UNTITLED SHOP 20TH ANNIVERSARY!

One of Chicago's very own leaders in Street Fashion, Untitled Shop will be celebrating 20 years of business! Good job guys, what an accomplishment!
Untitled has three locations in the Chicago Land area. Wicker Park, Lincoln Park and Woodfield mall. The party will take place at their Lincoln Park location address and info below. Sponsored by RVCA and Nikita, come enjoy live art, drinks, give-aways and more!!!
Sunday, September 26th
Untitled Shop
2707 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614

No Coast Outre

DEDICATION to the MIDDLE WEST.
www.ncolife.com

Surfrider Foundation is teaming up with Jack Johnson on his 2010 To The Sea Tour and All At Once, a social action network connecting nonprofits with people who want to become active in their local and world community. At each tour stop concertgoers can come by the Village Green, a collection of interactive booths where you can get educated, get inspired, and connect face-to-face with us and other local and national non-profits.

for more info: allatonce.org

On the night of June 10th Billabong held its 4th annual Design For Humanity benefit (www.designforhumanity.com ) on the city streets of New York on the back lot of Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The fashion-music-art block party was not only sold out but a blow out with renowned electroclash duo Fischerspooner and “It” girl Kid Sister performing following a runway fashion show showcasing one of a kind Billabong bikinis and collaborations. Billabong teamed up with designers Alexandrea Cassanitti and Timo Weiland as well as Bleach Black fashion and lifestyle blogger Valerie Kileen to create one-of-a-kind swimsuits. Billabong also partnered with Invista, maker of Xtra Life LYCRA® fiber by using their Xtra Life LYCRA® fabric for the collection. 
 


Some of the party’s attendees included AnnaLynne McCord, Adrian Grenier, Cassidy Freeman, Izabella Minko, Donavon Frankenreiter, Zelda Williams, Nicole Johnson, Tami Farrell, Warren Fischer, Casey Spooner, Kid Sister, Greg Finley, Grant Harvey, Adam Cagney, Sleepy Brown, Jonathan Goldsmith, Danny Kass, Tom Curren, Keala Kennelly, Jeremy Scott, and Rick Malambri. 
 


100% of this year’s ticket sales and proceeds from art show and product collaboration auction sales will be donated to Invisible Children (www.invisiblechildren.com ), an organization raising awareness and funds for families affected by the long-standing war in Uganda, Africa. Invisible Children recreates schools devastated by war, benefiting well over 8,400 Ugandan youth in the areas of water and sanitation, books and equipment, refurbishment of structures, teacher support, and technology and power. So far over $75,000 was raised from the event with thousands more expected from the art and bikini collaboration auctions which will be made available online. This year’s event is sponsored by Verizon Wireless and Samsung.

Billabong Design for Humanity 2010

There is an “invisible” war going on in Africa. You probably won’t hear about it on the news tonight, or any night for that matter, and the soldiers involved aren’t brave men, because they aren’t men at all. They’re children.

Joseph Kony is the head of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a guerrilla group using terror and violence to establish their own government in Uganda. The group abducts children and trains them to become soldiers. To date, his group has stolen over 300,000 children from their homes.

This year, Billabong’s annual Design for Humanity event will be raising money for Invisible Children, an advocacy group working to end the conflict and bring those children home to their families. One night of art, music and fashion will help bring Billabong, its designers, artists, musicians and you together to fight the efforts of Joseph Kony and the LRA.

You can still get your ticket for the event, featuring a bikini fashion show, DJ dance party, DethKills live art installations, and tons of great music acts for $30 here. The event will take place June 10th at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA. Doors open at 7pm and the show is over at 1pm.

treat yo mamas with a lil love and respect, hands down, so lucky to have the most amazing mother and family ♥ (and although i cant spend it with you, at least this time i'm not halfway across the world!)

MAY 6 = officially done with college classes...4EVA!

