Jon Comer * has officially moved back to Texas *. He is on the VANS * Warp tour right now.

Steve Caballero * has a full schedule this summer. Look for him at these scheduled events:

June 19th-23rd... Soul Bowl vert event in London, England *
June 27th... The Faction Show in San Diego * @ the SOMA
July 4th-16th... Vans Warped tour * ( west coast)
July 20th-28th... Monster masterships in Dortmund, Germany *
August 1st-3rd... Evel Knievel week in Butte, Montana *
August 3rd- 10th... Vans Warped tour ( east coast)
August 14th-23rd... Vans  East coast tour
August 24- 30th... Woodward * skate camp * in Woodward, Pennsylvania *

Steve skated in the Mervyn’s Bowl Bash in Hermosa Beach last week. He reportedly finished second to Tony Mag in the Masters Bowl contest

Steve is scheduled to play with his band The Faction this month in San Diego.

Pat Channita * traveled to New Jersey * for the Triple Crown *, then went to Florida * for a contest at the Kona skatepark * where he finished third and has plans on going out on some skate missions to Arizona * this month. Pat has an interview in Germany’s Magalog magazine.

Rodney Jones * will be going on a tour of Europe * this summer with teammate Tyler Hansen * and other members of the Billabong * crew. Rodney has some nice ads out now. His Powell pro ad is out in TWS, he has a half cab crooks sequence for a Billabong ad in various skate mags, and next month will have a Venture * ad.     

Rodney was able to do a grand opening demo for Skatewave * in El Paso, Texas and on a Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizon last month. He went on a Dragon Optics tour with Aaron Astorga, Chad Shetler, and Pat Duffy * up to Fresno, Sacramento, and Lake Tahoe.  He just signed up with a company called Cross Decks. They will be making skateboard trading cards. Rodney is now riding for Savier * shoes.

Danny Wainwright * has finished the VANS Pleased to meet you tour of Europe. After getting off the tour he went fishing with his Dad and hooked up 35 assorted Roach, Perch and Carp. He leaves for Italy * to skate in an invite only contest with and at Giorgio and Gianni Zattoni *’s skatepark.

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Tyler Hansen has been out filming the finishing touches for his part in a new Krux * Video. Look for that video in a few months.

Tyler is working on a Next for Slap Magazine and will have some photos and words in an upcoming Strange Notes * Magazine too. Look for a really sick Tyler sequence in a Billabong ad in the skate mags soon. Tyler goes to Europe on a trip for Skateboarder Magazine * and 411 for a few weeks in July.      

Silas Baxter-Neal * has quit his Thai cooking job in Eugene, Oregon * and is currently working at Wyndell’s skatecamp. He will try to come down the Oregon Trail to California * to hook up with Erik Olsen sometime this summer to skate and shoot photos with his teammates and go to the Visalia YMCA Skate camp.  

Oliver Buchanan * is in California for a month. He is finished with high school and out from Utah * on a photo and video skate mission. He will be around Santa Barbara with Erik for a bit, maybe in Ventura for awhile and also in Los Angeles *.  

Jordan Hoffart * is also coming to California. He too just graduated high school, and is migrating from Vancouver * down south for the whole summer. He too will be here to get some footy and photos.

Be on the lookout this summer for the Powell am squad skating around the Golden state.

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