back smith is like wow

Posted: March 10th, 2010 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: pictures, skateboard | No Comments »

OPEN skater Kenshiro Yagi gaps to the high ledge for a stylish back smith.


Congratulations to Jason!

Posted: March 9th, 2010 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: pictures, skateboard, update | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Congratulation to OPEN skater Jason Park. he won the Hawaii stop on the Element 2010 International series.. he will be flow to cali later this year again all the other winners. he will slay it for sure.


we don’t suck!

Posted: February 1st, 2010 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: pictures, update, video | Tags: , , , | Comments Off

OPEN team rider Jason Park just won the Utility Board Supply / DVS get Flow’d video comp. as always, our hats off to Jason.


stocked

Posted: November 3rd, 2009 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: pictures, skateboard, update | Comments Off

so finally, the 2nd OPEN deck is done. it’s not the one we promised. and we can’t be sorry enough to everyone about that. but it’s one of those things you can’t undo. pennswood send me a couple decks to check out here in PDX. can i withhold from hooking one up? even though i am on a ian board that is more then good still? only time will tell.

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when i get back to NY. ill be hitting up shops, some distro’s, and will get an online store up.


mking things

Posted: June 9th, 2009 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: design, pictures, skateboard, update | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »

[gallery link="file" columns="2"]i love to make things. it isn’t an option. or something to look into. i like the whole process. from concept to refining, being anal, then manufacturing. paying for the manufactureing, and getting the final product. i love all these things. i AM the dreamer of the dreams. but sometimes i do things that are not mass produced or re-broadcast. in this cast, i made a OPEN logo board, one of a kind. never to see the day of bulk daylight. a one off for JL at project bushwick. i hate to sound all douche like. but i think 100% bamboo decks is the future. bamboosk8 is doing an awesome job of pushing things forward, and you will continue to see limited edition 100% bamboo decks from OPEN.


we’re not all rippers, but still love to skate.

Posted: June 1st, 2009 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: pictures | Tags: | Comments Off

i hate to make the 30s sound old. but in skateboarding. shit gets hurnt in weird ways, and the recovery takes longer. big ledges are hot, but are crazy hard to learn on. so, some people have started work on a new, “open sk, let’s pratice ledge” at BQE. this will be all mumbo jumbo for people outside of the nyc area.
here some snaps of the work so far.

so it’s about 1 foot + high.. with a 1/4″ thick piece of STEEL, 2″ x 2″ on the side. it will be epic fun if not one prys off the edging tonight.. fucking.. skaters.. i just want something nice!!

still more work to do. if you know how. contact me if you want to get some promo under the final coat of poly!!!


wash sq. park

Posted: May 22nd, 2009 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: pictures, skateboard | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off

the new washington square park is done in NYU. went to check it out with the project bushwick guys.
super busy, and park dept. / security all over it. though they didn’t seem to care till some lady with something up her ass cared. hopefully they’ll post the footage. its all on tape.
i bet its skate stopped by the end of summer. its all pure butter. nonstop. oh man, i forgot everyones names. someone tell me who this is. gnar backside flip over bench/ledge..


the web is to small

Posted: May 20th, 2009 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: other, pictures, update, via | Tags: , , , | Comments Off

a week back? this blogs is only like 10 days old. i posted about my dead xbox, and i made this image. an xbox with a gun to it. today, on gizmodo, is this striking image. i am sure they did not copy me. cause, i don’t have that many readers. just saying. weird.
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first day impressions

Posted: May 16th, 2009 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: pictures, skateboard | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off

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this isn’t a review. just a 1 day impression. i got some of these new “Ace” trucks. “02 lows” just the other day, so i hooked them right up. i was not happy with the silver lows i was riding. the “lows” are higher then all the other lows i have ridden. but got use to that right quick. maybe if i didn’t use a 1/8″ rise. but i do. right off the bat, these trucks carve like all the ways you dream, i have not had to adjust them at all, even after a whole day of use. perfect out of the box for me. what i liked about the silver was the etxra pushed up base plate. so i kept sticking on my nose slides.
just have to get use to that, i’ll live. they grind real nice, and carve real nice, feel really solid, look well built. and are mad light. more to come i suppose.


white is not the ideal tshirt color

Posted: May 13th, 2009 | Author: happybattle | Filed under: other, pictures, skateboard | Tags: , , , | Comments Off

maybe my brain is still messed up from the wip it took into the ground this afternoon. maybe the pain reliever is doing its thing, from the loss of skin from my back. and all for what.. a failed backside 50 50.. or is it a frontside 5050. at some point people changed this. anyways. small curb.. but the board slips out.. i fall back and over the curb. butt. back.. off edge.. head.. i watched my glasses bounce off my face. i was done. (though no really. i did the trick later.. just so i don;t get psyched out)
the lesson on this. white t-shirts are the stupiest idea. most of the swag i get. tshirt wise. is on white.. white t-shirt. one spill and this thing might be done.

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it was clean when i put it on too. yes yes. i realize falling is part of the game. but i don’t normally roll in the dirt. and smash my head so i just lay there. so from now on i highly recommend to everyone. don’t wear white t-shirts. nobody actually wins. ‘im down a shirt, and i have a massive head ache.