For Lincoln and for Lovers: An Upcoming Yard Sale!

How do you do, rippers?
We've got ourselves another in-house Yard Sale this coming weekend! Swing by the warehouse on Saturday or Sunday (February 11 & 12) for great deals on all products! We've got some extra special love for our blemished decks, too! All decks deemed "less-than-perfect" by our crew members will be discounted to 30% off. Everything else in the warehouse will be 15% off.

Keep in mind that this is an in-store only sale. (Sorry, non-locals!) If you're not in the southern California area, you should (1) plan a radical road trip or (2) find a SoCal friend to mail you some goodies! The Yard Sale is happening from 12-5p each day, so plan accordingly!

Warehouse Address:

7847 Dunbrook Rd

Suite B

San Diego, CA 92126

Earthwing's 2012 SuperModels Have Landed! [This Just In]

We have just received the first shipment of the 2012 Earthwing SuperModels! (Notice I did not say "our first shipment"... I'm talkin' about the first shipment. Woo!) 

For the year 2012, Earthwing has created four versions of the SuperModel to grab your attention, get your toes a-twitchin', and make your wallets wiggle in your pockets. (Good thing they're all coming in at under $100 per deck!) As you see above, there are three drop through models: two 40" in 8 & 9 plies of top notch maple, and one at 38" in 8 plies of the good wood. But, wait, what about the one without the cutout? Is that — No, it couldn't be... Yes! It is! It is a drop platform SuperModel measuring in a 40" by 10" and 9 plies thick.

Here we see the shoulder of the drop platform SuperModel. Notice the foot notch on the left and the routered channels to the bottom right. The foot notch will help keep your feet from moving down the rail during a slide and the routered channel serves as a convenient early grab support brace for all you launch ramp fanatics out there. All four version of the SuperModel feature these same details along with the rad-nasty intestinal Earthwing graphic. 

"The drop!" you say. "Show me the drop!" Ok, fine. Here you go! As you'll see it's there, but it's not enough to stop you from flipping those 360 shove-its with ease. The placement of the drop and the low angle involved give the ends a feeling of rocker without actually having it present. (This helps keep your knees in alignment... You know, for when you get old and stuff. Unless you already are... Then it's just good in general!)

And here we have the concave shot. As is mentioned at the Earthwing site, "There is a deep elliptical concave that is deeper near the trucks". This concave gives a really locked in feeling, and because it's gradual (and doesn't change dramatically at any point) it will be a great choice for riders of all shoe sizes.

And last, but certainly not least, the nose has been extended for the drop through versions of the 2012 SuperModel. This may not matter much to some of you reading this, but for those of us who enjoy trying to manual our entire parking lot, this is kind of a big deal. Not only does this change mean easier to manage manuals, but the wheelbase has become slightly shorter, too, giving the board a more responsive feel than the older models.

Alright, that's it for the photos! If you've got some questions about setups (As far as we know, the 2012 SuperModels still accept the same configurations as previous models) or other specs not mentioned here, click over to our Facebook page! We're always on there clicking around, answering questions and discussing gear. 

Happy Skating!

- The MuirSkate.com Crew

Holiday Card Contest! Time to get crafty... [Updated]

The 2011 holiday season is upon us. This can only mean one thing! Ok, fine, so it really can mean a number of things... But, c'mon, I'm only typing this for one of those reasons... It's time for a (longboarding themed) Holiday Card Contest!

We are looking for your best homemade holiday card for whichever wintry event you choose to honor. We want to see your best work in the form of Christmas Cards, Chanukah Cards, Kwanzaa Cards, Ramadan Cards, Thanksgiving Hand Turkeys, Winter Solstice Moons, New Years Hats, Boxing Day Tests, and Wintersday Drops! Send whatever you want to create however you would like to create it. Sure, it's called a "card" contest, but we'll accept pretty much any other crafty items (snowflakes, etc) as acceptable submissions as well.

The MuirSkate.com crew will select one Grand Prize Winner and one Runner-Up from all the submissions. The winners will be announced once we're finished shipping orders on December 19th.  

• Runner-Up will receive a MuirSkate × Landyachtz "Twelve Two Five" Longboard Deck
• Grand Prize will receive a $500 MuirSkate Credit to use however he or she pleases.

The only requirements for the contest are (1) make it longboarding themed and (2) use the MuirSkate.com "Wings" logo somewhere on your card. (This way we know you're making for us and not just buying it from Hallmark.)

