Happy Holidays!

Everyone’s relaxing right now, some more than others in their new jacuzzis… Biebs.

Chris made a big move and got himself on Independent trucks and the clothing team (maybe a signature jean… or a pastel waffle shirt…??)
www.strangenotes.com

Chris and Jereme have some interviews coming out early in the new year in Slap, Skateboarder and The Skateboard Mag.

Magnus has an interview in the latest issue of Concrete Powder.

Ted is living back down in SF, tearing up the streets no doubt.

Stenger’s got the best part in the new Modern Love vid from Green Apple.

And Antisocial’s got a hot new website up. www.antisocialshop.com

That’s it for now, must go stuff my face with Mom’s shortbread….

Unfortunately, today the news is terrible. One of our friends, Lee Matasi had his life cut short this past weekend. Lee was an amazing person and will be missed by many people. Our thoughts are with Alison and her family.

Article from The Vancouver Sun Newspaper.

We’ve got our first winner for October in the new monthly wheel give-away contest. Dalton Kendrick from Clearfield PA…come on down… to Vancouver and collect your prize. Just kidding, we’ll mail it to you.

As everyone and their dog knows, Jereme has been destroying the contest scene in his first year as a pro. Here’s a run down of his placings this year, courtesy of www.skatedaily.net:

- Tampa Pro – Pro event 11th, Best Trick 1st

- Right Guard Open in Denver, CO – 2nd

- Slam City Jam in Vancouver BC – 2nd

- Toyota Challenge in San Jose, CA – 9th

- West 49 Canadian Open – 3rd

- Play Station Pro in Orlando, FL – 1st

- Dew Action Sports Tour – 5th Overall

- Etnies Goofy vs Regular – 1st in team, 1st Overall

DVS has an interview up on their site where Jereme talks about his crazy year and his new vid he’s working on. www.dvsskate.com (rumour has it that he’ll have footage for some craychee wheel company video in the works for next year too…)

Chris and Corey joined up with Cooper Wilt and Aaron Artis for a bullet proof vehicle chaperoned tour of South Africa. Have fun and come back safe boys!

Check out the new January issue of Skateboarder mag for a fancy photo of Haslam doing a sketchy hippie jump, an article on Biebel’s house and our new ad with an am that definitely deserves some love… www.skateboardermag.com

Watch out for Morgan Smith from Ontario. Weiss has put him on Blind, flying him down to film with the big boys twice this year. Supposedly, he’s got a part in the re-release Blind vid, and guess what wheel co. he rides for? pics up soon.

Mike Barker has a bangin part in P Rod’s new vid, Forecast which is in stores soon. Check out the trailer here: www.forecastvideo.com

Jereme loves his Canadian contests! He threw down for a third at the W49 Canadian Open this last weekend in Mississauga. Chris won some cash in the best trick contest as well. Click here for final placings and info.

Rick and Jereme are staying in Toronto and are joined by Koston and BA, doing the Girl “How dare you call this a tour” ..uhhh tour. www.supradistribution.com

Keegan and Scott Pommier recently headed out on their bikes with a final destination of Baja!! “It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end.” Good luck and have fun guys.

Biebel’s in Barcelona, Corey’s in New York and I’m stuck behind my desk. Yay!

We had to change our free sticker give-away because we were gonna go broke giving away the thousands of stickers you guys were asking for. So now you can enter to win a free set of wheels a month. Check it out in the gravy train section below.

Guess who just joined the Momentum crew and got second at Slam!??

Check out the Slam City contest placings below.
….it must be the wheels. Congrats to Jereme, Rick, Biebs, Chris and Magnus. Ya Magnus! - way to go, holdin your own with the big boys. Did you see that semi-final? He was skating against Jamie Thomas!! (and beat him too.) For full results go to: www.slamcityjam.com

Antisocial has some ltd. edition boards from Skull Skates up on the walls. Designed by Bob K, Don Pendleton, Craig Metzger, Matt Irving and Michael Leon…
www.antisocialshop.com

And on a more somber note, our thoughts are with our American friends affected by hurricane Katrina. Please help with donations through official websites like Habitat for Humanity.
http://www.habitat.org/

Guess who got the new Transworld cover?

