Halloween Special for all you Slimeballs, Yeah finally gonna release the Slimeball tee just in time for Halloween. This will be a limited time run this seasonal color way will only be available through October until supplies last. No reprinting on these so lock one down with a pre order and get it while you can. Shirts ship October 27th. Pre Order
Today I met with Mark and Ryan at Val Bialas Sports Center to get the scoop on this years plans, and for those of you who have followed c9 from early days, you know that we have always been interested with the Ski Hill. Located in the heart of Utica N.Y. one of only two municipally owned ski centers in the United States located within city limits. (Actually its pretty much in our backyard) Any way this year being our second year at our new home in UTICA, N.Y. Crookid9 is now settled in and is ready to jump on board full force with the Team at Big Val, since Mark has taken over the Center he has really stepped up, and taken major steps at rebuilding the hill back to what it once was, realizing that we are in a new era with snowboarding pretty much dominating the winter sports arena, Mark has taken that into major consideration with his new build. While maintaining the hills glory from it past by revamping some of its traditional sites like the tubing hill and ice skating rink. Mark has also envisioned a snowboarders training facility and recreational playground if you will with the help of Ryan Rys a local Snowboarder who has put all his extra time into helping plan, build, and maintaining the park, as a matter of fact if you were there last year chances are the features you were hitting were more than likely put there by the man himself. This year with the help of Ryan Mark has decided to build a state of the art terrain park for a section of the hill, as well as a Boarder Cross course, not to mention new trails with back country features, and numerous hits along the other main runs. This year Big Val will be the Snowboarders place to be. Look out for new events and competitions as well, for this is the year of Val Bialas’s re birth And Crookid9 will be right there to lend a helping hand with what ever we can offer.
for more info on the Hill please direct all inquiry’s to their website at www.skibigval.com
If you are interested in helping with the build please send all questions to us at info@crookid9.com and we will get with you on where to meet up and incentives on helping out.
Big congrats to Taire and Dom for thier performance at the WTF? Skate comp in Utica N.Y.
Upstate’s own Apache Chief will be rocking with Dirty Projectors and Dominique Young this Wednesday in Pomona at the Glass house and Thursday in Los Angeles at the Wiltern. If your in the area go check em out in ya birthday suit. Also go cop the new Back to School EP on itunes along with Birthday Suite both available for $1 at apachechief.bandcamp.com
Congrats to Skate Team member Rob Johnson for his flawless 9-0 performance, smashing the competition at the Crookid9 Skate Demo game of S.K.A.T.E. Amongst the competitors were other local teams that were not available for comment.
The First Crookid9 Skate Demo Went Down Last Saturday At The Bridgewater School Skatepark With Much Success. We want to thank all who came out to support and a big thanks goes out to Ron at the park for making the event possible, we would also like to thank Vibrant Sounds for their support and Dirty Jerz Images for photographing the event.
Crookid9 Team Rider Rob Johnson Took the overall Game of S.K.A.T.E. with a flawless 9-0 performance. Congrats to you Rob!
Keep checking in to stay updated on our next event we will try to get something else going before we all go in to hibernation this winter. Well all except the Snow Team!
Ohh for more pictures check the fan page and Dirty Jerz Images
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Its here, come show some support tomorrow, if you skate bring your board. Meet the team and even challenge team members to a game of skate, its all love. Lets have some fun and spread some positive energy around upstate. C9 merch will be available all day at lower prices than usual so be sure to take advantage of that.
See you there.
Bringing back the upstate tee get your orders in, Ships next week.
