…that’s all I could think of.  Don’t forget to check us out on facebook!!  Later Playas!!

So, us interns are basically half way done with our internship!  SO Crazy!  But, we are still working hard, learning a lot and having a good time. Just like these guys…

For example, today I learned that ninjas are invisible and can beat any competitor…both fictional and for reals.  That knowledge was handed to me from Uli, thanks man. I also learned that the band Scooter is the best band ever!  Here is their lead singer…

H.P. Baxxter, best singer ever!

We are currently working on getting some videos out there.  Next week we will also start our version of “Real World” here in the intern cave, so hopefully that goes well!

Check out the Facebook fan page and invite your friends!

I’m out!

Well week seven came and went, off to week eight.  It’s been super busy for me here but in a completely good way. I attended and represented at the Ocean Beach Street Fair over the weekend.  We had two of our sponsored riders show up and throw it down at the demo put on by the Ocean Beach Surf and skate shop. Danny medaled third while Lorenz threw some sick front side flips over this rail box thing.  I was busy taking pictures, slanging decks, and walking around meeting people and promoting the octobomb launch party. (Which is going to be so rad!) I also watched a little soccer, which as we all know, ended in heartbreak. But it was intense down there and I don’t think soccer’s ever been this big in the states.

We have been intensely working on this launch party, contacting companies and getting sponsors on board that want to come and be part of our night. Also, we are having live entertainment, food, raffles, and prizes, which are only going to add the awesomeness of the evening. I’m really enjoying this aspect of the internship experience and I’m thinking this is something that I am good at and want to continue. I like being out at events and telling everyone about our company. I can sell, and market, meet people, and establish relationships. I’m hoping that these qualities will provide a substantial return to the company. Planning these events can be stressful at times, but I like the pressure, and its fun. I can’t wait to see how the party actually turns out and the return all of our hard work produces. Anyway, that’s all I have for now. This week is going to be another crazy one. There are a lot of things to do and secure up in terms of the launch party and other events we have coming up. I’m dialed in though and up for the challenge. Until the next time. Lorber-Out

So today in the cave, Jessee, Jen and I decided that we wanted to prove that we can be as good as hookit level 2 kids. One young gentleman submitted a picture of himself “jumping/dropping” with his board from a ledge but his back foot is still clearly planted on the ground. We figured “hey we can do that!” so we did. and took pictures. Needless to say this lovely Monday in the cave was full of laughs and us girls posing on the ramp, attempting to not actually drop in and potentially die. Come see how good we look!

Stay Classy San Diego!

xoxo Heather

Finally happy to see some pictures on the intern blog? More and more will come out, just keep on following our news. Have a good weekend.

Lots of laughs in the cave today. Can’t believe its already week 7. Coming close to the halfway point, crazy isn’t it? Pizza, hanging out, and getting lots of work done. Today is a good day.

PHOTO OP!!!!

The dungeon is a little crowded today with interns and subsequently has been flooded with pizza and beer.  Tempers have been flared and feelings have been hurt.  Sometimes things just have to get down and dirty I suppose.  Uli has enlightened us with his infinite wisdom and AC/DC  has let us know who has the best and biggest balls.  

Safe to say….there is no such thing as a boring day here at Bamboo Sk8.

Good morning everybody,and happy GOSK8DAY by the way. I hope you will all have (or had so far; for my buddies at home) an awesome day on the boards which mean the world. Be prepared San Diego, the Bamboo Promo teams will roll over and crash the spots all 0ver the area. I really look forward to see all of you out there rollin’ n rockin’ your ass up (hope you’re happy know Whit). We did a pretty nice warm up on Saturday here in our HQ with barbeque, our awesome new Quarter and all our team riders and friends. It was a great day, except I hurt my ankle, which is better again by the way. At this point I would like to thank everybody out of the Bamboo crew for their effort on this day, especially our riders. You were really rockin’ this day and we have a few really nice shots we will put online as soon as possible. That’s all so far, have a nice day, go skate and see you soon.

 Cheers

Uli

Hey guys,

I’m writing to you guys with green finger tips from a freshly painted quarter pipe and it looks pimp! We’ve got out team BBQ tomorrow and the guys are going to love it! What else… Oh! Happy Go Skate Day to all you skaters out there on Monday!! We’ve been working out a game plan to hit up all the parks and officially wish everyone a Happy Go Skate Day with BambooSK8 stickers and flyers for our Launch party that we have been ferociously planning over the past week. And it is all coming together quite well. We’ve got the venue and some awesome sponsors so far, just working out some of the other details and I will be working on creating another installation piece for this event that we will being having down in Pacific Beach July 22^nd. So if you are in the area you should definitely cruise on by and check it out, we’ll have live music and yummy food. But I’ll keep you guys posted. We’ve had a crazy busy week here with lots of things to do and tight deadlines and I’m loving every minute of it, can’t wait to get started on these designs for the Launch Party and some sweet T-shirts designs that we’ve come up with for all the events this summer.  Check back with me for all the fun filled details! Laters.

Peace, Love and Coco Puffs

With the sun steppin out and the golden tans shining its evident that summer is here as well as a whole load of events of summer fun. Excited for the BBQ that’s goin on this weekend, the guys built an awesome quarter pipe it definitely forecasts for some awesome times with our team riders. All the work that everyone has been putting in for the launch party of the Octobomb shows very promising, and you should all come out, support and see what BambooSk8 has brought to the table.  Monday, Go Skate Day!  We will be representing and hitting up spots all over So. Cal, look for us and say whats up. Each week here goes by faster than the last, but learning something new happens everyday, and the craziness gets crazier and that’s what keeps it interesting and fun filled with new ideas. Stay tanned.

Mr. Lorber being his rad self.

Dan is definitely too legit to quit.

It has been a rad few weeks here at BambooSk8. Lots of things going on to keep all of us crazy busy. Our Octobomb release party has an official date: July 22nd at the Pacific Beach Surf Shop. Come one, come all! We are going to have bands, a DJ, grub from Bull Taco, and giveaways. I know we are a ways out, but mark down the date in you calender because it is going to be LEGIT! This weekend we are getting together with our team riders for a little grub/skate session. I’ve got my camera charged and ready to gather evidence of the radness of our new digs (i.e. the sweet ramp). Exciting times.

Keep shredding that Bamboo and always remember to be TOO LEGIT TO QUIT!

Finally back in beautiful San Diego, and I’m here for good. Today is only my second time doing work in the office but the atmosphere is great. Everyone is so friendly. Spent my first day attempting to skateboard (fail) and helping everyone else with their projects. Worked on a big art project with Dana, girls and power tool (woo) and sent it off to a museum. Been spending all of time today organizing our canvassing plans for GO SKATE DAY (which is this monday so look for us at your local skateparks…we’ll be EVERYWHERE) So thats pretty much it for me, getting into the swing of things here in the office, in our little cave, dealing with moving all of my stuff back home and figuring out what to do with myself now that I don’t have class everyday. So far, freedom is sweet.

xoxo Heather

my failed attempt to skate around the warehouse

Dana's skateboard mosaic

Hey guys and gals,

We have been doing work here in the intern cave and the warehouse the last couple of weeks.  Just today we finished our own personal quarter pipe.  Nick was a champ and did most of the work.  We still had some stuff to do and it only took like 20 hours, 3 broken drill bits, 2 broken screwdrivers, and Alex and I staying till 9 last night to get it done.  But it is done and it skates well!  So, our warehouse skatepark is getting better every day!  Check out the facebook pictures to see how it turned out.

We have some cool crap going on the next couple of weeks.  Go skateboarding Day is on monday, and the launch of the Octobomb party is gonna be sick!  Gotta get back to work.

Peace,

Brian

hey hey hey, I cannot believe that it’s already been 6 weeks of my awesome internship here with BambooSk8.   So far it’s been a wild ride, meeting cool people, working on cool projects, and building cool things.  Well we’ve really only built one cool thing, but it’s super cool.  This week Brian, Alex, and I have successfully completed building a quarter pipe.  Nick brought it in to the shop and had most of it done but it was up to us to put the finishing touches on the ramp.  It ended up being a lot more work than we expected as it took Brian Alex and Andrew til 9pm yesterday to finish it, those guys are legit.  But it is amazing and ready for our team riders to shred on Saturday.  Don’t forget about Go Skateboarding Day on Monday and Father’s Day on Sunday.  We are also in the process of creating BambooSk8’s very first team riders video.  Lots of cool things in the future.  Stay tuned for everything cool we’re about to do.  Pieces!

Good morning everybody,

it’s around 9:30 in the morning, I am looking forward to a great day with my Mastershoplist and I am tired. So far the news. I have to admitt that I had an awesome time so far in Oceanside. We finaly found an apartment more or less dircetly on the OS beach and today is moving day, which indicates more or less indirectly that I have to leave Mark’s chouch; unfortunately, I guess it’s the most comfortable couch on the whole wide world.

 I’m realy looking forward for the next time, we have so many different project which are all really cool and I can’t wait for saturday when our selfmade obstacles, among others a quater pipe( yyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssss, a quater pipe!!!!!!!!) are ready, thanks to mostly Brian and Steve; We’ll have awesome sk8 breaks.

By the way, you should try to see Whit playing his guitar, he can even make Bob Dylan songs bearable for my ears, but he will get famous anyway because he now is the big buddy of O’Mally Jones( yeeeessssssssssssss, O’Mally Jones!!!!!)

Anyway, a few days ago I got a text ( or, better said a few) from Melissa, which made me a bit confused, she wrote:

Why is it so easy to reject a good person? (Yet we stay with someone who takes us thru hell?) Why is it so easy… For us to leave home? ( But so hard for us to come up out of our hole?) Why do we sleep in school? ( but stay awake through a 3 hour movie?) Why is it so hard… to talk about God?( But to talk about premarital sex?) Why are we so bored when we look at a Christian book?( But find it easy to read Zane?) Why …is it so easy to ignore a Godly forward? ( Yet we forward  the demeaning ones?) Why are Churches getting smaller? (But bars and clubs are expanding?) Why… Is it so easy to worship a celebrity? (But very difficult to worship God?) think about it, are you going to forward this? Or are you going to ignore it… cause you think you will get laughed at or not cool? The Lord said: If you deny Me in … in front of your friends, I will deny you in front of my Father

Well, Melissa, true words! I have to admit these are all good questions, but I honestly have better things to do than minding about such things, like fishing, playing bocha with the French or counting every single bamboo spear in Andrew”s warehouse. Anyway, sorry that I didn’t respond, Melissa, but who the hell are you again?

So, I wish you all a great day, I will now check out how far the quater is constructed yet

see you soon

Uli

We are now in week 6 here at bamboosk8, everything is amazing.  I just finished a few new additions to the warehouse.  A 4 foot quarter pipe and a sweet fun box for all of us to play on.  Pictures and crash reports will be posted soon.  We have a lot going on this week.  We are planning the Launch Party for the new Octabomb which is going to be awesome.  Look for updates on that any day and make sure that you are all there.  We are also having a team BBQ and photo shoot this weekend.  I am looking forward to hanging out with everyone for the day and skating the new ramps.  I am excited to see what we come up with around here, everyday we seem to come up with new ideas.  Also be sure to check out our display at the California African American Museum in the Green Section.  Dana and a few of us worked really hard on the display and it looks sick.  Go check it out if you are ever up in LA.

Well week five came and went. Now it’s six. Good times here at Bamboosk8. The other interns are great, as well as everybody working here in the layer. Reflecting back, it’s amazing how much I’ve learned, and how much I’m continuing to absorb. I’m in change of managing the twitter account and have so far obtained approximately 200 followers. We are currently trying to link all of our social media outlets to directly increase sales on our website. It’s really fun, and has taught me just how much of an influence social media has on today’s businesses.  Right now the interns and I are planning the launch party of our new deck coming out July 21. This is really cool but there is a lot that goes into it. We are presently contacting sponsors, bands, and various charitable organizations to be present at our shin dig.  I think (at least I hope) that it will be a big success! If we all put in the effort, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t be. Nick has built us a rad quarter pipe and fun box that I’m staring at right now as I type. The coping isn’t on it yet but I can’t wait to take a break and skate this beast.  So I guess that’s it for now. See you in week eight!

Hey all, im back!!! So i was doing some research and I am super excited to get the party started and show the industry who we are. The internship is still going great, learning and experiencing everyday. Everyday there is something new to conquer but I keep my head up no matter how hard the task may be and keep movin forward and takin full advantage of what I am learning. Im still havin fun though!!! I recently attended the Dragon Skate race where I got to do the design on the flyers we had past out, with the help of Dana of course!! That event was amazing, it turned out great and people really dug our style and concept. DRAGON SKATE RACE= SUPER FUN.

Oh me oh my, how time flies! I am in Week 4 of my days in the cave and it just keeps getting better and better. I mean, how can you beat a job that allows you to take skate breaks and play on the plethora of boards we are surrounded by?! Seriously though, in reference to the awesomeness, a couple days ago I watched some of our fellow interns turn an empty semi into a skate feature and they were crushing it! Pics will be coming soon, don’t you worry!!  We got some pretty sweet new T’s recently that everyone has been modeling around the office. I think I have seen a couple peeps who have been wearing them daily, making me question if the washing machine has been utilized. Stinky boys! Well, hope everyone had a fantasmic Memorial Day and I hope to see you shredding that Bamboo!

…You never know what the dice of life will roll your way….In week 4 at BambooSk8 and everything has been unbelievably awesome.  Yes there have been many moments and feelings of how do I approach this? or Where do I start?  But the key is diving right in. Things are really starting to move, learning from mistakes and from accomplishments keeps me on my toes. I have come to amaze myself in all that I am taking on. With the greatest mentors lighting our path we are sure to show more results, spreading the news that BambooSk8 is standing firm and making its presence known.

