Our sessions... Webjam atom@webjam.com en 1270101a-a304-4318-b066-9099793cb73e Provencalication 13-Jun-2008 Filmé hier soir, toujours aussi mal. Juste un témoignage de la chance de vivre et travailler à Sausset, au cas où un jour nous devons retrouver une ambiance plus... urbaine.  Si vous passez dans le coin je serais ravi de prendre une bière fraiche en bord de mer...

English version (almost...) :  Provencalication = living the californian lifestyle in the south of France. This video is for memories of the good days, in case I've to moove into a less beautiful place.

 

]]> Published 6980dd20-0565-4902-957f-d4c7aa891dba Ca bouge dans le sud de la France 06-Jun-2008 Deux événements sympatoches auxquels je vais essayer d'aller jeter un coup d'oeil.

Les 21 et 22 juin c'est la fête de la musique, du surf, la journée mondiale du skate... Bref, beaucoup de raisons suffisantes pour un petit week-end du côté de Cagnes sur Mer pour un événement paisible organisé par Family slide. A noter que les boards Sector 9 seront à tester (faudrait que j'en trouve une pour le petit...)

skateday

Du 12 au 14 juillet, French Old School Jam. Que du bon. Là aussi le petit pourrait être de la partie avec sa board jaune ;)

 

]]> Published 65842417-08df-48c1-8fdf-951ac0e606f0 New (official) sector 9 website 16-Apr-2008 What's new ? Almost everything... New design, new navigation, more content, great stories, nice vids... Have a look on the new sector 9 website ! What is missing ? A great place to share our sessions (why not here ?)

sector9 website

]]> Published b4cb3fd3-6a8e-4856-a73d-84789537519e Father and Son 15-Apr-2008 Version française plus bas


When I was young, I always dreamed about my kids surfing water, snow or concrete. I thought I will have the time to educate them into the love of nice curbs, sweet rides and all balancing moovements.

Sometimes I go to school on my skateboard, my son in front of me. He loves that ; and my 2 years old daughter too. I do it each time we want to ride. It's often.

I've never pressured my kids. I'm just sharing them my joy and feelings about riding a board, whatever it's a surf, snow or skate one.

Today my son came back from an afternoon at a friend's house. There was an «old toys hunt » in the garden.

He came back with an old yellow plastic board.

It's his first one.

Exactly the same than I used to ride, 20 years ago,

I'm very happy today. I'm pretty sure that riding is great to understand life. Welcome son to the wonderful world of surfing.

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Quand j'étais plus petit, sur ma planche, je pensais à mes futurs enfants faisant du surf, du skate ou du snow.

Je pensais que j'allais avoir tout le temps de les éduquer dans un amour de la mer, de la montagne, des jolies courbes et de la beauté des corps en équilibre.

Parfois j'accompagne les enfants à l'école en skate. Mon fils est devant moi. Il adore ça. Ma fille de 2 ans aussi. Je le fais quand l'envie nous prend de rider un petit peu. Cela arrive souvent.

Je n'ai jamais forcé mes enfants. Je m'en fous qu'ils deviennent des champions. J'essaie simplement de leur faire partager ma passion pour le ride, qu'il soit en surf, skate ou snow.

Aujourd'hui mon fils est revenu d'une après-midi passée chez un copain. Il y avait une chasse au jouet dans le jardin.

Il est revenu avec un vieux skate jaune en plastique. Son premier.

Exactement identique au mien, 20 ans plus tôt.

Je suis heureux aujourd'hui. Il a l'air d'apprécier sa vie. Je suis sûr que rider est un excellent moyen d'avancer. Bienvenue mon garçon dans une vie de surf.

]]> Published 30723c16-2c99-4072-8db8-4ff8bc150e17 Clean your beach 19-Mar-2008 Far from the concrete jungle but if you ride "real" waves sometimes, just spend 1, 2 or 6 hours to clean a beach near your home. As a member of surfrider foundation I have to say that :)

Initiatives Océanes in french, english, italian...

nettoyage

]]> Published 1c82aad9-4f64-4a5d-87ab-aefd3bb10886 Riding a skatepark on a Sector 9 longboard 04-Feb-2008 Tibs is one of the best french longboard rider into a skatepark (check his video here) but in the US there is some good riders too :)

Check this nice vids with Dan Lee.

 

 

]]> Published d68e17a6-320d-4f82-873b-6e2fb5b8689f Welcome Tibs ! 01-Feb-2008 I'm really please to announce that Tibs, from the Sector 9 french team and family slide, is now a member of this website.

Every member can publish blog post about his longskate life. Feel free to join us !

Note : you aren't on an official Sector 9 website : it's here.

]]> Published 6239dd13-7ba0-4db3-932a-45a086acca49 Lunch session 25-Jan-2008 Sometimes you want to ride but it's raining, or your board is broken, or you have to work.