ESCAPE: ASHLEY BATTERSBY

Ashley Battersby was born to ski. She grew up in Chicago, and she’s the second of four children who all enjoy the same passion. At 18-months-old, she was first to put on skis and continued to evolve with the sport of Freeskiing. Ashley was fortunate enough to leave the Windy City and surrounding Midwest ski resorts and move to Park City, Utah in 2002. During this time she was able to ski at least 50 or more days in the winter and later attended the Winter Sports School where the number of days on snow only increased. She had received her first sponsor at a Big Air at the Canyons Resort and from then on she started making a name for herself as a young female freerider. Ashley now resides in Park City Utah, living out of her suitcase nine months out of the year when she’s skiing. After winning the 2008 US Open slopestyle, Ashley Battersby was qualified for Winter X 2009 but could not attend after tearing her left ACL a month before the event, so she was pretty amped up to finally attend her first Winter X in 2010:

“I got the chance to go to Europe for the second time this year and it was by far the best trip of 2009-2010 season! We first headed to Laax, Switzerland for a week where I had placed 1st in the European Open. From there four girls and myself traveled to Tignes, France for the European X –Games. That was a drive I will never forget, all of us from different countries (America, France, New Zealand and Canada) stuffed with four bags the size of an average human, driving in a car with no working windshield wipers in the middle of winter, windows won’t roll down, eating nothing but Swiss chocolate and gas station ham and bread sammys in a five person car. It was supposed to take us only seven hours from point A to B but we had hit up closed roads and got stuck in Italy for a few hours. We had been through three different countries in a total of 14 hours (never rely on a outdated GPS)!
The morning we competed was epic, 9:30 am and completely slayed! After hitting the longest course in my entire six years of free riding (two rails six jumps), I ended up taking home the bronze from Euro X. I have never been so stoked in my life…I accomplished my dream. I have always wanted to be in X games and to be able to travel over seas to do it with some of the most inspiring men and women skiers, I couldn’t ask for anything more!
My brothers have always been my motivation for skiing, they pushed me out of wanting to be a racer to switch to free ride. They are also the most dedicated guys I have ever seen in the ski industry, they slay! We all grew up on a 200 foot vertical hill in Wisconsin and then our parents moved us to Utah so we could try and achieve our goals. Four years ago I tore my left ACL and last year I did the same thing to my right. Those injuries are very common in skiing, as well as being the most annoying thing that could happen. I had unfortunate luck, as I did it to mine in 2008 a month before the very first year they had ever put women slopestyle in X-Games. I was heartbroken that it had happened right before, although it lit a fire under my belt to get stronger for next season, to learn new tricks and achieve my goal! I have to give thanks to all my sponsors, Volkl, Tecnica, Marker, First Drop, Scott USA, Bendis, Kicker, McDavid, Bern for your continued support as well as my amazing brothers, parents and God.

“Third place went to the lil’ steezeball herself, Ashley Battersby. Ash-B was absolutely killing it all day, and like many of the girls today, was skiing better than ever. 5’s both ways, switch 7’s and a silky smooth 270 on 270 off the rail up top, proving that she is absolutely the most stylish girl in skiing, hands down.” -Jeff Schmuck

–-Via Jessica Bush

If there’s one standout event for this summer,
this is it! Is there anything waterskiers like more then bikinis and beer? How about a fashion show and beer garden party?

It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to find that [BS] The Board Shop and Champs Sports Bar and Grill are living up to their hype! We have joined forces to host a huge fundraiser in support of new jump skis for the wonderlake ski team.

Lets keep these guys entertaining the masses of crowds! This ain’t no bake sale; We’re giving away A wakeboard lesson at “The Wake
Experience” Wakeboard school, Free entry to our Wakeboard
competitions, Prize packs from our apparel sponsors featured in the fashion show and much, much more!!!

Here’s the run down:
1:00pm - 6:00pm: Come to the Board Shop for a food buffet, beer, purchase your drink wristbands for discount on Champ’s beverages, 50% of specific sales at the shop will be donated, raffle purchase, etc...

7:00pm - 2:00am: Move down the street to Champs bar and grill for a Board Shop Fashion show (make-up by Jillian Sommerfeld), DJ Mike Mantas, Give-aways and Raffle announcement! Stay and enjoy off-price drinks with wristband, and fun dance music!

All raffle, wristband, food & beer donations, and part of sales at the Board Shop will go to the Wonder Lake Ski Team,
Food and Beer donated by Champs Sports Bar & Grill

Nikita 10th Year Anniversary

Nikita Clothing was founded in 2000 by a girl named Heida Birgisdottir in a small shop she had in downtown Reykjavik Iceland.