We will be posting submissions to our Facebook page as they come in once they're all in so you'll know that we've received yours. (Although it won't be a community vote this time.) Feel free to "like" and share whichever submissions you choose, but the winners will ultimately be decided by the MuirSkate crew.

This contest is open to residents of the US, Canada, Australia and Puerto Rico.

Mail your entries in to the MuirSkate.com Headquarters in sunny San Diego:

MuirSkate.com Holiday Card Contest

7847 Dunbrook Rd, Suite B

San Diego, CA 92126 

Card submissions are due to our headquarters no later than 5pm on Saturday December 17th, 2011.
No submissions will be accepted via email or through our Facebook page... Mail them in or deliver them by hand! (We want to hang them above our fireplace.)

November Yard Sale: This Weekend!

We'll be holding a Yard Sale at our San Diego Headquarters this weekend (November 19th & 20th). This gives you two opportunities to collect the change from your couch cushions and/or pull the money out of your savings account and set sail for San Diego!

The sale is this weekend (November 19th & 20th) and will last from 12-5pm each day.

The flyer/photo says it all, but if you've got a question that's not answered within those 1033×1447 pixels, send it our way on Facebook! (Sure, you could send an email, too, but we always seem to be on Facebook... Don't tell Scott!)

MuirSkate.com Headquarters:
7847 Dunbrook Rd., Ste B
San Diego, CA 92126

"Wheels Up" Longboarding Photo Contest Guidelines

Show us your early grabs, your G-Turns, your artsy board-in-a-tree shots, your sick-nasty launch ramp steeze, your shralptastic big spin, your signature Tail Whip, or whatever else you come up with. As long as the photo contains at least two wheels in the air, you're good. Ok, now let's get onto the guidelines!

R U L E S
Post your photos of longboards with at least two wheels in the air! That's it. That's the rulez. (Please Note: Boards in the background do not count toward the two wheel minimum, but we've got a lot of "Art Kids" around here who may be able to vouch for you if your photo is rad and is "supposed to be like that". That being said, just try to keep the wheels-in-the-air as the subject of the shot.)

We want to see you bringing the steeze and cheese in a safe manner. We are selecting the photos that we like, and we happen to like helmets. Helmets protect our brains from impact, explosions, and pterodactyls. Please, wear a helmet. We have many friends who have been seriously injured in longboarding accidents and if it weren't for their helmets they wouldn't be around today. (If you're submitting a non-action shot such as a scenery, holding the board in the air, etc. a helmet is less necessary. We'll be the judge of when it's appropriate or not, so you might as well just wear one all the time.)

We're not looking for photos that you found on the internet, we want you to get out and take them! Only post photos that you have the rights to. If you didn't take the picture, you must (a) be the rider in the photo or (b) have permission from the photographer. 

This contest is open to residents of the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Australia.

S U B M I S S I O N
Submit your photos to the wall at Facebook.com/MuirSkate and if we're impressed, you've got yourself a shot at the prize(s). Can't decide between your favorites? Feel free to submit as many photos as you want. It'll help spread the stoke and give you more chances to get picked! Be sure to have your photos up by September 24th at 9pm PST so we don't overlook them when we're making the final cut.

W I N N I N G
Two winners will be selected: One will be selected by the MuirSkate crew. Another will be selected by voting from the MuirSkate Facebook community through the "Like"-based voting system we've all come to know and love.

"Muir's Choice" Winner will receive a complete Earthwing SuperGlider Longboard Skateboard.

"The Fans' Choice" Winner will receive a Loaded Fat Tail Longboard Skateboard Deck.

V O T I N G
The Muir crew will pick a handful of photos (Somewhere around 10-15) that impress us the most and voting will be tallied through a dedicated Facebook Album on the MuirSkate.com Fan Page. Muir's Choice will also be determined at this time, and will not be added to the voting album.

D E A D L I N E S
Photos will be selected by the Muir crew on September 24th at 9pm PST and the voting album will be up shortly after that. Voting will continue until 9pm PST on September 30th and the winners will be announced after we've finished skating at the "Heavy Metal Hard Core" event on October 1st.

R E M E M B E R
By posting your photo to our Fan Page, you're basically waving your arms up and down and saying "Yes. I would like to be entered into the contest and I have read all the guidelines."

