NAME: 303 BOARDS

LOCATION: CENTRAL : DENVER, CO
SOUTH: HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 4

BRANDS: Altamont, LRG, Deluxe, Girl, Tum Yeto, NHS, Black Box,Es’, Emerica, Circa, Vans, The Program, Ride, Cappel

HOURS OF OPERATION: MON- SAT: 11AM TO 8PM SUN: 12PM- 6PM

YEARS IN BUSINESS: 11

CLOSEST RESORT/SKATEPARK: DENVER SKATEPARK

CONTACT: CENTRAL DENVER -303.860.9303,  HIGHLANDS RANCH-303.470.3033

The 303 Skateshop located in Denver CO, is a great place to go and get all of your skate/snow needs.  The staff is very friendly and seemed at least a little stoked to get some publicity via our site.  As well as offering a wide variety of brands, they also sell their own boards/hats.  The shop is pretty core oriented and the staff knows what their talking about, they also have an online store and  a nice website HERE!

I last left off as we were getting into Denver Colorado to stay for a few days,  and I know that in my last blog I told you that there would actually be skateboarding in this blog, but due to a extremely hung over photographer who blew it when it came down to shooting I have no actual pictures of us skateboarding in Denver, I do however have a neat sequence to give you from the sunny shores of Lake Tahoe California.  I also have some more road photo’s, a story about a friend of ours who does not actually exist to the Federal Government, and words about the Denver Park and the kids that skate it.

-This is a good friend of mine, his name is Ian Madan he is also from the East Coast, but still kills it on the West Coast.  Sorry for the taking so long on this.

As I said before Alex and I have a mutual friend who has been completely screwed over by the Federal Government.  Before this trip I had only met Marc a handful of times.  It was great getting to know him more on our travels out west as he came with us as far as Denver I figured now would be a good time to talk about him.  Marc is a great, he is down for supporting skateboard and snowboard revolution for the long haul and made it apparent by his tagging of everything tag-able within a mile radius of where we stayed in Denver.  Marc has such an easygoing way about him concerning his situation with the government that it is mind blowing.  Now here is the confusing part, Marc was born in Bermuda while his mother was stationed there in the service, she however did not get all the paperwork filed that would get him a social security number, and other things that make a person exist to the federal government.  Twenty two years later, or currently Marc is unable to get a job, drivers license, I.D. or anything that proves that a person exists.  He has been trying for the past four years to get a social security number, and after spending upwards of a thousand dollars filing the necessary paper-work only to be told that it was “lost” he has given up hope in a sense.  There is also no doubt in my mind that when he does finally get a social security number he will be taxed for all the years he did not file a tax return.  As it is almost Thanksgiving, you should be thankful that you are not in this situation, because unlike Marc you would most likely go insane.

The Denver Skatepark is definitely one of the best skateparks I have ever had the pleasure of skating.  The park flows so nice, and has so many things to skate that it is hard to skate just one thing.  The locals all kill it and are actually very nice.  I met a fellow Steve who had just moved to Denver a few days before we got there from Miami and after talking for awhile realized how much people actually care about skateboarding.  It’s astounding to think that most of the people I know, or friends I have made along the way are all because of riding around on a silly piece of plywood.  Back to the park though, as I said, the park is sick, but if you do go there make sure you invest in some nice soft wheels because the place is slippery and you will slip out.

Denver is a great city with a ton of stuff to do on a daily/nightly basis.  Thank you to our hosts and friends that we met in Denver, including the guys from 303 Skateshop, and Emage Skateshop.  You guys rock.  If you’re ever in Denver make sure to hit up some of the bars, at one outing I was even fortunate enough to meet the man who played the President in the movie Independence Day.

Anyways, check back soon for more blogging madness on our travels from Denver to San Diego, why Utah is the worst state ever, and hopefully some actual skateboarding photo’s from myself or Alex.

Happy Thanksgiving, be safe, and keep rolling.