So I’ve been recently imported from Munich, Germany to get to know how life is under the sun.  I’m now in my third day of the Bamboo internship. So far it has been a really cool time. While working up all the stuff I missed throughout the first weeks and coming up with new ideas steadily, they a spreading like bamboo plants .We somehow managed to test our products in frequent skating sessions in our top- secret Bamboo- Lab aka storage hall. The more I skate them the more I like this kind of decks. We do our best to get you all in favor of this amazing pop’in, super light boards and put an extra portion of fun and love in all of our decks, just for you. I’m pretty sure the next weeks will be a lot of work, but fun as well and I really can’t wait to get things packed on. Anyway, I’m looking forward for the first surfing session today, finally. I wish you all a great weekend, see you next week

Cheers

Rounding out the first month of interning here at BambooSk8. I’m loving it. I’m just counting down the days until I graduate from UCSB and can move to San Diego. Then I’ll be finally working in the office.  Being stuck up here I don’t think I’m getting the full experience. I’m just so excited to meet everyone face to face, be able to log in office activity hours, go to events…everything. Starting to come up with new ideas to promote our boards. We’ve talked about creating video updates and even possibly a “RealWorld Bamboo.” Lots of fun ideas flowing in and out. I’m visiting San Diego next week (since I finish my very last final..ever, on tuesday) so I’m going to be in the office on Wednesday. Hopefully get a good start on developing all of these ideas with everyone else.  I’m stoked to be in there with the other interns. Then I do have to go back to Santa Barbara to attend graduation, but then I’m done!

Let the countdown to the big San Diego move begin.

Heather <3

what’s up ladies and fellas.  So I’m not sure who all reads these blogs…future interns, skaters, or people who just absolutely love the company BambooSk8, but I hope you guys get a kick out of all our shenanigans.  Well week 4 is over and it’s crazy how fast it has all gone by.  We’ve done a lot learned a lot and are putting together a lot for the future.  So be on the look out for viral videos, new decks, and sick shots from our team riders.

It gets nuts in the inter cave sometimes and everyone begins to go a little crazy, you would to if you spent 9 hours in a room with no windows inhaling bamboo dust constantly.  Butttt it’s all good cuz we have some crazy stories and good times.  We’re putting together some pretty funny videos that will be posted on youtube, facebook, and other sites so get pumped for those.  In the meantime, get out and ride your bamboo decks for the world to see!! Hopefully the world will want one to.  You guys out there take care!!

Well I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend, cause I sure did.  It is technically my third week here at BambooSk8 but we are on our fourth week of work and the ball is really rollin’ now.  So much has been thrown at us things have been a bit chaotic but I think most of the interns here are starting to get a little settled and used to how things run.  I am constantly learning about the company and how a small business such as this works.  This experience is kinda acting as a crash course business school for me, which is awesome, since my studies in college took me in a different direction.  We are in the process of planning a couple events here that are really exciting.  I’ve only been working in the intern dungeon as of yet and am really stoked to get out there in the streets spreading the word.  We also are getting ready for our complete longboards to come in which look to be a thing of beauty.  I think these boards are really gonna take BambooSk8 to a new level.  I’ll be in touch with future developments, but until next time….stay green, stay classy

ciao,

Erick

Hey OH!

So, turns out interning here at Bamboosk8 is pretty sweet.  Everyone here is super chill.  Just working back in the intern cave with the other interns is always a good ole time.  It has been fun to talk to some of the Hookit sponsored kids to get to know some of our skaters.  Also, just getting to know the ins and outs of the company has been nice.

I am stoked for all the events and things that we have planned for the rest of the summer.  We have some cool stuff that we are getting ready for!   The Facebook and other social media are getting revamped and cool things will be happening there as well.  It is so nice to be with a company you believe in and like.  I got my first board just a couple of days ago and it rides real nice.  I just thought all the talk about Pop was just a sales pitch, but the boards hold up against all the hype.  Pretty legit!  Can’t wait for more skate sessions in the warehouse.

Keep Ridin,

B Rock

Hey everyone,

Dan Lorber here again. Week 4. Time to reflect back on the experience so far and how I think its going. Well, in short, it’s pretty freakin cool. It’s been exciting and challenging, interesting and demanding. It’s been quit the learning experience and I am so glad I have been given the opportunity to be a part of it. To date, I have not yet been able to attend an event.  We have only held one so far, the dragon downhill, but I plan to be at as many as I can. I think the experience of actually being in the field and telling people about our product will be something I’m really good at. Our product is dope, and I’m really looking forward to being in our booth and repping our decks. I’m on information overload right now. Leaning the ins and outs of the business and everything involved with it. My social media skills have improved greatly and I’m still learning. There is so much to know and I’m understanding that a strong social media presence is definitely the way of the future for businesses. I’m learning from the big bosses as well. Mainly that being organized, structured, and on time are very important characteristics to possess when operating a business. This is what I expected and I am grateful that they are here to support me and give me the knowledge and wisdom necessary to be successful in this industry and life in general.  To finish, I am so stoked for what is yet to come from this experience. I think I have just scratched the surface of what I am capable of and what I can bring to the table. I going to continue to work hard and contribute. I love my new bamboo deck and have been skating more than I have in while. So until the next time.

We are now in our fourth week here at Bamboosk8, and everything is going amazing.  I attended my first event last weekend, the Dragon Skate Race at UC Irvine.  The event was amazing, some of those downhill skaters are out of their mind and there were plenty of crashes to go around.  We were also able to give the crowd a sneak peek of our newest creation here at Bamboosk8, the Octabomb.  This deck has an amazing shape and it  is small, light, and compact.  It has probably the sickest graphic I have ever seen.  I cannot wait until this thing gets releases and you all better get your orders in asap because this thing is gonna sell like crazy.  After a long weekend of layovers, canceled flights, and rental cars it is great to be back in the office.  I am stoked on all the events and things we are working on.  There will be more to come on that in the near future.  I am really excited to begin working with and expanding our team of riders, this is a great opportunity for the up and coming riders to get some exposure.  There is a lot going on here in the cave and new ideas are flowing like crazy.  Stay tuned and see what we can do.

Hey guys, Dana here again. So I’m just jumping into my third week and have already done so much and still have tons to do. Right now I am just getting some stuff together for an exhibit that BambooSK8 will be featured in up in LA at the California African American Museum. The exhibit is call How We Roll, which will highlight four decades of skateboard legends of color that helped layout incredible core achievements in skate board culture. We will be in the eco-friendly section that they will also be showcasing. This exhibit will be on display for about 6 months starting July 22, 2010, so if you are in the area you should definitely go check it out and let me know! But even more exciting than that, I get to use my degree to work on some designs for the company! Some of the other interns and I are working on some new t-shirt designs and possibly much more, so stayed tuned for that! They’re going to be sick! But it hasn’t been just all work; I got to go to my first Padres game here with some of the guys from work. It’s definitely a lot different than a Tigers game but just as much fun!! Without doubt going to try to make it to another game when I have people come out to visit. Well got to be back to the sketch pad. Lots of exciting things to work on so keep checkin’ back! Laters.

Peace, Love & Coco Puffs!

Hey there Bamboo skaters and enthusiasits! I just felt the need to extend the invitation to come see us this Sunday at the Dragon Skate Race in Irvine, CA. This is a totally rad downhill longboarding competition for Free Wheelchair Mission (a non-profit dedicated to donating wheelchairs to developing nations around the world) and is hosted by the guys from UCI’s Beta Theta Pi. We are going to have decks ready to demo, as well as some sweet discounts to partake in.

The event is from 11 am – 5 pm in Irvine, CA at California Avenue, below Anteater Drive, across from the Anteater Recreation Center.  There is going to be live music, Chronic Tacos, raffles for free decks, skate park for the trick skaters and a downhill bomb and slalom competition. Admission is FREE, but if you want to skate the park it is $5 and if you want to participate in the race it is $10.

I hope to see you there, I’ll have the grip tape ready!

Hey everyone out there in cyberspace, I hope I am coming in clear through all that space debris.  My name is Erick Haman and I am on my first day of work here as a marketing intern for BambooSk8.  I am stoked to be starting here and working with a company that combines ethical practices with a great product.  I guess I will kick this off by talking a little bit about myself.  I grew up here in North County, San Diego.  I was surfing and skating throughout my childhood and continue to participate in these sports.  I also took up sailing in high school and which I continued as an interest in College going all the way as to live on a sailboat for over 2 years.  I attended Cal State Long Beach for the last 4 years and just finished yesterday, gaining a Bachelors in International Studies.  My concentration was in Latin America with a lot of emphasis on developmental and environmental studies.  While getting my bachelors I studied abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina and had the time of my life while picking up Spanish and surfing all over the south america continent.  Aside from my studies I was an NCAA athlete for CSULB, pole vaulting on their track and field team.  I look forward to working with BambooSk8 and getting my foot in the door here in the action sports industry.  You all shall here again from me soon!

ciao,

Erick

It’s been almost a year since my last post and a lot has happened.  After embarking Bamboo Sk8, I had no idea where I was going with my career or life.  While Bamboo Sk8 gave me some experience and insight into a startup, I was still anxious about the job market, my resume, living at home , etc.  While this was one of the hardest times in my life, it gave me the chance to really think about my passions in life.  A lot of my friends were complaining about the timing of graduating college and the “Great Recession”, however I looked at it a lot different.  If the job market wasn’t so poor, I would have jumped into a career right after college.  Instead, I struggled, lived at home, and really had the time to contemplate what makes me happy.

I eventually decided that I wanted to build something.  I wanted to create.  I wanted to help people and make my own goals.  Thus, Vertical Earth Gardens was born.  I patented a vertical hydroponics garden with the help of a buddy, and decided this was the perfect time to try to turn a hobby into a business.

So far, I have learned more than I could have ever dreamed of in the last year.  It has been a lot of ups and downs, and I have been learning the emotional rollercoaster Wyatt and Geoff experience on a daily basis.  With that said, it has also been the most rewarding experience of my life.  I’ll leave the interns and fellow readers with this…… if you are struggling with what to do in life and where you are going, know that you can pursue your own path and own ideas.

Here is a great inspirational  documentary for the skate arena……——->

Steve Rocco

Hello world! Dana here just finishing up my first week at BambooSK8 and let me tell you it has been a blast! I just drove to California cross country from Detroit, MI where I was born and bred. I graduated from the College for Creative Studies which is a private art school located in Downtown Detroit, where I got a BFA in Product Design and Fiber Design. I have spent the last few years doing freelance work designing clothing, wedding dresses, home décor and holiday T-Shirts. Back at home I played co-ed flag football with my best friend but sadly had to leave the team before we went to the playoff games, but from the reports that I am getting from them they are still rocking it out! I also coach a cheerleading team for several years and have just started to get into boxing. I also recently learned how to wakeboard which I love doing at our lake house in Northern Michigan and hoping to expand my water sports activities to surfing now that I am out here in sunny California… which by the way is not so sunny in May I guess… sad face… but with or without sun this week has been nothing short of FUNtastic so far!!

Hello everyone!

I’m so excited to be starting my internship with BambooSk8. When I interviewed for the internship I couldn’t believe how perfect of a place the company was for me. I just finished working as the marketing and promotions coordinator for the nonprofit group Green Campus. Green Campus works with universities around the country to teach and install eco-friendly technologies like solar panels, smart lighting, and heat transferable turf fields. I worked to promote a new iniciative to be on the student election ballot. Basically my job was to convince the students to vote yes on a $6 tuition increase that would, over the course of 10 years, add up to $10 million to go towards construction of renewable energy sources on UCSB’s campus. The initiative passed and construction begins this summer. My favorite thing about Green Campus’s project is the installation of eco-friendly soccer fields. The fields are made from a type of turf that not only absorbs the heat from the sun but then conducts the heat and energy into a generator and heats the nearby swimming pools as well as provides electricity for the also near by recreational center. UCSB, thanks to this initiative, currently hold the highest budget for renewable energy of any university in the country, and my name gets to go on that record breaker. A big part of working for Green Campus was planning awareness events such as eco-friendly bbqs and performace displays. I really love planning events like these and would really like to get on the event planning portion of BambooSk8. Its really exciting So needless to say finding an eco-friendly skateboard company was right up my alley.

I am stuck up here in Santa Barbara though, getting my bachelors degree until mid June. But I’ll be working as hard and as often as I can through emails and skype meetings to keep on track with the BambooSk8 team. I can’t wait to graduate, get down there and really get to work. 

Adios,

Heather <3

Wow, I am stoked to be here at BambooSk8. This is my first week here in the cave and there is already so much to do. Right now Dan, Stephen and I are having a hard time tackling our tasks because the other interns are depriving us our In and Out Burger that they left to pick up over an hour ago. Lame. Well a little about me: I grew up surfing the white water and skating the boardwalks of sunny Florida. After I graduated college, I moved to snowboard/longboard heaven, Vail, CO where I averaged over 100 days per year on the hill. I moved here literally 4 days ago – I knew I was destined for San Diego because here I can pursue all of my boardsport passions in one place (Big Bear is close enough.) BambooSk8 is the beginning of combining my passion with my career and I am looking forward to all that this summer is going to bring. See you in the bowls!

Jessee

Wow, this has been such a good experience for me. It was really fun getting to know all of the guys at BambooSK8 and establishing relationships that will hopefully last for a long time. I think the best parts about this, besides meeting everyone, was the Clash at Clairemont event. I felt like that was one of the bigger things that I was able to contribute to and had a blast! It was worth all the work for sure. This has truely been a good experience and will help me in the future find more good experiences. SKATE BAMBOO!!!!!!!

Hows it goin?!? Jared Vandagriff here, day one is in the books and it is already exceeding all my expectations. Super pumped on the internship and what lyes ahead. For me this internship is the key to getting my foot in the backdoor of an industry that is so hard to get into, and we are just steps from the beach. A bit about me… Im a current student at FIDM in Los Angeles, studying to get my BS degree in Business Management. I also recently graduated from FIDM in LA with an Associates of Arts Degree in Graphic Design. I love surfing, skating, and art, so why not work and learn from a company that has so much of these to offer. I am really looking forward to working with Bamboo Sk8, Yew!!!

Adios!!

Whats goin on…my name is Stephen Munoz and it’s my first day here with the fantastic company that is Bamboo Sk8.  I am super stoked about this summer and all that it has to offer, there’s nothing better than learning how to do a job well with the beach just steps away.  Sooo a little bit about me, I grew up in Escondido CA and have been skateboarding for as long as I can remember.  Soon I picked up surfing and eventually fell head over heels for snowboarding.  I got my degree in Marketing at a little school in West Texas called Abilene Christian University.  I spent four years there but I’m back for good so watch out San Diego!!  I cannot wait for this summer to get going…there are a lot of good things in store around Bamboo Sk8 so everyone should keep their eyes peeled for us.  Pieces

Coming into BambooSK8 I didn’t know what to expect. I knew the company was small, and I had read the website so I knew a little about the products but other than that I didn’t have much background information. It was also my first internship. I had heard stories about some internships where you’re expected to get coffee and that’s about it. I had no interest in that sort of work. I think smaller companies have better internship programs because 1) they need things done and 2) they aren’t tied up in corporate protocols and security measures. BambooSK8’s program is very reliant on self motivation. There aren’t tasks handed out, there aren’t projects that are supposed to be completed. There’s you, your brain, and a sales target. GO. In some respects that’s really cool because not many companies will let you run with ideas the way you can at BambooSK8. On the other hand, it can feel very directionless and unorganized at times. Like anything, the more time put into an internship the more you can take away from it. I highly suggest planning on being in the office more than once a week. Its not required, but there’s enough going on in the office every day that I felt like I missed a lot only being there Tuesdays. Overall it was a good experience and I understand more about the science of business than I did walking in. Be prepared to come up with lots of ideas and operate with minimal supervision. Also putting in some extra face time at the office is beneficial. Have fun Class 7!

