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shinpei

happybattle — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:30:22 +0000

s. ueno is one of my favorite skaters at this point. so this is all i got to say.

today. cops are still epic douche’s

happybattle — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:23:43 +0000

today, i arrived at Mccarren park. right as i am putting my bag down. someone gets broke the fuck off. like death screams broke. and its who can dial 911 the fastest. at the exact same moment some NYPD are rolling by. we got a homie down so we flag them down. cause they can help right? protect and serve and all that?

as they slowly sonder up to the screaming guy. they tell him to relax..
ok. your not a medic.. thats cool.

they then proceed to push everyone to the sides. and yell and anyone who hop’s on their boards. plus general harassment about about.. “see what happens when you skateboard?”.. not that any one should still be trying to skate when a homie broke off. but, its just instinct when trying to move.
i dunno what the cops where doing. but it took atleast 20 minutes for an ambulence to arrive.
witch is BS. i think they were just taking dudes info. i keep the lurk on. the cops clear everyone out. they kick dudes board back to him (still on the ground). and it hits him. wtf?
they proced to round up us lurkers.. and tell us they are wrighting him a ticket for not wearing “proper protective gear” (this is what the signs on the park says. what does this even mean?) and that they were going to be nice and not write us ALL tickets.

now, i don’t know about anyone else. but those cops #1 and only fucking job. should of been taken care of that dude. not making homies bounce cause they don’t want to get tickets.
and they were basicly given the.. “he got what he deserved” attitude.. it was bullshit.
the NYPD can fuck themselves. and anything bad that happens to them. they have coming.

maloofed

happybattle — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:25:59 +0000

went to the maloof money cup yesterday (it is in my buro) to see all the homies.. it was crazy hot and really freaking dirty.
i never actually went into the event. gave my tickets away. but it was dope to see all the guys from Naysayer, Prize Fighter Cut, KCDC, NYskateboarding.com and more. psyched to have a new epic free park in queens too!

Congratulations to Jason!

happybattle — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:31:12 +0000

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.

OWLs are designed to kill

happybattle — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:49:04 +0000

we got a new product in at OPEN hq. check it out, and pick up one via the website!

www.openskateboards.com

we don’t suck!

happybattle — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:50:08 +0000

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

Open is in a Grass Hut. PDX

happybattle — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:09:48 +0000

I like Portland Oregon. so i’m excited that you can finally get some OPEN goods in PDX.
stuff just got put in store at Grass Hut in the Burnside area of Portland.

you know what

happybattle — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:46:37 +0000

you know. just fuck you MTA. (nyc area metro transit athority). fuck everyone who works for you to boot. (for good measures). almost the #1 reason to move outta this town.

the medicines of our lives

happybattle — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:18:21 +0000

so today i went in for some minor knee surgery. it appeared i had a meniscus tear. how much did i appear i did? after 2 weeks of knee pain. i went to see a doctor. with some quick looking at my grossly colored knee, and some ligh, but painfull squeeze. “i think its a meniscus tear. we need to have and MRI”.. ok i say. and a week later have an MRI. once all the MRI data comes back. yeap.. and meniscus tear. so, got to have some small surgery to remove the torn part. ok. not exciting. but anything to get back on my feet.. as it were. so! today was the day. i get in there. the knock me out, and i wake up about a hour later. or so. i don’t really know. and my doctor / surgeon comes in. “good new and bad new”.. as my heart sunk. “there is nothing wrong with your knee”.. as in there was no tear anywhere.
we looked at pictures from inside my knee, and everyone is pretty much dumb founded. just to be clear. i had already had 4 weeks fo pain leading up to the MRI. the MRI was about 1.5 weeks before the surgery. and, meniscus tears to not heal. look it up.
anyways so here i lay. my knee wrapped up. cause they did cut into it and probe around. but now with a total mystery. what went wrong, and where? was the MRI wrong? did my doctor. who specialises in this somehow miss it? im going to go with a fucked up MRI. but then what?
ah the wonderfull world of medicine.

shoe sale

happybattle — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:22:56 +0000

a new year glo mix

happybattle — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:46:23 +0000

i did this mix for my friends site.. percussionlab.com, but since i also have my own little site here.. thought i would post it here. a new years mix of some glowave.. if you dont know.. well now you know.

to do

happybattle — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:16:58 +0000

at the very end of 08.. i got back into skateboarding.. and procceded to get a mild concussion. landed on my face. knocked myself out. from there it was all good. but at the end of july. right when i was feeling good.. i broke my foot. so month later i am trying to get back into shape.. but its getting cold.. and.. i tear a tendon in my right knee.
now i await some hopefully minor surgery, and back to rehab. to say the least my expectation on a skateboard have decreased. as i head toward (but not at) my mid 30s.. here is what i would like to learn in 2010.. on my skateboard.

heelflips
frontside big spins
back tail slide
front shove to krook to fakie
kicklflip 5050
360 flip.
nollie front side 360
fakie backside 360 (cabilaro)
fakie big flip
no comply tail slide
any kinda feeble.

thats it.. i think i can do it.

hollardayz

happybattle — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:14:32 +0000

its that time of year. its 4pm. its getting dark, and is 29 degrees outside.
my knee i injured 2 WEEKS BACK! seems to be only getting worse, so its off to the doctor, with figured crossed. this injury has held me from really digging into skating the new Etnies Barge sneakers. witch i wanted to write about.. you know.. by now. not gonna happen as i can barely walk.
i had just started into a set of autobahn dual core wheels. that i was gonna compare to spitfires new clear cut, dual core wheels.
also we were gonna shoot a short promo for open. but, i cant push on a board. so, its not getting done untill the knee gets sorta also. its sorta amazing how all my plans rotated around the idea of my skating. luckly i’ll be taking an extended vacation in VA. it will still be cold. but not this cold.. hopefully. witch will probably be good for my knee.
when i get back. i’ll add the new OPEN shirts to the website, if you wanna buy one. it would really help us out. oh, and you get a fresh shirt. we think.
so happy all this time of year stuff.

shhh, its the thing

happybattle — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:56:23 +0000

well crap. i was trying to work on a bunch of product review. like some satori wheels. some autobahn dual core wheels. some vans AV3s, and Etnies Barge (shoes).. and some bearings.
but i am once again injured, and have been limping for a week straight. plus! it’s below freezing here in NYC. so.. yeah. my skating is sorta on hold for sure. in the mean time, OPEN is planning, and getting ready to shoot some promos. those will hopefully come post the holidays. along with some welcome ad’s and videos to some of the first people on the OPEN team. we got Tshirts being made, and new designs getting ready for spring. i know there is still lots of winter left. but lets be realistic. you can skate in the winter on the east coast.. sometimes. its not an everyday thing. your boards, and shoes all of a sudden start lasting a bit longer over the winter months. or i’m a wuss.
here’s a graphic of the tshirt btw. once all the homies have theirs. i’ll put the remaining ones up for sale via HB and OPEN.

the xbox 360 is

happybattle — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:45:22 +0000

a total piece of crap. as far of quality of product. games, awesome. when the thing works its great. onto my 2nd xbox360 and it only boots up maybe 1/4 of the time. seriously… microsoft should be heavily fined for who broke ass this piece of gear is.