Tags: 303 Skateshop, Denver, Emage Skateshop, Government, Rants, skateboarding

On Monday, November 17th myself and Alex Davis left for the west Coast. The following update of our travels is a little late, and I apologize for that but even the best laid plans go bad from time to time. We left about 3pm on Monday and dealt with snow most of the way to Chicago, as I had not slept in over 24 hours I blew it and didn’t have charged batteries in my camera until the next day. The drive to Chicago was nuts, there was a seven or so car pileup right in front of us that we somehow avoided while driving through Cleavland, there was a man standing in the middle of the highway in Indiana that we missed by about two feet, at seventy miles an hour.

We arrived in Chicago about midnight however and managed to get some shut eye.

The following day we went and hit up Uprise Skateshop, and talked to them for awhile. While Alex and myself were gung-ho about skating, it was extremely cold out and we quickly got over that idea. After saying goodbye to our generous hosts we hit the road for Omaha.

-Alex realizing that it’s too cold to skate in Omaha

We got a nice little hotel and made plans to roll out early the next morning so we could hit some skateshops and the sick concrete park in Omaha. However the bone-chilling cold that had ruined our Chicago stay was also present in Omaha. We left after about ten minutes of the coldest skateboarding I have ever done and made way to the B C Boardsports skateshop which was located in the mall. After we hit the shop up we decided to do some tagging.

-Some gas station in Colorado… or was it Nebraska… either way, midwest is boring.

-It is so flat you can see forever

After our nice little sticker session we decided to hit the road and set up camp in Denver for the next few days. The drive through the midwest is boring at best, and aside from a few gas stops flew past. Although we did meet a dinosaur…. Check back soon for Part Two, which may actually have skateboarding!!!

-Dinosaur meeting

Lately I’ve been thinking about my favorite skate sessions of the year cause well, it’s just that time of the year in my area of New York State, the snow is on it’s way, it’s about thirty degree’s out and skateboarding outside may be the most uncomfortable, and painful venture possible.  When I was younger this could wouldn’t bother me so much but my “old man” bones don’t do too well in the cold anymore and something is always sore.  I could just be making excuses on why I shouldn’t actually go out and skateboard,  you can think what you want, but if I were out skating this blog wouldn’t be existent so sit back and chill out.  Here photo’s from my favorite sessions of the year, I know there are only a few but i lose a lot of them to on over active need for an organized computer.

-This is Chris Bartowski as shot by Carrie Reiter.  Chris is actually a Am for the snowboard company APO, but still somehow manages to kill it on a skateboard.  He has a ton of style on a skateboard, and everytime I skate with him seems to pull tricks out of nowhere like it’s no big deal.  I think of all my friends Chris inspires me the most to skate and to follow what my heart feels, if it weren’t for this kid, I would just be another college kid with zero aspiration.  Thanks.

-This is a photo shot by Erik Roman, this is from the Back to the Banks in NYC from this summer.  I believe it’s Willy Aikers watching Danny Falla do a back lip. This trip has definitely had a ton of lasting effects on my life, it was the first trip I took for skateboardrev, and really made me realize what I wanted to do with my life.  We later did a little profile on Erik, so check it out in the riders section if you like his photo’s.

-If you strain your eyes you can see a good friend of mine, Eric O’Connor who is mid free fall, and on his way to the chilly water at Emerald pools in Lake Tahoe.  I spent a good deal of my Summer in Tahoe.  Eric shattered his foot last year snowboarding, but refuses to let his possibly life changing injury hold him back.  He lives with a certain zest for life that is amazing, if everyone had as much energy, and happiness inside them as Eric, the world would get a lot more done.

-I have skated with Brandon for years and still haven’t seen him skate to his full potential.  On rare days he will just kill it, and kill it, and kill it.  Watching this kid skate on days like that is amazing, he can really land anything he wants.  Here he is doing a kickflip to fakie at a skatepark in Upstate New York.  Another reason I love this photo, is because it reminds me that most of my friends have kept with skateboarding in one way or another.

-Alex Davis is a weird guy, and he’s had his share of injuries this year because he is starting to get old.  I love skateboarding with him because he has a completely different approach to skateboarding than anyone else I have ever met.  He has such a passion for the skateboard that I think it may have driven  him insane.  He also has the best kickflips, and can switch ollie anything.  He is moving to San Diego soon and will definately be making a name for himself.