So our four months have come to an end here at BambooSK8. I have had great experience here, meeting and working with the interns as well as the staff. For me it’s all about the people you work with, and the people here at BambooSK8 were some of the best I have worked with. I feel like things just fit well with our intern class, everyone one was really nice and had something different to bring to the table. We had some great times that I will never forget, like our fundraising party, or the trip to mission beach for a kit boarding contest, and going to a celebrity gifting event in LA, just to name a few. We grew really close and I hope to stay in contact with everyone. I just want to say thanks to everyone at BambooSK8 and class 6 for giving me this great experience.

el dia numero uno…..with a dreary sky outside….nothing but excitement, anxiety (the good kind), and good times with new friends in doors at Bamboo Sk8. Who knows what this intern class Lucky #7 can bring to the table. Fresh ocean air from the beach side sounds like I may be in for the greatest most adventurous summer yet. All this in just the first day, but i mustn’t forget to introduce myself …my name is Jen i was born and raised in Clovis, Ca graduated from Clovis High School , graduated from UC Riverside with my bachelors in Sociology. Growing up with an adventurous family and near Yosemite Ive come to love the outdoor lifestyle. Anything and everything from biking, skateboarding,snorkeling,skiing, hiking, wake boarding, surfing, water-skiing, and snow boarding you name it, Ive tried it or I will try it. (p.s. I’m not saying I’m awesome at all of these things but I have done it …lol). Anyways…..I can’t wait to see what awesomeness we create and I’m telling you  I see great things coming from Lucky #7….now to take a break and ride a board with the #7 krew…….

Hello. Dan Lorber here. Newest intern and all around superstar at the Bamboosk8 Headquarters. Supposed to blog a little diddy about myself, so here goes. I was Born and raised here in sunny San Diego. I started surfing, skating, and snowboarding at a relatively young age.  I pretty much love to do anything that involves a board. I attended Mt. Carmel High School where I swam and played water polo.  I then attended Cal State Northridge in Los Angeles where I received a bachelor’s degree in finance. After college I lived in South Lake Tahoe for a while and obtained a California Real Estate License.  Currently, I live in Solana Beach, CA where I surf on the reg, shred the occasional mini ramp and snowboard as much as possible. I’m looking forward to this internship experience very much. I want to learn and grow as much as I can personally and professionally.  I love the action sports industry and can’t wait to be part of it. (And maybe slang a house or two on the side!)

So, I guess I am Brian Rock…whats up?  I am originally from Reno, Nevada where I grew to love everything action sports related.  I grew up skating, biking, skiing and then found my true love, the snowboard.  I rode all of the resorts up in Tahoe and just love it up there.  I am going to school out in Utah where there is also great resorts that keep me going.  I’m studying advertising and want to learn more about marketing and advertising in the action sport world.  This is why I am out here in Oceanside this summer doing this internship with Bamboosk8.  It is the first day and I am just stoked to be out here.  I can’t wait to have some fun this summer.

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We are very proud to grant 5 of the starting 7 interns from class 6 with the thrill of GRADUATING!  Class 6 was by far the best class we’ve ever had and it was awesome that they also spent so much time hanging out and building long-lasting friendships.   Already, we’ve been able to get Matt an interview with Haro Bicycles who did really well and we’ll find out soon if he got the position.  Enjoy the pictures from the party which was held at Mark and Andrews crib in Oceanside.

Hi George Washington! Today is very fuzzy. Martin Debaker showed up at the Paris today. It was buttery to see him again. He looked creamy; he was wearing a speedy tube top and a colorful tube sock. He said he recently became a Bird Wrangler and spent his days bending and shouting. We showed him the hairy church, he was very impressed. He left at sunset and we got back to work. Every day is something gangreous here at cotton SK8.

Last weekend myself, Mark and Andrew had to privilege to be involved a celebrity gifting event in Studio City. As we got to the hotel where the event was taking place, we walked around the pool like we owned the place. Mark and Andrew strolled up wearing their matching tank tops dressed for the beach. When we got to the other side there was a huge white tent with tables set up  all around with people dressed in, what I would call “Sunday church clothes”. After being there for a few minutes, we herd a man announce a persons name, who apparently was famous for something (they would do this every time a new “famous” person entered the tented area). As they went around to all the tables they would stop at ours and either Mark or I would have a brief conversation about BambooSK8 and Andrew would give them a few flyers and business cards to get in contact if they decided to endorse our product in some way. We got there kind of late so we were only there for a few hours before things started to shut down. After the event we went to a fashion show in West Lake (where Mark went to college) for a womens lingerie/bathing suit store called J-Girl. Again we showed up dressed to impress and again our attire was way off from everyone else’s. This was the only fashion show that I think I have ever been too, and it was GREAT!!! There was an open bar (WOW) and free food with beautiful women walking around… nothing wrong with that. All and all, it was a great weekend and I would do it again in a heart beat.

As we near the end of the 6th class of interns I regret to inform you that we still haven’t been able to convince Wyatt to cut his unsightly faux-hawk into a truely beautiful mohawk. Don’t get me wrong, its not a bad looking faux-hawk, but that’s pretty analogous to”not a bad looking mullet.” By definition, it doesn’t look as cool as his hair could.

Unfortunately, I am still sans mohawk as well. Despite my reputation in Colorado as Mohawk Matt, I have yet to find a suitable job that will pay me a living wage and allow me to have a rockin hairdo. I’m working on it though. With some help from Geoff my resume is polished more than its ever been, and hopefully one you lovely people that read this blog will send me an email that says – Hey, I saw your post about working with a Mohawk, we have just the position for you. Until then I’m headed to the SoCal Action Sports Network casino night tonight to try to gamble my way into employment.

Hello boys, girls and BambooSK8 heads alike! It has been a very long time since we have communicated and I am returning as a special guest to give some words of wisdom and a little info about whats going on in the world today. First of all if you are reading this, you most likely are a friend of Bamboo, therefore a friend of mine. Also, you might be interested in BambooSK8 and are looking to see what it’s about in terms of working opportunities, good for you and a swell choice.

I would like to start out by telling you all what I am currently up to in the world of action sports. I am interning at Sole Technology doing Retail Marketing for them. If you don’t know who Sole Tech is pull your head out of the sand and look them up! They are one of the world’s largest action sports compnay boasting brands such as eS, Etnies, Emerica, Altamont and 32. I am also graduating FINALLY from SDSU and just applied for my dual master’s program in the country of Malta. So things are pretty crazy right now. At Sole Tech I am dealing day to day with POP products and customer requests for custom artwork that you often see in-store. I also help out with organizing product, seeding our top accounts with current products and imputing and organizing orders. The job is awesome and one of my best experiences yet. Seeing day to day what a huge company such as Sole Tech does has been crazy and the people behind it are just as nuts! But my internship is sadly ending there this week, just as Bamboo once did.

I am sure by now your wondering, why do I even care what you have been doing? Well I will tell you why this story has you in it. The things I have accomplished thus far is greatly due to my prior experience at BambooSK8. And if you were even thinking, just for a millisecond, of joining this team DO IT! If you aren’t aware I myself was one of the Bamboo warriors. My internship and susequential emplyment was a bumpy ,crazy, fun ride and involved a lot of really fun and crazy folks. I interned with Bamboo for three months in 2008 and then was hired on as Project Lead in 2009 for the intern program. I helped  form new customer relationships, guide the intern program and learned how to maintain goals of others (and my stress levels )

My time spent at Bamboo helped me with more than just getting job experience. It enabled me to map out goals and realize that when those goals were achieved it felt awesome. It was this goal oriented processes that Geoff and Wyatt helped me with that got me where I am today. The internship is no joke and what they have going on there now is more than I could’ve ever imagined. I not only gained experience and saw how a business grows and operates day to day but I made life friends and created many many memories.

I guess the point of the story is go for it, take this opportunity to expand your knowledge and see where it takes you. When I started I never thought that I would be here where I am, and my time at Bamboo more than helped me realize my potential and got me the job at Sole. Hit me up if you have any questions about anything! My door is always open and you should open some doors for yourself as well. Take care and follow your dreams!

Kelly

Kellyloft@aol.com

What’s up guys! I’ve decided to write today about what a day in the life of a panda would be! Let me set the scene, and let’s name our Panda say…Pete. Pete wakes up in China, he wakes up alone. He prefers that, then off he goes to eat bamboo. For 12 hours of his day Pete will eat bamboo. When Pete gets thirsty, he eats bamboo too, it consists of 90% water. That’s it though. Pete eats and lays around all day! And we thought dogs had it good… When pete rests, he either sits against a supporting tree or rock, or curls up on the ground, assuming a spherical shape. This reduces the surface area exposed to the air and so helps to conserve heat loss. He may even sometimes rest his cheeks on a fore- or hind-paw, using the limb as a pillow to insulate the head from the cold and often frozen ground.
When Pete is 4 yrs. Old he will be on the hunt for a female, but more to come on that later…

If you’eve ever seen 8 mile with Eminem, then you know that you have to pre-emptively strike before your opponent does or rather use their energy against them to tip them with very little energy exerted.  So, I thought, perhaps it’s time to explain my beard before the interns write something up on me in good fun.  A beard to me is a sign of wisdom, rebellion and most importantly a spiritual reminder.

TOP 10 REASONS MEN GROW BEARDS:

1) Facial hair is cool. Seriously. Having a dark forest of hair covering your face gives you an aura of suave mystery and a classy, debonair air.

2) We grow facial hair because it makes us manlier. Sean Connery (as Indiana Jones’ dad), Russell Crowe (Maximus), Tom Selleck (Magnum, P.I.) and Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) spring immediately to mind. Having any sort of facial hair means you’re not a metro man. It’s theoretically possibly to be manly without a beard, moustache or goatee — Daniel Craig (the new James Bond) is a prime example — but having a beard really does help.

3) We grow facial hair because it makes us look like Chuck Norris. Norris is the poster man for action. Norris has a beard (note that it’s still well-trimmed). Therefore we should have beards. The logic is unstoppable — just like Norris’ roundhouse kicks. On the Internet, it’s rumored that Norris doesn’t have a chin under his beard, just another fist. But the beard’s still important.

4) We grow facial hair because we like the way it feels. Think about it: You might have hair on your head, but we have it on our chins. Let me elaborate with the next two points.

5) We grow facial hair because we like to stroke it while we think. Nothing else can make us look more intelligent.

6) We grow facial hair because with it we can scratch our manly arms and shoulders. Contrary to popular belief (especially among those of the female persuasion), beards are not really itchy. Sure, they might be a little itchy those first few weeks, but after a while, that feeling goes away. In fact, the natural scrubby pad that is our chins is perfect for taking care of other itchy parts of our upper body, like our huge biceps.

7) We grow facial hair because we like the way it smells. Really. It smells good. You have to rub it a few times, but the sheer manly scent generated is second only to the wonderful aroma of a crew cut. It’s hard to describe, but bearded men know what I am talking about.

We grow facial hair because we can store food in our beards. Did you enjoy that s’more you had earlier? Good. You can lick your beard and still pick out bits of graham cracker, chocolate bar and marshmallow for hours afterward.

9) We grow facial hair because the chicks dig it. Err … I mean, women find beards attractive. Ok, maybe just some girls. But I’ll take any reasonable advantage I can get.

10) We grow facial hair because we’re lazy, but in a good way. Think of it as a sort of laissez-fair outlook on life. If you don’t shave, you save time for more important things, like getting an extra 15 minutes of sleep or perhaps breakfast. Remember: This is not an excuse for being a slob; if you have beard, you should try to keep it under control.

Santa Clause OUT! 

- Geoff Koboldt, President

For those applying to our Internship-in-training Class 7, starting May 10th, please ensure that you read our posting on www.malakye.com entirely and answer the 5 questions.  We will start scheduling interviews over the next few weeks.  We thank you in advance for applying.  For those that don’t graduate until June and can’t start until June, we will still accept candidates if we feel it is the right fit, otherwise we like to start everyone collectively together.  We do have 2 we’ve selected to start in June after graduation.

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Respectfully,

BambooSK8

I figure that if we’re going to talk about why bamboo is so awesome all the time, maybe I should explain why. If you’ve ever walked through a forest before, you know how beautiful they are. Well, believe it or not, forests often get cut down; sometimes a lot.

There are a whole bunch of reasons why a forest gets cut down. Your sweet hardwood floor? Came from a forest. That paper you’re writing on? Yup, forest. Your sweet Brio trainset? That too.

So, cutting down trees is a necessary thing for us to live; especially for things like making houses. But that doesn’t mean cutting down forests is a very desirable thing. Forests do a lot of good things for us: they provide the world with oxygen, are significant carbon sinks (and clean the air in other ways too), are home to a lot of unique and fragile biodiversity, they prevent soil erosion and improve soil quality and finally (and maybe most importantly) they’re great for making tree forts. So the more forest we cut down, the less of this sweet stuff we get. Kind of a bummer right?

A lot of people quite a while ago realized what a bummer this is, and decided to plant a lot of trees, which is a really great thing. But unfortunately, as a planet we still aren’t planting them fast enough. But we’re getting better; we did a better job this past decade than we did the decade before of planting trees. And using bamboo instead of traditional wood helps too, because bamboo grows back from its shoot on its own; usually really quickly.

So, as you can see, even though we’re improving, we’re actually doing alarmingly bad. But everyone can do their part; encouraging tree planting campaigns and being really conscious of what you’re buying is a good idea (for example a bamboo deck does much less harm than a maple one). Anyways, if we can turn this trend around, we can help our planet, our health and our economies a lot.

Also, Janell smells.

See you next week!

