THE DENVER SHOP

SEPTEMBER
-9-02-10-
-Summer is never long enough, but all good things must come to an end. Speaking of the end, Coincidently Paul Walsh and Heath Kirchart have decided to retire from SkateBoarding at the same time. The reason? Pick up the new Thrasher, read Kirchart's interview, all your questions will be answered. Even with Walsh's retirement the SkateCamps this year went smooth and glitch free. Thanks to all the team and family members for all your dedication again this year, without you guys SkateCamp would not be possible....BRAVO! To all the Skate Companies who donated swag for the camps, THANK YOU! And to all the Skate companies , who I support all freakin year, that blew the shop off...thanks for nuthin....Just a heads up, I have a memory like an Elephant.......Noel Boyt made a visit to the homeland last week, and besides the fact he couldn't skate because of a broken ankle we had a good time with plenty of laughs......oh yeah, look out for a Noel Boyt designed Denver Shop Tee in about a week....see you in October Amigo! Another Family member who moved away, Monico, emailed me last week. There was no content in the email besides a photo.....Either way it was good to see he's still shredding the gnar. It was good to hear from you, and I hope to see you soon Mony.....I don't have much more for you today.....I do want to mention that the shop is fully stocked with all the new hyfey gear that is sure to grant you pimp status at the club and with the 3 day Mega-Labor day sale this weekend you can dress for less.-

-I guess the new thing is grinding up rails....and you can always count on Whitney to be down with the latest and greatest trend.-

-Art or fart....you decide.-

-This clip pretty much sums up Tyler Price.......the hardest working man AM in Skateboarding!-

AUGUST
-8-20-10-
-Guest Editor: Noel Sinclair Boyt-
-I haven't visited Colorado in about a year and it feels great to be back!!! Unfortunately my luck turned sour and I broke my ankle a few weeks ago so no seshing the Mineral 14 for me. It's always fun to come home and to see the physical, emotional and psychological torment some of my friends go through. More often than not people are bettering themselves, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I enjoy some of my friend's suffering. Their pain inspires me. The last skate camp of the summer is on Sunday and we have yet to witness any broken bones or concussions...I mean come on, I want some leap of faith shit up in this (says the cripple). I looked through everyone's footage folders and I was really excited to say the least. I think the new video is going to be what Dumb And Dumber was to film...a hilarious reality check in the form of a compound fracture to the femur. That or the sensation of laughing while you're trying to swallow at the same time...the opposite of the orgasm; the norgasm. For a once cripple/bipolar schizophrenic Ryan sure came correct with some footy hottness...bear witness. I love those wonderful and heart clenching come back stories like Ryan's and Henry Sanchez's...I'm sorry...too soon? Another thing I love is when humans get addicted to absurd things/objects/substances. One prime example is Justin Greer, who for the entirety of our friendship has been addicted to technology. Speaking of technological advancements Shardy has been pushing the digital envelope lately...I mean shoot dang, look at this! Try and download that blog in your pants and smoke it! Until next time Colorado...never land primo in the first half an hour...yours truly...N.S.B.-

-8-18-10-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Hey guys! I'm long overdue for a web update, sorry about that. A lot has been going on lately; summer is coming to an end, trying to film a bunch for the video, skatecamps, barbeques, and premiers. I hope all of you have been enjoying summer as much as possible. The Emerica video premiered yesterday in Hollywood, California. From what I've read on the internet Heath Kirchart skates the mega ramp, Jerry Hsu's part is all switch, Leo Romero has second to last part, and Andrew Reynolds ends the video with a bang. We'll let you know as soon as we get the video, should be the best thing since Mindfield.

-Ryan and I were in Kansas City for a week, skating and hanging out with old friends. If you didn't see my blog updates re-counting the trip, here are the only two skate photos we got that week. Tony laid them out weird next to each other, so mine looks like a switch backside 5-0. It's really regular, I'm not that good I swear. Thanks to Ben Hlavacek for shooting those, and to everyone in Kansas City that showed us a good time.

-I went filming with Cory on Monday and ran my face into a wall. When people ask me what happened, I don't want to tell them that I did it from skating, I want to come up with an elaborate story that sounds way cooler. E-mail us at tony@thedenvershop.com with any good story ideas. We'll use the funniest one for next web-update.

-Sometimes you're listening to music, and other times the music is listening to you. This guy must have loved the intro to Minh Thong's Colorado classic Sike.

-This Sunday we will be closed. It is our last skatecamp and Tony's birthday bash, so the store will not be open. Please visit us Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. or Monday from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

-8-12-10-
-Hello boys and girls, and happy Thursday.......The Summer has flew by and Back to School is right around the corner. The shop has you covered on all that fresh gear your looking for, and honestly there is no need to advertise for some super sale because we always have the best deals on stuff, if you shop here consistently you know this to be true. So get in here and get laced out for that first day! Murph and Ryan just returned from there Kansas adventure, if your wondering what went down go over to Murphs Blog and check the hype......Speaking of hype, no one has completed the 5 tricks with Murph contest so I guess I will officially end it. Either no one could do the tricks, no one cares , or no one visits this site. The last SkateCamp of the year is August 22nd and there is plenty of room left to enroll, so get in where you fit in. If you were in the last skatecamp A photographer by the name of Terry Gonzales was there shooting photos of the amazing strides kids were making. If your interested in a photo of you getting down and dirty go check out her website, find your photo and get in contact with her. I'm sure there's more I could talk about today but I'm boring myself so until next time work on your street plants.-

