PLG wins Vert yet again. The Terror of Pierre remains a force to be reckoned with as he cannot be beat. Pierre Luc Gagnon won his 2nd Maloof Money Cup title and took home $75,000 in prize money. Not a bad day at the office for PLG, the contest mad man.
Electric is super pumped for Pierre and we look forward to seeing him win again at the next Dew Tour coming up shortly. Stay tuned and continue to watch Pierre skating at his best. GO PLG!!!
JULY 30TH, 2010 | X GAMES 16 – ELECTRIC ATHLETES GO HOME WITH FOUR MEDALS | LOS ANGELES, CA
Men’s Skateboard Vert | Skateboard Vert Best Trick
Pierre-Luc Gagnon (PLG) made history by winning gold in Skateboard Vert and taking home Gold in Best Trick. Friday night marked the first time a skateboarder has won X Vert three times in a row. PLG landed two nearly perfect runs to take home Vert Gold, he landed a Nollie Varial Indy 540, which secured him the Gold in Vert Best Trick.
Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins Take home the Silver Medal. Lyn-Z is one of the worlds best Women’s Vert skater and if she would have landed her Mctwist, she not only would have won but also be the first Girl to land a Mctwist in a contest run.
Moto X Best Whip
Electric’s young Australian Jarryd McNeil took home a Silver Medal doing some of the best turn downs I have ever witnessed in Best Whip. Jarryd pretty much through his bike around like it was a toy. Stay tuned for this young Moto star as we will be seeing more and more of him.
Shouts go out to all the Electric Athletes who competed in Summer X Games 16.
SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2010 | ISF SKATEBOARDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
PLG takes the Vert Win and becomes ISF World Champ. With four 30-second runs allotted in the 12-minute finals, the ordered jam rewarded event winner Pierre-Luc Gagnon for his consistency and endless flip tricks, naming him the 2010 ISF Skateboarding World Champ and Dew Tour points leader.
PLG’s highest scored runs included a big 540 into a kickflip mute, another big 540 over the channel, then four flip tricks back-to-back. He busted out a kickflip melon, kickflip Indy, kickflip mute to fakie and switch heelflip 360. Even after nailing his runs, he couldn’t help thinking about Bob and Bucky missing from the final competition.
Electric would like to extend a huge shout out to PLG for being one of the best Vert skaters in the world and continuing to be on top at every contest he enters.
JUNE 19TH, 2010 | CB SURF SHOP GRAND OPENING | CB SURF SHOP, CAROLINA BEACH, NC
CB Surf Shops had its Grand Opening in Carolina Beach, NC today! The shop looks insane broken up into surf, skate, and paddle/kite!
Electric Sales Reps Brooks Perry and Jonathan Gilleland went down this morning and posted up beside the Podium boys reuniting over a couple of coldies!
We cooked up a 100 hot dogs and had cold non alcoholic beverages for the groms throwing it down for prizes in a game of skate! We got all the wieners cooked, drinks gone, and the game of skate wrapped up just before a massive thunder storm hit!
If you’re in the Carolina Beach area surfing or vacationing stop in and check out the shop and the indoor 2ft mini ramp!
DECEMBER 9TH 2009 | X-MAS JAM | TRIKKESTALLEN, NORWAY
This weekend, Trondheim Skate Association (TSA) hosted the 10th annual X-Mas Jam in Trikkestallen. Electric Visual joined the event as main sponsors together with Volcom.
There were street contests for men, juniors and girls in addition to best-trick and a bowl session. After the practice and qualifiers Friday and Saturday, TSA arranged concerts and night-skate sessions for the kids.
Around 75 skaters attended and put on a great show for the audience. Volcom did a concert with Valient Thorr Saturday night, the bartenders at Blaest are still cleaning up the sweat from the floor!!
DECEMBER 1ST – 23RD 2009 | WIN A TONY HAWK RIDE GAME PACKAGE!!
WIN a Tony Hawk Ride video game package for the Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 along with some sick ELECTRIC gear! Starting Dec. 1st we will be giving away a game a week on a contest through our Twitter page until Christmas.
STEP ON THE BOARD AND RIDE: Tony Hawk: RIDE lets anyone experience the thrill of skateboarding thanks to its new revolutionary motion sensing skateboard controller! Give your thumbs a rest and discover why RIDING is the new way to play!
Be sure to check out the sweet ELECTRIC shades in the skate shop.
Hey all you tweeters, this is your chance to win the brand new Tony Hawk:RIDE video game package for the Playstation 3 along with some sick ELECTRIC gear!
To enter: Answer the following 3 questions correctly for your chance to win.
1.) What is Tony Hawk’s trademark trick? | The 900. 2.) How many attempts did Tony Hawk take to land the trick and when? | 11th attempt at the 1999 Summer X-Games Best Trick Competition in California. 3.) Who was the first person in skateboarding history to land the trick? | Tony Hawk.
Hey all you tweeters, this is your chance to win the brand new Tony Hawk:RIDE video game package for the Wii along with some sick ELECTRIC gear!
To win you will have to create the best Mii that looks like Tony Hawk that makes our eyes pop out. Basically we are looking for the coolest Mii Tony Hawk look-a-like you can create. If you make our eyes pop out, then yes you will win this great gift for FREE.
SEPT 26TH 2009 | WILD IN THE PARKS CHAMPIONSHIPS | RIO VISTA SKATEPARK — PEORIA, AZ
This past Saturday brought out the finest collection of amateur skateboarders to the Rio Vista Skatepark for the season ender of the WITP Champs. With 212 competitors all skating in well over 100 degree weather, you knew it was going to be a long hot day of pure talent. The kids started showing up well before the contest started just to get some practice in and work on their tricks for the day.
All the kids were stoked to win the big cash prizes and couldn’t wait for the product give-a-ways!
The groms in the 14 & Under division kicked it off and really set the bar high for the 15 & Over and Pro-Am divisions to follow them up.
The “OOOHS & AAAHS” from the crowds in all three zones were making each and every competitor take it to the next level. So by the time the sun was setting and the finals were underway the real talent and competitive attitudes were starting to shine.
Big shout out to Electric’s $1,000 check “Hype of the Day” winner, Matt Penington, for his 360 Hardflip.
Electric would like to give big high fives to Volcom and Jeff Arnold’s Crew for making the 2009 WITP Championships a day to remember. Bang, Bang, Bang!!!
