Jordan Hoffart is the man. Since joining Seshn, Jordan has been a man on a mission to update his blogsite so the rest of the world knows what he has been up to with his skating. We recently set up JordanHoffart.com so that it links to his blogsite and we are stoked. So spread the word, check out his site, and here is a little gem below for you from Jordan’s recent MagMinute with The Skateboard Mag.

Zoo York takes a page from Budweiser, the whole talking animals thing. They got roaches to represent NYC, for their latest shoe commercial. Check it out!

Bones Wheels has updated the world with this montage of footage. There’s not a whole lot to say, except, these guys rip. Have you seen the latest from Bones wheels? Smooth, that’s all I can say about that.

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Bummed I just found out about this now but The Berrics had a nice little April Fool’s joke yesterday involving Ryan Sheckler. 

The Berrics - ”The Battle Commander not only leads the troops into battle, but also plans attacks and formulates strategies. He is often both the brain and the brawn behind the army. Inside the Berrics, this position has been held from day one by none other than Ryan Sheckler.”

April 1st at Breckenridge has become a huge party day for all the local shreds. Its sick to see the whole snowboard scene together on one day having what seems the most fun you could have on the mountain. Hunting down a good set of retro gear, setting you stance back, maybe cutting a swallow tail, spraying everyone and everything in sight, and slashing like all the old school shredders is what its all about. 

We were on the hill pretty early, the local holiday was still pretty low key but there was a good foot of fresh to be had. We headed directly for the T-bar and Imperial lift. After a short hike (around some very winded Welsh blokes) we had reached the summit of peak 8 with open powder fields in all directions. Once we had exhausted the new snow and some clouds rolled in we blasted our way to Park Lane. We were immediately surrounded by neon and snowblades, it was chaos. Constant soul trains with 2-4 people on a lip at any time, spread eagles, and the all mighty method were being thrown with screams of delight. 

 It was getting pretty dangerous in the park, after seeing more than a few wrecks we were thinking of calling it. Breck beat us to it. Soon the parks were closed to anyone wearing a “costume” and therefore empty except for the a few steezy shreders here and there, apparently the resort was not as stoked as the rest of us. Didn’t stick around to see the “gapers” unleashed on the rest of the mountain. 

check my flickr page for more pictures 

Dan Winslow is changing the game when it comes to sponsor me videos. If you sponsor him you will get 400 sales!

FKD Bearings took a camera to Tampa this year, and have released this video of their adventures at the contest that was….

You usually don’t see a bearing company being represented big at any given contest, considering that all skateboarding brands seem to have their own bearings, but FKD showed up, and killed it.

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Ipath claims they are entering the surf game today by the creation of a new surf team. This is no joke, you can check out the press release here. Ipath which is known by everyone as a skateboarding company, plans on making a big impact in the surf world as they add pro surfers Nick Jiampa, Pat Millin, Ben McBrien, Rob Wurlitzer and Will Skudin.

This is very interesting as we are seeing more and more companies getting into different sports. We are seeing snow companies buyout surf companies and skate companies, and we are seeing skate companies getting into surfing….. What’s next? Skateboarders starting inline skate brands?

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Emerica’s latest pro shoe model has been announced and it reminds me of the Carroll mid from Lakai. What ever happened to innovation in skateboarding shoes?

Jerry Hsu is awesome, but this shoe seems a little odd to me. I’ll have to see them up close to make final judgments. Check out the news and a video, here

This summer, instead of joining the Warped Tour, punk rock veterans, Rancid, are hitting the road for a full summer tour. The guys have been working on a new record, and are ready to hit the road yet again. These shows will in fact sell out, so get your tickets as soon as they go on sale. Rancid, is hitting the road, and you can be a part of it, here are the dates:

6/10 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
6/11 – Club 101 – El Paso, TX
6/13 – La Zona Rosa – Austin, TX
6/14 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
6/15 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
6/18 – Jannus Landing – Saint Petersburg, FL
6/19 – Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
6/20 – House of Blues – Orlando, FL
6/21 – Plush – Jacksonville, FL
6/22 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
6/24 – House of Blues – Myrtle Beach
6/25 – Hooligans Music Hall – Jacksonville, NC
6/26 – Jesters – Fayetteville, NC
6/27 – Rocketown – Nashville, TN
6/28 – Pop’s – Sauget, IL
6/29 – Cain’s – Tulsa, OK
7/01 – Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, NM
7/02 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
7/03 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
7/26 – The Fillmore – Denver, CO
7/27 – The Beaumont – Kansas City, MO
7/28 – The Myth – Minneapolis, MN
7/30 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
7/31 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
8/01 – Clutch Cargo – Pontiac, MI
8/02 – Kool Haus – Toronto, ONT
8/03 – Kool Haus – Toronto, ONT
8/05 – Metropolis – Montreal, QUE
8/06 – Metropolis – Montreal, QUE
8/08 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
8/09 – Lupo’s – Providence, RI
8/10 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
8/11 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
8/13 – Fillmore @ Irving – New York, NY
8/14 – Fillmore @ Irving – New York, NY
8/15 – Fillmore @ Irving – New York, NY
8/16 – Fillmore @ Irving – New York, NY
8/17 – Fillmore @ Irving – New York, NY