-Here's Tonka getting buck on one of the best mini-ramps in Colorado.-

-I'll let you come up with a caption for this photo.-

-For those of you who didn't know Listen has changed their name to BLVD. Skateboards and is now being distributed through Syndrome....Nate is out in Long Beach staying with Danny Montoya helping to get this thing up in running. Good luck guys, give us a call when the boards are ready for delivery.-

-8-2-10-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Already August! Isn't alliteration catchy? The summer is really flying by though. Enjoy it while you can, and you know what else is enjoyable? Our last skate camp of the summer, held this August 22nd at Wheel Park. It's always the funnest camp of the summer, and Noel Boyt will be in town for it! Get registered and we'll see you there!

-Here's a little photo montage from the Transworld Hallelujah premier. Thanks to everyone who came out and to Transworld for giving us the opportunity!

-Ryan thought he would give ledge skating a try. Bad idea pal, rails are safer for you somehow.

-I went downtown with Whitney and Debow the other day and we saw a guy carrying a huge duck around. After that I was inspired to film this ollie.

-Shardy has been outside a lot lately. His tan looks a lot better than mine, that's for sure.

-Some crazy guy broke out the door-window here the other day, and I originally thought it was karma for all the shit we talk back here in the office. But it turns out he broke out the State Farm window and the Chinese restaurant window, all during business hours. So apparently we talk enough shit that even those near to us have to suffer. Sorry neighbors!

-See you next week, Ryan and I are heading to Kansas City bright and early tomorrow morning. Hopefully Tony does at least one web-update while I'm gone.

JULY
-7-26-2010-
-What a busy weekend...First off Saturday night we premiered Transworlds new video "Hallelujah". Super sick video and a really fun night, if your wondering I thought Taylor Bingaman had the best part but that's coming from an old washed up dude.......thanks to everyone who came out to support the scene. Notable local celebrities included, myself obviously, Pete Eldridge, Adam Van Pelt, Alex Brown and Shad Spencer. Brandon took a bunch of photos maybe I can get him to make a montage or some shit. Here is The Denver Shops Trailer #2 which we threw out before the main attraction.......If you like thanks, if not Whitney made it. Sunday we had the second Skatecamp of the season. Prolly wasn't a good idea to have a premier the night before a skatecamp but the guys pulled together and made it another successful camp....Thanks dudes.

-Noel has suffered a set back.-

-Remember when we where trying to start something cool with the shop site by doing 5tricks with so and so? Yeah well apparently only three dudes on the team can put together 5 mediocre tricks in one day, so here's the 2nd installment of 5tricks with Murph.....with that said lets make this a little more interesting. If anyone can duplicate Murphy's 5tricks I will put up a complete skateboard to the winner......and Justin, the answer is no, team guys can't participate. First one to send me the duplicated tricks in a quicktime format will win a complete skateboard....let the games begin!-

-This is what happens when innovation collides with determination......or the commonly used term "dopesick".-

-Enjoy the greenhouse effect, we'll talk soon.-

-7-20-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-It's raining, it's pouring! July sucks with all this rain. Oh well, at least I can get behind the keyboard and do something productive.

-Grant Hammel told Tony that he won't be able to help out at skatecamp this month. When Tony asked why, Grant sent him this photo and said that it was the result of trying the Whitney challenge down no-pegs at Denver Park. Be careful out there guys, not everyone is as good as Whitney. Grant had to learn the hard way.

-In other Whitney news, he finally got a trick the other day!

-This weekend is going to be super busy for The Denver Shop. On Saturday, we have the premier of the Transworld video Hallelujah at Tooey's Bar on Colfax and Marion. There is an all ages show at 7:30pm and a 21+ show at 10:00pm. Tyler, William, and Joey all have tricks in the friends section, and I've heard the rest of the video is quite good as well. See you there!

-On Sunday we have our second skate-camp of the summer. There is still time to register, click on the icon at the top of this web-page. Can't wait!

-Noel Sinclair Boyt is raiding Denver sometime in August? Castle Rock will never be the same.

-See you soon.

-7-14-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Back in the saddle again. I have a couple reminders for you guys out there. First, vote for The Shop's Mountain Dew can. It's really more of a popularity contest than it is actual art and design, so we need your support. You can vote seven times a day, it probably only takes four minutes maximum, and that's with a modem connection!

-Second, make sure you sign up for Skate Camp! The next two are July 25th and August 22nd, so get in while you still can. Kickflips, pizza, brownies, and give-aways. Sounds like a party.

-The rumor floating around here is that an O.G. Brothers Boards team rider is fully motivated once again and ready to crush some of his old spots. He's ready for the fight, and ready for the war. Take a guess on who it might be!

-I thought Nate was just blowing us off, but it turns out he's been in New York and Long Beach killing it. He got two sick photos in the new Skateboarder magazine, check them out!

-Sometimes we all feel like this Tyler. Stay positive out there.