-Sorry, but I had to do it.  This is one of the rare photo’s this year that I had shot of myself.  It’s shot by one of my good friends Steven Drake and it was for the benefit we did for the McKinnon Family.  This is a 360 flip to fakie, and I’m pretty sure this is the photo from the make.  This session was fun because I was on the getting my picture taking side of the camera, rather than the taking the picture side of the camera.  I like it because I’m vain, and I like checking myself out… I actually just like it because it looks neat, and it shows that the person who writes the news you read actually rides a skateboard… unlike other websites!

Words by Steve Skrzypek

Photo’s by Convoy Skateboards

My last blog, which entailed my crew’s rained out journey to D.C. to shoot and maybe even compete in the Convoy Skateboards Ten Stair Challenge did not actually feature any of the contest because well it rained. With soggy shoes and a heavy heart we returned home thinking that no skateboardrev hype would be brought to the contest and our collective quest for interweb domination would be ruined. The guys at Convoy however were nice enough to keep some skateboardrev.com hype alive, by putting up a banner for us, giving some shout outs, and even giving away some stickers I left with them. The Contest went down on November first and here are some photo’s and the results from the event. Congrats to the winners and I hope you spent that cash well!

Intermediate:

1st place- Imoh

2nd place- Kevin Tomlinson

3rd place- Ryan Herron

Advanced:

1st place- Manny Law

2nd place- Rob Fall

3rd place- Jonas Durney

-Skateboardrev.com repping hard!

-Kevin Ha, kickflips the ten stack, he also double flipped them… go figure.

- Little Imoh stepping to a backside 50-50

-Someday a skatepark will put a foam pit at the bottom of their stairs to avoid Imoh’s “uh-oh”

-The stairs, skater free.

- Jonas Durney getting his feeble to back 50-50 on and landing in third place.

-Waiting to catch that stuntboard

-5-0 down that there hubba.

-Eric Johnson gets rowdy with a fs willy grind down the rail… that’s confusing.

-Flippy spinny!

-Eamonn from Convoy getting all official on the mic. I think he’s saying see you next year.

The video for this event is available on youtube and it’s definitely worth a watch. So check out all the action from Convoy’s Ten Stair Challenge from Adam Turrisi HERE, and then ask yourself why you thought you were too cool to go.

-Skateboardrev.com for President!

A couple weeks ago while searching the interweb for companies to make top secret alliances with in an effort to reign supreme over the world I came across the company Convoy Skateboards.  Convoy is based out of the Washington D.C. area which is nice because there is a ton of sick skatespots down that way.  After speaking with their leader I learned that there was going to be a best trick contest at a ten stair over that weekend.

-The flier for the contest.

After a couple quick calls, a plan was made in place to load up the good ol’ Outback Sport and head down for the weekend to shoot photo’s and cover the contest and bring all kinds of hype back to skateboardrev.com for your special eyes to see.

-The good ol’ Outback sport partially loaded.

We arrived in D.C. around 11pm on Friday the 25th of October, and to our dismay found that our fine nations capital city was dealing with a pretty nice storm system.  After checking into our wonderful hotel which had an awesome doubleset right out front, and a business complex that only used marble in their ledge building process we looked to the sky and could do nothing but ask “why”.

-Rain

We awoke bright and early on Saturday in preparation for the contest which was set to kick off around noon.  However at 11:45 the sky was still plotting against our skateboarding and hype bringing and the contest was called off.

- One mandatory sight seeing photo?  Check.

Some of the kids who skate for Convoy were kind enough to hang out for a little, and shoot some photo’s at a double set that was somewhat sheltered from the rain.  I use the term “somewhat” very lightly in this scenario as it was still very slippery to skate under the awning that was covering the stairs.  Think about landing a trick down a double set onto a sidewalk block, then instantly cruising onto an ice skating rink.  The boys went to work though, and some tricks went down… by the end of the session everyone had lost some skin and some blood to the covered stairs of D.C.  I hope you enjoy the photo’s and have a great day.

-Getting ready to get rowdy.

-Alex “Switchmode” Davis.  Short run up, slippery landing, Switch Ollie.

-Steve from Convoy has frog legs.  Big ol’ back 180.

-Chaz Martinez kickflips like a demi-god, this is first try.  He landed, rode about ten feet, powerslid  on the ice-crete for another ten feet, then bashed his elbows.

-Frog leg monster mellon!