Heida has always been a very active rider and searched for a long time some female street clothing that fitted her lifestyle. Since she never really found the right clothes she decided to start her own clothing line, being a clothing designer herself, she thought it made sense!

Today, Nikita is available in selected stores in 30 countries around the world and represented by the coolest girls on the planet! Nikita participates in all kind of happenings around the world, encouraging girls to live an active lifestyle.

RVCA!!!

RVCA is the brainchild of company Founder and Creative Director, PM Tenore. Transcending the boundaries of traditional action sports apparel, RVCA is a design-driven lifestyle brand free from passing trends. Appearing as a natural on the shelves of boutiques as on those of a local skate shop, RVCA is brought together by a group of likeminded individuals from various subcultures, a collaboration of sorts, a lifestyle within itself.

PM Tenore’s intention from the very beginning has been to create a platform for RVCA, which combines art, music, fashion and a modern lifestyle in an original way. At the forefront of this vision has been RVCA’s Artist Network Program (ANP) – a venture established to showcase the talents of accomplished as well as unknown artists who inspire our generation and push the boundaries of creative excellence.

Established to promote the genuine integrity of RVCA’s subcultures while simultaneously giving back to the community, RVCA in essence is redefining the way the market views art and fashion as represented through the balance of opposites and how they coexist: water, oil; air, land; destruction, industrialization; art, science; foreign, domestic; order, anarchy; past, present.

For RVCA, it is about today, tomorrow and life as the big picture. It is about inspiring our generation, providing something of substance and culture and above all doing it with integrity and as a united family, a close-knit community.

It could take months to stop the leak - which is now covering more than 1,800 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico.

Last week the oil rig Deepwater Horizon caught fire and sank off the coast of Louisiana. Eleven lives were lost in the disaster. According to U.S. Coast Guard officials, two separate leaks at the accident site are now emitting approximately 42,000 gallons of oil a day. Worse, because of the depth of the leaks, the Minerals Management Service says that they may take weeks or even months to cap. In the meantime, Coast Guard officials are reporting that a massive oil slick is now headed toward the Gulf coast. "This type of accident is certainly one of the worst-case scenarios you can imagine," said Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.

Surf and Service

You might not ever think to put the words “surf” and “change the world” together in the same sentence; surfing, you’d say, is a diversion. A sport. A recreational activity. Changing the world? A deliberate act of altruism. No sports, diversions, or recreation involved.

In 2008, surfer dude Sam Bailey changed all of that. Sam had recently returned home from traveling through Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. He was jarred by the loss of culture resulting from foreign investment and monopoly in many once small and stable fishing villages. So he did something about it. He created Eco Surf Volunteers.

Now, a vacation isn’t just a vacation for Sam. Sam Bailey has taken the concept of volun-tourism and made it cool. Like surfer-dude cool. Combining volunteer work with tourism, Sam says, is becoming more popular as more people become aware of our environment’s fragile state. “But people want to learn something as well,” Sam says. “It’s not just, ‘Hey let’s go down and build a classroom. It’s about forming a relationship and respect, both with the people and with the culture.’”

The current goal of Eco Surf Volunteers is to use their manpower in Canoa, Ecuador to work with community leader Daniel Velasco to create a local foundation run entirely by native residents. The foundation, which would be targeted at high-school aged natives, hopes to create a four-year program for students to learn to achieve success in the hospitality industry, allowing kids to take ownership of local hostels, restaurants or surf shops. Upon completion of the program, Sam hopes to award each student a full scholarship to an Ecuadorian University.

“I’ve heard that volunteering is ‘so cliché,’ ‘one man’s effort to save the world.’ But hearing the children ask us when we’ll return is not cliché. Seeing the tears well up in the eyes of our volunteers as we drive out of town, kids lining the streets waving good-bye, is definitely not cliché…There’s nothing cliché about what we’re doing. This is all very real,” says Sam.

And change is indeed being made. With help from Sam and his troupe of volunteers, Canoans receive a little more help every time another wave hits the shore.