-And look who came into The Shop as I was writing this! Chris Gallagher, original owner of Brothers Boards. He's a really rad dude and laid the foundation for everything we're doing now. Stay up Chris!

-7-13-2010-
-It's so freaking hot today, I'm pretty sure you could cook an egg on the concrete. I would suggest everyone waiting till the sun goes down before they skate. The mailman delivered a gem today from Noel Boyt. It's one of those limited artsy zine things all the artist are into lately. This particular one is full of crushed beer cans xeroxed on paper. I'm curios if Noel actually drank the beers before he photocopied them. Prolly not, he's a pussy like that. Noel, here's an idea for the next zine.....broken whiskey bottles xeroxed on paper, than cut yourself with the glass and let your blood drip on the zines. Not one zine would be the same...very hot! This art shit is to easy. But seriously, thank you amigo it made my day!

-Ryan's been on the program lately but has had some bad luck. Yesterday he broke two boards, broke his brand new Iphone 4, and lost a couple layers of skin. "I broke two boards and got sliced up! It feels good to be back though." Spoken like a true Denver Shop soldier.-

-Went out and tried to skate/film Sunday. The highlight was a dude tazing and kicking a homeless dude in the head.-

-laterz-

-7-4-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Remember to vote for The Denver Shop's Mountain Dew can. Were trying to stay extreme and voting would really help us out. Click the above icon seven times a day, I know you don't have anything else to do.

-Here is an interview with Noel Boyt about art, the Denver Shop, and skateboarding. We're all really proud of Noel and his progressions with his art. Keep it up brother.-

-Tony showed me this Lakai demo that Joey skated in while he was in California. When I asked Tony how he came across it, he told me Joey posted it on Facebook. I knew there was a good reason I deleted my social networking accounts.-

-Ryan is back to skating and even trying to film now, and I am fake-over steezing handrail tricks on ledges. Later.

-7-2-2010-
-Guest Editor: Ryan Lybarger-
-Hello kiddies, Mountain Dew is going to buy the shop unless all of you click above and vote for Andres Guzman's design seven times a day. Tony has already taken the liberty of making your life a lot easier by giving you a link to click which will walk you through everything. So long story short, if you don't want P-Rod running the Denver Store do your part and help us out here. In other shop news Nathan Fantasia is living in NY at the new 10 Deep apartment which explains his absence in Denver. I've been skating a bunch lately between physical therapy and babysitting and I checked out the new Broomfield park this morning, it's real fun. Seeing as nobody has been getting much footage street skating lately maybe we'll be able to put together a Broomfield park montage in the near future, I can't make any promises though.

-My Skate Camp cherry was popped last Sunday and let me tell you, if you weren't there you missed out. Brando filmed and edited a neat little montage on his new Anti-HD VHS camera, he captured quite few a little gems; Tony teaching kids tricks he can't do and Tonka smashes in the bowl at Wheel Park. Actually he's been quite productive lately, filming all of us trying to get tricks, working on his own film, and stacking more clips than Whitney.

- I also missed out on Tony's after party, I didn't go because like Joey, I didn't want my mom to see this. Sorry Joe-Bear.

-The infamous Mini-Carlsbad gap in Thornton is also now home to Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

-This weekend is looking promising for some productivity it seems like everyone has plans to skate and blow things up, come into the shop and have your mom buy you a Fourth of July present!

-See you sooner or later.

JUNE
-6-23-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-BIG REMINDER! SKATE CAMP IS THIS SUNDAY! There are only five spots left, so get in while you can. Click on the "Skatecamp 2010 Registration" above to sign up. It should be a great time!

-Team rider updates: Joey is back from California, Ryan is actively skating flatground, Shad's been shredding a bunch of parks lately, you saw what William was up to last time, Justin got a dog, Tyler is stacking footage, Monico is married, Greg is in Virginia for all I know, I haven't seen Nate in forever, Noel was meditating in Oregon for five days over Mountain Dew and pizza, and I've been doing...stuff.

-And oh yeah, Whitney Wells can do every three sixty flip variation down the No Pegs gap at Denver Park. Ask him about it.

-Now go skate, it's perfect out!

-6-15-2010-
-Freaking Tuesday....not much going on around here. The rain has stopped so that's a plus. I guess the "Home Town Heroes" contest was today up at Commerce City Park. Honestly, I really don't care much for skateboard contest. I just can't relate to the jock mentality of competitive skateboarding. The rawness of street skating with your bros is what turned me on to skateboarding.....don't let it die youngsters.....Joey's in California attending the new Transworld video "Hallelujah" which premiers tonight. There is a rumor floating around that 3 of The Denver Shop family members have tricks in the montage....only time will tell. I don't have much more for you today, but I'll leave you with this. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SKATEBOARD SHOP!-

-Ty Bush is in town taking photos and landing front foot impossibles consistently....check out his hella hyfey blog.

-William "The Mile High Ninja" Spencer has been very busy lately. He had a recent spot on CSI: NY as the bad guy Troy Castro......He was in a Ford commercial, see if you can spot him. He is also going to be in the new Jonah Hex movie playing "The Creature", and recently he made the cover of a comic book bible called "Wizard" magazine, and on top of all that he is working on a part for the new Denver Shop video......What have you done lately? If you would like to follow William on his many adventures you can become a fan here.

