The Liquid Playground's Nor-Cal Demo Day #1 Jan 16/17

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Celebrating the new year, locking down my current location in San Jose for another summer, and missing the stoke and energy of having a crew up at the lake I decided to have a "little" demo day up at Lake Tulloch this weekend. We should have 2-3 boats, 2 or more rails, a few winches, and a good amount of 2010 skates from Integrity, Hyperlite, Byerly, LF, and Ronix for everyone to beat on. I'm super pumped even if it is pouring both days. A small crew of us will be staying at our lake house getting everything dialed in and set-up down at the shoreline of our property. The address is 2891 Shady Lane and is located on the south shore of Lake Tulloch. There are campgrounds and cabins on the south shore (http://www.laketullochcampground.com) which is a short walk to our spot. Feel free to roll on up anytime Sat or Sun and enjoy some good times on the water or even just kickin it on the shore.
Love Life
Austin

Feel free to email me with any questions or info-
austin@theliquidplayground.com

wakemitch · Posted: Jan 11, 2010 10:38 pm Post subject:

Cant wait! Cool

Live2Ride · Ollie Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 62 City: San Jose

the 210 is getting worked on right now but it should be ready for the weekend. way too stoked for this one man. We're all way overdue to get together and ride

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

I love it when the weather people are wrong in our favor! It was looking like we were in for a weekend full of rain, but Saturday was effing gorgeous.

HUGE thanks to Austin and The Liquid Playground for setting this all up. I think there were around 20 people that came up to ride, and I'd say that's pretty good considering this is the dead of winter. I know there were a few different people wearing multiple wetsuits in order to keep warm. Laughing

Live2Ride · Ollie Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 62 City: San Jose

thanks Austin for such a sick weekend! couldn't believe how amazing saturday was. the lake was glassed out all day and then there was today. holy crap was that gnarly. still didn't stop me and ben from taking the sickest ski set while the skies were pissing down rain like I've never seen before. Good time everyone and once again Austin stoked you set this up for everyone to come out and ride.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

That's a sick quiver of boards to choose from! I wish I could have been there.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Jan 18, 2010 1:22 pm Post subject:

A couple pics, thanks again to Austin!

wakemitch · Posted: Jan 18, 2010 3:01 pm Post subject:

such a good weekend. i wish i was able to ride on saturday, but i got a set first thing sunday before the rain came.

i didnt get to try too many decks but the new integs are sick and the byerly revival is a really fun deck.

thanks to Austin for setting this up and bringing everyone together at his lake house.

ps. looks like both Scott and Russian have put down their DSLRs for iphones. Smash

RUSSIAN · Posted: Jan 18, 2010 8:54 pm Post subject:

Mitch, na I just had better luck with my iphone Laughing

my pocket wizards were having battery issues so I didn't get much from the slr

wakemitch · Posted: Jan 18, 2010 11:17 pm Post subject:

RUSSIAN, i dont think scott even brought his camera gear. if scott doesnt bring his camera whats the point of him coming? you at least have a kickass dog. Smash

Everyone, you guys are going to love the new integs. the new 39.39" TNT seemed to be the overall deck of choice for the crew. The 39.39" shape is very similar to the 06 39.75" TNT but with the durability and feel of the new stuff. If you liked that deck you will love the new one.
The 38.65" is very similar to the 08/09 TNT and is the widest deck of the line up. The concave comes in a bit more and is not as curved. The new channel is really nice. I'm really liking how it carves and slashes. The new base is fast but not slipper like the pbt which is nice. Erich is saying the 38.65" is only 0.25-0.5lbs heavier but my picking it up you feel a noticeable difference. Even by standing on it after standing on the old deck on carpet you can feel more substance. Its noticeable on the water, but it wasn't a big deal in my eyes.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

Sorry to hijak, but wakemitch, I know where your avatar came from and that commercial is hilarious and totally weird. Laughing

wakemitch · Posted: Jan 19, 2010 11:02 am Post subject:

electricsnow, i was hoping you would notice it. i saw the picture on some website and thought to myself i must have that, hahah. one of the best farley sketchs ever

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jan 19, 2010 11:09 am Post subject:

what is the board on the far right with the 2 fins?

wakemitch · Posted: Jan 19, 2010 11:17 am Post subject:

-=AlexXx=-, there were two signiture boards there. i think one was a 38 and the other a 39. i wanted to ride one but didnt get a chance because of weather/laziness. hopefully a few of the guys will post their reviews of the othe decks. i wish i tried every deck

BenBuser · Pop Shuvit Joined: 31 May 2007 Posts: 134 City: Left Coast

Yeah riding in the worst rain of the yearrrr ahah.. Thanks again austin for letting us roll through and check out all the new decks!

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jan 19, 2010 2:09 pm Post subject:

wakemitch, thing looks solid!

wakemitch · Posted: Jan 19, 2010 2:36 pm Post subject:

here are a bunch of pictures of the event
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#/album.php?aid=2049174&id=1136753336