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The 11th Hour, Revisited

The following is a letter from Leonardo DiCaprio about the film, The 11th Hour, that opened in theaters in Fall 2007. The documentary features Sole Technology and etnies owner and president, Pierre Andre Senizergues and his efforts in going green, including the etnies SEED Project.

Friends,

P.S. Please feel free to use the code to embed the trailer on your website!

Jason Lawrence is Getting Ready...

etnies/Boost Mobile/Yamaha of Troy rider Jason Lawrence is hard at work on the practice track getting ready for the upcoming Supercross season. J-Law's new trainer, Ryno, has him on a strict schedule of weight training, burning laps and Ping Pong marathons. Will this translate into championships? We think so!

Check him out on Racer X Films!

The Shins Contest & Artist Page...

The etnies Artist of the Month for December is none other than The Shins! Ahh... just the band to warm our winter days. Check out the new Artist Page and enter to win one of our etnies and The Shins prize packs!

etnies Iceland Jacket Review Breaks Bones!

Joe Sketch over at Crossfire went to the hospital wearing our new Iceland Jacket. While at the Kings College Accident and Emergency ward, Joe put the jacket through pretty much every test you could think of and even invented new uses for it; like converting the hood into a handy note holder and head rest.

Unfortunately Joe broke his scaphoid, but in doing so he wrote a very entertaining review.

Deegan Wallpaper

Check out this new Brian Deegan wallpaper...

etnies Holiday Footwear and Accessories!

Have you checked out all the new Holiday footwear, clothing and accessories yet!? Do it and start making those holiday wish lists!

FREE Stuff This Weekend Only!

Thanksgiving Wishes!

For those of you who celebrate it, etnies would like to wish you and your family and friends a very Happy Thanksgiving! Eat, drink and be merry!

Steve Hengeveld Wins the Baja 1000...Again!

Congratulations to etnies rider Steve Hengeveld on winning the Baja 1000 last week! With the 40th Anniversary of the race, the course went 1,296 miles from Ensenada down to the tip in Cabo...Henge and his team got the 1X Honda across the finish line in just over 24 hours 15 minutes.

This win was Hengeveld's 6th Baja 1000 win in a row!

Give The Gift Of etnies!

Deegan Tattoo!

Check out this dude Matt. He's obviously a hard-core Brian Deegan fan, so after meeting the General at a recent demo at the MCAS Miramar, he had Deegan autograph his arm and went straight to the tattoo shop to get it inked on there forever! Gnar. There are more photos here.

Anyone have etnies tats?
Let us know.

Deegs on The Daily Habit!

After you're done with Thanksgiving turkey diner, find an open TV that Uncle Buck isn't watching Foosball on, and escape from those lame relatives to check out Brian Deegan on the Daily Habit.

Fuel TV. Thanksgiving Day. Check your local listings for times...you know the drill!

Fuel's Weekend Update!

The etnies Two Wheel Tour is featured on this week’s FUEL TV The Weekly Update, and we wanted to give you the heads up. Below is a list of the highlights of the show, including a one-on-one interview with Jamie Bestwick, and show times on FUEL TV.

This week on Fuel's Weekend Update:

The unique philanthropic event, etnies Two Wheel Tour, raises money for FMX riders Chris Ackerman and BMX Stephen Murray, both of whom are paralyzed, and also benefits the family of deceased FMX rider Jeremy Carter.

To watch The Weekly Update With Boost Mobile on Fox Sports Net, check your local FSN dates and showtimes. On Fuel, tune in on Saturdays at 11:00am, 4:00pm, 7:00pm and 10:30pm ET (8:00am, 1:00pm, 4:00pm, and 7:30pm PT); Sundays at 11:00am, 2:00pm, 5:30pm, and 2:00am ET (8:00am, 11:00am, 2:30pm, 11:00pm PT), and Monday through Friday at 3:00pm, 6:00pm, 10:30pm, and 2:00am ET (12:00pm, 3:00pm, 7:30pm, and 11:00pm PT).

Wanna Laugh?

Slams are always funny. Even when they are slams from walking. Lesson for the day: Nobody's perfect. Not even "models."

Pierre For The Masses!

Green. So hot right now.

Our fearless leader and resident green guru is doing his part to raise eco-awareness. Recently featured in Footwear News as one of the "Power 100" (above), Pierre continues preaching for the planet this week on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit. Catch his appearance this Friday at 6pm PST/9pm EST.

The show rebroadcasts on Friday, November 16th at 9 p.m. PST/12 a.m. EST, the following day at 11:30 a.m. PST/2:30 p.m. EST and again at 2:30 p.m. PST/5:30 p.m. EST (check local listings in your area).

Only 2 Days To Order...

Band of Horses Contest! Enter Now!

We here at etnies are big Band of Horses fans, and to celebrate the new release of Cease to Begin, Band of Horses is the etnies Artist of the Month for November and we're giving away a Band of Horses prize pack featuring a free pair of etnies shoes, a Band of Horses T-shirt and a copy of their new CD Cease to Begin. Fill out the form to enter and good luck!

What's Up With Josh Grant?

Sobe/Samsung/Honda's Josh Grant has been going big in the dunes and getting dialed for Supercross...read more over at Transworld!

Photo: TWMX

Darwin Rips!

Check out our boy Darwin Holmes' new spot for Life Rolls On

etnies Two Wheel Tour Presented by Rockstar & Boost Mobile - Part 1

This trip was all about having a good time with friends on our way up North to do a FMX demo at the Chukchansi Gold Casino in Coarsegold, CA at the end of the trip. Marc Burnett from FreestyleMX.com brought his ramps out to the Casino to help us put on the demo/fund raiser for the families of Chris Ackerman, Jeremy Carter and Stephen Murray. We had a destination and purpose...now getting there would be the fun part!