CHRIS did! Between getting mag covers and winning awards, Haz still finds time to shred with his homies at his local Richmond skatepark and send in more random photos.

The site is getting bigger… just added Barker and AJ photos, as well as new backgrounds of Corey and Biebs. New wheels are here, and they turned out awesome - back to the OG formula - check the new product section in a couple days.

Well, Danny said he would, and he did it….the Great Wall conquered. Check the plethora of links from the Skate Daily site.

Keegan, Chris and a bunch of other Vancouver skaters are rocking the full piece spandex suits these days. Motion capture is the new stunt filming…. pics to come??

See you at the Vancouver plaza this weekend! www.plaza-extravagaza.com

Attention sticker collectors! Remember to fill out your complete mailing address if you want stickers. That means a zip or postal code too!

Momentum Wheel Co. is proud to announce the additions of Mike Barker and Arron Johnson to our Am team:

Mike Barker, hailing from Simi Valley, CA has recently joined Popwar as their newest am. His other sponsors include: Es Shoes, Venture Trucks, Active and Skate Lab. Look for Mike in upcoming issues of Slap, TWS and the Skateboard Mag, as well as a full length part in the newest issue of 411.

Arron Johnson is one of our Vancouver homies and is also on the Popwar program. Arron’s other sponsors are DC Shoes and RDS. He has one of the meanest pops in the biz, so watch out ’cause AJ will destroy.

Go skateboarding day is just around the corner…
what you doing??
Timebomb has something cool going on in Vancouver if you don’t already have shredding plans…

Big ups to Chris winning the TWS readers choice award.

And as promised, Chris also sent some new pics from his travels…

The team news we hinted at last update will have to wait until next week. It’s hard to get photos of your new ams when every mag in the industry is screaming over them…

Sunshine = Fun times!

If you haven’t already, head over to the Skateboarder Mag website to enter to win some wheels in their giveaway contest. Hurry! not much time left.

Our new wheels in the OG formula are almost finished. We have some cool new graphics from Andrew as well as a couple guest wheels from Lori D, Corey Sheppard and Haslam even worked on one that has something to do with fast cars and moustaches? Did someone say a no flat spot, light as hell, hollow cores too? Stay tuned.

Chris is away in Finland skating with Louie Barletta and friends, still promising some more snaps. He should be back in the US for the TWS awards as he’s up for two of them. Danny is up for vert skater of the year too.

Corey is calling Vancouver home these days and can be spotted killing The Plaza on a daily basis.

Jamie Thomas just put Keegan on Zero wood, Congrats Keegan!

…check out the new Transworld for a buttery sequence of Trav…

Some crazy team news coming up in the next update… and yes, it will be sooner than a month out…

As you probably already have heard, Danny is planning on launching over the Great Wall of China. Ummm .. holy crap!Rick and the Antisocial crew just got back from a fun trip filming for the Antisocial vid.

Corey is hanging out in Vancouver these days resting a bit after collecting his amazing footage for the Blind video.

Chris is back in Van too, hanging out with his homeslicers before heads out like a baby again. Check out some of his snapshere.

Check out Andrew’s new tees and the new pocket wax in the product section

Rick McCrank takes 4th in the 2005 Globe World Cup!

Yeah, we know…. our second update took a while…. we promise to add stuff more frequently, so please keep checking back for the news. Since our last update, Chris placed 3rd in the Volcom mini ramp challenge and then beat it to China with a crew of dudes filming for 411 among other things. Check out some of his craychee pics here Biebel also made a trip to China with a completely different crew. (China is so hot right now) He said it was a blast.

Congrats to Keegan who placed 11th at the Tampa Am this year.

Coming up is the Globe World Cupwhere Chris, Rick and Corey will undoubtedly kick some ass. After Rick cashes his cheque from the contest, he’s taking the whole Antisocial crew down south for a little road trip.

The new Blind video is premiering next week so check out Corey and the rest of the team in the long awaited vid.

Ted is feelin Arizona these days…. Stenger and Pif both said something about the cold and heading down to Cali soon. Danny is still icing his knee and we wish him a speedy recover. Until next time….