Bands, Beers and Vert were on hand for this years 1st ever “Shut up and Rumble”. What was made out of a tradition going back to the ’80′s Shut Up and Skate and adding the vibe of the Rumble in Ramona, this is what you get. It was a good time for all who attended. Although we didn’t have Grosso wearing the stripes ready to penalize someone for not doing it proper, We didn’t have the Creature’s Vert Vampire holding it all down (We missed you Darren) or a T-Mag episode. What we did have was a 2 day event full of Vert session’s that brought out the likes of Justin Lynch, Henry Gutierrez, Neal Hendrix, Jake Brown, Chris Gentry, Ben Johnson, Josh Staford, Adam Effertz, Troy Chason and a host of other shredders. Everybody killed it for two day’s. Vert, Vert, and more Vert. Troy’s “Axe Murderer” was 100% PUNK ROCK. Chris Russell threw it down like a man, but when he witness Troys signature trick, he almost shit his pants, “WHAT WAS THAT”. The mini-Ramp jams were intense with a SIK game of “Add-a-Trick”. A Saturday night indoor street course session was on hand once the Texas sunset laid it’s hands upon us. Raney Beres stole the show with his air to wall ride around the corner. It was a session of (taking a caption from Dave Duncan) Criss-Cross-Craziness. Mike Crum’s Overground Project has a great future ahead. The bands ripped it up all day, and there was no shortage of beers. It was truly a Texas Vibe surrounding the place. Gary Morris had his tattoo equipment on hand, so the ink was flowing. Billy Smith was on hand to MC the Embassy Sponsored Mini Ramp Jam. No contest just bucks for tricks. Tyler Martin was the last man standing when it was all said and done. Edward Sanchez took home some cash for best trick, blunt-heelflip-to-fakie on the extension. Todd Prince was on his best behavior for about 30 minutes, but that’s another story. Tex Gibson was on hand showing little Luke how to drop in the mini (“Luke..I am your father, trust me”). Gentry had a car headlight session, he did Rodeo’s in the dark!! Party @ Craig’s house to close the Saturday & Sunday night’s festivities. All in all it was a good’ole Texas throw down, Hopefully next year it will be 4 times bigger!!!! Embassy wants to give it up for ALL that represented, to Henry Gutierrez and Glenn for making it out. To the Overground Project crew, Crum, Ollie, Val. It’s good to see the Texas Vibe is alive and well. Thanks to Craig & Kelly for the yard space. Time for a Bloody Mary!

Virginia Beach, was in tha HOUSE!!

Ben Johnson, Nate Dawg & Craig Johnson

Ben Johnson

Henry hasn’t lost a beat. It was RAD to have him there!!

Craig, Max & Jake

Neal Hendrix

Josh Stafford came in from Ramona

RIDDAZ GOTTA RIDE! Chris Gentry. Heel Flip Indy on Lock

Creature alert! Adam E

Craig & Max Peterson

Dirty South’s Troy Chason. He did the “Axe Murderer” on 3rd try.

Max Peterson, 1st Frontside Invert!! PROPER LIKE A MAN!!

Edward Sanchez & CJ

Ben Johnson

John TEX Gibson & Luke

Todd Prince

Jon Comer

Pat Black

Gary Morris is still re-cooping from a broken leg

Henry Gutierrez

Raney Beres, Always Stylin

Big Beer in the face to Gary for winning the R.A.T. Tour Bowl Champion for 2011!! Now he gets to go to some skate camp and tattoo a bunch of kids without their parents consent!

Neal takes it to fakie

Billy Smith & CJ

The morning after. Tent City in Craig’s backyard!

Embassy would like to give a HUGE TEXAS welcome to Nilo Pecanha from Rio de Janerio, Brazil. He’s STOKED to join the Embassy squad. Nilo is no stranger to Bowl’s, Pool’s or Vert Ramp’s. He’s a veteran tranny skater and skates EVERYDAY. He has mad style and kills it everywhere he goes. He learned how to skate in the streets of Sao Paulo, learning to skate regular foot, Later he adapted to the tranny and started skating Goofy-foot. Brazilians are always switching it up. MAD SKILLS. He loves going on road trips in his native Brazil from Sao Paulo to Rio, Nilo and his friends are always looking for a place to shred. He went on his first World Cup European Tour earlier this year. He’ll be on the tour again in 2012. Look for him to be joining the rest of the Embassy Squad on the road for future event’s, demo’s, contest, and just sharing the vibe of keeping it real. SKATE FOR FUN!!!

Nilo Pecanha, Valmante, Marseille France

Bowl-a-Rama, Bondi Beach, Australia

Marseille, France

SIK, Valmante, Marseille France

Hitting the Vert wall, La Caverne, in the hillside, South of France

Bondi Beach

It was a hot day in College Station. Saturday September 3, was the grand opening of the new named G Hysmith Skatepark. Embassy had 12 year old Max Peterson and Austin Sepulveda in the mix to represent. It was a great turnout, lots of people showed up to support the ribbon cutting. The College Station crowd, politicians, and Aggielands favorite’s were treated to a rad skating display of some of the CockFight Crew and Jon Comer was on hand “Getting a leg up”. Look for the Documentary release about the time of XGames XVIII, Jon will be skating there in 2012. C-Ment Skate shop was holding it down with their mobile skateshop. Below are a few pics of the days, happening!!