Over the past few months, all of the interns back here in the Cave have become quite close. One of the things we bond over is our shared addiction to Monster Mix trail mix. I know you’re thinking “Trail Mix?! What’s so tasty about that?!” Well Monster Mix, my friends, is not your average trail mix. Oh no. Monster Mix starts with some peanuts, and that’s about where it deviates from average. Next comes chocolate chips. And if that’s not enough chocolate for you, they’ve thrown in a bonus: M&Ms. Then there’s peanut butter morsels and raisins. Yummmmmy. Oh right, and crack. Janell (the only intern who doesn’t imbibe in The Mix) is convinced there’s gotta be some of that in there too. It would explain why we get all finicky and jittery when we haven’t had a handful in a while.

The obsession has begun to take over our lives. We now have a weekly funds collection so we can buy our jar for next week (collected, of course, in an old Monster Mix jar). Yea, we eat a jar a week – over two pounds of Mix. Actually, lately it’s been more like a jar and a half a week. It’s gotten really bad. The worst part is, we only have a month left together. Then what? I can’t afford to sustain my addiction on my own! I’ll go into physical and psychological withdrawals, complete with the shakes and hallucinations. What am I going to do? This is gonna be bad! Oh man, I gotta calm down. Gotta get myself another handful, stat!

Inspired by a recent email from our good Canadian friend, Marty, I have chosen to spend quality time on making a pros and cons list about our dear friends up north. I guess I could make a pros and cons list based solely off Marty, but instead I have gone for a more general approach, and maybe next week we can focus on Marty and his decision to only eat Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches for the next month or so.

Let’s Begin:

There you have it, it seems to be a tie for now. Tune in later this week for Fohawk Vs. Mohawk, which is better and why. And don’t miss next week’s “Is that a beard or are you a Santa-in-training?”

When I was in high school I was always looking at the clock waiting for the bell to ring so that I could go home and watch TV and do nothing. I always did what I was told and tried not to get in trouble. I was an average student, never trying to get the best grade, just a B, which was fine with me. I was never one to question the teacher, just tried to pass so that my parents would be happy. Now that I am older I have realized that it is not all about the grade or pleasing your parents, it’s about finding that one thing that you want to be good at. Asking questions about things that interested me was what I should have been doing. I have realized that most kids are like I was in high school; they just want to get by. I think it is because they don’t know what to ask or what they want to do. Kyle and I have been going to Madison High School and working with kids (mainly freshmen) who have so much potential to find something that they are interested in.  We are trying to create an environment where they feel free to explore what they want, where there are no tests or grades to worry about. We want to expose them to as many different things that might interest them (mainly in action sports) so that they can find what it is that lights their fire. We want to be a good resource for them.   We want them to discover how to pursuit an idea; and that it’s never too soon to take those ideas and build on them.

This week me and pope are cruising down to do the after school program with the kids again. They are so sick! And they all skate better then me but they dont know that. We are helping them get a good idea of what it is like to be in the action sports industry, and then we are gonna show them this weekend! This weekend where it is all going down, at the fourth annual Clash at Clairemont! everyone come down to support BambooSK8!!! Stop by the booth and say whats up as we show our support for cancer research and skating! The set up is so sick and we are located around wahoos and nixon!

One of the great things about BambooSK8 is that it really is just a better environmental choice than a typical maple deck. I spend a lot of time thinking about the environment and how we interact with it, and decided that it might be nice to share some of the problems I think about.

This first one is an easy one: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It’s a giant area (anywhere between the size of Texas and the size of the US) in the Pacific Ocean filled with garbage: specifically, tiny pieces of non-degradable pieces of plastic. Because of how currents move in the ocean, most of these plastics are concentrated into one area (the size of Texas) and create a giant glump of garbage in the middle of the ocean. (That’s a bad thing)

Where does the plastic come from? Well, anywhere really. Most plastic doesn’t decompose. When we’re finished with something plastic (a grocery bag, a coffee cup, a telephone, whatever) usually one of four things happen to it: 1. It gets thrown away and sent to a garbage dump where it will wait for a couple of hundred years to break down 2. It will be recycled 3. It gets littered somewhere (more or less the same as the first) or 4. It ends up in Water.

#4 is a lot more common than you’d expect (or at least I expected). A lot of plastic litter ends up in waterways as litter that got swept to sea by rain or wind. A lot of it is gets dumped there deliberately (because its easy to dump in the ocean).

What’s nice about this environmental disaster, is that there’s a lot an ordinary person can do really easily to help: and that’s just trying to avoid plastic as much as possible: bring bag when you go shopping, pick products with less packaging, etc. And what’s great is that a lot of people are already doing all this.

Anyways, I highly recommend watching Vice Magazine’s Garbage Island documentary from 2007. They do a really good job of showing what’s going on without being high-minded assholes (though they are sort of just regular assholes). Enjoy!

Kyle and I are going to be entertaining/ teaching high school kids about business in the action sports industry. This is going to give us an opportunity to talk with kids about skateboarding and show them what BambooSK8 is all about. We are having a hard time coming up with things that we can do for them that will be educational and keep their attention the whole time. Although it is really cool to talk with these kids instead of communicating through email, which is what I have been doing thus far on Hook It.  I want to get a reaction from them and read what it is about skating they really like i.e. the culture, the image, the sport etc.  We are really excited to spark their interests and help them find what it is they want to do later in life.  We are also hoping to learn what we can from them; considering they are the largest demographic that buys skateboards these days. We have come up with a curriculum that we hope they will enjoy. Seeing that high school kids are the majority of BambooSK8’s customers, we hope that we can bring back some useful insight. We will fill you in after we have our first class.

Here are some pics from the Rock 105.3 snowboard contest that BambooSK8 sponsored this year. The winners were able to take home a new deck! Check them out!

Congratulations Winners!!

Thanks to El Niño, it looks like skating weather is going to come to the whole country a little earlier this year. That’s pretty exciting. We’re hoping this season is going to be the year of Bamboo; there’s no reason it shouldn’t be. Bamboo is a better material environmentally and our decks are real things of beauty.

I think right now we’re right around half way through our internship here. This last half has cruised by, and I’m excited to see what the next half brings; hopefully a world draped  in bamboo decks.

Hey Guys!

So you’ve already heard about the party and all that, so let’s look ahead – we’ve been very busy here in the Intern Cave and so there’s A LOT coming up!! We’re going to have another fundraiser party later this month. The more money we can raise the better!! We are also partnering with another charity to design a limited edition deck with part of the proceeds going to the charity, so keep your eyes out for that. Finally, we are going to be at Clash at Clairemont this year, so I expect you all to stop by and say hi! It is March 27th at the Clairemont YMCA.

In the next few days I’m going to try to get a picture or two up from the fundraiser so you can live vicariously through us. haha Till then, I’m out!

Hey guys how’s all the skating going!? How do guys like the new name of Hookit instead of Loop’d?
I can’t tell you how excited I am that our fundraising event so well! We raised a good chunk of money to go towards our after school program, but SO much more is needed. However, I guess part of me doesn’t mind though, I love throwing parties for a good cause! It was a great chance for us all to get together and spend some fun, team building time with each other that’s for sure! I can’t wait for you guys to see ALL the great graphics we’re creating, and some of them are thanks to you guys too!
Right now, I’m in the process of studying up on the BambooBuddy products, I really want to get the word out in any way I can about ALL the things you can make and do with bamboo! …Doing my own little part in saving the planet I guess 

Just had the fundraiser last friday, although I could not attend we had good success to contribute to out after school program. The program is starting next week and is going to be pretty cool. We are going to help the kids learn about business and the sports industry and environmentally friendly products. Then we have CLASH AT CLAIREMONT!!! It’s gonna be a busy next few weeks.

We are now in week 8 of our internship here at BambooSK8 and it has been a great ride. We had our fundraiser at the OC Tavern on Friday (2.26.10) and I think it went really well. We had a great time and got our name out there to a lot of cool people in the area. Throughout my time here I have learned a lot of unexpected lessons. I have changed my perceptions which has changed views of myself in different ways. This experience has only brought about good things for me. I have been learning more than I expected, and I hope to continue my education during my time here.

Last week was full of exciting events at Bamboo SK8. Despite my reputation for riding my motorcycle in the rain I was able to make it back and forth 3 times this week with out a single drop. That was accomplishment enough for me, but some other things were done too.

Monday I weaved my way around a few rain clouds on my way to  drop off the new Zine. (Its the paper in the box telling about our company and why bamboo is the right way to go.) If you’ve bought one of our decks already you know what I’m talking about. If not, be sure to look for it in your box on your next deck purchase. The new one touches on our environmental impact, strength of the bamboo, and long lasting pop. If you’ve sent in pictures for our Photo Contest your picture might be in the Zine! Check it out with your next deck.

Tuesday was a very productive day in the Cave. We spent some time getting things reorganized and primed for greatness in the future.We also consoled Marty on Canada’s loss and I ate a lot of PB&J.

Friday was our BambooSK8 fund raising party. We were raffling decks, taking donations, and cutting up the dance floor. The bands were really good with different people switching instruments, great vocal harmony, and a fun feel. I’d highly recommend checking them out. The event went well and once everything was done the BambooSK8 staff  commandeered the second dance floor until they kicked us out at closing time. I made it home dry once again to close out the week with no rain on the motorcycle. Wahoo!

I’m about a month into this internship and among a lot of other things, here’s a surprising thing I’ve learnt: The importance of Art. Its amazing how important art is to us; not just as skaters but as people. Having a good mix art in our lives (music, movies, design, etc.) keeps us sane while we spend time thinking about school and work and relationships or whatever. Its amazing how pervasive art is too: we all express ourselves through art, either ours or someone else’s; me, I’m getting sick of borrowing.

We’ve been talking a lot about art here lately; our new deck graphic, our graphic design contest; and just what a dope canvas a bamboo skateboard makes for art.

Anyways, that’s what’s on my mind these days. If you’re in the mood for watching something lifechanging about creativity check this out… education is where you find it…

Hey guys! Our kiteboarding event was so amazing to see if you haven’t ever seen that sport happen before, be sure you check it out one day! Right now, we’re all looking forward to our fundraiser at OC Tavern in San Clemente on Feb. 26th!
Be sure to donate on the site below if you can’t make it to our fundraising event! 

http://www.bamboosk8fundraising.myevent.com/3/donate.htm

Our Goal is at least $3,000 so we (and by that I mean, the kids) really need your help!
Things around here in the warehouse have been in motion with shipments moving like crazy! Somedays I fancy the thought of climbing up the mountains of bamboo in this place, but then the thought of an earthquake comes to mind and I quickly retreat to the intern cave!…Oh yeah, and I wiped out for the first time since I’ve been here…darn those cracks in the concrete! Haha! BUT, there is nothing quite like a bruise to brag about.

We have the Clash at Clairemont contest/event coming up in which we will be holding a booth and selling a ton of boards! Its going to be so sick. We also have the Fundraiser Party at OC Taver which is going to be so much fun. We have a lot going on right now and in our future which is going to help the company so much. Also we are having great results from the kids from hook it!

The Kiteboarding Event last Saturday was awesome! We met lots of cool people, sold a few decks, and hung on the beach all day. Unfortunately, the wind wasn’t strong enough for kiting, but there was a sweet surf contest with some really talented guys. After, a bunch of the crew headed to the Wave House down the street for the awards ceremony and after party, and to watch people test their balance and strength on the flow wave.

Next weekend on FRIDAY is our big CHARITY fundraiser party in San Clemente, come party with us!! Three bands, multiple rooms, and some cool, good looking people — gonna be a gooood time. =)

We also are going to be at the Clash at Clairemont on March 27th! Its a HUGE day of skating to benefit grindforlife.org, which helps people with cancer. Check it out!!

Tomorrow, Friday February 19th, the radio station Rock105.3 will be at Bear Mountain in Big Bear, CA. They will be giving away brand new skateboard decks from, you guessed it, BambooSK8! The conditions up there have been amazing, so if anyone is going, stop by the booth for some free music downloads and a chance to win one of our decks!

Hey Guys,

This SATURDAY 2/13, we will be at MISSION BEACH (at San Fernando St) in SAN DIEGO for the CKA Kiteboarding Competition. We’ll be playing beach games, hanging out and watching the kiters rip it ALL DAY. We also have some codes for discounted boards! Woo! See ya there!!!

I have really gotten in the grove of being an intern at BambooSK8 and I’m loving it! I am expecting to drop off a few boards to Clear Channel this week for a give away at an event in Big Bear later in the month. I have been in contact with Woot.com and other similar sites to get our boards for sale on their sites. They all sell one product a day for a 24 hour period. I was lucky enough to attend ASR last week after slyly getting in. I am still craving the waffle on a stick that was given away by the founder of Vans. It was far smaller than I expected. I think there were more half naked female promoters than there were booths. Crossroads, across the street, was pretty amazing  too, especially after meeting Christian Hosoi.

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the Action Sports Retailers (ASR) and Crossroads trade show with Bri, Marty, Aaron, and of course our president Geoff Koboldt. We had a great time checking out all the booths of brands that I am familiar with and those that I have never herd of before. We talked to a lot of retailers about our company and showed off our new decks, while collecting contract information from those in the skateboarding industry. At Crossroads we were fortunate enough to meet and take a photo with professional skater Christian Hosoi. The whole experience was very informative and exciting, thanks again Geoff for inviting us.

Here we are in week 4 of the internship. Time is going quickly but really, we’re just getting warmed up.

Last week BambooSK8 made a spash at ASR and Crossroads – two industry trade shows aimed at action sports. I wasn’t able to attend but the company was represented well and I hear our decks turned some heads.

We’ve also begun to promote our fundraising party on February 26th at OC Tavern in San Clemente. There will be some great live music, good brews, good people and good times. Its all to help us start some after school skate programs in schools and you can buy tickets at bamboosk8fundraising.myevent.com in advance. Check out Bri’s post for all the details.

There are also going to be some good contests going up on Hookit hopefully by the end of the week. If you’re not on Hookit, get on. If you are, make sure you’re friends with BambooSK8’s Eco Tribe and check in frequently for updates. We’ve got three unique contests going up soon so check in and see what you can win.

As always, if you know of some good shops that need some good shop decks, let us know. Until next time, get out there and tear it up.

Hello World,

These are exciting times. A couple of us went down to walk around what has been called “ASR Lite” this week and took away some mixed feelings. Even though it felt like the event itself was on life support, our decks were turning heads while we were just walking around. It feels like there’s a wave of bamboo fever about to crash on the skate scene about our cleaner, better and just plain gorgeous decks.