-Jonas, this is my public apology for losing the sequence I shot of you.  Sorry.

-If you see Alex, tell him to change his clothes. ˝

This past weekend I was welcomed into the world of manhood by turning 21.  This is an apparent photo that was taken at my house that I do not recall ever happening.  I am pretty proud of the prime product placement that was apparently achieved.  I hear the models over at Hubba wheels are getting jealous and want to shoot an add with me.  Haha.  Have a good day!

Let the world takeover begin.

Photos and Words by Steve Skrzypek

This past weekend I had the pleasure of being invited on a trip to Rochester, NY to skate and film with the guys who run the upstart apparel company Bakwoods. I wrangled up some of my friends and in the wee hours of Saturday morning we left our coastal paradise on Lake Erie and headed East to the murder capital of America for some good old shred sticking. Before I start in on the real meat and potatoes of this article there are several lessons to be learned from this trip that I feel necessary to share with you: the first lesson, Do NOT mix coffee, cigarettes, Japanese food, and skateboarding… it won’t work. The second lesson is never under any circumstances let Alex Davis drive your car if you want to get somewhere fast. The third and final lesson is stay away from Rochester if there is any wind forecast for the day because the wind is gnarly in the city.

Alex Davis and Jon Mueller, dealing with wind at covered ledges

We arrived in Rochester around noon, and after introductions to the rest of the crew for the day we decided to go hit up the covered ledges. This is a true east coast skatespot, it’s covered, but has brick ground, and wind speeds get up to about 20 miles an hour for no reason. The ledges will not slide unless you’re going mach speed and you have to pop over the end of them. Jon Mueller decided he should make these ledges his bitch and did everything on them, he kills it. West coast kids would sit and cry with all the homeless people who lurk around this area. Directly down the way from this spot is the Liberty Pole, which is a huge metal pole with a marble plaza around it, a skateboarders dream really. We were lucky enough to not get the boot from this spot and were able to get some tricks. Some how Alex Davis Managed to switch back 180 over the big gap here in a 20 mph wind gust, then do it again just to prove the wind has nothing on him.

Covered Ledges are now skateboardrev.com approved

Maff and Mj agree it is time to warm the hell up

Who wants to go first?

ext we went to a double set, down the street, it’s a five flat four, and it’s no joke. Being that I was suffering from Japanese food, coffee, and cigarette exposure I reluctantly bowed out of skating in fear that I may accidentally crap my pants upon landing. However Chaz Martinez, and Jon Mueller decided it would be a good time to jump down them despite the near freezing temperatures. They did some tricks down it and everyone decided it would be a good time to go grab some more food and cure our collective slack-jaw.

Mueller wants to go first. First try ollie.

After landing an ollie first try, Mueller said, "that felt too easy, I want to back 180 it". Second try.

I met Chaz about four years ago, he couldn't ollie up a curb. Times have Changed.

I bet Chaz he couldn't kickflip this set, I ended up buying the kid lunch. This kid is coming up.

Jon Mueller is a machine. This is a backside flip. Slack Jaw commence!

After lunch we headed out to the Krudco skateshop and were handed some free redbull for the second half of the day which was a lot like the first half. Later on we went to Bakwoods rider D-trains house and had some adult beverages and went over plans for the night, we decided it was best to head back to Buffalo and meet up with the crew there in the morning. Sunday Morning we decided to hit up “the ledge spot” in Buffalo, it’s a sick spot and has lots of ledges, everyone got some tricks there and everyone was stoked that it wasn’t freezing and windy here too.

Alex goes hardway on a sunday to drop... Switch 50-50 to dropper.

Our buddy Brandon was so stoked on the nice weather that he decided to reverse head butt the ground in joy, a little later, with swollen head and all Brandon murdered a manual pad. Afterwords, we hit up Dunn Tire Stadium to film a couple quick lines, and called it a day. So we said our goodbyes, and hit the road weary from lack of sleep, and sore as hell because we skateboard. I would like to thank Maff, and Mj from Bakwoods for setting the trip up, Chaz, Alex, Jon, D-train, the Krudco guys, Brandon, and everyone else for making this trip fun and reminding me why I choose to skate without health insurance. Have a good day, and keep on rolling.

This is a road trip essential in my car.

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