You guys probably haven’t noticed but I haven’t updated my column in a while but I have an excuse, I’ve been working long hours over here at the CALISKATZ headquarters. For those of you that have been sleeping on this skateboard game we just opened our first skate shop in Fremont CA. on August 28, 2004. We had a few promotions going on to hype up this event. SPEEDBALLS Precision Skate Bearings donated 50 SETS of bearings to hook up the first 50 skaters through the door which was dope of them and KAOTIC SKATEBOARDS hooked up a few decks and a ton of t-shirts a big thanks to them also. The day started off for me at about 6:00 AM to my surprise there was already about 7 kids lined up outside for the bearings and product toss that we were hyping up the last couple weeks through TV commercials, street promotion and some word of mouth. I went inside the shop to see what was going on and everybody was finishing up and putting the last touches on things for opening day. It was about 7:30-8:00 AM when I looked outside and there were well over 50 people waiting to get in side which made every body pretty stoked because we all thought what if no one comes it is only 9AM and what type of teenager gets up at 9AM? Well apparently there are a few out there. Every shop has a grand opening but were not you typical skate shop so we didn’t want a typical grand opening. We decided to have our friends FAR FROM YOU come down and set up just a couple amps and play a song as soon as we opened our doors and we would just start throwing shit out the door. That's pretty much how it went down. The doors opened at 9:00AM the paper that blocked the windows came down and the band cranked up the amps and it was on.  The kids went nuts, Boards, T-shirts, Stickers, Sweatshirts and other unidentified objects were flying into the parking lot like mad. We had a tug a war in the bushes in front of the shop for a KAOTIC Deck which was pretty funny. Its crazy how these people will seriously dive head first into bushes for a free deck. The whole live music and free product toss thing lasted about 5 minutes and put every body in a “can we have more free stuff” vibe witch is cool but were a skate shop and we need to sell stuff too so it was time for business. Our friend Bruce from GIRL SKATEBOARDS came out to feed all the cravings these kids had for more free stuff. We threw out a bunch of stickers some Fillmore Wheels, a Girl Deck and some Fourstar Clothing. The Grand Opening was a seriously fun time. I just want to thank every body that came out and lined up early you guys are crazy 6AM? Bruce From GIRL SKATEBOARDS for all the product. The whole Pimentel family & friends they were a huge help and Chris our security guard and anyone else I left out. One more thanks goes out to all the company reps that believed in us and got us product in our store by opening day with out that we would have never made it by the 28th. If you haven’t been to the shop yet you should get on your game and come get some fresh new gear and if you mention “MUFF'S WORDZ” ill hook you up with a half sheet of grip and a used sticker or two if I think your worthy.
-MUFF-
Stay tuned for my next update coming really soon with a review for overdrive sports drinks