Blizzards: Fun..until you can't skate for a week

tis' the season for.. bad weather. New York in general got slammed by a blizzard yesterday and from what I sense, the streets won't be skate-able for another week. You know its bad when you can walk down Broadway right in the street with no cars what so ever. I feel like my playground is being tainted for a week, I am in withdrawal I need that carve, that speed, that honk from the cabbie behind me, that feeling of landing a bigspin and a g-turn, I need to skate. I guess it was a bad idea to pick up a new board today with some of my xmas money (Earthwing Corchia, slide A wheels, 169 indie's)... so... tempted.. to.. skate. So stoked to skate with my tech slider too!

Perropro and Bustin rider Bruno come out to play in the city

Perropro is a group of riders from spain, I don't know a whole lot about them, but i do know that all of them shred the gnar. I met bruno about a month ago when Bustin was filming the mini maestro video. Bruno SHREDS, and the other guy that he skates with "Ra" is a monster. Last week Perropro came to skate in the city and this masterpiece was the result:

Bruno:

Mini Maestro Review

The new mini maestro 32' is the latest edition to Bustin Boards. I picked a mini maestro deck at Bustin last weekend, took the randal 180 trucks off of my Maestro and slapped some purple stims on it. The mini maestro is my new favorite board in every aspect. The board is small, but not to small, perfect for pulling tight carves, and shredding down the Williamsburg bridge. Pushing comes effortless, and the speed is something else. The board has full concave, locking your feet in for when you are about to pull off a smooth standup, or a steezy big spin. Overall this board is made for all riders in mind, whether you just like to peacefully cruise, or carve hard and push fast through traffic, or land steezy no comply's bonelesses bigspins old school kickflips and varial flips, or all of the above, this board is meant for whoever is interested in riding it.

Here is a sneak peak of our new video featuring the mini maestro:                

   


Here's my Mini (grip tape courtesy of Derek Kretzer and Paulie Connor):

For more information check out the board specs: http://www.bustinboards.com/v/bustin_maestro_mini_longboard.asp

Here's the video put out by Bustin:

Memories

Skating through the city at night; it brings back a lot of memories. While skating down 7th avenue to my friends house the song Memories by weezer comes on. I then find my self reminiscing of the summer skating with the busting crew in the unforgivable summer heat and how finding Bustin really changed my life. It was early august; Will and I had no idea what we were doing, all we wanted to do was find some kids to skate with and meet the Bustin Crew. So we took the M to Marcy Avenue, and had no clue where Grand street was, we had no idea where we were going, or where we actually were. So after stopping multiple hipsters on the street, we found it, we found the thing that would change our lives. That day was the greatest day of the year, in fact I wrote a blog about it: http://longboardingnyc.blogspot.com/2010/08/bustin-nyc-place-to-be.html. I just kept coming back, and back, and back, and back; skating working and chilling with some of the best skaters in the city. Bustin is home for me, it is where I can be me, make my self a better skater, and help other skaters around me, and I can learn.. just about anything. This summer really changed my life. It was early August, I took the train, now I skate both ways, I thought Ryan was a god,  now he's just a chill skater to me like everyone else, and I rode an Original, now I will ride Bustin till I die, I had never skated with the Kings, now Steezy D and Alex Hall are NYC Longboarding riders and we are on the verge of being sponsored.

Man I miss summer. Thank you Bustin, for everything.

Sergi's new vid

Paulie Connor on his mini maestro and Mike G on the loaded dancer shredding down broadway

Steezy's New Maestro.. Concrete Kings Style

Stopped by the Longboard loft yesterday to pick up some xmas stuff, and came across Steezy D's new Meastro courtesy of King Solomon

Check it out

so steeezy

Longboard Loft NYC

The Bustin flagship store in Williamsburg recently became the Longboard Loft NYC. This is not just a name change for the store, it is still Bustin, but more options SO MANY OPTIONS! The Longboard Loft carries the greatest products in the industry from record breaking speed wheels, to precision trucks, to incredible decks, and even OUR NYC LONGBOARDING tee's which are flying out of the door. Looking for a good setup for you riding style? Longboard Loft not only carries the greatest products on the market, but the employees can answer almost any question that you have and give you some killer tips.

for more info check out the site:

http://longboardloftnyc.com/

the beginning: http://longboardloftnyc.com/uncategorized/hello-world

Mark Gonzales: The OG in NYC