Powell * reports that Jon Comer *, Pat Channita *, Rodney Jones * and AM Tyler Hansen * all competed at the West 49th contest in Toronto *. Pat finished fifth and Rodney got hurt before the contest and came back home. Jon and Tyler skated street and Jon also skated vert. Apparently Jon will need to come back out and reshoot a photo for his Big Brother * interview, too. He will be going to an Old School Jam in Austin * this month. Pat is getting a chance to stay at home and train at his backyard training facility this month.

Right now Rodney Jones is healing up and getting ready to film for the Sun Diego shop and Powell vids. Check out his Bones wheel ad and Savier * ad coming out soon. Rodney will be going back to Baltimore for a week for his birthday.

· Danny Wainwright * has been keeping busy as usual. After winning the Etnies * Swiss European * Open a few weekends ago, then the next weekend in Italy * he won the DVS * European Open. He's also reportedly been shooting some nice photos with Wig from Sidewalk and Percy and Leo from Document, and is also working on stuff for Puzzle Video Magazine

· Steve Caballero * will be traveling with friends on a moto-x excursion, on which 54321 will be following the boys around.

Powell AMS ------------- · Oliver Buchanan * is "broken and hanging out". Silas Baxter-Neal * has a check out in Heckler *; he was in Seattle * and San Jose skating and filming with his homie, Adam Crew. Came to the team meeting and went back up to Eugene, Oregon *.

· Tyler spent a week after the West 49th on a Billabong * road trip doing demos and shooting photos. Look for his am spotlight in an upcoming SLAP. Aaron Perko went up to the Tim Brauch * contest in Milpitas, CA with his Ezekiel * team manager Joe Picollio.

· Jordan Hoffart *'s hurt foot has healed, and he reports that "A new Canadian video is coming out, starring me and Torey Goodall, Hagen Mashell and a few others from the Vancouver * area. Its called DISCO ORANGE. Ooh, I got into a car accident and it was my fault. What else? A chunk of a grinder bit shot into my eye while working and scratched my retina, now I can only see 50% out of my left eye, but my doctor says its only temporary, but I say it hurts. Yup, things cant get much worse up here... Hope you all are doing a lot better than my broke, one eyed ___."

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