Lost Placebo Rockets at Pioneers in NH

The Friends of Hampton Skateboard Park are have been on the grind lately turning an idea into a reality. We started with the idea of fixing up the big mini and maybe doing a little concrete work around the park. The more we started talking and thinking about it the more we realized we need some REAL concrete at the park in the form of a bowl. Through some discussions and shared ideas the concrete bowl is officially happening! Many of us have been working in conjunction with the town of Hampton and there are two things left to do. One, raise some money and two, build the damn thing! So here is where WE, the skaters and families of the Seacoast, need your help!

We need your support in our "BUY A BRICK" fundraiser! Our concept is a simple one, sell some bricks and use them in the construction of the park while using the proceeds to fund the bowl construction. Bricks prices start at $100 and every brick comes with custom engraving included. All the info you need to help us out is right HERE and it important to note that your brick, your contribution to skateboarding, is tax deductible! The attached link is a PDF file that can be printed, filled out, and sent to the town of Hampton along with a check. You can also swing by the shop, fill out an order form here, and we'll deliver it to the town along with your check.

We also need to rally for the benefit event that The Flatbread Pizza Company will be graciously hosting for us on Tuesday, the 24th from 5-10pm in Amesbury, MA. This is going to be a banner night for the skateboard park so please come and support. Todo Bien will be performing LIVE, we'll be selling bricks, we'll be conducting a 50/50 raffle and we'll be having FUN!!! Please share all this info with your friends and family and remember we can't do this without YOU!

You'll never believe this but I got a new surfboard the other day... surprising right? Anyways I picked up a 5'11 Lost/Placebo Rocket and it's AWESOME!!! Both Steve and his brother Paul are riding them and I think they used the phrase "it's cheating" enough that I just had to get my hands on one and I'm gonna agree riding a rocket is cheating. They are constructed out of a super durable yet flexible epoxy and with the 5 fin set-up you get the option of riding it as a quad or a thruster. Fast, loose, and fun this board will work in small to head high waves for sure! I got one day on it as a thruster and one day as a quad! I can't wait till the surf picks up a little more so I can get on it again. The trend for surfboard shapes is shorter and wider and once you try one of these Rockets (or motivators, sub-schorchers, black sheeps, etc) you'll understand why.

The ASP Tour is in action right now, RIGHT HERE. Round one of the men's competition is in the water right now in tropical Brazil. The waves are looking fun and the boys are getting after it! Round one is wrapping up shortly but it sounds like they will be back at it again tomorrow, check it! The ladies surfed earlier this week and Carissa Moore and Sally Fitzgibbons continued their reign of dominance! Carissa has now won 3 of the five events and Sally is right behind her with 2. That's crazy!!! Check out the highlights form the final below.

Board Rider Art has these two awesome paintings for sale here at the shop and both of them benefit the Molly Rowlee Foundation. Swing through, check them out, and make an offer. No amount is too small!