But the coolest thing in San Diego this week wasn’t the (lusterless) glitz and glam inside the ASR; it was what was going on accross the parking lot at the Crossroads show; all sorts of people who just dig skating were slamming it. There was a little girl, who was maybe 2 and a half feet tall shredding it with the big boys. It was nice to just see skaters getting off on skating.

Anyways world, here at BambooSK8 we’re changing the face of the skating world one deck at a time. We’re in the proccess of getting our boards under some riders and people are digging it.

They say you can’t draw water from stone, so we’re liquifying; I suggest buying a boat, ’cause we’re gonna flood.

What’s up guys! I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to be getting our fundraising efforts off the ground! We’ve got the BambooSK8 Band Bash on 2/26/10 @ OC Tavern in San Clemente going, and we plan to throw one each month in order to help out our after school program for underprivileged kids! Our kite boarding event is quickly approaching on 2/13 at Mission beach in San Diego, and I can’t wait to get us some great pics for you guys to check out!
On another note; the new sample decks that are both bamboo and hemp are in and look amazing!!….I can’t wait for us to completely get rid of the need to use maple!

Hey guys! We’re trying to team up with local schools to create an afterschool program, but we need money in order to get the ball rolling. So since we’re such a fun group of people, we’ve decided to throw a party – check us out: February 26th at OC Tavern in San Clemente, 21 and over only (it is a bar, after all). Doors open at 8:30, first band starts at 9. We got a great line-up together for everyone to enjoy – Frame of Mind, Off White, and Soul Rebel Alliance, check em out on their myspace pages. There will be a $10 cover at the door, but if you go to bamboosk8fundraising.myevent.com, you can get tickets for $8 before Thursday, February 25th.

See ya there!

This is the beginnig of week 4 for me here at Bamboo SK8. It has been a really cool experience so far. Along side of calling over 40 skate shops and drilling up whiteboards and shipping out skate decks, I was given the opportunity to make the contract for the BambooSK8 skate team which was a cool task. It is really fun and cool working and learning from these guys and cant wait to see what happens over the next few weeks.

Due to most kids current lack of money situation we are offering our newly sponsored skaters a huge discount on our new 70% bamboo decks. If you are a newly sponsored skater through the Hook It eco-tribe sponsorship and you have not herd about this deal please contact us though email, but hurry it is not going to last forever. We are also planning a fundraising party coming up at the end of February so stay tuned for more details.

Hi again, its Matt. Every day here at BambooSK8 we’re working towards supplying our decks to core skate shops throughout the country. As you know, we provide top quality boards with the beautiful ascetic and minimal environmental impact of bamboo. We can print your local shop’s logo or design on the board and then sell it direct to them. That way, when you need a new deck you can just walk in to your favorite shop and they’ll have a new bamboo board waiting for you in stock. When you roll out, you’ll be reppin your shop and have a stronger, lighter, better board than you went in with.
Our problem is that there are sooooo many good skate shops in the country its hard to know about all of them. If you have a shop in your area that you really like and think they should carry bamboo decks make sure you tell them about us. Let them know that we can customize the graphics and give them a genuinely unique product. And make sure that you’re asking for us by name, BambooSK8, and not just any bamboo board.
Now stop staring at your computer – get out the word and help you local shop, help us, and help the environment.

We have been working on getting some great graphics on our boards.  We have just gotten in a new monkey graphic which is awesome, and have been generating new ideas everyday on creative ways to get the coolest graphics ever. If anyone has something that you know other would love to see on our new 70% bamboo decks please let us know. We have also made huge improvements to the office, including 10 new white boards. I can already feel good things coming our way; Stay tuned for what they are.

Ahem. Greetings world wide web, Thanks for having me, I’ll try to keep this short so you can all enjoy your dinners.
I just started at BambooSK8 last week and its been a fun inauguration. Wednesday morning I hoped on my motorcycle and raced up to the BambooSK8 Intern Cave / Refrigerator. Kyle, Tyler (he’s at BambooBuddy), and myself got a quick tour from Mark and then got to work trying to sync our computers up to the servers, get registered on Loopd and some other social networking sites, and learning where the recycling bins were. Did you know that at BambooSK8 we’re so eco if someone forgets to recycle it costs ‘em two bucks. I highly recommend everyone adopts that policy. We donate the money to an eco action-sports nonprofit but you can find your own good deeds to do with yours.
I don’t know how many of you in San Diego noticed, but Wednesday’s weather in the morning was substantially different than the weather in the afternoon. Since full 5-gallon buckets of rain were dropping from the sky at 5:00, I regretfully ditched my moto gear and bummed a ride home. Watching the torrential rains was a good reminder of the power and scope of mutha nature. If I can get on my soap box for a moment, BambooSK8 and all of you that support us are doing a great thing for the environment. We’re proving that fun and environmental sustainability actually go hand in hand instead of being mutually exclusive. Bamboo has a much higher strength to weight ratio than maple and it has a lot more “pop” (although I don’t know the scientific units of measure for that one). In addition, bamboo grows fast enough that it’s a renewable resource. The same material that is stronger and pops more is also doing good things on a global scale. (You can even double your eco points by leaving your car in the driveway and riding our bamboo longboard to your local bodega and back.) In short, if you’ve been bumming about the weather lately make sure you’re doing all you can to minimize your negative affect on the environment, just like we are here at BambooSk8.
Check in again soon to hear about my quick dash between rain clouds on Friday.

Today is the first day of week 3 at BambooSK8! Besides going through two states in the master shop list, I have made a contact at the Clear Channel offices who will be stopping by later today. The plan is to give out a few of our decks at Rock105.3 sponsored events. This would also get the BambooSk8 name out on the airwaves. I have also been updating and adding people on myspace like crazy! I have created a group on there which has already brought a couple more onto the Loop’d site. I’m brainstorming with some other cheap promotion ideas, but you’re going to have to wait till my next post to hear about them!

Week one for me, week two for most of the rest of the group. Not much for me to say so far because I am still picking up the proper programs and learning about them, but things are starting to happen and get interesting. I am really looking forward to the next 4 months and am excited about the experience I get to be a part of.

This weekend, a bunch of us here are piling into a van and heading up to the Go Green Expo in LA. There’s no better place to get a feel of who’s doing what for the environment in the world of business.

If you’re in the area, I suggest getting out your bamboo board and cruising on down. Remember, the best weapon in the battle for sustainability is knowledge.

Learn yourself!

Hey everyone,

First let me say how psyched I am to be freezing inside the BambooSK8 cave, I love the vibe of this company! Let me give you some insight for what to expect from our class in 2010. If you haven’t heard about Loop’d yet, check it out! It’s an amazing site that connects action sports athletes with each other and most importantly, our sponsorship! We would love to see what you could do, so posts those videos of tricks we are yet to see in places that push the limits! We have graphic design, Top Promoter/Fan contests, and new contests are always in the works on Loop’d too.

On a side note, BambooSK8 is a totally green company and we want to know what else we could be doing that we may have missed. If you guys have any great ideas out there on how to manufacture even more green than we do and especially if you know of great, low energy ways we can heat this cave let us know! Also, if you know of any green charities and/or fundraisers we should get involved with, please email us at marketing@BambooSK8.com

We have a new contest on loopd.com (who is soon changing there name, again). Now skaters have the chance to create their own graphic. The winner gets a free deck. The ad was just finished, and it will be posted soon

Hey Guys, Bri here with an event update: We will be at the CKA Kiteboarding Competition in San Diego on Feb 13th, from 9am – 6pm. Its on Mission Beach at San Fernando St. We’ll have a tent set up with some games and goodies, more on that to come. For more information about the event, check out their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/ical/event.php?eid=265889292921

See ya there!

The new %70 decks are in, and they are AWESOME!!! they have the BambooSk8 logo burned into the tail, and it looks great. They have so much more concave and pop, we are so confident that everyone is going to love them. We have been working hard on promo’s like starting a graphic contest and a “best promoter/ fan” contest for everyone. The winner gets a new deck and their graphic is going to appear on our new decks. So get your pencil and paper out or your computer and start working on those awesome graphics. We also have changed our levels or sponsorship for all the kids on Loop’ed so check it out at loopd.com and get sponsored!!!

It is now Thursday and my fourth day in the office. I have met just about everyone that is currently working here at BambooSk8, and I am very impressed with everyone. I have been working with Andrew getting to know the ins and outs of the Loop’ed networking site. I have been learning a lot of new things about different aspects of Bamboosk8. We are currently trying to come up with ideas to raise money for a marketing budget. If there are any good ideas out there please let us know. E-mail geoff@bamboosk8.com

I want to talk about Loopd. We spend a lot of time on loopd and it is a great concept. A social network site that is just for action sport athletes. A great way for skaters to meet skaters. Not only that but the people on it get inside hook ups and companies get to make more sales and get to know their fans better. Amazing! With that said I always thought Loopd.com would be full of kids. I was wrong there are plenty of older athletes on the website. I just want to say, “Right on!” Being an older skater I am glad to see all the older guys holding it down. I also want to encourage all of the grommets to keep skating as long as they can so they too can represent for us older skaters in due time.

Hey all;

Just landed here on Industry St. and am stoaked to get my hands dirty in the world of skateboard manufacturing. I got a mean green streak and there’s a strong environmental vibe going on around here, so I’m excited about that. I’m just getting my bearings so not much to report, except that the water is warm and I’m excited to dive in.

Winter is a wonderful season.

Hey all! Here I am, first day at BambooSk8. And I’m with Aaron, its freeeeezing in here! They should warn us to bring our parkas and mittens! Anyways, I’m psyched to be here and can’t wait to start in on the real work. I’m interested to see what the next few months will bring!

I’ll check back in a couple weeks. Cheers!

Here I am, hopped up on a couple monster drinks, in the freezing sk8 cave during day 1 of class 6. I’m part of a lucky elite few who have the honor of being interns and I am already loving it. The day has mostly been spent getting acquainted with the paperwork and assignments which will define my next few months here. I can’t wait to see how everything plays out!

I flew into LA on friday, and spent the weekend up there, but now I am in Oceanside at the Bamboosk8 office/ warehouse. I have only spent 5 hours here on my first day here, but I already know that I am going to like it. I like the cave and the warehouse, and the people seem really cool too. There is not much to report on yet, just getting everything on my computer set up…. Stay tooned for more updates!!

Back in the cave puttin in work had a great christmas break with the fam that involved sleeping, eating, watching sports, sleeping and eating not necessarily in that order though haha. First day back got hit with the essay and theres definitely a difference without the other interns there to do it with but got it done without to much devastation to my confidence haha. Aight stay up one love and all that jazz.

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and a very happy new year, I know that I did!!!! We are all gonna be very busy here in the next few weeks trying to finish up all of our stuff here as interns and tie up any loose ends that we might have. BambooSk8 will also be having there new interns arrive very soon!!! I am very sad and very excited to have this internship come to an end! So here is to a new year for BambooSk8!!!

So I just went up to LA where I have access to a state of the art printer called the brother gt541. This thing is pretty amazing but it does have some flaws such as the fact that it doesn’t have white ink…however the new model does have white ink and that will make if much more versatile. Anyhow I was able to do a couple of test prints and make samples of a bamboo tshirt and bamboo bandana. the material is great, it’s 70% bamboo and 30% organic cotton, I think the organic cotton really adds a dynamic to the fabric that brings out the true quality of the bamboo. The prints turned out well…however I think I could improve on the drying process a bit; it was a bit harsh on the bamboo fabric. Still the ink dye looks good and there is potential on this road…hope to get some pics up however I think they won’t do the product justice; you really have to feel the fabric it’s awesome! hope fully we can get some out in the market soon.

Peace.

The new 100% decks arrived last week and they look great.  We reduced the price on the new decks to make them affordable for everyone this holiday season.  When is the last time you bought a new deck for twenty-four bucks.  And the best part is, all you Loop’d kids can get even more of a discount off of that.  What more can you ask for? Get them while supplies last because they are going quickly.

On a side note, next week is our final week as interns at BambooSK8.  I am so thankful for having this opportunity at BambooSK8 and I can’t say enough goods things about the company.  BambooSK8 is truly the future of skateboarding and everyone in the industry is starting to realize the benefits of skating bamboo.  All of us interns who stuck it out and completed the internship have really learned a lot and good things are in our future.

Til next time.  KIR.

This week has been great. We did some remodeling around the warehouse…actually it was more like thoughtless moving of objects to create more space in this ever cramming warehouse. We gained a substantial amount of space to fill. Stayed up all night putting together designs for my own personal tshirt brand, as well as recreating existing designs for projects associated with bamboo. They look good so far, hopefully this success translates over to the garments. still have some last minute prep to do and another couple of designs.

Longboard sales are going well they are flyin’ off the shelves! They look really good to I think people will be stoked on them.

Hopefully all goes well in LA on Monday…fingers crossed.

Hello everyone!!!! So we are almost coming to a close here at BambooSk8.  It has been a great run here for me and I feel that I have learned a lot in my time that  have been an intern here at BambooSk8.  I have been fortunate enough to have meet and worked with some amazing people. There is a possibility of us doing a local skate park tour. If this happens we would like to visit a few local skate parks and promote the name of BambooSk8. It would be nice to have local kids, at local parks working with a local skateboard company. This is just an idea and everything is not final yet, but let us know your thoughts and ideas about this. Also, don’t forget about our video and photo contests of the week. Get skating and show us your moves!!!

recently we were presented with a business scenario of a mock skate company. After an hour of playing out all the information given in all possible combinations it was clear; things were not looking good for them. We calculated that even after taking all measures to cut cost there was still a loss of 5,000 per month. This was shocking for us. The only remedy for this loss is to increase speed and quantity of sales.

Back to the drawing board.

I went back home for good old turkey day and of course I had to go skate all the local spots. I went to Hawthorne skatepark, Daweong Song’s home park. It was closed because of some graffitti. I have skated that park forever and the people ruining it are the same people skating it. All I want to know is why do you have to ruin your local spot. If you are skating it every day wouldn’t you want the skatepark to be in the best condition. Here are some basic rules to follow no matter what skatepark you are at:

1. Show respect to everyone because you never really know who they are
2. If you spill your drink in the park take off your shirt and clean it up or else someone will slip and break their arm
3. If you are going to someone elses park bring a gift. If you are of age, beer, if you aren’t then water or energy drinks
4. Don’t drop in on any one EVER
5. If someone does something sick hoot and holler. Trust me they’ll do it for you in return and it will push your skating that much further.