Surprisingly enough, most of the participants in Sam’s program have never even set foot on a board. “I figured most of our volunteers would come from major surfing backgrounds, but it’s been the other way around. We typically get about 75 percent beginners and 25 percent experienced surfers, which is a great mix…Experienced surfers enjoy the empty line-up while the rest take advantage of daily surf lessons.”

Eco Surf Volunteers is proving, every day, that a vacation doesn’t have to mean sitting around on a beach tanning all day, daiquiri in hand, but also that volunteer work doesn’t have to be—and shouldn’t be—a grueling, unpleasant experience. If you’re willing, it’s not hard to kill those two birds with one stone. “You know, there’s that classic scene in Good Will Hunting where Robin Williams says how Matt Damon could probably say a whole lot about Michelangelo and his…works, but he couldn’t tell him what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. It’s so simple but so true - the learning opportunities made possible from cultural immersion experiences are impossible to re-create,” says Sam.

Swim over to the Eco Surf website to find out more information and apply for one of the Eco Surf Volunteers’ many projects.

On Thursday a volcanic eruption in Iceland melted a glacier causing severe floods and spread ash across northern Europe bringing chaos to air travel. About 800 people have been forced to evacuate their homes, and airports in 23 European countries have grounded more than 63,000 flights stranding thousands of travelers. Scientists warn that if these eruptions last for an extended period of time, there is a risk they could melt other glaciers that now cap the nearby Katla volcano, allowing it to blow its top and potentially pump enough ash into the atmosphere to lower temperatures worldwide.

The Board Shop is looking for models!!! You must be over 21 years old (fashion show @ Champs Sports Bar & Grill) , be available on June 5th, and be ridiculously good looking in our gear... Both Guys and Gals, if you meet these requirements and would like to be involved, please send an email to maddie@bswake.com with your information. All Models will be awarded for their work:)

Hiding Place...

The Wakeboard Experience Tour is released!

laugh uncontrolably...it clears the mind.

4 Cs of the Wind

Did you cause it? NO.
Can you change it? NO.
Can you control it? NO.
Then Chill Out!

LIFE IS SHORT. hold hands, not grudges. max out your passport. grow older without growing up. do something that scares you. get your hands dirty. adopt an animal. shave your head, at least once. make time for silly. savor every sip. walk, don't drive. skip, don't walk. do it for love, not profit. be the first to apologize. plug the meter for someone else. plant lots of trees. learn to dance a jig. listen first, talk second. build communities, not empires. thank a teacher. STAY AWAKE FOR IT.

RED BULL barmaster

IOWA reps: BJ McAndrew & myself conquered the state of IOWA in the competition.
flug tag in the twin cities, unlimited red bull, a bar tab, & bragging rights for the university are all in our hands.
wouldn't have been possible without all my amazing friends :) I O W A.

“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed”
(photo from byron bay)

travel is colorful and exciting...when you can relax on the beach one day and go on a luxurious safari the next. tales and souvenirs from your travels inspire your life at home. return back to these days where your life is simple, beaches are warm, and the world is new...

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It’s Nikita’s birthday, but they want you to be the one with the presents. We’re giving away an outerwear package from Nikita worth $600 in honor of the company’s 10th anniversary!

Nikita has been a leader in active-wear for ten years, which we think is a pretty cool feat! We’re looking for some amazing stories from real girls like you. To enter to win, leave a comment below telling us about your greatest accomplishment. Survive an earthquake? Start your own business in high school? Win a huge competition? Tell us in a 70 words or less and you’re entered to win!

Health & Fitness

Polar Bear Club move over…there’s a new crowd sharing the cold water. “Freeze for Life” is a combination of diverse water sports and dedicated athletes who brave frigid waters in order to raise money for cancer and educational charities. The event started in December 2008 at the Riviera Dock in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and grew exponentially with time. This past year ripper Mark Ruck man handled some small waves in the cold waters of Wisconsin while being towed on his longboard behind a Mastercraft towboat, bundled up from head to toe with only his eyes visible. Lucky for him, after his surf sesh, there was a steaming hot tub beach-side waiting for him at the end of his “heat”. Ruck warmed up to prepare himself for his heady jam session later that night at the Freeze for Life after party downtown Lake Geneva. Even the landlocked find a way.