Max Peterson

Jon Comer, Getting a Leg Up

Angry Andy

Aggies in the Pit for a Product toss

It was a hot day!

Austin came out and represented!!

Jon Comer, Getting a Leg up

The 2nd leg of the Dew Tour was loaded up and took 7 Semi’s to transport the goods. The Concrete bowl designed by Chris Miller was placed in the Rose Garden parking lot in Portland Oregon. Embassy had Ben Johnson and Gary Morris participating in the Bowl contest. Gary ripped it up like always, but couldn’t put it all together to make the cut. On the other hand Ben killed and missed the cut by one. The guys were geared up to skate Pier Park, West Linn and the other parks in the area. Mark Partain and Pat Black were on hand to represent the Master’s division. The permits for West Linn were revoked, so the West Linn date had to be switched to Dave Tobins bowl, That turned out to be a killer session with a good time. Congrats to Bucky Lasek for winning the Bowl Dew Tour, to Kevin Kowalski for winning Pier Park. Lance Mountain took the prize in the Master’s @ Pier Park. Chris Miller took home som spending money for the Master’s jam @ DewTour. Wednesday was a fun day at Mark Partains Mini-mini-Mega and a full on Hood River Session. Embassy would like to thank EVERYBODY who contributed to the mayhem, and the hospitality. Overall it was a fun packed week of Thrills and Spills. Next stop is the Tim Brauch in San Jose, CA. in late September. Until then rip it up! RIDE WITH PRIDE

Mark Partain, Hood River Skatepark

Pat Black, Pier Park

Ben Johnson, over the gap on Partains Mini-mini-Mega

Ben Johnson, Dew Tour, Rose Garden

Gary Morris, Pier Park

Gary Morris, West Linn

Gary, Dropping in

The Master’s Pier Park, SALBA, Ffeg, Lance & Partain! CONGRATS Mark Partain

Mark & Jess, Hood River

Pat Black, CLASSIC Tex Plant

Mark Partain, Frontside Rock

Mark Partain, Rat Fink Style

Mark Partain

Ben Johnson, Pier Park

Greetings,

The artwork is finished for the Lash LaRue and Mark Partain models.

Lash LaRue comes from the streets of Texas and beyond. Being a part of the street crew for ZORLAC in the ’80′s. He was shipped off to war during Iraqi Freedom. Lash likes to say “Skateboarding and our Military represent FREEDOM”. Lash was a commando, a part of the 101st Airbourn. He’s decorated from head to toe. His military career was cut short due to Schrapnel to the head from 2 IED hits. He is recovered, he is skating as much as he can. He has formed the Arizona Embassy Chapter. This is our tribute to Lash LaRue

On the Flipside this is Mark Partain’s new Embassy look. This deck will come in 3 different sizes, an 8.0 & 8.25, but Mark’s will come in an “OLDSCKOOL” shape!! these are in production. Look for them in 3 weeks. RIDE WITH PRIDE. Expect to see Mark killin it on one of these at Oregon Tri-Fecta in this August 27-29th.

There’s a song that say’s, Gimmie the sound of a rolling dice, Gimmie a Whiskey, don’t think Twice, Deal me the card that’ll take my blues away… TAKE ME AWAY to MARSEILLE!!! Marseille, France was the place to be. The World Cup Skateboarding European tour kicked off June 23-27 on the historical Marseille, France concrete bowl that was build over 20 years ago. Embassy was packing Steven Pineiro and Ben Johnson on the trip over the pond. Steven & Ben both made the qualifier on Friday. 48 skaters were scheduled to rip it up in hopes of making the 24 man cut. Ben ripped it to come in 10th, and Pineiro scored a 6th overall. On Saturday it was a different story. Ben had beaten himself up attempting a crowd pleasing invert on the 4 foot vert extention wall in the best trick contest. He made it on his 3rd try. Steven won 4 best tricks on a Blunt-to-fakie, a heel flip body jar were the highlights. On Saturday all 24 skaters came to the park with a mission in tow. The Orange Freestyle Cup has taken off where the Quiksilver Soul Bowl left off. This is the biggest bowl comp in France. The people came out to support. The locals had a killer vibe. We think we have it made here in the States, France has it going on! TEXAS Props to Momo, Matt, Tomas, Julliette, Benoit the whole crew that treated us to the red carpet! Back to the review, Ben tore himself up he could barely walk. He lived up to his Capt Gnar Gnar nickname, THAT’S FOR SURE!!! He didn’t make the 12 cut, however little Pineiro made the cut @ 7th. On Sunday the level of skating was raised. EVERYBODY skated hard and fast. It was a tuff call to judge. Embassy congrats to New Hamshires, Nolan Munroe for taking 1st over Milton Martinez from Brazil. Nolan hadn’t even attempted a 540 in practice or tell anyone he would try one. HE PULLED IT OFF on 2nd try over the hip in the deep end. He kept his 540 in Stealth mode until it was time to unleash it, talk about strategy!! Steven skated smooth, did alot of his tech and lip tricks and did not attempt a 5. Congrats to Steven for coming in 5th overall. Embassy would like to congradulate Alex Sorgente for coming in 3rd, Way to go Alex!! The Master’s had Jason Park take the top honor. It was cool sharing apartments with Sean Goff and Jim the Skin, It was fun packed week of adventure, killer skating, good times, old friends, new friends, Hanging and skating with everybody. Thanks to the WCS crew, Don, Dave, Sasha, Jen, Mica. you guys ROCK!!! The crew that took us to Valmante and the La Caverne on Monday, much respect!!! Next year Embassy plans to do all the European tour which includes after Marseille, Rome, UK and finishes off in Prague Chech Republic. Below are a few pics. SKATE TUFF OR GO HOME!!! RIDE WITH PRIDE

