August 2005
Dress for SuccéSs in THAW!
That's right! Get all dandied up in your favorite éS Apparel when you play Tony Hawk's American Wasteland from Activision.
Team Report 08-30-05
First of all, we here at éS Footwear would like to congratulate team rider Rick McCrank for placing 5th at Slam City Jam!
Stacy Gabriel Wins éS Game of SKATE Vancouver!
We here at éS Footwear would like to congratulate Stacy Gabriel, who won the éS Game of SKATE in Vancouver, Canada on Friday, August 26!
1998: Welcome, Rick McCrank
Kerry Getz, Rick McCrank and Brandon Turner join the éS team. Getz is synonymous with Love Park, McCrank is the greatest street skater to come out of the Vancouver, BC area in over a decade, and Turner is a cornerstone of the Shorty's empire that dominates the board market for over two years.
Top photo: Eric Koston. Above: Chad Muska.
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The éS Spring line adds the Mach, the Rocket, the SLB '98 and the Vector. The Fall line adds Ronnie Creager's first-ever pro model skate shoe, the Creager, plus the Maxim, the Stratus and the Quattro. The Holiday line adds Eric Koston's second pro model skate shoe, the Koston 2 (the first-ever skate shoe with EVA).
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1998 Headlines
- Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants.
- President Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
- Data sent from the Galileo probe indicates that Jupiter 's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
- The FDA approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence. Your email inbox will never be quite the same.
- Google is founded.
- Exxon announces a $73.7 billion deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the largest corporation on planet Earth.
The éS Beast Hits the East!
The East Coast in Summer is so hot (as in temperature), that I can't figure out why anyone would plan a filming trip there.
Bobby Digi
Look out for a Bobby Worrest cover and interview coming out in the East Coast mag Focus. Bobby straight up kills it. I wonder if that Krooked video will ever come out? (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.) How many East Coast heads come to this site?
Cale Nuske's Top Five Favorite Movies
- Chopper
- American Wedding
- Rocco Strikes Back
- Sole Plane
- Scarface
Shop Interview: Westside Skateshop
Now we head back down to Florida for a little chat with Westside Skateshop.
AccéSsorizing Is_The Best Part
Don't forget to accent your head-to-toe éS get-up with official éS AccéSsories!
Rick McCrank's Top Five Favorite Ice Age Mammals
- Wooly Mammoth
- Saber Tooth Tiger
- Every other
- cliché Ice
- Age animal