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There’s gonna be a whole lotta blading and BBQing going on right here in our own backyard this weekend! Saturday, July 31st at the Santa Ana Skatepark (in Centennial Park) will be the “3 Amigos Blade and BBQ!” Come out and join us between 11AM and 4PM for food, drinks and a friendly session.
3 Amigos Blade & BBQ Santa Ana Skatepark (in Centennial Park) Fairview and Edinger 11AM-4PMArlo
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Last weekend there was an event held in Tokyo called the “T-shirts LOVE Summit.”
The event brings together T-shirt designers and shops from around Japan and our Japanese distributors were there with a GOST booth! I’m not sure what, “Panty & Stocking (with Garterbelt)” is, but their logo featured prominently on the T-shirts LOVE website. Perhaps it was a presenting sponsor or maybe it was a section of the T-shirt LOVE show devoted to panty and stocking enthusiasts??
(Update: Andrew Tunney informs us that “Panty & Stocking (with Garterbelt)” is a new anime scheduled to premiere in Japan sometime in October. The title refers to the two main characters, “Panty,” the blonde one and “Stocking,” the gothic one. They are angels sent to Earth to battle…GHOSTS!!)
Local artists Eriko Ohama and Chihiro Hiramatsu chipped in and painted a giant GOST banner to be used in the floor space of the GOST booth. It came out great! Check out the very first photo of the girls with the banner to see the final result.
ClapsWest shop manager, Chiaki Ito worked the booth. Check out all of the flyers that they printed out! The report from the show was that GOST got a great response.
Big thanks to Kentaro, Chiaki, Eriko, Chihiro and everyone else who contributed to promoting GOST in Japan!
Arlo
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Haha! Dan Sena forwarded this photo. It came from a site called passedoutphotos.com and shows a poor lad bedecked in Franco Shade gear passed out (natch!) and oblivious to the fact that he is being victimized by his “friends.”
Speaking of Dan Sena and Passing Out, don’t miss the final installment of Busywork, Dan Sena’a last OC residency, tonight at Detroit Bar.
Arlo
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Debbie (16), from the Netherlands, sent in these photos of the one of a kind GOST bag that she made for herself.
Debbie wrote in her email, “I saw this type of bag in a magazine, and I really liked it, so I made it myself. I also like GOST Brand clothing, so I’ve made a stencil of one of the prints of the t-shirts and painted it onto the bag. I hope you like how it came out!”
It came out great, Debbie! Thanks for sharing.
Arlo
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It’s baaaaaaaaack!
The Swap Sample Sale hosted by To Die For Clothing is back. Last year was a great success with many great deals. GOST BRAND will be back this year with even more great offerings! Don’t sleep. It’s tomorrow ya’ll!!
myspace.com/theswapsale 1032 W. 18th St. Costa Mesa, CA 92627 10AM – 3PMArlo
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Last week I painted a mural for the “Art Park” at Woodward West. Woodward West is part of the Woodward family of skateparks that are known the world over for providing the best, most state-of-the-art training facilities for action sport athletes and gymnasts. Woodward almost single-handedly revolutionized action sports, and certainly helped to make them ready for prime-time, by introducing training techniques familiar to gymnasts, but previously unknown to action sports. Foam pits and resi-pads opened up a whole new world of acrobatic tricks to skateboarders, rollerbladers and bmxers that, before Woodward, would have been too dangerous to attempt.
After returning from a week in Texas for skate camp at my family’s skatepark I headed right back out to Camp Woodward West in Tehachapi, CA. I was there this week from Monday night to Thursday afternoon (during Intuition Week) working on a new mural for Woodward’s “Art Park.” Nikki and I worked feverishly on the mural for the few days we were there and finished it in time to return home to Santa Ana on Thursday and greet my father who flew in from Texas to see us.
We are heading back out to Woodward tomorrow (Saturday) with my dad and all of the kids in tow to see Nikki’s son Drake compete in the AIL (his first contest!) and to participate in the official debut of the mural. Hope to see you there!
Arlo
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The latest and greatest installment of the Busywork Summer Rager series of events is coming up this Wednesday. Last week’s event with True Pseudo was a huge success!
This week will feature Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore) who is the artist we did the GOST Collaboration with last year. Sonny is an amazing artist who first made a name for himself (at only 16 years old!!) as the singer for the hardcore band From First to Last. Since 2006 Sonny’s focus has been on electronic music where he has experienced great success both as a DJ and producer.
Click here for more info about the Sonny Moore vs. GOST T-shirt.
Arlo
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I just spent a week in Dallas teaching at my family’s skatepark, Eisenbergs Skatepark. The camp offers instruction from top pros in skateboarding, rollerblading and BMX. I’ve been going back to Dallas every year for the past thirteen years to offer instruction to young inline skaters. Each group gets to come up with their own name and this year my campers chose the name, “Rainbow Storm” to represent the fact that they were a mix of boys AND girls. Our group had the only girls in the camp (including my daughter LuLu!).
Whether unloading cargo or grabbing lunch with Tara Reid at Spago, G-MO is dressed for any occasion in this fashionable look inspired by New York City's longshoremen.
