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Deegan and the Nationals

As you may have read on Racer X just the other day, Brian Deegan got his AMA pro license and will be racing the AMA Outdoor Nationals this year! Deegan raced the Outdoors and Supercross back in the day before he started doing the freestyle thing, and he even won a 125 Supercross and scored some top five finishes outdoors.

etnies TM Matt Chapman went out to Perris Raceway on Wednesday with Deegan to get in some practice laps in preparation for the upcoming Hangtown outdoor opener. Will Deegs qualify? We think so--Chapman said he was hauling ass!

Jammin' In Houston

Garland, Potter and Fluffer were out in Austin, Texas last weekend doing a demo at an auto show, they even won this big-ass trophy for “Best Attraction at the Show”...or something like that.

Here’s what Garland had to say about the trip: “On the streets of Austin we found plenty of guys jamming out (music) the night before the show. Austin is a sweet town on a Friday night, but I kept getting denied from the bars with no ID, so it was an early night for me.”

“The night after the show we all got completely smashed at a club called "the drink". It was all good ‘til I missed the flight at 8am the next morning, I couldn’t get out of there till 6pm the next day…but it was all worth it.”

Nick Wey On The Podium!

Congrats to Nick Wey on his big third place finish this weekend at the Dallas Supercross and beating out factory riders like Ivan Tedesco, Michael Byrne and even Ricky Carmichael.

Nick is way out in front in the top privateer standings and is a shoo-in for the sweet top privateer prizes including a 2006 Toyota Tundra, 2006 Weekend Warrior trailer and $25,000 CASH! Also, Nick is the only privateer to get on the podium all year and sits in fifth place for the overall Supercross season points! Congrats!

Check out the new etnies Nick Wey wallpaper in the wallpapers section.

LaRocco's "Last Time Around"

Check out the new June '06 Racer X (with Pastrana on the cover) for a cool interview/feature about Mike LaRocco's amazing career and his recent retirement. Good stuff!

etnies Showroom In Paper!

Check out Paper magazine's website for a little writeup on the new etnies showroom in NYC and a whole mess of other cool things!

Wallpapers!

We've got some awesome new etnies wallpapers from the Racer X ride day a couple weeks ago at beautiful Castillo Ranch. Take your pick of either Nick Wey tearing through a turn or a scenic view of dirt bike paradise, or why not just download 'em all!

Deegan & Nicky Hilton In Maxim

Go pick up the April '06 issue of Maxim. Besides the obvious that the mag is filled with photos of the hottest half-naked babes in the world—which is reason enough to steal one from your neighbor's mail box—well, now Deegan is featured in a new Sobe No Fear Gold ad taking hotel heiress/hot-piece-of-ass Nicky Hilton for the ride of her life. Check it out.

Laninovich Video on TWMX

Billy Laninovich sat down with Miss Supercross for a video interview over on the TransWolrdMX site. See what he had to say and watch him burn some laps at Cahuilla Creek for the TransWorld ride day.

TransWorld's Got Us Covered!

29 Greene St.

Here's a little writeup and slideshow from the etnies NYC party on TransWorld's site.

New York Gallery!

Brian Deegan, Ryan Sheckler and Pierre Andre!

Check out the photos from the etnies NYC 20th Anniversary trip/party/extravaganza!

The Deegan Interview

We sat down with evil leader of the Mulisha last week for an interview which will be in the upcoming etnies 20th anniversary book. But we said the hell with it; we'll post it up online for y'all to check out before anyone else. So here it is...the Brian Deegan interview.

Always Getting Into Trouble...

Mayhem!

Check out these undercover police arresting a protestor in France. Homeboy on the left is rocking his etnies.

Oops, Did We Offend Someone?

Here's what Arto thinks of the complainers...

The etnies New York 20th Anniversary party was a blast. Looks like we offended our new neighbors. Oh well...welcome to etnies skateboarding 2006.

Stay tuned for more New York video, photos and updates than your little noggin will be able to process...

Look Ma, One Hand!

Photo: Dan Guetter

While browsing MySpace (during a lunch break, I swear) I found this photo of Todd Potter riding off a ramp one handed. I'm guessing it was followed by a bar-solid or something sweet like that...Potter is nuts.

If you're a hot babe with a nice set of...umm...personality, you should add him as a friend. And if you use the "angles" in your photos, cut it out, we know what you're up to... the truth about MySpace....

Racer X Ride Day

Lunch time in the hills...it kind of looks like the scene from the default Windows wallpaper, but way better!

Nick Wey was out there burnin' some laps.