Twitch chillin' at Jackpot

The Second Annual etnies Two Wheel Tour is now over and all had a great time! Here's how it all went down:

We started out going to Carson on Wednesday the 24th to pick up some Harley's from their media department. Everyone was supposed to be there at 10am so we could leave by 11. I lied and told everyone we were leaving at 10am so they would show up early, but that didn’t even work out so good! Potter decided showed up around 12:45, so we got a later start than we were planning on.

With 12 guys on Harley's, we left Carson, CA and headed up to Santa Maria and Jackpot Ranch. Jackpot Ranch is several hundred acres of big-ass dirt jumps that are built into the hills...it's bad ass! Deegan, Potter, Twitch, Nate Adams, Faisst, Kenny Bell, Kyle Loza, Derek Garland, Dan Pastor, Trigger Gumm, OX, Fitzpatrick and a couple other guys all came out to Jackpot for the first two days of the trip. Damion from Boost Mobile, Jordan from Rockstar and Twitch all brought out motor homes to Jackpot for a couple days. Twitch's motor home was in the shop so our buddy Marc Howser at Richardson's RV let him use one of his RV's for a couple days. A bunch of the guys started riding when we got there and were all jumping this big gap by the entrance of the ranch. Twitch and Nate Adams flipped the jump and Twitch had his film crew there for his upcoming video. We hung out there for a while after dark and then rode this bitchen windy road 20 miles. Good times.

That first night we went into Santa Maria to get a hotel because we had way too many people to stay in the motor homes. After pulling into the hotel around 9pm we all went to the bowling alley on the corner and ordered up some pizza and drinks before trying to bowl. We got done bowling around 11:30 and I snuck out of there to get some much needed sleep.

After barely getting my head to the pillow, I get a phone call from the front desk at 3:50am. The lady asked if I was with the crew that rode the Harley's into town and immediately my mind started racing. What did they do this time? My job as the team manager is often compared to a babysitter. When things break team managers often pay for it. If someone gets arrested we bail them out. Even after planning this trip for about 2 months you can still never be prepared for all the things that happen on the road. So, the guys at the desk said that a bunch of the Harley's are lying on their side out front of his office. At first I thought someone hit them with a car or something. When I got to the front, sure enough there were 6 bikes knocked over and resting on the bike next to them. Some asshole had pushed the bikes over! There was a palm mark on the first bikes gas tank that slid up the tank where he had pushed the first bike over. That took down the first 3 bikes with the 3rd bike coming to rest on Trigger's bike. I don’t think the asshole was happy with that so he went back and pushed over the bike next to Trigger's and that took down about another 3 bikes and they come to rest on my bike. All the bikes except one that was parked there on the very end took some damage. The hotel had a security camera and we could see the guy run away but you couldn’t make out a face. Bummed.

Harley helped us out with some new 08 bikes and the one that took the most damage was the Screaming Eagle with a custom paint job. I had the hotel call the police and Alexi from Fuse and I waited for about 30 minutes before we decided to go back to our rooms and wait for the cops. It only took the sheriff 4 and a half hours to get there to take a report. And he did not seem very concerned about it at all. We were all up around by that time anyway and started to get ready to head up to Monterey for the night. I have someone pull me aside and tell me that someone in the group punched the motor home driver in the eye the night before, so that started me out in a bad mood for the day.

We all ate some food at the hotel and took off for the 1. When we got out of Pismo Beach there was a bunch of fog and it got fairly cold for a while and none of the guys had gloves or anything very warm on them...it was all left in the truck. Loza had a problem with his clutch at this time, also, so we met up with the truck to fix his bike and get the guys some warm clothes and gloves. After a quick meal at Carl's Jr. we were back on our way up the coast. We got through the fog after about 30 miles and had a great ride up the coast to Monterey. The sunset was amazing and if you haven’t gone up North on the 1 before, a good portion of it is on a huge cliff overlooking the ocean.

When we got into Monterey it was dark and we were all super hungry so we got 4 cabs and headed downtown. We found a good restaurant called Lollapalooza in downtown Monterey and we were ready to eat. We got some drinks at the bar and had to get two tables because we had so many people. Damion had about 5 guys at his table and I had about 14 at our table. Before we even ordered Damion's table was paying the bill so OX and Potter started throwing lemons and ice at each other across the two tables. We were so hungry we had too try to keep them calm before we got kicked out with no dinner. The people there were so slow it took an hour and a half just to get our orders in. After a $1,400 dinner we went to a bar down the street for a couple drinks and we ended up back at the hotel around 12.

Check back soon for Part 2 of the etnies Two Wheel Tour coverage!

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A Cold & Lonely Sticker...

Shot by Mr. Edward Templeton.

Racer X Photography Contest - ENTER NOW!

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Time is running out for you all to enter your photos in the etnies/Racer X Photography Contest! Next Wednesday, November 7 is the last day you can enter. Remember, there are some pretty sweet prizes up for grabs, so don't miss out.

Here some of the good (and random) entries that we've received as of now. Think you can do better? Prove it!

Most people don't want anyone to ever see their yearbook portraits, but appartently Zoe thinks hers is good enough for Racer X... we'll see.

Photo: Keith Pytlinski

Thanks BDW!

Photo: Brian Robinette

Photo: Jack Burnett

Photo: Randy Toy