Freebord News

Two Represent rides going on in the land down under this month… they’ve been dormant all winter but now it’s time for the Aussies to come out of hibernation. Get the eff out there and show us what you got!

MELBOURNE REPRESENT!

Saturday November 22 2008

RIDE

Flinders Street Station (Map), 11:00 am

• Video and photo shoot madness all afternoon

• All levels of Freeborders and Longboarders welcome

PERTH REPRESENT!

Saturday November 29 2008

RIDE

‘Peace Hill’ - Johnson Parade, Mosman Park (Map), 12:00 pm

Featuring

• DJ FREQ
• Howley Brothers Kicker
• Pro Riders Sam Trowbridge, Luke Howell and Stephen Howell

The Location Features

• Mellow hill for learners
• Bomber hill for confident riders
• Ledges
• Footpaths
• One Epic Gap

PARTY

SOS Surf Company

66a Adelaide St, Fremantle, next door to Fleet Cycles (Map), 7:30 pm

Featuring

• DJ FREQ
• Discounts on New Freebord Gear
• Pro Riders Sam Trowbridge, Luke Howell and Stephen Howell
• And the premiere of Flatspot’s new film ‘Forecast’

Special guest post today from Swiss rider Dominic aka Gwenvael:

25 riders from Switzerland, Austria and Germany recently rolled out to the first Represent Switzerland ride. Located in the heart of the Swiss alps, on the top of 11km of Swiss cheddahhh, the group had a hella sick weekend. After the first run the cops showed up and forbade us to ride on that road, but as usual we ended up doing it anyway. Thanks to everyone who showed up and didn’t mind driving for 7h to get there, props to Denis for recovering so fast from his concussion and special thanks to fellow German rider Robert who hooked us up with some super tasty meals! We wrote Swiss Freebord history!

Represent Switzerland - Carì 2008 from Dominic Bossart on Vimeo.

Edit by Dominic Bossart

John Laudin and Corey Lucero dipped in to Parker, Colorado to visit with 720 Boardshop, scope and promote at the local festival, and rip with Luke and James. Thanks to both of you for rolling out, thanks to the longboarders who gave it a shot, and thanks to the groms at the park! Big props on the booth spot to Travis and his bro, the shade was a lifesaver! Shop @ 720!

Stevie-B and the Bay Area crew met up on Saturday for the San Francisco Represent ride. About 25 riders showed up to shred the streets of SF, eat burgers & get filmed for a Comcast TV segment. Thanks to everyone who came out to rep!!

John Laudin hooked up with Casey and Bilal out in Austin Texas and was pleasantly surprised by the terrain. Two solid days of filming with a camping trip in between makes for a good vid! Keep your eyes peeled for Justin, Gordo, Brandon, Brian, Jacob, and James shredding too!

John Laudin representing in San Pedro at Donald Trump’s golf course house. Not only was it gated at the bottom, but it was “The Donald’s” driveway!

Swedish Freeborders got together last weekend for a Represent ride in the city of Jönköping. Check out their Swedish steez in the video below (and let’s get these guys some t-shirts)!

For more tour stops in Sweden, see www.freebord.se/tour. Thanks Johan!

Monday, Jon and I drove to the Mt Ventoux to finaly ride this mythic hill. The top was closed for cars, so we had to hike up for 2hrs… definitely worth it… for Jon ! The board I took wasn’t tuned for my settings so I couldn’t ride ! Have fun watching

Today we met up with a Dylan and his crew in San Clemente, CA and got to teach a lot of future rippers. Dylan was the only one who owned one before the ride but check out the rest of them owning the hills of San Clemente along with him!

Jon and I were in Aix (France) on tuesday and wednesday. This city in south of France is surrounded by hills… Check this epic downhill where Jon almost trashed the camcorder, and Sylvain and I collide.