Hi everybody,

It’s with happiness and sadness that I say that the “Vans Backyard Party” is history for 2007, I which we could have this kind of event every month, Ho well, it’s all good... It gives me more motivation to prepare next year.

I would like to say thank you to all the sponsors that believed in the “Backyard Party” concept without knowing to many details, Bubblicious (Heather Burns, Holly Menshari), We clothing (Jesse Bowden, Ian Kennedy, Shaya Scott), Exposé Magazine (Dan Mathieu), Red Bull (Gab Authier, Jaimeson Keegan, Daniel Marrett), Pro-Tec (That’s us at Sports Odyssee), ACE Trucks, Diamond Supply (Raj Mehra), and 33mag.com (Julien Roussin)

I want to also give a special shoot out to the SOUTH PARC crew who worked their ass off for a big month non stop, day and night. Thanks to Danny Vezina, Eric Blais, Stephane Vallée, Rodrigo Riffo, Casey McDonald, Matt Robichaux.

Another big thank you to all the spectators, industry supporters and mostly the skaters that showed up, I hope all of you enjoyed the free food, drinks, and the amazing skating that went down.

One more thank you to my staff of the day, Pat Laurendeau, Phil Beausejour, DJ Fiend, Bob le Chef, Frank Lam, Zema, Ryan O’dowd, Caroline Daudelin, Amielle Doyon.

With all that being said, I hope to see you all next year, and in the mean time log on to www.vanscanada.com/backyardparty to go look at photos and videos, full DVD is in the making.

ONE MORE HUGE THANK YOU FROM EVERYBODY AT VANS

Peace I’m out!!!
Eric Mercier

Leo Caption Contest!


Just write a caption for this photo on the contest page. Have fun and be creative! The winner will receive one free pair of Emerica Leo shoes and one complete Baker Leo Romero skateboard. The contest ends on October 1, 2007.

Ed at NY Art Book Fair!


Come meet Emerica pro Ed Templeton from Friday, September 28 to Sunday, September 30 at the NY Art Book Fair, 548 West 22nd Street, at 10th and 11th Avenues, in Manhattan. Ed will be hanging out at the ANP Quarterly magazine booth, where you can pick up a copy of his book called Nobody Living Can Ever Make Me Turn Back, which is filled with amazing photos from Emerica's Wild Ride 2006. If you're in New York, cruise by and say hello to Ed and check out some really cool art books. Admission is free!

Bryan Derballa's Wild Ride 2007 Photos!


Head on over to Bryan Derballa's site, where he just posted over 100 photos from Emerica's Wild Ride 2007! There are some really nice images from a different viewpoint in there.

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Go to the Sponsor Me section of the Emerica Web site and follow the directions to send in your Sponsor Me Videos for us to review. Once a month, we will select one bangin' video to review on the site, and that kid will win one free pair of Emerica shoes of their choice! Don't be a couch potato! Get creative today!

Secret Footage!

Ça pourrait être toi??

Une des questions les plus populaires qui nous est posée par nos clientes et acheteuses est : "Comment peut-on faire partie du catalogue Nikita? ". Comme vous le savez toutes et tous déjà, l’équipe Nikita est constituée soit de top snowboarder, surfer, skater, ou bien de filles quivivent le ‘’lifestyle’’Nikita à fond et qui se vouent à voyager en pratiquant leurs sports favoris à travers les montagnes et les océans qui les entourent, organisant ou participant à des événements "for girls who ride’’. L’équipe Nikita se réunit 2 fois par année, quelques jours, dans un endroit du monde, afin de réaliser le shooting photo des filles portant les nouveaux "designs" . Ces photos sont utilisées ensuite pour montrer à la population entière qu’est-ce qu 'est la ligne de vêtement NIKITA. Nous utilisons par la suite ces photos pour le catalogue, pourdes publicités et pour le site Internet.

Maintenant, après avoir reçu plusieurs appels ou e-mails durant toutes ces années, nous avons pensé POURQUOI PAS !?

C’est donc avec plaisir que nous vous annonçons le tout premier ‘’NIKITA PHOTOSHOOT CONTEST’’.

