site updates
Completed a few site updates today. I went ahead and cleaned up the about Rat Tail page because it was formated all screwy. I also added the product images and team rosters for Ground Control, 4×4 and Vicious.
Taiwan and Hong Kong Tour
June 29, 2006 by Jan Welch · 6 Comments
In less then two weeks Ground Control’s Brian Shima, Chris Haffey and Frankie Morales are flying to Taipei, Taiwan to begin a South Asia tour. It has been anticipated that this will be the greatest tour this region has ever seen.
7/7: Arrive in Taipei, Taiwan
7/8: Zhongshan Extreme Sports Park (2:00 pm)
7/9: Gaogong,North Port (2:30 pm)
7/10: Tainan Extreme Sports Park (4:30 pm)
7/11: Kaohsiung Extreme Sports (4:00 pm)
7/12: Qijin street skating (2:00 pm)
7/13: Jiayi: Zhongzheng Park (2:00 pm)
7/14: Zhongzheng University street skating (2:00 pm)
7/15: Taizhong Extreme Sport Park (11:00 am clinic, 1:30 pm contest)
7/16: Taizhong, demo (4:30 pm)
7/17: Flight to Hong Kong
7/18: o22y skate shop (11:00 am)
7/20: Soulcew skate shop in Shenzhen (10:00 am)
Red Hot Chili Peppers guilty of Plagiarism?
June 25, 2006 by Jan Welch · 4 Comments
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been accused of plagiarism by Deleware radio station WGMD. The station has brought forth very strong evidence that suggests the Chili Peppers ripped off the chord progression, the melody, the tempo, the key and the lyrical theme of Tom Petty’s 90s hit ‘Mary Jane’s Last Dance’ in their newest single ‘Dani California’.
Both songs were produced by legendary producer Rick Rubin. Tom Petty is reportendly in discussion with attorneys over filing a copyright lawsuit against both the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rick Rubin.
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WGMD's Dan Gaffney has produced this MP3 to show the similarities of the two songs. [0:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadGround Control Dual Injection Frames
June 23, 2006 by Jan Welch · 7 Comments
Ground Control’s fastest frame ever! The grind plate of the Dual Injection GC frame is made of a new UHMW material for super fast grinding speeds. It also offers multiple rockering options from flat to anti-rocker and high-lo. A new 42 mm GC anti-rocker wheel was specifically designed for the Bullet 8 frame series. All wheels come with super sturdy 8 mm axle bolts and metal rockers. Also for the first time GC releases frames colors gold and silver, which are perfectly complimenting the colors of Murda’s and Frankie’s pro skates.
Vicious Photo Shoot Edit
June 13, 2006 by Jan Welch · 5 Comments
This edit features footage from the Vicious Team photo shoot.
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The Vicious Tour Retrospective
June 13, 2006 by Jan Welch · 4 Comments
Last summer the Vicious Team came out to San Diego to meet each other for the first time. Sander Knook was to shoot the whole team and then a tour was to begin. The following article appeared in the vicious tour story that appeared in Daily bread Magazine. We have added a Flickr photoset of images shot by Jan Welch and Lonnie Gallegos and have also included a preview edit of the tour.
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Connor O’Brien Wins!
June 12, 2006 by Jan Welch · Leave a Comment
Congratulations to Ground Control and 4×4 rider Connor O’Brien for placing first at the Daily Bread Takeover Contest today. This event was an Amateur ASA qualifier, so now Connor will be flying to Dallas later this year for ASA Finals. Today’s contest was judged by Nick Wood, Robert Lieavanos and Eric Shrijn. Props go out to Aaron Churder for providing the skatepark and to Daily Bread for making this event go off strong and flawlessly. Also, thanks to everyone who came by our booth today and giving us your support! You are the chosen ones. I am sure Daily Bread will be releasing in depth coverage of the event either on their website or in a future magazine. Keep up to date and tune into dbmag.com to feed your mind.
Birthday Party @ the Rat Tail house
Last night we had a party to celebrate Jon Elliott’s girlfriends birthday. Here Brian Shima and Oli Short are hanging out in the Rat Tail house living room early in the evening.
First Vicious Video Ad
June 11, 2006 by Jan Welch · Leave a Comment
This was the first ad made for Vicious in early 2005.
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Brian Shima’s “A Crossroad Culture”
June 7, 2006 by Jan Welch · 2 Comments
Get an exclusive sneak peak into the latest musical project that Brian Shima and friends are working on.