6. Most importantly respect the park. Skaters barley have anywhere to skate anymore so why trash the one spot we are allowed to skate

Geoff surprised us with a business scenario where in solving we really learned the difficulties with running a business it was a greeat experience made you really think in a challenging way but at same time had the effect of causing me to desire even more to cut my own niche in this business.

As we enter the final month of the internship it is hard to believe how much I have accomplished.  All the projects that I have been working on are in full swing and good things are happening at BambooSK8.  The internship program is very labor intensive and a true test of skill and determination.  This is my third internship and by far the toughest. Our intern class has really been pushing our products and the sales are increasing as a result.

BambooSK8 was fortunate enough to have a month of free advertising on Rerip.com and I was given the opportunity to create an ad for the website. Check it out if you haven’t already.  The BambooSK8 website has been going through some changes as well and it is really coming together.

All of us interns have come a long way and dedicate a lot of time promoting a quality, sustainable product, that is truly the future of skateboarding.

Hello, hello!!! So we are coming to and end of week 12 here as interns at BambooSk8. We only have 4 weeks left! I can’t believe that we all have already come this far! People are starting to really buckle down on their projects and finishing up all other things. We finally got our longboards in a few weeks ago, so make sure you check them out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go for Greg who brought the idea of our longboards to life!!!!  There is also a really sick event this weekend! Come join us at PACIFIC BEACH SURF SHOP”S Green Room Opening on ASEC!!! It is this Saturday November 21st from 6-11. It’s going to be a great time so please stop by and support BambooSk8, Pacific Beach Skate Shop and ASEC!!!! Hope to see you there!!!!!

This Saturday (November 21st) ASEC will be opening their Greenroom at Pacific Beach Surf Shop. There will be food, drinks, live music, live art, a surfboard gallery, and much more. Come out and support ASEC with the BambooSK8 crew from 6pm-11pm! Go green!!!

The Kick Gas Festival, which took place a couple of weeks ago, is the West Coast’s largest eco-party which included a ton of music artists and D.J.’s from all over.  Music artist’s like Matisyahu came together to promote a cleaner lifestyle.  It is a great place to check out the latest forms of alternative transportation.

We set up a booth alongside Ocean Beach Surf and Skate which featured a skate demo. Below are some pictures I took at the event.

Next year this event will be even bigger and better so be sure not to miss it next time around.

Hey yall just keepin everybody up to date on what is goin on the decks are shippin out crazy fast like roadrunner fast i need to hurry up and get mind before theyre all gone. But slidefest is this saturday and it should be real legit cant wait to be there see these dudes tear up the hill.  Right now still we’re still building the business model for soft goods its a slow process but it sure to pay off huge dividends in the future!

Hello all!!!!! Week 10 here as an intern at BambooSk8 and everything is going grrrrrreat!!!!! This Saturday we will be attending an awesome event in Oceanside called Slide Fest!!! There is going to be a downhill slide contest, a contest for best trick and much more! BambooSk8 is going to be coming out with longboards very soon so this a perfect event for us and for you!!!!!! Please come and stop by and support BambooSk8 and all the longboard riders!!!!! For further info go to http://gravityboard.com/slidefest2009/  I really hope to see many of your faces!!! It’s a local event and it should be a blast!!!

Whats up everyone it’s Schwan checkin in week 10! Things are starting to pick up around here now that we have a bunch of decks…but they are moving quickly! Longboards are coming in soon, excited. There is never a shortage of things to do here. Currently I am wrapping my head around designing, gathering material and planning textile prints to make bandanas. Also there is talk of developing a street team…looking forward to working on t-shirt designs for eco tribe as well.

Peace…

October 17th was the Future of Surfing Event put on by Rerip in Solana Beach.  It was a gathering of eco-friendly companies to support the recycling and exchanging of old surfboards.  OB Surf and Skate and BambooSk8 put on the skate demo during the day giving the attendees some entertainment.  All in all it was a fun event that gave us a great presence among the green community. Here’s some photos from the event courtesy of Brian Keathley and Nathan Peacher:

Hello everyone!!!! It is week 8 here as an intern at BambooSk8. Everything is running smoothly over here.  This Saturday the 24th some of the team from BambooSk8 will be attending a huge eco friendly event at Qualcomm Stadium. This event is called the Kick Gas Event and it is all about finding alternative fuel technology. Matisyahu and 20 other bands will be there as well as many other DJs. BambooSk8 will be teaming up with the Ocean Beach Surf-n-Skate and setting up in their section of the event. Come check us out at the event!!! It should be a great time!!! There will also be a skateboarding demo, so if you can rip it up, get down there and show off your skills!!! Tickets are on sale right now for $10 and they will be $15 the day of the event at the gate!!!! I hope you all can make it out to this event, it is going to be huge!!!!!

Whats happenin people for the past two weeks i have been focusing on the developing of our t-shirts and soft goods department and its coming along slowly but with the rest of the interns working together we hope to get some designs out in the near future. Just got to visualize that day when you walk into your local skate shop and see the latest t-shirt from bamboosk8 on display its what motivates me.

I recently was in Mammoth and had a chance to stop by the Volcom Brothers Skatepark on my way out of town.  It was six o’ clock in the morning and about 36 degrees outside so it wasn’t exactly ideal skating conditions. Just rolling into the main part of the park towards the capsule is enough to get your heart thumping and your eyes watering.  It’s better than any cup of coffee I have ever had.

This park is a reflection of the big things that are possible when the skateboard and snowboard communities come together.

R.I.P. JLA
(“Jeff Anderson is snowboarding. Jeff Anderson is skateboarding. Jeff Anderson is passion. Jeff Anderson is unity.”)

Come out and support the cause!

Just wanted to keep everyone up to speed. This first month as an intern for Bamboosk8 has been a great experience and things are moving quickly. I have been working on various projects to get Bamboosk8 where it needs to be. Balancing various projects at the same time has been challenge and a learning experience.

I have been working on creating partnerships with other eco-friendly companies for future events and promotions.  I can’t really talk about the details but keep your eyes and ears open. The word of bamboo skateboards is spreading in a rapid way thanks to our interns.  Everyone is starting to realize the benefits of bamboo skateboards as opposed to maple.  One day when bamboo replaces maple we will all be able to breathe a little easier.

The last couple days we received a new shipment of our hybrid bamboo decks and wow do they look amazing. After years of testing and feedback, these are truly a reflection of perfection. These decks are flying like hotcakes so any of you shop owners out there or loop’d kids better get on it if you want to skate some fresh bamboo. Those of you who have already ordered your decks please feel free to send us some feedback.   It has been a great experience so far and I look forward to bigger and better things in the future.

Til next time.

Be a part of RAD on Saturday, October 10th!

RAD-Roll Anything Day

Hello all!!! It’s the end of week six here as an intern at BambooSk8. All is going well and we are working hard. I finally have my pics of BambooSk8 in Europe!! I hope everyone gets a chance to check them out! Let me know what you think! Soon BambooSk8 will be a  house hold name in Europe!!!!

the gloves are off, training wheels removed, etc, etc we’ve been given free rein as interns to cause havoc or come up big like kobe bryant in the playoffs hahaha. on the real we’re starting to get into our various projects and the beginning is always the hardest but once you get an idea or lay the groundwork everything else comes that much easier so im going to keep plugging away kowing that there is always light at the end of every tunnel. H.E.R.O.

These past couple of weeks were pretty busy for us, conducting market research, mailing out boards to sponsee’s from our new shipment and building things. Andrew G and I took some initiative and built the first addition to the warehouse skate obstacle arsenal and it turned out nice! we just put a couple of pallettes together that were similar in size and then jerry rig braced them together. At lowes we shopped for a desireable peice of plywood for the top surface but as soon as we got there someone told us that their saw was broken and that we were out of luck. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I walked out frustrated and found the optimal peice of plywood for us sitting in a pile of scrapwood in front of the store. Not about to accept defeat we grabbed the plank and headed to Home Depot where a guy cut if for us for free and it was on.  Plus I got a fresh complete on a hybrid bamboo deck.

Let the training  begin…

We are getting new decks in a couple of weeks. They are the hybrids. 70% bamboo. We are also getting new longoards by the end of Novmber. I love coming to work and being surrounded by skateboards. Breathe easy, sk8 bamboo.

The 5th annual Vans Downtown Showdown was once again held in the Paramount Studio lots in Hollywood over the weekend.  This event brings out some of the best street skaters in the world to test their abilities on custom features designed by certain companies.  This year was no exception when it came to creativity in features which showcased the talent of different skaters.  The features were Girl’s Little China Banks, Flip’s Extremely Sorry Ashtray Pyramid, Creature’s Hesh Cross, and Black Label’s Drunk Tank and Twelve Step Program.  Although everyone was killing it, Jani Laitiala took top pro performance while the overall team winner went to Foundation.  Until next year….

Photos courtesy of Skateboard Revolution:

Hello everyone! So I just got back from an exciting adventure in Europe. I went to Amsterdam and London.  I brought my BambooSk8 shirt and some stickers and spread the word of BambooSk8. I had an amazing time with the people I met in Amsterdam and London. A lot of people were very interested in BambooSk8. Hopefully soon we will see BambooSk8 across the globe!!! Stay tuned, I will be posting some pics from the trip and you will be able to see how BambooSk8 visited the canals and the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam as well as Stonehenge and Big Ben in London.

Just wanted to keep everyone up to date with what has been going on here at BambooSK8.  During the second week of the internship all the interns attended ASR which was a great experience for all.  You can read all about it in my last post. It was something I will never forget and I hope to attend it again in the future as my career in the action sports industry continues to grow.   

One of the main objectives of this internship is to spread the word of BambooSK8 and create awarness for future generations to come.  I can’t say enough good things about this company and the internship program.  Bamboo skateboards are the wave of the future and have proven to be superior to its counterpart maple.  Tested and proven in the Sole Tech labs to have more POP than maple!!!  What more do you want in a skateboard than a durable product thats got POP? 

We want to thank all you kids out there on loop’d network that are buying our decks and supporting us.  Keep on sending us those photos for the weekly photo contest and keep on rippin’.  Whether your buying our decks directly from us or in your local skate shop, you are starting to see the light and supporting a good cause.  One day when all those maple trees are gone what will you turn to?

This is a great company and a wonderful opportunity that I am proud to be a part of.  Until next time….

NateP

This past weekend hosted the annual Hot Dawgs and Handrails up in Big Bear, CA.  Every September snowboarders from around the world come to compete and party.  It’s quite easily my favorite event of the year because you get to hangout with pretty much everyone you’ve ever snowboarded with along with meeting new people at the same time.  Every year is amazing, and this year was no exception.  The following photos are courtesy of Snowboard Revolution:

Well I was glad to be a part of ASR this year instead of just being a spectator.  It was a great experience hanging out with the Bamboo crew and promoting the brand.  I was able to meet a lot of new people during these few days and hopefully made an influence on them.  Although ASR was mainly about doing business, we did have our fair share of fun too.  We attending video premieres, skate contests, and much more.  Here’s a link to a photo that made it onto surfshots website: http://www.surfshot.com/Surf%20Events/Photos/ASR+September+2009+Tradeshow+Pictures+The+Girls+The+Booths+and+few+Dudes-175301.html

Monday always seems to be a good day for healing. I skated all day on saturday on my new bamboo deck. After I skated I went to see Guttermouth. It was so much fun. I’m so sore today though. I don’t even want to move. A good sign from another great weekend.

The ASR experience was something I will never forget.  I have been to the show before but this was the first show where I felt like I actually belonged and served a purpose. Other times I had been there under some other alias, or at the job fair, but it was never this productive.  The first day was spent spreading the word of Bamboo as an alternative and superior product to maple.  Kids and other buyers that stopped by the booth were well aware of who we were and seemed very interested in our skate decks.  I spent a lot of time networking and talking to kids about our products.  It was really special to see that kids were well aware of our products and why purchasing our decks, as compared to maple, directly effected the environment.  To hear a kid tell me “bamboo grows three feet a day and has more pop than maple”, that was something else.  Its just a great feeling to know that part of our younger generation is aware of sustainability and its importance for generations to come.  By the end of the first day our company was lucky enough to land a spot on Fox News San Diego and I went home and watched it that night on the 10 o’ clock news.  It was a great story about how companies in the Action Sports Industry are going green and using environmentally-friendly products.  It set the stage for the days to come and created a buzz about BambooSK8 around ASR.  BambooSK8 is one of those companies at the forefront and I am proud to be a part of that.

There was plenty of entertainment and eye-candy throughout the weekend.  One of the highlights of the event was probably the Volcom skate ramp.  It was fun watching groms destroy it and old school skaters trying to hang.  One kid that definitely stuck out was Little Louie Lopez.  Its hard to keep up with the skate scene these days with all these young guns coming up.  The trick that stuck in my mind was a gap to frontside krooks down and across a good portion of the ramp.  Freakin’ Groms!  One other highlight was the first ever Office Boyz skate contest.  Its a contest put on by Malakye that involves desk jockey’s and employees from around the Actions Sports Industry.  You would be surprised at the level of skating by the people who sit behind a computer all day and  work in this industry.  Do they really work all day? I think they are taking way too many skate breaks.

Overall ASR was a great experience and our team of interns did a great job.  People were even asking for our decks when we were loading up the truck in the parking lot.  I would say it was a success for BambooSK8. Way to go team!

Peace out.

ASR was like a tornado blew around the world and deposited the leading action sports brands in one city at the same time it was like one of those dreams that you get mad at yourself after waking up from it. Walking around i was surprised over and over again how people who did not even skate were interested in what we were doing because of that it was important to have working knowledge of the products we were promoting. It was a great learning experience and i cant wait till the next one and maybe next time the security guards will let me into class@asr because i couldnt smooth talk them into letting me by. And on a random note its been discovered im the best box maker out of the interns if there was an olympic event for it i would have been the michael phelps for it hahaha. H.E.R.O.

Whats up everyone this is Mark S, most people just cal l me Schwan. I’ve been an intern here at good ol’ bamboosk8 for about four weeks and everyday I’m learning new things and getting excited about future projects. I’ve been attending Palomar College for a couple years mixing gen. ed. and graphic design classes and I’m hyped to be in a real world environment applying real world skills. Also I’ve been a cook now for about 5 years…can you eat bamboo? I found out about bamboo skateboards from a friend, and actually worked in the warehouse before I became an intern. I grew up surfing and still surf but skateboarding has become my new crush and is definately at the top of my list of extra curricular activities. Love the bamboo decks; I’ve ridden the 5-ply 70% and the 4 ply 100% and they got POP! haha. It’s amazing how there is always room for inovation and improvement, especially when you combine that with eco friendly morals.