-6-12-2010-
-Guest Editor: Ryan Lybarger-
-Skate Camp is coming up in two weeks, if you haven't signed up yet get on it the spaces are filling up fast. Even if you aren't interested in learning just being able to see Tony on a skateboard should be entertaining enough.

-The Bear has fled to California once again, he's been skating private indoor parks and he'll be attending the Transworld premiere in a few days.

-I skated Denver park yesterday with Josh for the first time since December and we had a solid hour before the rain washed us away. The weather is still mistreating us so I put together this montage for your viewing pleasure. I would lie and say we filmed it recently but considering Murph has his Lego hair and Shardy's looking like a more fit Ron Jeremy I've decided it is in my best interest to be truthful.

-Tony's been real rough on me about the whole fixed gear thing lately, so I've been hanging out with this dude, and hopefully he'll start cutting me some slack if I ride one of those bikes. Then again I'm planning on spending more of my time skating seeing as the whole knee injury is blowing over, I'm excited!

-I'll leave you with this front side grind, and keep your fingers crossed that the rain will stop so we can film some more for this video we've promised you!

-6-7-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-So I came in here today and Tony says, "Write some funny shit, it's Monday people are bummed out." If that isn't funny I don't know what is.

-When I hung out with Noel in Seattle he had paint on his pants to let the public know he was indeed an artist. If this interview offends you, don't worry Noel only does/says these things for shock value.

-We got this e-mail from Monico:
"In Bakersfield, CA right now, departing to SF in a couple minutes.
Next step, get marriage license and tie the knot! Cant wait to smell
the sweet SF air, share a cup of Blue bottle coffee with the boo, then
crack a couple no-complies and bomb some hills. Hope all is well and look forward to hearing back from ya!"
and on top of his life-hammer he also still skates!

-Tyler's beer habit finally caught up with him.

-Street grabs.-

-See you soon!

-6-1-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Hello there! I'm glad Ryan filled in for me while I was gone, I think he did a fine job. But now I'm back, and hopefully we'll be doing some more consistent updates in the future.

-My trip to Seattle was super fun. Noel is doing well, and we skated a bunch. If you want to see all the photos and videos from the trip, go here.

-Whitney and Brandon filmed this super artsy five tricks. I don't really think it counts as five tricks though, its more like three tricks, and then two of the same tricks to fakie. Knowing Whitney's talent, I think he could've done at least five different tricks. There's always next time though Whit.

-Rumor has it Ryan Lybarger has done a few three sixty flips since ACL surgery. I feel a comeback!

-I heard Tyler got a gnarly line here the other day. I'm terrible at ledges.

-See you soon.

MAY
-5-24-2010-
-Guest Editor: Ryan Lybarger-
-Hello fellow web-warriors and happy Monday! While Josh is in Seattle and Tony is busy training for the Words With Friends Championships it looks like I'll be taking over in the entertainment, at least for today. Rumor has it Josh will be staying in Seattle a lot longer than planned. My guess is he thinks he won't have to go back here as long as he is a safe distance away. Seeing as he deleted his Facebook account I guess only time will tell. Joey is enjoying the wind just as much as the rest of us, he also has high hopes for Josh's return so they can have more moments like these.

-In other, non-skateboarding related, news Lost ended last night and I'll be spending my time on here instead of on Hulu.

-Whitney's still alive although I haven't heard from or seen him in quite a while... Maybe Tony's been too hard on the little booger, then again somebody's gotta keep things in check.

-Put on your hard hats and build something cool in your dad's basement to skate until the wind dies, see you next time.

-5-20-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Came into The Shop to do a web-update before my great adventure to Seattle begins tomorrow. I hope to come back with a lot of photos and video of the elusive Noel Sinclair Boyt in his new habitat. We'll see how it goes...

-The new Skateboard Mag came in today, and not only does it come with the new LRG video "Give Me My Money Chico" with a bald headed Adelmo Jr., but it also has a photo of Tyler Price doing a pretty hefty kickflip shot by Atiba. Does that mean Tyler is going to start acting famous? New board sponsor? New shop sponsor? New video? All are hard to say. Time will tell.

-Mountain Dew sent us (and 29 other shops in the United States) a little HD camera with the intent of filming a video for them and designing a can of the green beverage. I don't know what they were thinking, but here is what we have so far. Hopefully it is "xtreme" enough.

-Paul Gardner, Casey Bolding, and Alex Brown went to New York City to visit the displaced Denver Shop family member Ryan Franzman. Here's some photos of their trip. Bummer there aren't any club photos. There's always next year boys.

-Be back next week with a bunch of stuff! (hopefully)

-5-13-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-My very first day of summer was a mixture of snow, rain and cold. It's middle May, and I hate to get all weird on you guys but this has to be proof of climate change. Either way the weekend should be fine and we'll be back to skating!

-Brandon tried his luck at the casino's up in Blackhawk and came out on top with enough money for a new toy. Further proof that gambling is a good career-path children. Thanks for setting a good example Brando.

-Whitney with too much plaid and not enough grab.

-Brandon edited this commercial of me. Apparently my life is like a video game, I wear Ronald McDonald shoes, and have terrible three-sixty flips. I'm sure I'm disappointing all five of you reading this, or you already knew all of the aforementioned.

