Archive for category: Team Blog

/ Jun.19.2012.

Top 5: Recovery Essentials for the Broke-Off Skater

Last week, I dislocated my finger after running into a bulldozer. I just had surgery and have another two weeks until I can skate! Hooray for injuries with complications! Anyways, this has given me time to compile a list of necessary items needed to recover, so when YOU get broke-off you know what to do

/ May.9.2012.

Groms, we need to rep that title with pride

For those who don't know what a grom is, it's a skater who is under the age of 18. YES I AM A GROM AND

/ May.5.2012.

Welcome New Team Riders – Catalina Classic

West Hem Roll would officially like to welcome Chris Sharp, Lonnie Leonelli, and Justin Rouleau to the WHR Team

/ May.1.2012.

Laguna Seca Mobbin’

Team rider Malachi Greene gives his take on the Laguna Seca Invitational.

/ Apr.27.2012.

Welcome Lonnie Leonelli to the crew!

We've got a new team manager. He's cool enough for us to give a shout out. He's the official West Hem Roll squirrel wrangler. He lassoes squirrels with shoelaces. He does the same with our skate team. Give him a shout out

/ Apr.24.2012.

WHR Canadian Grom Squad

The WHR CanGrom Team is at it again and again and again. These little dudes show how fast and how controlled under that speed they can be with all balls, no hands, Candian style. Make sure to check back with WHR for more of the “Cookies n’ Cream” team as well as more rider videos and event coverage

/ Apr.19.2012.

See Josh. See Josh shred.

Talk about a Beast Coast ripper. We just added this dude to the skate team, making him the first east coast skater on the West Hem Roll team, and there are no regrets here.

/ Apr.19.2012.

Way More Than a “Hint” of Steeze

So a couple of months ago and the day our New Year's day slide jam, I had found out that we had a group of Canadian groms on the team. And all I really knew was that they had all gotten their boards stolen and that they were devastated. So Andi was kind enough to pull some strings and get them a bunch of fresh stuff. I remember thinking, "Why do we have some random kids on this team?"

/ Apr.17.2012.

Catalina Classic Heats Have Been Released!

Well it looks like the Riviera dropped the heats a little early! And with WHR team skaters Malachi Greene, Levi Green, and myself competing in the race, we felt the need to share the heats to keep you all satisfied. So here is a little sneak peek of the course and the list of riders that will be competing against each other in the first round of the Catalina Classic!

/ Apr.13.2012.

Welcome To The Team Josh Wright!

A couple of weeks ago, the So Cal WHR crew headed to Arizona ready to skate and party our asses off, so when we got to the Lab (aka the ASL house) I was ready to go shred. Little did I know I would be skating with east coast shredder Josh “Wild” Wright, and find out how rad this guy really is