LiV well…

ride grass…..PEACE!

ASR was crazy as always and I was glad to see they expanded on the free skate area outside of the mini ramp. I was definately a walking bilboard for bamboosk8 and lots of people noticed that I think. We sold lots of boards and I was able to talk with alot of people I never thought I would see inside and at the after partys. For example I shared conversations over long island ice tea’s with Christopher Campbell (the president of photon skateboards) at the ASR after party in the woodstock rooftop pool at the Hardrock. And of course the reef girls were there…yay! Overall I think it was beneficial for us to have a booth there, especially being a part the ASEC greenroom corner.

Does anybody know what was up with the booth that was selling Ron Burgundy sunscreen..?

Hello evryone!!!! So this past weekend BambooSk8 attended ASR at the San Diego Convention Center.  I was very fortunate to be able to attend with the rest of the BambooSk8 team. This was my very first time attending ASR.  This was one of the best experiences of my life!!! I had a blast walking around and seeing all of the different booths and  being able to meet new and interesting people from the action sports industry.  I was able to speak with consumers of our product as well as people from different companies in the industry. It was nice to be able to converse with people from all different types of action sports companies.  I was exhausted by the end of the weekend but it was well worth it!!!! BambooSk8 had a very successful weekend at ASR!!! I am very excited about the progress we made at the event and I cannot wait till next ASR!!! Now I am off to Europe and hopefully I will be promoting the BambooSk8 name in Amsterdam and London!!! Watch out Europe, here comes BamboSk8!!!!

My weekend started with ASR. It was my first time there and I was stoked. It was the most I have ever felt that I was actually part of the action sports industry, and man did it feel at home. I was runnig arond like a chicken with my head cut off checking out all the cool booths that were around. There ws so uch to see I was never in one place too long, and oh man the mini ramp they had, SICK! Volcom built it, there were like three diffrent sections on it, all a diffrent size with volcom stones connecting them.
I was tagged from head to toe in the Bamboo Sk8 logo. I was talking up bamboo with everyone I met. I eventually made it around to brands. I gave them my pitch, we talked for a bit. No matter what they said I stayed around and picked their brain as much as I could, to get insider information on the industry. The former owner of Vision (the second oldest skateboard company) gave me a full on lecture of the industry and answered all of the questions I had.
We ended up selling plenty of decks, both long and short. It was definitley worth our time there.
On Sunday I attended the paddle for clean water in Ocean Beach, put on by the Surfrider Foundation. The surf was lke 8 foot so the paddle got cancelled (I’m not going to lie, I was hoping it would so I didn’t feel guilty about surfing instead of doing the paddle). Sarting at 11 a there was a free concert with Iration headlining, and tribal Seeds playing too. Also Stone was there giving out free beer (hell yeah!) That whole event got attacked with Bamboo Sk8 stickers. Everyone there got a sticker, and if they didn’t they heard about bamboo, that’s or sure.

Breathe easy, Skate Bamboo

Afeter redoing the zine multiple times, it is finally done. Everyone who sent in an ad to our contest on loopd can see their ad placed on the back page of the zine. That is right all 74 Bamboo Sk8 ads are on the back of the zine. Make sure you check it out if you participated in the contest.
On a side note. This week officially makes it the half way mark of my internship. For those people looking for an internship I highly recommend this program. I have lerned a lot and enjoyed every minute of my time here at Bamboo Sk8.

First day was crazy like padded room occupant crazy they threw alot of information at me and at first your head is swimming but it gets cleared because everyone was real willing to help out  they were not joking when they said its like a family here. Right now im just learning how BambooSk8 operates, the correct way to contact different business and individual entities, and most importantly the goals and mission of this company. I know that this internship has me on the right track in terms of future goals such as owning my own apparel company hopefully that happens before BambooSk8 corners the market haha

I’m Cristina Dominguez, the new Spanish Marketing Intern. This is my first week in Bamboosk8 and I’m really happy to be part of the team. I studied Economics and Media Production and I’ve a strong passion about board sports. I hope to meet all the “bambooers” at ASR! cya around

My name is Nathan Peacher. I bring to the table a B.S. in Advertising from Northern Arizona University with a Graphic Design and Web Development background. I am currently pursuing a web publishing certificate from UCSD.  One day I hope to be part of a creative team for the action sports industry.  Growing up in Laguna Niguel and Orange County, the mecca for the industry, I am a life-long consumer of all the big name brands.  I was fortunate enough to grow up in an area where I was always at the beach, skateboarding, or snowboarding.  I love all outdoor activities and have lots of hobbies including photography and painting.  I pursued my passion for snowboarding by living and working in Lake Tahoe for six years. I have maintained a consistent amount of freelance work and recently moved back to Southern California to pursue a career in Web Development.  I am very excited to work with a company like BambooSK8 who is revolutionizing the sport of skateboarding. My life long passion for board sports will prove to be invaluable during my internship with BambooSK8. It is a great opportunity to work with a company that is involved in changing the world for future generations to come.

More to come……

Hey there!!!! It’s me Chandra. Started my first day as an intern at Bamboo Sk8 today! I can say that this place is great! I am super excited to be a part of the team and I cannot wait to see what this company has in store for me !!! Bamboo Sk8 will be at ASR September 10th-12th this year and I am very happy to say that I will be there as well!!! I look really forward to working ASR this year and I am even more excited that I will be working it with the Bamboo team! Stay tuned for more of my blogs to come!!!!

I currently attend Palomar College studying graphic design/communication and my hobbies are surfing and skateboarding. I also work in restaurants and know how to deglaze a saute pan.

The weekly photo contest is up and running on loopd and we’ve had a ton of great pics being sent lately. On a side note, the booth for ASR is coming along nicely with everyones help. Big things to come…..

BambooSK8 is coming to ASR this year with all new and improved 100% and 70% bamboo short decks, along with our New 100% bamboo Longboards in three different shapes and sizes!  If you get a chance to come to ASR this year, held at the San Diego Convention Center, come check us out in the ASEC Green Room, a section dedicated to sustainable companies in the action sports industry.  Hope to see you there!!!!

Skate Green,

Mark O.

grand prizeTime to get stoked. I am proud to announce a new contest in the works here at Bamboo Sk8. The contest involves shooting an Eco/Skate video. The video is a chance for contestants to get creative. I have been working closley with Ron (head of public relations), and we so far have finished an outline for a “pilot” run. The pilot run will include all the basic ideas of the contest for four teams of participants to compete against eachother. We will pick the best video for a grand prize (later to be announced, but trust us it will be worth competing for). If the pilot contest runs with out any major problems we will unleash the contest to the masses. We see this contest eventually going national, maybe even international. We also have diffrent variations of the contest, one will revolutionalize the skate market. We are changing the world one step at a time. There is no stopping us and eventually you will have no choice but to join us. Why not join us now. Go ahead, help us save the world. I dare you.

Hey everyone I know it’s been a while since I’ve made a post so I’m here to update you guys on what’s going on.  Inside the office I’ve been doing everything from finding and calling new shops to potentially carry our products, working on a deep cleaning product, answering e-mails, helping out with labels, helping with loop’d, and helping edit the new zine that Phillip has created. Today I’ve been busy reogranizing the warehouse and I’m about to clean out the kegerator.  Outside the office I’ve been surfing a bunch, visiting local skateparks to promote BambooSk8, and hangingout with some of the other interns.  Here’s some pics from a recent mini ramp sesh on the bamboo decks:

The X-Games were sick this year. Lots of sweet one footed skate nollie nose grabs. The Staples Center smelled like gas from all the dirt bikes that were going brrrrrrrrr!!!!! When it came time for the big air comp I was ready. We had great seats, and as Bob Burnquist flew through the air I was sure he would hit his head on the score board thingy……so close. It was a great time and fun was had by all. BambooSk8 will always be at the best skate events and look for our Zine dropping knowlege on the internet and your local BambooSk8 dealer.

The X-Games was AWE-SOME!! I had a blast. We went to the big air contest and we sat all the way at the top which wasn’t really bad at all cause we got a great view of everything. We were also sitting 3 rows away from the drop in and that was awesome to watch the skaters so close up and see them drop. It was an over all great atmosphere to be in and I will say it is definitely an experience for the books!

Hey just want to introduce myself, my name is Marina Baham I’m a new intern here at BambooSK8. I just graduated from Saint Mary’s College of California with a BA in Sports Management. I have been at the internship for a couple weeks now and I love it! I have enjoyed skateboard since I was about 8 years old and I have just recently become more fascinated with surfing. I am interested to start my career in the Action Sport Industry and I am even more excited that I am at BambooSk8 getting some experience!
Lately I have been getting to know more about how the company works and what us interns do to help contribute. I have just started working on the Loopd website and getting to know the people we sponsor and how to reach out to others and bring them on our team! I am excited to take on more and learn more, so I will let you know how it goes!

The Zine is almost done. You will get one with each purchase from the website. Included on the back page is all of the ads that were submited from the ad contest we held on loopd. Make sure to check it out.

As of August 2009, we are pleased to have hired Mark Olson, one of our interns who has spent almost 9 months of interning and then leading the intern class.  By being persistent, learning from his mistakes, being positive, getting results, and a few other quality traits, Mark earned himself a spot when the opportunity arose.  Timing + opportunity + hard work is what paid off.  Despite the fact that we had over 50 resumes for the position, hiring internally is what made sense for us, and all the more reason why we do the internship program; to grow talent.  As our company grows, we hope to continue this tradition.

Another former intern from class 3, Greg, is now working for us heading up our longboard business.  We expect great things from Greg!!

Also, yesterday, we had lunch with a former intern Kenny from the first internship.  Kenny is now helping our old friend Donald at Dark Horse Distribution (Grind King, Termite, Dogtown) with operations, as well as venturing into some new technological things.

Our former intern Krystie who was hired at Fox after our internship is kicking butt over there, and still finding time to help us with various graphical items.  We can’t say enough good things about her!!

Once the market picks back up, we are hoping to see more of our interns find jobs within the industry.  At the same time, some interns find that action sports just isn’t for them… or that they thought they wanted to do sales, but realize they dont… it’s all a part of the process of self growth.

All of the Interns and I are working on a new zine. We plan to have an e-zine along with one every time you order a deck. Make sure you check them out. Who knows some of your work might be in it somewhere.

So it’s been a while since my last post, thought I’d fix that…I’m still workin on the textile whatnot and things are going really well.  Bamboosk8 has been nice enough to add my name to a patent for a bamboo product I’ve been working on for quite a while.  I get to see the first samples either today or tomorrow, super stoked!  I can’t say any more right now, just know there’s all sorts of awesomeness goin on here…

What’s up! Today is my last day as an intern… I’ve been here 6 months and it has been a pretty good ride so far but as all good things must come to an end, so must this. The contest I created ended last week and now I’ve been working on it all wrapped up. The inner workings of the contest and helping the Loop’d kiddos with their skating and sponsorships were my some of my favorite aspects of the internship as it was an ever-changing project. Every day I would have pictures, videos and questions some related to the Eco Tribe and some just “check out my friend totally eat this trick”. I really enjoyed the variety! I really liked being involved with youth marketing; it seems to be a logical fusion of my previous work experiences and personal interests. I hope to enter into this field… (I’m currently job hunting)

Here are some pictures of Alyx, Andrew and I taking bamboosk8 into open water… just another average day at the office:
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A few of us interns had the opportunity to go out on a boat in the San Diego Harbor this week. It was really fun and had some awesome views. We took a Bamboo deck and wrote “I’m on a Boat” on it for some good SNL’eque and Titanic photo ops.

And last night two of our previous interns, Kristie S and Mark D, had some of their deck art work displayed at Tap Room in Pacific Beach. Their skate decks will be hanging at the bar for the next month if you want to go check it out.

TapRoom Art Show

I'm on a Boat

Bamboo Sk8 is a revolutionary company. It is dedicated to putting out the best product on the market, while saving the world one tree at a time. I am proud to call myself a Bamboo Sk8 Intern and I look forward to doing my part to develop, market, advertise, and sale skateboards made out of bamboo. I see this company as ground breaking, soon influencing other companies to get creative and eco-aware of their product. I look forward to working with everyone at the company and learning as much as I can from them. Every day I will come in with an open mind and suck up as much knowledge as I can that will better my performance ultimately leading to the betterment of the company. Stay tuned good and extraordinary things are bound to happen, soon.

Hi my name is Shawn Wood and I’m interning at Bamboosk8. I recently graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Business. When I was living in Northern California I worked at Ground Zero Board Shop. It was lots of fun and I learned the ins and outs of this crazy industry. Ground Zero opened some doors for me as being a sub rep for Electric Visual, and Sanuk. Lots of fun and challenging at times, and went from selling items to customers to placing reorders with owners. I moved back to Southern California to be closer to the hub of things. I’m now interning at Bamboosk8 and love that I’m working for a company that cares about the environment. I worked at a skate shop for over two years and had no idea that skate boards made from maple are cut from 60 year old trees. Not down with that and now that I know that I really support the fact that Bamboo is the way to go. It grows super fast and you can Ollie 3” higher. Stay green, but not like the Hulk.

Shawn

Erin and I got to go to the Hobie Surf/Skate Shop Green Room opening last week in Laguna Beach. It was really fun and a lot of people came out to support the first shop in America to have a Green Room; a room dedicated to all things environmentally friendly in surf and skate. It featured a bunch of Volcom and Livity products. Pro skater Ray Barbee played some music along with tons of free food and drinks from Adina, Chipotle, Amazon Energy, and Yerba Mate.

The ASEC Green Room @ Hobie Skate and Surf Shop, Laguna Beach, CA

Wuts Up guys!

I’m Christie one of the new intern for BambooSk8. A little about me I am Colombian and I was raised in San Diego, CA my whole life. I currently go to school at The Art Institute of California, San Diego. I graduate at the end of this summer with a Bachelors of Science in Fashion Marketing and Management.  My biggest passions are photography, art, and traveling. Growing up in SoCal has allowed me to be surrounded by surfers, skaters, and snowboarders which inspired me to get into the action sports industry.  As an intern at BambooSk8 I have been able to work and multiple projects while interacting one on one with skaters through networking sites.  I look forward to learning more about the skater’s lifestyle and being a part of crazy events throughout the summer such as Go Skate Boarding Day, ASR, and more!