RacerX hosted their third-annual Racer X Ride Day in the amazing green hills of Castillo Ranch, just north of Santa Barbara, CA. There is only one way I can think of to describe Castillo ranch: it’s Disneyland for dirt bikes. If the name wasn’t already taken by Mike Metzger I’d suggest calling it Paradise Ranch.

Thanks to the guys at RacerX for inviting us out for an awesome afternoon of riding and tacos. The dirt was perfect (though muddy in a couple sections), the hills were green, and I couldn’t think of a better way to spend a Friday at "work". The six-and-a-half hour drive home through LA traffic could't even put a damper on the trip because, well, now I can say I rode at Castillo Ranch!

We should have a new Wallpaper or two for y'all by today or tomorrow, so check back. In the meantime check out these shots:

Perfect

Retro Sticker Gallery!

In honor of our 20th Anniversary, check out a handful of retro etnies stickers in the new Sticker Gallery!

Step Up Junk!

etnies and Step Up: There is no escape! What is this and where did it come from? Outer space? Is it a hubcap? What's the deal, dude? Either way, this piece of Step Up junk was discovered at Crowders Mountain in North Carolina.

etnies 20 Year Anniversary Team Signing in NYC!

The roof of the new showroom has a friggin' mini ramp on it. Whaaaat!!!

WHAT: In celebration of the grand opening of the new etnies’ New York Showroom, riders from etnies’ skate, surf, snow, BMX and moto x teams will spend an afternoon signing autographs for fans.

etnies team riders set to appear include:

Skate: Ryan Sheckler; Arto Saari; Ronnie Creager; Kyle Leeper; Eric Fletcher; Elissa Steamer; Lauren Perkins; Evelien Bouilliart
Snow: Tyler Lepore; Benji Ritchie
Surf: Keith Malloy
BMX: Mike Escamilla; Jamie Bestwick; Garrett Byrnes; Nina Buitrago; Stacey Mulligan
Moto X: Brian Deegan; Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg; Tarah Geiger

WHEN: Saturday, April 8th, 2006 from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

WHERE: etnies New York Showroom
29 Greene St. (between Grand and Canal)
New York, NY

WHO: Anyone and everyone who wants to meet the team and spend the afternoon with etnies!

Houston SX & East Coast Results

Photo: Transworld

Having started off the night with a heat race win and advancing directly to the main, Josh Grant was all set to make a run at the East Championship. Going into this final round in Houston Josh was the only other rider with a chance at taking the championship from the points leader, Millsaps. Josh was almost guaranteed second place overall if all went well. But just when you think everything is going smooth, well, sometimes a monkey wrench gets thrown in the spokes and all hell breaks loose! In this case, the "monkey wrench" hit the "spokes" when Josh collided with another rider on the first lap of the main, resulting in a hole in the side of his engine and a DNF, therefore ending his chance at the championship and costing him second in the points standings.

Josh’s misfortune sucks, but it was a great night for his etnies SoBe/Samsung/Honda teammate, Tommy Hahn, who rode to second place behind Millsaps, his best showing this season.

Also, big congratulations to etnies Team Green rider Teddy Maier who placed eighth place overall in the East series points in his first year of racing Supercross. Check out his interview in Racer X from last month. What about Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy pilot Branden Jesseman took fifth overall!

etnies riders take 3 of the top 5 spots in the East Lites!

Tommy Hahn
Photo: Transworld

Supercross Lites Houston Results

1. Davi Millsaps
2. Tommy Hahn etnies
3. Christopher Gosselaar
4. Jay Marmont
5. Matthew Goerke
6. Josh Summey
7. Kelly Smith
8. Teddy Maier etnies
9. Sean Hamblin
10. Joshua Woods

Supercross Lites East Coast Points

Teddy Maier

1. Davi Millsaps 166
2. Chris Gosselaar 134
3. Josh Grant etnies 119
4. Tommy Hahn etnies 102
5. Branden Jesseman etnies 96
6. Kelly Smith 81
7. Robert Kiniry 75
8. Teddy Maier etnies 61
9. Martin Davalos 60
10. Jay Marmont 54

Heading To New York!

Sheck and Arto in NY last year.

etnies is heading to NYC this week to celebrate our 20th anniversary and the opening of our New York showroom. Oh ya, did we mention the mini ramp on the roof? There will be parties and autograph signings with etnies riders from Skate, Surf, Snow, BMX, Moto and more. Hope to see you there. Stay tuned for info, updates and photos!

ME (my etnies) Contest!

Dont forget to enter the new exclusive etnies.com ME contest where you can design and win your own custom-made etnies Callicuts with the ME (my etnies) shoe builder!