YES IT’S A MOVIE – EAST COAST RECAP
It’s November 9th, it’s dumping snow on the west coast. 2 weeks ago New York had a huge early season storm….winter is almost here. It’s almost hard to believe. Romain, JP and I came to New York to share that stoke of a coming season, meeting with Justin Hostynek from Absinthe Films, we came here to show a movie. Even if some people must have seen them on I-tunes already, the stoke WAS present, people were happy, excited about the great amount of Pow and Good Vibes that both movies reflected
We gave away a lot of things, Yes It’s a Movie, yes thirst, a The NORTH FACE cryptic outfit, pant and jacket combo, a pair of YES Spy collab goggles. Those goggles are sweet, Also a % of sale is given to plant trees in Costa Rica through POW and Community Carbon Tree in Costa Rica. We gave away 2 YES boards, a Basic and a Pick your Line. As well as Man’s Board from Salomon, Bodies model…
People did hand stands, gave away their bras, back flipped of the railing, and balanced the board on their shins. It was impressive.
Johnny Paxton was also there to represent. He pulled the sweetest move I have ever seen at the movie theater. He pulled out a plastic bag and bought a Large Popcorn, dumped it in his bag and asked for the free refill right away and gave it to me. That was awesome. It ended up being my dinner. That’s and the wings and Quesidilla we ate after we went to the top of the Empire States Building. There was a great View from up there. Felt like King Kong.
On the way out of this place, we see Tracy Morgan, from Saturday night life, going to a movie after we showed YES It’s a Movie. Funny! And that’s when we linked up with DeKa from HoodtoWood Foundation, he takes guys form the rougher parts of New York snowboarding in the winter, climbing. We were then on our way to Fat Baby Bar to meet up with TROUBLE GANG . Man, this was amazing. It was a great party. There was a lot of people …and a very private cozy little venue. It worked out prefect. Thanks to Trevor Andrew and his friends for this.
Guys were rapping, going off! For a while along with a good DJ. Then Trouble Andrew came on stage with guitarist Joel, keyboardist and bassist Maza, and drummer Robi. They played a great set! Trev is getting really good on stage man. Then Ninja Sonic came up, Paul Rodriguez was there and rapping, a lot of people came. It was all time. Thanks to everyone for the sick party.
We then woke up in our hotel near Central Park about 50 blocks away from the party. JP doesn’t remember how he got back or when. Romain slept on the floor on a GYM mattress, water was very much needed. We jumped on the Nike Vegetable Oil Bus and we are off to BOSTON.
So we hit the East Coast Alpine and the Ski and snowboard Expo for a bit , grab a couple beers and then headed to the Greatest Bar where host Kelly hooked it up for us. Trouble Andrew and the gang did another concert , it went off again, The New England snowboard scene was all there , the evening ended up at the hotel with the Gang and our crew.
Then out of nowhere, we woke up at 11: 11 on 11-11-11 to drive to Portsmith and got the opportunity surf some super clean-offshore beach break at sunset. I really feel lucky and would actually love to thank Danny from Billabong Bus for hooking up at 5 4 wetsuit…I sure needed that, JP and the Nike vege oil bus crew had to wear a 3.2 wetsuit . I guess it was really cold. Romain had to go back to New York and get his credit card he had left at the bar. He will meet us in Burlington.
Burlington was sweet, we started with a wicked sushi dinner on Chrucrch Street after we paid a visit at TALENT shop and skatepark. Then we hooked up with a couple old friends from Burlington. It was a bit weird being back in the Home town of Ben and Jerry …but hey , we have great memories with Them. Surprised we didn’t see more of the people working at Ben and Jerry at the premier… HA the Big B and J …they are busy …! Props to Blotto for a sweet hospitality and A_DOG for holding it down in B-town…
Thanks to The NORTH FACE, Ian Feliney, Trouble Gang , SPY , YES . Coops, Hood to Wood , Ryan at Summer Session surfshop , Nike grease bar and everyone else who made this East Coast tour a success.
Till next time!
DCP
Photos by Matt Albert