-See you soon!

-5-5-2010-
-Hola senor, and happy Battle of Puebla...I guess.-

-Mr. Todd Bratrud made my day today with this signed deck for the shop....Thank you! If your interested in Todd's new company, "The High Five", boards will be available in the shop June 1st. Support the real shit kiddies because there's not much of it left.-

-I feel Joey's pain in this clip...This little dude is a prick. The last trip I took to this spot I made Whitney give this kid his board, ya know trying to be cool, maybe discover the next Javier Nunuz. The next time I went there I was curious if the little guy would come around and if he was using the board that I made whitney give to him. Sure enough he rolls up on a mountain bike. I ask where the board was that we gave him last time. He replies, "fuck your skateboard". I was hyped to say the least.-

-Whitney's diabetes has spread to his butt hole.-

-How did Jan go from this, to this?.-

-He's back....:( and on that note I'm out.-

-5-1-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Well, I've been out of touch for a week or two, and I apologize for that. It's been raining anyways, but today looks perfect, and summer is on it's way. Couple more weeks of school and freedom is ours. Have you seen Braveheart? That guy loved freedom.

-Not sitting down on the computer or talking to anyone about skating kept me out of the loop. So when I sat down at the desk today and looked at the hard-drive, I said holy shit to everything Tyler has gotten lately. Glad someone is producing lately! Now if we could just get Whitney on a Tyler Price like training schedule; sleeping on others' couches, going to the bar, wearing the same clothes for weeks, never changing your socks, etcetera. And maybe no more combos like this one.

-Joey is standing behind me and wants everyone to know his birthday is May 10th, he will be having his party at this ledge spot because he loves it so much. He's turning 20! Cool!

-Jan is our new punk guy. And he's into Kiss. Who would ever skate to Kiss? Bad move.

-Paul Walsh hurt his knee jumping down Skyline 4. Literally jumping. Not doing a trick. Our hearts go out to you Paul, but at least you don't have to film anything for the new video.

-That's all I have. Sorry.

APRIL
-4-23-2010-
-Kind of a lame Friday around here. Waking up to a rain/snow mix will do that to you. In good news, Skatecamp is back! Get it where you fit in and register early because enrollment is limited and classes fill fast. Not much else today kiddies...Oh yeah, Nuggets game tonight. Lets hope the "good" Nugget team shows up.

-Here's reason #298 no one got footage over the weekend.-

-I was looking through some of the coal on my old hard drives and came across this diamond.-

-4-13-2010-
-The Nuggets play their last game of the regular season tonight against the Phoenix Suns. Both teams are looking to secure home court advantage in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs, which begin this Saturday. With a win tonight the Nuggets will wrap up its second consecutive Northwest Division title and will firmly secure the third seed in the conference while the Suns will fall all the way to the fifth seed and lose home court in the first round of the playoffs. Winning tonight will be no small order as the Nuggets have dropped 10 straight games in Phoenix since April 2004, and not to mention Phoenix has won 12 of its last 14 games. We all knew it would come down to some shit like this, and as a fan I'm worried. Either way it makes for a great final game of the season........-

-Joey made it back from California with a gift for the shop from Rick Howard. Thanks for not focusing it Joe-Bear.-

-If your gonna be in L.A. Saturday April 24th be sure not to miss Communes "Experiments in Occultism and Parapsychology". Our very own Noel Boyt will have several pieces displayed.-

-Maybe someone should tell Murph that pole jams are the new pressure flips.-

-Here's what me, Tonka and Steve did yesterday.....the highlight was Del Taco after.-

-The Bones team is looking for a challenge.-

-4-9-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Hey world! Hopefully you enjoyed that trailer, more to come if all the text at the end comes to fruitition. Especially Justin Shardy and Whitney Wells shared part!? I haven't talked to either party, but Whitney needs the help and Justin is just a nice enough guy that he might chip in a switch frontside 360 or two so that Whit can meet that two minute requirement.

-Monico Candelaria, reporting live south of the Colorado border with some big news: "In case you were needing some web update content...by the way, new trailer is killer and absolutely hilarious! and im going to have to be the southwest connection for a while because last week lisa and i got engaged!! ill have to come up there soon so we can have some summer night skating sessions!
Hope all is well buddy!
mony"
Congratulations Monico, hopefully there is karaoke and an open bar at the wedding! Assuming we're all invited...

-I'm going to eat at Earl's tonight for the first time. If you go at the right time, you might get a Paul Walsh sighting. He can drive to work now that he got the interlock system in his car. Hopefully every Denver Shop member will get one of these soon. I'm going to try to get a D.U.I right now just for the heck of it.

-I'm on a boat, he's on a boat. We're on a boat.

-Noel Boyt has been so bored in Seattle he's remembering he has friends in Denver. He e-mailed me some questions and I gave him some answers, hopefully for the greater entertainment of all those people who spend too much time on the internet. The Tony Mellick interview is up next, assuming he can still spell after all his stints in rehab. Time will tell.

-Later!

