We now are all caught up and holding hands and you just looked over at me and winked. I wasn’t looking at you though as there was a silly looking man roller skating but you wouldn’t know the difference in my smile. were all good right?

We went to Vegas a few weeks back kidnapped a few people like Alex Yang from DC, Ryan from O’Neill, Jessica his wifey from Ezekiel. Anyways we went out to see a fight. It was a brawl between Jason “skater, mma, radio host” Ellis and Andy “none of those qualities” Bell. It went down at the Hardrock. That place rules!! good fighting.. girls fighting, guys in blind folds. girls fighting guys, the list goes on.

I stopped by the RAEN office a couple days ago on way back from a trip. I wanted to get the contract for the Feb CLASS @ ASR. Those guys are neato. Not only is RAEN killing it now but they have there creative agency called Libre Design. If you need to pretty up your program I would suggest you check em out libredesign.com ..

I was in a conversation with somebody a bit back and they explained that the biggest skate company in the world is Sector 9. I worked with Dwindle for a few years and I never really thought they would blow the doors down. well they did.

Dan Moylan and I fired down to Sector 9 for a visit. Those guys are pretty amazing. We got a chance to tour the whole set up with EG. check out some pics below.

Speaking of Dwindle. I Went with Skateboarder Mags Billy Deans for a visit to Dwindle this week. They showed us there new little baby in the warehouse. hmmm .. pretty little thing. you’ll hear more about it soon. They gave my son a Cheese and Crackers tech deck half pipe thingie. He hasn’t even peeped Backyardigans since I fired that thing in his lap.

No waves but I hope to get a bit wet tomorrow after I visit PT @ HSS in the boardroom. He’ll be there for a chat and a cup of coffee from 7 - noon tomorrow 11/14.  HYPERLINK “http://www.hsssurf.com/surfnsport/2009/11/chat-with-pt-at-hss/” http://www.hsssurf.com/surfnsport/2009/11/chat-with-pt-at-hss/

Speaking of PT. his seed Tosh is now on O’QUINN.. yaaaaaaa…

take care and talk soon.

Jim Shubin

ASRbiz.com

CLASSatASR.com

This girl is amazing. She holds the fort @ Sector 9. She is the mother hen of their Movenmber Program. hit em up.

In EG's office @ Sector 9 with Dan Moylan talking ASR. I Looooooove the velvet artwork above them..

EG showing one of the very first boards they made. Hand drawn artwork etc. pretty neato. EG told us a great story in Mikes office. He said they've always backed ASR and Surf Expo Tradeshows. He said right after the 911 craze when a few backed out he painted their booth RED, WHITE, and BLUE and did their thing. These guys are great.

a first in the Sector 9 print campaign. everyone I met on the Sector 9 tour was amped. all super happy. This was like walkin Zappos. the employees are pumped. After this Dan and I went straight for a quick surf and grabbed grub @ Wahoos which is part owned by Tal. Tal is a key part of Sector 9. When in La Jolla go there to eat.

Whitney does the marketing @ Dwindle. This is the new not-so-mini. Its perfect. Look at the ladders. I bet you Daewon has something to do with those. When I worked with Dwindle we had the Globe mini for a bit but had to take it down. Well they found room for an amazing replacement.

This mister was king neptune of the Hardrock Pool a few weeks ago. YESSSsssssss i say.

This week I took a redeye to the south east. Reason for the trip was to go on behalf of ASR / Class at ASR and support a couple of tradeshows in Florida.

Usually I can handle redeye flights with ease. This one kicked my ass however the trip was a great one. I landed in Tampa grabbed the rental car and headed to SPoT. They we’re throwing a tradeshow called the Moat Show. Let me tell you, it was WARM. Very warm. There was an eyeball named Bill spinning in the Atlantic that didn’t hit land while I was there which couldv’e added to the fun but people we’re amped on the surf about to pound the east coast.

So the boys at SPoT had a good turnout. Skate companies came out and set up their 10×10 easy-ups. The people I talked to seemed to be satisfied with the retail turnout and the crowds of the general public cruising the show. Immediately after the show a best trick contest began so as the show closed we headed inside where people were skating all day. Torey Pudwill from Dwindle / Podium manhandled the best trick. Congrats sir!

Czar in Ybor City once again to end the evening was good times as always.   Woke up the next morning and started my drive to Orlando for Surf Expo. I was greeted in the front by Sean Smith and a good game that almost made me shit myself. Anyhow, I met up with Surf Expo Captain and 1st mate Roy Turner and Sean O’Brien for a badge and chat. Those guys are really rad guys. Thanks for letting me in misters. need I say more?

The show was good. Volcom did there thing and themed it up. Pretty funny booth set up.. love them.. RVCA, Atwater, Sector 9 and Vans seemed to be killing it in my short time there. I went by to visit John Gothard in the Sanuk booth and they were crushing it with their new Tube Flop. Wow! they are going to sell a grip of those.. Nice job guys!

Got to visit with many friends at the show I haven’t seen in a while. Some of them were there to skate the set up Surf Expo did for their demos during the show. Enjoyed that as well. Others like the Eastern Skateboard and Surf Supply crew were there doing their thing.

Thank you both SPoT and Surf Expo for your hospitality.

The Moat. I have seen people swim in this for free product during Tampa Pro and Tampa Am contests in the past.

The Moat Show!!!! The show was set up out side behind the park. It was balmy but you can head inside the snack shack to cool off and check out some art.

SPoTs Barak Wise with Jose from Dwindle. Barak is an idea man but it wasn’t his idea to have those two dude in the backround.

Surf Expo’s Roy Turner and Sean O’Brien. they rule.

Eastern Skate Supply main man Reggie Barns on left. I surfed with him in North Carolina. He surfs well. middle is Bruce Walker of Ocean Avenue, and  Abraham Paskowitz was good to catch up with as well.. Abe’s running Mavericks Surf Clothing now and we wish him the best.

Autograph signing in front of Eastern Skate Supply booth. Creager got me good this very night..

RANDOM Pic. Okay .. Usually I go through a few of my pics from the past and when I laugh I post the “Random Pic” Well this pic was actually taken at my hotel in Orlando. I wanted to meet up with Josh Hunter from Transworld Business and a few others and jump in the pool.  Here’s the story.. SOMEONE POOOOOOOOOOhed in the pool. We asked to see the person who committed such and act on this warm post tradeshow evening. I figured if the person looked pretty normal we can still jump in. No such luck. Security surrounded the pool. It was probably a little tike,  so we found some of the Volcom crew in the kiddie pool / fountain and we splashed about in that for a bit.   that was cool and all but have a look at the guy in the pic behind the security guard. He is setting up to hook something big in the pool. How big was that thing?