Omar Salazar and Nike SB threw a two day shredfest in the Bay Area this week to coincide with his new signature shoe drop. Rad Collector columnist Tracy Anderson was out west to skate Sac Town, BBQ with the Thrasher heads, tour Deluxe, and kick it with Omar, P-Rod, Koston, Stefan Janoski, Brian Anderson, Justin Brock and a long list of other SB shreds as well as to get the story about what it took for Omar to get his shoe turned into a reality. We’ll be dropping some rad videos shortly, for now peep a couple behind the scenes pics after the jump.
Nike SB has released the first episode of the “Don’t Fear the Sweeper Tour”. This first installment covers tour stops in Denver, Kansas City, and Minneapolis. They also bless you with street footage from the SB team including new riders Eric Koston and Cory Kennedy. Part 2 drops on January 25th.
Crooked Tongues has a dope new interview up with Nike SB’s Design Director James Arizumi about the overwhelming success of Stefan Janoski’s shoe both in skate and across a wide crossover audience. It’s a great behind the scenes look into how serious SB takes their pro-models. Read the whole thing here.
Habitat has some niceness for the summer with the release of their Cork Top Cruiser boards. In addition to the Silas Baxter-Neal “Lynx” and Stefan Janoski “Pachyderm,” they’ve also done a Janoski “Daily Use” collabo with Nike SB to correspond with the release of his new kicks. “Daily Use” is limited to only 200 boards worldwide, so you’ll need to get on it quick to get one of these. The Habitat Cork Top Cruisers have real cork laminated on the top of the deck, replacing the need for grip tape, and the cork is even harvested from live trees in a way that doesn’t fuck up the trees. Thats a win-win. Look for them at Habitat dealers now.
This is from Habitat’s Fall 2008 tour in which they drove from Winnipeg to Vancouver touring the concrete parks, wrecking vans, and twisting ankles. The tour started with Mike McDermott, Fred Gall, Tim O’Connor, Stefan Janoski, Guru Khalsa, Austyn Gillette, Marius Syvanen, Joe Castrucci, Brennan Conroy, Scott Pommier and Ryan Mcguigan. At the end of the trip only Austyn, Marius and Stefan remained skating. The music is by Nic Armstrong and the CD is “The Great White Liar”. Did I tell you that Janoski is so stylish that I’m wetting my pants when I see him skate? Nice vid. Also check Habitat’s new website!
Shit is poppin right now for Stefan Janoski. The new shoe is killing it and Nike has just launched a fresh little site all of his own. Check out the “Curiosity Cabinets” for all sorts of multi-media treats and in depth info on a bunch of Stefan’s products from a variety of his sponsors.
The boys over at Defekt.se, aka Sweden’s primo online skate site, have put the Janoski SB’s to the test. Although it really comes as no surprise that the kicks are completely skateable, you’ve got to hand it to these dudes, they’re gonna stay hooked up with SB for life! Super dope quality for video they probably put together this week too. Via Caliroots Skate.
