News From Osiris

Before moving to California when I heard the words “US Open” I thought of Tiger Woods and golf and the Williams sisters and tennis. It turns out that the US Open is also the largest surf contest held over 4 days in Huntington Beach. Along with the surf event there is also the Soul Bowl contest for skate and BMX as well as multiple girls contest in the Soul Bowl, vert ramp, street course and snowboard rail jam. You heard me right: snowboard rail jam. Where else will you be able to find snow in sunny California on a hot sunny afternoon right on the beach? The US Open.

The Open has something for everyone. We have girls competing in all the events. Our moto guys are doing jump shows everyday, and Osiris owner, Tony Mag, is in the Soul Bowl contest as well and has won it 6 out of the last 7 times or something crazy like that. He might be over 40, but the guy still rips.

Early today we had 2 signings for Jacks Surfboards with surfers Kala Alexander, Matt Rockhold, Cheyne Magnusson, and Mikala Jones as well as skate team riders Garrett Hill and John Lupfer. The first signing was at the shop on Main St., which gave the guys a chance to get ready for the madness to come. After the first signing we headed to the Jacks tent on the beach, and things got a little crazy. Surf TM Eric Sorenson came prepared with items like saran wrap, maple syrup, oatmeal, dog and cat food, diapers and lemon merengue pies, while skate Tm Cuong Lieng grabbed the bullhorn and hyped up the crowd. It’s funny what kids will do for some free stuff. We gave away stickers, dvd’s, tees, belts and shoes to those who wanted to participate. You wait in line for some autographs, meet your favorite surfer or skater, get some free stuff, and have the time of your life. The Oakley signing that went on next to us became non-existent as we took over the show. Sorry guys. Check out the photos below and check back Monday for updates from the rest of the Open. A big thanks to Jacks for allowing us to participate in the festivities.

Alright, so after Australia I told my girlfriend I would drive up to her hometown in Seattle with her. She had to move all her stuff from college back home, so I went along for the ride. I never drove further north than San Francisco, so I was stoked to do it. We stayed a night in San Fran and ate some crab and saw a bunch of hippies at Haight & Ashbury. We took the 101 from there up to Oregon through the Redwood forest. That was sick. I’ve never seen trees that big, and it was cool to see them person. If you haven’t ever been up there you should definitely check it. I took over driving after the Redwoods and powered through Oregon in one day and we got to Seattle in a total of three days. Lately I’ve just been cruising around checking out deer and other random animals that walk through my chicks backyard. There is a sick bowl I’ve been skating everyday too its called the Bainbridge bowl. I don’t have any pics of it but you can see it on concretedisciples.com. Oh and it was my bday on the 14tg twenty-five big ones. Yay for me. See yall at the Open for another crazy signing!

Soooo, I went to Tahiti with Body Glove and it was the sickest trip ever because it was a surf/dive trip and we scored epic waves and the diving was insane. I went there with Alex Gray and Holly Beck who are rad people to travel with. It was the best I have surfed chopes and I ended up getting a pretty thick west one which I was psyched on! We also scored Tamae, which is a right somewhere else in Tahiti, and it was one of the best sessions Alex and myself have ever had pretty much averaging about three barrels per wave. The crew was awesome and everyone had a good time. We stayed in those crazy bungalows that are right over the water and are pretty much for honeymooners only. We kinda disturbed the peace at this five-star resort by throwing a beer pong tournament right next to the pool where all the newlyweds were bronzing. We also dove with a bunch of sharks, which was cool and one of the dive instructors got his finger bit. It was all good though and everyone made it out alive.

- Cheyne

After Tahiti I had a short break back home and went straight back to Australia for a surf/skate trip. Kinda in to the combo trips lately. Ee rented an RV and drove from Sydney to Brisbane skating all the parks we found along the way and surfing all the breaks we found as well. It was pretty insane, and the crew was rad. Along for the trip was Mike Morrissey, Aron Geiger, and Rob Brown. The trip was definitely fun, our RV was constantly stocked with beer and pb&j’s and a couple really strange porn mags. Once again we all had a good time and everyone made it back in relatively one piece. Until next time.