Shanghai, China * -- Premium Wood * has exhibited at the Shanghai ISPO * china tradeshow with their Chinese * distributor called Shutai, in what they call "the first tradeshow of its kind in China". Chinese retailers got to see Premium's product line and see demos performed by Josh Evin, Dayne Brummet *, Max Dufour * and guest skater Willy Santos * from Birdhouse *.

Dayne Brummet and Josh Evin also street skated in Shanghai: coverage to appear in the next SBC magazine and an upcoming article in Kingpin Magazine.

Dayne Brummet, Josh Evin, Morgan Campbell and Alex Gavin were in Australia * during last February touring Melbourne *, Canberra and Tasmania, and all four participated in the Globe * World Cup contest.

Josh did one of the "craziest transfers he has ever done", from the vert quarterpipe to the street course. Check the team's results on the Globe World Cup website. The team did some demos in Davenport, Hobart and Chadstone. Tour article expected in ASM in a couple of months

Dayne Brummet is going on tour with Avi Luzia and Willy Santos to Israel *. He will be gathering footage for the next Premium video project.

Max Dufour went to the ISPO Munich tradeshow last February and visited some Premium distributors. Max also did some demos for TSG protective gear with Buster Halterman *, Jocke Olson,Terence Boudgour, Tas Pappas *, Juergen Horrwarth, Sasha Mueller and Giorgio Zattoni. Check his interview out on the German * webzine called Boardmag, in the rider interview section.

Jean Postec has been skating vert in California * for the last month. He is working on an interview for Kingpin magazine.

Premium Skateboards are sponsoring the amateur contest series Threesixteen. First event is at Boarderline skatepark * in West Chester, Pennsylvania * on April 23rd.

Reportedly, the "Unfazed" video received "great reviews" in Happy magazine and Switch magazine.

You can see the new pro collection of Premium decks in the Transworld * Business April 2005 * issue in the Skate deck preview.

Premium is now distributed by Eastern Skateboard supply * in the USA *. Premium also has new distribution in Spain * with Contact distribution and in Germany * through Watercolors.

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