Steven Pineiro 1st trip to Europe, turned out to be a good one! He came back in one piece!!

Tex Gibson was on hand for a send off party, sending Pineiro to Marseille, Joining him Max Peterson

Ben Johnson, KILLED everyday

Steven Pineiro

Ben lived up to the Capt GNAR GNAR nickname, Layback Air

This earned Ben some Euros in the best trick!!! this is on a kinked vert extention wall.

Matt Houston and Clemont worked their ass off! TEXAS props to the Momo crew, Benoit, Juliette, Tomas, Everybody

Blunt to Fakie on the Extention Wall!!!

Ben Johnson

This past weekend marked the 1st Annual Jeff Phillips Tribute dubbed as “BONELESS ONE”, brought to you by Mike Crum’s Overground Project. This event was a decade and a half past due. The Brotherhood came out to represent and pay tribute to one skateboarding’s lost hero’s. Embassy had representation from Craig Johnson, John TEX Gibson, Todd Prince, Ben Johnson, Gary Morris and a hand full of others. Everybody threw it down. Chris Gentry represented with a “Phillip’s 66″. Christian Hosoi had the frontside straight legged air. Numerous people threw down the Frontside Boneless. It was a hot day, thanks the Vitamin Water for keeping everybody hydrated. It was a Texas Style throw down, Live music, Food, a Big 13′ Vert Ramp, mini-ramp, a Brotherhood of new & old Friends, and LOT’S of Ice Cold Beer’s. There’s already talk about making this an annual stop!

Gary Morris, Always representing

Jonnny was on hand to give support!

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Party Time! Adam K, Holme’s, Gentry,Tex, Jake Brown. Nav!

Chris Harper & Gary Morris

More pics to come, STAY TUNED

ProTec Pool Party is in the History Books, and the Embassy Crew represented Loud & Proud! Big ups to Little Steven Pineiro for making the cut. He finished 7th overall, not bad for the 14 year old in his 1st ProTec Pool Party. He had killer lines, hyped up the crowd, pulled off his 5′s. Hit the corners, kept his speed up. His finger flip body jar was a crowd pleaser. Ben Johnson mixed the cut by one. Ben had the combi on dial. Ben’s skate the place with aggression and reckless abandon. In the Masters, Embassy had Ken Fillion, Dave Reul & Pat Black in the mix. The Reuler was stoked to have his new model out. He was struggling w/ back spasm’s through out the day, but promised to skate. He said “I have to earn my drink tickets”. Fillion laid down his pattened inverts and big backside airs. Pat Black, Embassy’s newest addition was in the last heat of the day, which included Tony Hawk. Highlight was his Texas Plant on the hip on his new Tex Gibson deck. Chaz Pineda and Noel Mire were on hand for the festivities. Joining the Embassy Crew @ Ben Butler’s Pool. This gathering is always an A-list of character’s. Chaz throw it down, Noel drank it down. Fun times for all. Congrats to Pedro Barros for taking the Pro division and to Chris Miller for recapturing the Master’s crown. ProTec Pool Party is always a good time. Big props to World Cup, Van’s, Rockstar, Steve Van Doren, Kristy Van Doren, and everybody who helped throw it down.

Ben Johnson, Styling Smith

Pat Black, Represented

Ken Fillion, Houston we have a problem

Jay Adams and Steven Pineiro

Ken Fillion

Dave Reul, on his new Embassy deck.

Congrats to Steven Pineiro for making the finals!!

Chaz Pineda, joined in the festivities @ Butler’s Pool. This pool is NOT for the weak!

Chaz Pineda took time away from his Party supplies, to REPRESENT on the Fillion model

Ben & Noel, representing

Ben, Noel & Chaz

Ben Butler & Captain DAGGER

The “Reuler” is ready to defend the Embassy. Dave’s got his first model out, and it’s a classic Reuler shape. Coming in at 32″ x 8.5″ , with a 15″ wb. It’s out for this weekends PUNK ROCK PICNIC in Irvine, Ca. The Skatanic Rednecks will be playing on the Wild West Stage. Dave will have a few onsight, come hang out @ the Embassy booth. Just be sure to bring him a cold one!! CONGRATS REULER!!! STOKED!

New Steven Pineiro Decks are in. !!!!