Pour participer au concours envoyez nous :

- Nom complet
- Age: (minimum18 ans)
- Pays:
- Grandeur:
- Photo : Portrait, photo de ton visage
- Photo : Plein pied, photo de la tête au pied (non, pas nue:)
- Photo : Lifestyle, photo qui te représente
- Photo : Nikita, la façon dont tu prendrais la photo Nikita
- Ton magazine préféré:

Envoyez ces informations et photos à:ingarun@nikitaclothing.com avant le 10 Octobre 2007.

Les deux gangnantes seront annoncées le 12 Octobre prochain. Celles-ci feront partie du photoshoot Nikita Fall Winter 08-09, qui prendra place quelque part en Amérique du Nord. Nikita prendra à sa charge le transport et l’hébergement. Vous serez aussi gâtée avec quelques morceaux de vêtements de la nouvelles collection, serez invitée au souper avec tout le "team’’ Nikita et pourrez aussi lâcher votre fou parmis quelques ‘’rockin’nights’’ avec toute l’équipe.

En participant à ce concours vous approuvez toutes les conditions suivantes :

- Je suis une fille/femme/femelle J
- J’ai 18 ans et plus (depuis ou avant le 20 Oct 2007)
- Je confirme que les photos envoyées sont bel et bien de moi
- J’ai la permission du photographe
- Je confirme que les photos envoyées non pas été changées ou modifiées de quelques manières que ce soit pour me faire avoir l’air différente de ce que je suis vraiment
- J’ai rempli toutes les informations nécessaires pour le concours
- J'ai envoyé les 4 photos nécessaires requises pour le concours
- Si nécessaire, j’ai un passeport valide pour voyager entre le 29 Oct et le 3 Nov 2007
- J’aprouve que Nikita puisse utiliser les photos que j'ai envoyé, sans frais, à des fins marketing ou commercial
- Toutes les photos prises par Nikita lors du photoshoot avec la gagnante seront la propriété de Nikita pour du Marketing international et commercial
- Nikita se réserve tous les droits de canceller la compétition à n'importe quel niveau, si elle en croit nécéssaire, ou si les circonstances sont hors de son contrôle

BONNE CHANCE A TOUTES!

Lake Forest, CA - On Saturday, September 8, 2007 the éS Game of SKATE, presented by Boost Mobile, hit the show floor at ASR in San Diego, California. Thirty two of the best amateur skateboarders, all winners of regional Games of SKATE were flown in, all-expenses-paid, courtesy of éS and Boot Mobile. The ams were so excited to be in Cali, and they came ready to stomp the competition - nobody in the crowd was let down with all the action that transpired.

Once again Alex Mizurov threw out every variation he had in his bag of tricks to knock out the competition and earn the title of éS Game of SKATE Amateur World Champion. Alex received a Boost Mobile i885 mp3 player / camera phone with unlimited service for one year, a year’s supply of SKF bearings, a year’s supply of Jessup grip tape and a year’s subscription to TransWorld Skateboarding magazine.

Next up was the éS Game of SKATE Pro Contest, an invitational event with a prize purse of $20,000 to be shared among the top four skaters. It was hard to pinpoint a favorite since there were a ton of skaters ripping. Betting pools were going off everywhere as people tried to speculate a winner, but Chris Cole and éS Footwear’s own Nyjah Huston emerged as the final two skaters. The pair went head-to-head for almost two dozen tricks with Chris finally knocking out Nyjah on the final trick with a huge backside 360 kickflip.

éS Game of SKATE Pro Contest Winners

Chris Cole $10,000
Nyjah Huston $5,000
Mike Mo Capaldi $3,000
Javier Sarmiento $2,000

éS would like to give big-ups to Boost Mobile for all of their support, media partner TransWorld Skateboarding, event sponsors Nixon Watchers, SKF Bearings and Jessup Griptape, Reel Comp for the live Webcast, as well as the crew from Spotlight Productions for doing a great job emceeing the contest.

Chris Cole throwing the winning trick, a backside 360 ollie kickflip.

Pierre André Senizergues signing Cole’s check for 10g’s.