-4-7-2010-
-No solid date yet, no name, no official line up, but here's The Denver Shops official Trailer #1.-

-The Mail Man is on fire lately with new product ideas for the shop.-

-I took a loyal Denver Shop soldier out skating with us last week. Danny is his name. He wants you to know that not only did he do this first try, but he also gave Shardy an S in a game of skate.-

-Steve, if you really don't want your board broke than Tonka would be the last person you challenge.-

-FedEx came through with this original Gonz drawing that Franny was kind enough to pick up for me at a recent art sale that Gonz had in New York......Jealous?-

MARCH
-3-28-2010-
-Why are You in the house checking this shitty web site? Take advantage of this perfect Colorado day and go land that SSBSTS. I'm off @ 4, maybe I'll see you in the streets.-

-The Viva Burrito by my house has bullet holes in the window.....I love Aurora!-

-Things can get weird when Tonka thinks out loud.-

-Ryan was in San Francisco last week and noticed this little gem in the video case of the Deluxe store.-

-I hate reps who don't skate......With that said here's your local Girl/Chocolate Rep gettin hyphy.-

-3-26-2010-
-Hello my web children, it's Friday! I guess the big news around here is the weather. It seems that old man Winter doesn't want to leave just yet and it's really got us by the balls. They are calling for another 2-5 inches tonight just in time to ruin Murphy's Spring break 2010. Well actually it was already ruined when he went to Milwaukee for a couple days and on the way back he got stuck in Kansas for a night because of the 12 inches of snow we got Tuesday. Milwaukee and Kansas in the same week, sorry Murph, your Spring break was ruined. Ryan's in San Francisco for his Sprng Break, take notes Murph. And for the rest of the team, they've been on Spring break going on 5-6 years now. Tonka's leaving today to hook up with TOEBOCK for a Texas Tour thing I guess. Tonka, while on this trip could you investigate why Jeffrey changed his name to Adam? Inquiring minds want to know! The Nuggets have been a disappointment lately. They have dropped 3 games at the worst possible time, dropped from 2 to 3 in the western conference and that number could get worse considering 5 teams are 1-2 games apart. They play tonight against the Raptors and anything less than a win is unacceptable. With that said get out there before it starts snowing and land that 900!-

-Mo money, Mo problems.........

-BluePrint has a new video dropping soon, "Make Friends with The Colour Blue", my mouth is watering!

-Received this in the mail today....it should fit in very nicely with everything else the shop carries.-

-If you are in or around NYC you would be a moron to miss this. And Franzman, an early Birthday present would be simply amazing....Just throwing it out there.-

-3-16-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Trying to get more consistent with our updates, and it's getting easier because we've been skating more. More skating, more content for web-updates, and more Shad Spencer sightings. I saw the little gremlin with my own two eyes yesterday at Denver park. Photo documentation for proof. Sack lunches before sacking on rails.

-Trails park local, Aurora native, and Denver Shop pal Darren Polak got a new car. In addition to having one of those cool things you have to blow into to make sure you aren't drunk before you drive, it also needs a special boost everytime he wants to go somewhere. Looks like you'll be stuck in Aurora a lot more than you thought Darren.

-Joey Abarca has the pain threshold of a fetus. Blood in, blood out. You're not in So-Cal anymore.

-Tony got some new laces for his Adios.

-Until next week...

-3-8-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Back in the saddle again. We've been skating a lot more lately, especially with the sun staying out later and the warmer weather. Hopefully it persists, and before you know it we'll be complaining about how it's too hot.

-We went to Washington Park last week with a large crew of lurkers, and only a couple people tried to get down on the rail. Ben Gardner loves rails, so naturally he filmed a few warm up tricks. Littleton Rippers forever!

-Roman has been putting his camera phone to good homoerotic use. We realize it isn't iPhone quality, but Whitney is too busy complaining about his job on Facebook to use the camera feature on his iPhone.

-Steven knows how to party, ask him about middle aged Russian women next time you see him, yikes!

-Greg Harbour has been coming up on coverage lately, with an ad in the new Thrasher and a check out in the new Skateboarder. Amidst his fame, he seems to have forgotten his shop sponsor. I'm sure it was just a typo. We still love you Greg, dyed hair and all.

-3-4-2010-
-It sure feels like Spring around here. 60 degrees today and the weekend is looking legit as well. No excuses, get your skate on! I Spoke to The Mile High Ninja yesterday. He's still working on that Nickelodeon skateboard show and he just landed an episode on CSI. He's filming when he can and will be coming back to town soon to start filming for the next Denver Shop video. I believe Greg Harbour's still on the 1031 Midwest Tour. Ryan's still nursing his knee. Brandon's a filmbot. Tonka's still trying to get re-conditioned to the altitude. Noels heading to Portland to attend Art School. Whitney's all ready enrolled in the School of hard knocks. Justin has 25 full days logged onto Call of Duty and "proud of it, thank you". Sorry but that's all I got today. I'll leave you with a rumor I heard. P-rod off Plan-B and back on Girl? I don't start the rumors I just spread them!-

-Nate went on a 10Deep Up North Tour.

