An Evening With Volcom

June, 29 2009

Thurs. June 25 2009, An evening with Volcom. In an effort to keep things core and to give back to to the thing we love the most (skateboarding) the Banned team, the shop locals and a few winning customers loaded up and made their way from the sun soaked I.E  to the nice cool air the O.C, destination  the private VOLCOM warehouse skate park. It seemed like only minutes before the music was cranking and the mahem was being unleashed. There was a good mix of tech and hesh for all to enjoy. L.J Hicks was getting nasty in the bowl throwing out all the stops. His bag of tricks keeps getting bigger and his style keeps evolving The best part about watching this kid throw down is he seeing him bridge every generation gap and unleash a new perspective on trick from the old to new. Another highlight was watching Matt Miskell blowing up. This guy charged everything in sight with what seemed reckless abandonment. The best part about watching Matt skate is you can see the wheels turning in his head, the way he looks at the park and finds lines and uses it so creativly, its amazing. I never saw him stop  from the moment of the doors opened to the second they turned the lights out Miskell is insane. Braxton and Winkles pretty much tag teamed the entire park owning everything with there clean tech tricks to their rock'n roll influenced slash fest, watching them both make for a good time! Chris Mendes took some time out of his busy schedule to roll in and throw a few tricks, this kid id a robot... fluid and percise.  Other highlights were watching the lil groms Jimmy Lyon,Austin Au,Tyler Brooks,Johnny  and Drayden Gardner play with the big boys and tear the park apart. Thank you to everyone who came out and made it a blast. We also want to thank Volcom and the Volcom Reps William and Morgan for letting us come down and play. VIP energy drinks came trough with a few cases of fluid that kept us on our toes and it also made for a great afterparty mixer!

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