happy BATTLE

how to do things

happybattle — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:04:28 +0000

so lets say you just chillin’. your not trying to bring any grief on anyone. but before you know it. bang! shit is going crazy. let me tell you what you need to do.
the hard part is way before this even goes bang. you need a lawyer. memorize their number. a super lawyer if you can get one.
then when shit goes pare shaped. 1. shut the fuck up. don’t say shit. 2. the only words you should be saying is. “i want my lawyer.” i don’t care what you did, or didn’t do. you could have helped someone give birth to the the new born baby jesus. you my friend, need your lawyer asap.
3. memorize your lawyers number. 3a. don’t say shit. 3b. i want my lawyer. 3d. call you lawyer. tell them where your at. 3e. shut your face.
if your over 25 and don’t have access to a lawyer.. your fkin blowing it!!
this is from me to you. be safe. know your rights. and your rights are to get a hold of your lawyer.

back smith is like wow

happybattle — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:23:33 +0000

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

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

maybe, cause, possibly

happybattle — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:57:35 +0000

why do i always do updates on sunday? so lame.
anyways, made a small mix tape. via some open source web software. normally i keep it to private. but, why?

rehabing getting psyched!

happybattle — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:26:45 +0000

ok rehab seems to be going good. though i’m pushing it. going all out!
to help, got to watch awesome skate clips. so here are some selects.

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.

snowed in

happybattle — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:45:30 +0000

tokyo design mastermind Jean Snow has started a new webzine.
in the debut issue is a small write up about OPEN, and out initial Tshirt offering.
bigs thanks to Jean Snow. we’ve been at this game a long time together.

JL throw away

happybattle — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:20:05 +0000

project bushwick is putting the finishing touches on a full length video. Jayel posted some of his throw away clips. check it out.

JL’s THROWAWAY from Jonathan Shepardson-Legere on Vimeo.

how you get there

happybattle — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:17:27 +0000

i need to relax from my MTA rage. so here is one of the best things i have seen in awhile. a casual vid from Kyle Leeper and Etnies. this is a real skate vid imo. no big banger. just style and flow.
[See post to watch Flash video] share

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.

Tshirts! yeah!

happybattle — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:22:03 +0000

we got a really limited supply of OPEN Tshirts recently. an i mean limited.
its the whale, on heather grey AA shirt. size S / M / L
go to openskateboards.com to get one if you like. the mediums are moving fast FYI

don’t forget we also sell really kick ass skateboard decks.. just saying. you should get one of those too..

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.