-Joey's only focused on two things at the moment. Filming for his Denver Shop video part and managing his and Patrick's highly controversial blog.-

-Would someone please knob this spot already.-

FEBRUARY
-2-23-2010-
-Hello boys and girls. I hope this sunshine is relieving your snowed in blues. Don't worry, we'll be pushing around by the weekend. Three consecutive days of snow will push you into watching the boob-tube more than usual. I tried to watch the Olympics but just couldn't relate. At least there where some good Nuggets games on to keep my mind off the weather. As for today I just finished watching Corey kennedy's part in the "Beware of The Sasquatch" video......Let me just say my knees hurt while watching it.....Get your copy and feel the same way.-

-Tonka's back and I heard through the skate vine that he's in love....believe the hype.

-Received this in the mail today from Axion. Don't really know why considering I haven't ordered any shoes from them. It's a hand painted, signed shoe shelf. Who signed it? Who fuckin knows, I don't speak graffiti. If any of you can shed some light on who this might be clue me in.-

-When Justin was out in California he found the shops LA chapter....believe me it's much hotter than than our Denver location.-

-2-10-2010-
-The sun is out and the melt down has commenced. Lets hope it melts enough to allow skateboarding over the weekend. Justin left today to go meet up with Brandon in Cali. I guess they are gonna skate around L. A. for a week and than head back home, maybe stop by AZ and pick up Tonka. Hopefully when Brandon gets back we can get back to breaking fisheyes and finish up our third shop video. Monico called me yesterday and updated me on his life. He's very happy, skating a ton and still the nicest person on the planet. I'll be heading to Albuquerque in about a month so I'll see you soon amigo! The Nuggets beat up on Dallas last night. Nugs play the Spurs tomorrow night and than head into the all-star break. We got Melo, Billups and Coach Karl representing the Nuggets this year, not to shabby. Now if Melo can finish the season strong, not get hurt, and win the scoring title a MVP award could be in his future. Now get off your ass and go learn frigid airs!

-It doesn't matter what Gonz does I'm into it!

-Justin wants all of you to turn that frown upside down.-

-2-5-2010-
-What a perfect day today. I hope everyone makes a plan to get some pushing in before Sunday because that white shit is in the forecast. I guess we can't bitch considering it's been a mild winter thus far. Nuggets travel to L.A. tonight to play the Lakers and lets hope they play better than they did against the Suns Wednesday. Of course Melo wasn't playing but we shouldn't get beat by 20, at home, by anyone. Melo will not play again tonight due to a sprained ankle that has him missing his 6th game. I'm hoping Smith can get out of his shooting slump and help the Nuggets to a win tonight because if not, I say trade that uncoachable crybaby. Wouldn't it be interesting if skateboard companies started to trade pros....as outlandish as that might sound today it won't in a couple years. Not much else for you today kiddies. I just wanted to touch base with all of you and remind you that we are a fully operation skateboard battleship and we have what your looking for!

-Ryan sent me an update on his knee surgery. The doctors say it was a complete success and he should be back to the carcass toss in no time.

-Received the new Skateboarder today and Fantasia has a photo doing the fandangle.....sick photo, congrats Nathan.

-2-2-2010-
-Good news, spring is right around the corner. Bad news, it's not here yet. Hang in there, you'll be bitching about how it's to hot to skate in no time. In shop news, we have added a "Buy it Now" feature to our product arrivals. You dig a pair of shoes over on the right? Just click the "Buy it Now" button and your dreams will come true! We are here for you, and what better way to kick off this glorious event than to start with the new Etnies Sean "still skater of the year in my eyes" Malto Pro Shoe. In another feeble attempt to make money I have come up with something I call "YOUnifake". With this program you pay me 50 bucks a month and in return I will tell everyone how core you and your crew is. Everyone wins! Email your local Girl/Chocolate rep for details....Sure glad that snowbro show is over, I don't know how much more neon,neff beanies, over sized tees, and dunk highs I could take.......Speaking of dunks, Nathan's in Long Beach, with fellow listeners Rob G. and Danny Montoya, working on a commercial of some sorts. More on this as it comes in......It took the Nuggets overtime but they came away with a win last night against Sacramento. Melo hasn't played in three games with an ankle sprain. Hopefully Coach Karl was just being cautious and resting Melo considering the next few games we have. Phoenix Wednesday, Lakers Friday, Utah Saturday and Dallas Tuesday. We need to win three of those, and we need Melo back to accomplish that.......Now get outside and learn late front foot pressure flips.

-Bros before hoes!-

-Monicos holding it down in Alburqurque....and you knew he would!-

JANUARY
-1-28-2010-
-Woke up to a dusting of snow this morning...should melt by mid-afternoon so no harm done. I'll take a shitty Thursday for a skateable weekend.....In dysfunctional team news, Whitney's nursing a rolled ankle courtesy of D-park....Harbour left on a 1031 midwest tour. I'll have to say there's nothing more punk than a midwest tour in the middle of winter, good luck with that Greg....Ryan went under the knife today and the girls hope he has a speedy recovery.....Noel joined forces with the Barrier Cult. He hasn't been seen in two weeks and what's more disturbing is he deleted is Facebook account:( Brandon has found investors to fund enough money to allow him to continue his chin search till the end of February....William made the Euro news....Shads warehouse hunting...Bens still on probation...Justins online screenname for PS3 is jgreer666, hit him up if you want to battle...Joeys on Lakai, this week....Murphys on some "no ceilings" shit. That should catch everyone up to speed on the team. Speaking of team, my Nuggets are killin it. They have won 8 in a row and are easily the hottest team in the NBA at the moment....So with that said head down to the warm basement and get that flat ground on.-

-1-24-2010-
-Sunday......The Nuggets got their sixth win in a row last night. It wasn't easy, and they needed an extra period to beat the Hornets. Chris Paul was single handedly killin the Nuggets......Sloppy game but a win is a win. My main concern is Melos rolled ankle that came at the end of the game.......On this day in January Ted Bundy was takin, on the same day in January a man named Noel Boyt was born....coincidence? I think not.....Cold and windy but still gonna try and go skate today. Maybe I'll see you out there in the streets.