Sometimes you are just looking outside. You see the sun, you feel warm, it's time to make a break...
It was the case a few days ago when the weather got warmer suddenly. I've done a small ride, totally free.

Lunch break

Lunch break

 

10 stickers for free !

Thanks to Pappy Boyington for the free stickers ! (Check the map !)

]]> Published 29beea09-ed1d-4fe5-a8c8-f8cf2f5b146e (Long ?)snowboard time 29-Dec-2007
Allos]]> Published fc699b53-acfe-44d7-9290-b5286fa7b058 Longskate TV is up and running ! 16-Oct-2007 longskate TV page.]]> Published 4b87f859-1783-455c-ba26-547645d2f87a 4 months : don't expect much time from a clear griptape.... 11-Oct-2007 Four months after the clear griptape doesn't work anymore on my sector 9 a-frame : the grip has disappeared ! Need to find a new one, but maybe a classic one. Did you experienced that ?

]]> Published 96c699a7-533b-4e8c-9915-e7b50e4ad7e0 Longboard sliding gloves : how to 18-Sep-2007 Step 1 : I've made my first downhill. Step 2 : feeling comfortable during the ride. I just found the "Longboard sliding gloves" how to on instructables.com, a really great website when you have to "build" or just "do" something.

Here is the final result with large pad

 

And a video from the guy how build them.

]]> Published 1f254c3d-7b14-45d7-ae43-3c20c2a8565d First downhill ! 10-Sep-2007 Did you remember your first downill ? This one displayed below is my real first one. My friend Gab came for the week-end and I asked him to bring his Joby Gorillapod. We putted the photo camera (I need a real video cam !!!) on the bike and he could follow me. It's really better for the shootage.

Here is the map of the downhill : no real turn but a nice view to the ocean and a landing near the water. I like my town :)

training1 - 1st downhill
And the video

]]> Published 32de925b-9689-40eb-a3df-186dff11c29e Freeboard : you should try it 03-Sep-2007 Check this video (thanks Pappy Boyington) and go on the freebord.com website. Don't choose anymore between snowboarding the streets or skateboarding the mountain. Do both !


Freebord : Urban Plagne
envoyé par noanx
]]> Published 55714226-c165-4327-8b0b-1834c65df5ed French readers : 2 websites 15-Aug-2007 Pour mes (quelques...) lecteurs français : il y a deux sites à connaitre absolument. 

Riderz.net, le site qui rassemble ceux qui roulent vite, loin et longtemps. Avec notamment un forum aux petits oignons pour les débutants (dont je fais partie) et un agenda des sorties / soirées / événements à ne pas louper.

Le longskate blog de Pappy Boyington. Outre le fait qu'il s'agisse d'un des plus vieux blog francophones, que je lisais déjà (d'après mes souvenirs) quand je bossais avec Raf Mériano pour glisshouse.

Bonnes lectures ! 

]]> Published 4a909b57-da8b-4263-aae4-916efae33895 Pumping, your tips 15-Aug-2007 The only way to learn is to practice, I know. But when you're alone in your city without time to moove, you begin to search on the net... I found 2 "interesting" videos on pumping, but feel freel to add yours in the comment just with the embed code from youtube or another service. Thanks :)




]]> Published f6169a24-8dfe-4209-a283-080c66d186a5 Night Rider : flat sessions between Le louvre and l'Opera 24-Jul-2007 Back from Paris with poor quality videos because I shooted them by night. Two feedbacks :

. Velib' : Paris is the second city in France where you can find bicycle to rent. They put 10 000 bikes everywhere. It was fun to see the girls trying to ride the heavy bike (22 kilos !). I was pretty much faster on my board, even it was flat.

. Summer : it's maybe the best moment of the year to ride Paris. It's hot and there isn't a lot of cars. I had great time here !

You can find the videos on the longskate spots map and one of them below.

]]> Published a6cb60b1-f331-44ed-b069-804b1b2562c6 In Paris for one week 17-Jul-2007 A week in Paris : I hope the weather is going to be great. I know a wet ground is great to learn slides, but I do prefer beautiful sunny days ;)

On another topic, for those who think that you can't ride a park on a longboard... Here is a great video from Parise Thibault, french member of the sector 9 team and really good in a skatepark (via le site du skateboard - FR)

If you have a video feel free to add it directly in the comments with the embed code !


]]> Published c31642e2-fca1-4537-a0f6-966c9db93c1f Real time Video : from my house to the beach 22-Jun-2007 Sausset, 8 pm, june 07. A cool ride from my house to the beach with my sector nine a frame. A lovely board :)  

If you have the same type of video, feel free to add the youtube or another embedded player code in the comment.

]]> Published 11cdd246-839e-4a38-9645-a9aef9c6ed5f From house to beach in one drop 21-Jun-2007 the grey marker) to the beach in just one drop ? Yes ! I'll do a video soon.]]> Published