Christie

On June 18th, we all met up (owners, interns, family members, etc.) at the El Callejon restaurant in Encinitas off the PCH; a delicious mexican restaurant who was recommended by our Office manager Laurie.  This was the final celebration of our 3rd graduating class of interns at bamboosk8, although unfortunately 3 of the interns couldn’t make it and 3 others never graduated.  We were very fortunate to have Chad, the owner of malakye.com come out and celebrate with us, as well talk to the interns about what he is seeing in the job market.  After having dinner, Geoff spoke to the interns about “value” which he accomplished by demonstrating who would still want a $100 bill after it was crumpled and stepped on – it’s still $100 and so are we as human beings, no matter what our circumstances – we’ve all been down, stepped on, etc.  but we have to recognize our value and increase it.  Next, Geoff gave Kevin (krystie’s boyfriend from Germany) the $100 bill and a plaque thanking him for his help with  some packaging of our decks.  Then, Ron and Wyatt spoke about each intern giving personal stories of the value we found with each intern, as well as handing each a plaque recogning:

 ”most likely to succeed” – Greg

“class clown” – Mark D

“best photography” – Jamie

“most creative” – Kystie

“most persistent” – Mark O

“most improved” – Brittany

“most congenial” – Monica

“most dilligent” – Monique

Most importantly for Geoff was giving a plaque to his lovely girlfriend Catherine – “the woman behind the man”.

We then followed the evening with a final thank you from Mark and then photos, hugs and autographs.  This group will definitely be missed and we are confident that they will do well in life in their future roles in action sports and hopefully skateboarding.  No matter what, they will always be a part of the bamboo family.

Mark D and I made the trip up to Santa Barbara to represent BambooSK8 at SurfRider Foundations Concert for the Coast in Isla Vista near UCSB’s campus.  We donated 6 of our decks to be raffled off and brought up some great new prototypes of our longboard line coming out later this summer.  We were also able to take a photo shoot and great video of our longboards in action on the great mountain roads in Santa Barbara, one being “Death Mountain”.  Here are a few great pictures from the event: 

yo dudes,

So I’m Kennen (a.k.a. kage, kbear, conan, rage, etc…).  I started as an intern here at BambooSK8 about a month ago.  I went to school in Ithaca, NY – the craziest hippie town around, think San Francisco but with happy hippies.  Got my bachelors in fiber science from Cornell in January and moved straight back home to Orange County.  Ithaca was awesome but it was way cold!  I thought I was gonna get a job right of college no problem, but the economy thought otherwise.  It’s cool though, this internship has been pretty sick.  I’ve been able to do way more as an intern here than I would have as an employee at any major company.  Right now I’m working on the textile side of bamboo and have a couple projects in the works.  I’m pretty stoked for this weekend, we got Go SK8 Day on Sunday – I’ll be wandering around various skate parks in Orange – and I plan to get a tech package done for my first bamboo product!  More about that next time though…peace

kage

Hey we’ll be at the Del Mar/San Diego Fair next Weds. We finally have stickers and will be handing them out and raffling off a deck. We’ll bring our new Bamboo long boards so come check them out!

So kids, farewell time!! This will be my last post.. I was lucky enough to get a job as a designer at Fox Racing and have already begun on that whole new journey.. I will miss the bamboo crew, and the fun crazy work environment, I had a ball and learnt a lot about how start-up businesses operate in this tough industry- was experience ‘behind the scenes’ that you definitely wouldn’t get at any of the bigger boys within the action sports industry.
I started my internship on the other side of the world- in Australia- and ended my bambosk8 journey here in Oceanside, CA. Just proves that you can be anywhere in the world and gain valuable experience- as long as you have skype!! While I was at bamboosk8 I worked on graphic promo material and I helped develop the new and improved website which will be launching soon, keep your eye out for it..
So thanks to everyone – Geoff for giving me a chance on the other side of the world, and thanks to all the interns- you guys are awesome and do a great job!
Will miss you all,
Krystie

ps
If you want to see some sexy bamboo decks I will be featured in a skateboard art exhibition down in San Diego on the 1st July, the gig is at ‘Taproom’ and will feature different artists from SD and OC- mark D- another intern, will also be in it so come along!

I just finished making a new poster for Bamboo SK8 today, hopefully i’ll be able to screen print it on posters and they will become give aways at events or be sent out with each deck purchase. I made it by hand which apparently was really unnecessary, so i’ll be learning how to use photoshop for future designs.

My name is Andrew Gray and I’m a new intern here at BambooSK8.  I just recently graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a BA in Marketing.  I surf just about every other day, skateboard often, and snowboard regularly in the winter.  I’m stoked to be contributing to the eco-friendly movement!

I’ve been learning a lot about the company, products and customers lately.  I was able to help out with some of the latest ASEC skate demos in orange county and had a blast seeing everyone stoked on BambooSK8 including some of the top pros in the industry.  I’ve also got a lot of positive feedback from a couple friends on how the boards perform which is awesome.  Here’s a pic from the latest ASEC event in Huntington Beach of some of the local skaters who will all be skating these rad boards soon.

Every day I talk via email to a variety of young skaters via Loop’d. These skaters range from children to adults and it is awesome because they share with me cool videos and pictures of themselves. But it is the youngest kids that I think are super interesting. At a recent ASEC event in Orange County, CA, I got to meet someone whom I believe is BambooSK8’s youngest skater, Shaw.  Shaw is 4 ½ years old, only rides BambooSK8 and tears it up! He is tough for his age too! He’d fall and just brush it off and keep going. HE DOES NOT CRY. He is probably about the size of the cruiser board we gave him to try out… see for yourself:

Im a new intern here at Bamboo SK8. I am a soon to be senior at the College of Charleston in South Carolina but living here in Oceanside for the summer.

This past weekend we went to the Orange County High School of the Arts and a high school out in Huntington beach for ASEC skate demos called Recylce Your Brain. Fabrizio Santos and Tash Townend were there! We gave away 100 decks! It was a pretty fun and I walked away with some free stuff of my own. Over all a good time.

Brett in front of the Bamboo Sk8 tent and deck sculpture!

I see a lot of random things on the internet related to skating and by far this has maintained as one of my favorites. Do you have $8,250 to spare?  They’re only making 3 of them… You’ll def. try to figure out a way to scrape that together once you see this bad boy. Maybe a good present for the girlfriend….

One word really describes this: Baller

So leave it to little blonde-haired me: I tried to login under my intern blog and it kept giving me an error notice. Typical.

Well kids, my time at BambooSK8 has come to an end and I’m very grateful for the opportunities I had during my four months here. I got to meet a lot of cool and interesting folks and really work on honing my photography skills. I had a blasty blast working on the start-up of the music program and I really hope it grows into something awesomely huge. As for me, I’m getting ready to dive back into ESPN full time in the fall for more drunken college football shenanigans. I’m also getting closer to seeing my dream of starting my own photography business come to life. I’m even shooting a wedding this month, eek! Cross your fingers and toes, too, for good measure.

a hui hou,
j

My web http://www.geocities.com/danni_bao

Here is the poster for the Isla Vista Surfrider Foundation concert this Saturday in Santa Barbara.  If you live in the area come check out the event!!!  This foundation is critical to keeping California coastlines excelent for surfers and marine life.  We are hoping on working more with this foundation in the future.

Party….Mark D

Back for more, cause I aint had enough.  Get ready for more blogs and more event photos.  Here are some pictures from Earth day up In Santa Barbara!!!

-Also, Isla Vista Surfrider foundation concert this weekend!!!!!

SO this internship is all about having goals, accomplishing your goals, etc etc. One of my goals was to create an advertisement contest on Loop’d… and I have! The contest revolves around the idea of including the BambooSK8 logo as well as a creative catchphrase onto an image. This can be an image of themselves or something random. (As long as they submit a signed photo release waiver, they can include pictures of themselves) I post all the eligible entries into a photo gallery on Loop’d titled “Ad Contest Entries” and the Loop’d members can view, comment and vote on their favorite advertisements. The winner of the contest will be picked by the interns and they will receive 5 decks and stickers. We have 24 submissions at the moment and it is growing every day. I am hoping that this contest will really take off now that most schools are out for summer and the Loopties will have more free time to take pictures and mess around on the computer.  

Here is a link our Loop’d profile where the contest is featured: http://www.loopd.com/members/bamboosk8/Home.aspx 

Toodles,

Mo $

Here are 2 example advertisements that krystie and I worked on:

Hey guys

So I finished another few boards over the weekend… Here is one of them! Workin hard on the new website design, check out the sneak peek.. Thanks to out past intern Jaimie for some awesome photos of the Alex..
Also finished a collaboration on a board with MarkD today. Image coming soon!

Cya
K

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to drop in and write on last final post and tell you all thank you for making this internship such a wonderful experience. I was able to learn so much about action sports industry as well as what it means to be a start up company. I enjoyed interacting with each one of you whether it was through email, skype, or phone. It has been a pleasure!

Good luck, have fun and skate safe!

-Monica

Hi all!

Just wanted to give this blogging thing a go and say a big hello to everyone that I have not had the pleasure of meeting quite yet

I had a great time at the ASEC event, those little kids can rip it up out there, totally fearless! Anywho, hope you all have a great week and see you all soon!

Cheers,

Erin

p.s. Chrystie- I love the skateboard!

Hey kids!

Krystie here… i’m a newbie (well kind of) here at BambooSK8, all the way from the land down under!! Im an Aussie who gets a hard time around here for my accent, but im slowly teaching the crew some good quality Australian slang

So a bit about me- im a graphic artist, i make things look pretty, and i love to paint. I’m currently working on a brand spankin new look for our website, so keep an eye out! I work on anything from labels, brochures, advertisements, logos, stickers, websites.. and lots more. I also paint boards, this image shows you one of them- they will be available for purchase if you are interested.

So i’m super excited about the long boards that will be coming out soon- you should be too!

I will upload new board images as I finish them- hope you like

Krystie

MarkD and I visited Earth Day in Balboa Park this past sunday reppin’ BambooSK8!!!! 

As promised is the photo shoot Jamie Mark O and myself did last week.  Just learned how to animate GIFS, lucky you.  Maybe the title should say “Bamboo Sk8, cleaning up the streets”

Any other ideas for a title or text to add?

Mark D out

This intern office is HOT!!! Literally, I am sitting still and sweating.  Atleast this means summer is almost here.  I am thinking there is no better way to do summer right than on a bamboo sk8 deck.  Maybe we will do some promotional speedos if it gets hot enough, I know this guy would appreciate one.

-Mark D out

So today was eventful….I made 2 new structures out of old decks that will go to events with us, made a new add for loopd, and did a modeling shoot in the back with a white tank top on.  I felt like a piece of man meat, much like these gentlemen.  Just a standard day as a Bamboo Sk8 intern.  mark out

Aww yes, Spring time.  Baseball, the prospect of summer, good weather, and prom.  who are you taking this year?  I was thinking Oprah, but looks like MJ beat me to her.

I love vomiting up rainbows in the afternoon…..yum… actually took a break from E-shield today and started notching some recycled skate decks to make a rad burning manish tower for events…. pictures coming soon.

-Mark DDDDDD

Yo yo yum…Pillaged in the intern pit again today.  Almost coming to a close with E-Shield and getting Wyatt prepared for the big pitch.    Strength and honor Wyatt, godspeed on your journey and make bamboo buddy/sk8 proud.   Mark D, out

Welcome to my……underground……lair….. muuuuhahahahahaha….Bamboo Sk8 interns just got the boot and moved into a new office today.  By office I mean glorified closet.  Good news is that there is now a fold out couch. Yay! After all this Monster (sleepy juice) I’ll need it.

Still alive annd kicking.  Got sick last week so I live the life of an intern via Skype…..ya ya!  Here’s what’s happened since:  Clash at Clairemont, Dodger’s luncheon, painted boards, and Santa Clarita Skate Park opening.  Enjoy the pics stalkers.

Still finalizing my T-shirt designs, but learned an important lesson today in marketing.  Always keep your target demographic in mind.  Yeah, I might make a design that is for more mature adience, but sometimes I forget who is going to be affected by what I am putting out……..with that said I ran into a leprechaun last night who convinced me that the one thing the Leprechauns like more than gold……….is Bamboo Sk8 decks…….keep your designs sharp, but your wits even sharper!

Yoooooooo, this weekend I went with some of the interns to Clash at Clairemont. It was an awesome event and good chance to talk to kids who were jacked on atleast 3 Monster energy drinks each. Anyways, today I started working towards one of my goals, designing some new T-shirts for Bamboo Sk8. I wanted to go for the………..

meets…………..

and then sprinkle some……….

with a touch of…………..

no wait….that’s not right…… well you get the picture. I’ll be pposting my retarded love children shirts tomorrow that I have come up with!!!
-Mark D

a simple question i would like to ask anyone who comes across this site. Would you skate bamboo…the majority of people i have asked responed with a second guess…”wait, whoaaa the boards are 100% bamboo?” They appear to be quite turned on to the eco-friendly factor and immediately begin asking more questions about the deck and how they can get their hands on one.

So this I ask you… would you skate bamboo?

If the answer is yes… join us on loopd.com and gain access to discounts and deals on our boards… soon you’ll be asking the same question to others…or maybe it will even take a turn around to be

“Do you skate Bamboo?”

Just a thought

Cheers,

Kerrya

Hey everyone,

I am super excited to announce a very exciting event that should happen next month!!!

I am in the process of working with Ron, and Cayden, a High School Senior @ Poway High School.

I don’t want to give too much away just yet, but just know that this will be like no other event. Some details to entice you… bamboo ramps, bamboo decks, bamboosk8, it will be a revolution

Stay tuned for more info… till then

Have a wonderful weekend!

Cheers,

Kerrya

The events that led me to Bamboo Sk8 as follows:

Graduation

No money

Moved in with parents

At the computer for a month straight

Finally found Bamboo Sk8!!!

-It’s my first intenrship, and a great learning experience already.  Working with such a large team with different schedules has proven to be difficult, but will make all of us interns stronger and better leaders once we figurethis out.  I really want this internship to be successful and help jump start some amazing careers, so i am staying positive and learnning how to listen more than anything!!!  If I take anything away from this internshhip it is to be positive!

-Mark D