Getting on the road is always nice, but for a professional skateboarder with a handful of sponsors pulling you in lots of directions, sometimes the road can start to wear on you. It’s nice every now and then to just pick a destination, grab a good buddy, and head to the location of your choice with no real set agenda. Well, after a long summer of grueling road trips and video deadlines, we sent CCS team rider Ben Raybourn on a little skate vacation with his homie and CCS filmer, Chris Varcadipane. They wanted to head south and run away from the fresh rains hitting the Pacific Northwest, and as luck would have it, one of the best vert contests in skateboarding was going down that weekend. Ben and Chris managed put themselves to work even on vacation and brought us back this rad edit. It looks like they had a damn good time!
eS and CCS: Two Decades Deep
In the history of skateboarding very, few brands have the type of connection that eS and CCS have. Since eS was founded in 1995 their shoes have graced the pages of the CCS Catalog. Our brand grew with their brand to become two of the most recognizable names in skateboarding. A lot has happened since 1995 and our brands lost each other for a few years, but we’re proud to say that you can find eS shoes at CCS again. We made this video to explain a bit of the history our two brands have together and show you a bit of what’s new from eS. So take three minutes to watch this and then grab a pair of Sal’s and hit the streets!
Kev’s Kreations: The Roskopp Ripper
Kev’s Kreations have been building a lot of momentum lately. From Kev’s fans incessantly calling for more Kreations, to being bombarded with countless ideas from CCS’ friends on the internet, Kev’s Kreations are becoming a force to be reckoned with. So much so, CCS sent Kev down to California to meet up with Andrew Cannon – Brand Manager of Santa Cruz and OJ – at the NHS Headquarters and let him kreate! He went with the Roskopp Ripper, a retro slasher ready to thrash any transition.
Andrew Gray’s Full Part From Dusted
The Killing Floor’s Andrew Gray is a giant ball of explosive energy and creativity packaged neatly inside a small young man. His part in Chris Varcadipane’s Dusted video made our jaws drop so we had to share it with you guys. Combining fluid lines with some truly unique bangers, Andrew is someone you can count on seeing lots of rad stuff from. You may want to watch this one a few times.
Ben Raybourn’s Full Part From Dusted
Chris Varcadipane’s Dusted video premiered to a jam-packed house last week in Portland, OR, and CCS team pro, Ben Raybourn came through with a rad part.
Ryan Lay’s Welcome Wear Test
CCS Pro Ryan Lay paid a visit in Portland recently and they decided to give him a little day tour of their town while wear-testing one of his pro model boards from Welcome Skateboards.
Cooper Wilt Grinds 31 Ledges In One Skatepark
Going out skating with no agenda is great. It’s probably the most fun and freeing thing you could ever do. Leave it to our guy Price to turn Cooper Wilt’s fun free skate time in to a damn mission. Luckily for us, Cooper is very accommodating and when Price decided on the challenge of the day, Cooper gladly accepted. Armed with his Almost pro model deck, Cooper Wilt leaves no ledge un-grinded at one of his weirder local parks – he even waxes a fence, just to be safe. Grind everything, and if you feel up to it, start counting too!
Disposable Mondays With Walker Ryan And Jimmy Carlin
In this day and age of disposable everything, we must never forget one of the great pioneers of expendable excess, the disposable camera. What a luxury to be able to document life on film, and then just toss your device away to be replaced by a new one for another roll.
Gear Check with Frankie Spears
This East Coast prodigy is from Long Island, New York and he brings that East Coast flavor to some insane technical ability. Check out what he’s riding in this installment of Gear Check.
Jamie Thomas: Behind The Cover
Good artists borrow, great artists steal, and some artists are so epic they can borrow and steal from themselves and the result is just as awesome as it was the first time you saw it. Jamie Thomas had the genius idea to kickflip over his motorcycle 20 years ago in his legendary Welcome To Hell part and we decided that in honor of Zero’s 20th anniversary we should try our hand at recreating that iconic photo for our digital catalog cover. Lucky for us, Tommy Sandoval had the exact same bike, eS just reissued the exact same shoes, and Jamie has the exact same kickflip. Being able to do a trick 20 years after you filmed it for your video part is pretty amazing. Jamie walked us through the process of how it went down for this behind the cover video.
CCS X DC Pop For Prizes 2016 With Wes Kremer
If you entered our Pop For Prizes contest last year on Go Skateboarding Day, then you know how ridiculously easy it is to post your tricks and come up on some free gear! We listened to all of you and brought it back for 2016 with even more stuff to give out! We teamed up with Wes Kremer and our friends at DC to bring you five different tricks to try this June 21st.
The Day: Enjoi
Watching Bag Of Suck on repeat got us nostalgic for a little San Jose trip. So we hopped a flight to Silicon Valley and booked a room at the legendary Tiltmode Mansion. We were lovingly welcomed by the mansion’s owner and proprietor, Louie Barletta with a warm couch to sleep on and some cool beverages to quench our thirst. We hit some parks, some streets, and even some arcades and bowling alleys before our day was over. We got the full Enjoi V.I.P. treatment! The crew was Louie, Caswell Berry, Jackson Pilz, Mike Adamov, Zack Wallin, Jose Rojo, and of course Ben Raemers. Bless his soul, little Ben couldn’t find any hardware all day long so he didn’t get to skate with us. He may actually still be looking for some now, so if you see Ben in the streets, be a dear and give him a few nuts or a bolt.