-A lot of you already know Murphy's been on this Yoga tip lately, so I figured he could use this as inspiration to take his Skateboarding and stretching, combine them, and take it to the next level.

-1-21-2010-
-Billups bucketed 37 points and dished out eight assists as the Nuggets beat the Warriors in a close overtime win. That win made it four in a row and even though the Nuggets have problems with hustling when playing sub .500 teams I feel comfortable with where the Nuggets sit now that its half way through the season....3rd in the western confernece.....the best home record in basketball...Melo getting MVP nods, and with Billups starting to play his best ball of the season I predict Lakers Nuggets for the Western Conference Championship. The trade deadline is Feb. 15 so I guess we'll have to wait and see if the Nuggets will make a move or go forward with the team currently in place. Game tonight, TNT double header, 8:30 vs. the Clippers (one of those sub .500 teams). I know some like to hate when I talk about the Nuggets here on the site....but sorry, skateboarding's been lame for about 2 years now. So if your looking for a legit Skateboarding web site, with up to date news, trick tips and cool cutting edge views on the skateboard culture, let me point you in this direction..........With that said the weekend is suppose to suck so go land that noseslide to fakie today!

-Tonka made it to AZ. His first stop...Tempe....My first stop.-

-1-18-2010-
-Mondays are always better when they're a holiday. I think we should just eliminate Mondays completely, it would make the week go a lot smoother. In team news, Ben Gardner was released from home arrest and the first thing on his agenda was to take some time off from his high profile DJ gig at Skate City and take a trip out to Albuquerque for some skateboarding, updates as soon as they come in. Joey has returned from California with gossip galore.....Skate Mental now part of Kayo? Tonka left for AZ this Morning on a film and relaxation mission....to bad those two words never coincide. Murphy just got back this morning from driving to Wisconsin for some family obligations.....and really why else would you drive to Wisconsin? Brandon's still on his search for Animal Chin. With no strong leads, or sightings, I'm afraid it's not looking good. Last I heard he was filming Chad Fernandez and we all know how that story ends. So with that said get off your asses and go skate!

-I miss Noel.....
"Hey Tony,
I figured I'd send you a video of me at work in Seattle just to let you know I haven't gone soft. I have athletes foot right now so no skateboarding for a little bit. Other than that I've been drawing a lot and setting up my new apartment. Anyone can come out and stay with me anytime....I have a blow up mattress. Hopefully I'll come and visit soon, until then, have someone do a wallride for me at the denver park, thanks."
-Noel

-Loyal Denver Shop soldier from Michigan...glad you had a great X-mas.

-1-11-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-More consistent updates? Don't count on it, but who knows what might happen. With 2012 steadily approaching, we have to cherish what little time is left.

-Just kidding about the 2012 thing, everyone knows the world ends when Tony sells the shop to Gart Sports and the new 1031 video comes out. What's that...we've just received the new 1031 production "Heavy Mellow"? The first sign of the apocalypse has arrived, with recycled street footage and new park footage from Monico Candelaria, Greg Harbour, and that dude from American Gladiators. You can purchase your very own copy at The Denver Shop!

-The Denver Shop would like to congratulate Greg Harbour on graduating from college this past semester, and his Daily Habit appearance on Fuel TV with Kristen Svitak this past week. I don't know what a Daily Habit appearance consists of, but a diploma is nothing to play with. I mean, Tony has one and look at him!

-Joey is in his native southern California for a week. All I've heard so far is that he ran into Megan Fox at Val Surf and met up with Brandon. More information to come as it unfolds...

-1-7-2010-
-Guest Editor: Josh Murphy-
-Hello all. Just got back from New Mexico, which was quite a fun trip. Joey was the MVP, getting the most tricks and also handling other priorities. Ask him if you want more details. As for everyone else that went, we had fun, got some tricks, and got to enjoy another place for a few days. It was also rad skating with Monico and Matthew Candelaria. Monico is a full time Albuquerque resident, and his little brother Matthew was down there visiting him while we were there. Matt is going to be better than his brother soon, mark my words.

-Tyler Price went to California and all he got was this black eye. Tonka smash!

-Bad news: Ryan Lybarger has injured his meniscus and ACL in his knee, and he will not be able to skate for a couple of months. When Ryan told me about his knee injury, he also stated, "I'm going to learn how to film so I can still go out and be productive with you guys." He has the best damn attitude, get well soon buddy!

-Good news: Ryan Lybarger is the newest Denver Shop team rider!

-See you when the snow dries...