–via Jessica Bush

Brendan Munson; the brother to my home girls Brittney & Bailey

Happy 3 Years to Brendan May!
Today marks the 3 year anniversary of Brendan May’s transplant. Brendan had a bone marrow transplant on February 28, 2007 at the age of 17. He is currently recovering from that and continues to do well. Brendan was originally diagnosed in October of 2001 (age 12) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He endured 3 1/2 years of chemo and went off treatment in January, 2005. In August, 2006, Brendan relapsed. He again endured six months of chemo before undergoing a bone marrow transplant, which was his only hope for recovery. The donor was unrelated which put him at higher risk. The transplant was on February 28, 2007.

"The Third Coast"

It is believed that Great Lakes breakers were first surfed nearly a century ago, and quite possibly even earlier by natives. However, the first significant wave of participants arrived in the 1960s. The California surf trend was spilling into Middle America, and small surfing communities flourished across the Great Lakes. Eventually surfing spread throughout the region, and today surfing on the “Third Coast” is more popular than ever.
The significant size of the Great Lakes is what makes surfing on them possible. The Great Lakes combined consists of six quadrillion gallons of water and more than 10,900 miles of shoreline. The Great Lakes are the largest fresh water system on earth and have more coastline than the East and West coasts combined. Rather than waves being created by distant storm systems, waves on the Great Lakes are formed by localized winds. Because of the ongoing improvements in wetsuit technology, surfers are now able to comfortably ride lake waves year-round, including in winter and freezing temperatures.
Lake surfing has been featured by national and regional news sources such as The CBS Early Show, The Today Show, Newsweek, National Public Radio, newspapers like The Chicago Tribune and The Indianapolis Star, and going back to our roots, The Honolulu Star Bulletin. Its popularity has recently become more significant than ever. The idea of surfing on freshwater lakes in the heartland of America, especially in the winter season, tends to catch peoples’ attention.

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sometimes i wonder why people think they can perform certain acts,
why one believes they can look at someone with the right to judge,
and why when you give a friendly smile to a stranger they can't give it back,
have these people simply lost their way?
i just hope they can find their light, their way, GOD.
because if not, it is going to be one "hell" of a life...

John Butler Trio - Lincoln Hall 2-15-10

wake up and pour a cup of life!

i love those movies that make you want to pack up your things and leave or try something new...

Spring Break 2010: Bahama mama!!!

Wisco Love

Twin Lakes Wisconsin

Chorus:
We were standing
Standing by peaceful waters
Standing by peaceful waters
Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh

Many years ago along the Illinois-Wisconsin Border
There was this Indian tribe
They found two babies in the woods
White babies
One of them was named Elizabeth
She was the fairer of the two
While the smaller and more fragile one was named Marie
Having never seen white girls before
And living on the two lakes known as the Twin Lakes
They named the larger and more beautiful Lake, Lake Elizabeth
And thus the smaller lake that was hidden from the highway
Became known forever as Lake Marie

Repeat Chorus:

Many years later I found myself talking to this girl
Who was standing there with her back turned to Lake Marie
The wind was blowing especially through her hair
There was four italian sausages cooking on the outdoor grill
And Man, they was ssssssssizzlin'
Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
Trying to save our marriage and perhaps catch a few fish
Whatever seemed easier
That night she fell asleep in my arms
Humming the tune to "Louie Louie'
Aah baby, We gotta go now.

Repeat Chorus:

The dogs were barking as the cars were parking
The loan sharks were sharking the narcs were narcing
Practically everyone was there
In the parking lot by the forest preserve
The police had found two bodies in the woods
Nay, naked bodies
Their faces had been horribly disfigured by some sharp object
Saw it on the news On the TV news in a black and white video
You know what blood looks like in a black and white video?
Shadows, Shadows that's exactly what it looks like
All the love we shared between her and me was slammed
Slammed up against the banks of Old Lake Marie, Marie

We were standing
Standing by peaceful waters
Standing by peaceful waters
Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
Whoa Wah Oh Wha Oh
Standing by peaceful waters
Peaceful waters
Standing by peaceful waters
Peaceful waters
Standing by peaceful waters
Peaceful waters
Standing by peaceful waters
Peaceful waters
Aah baby, we gotta go now

flanel is in.

Surf into Yoga...

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Brian Petrieni...truly amazing!

http://www.pietriniphoto.com/