Archive for February, 2010


Jared Cassidy showing off his new whip

Jared Cassidy showing off his new whip

February 28th, 2010 by Mike Quilliam

Newport Harbor lounge lizard and Atwater team rider Jared Cassidy came by to show off his new ride a few weeks ago. The kid gets some extra style points for picking up a monster truck.

Jared laying out the placement of the Atwater logo on the new ride

Spides and Will Laidlaw (new atwater team rider) checking out Jareds Chevy and his Lizzy
Lizzardo shred stick.

Jared always gets the best rides . Photo by S M Thrailkill

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Brain Teaser

Brain Teaser

February 26th, 2010 by Mike Quilliam

So I figured out that everybody has deep Subconscious thoughts and feelings that sometimes come out at different times throughout their life and sometimes they will unknowingly just pop their little head out randomly. I figured out a way to dig deep into a persons cranium and get the real truth. If you follow my instructions below you will be surprised to find out your true feelings.

Now I have built this program around figuring out our customers favorite action sports brand. So if you follow these next steps your true feelings will come out with out you even thinking about it.

1) Pick your favorite number between 1-9

2) Multiply by 3 then

3) Add 3

4) Then again Multiply by 3 (I’ll wait while you get the
calculator….)

5) You’ll get a 2 or 3 digit number….
6) Add the digits together

With that number, see who your favorite brand is from the list below:

1. Reef

2. Nixon

3. Vans

4. Volcom

5. Oakley

6. Hurley

7. Quiksilver

8. Billabong

9. Atwater

10. Matix

Can you believe it!!!

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The Blurr down under

The Blurr down under

February 25th, 2010 by Mike Quilliam

So the blurr went down under last month to apparently go on a walkabout, fight a roo and shred the gnar. I guess he missed the bus to go on the walkabout got sucker punched by the roo ( so he says) but he did get some shredding in.

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Atwater Whoops it up at The Tiki Bar

Atwater Whoops it up at The Tiki Bar

February 22nd, 2010 by Mike Quilliam

If you made it out to the Tiki Bar this last Friday night then you already know about the fun that was had. There were some amazing performances thrown down by the Hindu Pirates which we were very impressed by, these kids were killing it and everybody I spoke with afterwards were pretty stoked to have been there to hear them. Gantez Warrior came up at the end of the evening and like always brought the house down with their unique sound.

The night was a little up in the air at first as far as if it were going to be a success with the rain throwing a wrench in our plan but the rain didn’t cause any problems for anybody there. Thanks to the Hindu Pirates, Gantez Warrior, Kyle at Tiki Bar, Cameron for getting everything together and everybody that came out to partake in the fun.


Some Speaker Love!!

Kent the owner of the The Tiki Bar was running around like crazy all night. Thanks again Kent for letting us take over your bar for the night.

Tyler and Dean just starting out

Cutting the rug

The Hindu Pirates Killed it!!

The Hindu Pirates

Spides and Natasha

The Hindu Pirates

The Hindu Pirates

The Hindu Pirates

Chase and Spides

Shively getting all crazy, lighting the air on fire and all


Its like a prom picture

Sock it to him.

Alan was on hand this evening

Ali and Nicole came to support.Their one friend in the green gave everything she had to avoid getting in the picture, little does she know I got her trying to duck out

Chase and Dean

Mr Nick Skawinski and Spides


Gantez Warrior

Gantez Warrior

Levi, Heading up the warriors

These gals were great

Look at this Joey!!


T-Bone has a way with the ladies


I think she sees the camera tapped on top of the beer bottle getting a different angle on the evening


I think Levi was singing happy birthday to this lovely lady

The girls rushed the stage during the Gantez set

The girls rushed the stage during the Gantez set

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Atwater brings the 1st ever straight razor shave booth to ASR

Atwater brings the 1st ever straight razor shave booth to ASR

February 17th, 2010 by Mike Quilliam

So It has taken a bit of time to compile all the photos from this past ASR that we just finished a few weeks back but I think it was worth the wait. As many of you already know we had a barbershop set up on the floor of the show to do haircuts and straight razor shaves. Now for those of you out there that have not yet had a straight razor shave it is quite an experience. They wrap a steaming hot towel around your face to get the wiskers to stand at attention so its a smooth shave and let me tell you its smooth. Its a little weird at first but then when you come to the realization that these guys are professionals and they do this 40 times a day you kind of just sit back and relax.

We had our good friends Brent Ferris and AJ Henley come down and perform their skilled craft on the attendees of the show and with a never ending supply of people lined up to get cut it was quite a busy day for the two of them but they did it with a smile on their face the entire time.

So for those of you who didn’t get to stop by the booth this year hopefully we will have it going on next August as well and you can get your shave on then.

Brent even shaved heads

Dean went under the knife


The station


Jack Laird got a fresh looking cut

Trick photography

This stuff is legit


Wes Van Der Vort stepped in for a cut

BMB had me schedule him for 9:30am on day 2 of the show but since nobody was there at 9am I decided to get a little trim via the blade

Jesse Faen from Insight got the hot towel shave


I felt bad when I would take these shots of the guys getting the shaves because your natural reaction when someone puts a camera in your face is to smile except when your getting a straight razor shave because if you move while their shaving your throat there is a chance you could get cut


The hot towel was awesome


Sean Smith from SIMA

The Bear from what I believe was from the H-Street booth was roaming around the halls so I pulled him in for a quick cut

I dont think he thought we were serious but then the cape came out and he looked a bit concerned


Doog from Surf Expo is a busy guy and knows everybody at the trade shows so it was difficult for him to wait in the lounge for his shave while everybody he knew kept walking on by


Josh Hunter from Transworld was doing a little segment on the most amazing flare ever seen at a tradeshow.


The Von Zipper family was all over the place while their family member took a little off the top


I pulled this one off AJ’s facebook page and didn’t realize until I was resizing the photos that it has Brents name across his chest. Wingnut was the first in line to get a shave on Wed. I have been pumping him up on this for about 2 1/2 months now and I think he was pretty stoked on the outcome.

Brent cleaning up Wingnuts adams apple


Another shot of Dean getting cleaned up

AJ and Dean


The Bear and Luke Wessman from Luckys Tattoo Parlor

High and tight

Kainoa getting rid of his mop

Jim Shubin going under the blade while filming a segment for Playboy TV

Shubin

Shubins camera guy


I think this is my favorite picture out of the whole lot. It looks like Brent just made a mistake on the back of this guys head with the look on his face.

The crowds never stopped. AJ and Brent are ASR celebrities

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The Dirty Heads and Atwater

The Dirty Heads and Atwater

February 12th, 2010 by Mike Quilliam

So if you were up this morning around 7am on your way into work or to the beach or maybe on the way home from an all night bender there is a strong possibility that you heard The Dirty Heads performing live on the Kevin and Bean Show this morning and if your familiar with the Kevin and Bean show you would know that they are quite selective as to who they invite to perform on their show. Anyway, Dustin and Jared were on their way over to the studio just about a half hour ago and they got to swing by to grab some gear on their way.

Dustin and Jared

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