Chany Jeanguenin - Alphanumeric Brand is one of the main sponsors of Chany as well as Expedition Skateboards, Demon, Indy Trucks and Lakai.

Chany Jeanguenin is a great skater that back in the day moved from Switzerland to USA to make the dream. Chany (no to be confused with Dick Cheney) skates any type of terrain from halfpipes to curbs to hand rails. I had the pleasure of skating with him back in 91 at the Brookling Banks in NYC. We talked with him today about snowboarding at Alphanumeric Brand Headquarters.

Here we have some pics of Alyasha Owerka-Moore skateboarding plus his old check out on TWS from back in the day. At Skateboardrev headquarters we are proud to support people who talk the talk andwalk the walk. Thanks to Ali and Mirko to make such a great job at Alphanumeric Clothing.

These East coast skateboard kids I get to roll with are dead serious about skateboarding. They come from a little town with a couple bank ramps, brick roads, tons of rain, no real skate spots and where skateboarding is not the popular thing to do. This is skateboarding in small east coast cities and towns.

There is a select few skateboarders that will continue to participate no matter the situation or weather but not too many. A majority of these kids hail from the East Coast. The skateboard crew I took to Philadelphia for the Philly Am are a few of these kids. They are the kids that work in the back room of a Snowboard Shop called Suburban Blend and make Snowboard Revolution die cuts for you to tag throughout the world.

This group works hard, snowboards hard but skate super hard.

Skateboarding in Philadelphia is all its cracked up to be. There are thousands of skate spots, multiple concrete skate parks and a handful of indoor skate parks. It is home to Skateboard mecca Love Park (which today is illegal to skate at) and the infamous FDR skate park. Our first skate day in Philadelphia started at Woodward skate park in the Franklin Mills Mall for the Philly Am. This was about a twelve hour skate session and upon the last heat of the contest we rushed to FDR immediately for a sunset session that lasted late in to the night. We pulled our car into the skatepark and lit up sections of the park by light of the car. After the session at FDR we rushed straight to downtown Philly and made a quick stop at Love park. While there Muska attempted a twelve stair, in the light rain. This day was about a sixteen hour skateboard day and these kids didn’t hesitate, complain or take a simple rest.

The next day they woke up and were right back at it. We stayed directly across the street from Philadelphia’s city hall and the guys were up early to skate once again. Billy Cooley ended up getting a $300.00 ticket for skating Love park. He said the cops were brutally rude. After that we all went back to FDR for a day time session just before leaving town.

Check out the following photos from the trip..

-Bll Cooley and Brandon Moore go doubles during a night session at FDR in Philly.

-Brandon Moore considering the 12 stair handrail at Love Park in downtown Philadelphia.

- Brandon Moore opting out of the rail and going directly for the 12 stair ollie.

-Bill Cooley, Brandon Moore and Zach in the city of brotherly Love.

Dwindle distribution president Bod Boyle is a living legend of skateboarding.  His style is so smooth and fast. I still remember him touring around Europe with Steve Douglas.  Dwindle distribution brands are Almost, Tensor Trucks, Darkstar, Blind, Enjoi, Speed Demonds and True Griptape. They still push all this brands with good knowledge about The Skateboard Industry.

Another update from our rail mission in December.  In reality it was just one day a group of snowboarders got together to go have some fun.  We were lucky enough to get three sick rails down in one day.  It’s a pretty rare thing when you take in to consideration security guards, speed, and lighting. Steve Olson Photo.

We had some fun with this one, the ollie shifty, basically it is just a trick where you pop off the stairs into the air and turn your back leg out.  It is super fun and way gnarlier on a skateboard. Here is a pic of my homie Tom Erik Ryen doing one on a skateboard.  I know it is way sicker than mine.  Well, whatever is your flavor ENJOY!!   Oystein Kvanneid Photo. 

Bunch of friends recently built a legit mini ramp behind their house. This ramp is super fun and every afternoon there always is a huge session on it. Ramp now has to shut down @ 630 pm courtesy of the old hag next door. More Pictures

-Sean