Here at The Easy Rider – we always say that we have a great selection of the products you need.
Well Trey has just finished re-organizing the Longboard wheel cabinet – - and “selection” is an understatement.

It’s more like ***SELECTION***

Come by and check it out – while it is still so nice looking!

Orangatang / Hawgs / Sector 9 / RAD / These / OJ / Road Rider and many, many more.

Here at The Easy Rider – we are known for having the best selection, of the best products.
We have a huge selection of Snowboards in the winter, and the best selection of Stand Up Paddleboards in country – - same goes for Skateboarding.
We have over 150 different complete longboards in stock – and a big selection of Skateboards as well.

Stop by and check us out!

Landyachtz – Sector 9 – Loaded – Madrid – Santa Cruz – Skull Skates – Rayne – Arbor – Penny – and many more.

A huge selection of skateboards as well, with shipments arriving weekly.

During the launch of the Bones Brigade Autobiography film (that we hosted a showing of last fall) – they were offering a tour of the Powell factory.  The tour was to be hosted by George Powell and Stacy Peralta.   I purchased one of the two tours available and in early March I took my family down to Santa Barbara for the Tour.

Having George Powell lead the tour was simply amazing.  Not only did George invent most of the techniques still used today to manufacture skateboards, he also had to invent the machines to do it.
The Tour consisted of Deck manufacture in the morning, a break for lunch and Wheel making in the afternoon.  After wheels we were all allowed to “get hooked up like a team rider” out of the warehouse.
The day was capped off with dinner with George and Stacy.

As you can see – we are all in most of the photos, as after the first 10 minutes of the Tour – Stacy said “give me your camera and I’ll shoot it”.  So almost all photos are by Stacy Peralta.

This tour was for sure a top 5 life experience for me.  I’ll let the photos do the talking.

Left to right – Trey, Stacy, Griffin, Me, Angela and George.

Deck ply’s being glued and stacked together prior to going into the presses.

Once out of the press – the decks are stacked and left to cure. Once cured – they are first drilled. Lasers at each end make sure that all holes are perfectly aligned.

The blank is then cut to shape. This process takes about 30 seconds per deck.

The decks are then rough sanded (not pictured) and then finish sanded. This is an art form and amazing to watch.

Putting the wheel wells into the Old School decks. Both at the same time.

The Screen room – Powell makes their own heat transfer graphics. These are all Guerrero decks.

Graphic sheets prior to being put on a deck.

The heat press – putting graphics on decks.

Prior to heat transfers – decks had to be screened. Powell was the first company to be able to screen the entire deck.

George showing us something cool – that you can’t see! (and lots of decks).

Nice place for lunch!

The old folding Half Pipe from “back in the day” that used to be taken to demos.

Wheels being poured. Bones Wheels are the best wheels going – and this is why.

After lunch it was off to see wheels being made. When they come out of the oven – the put them on the floor to cool more evenly.

The wheels are sent to be washed and cleaned (all those bags are wheels).

Wheels being printed.

We stopped by the R&D department to see some of the cool stuff they are dreaming up.

They have some pretty cool furniture!

A VERY small shot of the warehouse we were allowed to pillage.

At dinner I had George and Stacy sign a deck for me.

It was a fantastic day and trip.
I think Stacy put it best when he said “It’s amazing how much it takes to make a simple skateboard”.
Skateboarding owes so much to both of these men.
Thank you to George and Stacy, as well as Michael from Skate One for setting everything up.
 

I am “thinning” my personal collection of Old Skool Skateboards this coming Saturday (March 16).  All Proceeds will be going to the Youth Emergency Shelter.
The decks in the photos will be at the store for one day only – and will be $80. each.  (the Madrid Lucero is $120. as it is signed by him) Cash Only.
These are all re-issue decks – most being at least 5 to 7 years old – most have not and will not be made again.
Come by this Saturday, buy a piece of history / art – and support a good cause.

Powell Peralta Decks.

Santa Cruz Decks

Vision Decks

G&S Schmidt Stix and Madrid Decks (The Madrid John Lucero is signed).

We have a vey few of these Hosoi completes on their way to us.  They are signed by Christian Hosoi!!
The signature at the back truck is not part of the graphic – that is his signature in felt marker.
These are In Store NOW.
There were only 10 made – and we managed to get 4 of them – - ONLY 1  left now!

** NEWS FLASH** 
ALL OF THE BELOW PRODUCT HAS JUST ARRIVED AT  THE EASY RIDER!!!!
We have the most of it of any shop in Canada – but it won’t last long. 
Get down to the shop right away.

All of these items are a VERY limited production run – and will not be made again.
This is the one and only time they will ever make anything with Hawk / Mountain / Guerrero or Mullen on it.

Just got word the Bear is making a limited run of colored Bear 852 trucks.
We’ve got some on order and they should be here right at the start of November.

The Zero and Mystery “Moose is Loose” tour is coming to Edmonton.

Wednesday, July 18 – 6:00 PM at the Callingwood Plaza.
Jamie Thomas / Tommy Sandoval / John Rattray / Jamie Tancowny / Garrett Hill / Keegan Sauder / Tom Asta / Jimmy Carlin / Sascha Daley / Trevor Colden / David Reyes & Dane Burman.

Don’t miss it!

What do you get when you put the following together?

Easy Rider – the best skateboard / snowboard / stand up paddle store in the land
x
Landyachtz (the best longboard skateboard company in the world)
x
Jimbo Phillips (the best artist – period)

You get pure AWESOMENESS!

 Coming soon to the best dam shop around!

THEY  HAVE  ARRIVED!

Land Yachtz – Switchblades and Tomahawks – with an Easy RIder graphic by Jimbo Phillips.

This graphic +

+ these and other boards = AWESOME

DAM!   These are gonna be so cool.   Really close now!

Looking so fine!

Just into the store are the new Limited Edition – 20th Anniversary Vans’s Half Cab shoes.
There will be 4 of the original colors released this summer – we have 3 of them in stock now!

Also just in are all 3 colors of the RAD shoes.  These are in tribute to the BMX movie  from 1986.

Easy Rider – it’s all about bringing you the cool stuff!

Half Cab's - the first ever pro model skate shoe.

RAD!