We're stoked to see all the rad submissions! If you've got questions/concerns, post them below or at our Facebook page! Happy snapping.
 - The MuirSkate.com Crew

More New Stuff: Rotule Longboards now on our shelves!

Yet another big day in the world of MuirSkate.com inventory: Rotule Longboards are now gracing us with their presence!

It's been more than a few months since we were introduced to the guys over at Rotule Longboards and we are still impressed by the quality of their boards. As soon as we got to know them and began chatting it up about their deck construction, we realized just how serious these guys are about their craft. Sure driving many thousands of miles in a car that doesn't seem like it could get up the coast and back certainly serves as evidence enough of an extreme dedication, but the quality of each board speaks for itself. Not only do their most recent creations feature such lovely details as an exposed fiber weave, a cherry wood veneer, and double carbon fiber layering, but each board is beautifully designed to be chock full of concave and aggressive wood bending to give you the exact right mold to lock you in to your standups and predrifts.

It didn't take very long before we were taking our own Speed Karrot out for a test run down a local favorite. Right away we could appreciate the maneuverability given by the massive concave and the stability given by the drop platform. We had it set up with 195mm Paris Trucks and some Yellow Orangatang 4Presidents and we took this board down through the ringer many times over. Multiple sessions on "Big Booty" and repeatedly slamming the board into curbs did very little damage to the board over all. Like I said, we were impressed and we still are. Anyway, on to the photos!

If you don't set up your board to be fully symmetrical, a nicely centered logo won't
really help remind you that you're riding it backwards. But it still looks alright to me!

By the looks of this drop, you'd think this board was hot...

Just a small glimpse into the 3D concave on the Rotule Desert Eagle.
In order to appreciate it fully, you may want to put this on your holiday wish list... Now.

A lovely fiber weave rises from the desert skyline as if to say,
"Hey. Hi. Hello there. Ride me."

The Rotule Speed Karrot also feature the lovely exposed fiber weave graphic,
this time in the form of Bugs Bunny's favorite snack:
A missile wearing a crown shooting leafy flames from its tail.

A little closer... If this board wasn't so ridiculously fun to ride down hill,
I would certainly be hanging it on my wall to impress my friends with my amazing style sense.

Check out both boards and recommended components here:
Rotule Speed Karrot Longboard Skateboard
Rotule Desert Eagle Longboard Skateboard

If you've already got some experience with a Rotule deck and would like to chime in and let us know what you think, do so at Muir Skate's Facebook Page

If you've got a question about either, head that way, too!

New Stuff: Fullbag Skateboards are now available at MuirSkate.com [Products]

Already well-known for their dominating slalom presence,
Fullbag Skateboards is more than ready to dominate the downhill and freeride scene.

We're more than stoked to announce the presence of Fullbag longboard skateboard decks on our shelves and on our online store! If you aren't familiar with their shapes or style — fear not! That's what we're here for. (We weren't too familiar with them until somewhat recently, either.) Of their wide array of deck designs, we've selected several that we feel offer a good range of the disciplines that we enjoy the most: Downhill Freeride, High Speed Downhill and Aggressive Carving.

All the Fullbag longboard decks in our online store feature what we consider to be "the good stuff" for the previously mentioned disciplines: gratuitous concave, sharp rails, aggressive wheel wells, universal dropthroughs and sturdy construction. Enough text. How about some photographic evidence?

Obligatory concave shot. (Gratuitous concave is featured on all Fullbag decks!)
This shot is representative of the TM-39 but can also be referenced for the Fôboo, TM-37 & "le 62".

The Royal Flush features a similar level of aggression in its concave,
but gets nearly maniacal at the ends of the standing platform.

Universal flush mount system ensures your favorite trucks won't miss out on the fun. 

Universal drop-throughs also ensure your favorite trucks won't miss out on the fun.
(Unless your trucks are drilled new-school... Sorry Indy fans!)

Quality manufacturing combined with knowledgeable design gives fantastic results.

I feel like it goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway: These decks look sick and perform exactly so! Scott won't stop talking about the TM-37 & TM-39 and Seth can't seem to get his hands away from the Royal Flush. Odds are we'll have some video evidence of their performance in the near future, so stay tuned. Check out all the Fluubag Longboard Skateboard Decks at the Fullbag brand page at MuirSkate.com

If you've got questions or comments about a Fullbag longboard deck in particular, let us know!

Throw it up in the comments section down below or jump over to our Facebook page.