dang! lee is killing it on his camping trip. he just emailed me this sequence from his iphone. get your wet wipes!

it is the last day of gravette week but its ending with a banger! "Baby Lamb Goes Pro" is an exclusive edit to end this glorious week. i believe im gonna have the song from it in my head all day. so there is more chance to win gravette's new pro model. riddle me this: What's Gravette's favorite grave to party at? answer dat!
well blogging aint what its cracked up to be. lot of haters out there hating on creature cereal. just non-believers man! but some homie from the the midwest were creature cereal is being tested on the shelves hit me with this link to make the non believers
um....... believe.
check this yo!

laterz!

Creature Lee is on a camping vacation, you know doing camping things: blunt to fakie on a bear's face, catching a fish with his teeth, roastn' lots of weiners and pitching tents (wink wink)with his buddie bros and has left me, marty aka: the dude at the desk across from Lee desk in charge of blogging duties. Don’t worry its official just peep the logo.

well, we all know creature is hot is right now and is only gettn' hotter. Lee was gonna wait to show his next product venture till the riprider sales cooled down but i cant wait. here it it is:

yeah boy!!!! creature breakfast cereal!!!!! its really just green and black colored chex and tastes like its covered in boo boo sauce but its green and black and that equals millions dawg.
Gravette week is sitting on dubs and cruisn' through your hood so Check Gravette's "Checkin' in" in the new Strange Notes "Crunchtime" OUT NOW and also here on the website cuz he rips for real and of course here is the Gravette question of the day: How many days does a pair of shoes last Baby Lamb? hmmmm? well im blogged out so check ya tommorrow

Talon Sulfridge wins Wednesday question, 10 minutes after I posted it. woah.

Middle of Gravette Week and to tell you the truth blogging about Gravette everyday is getting a little weird. So, I'm outta here, I'll be out Thursday and Friday, I'm bringing in a guest blogger to finish out the week. His name is Marty, you can call him Smarty or Farty or Gnarty, he's down with all that. The video today is Gravette "In the Park", maybe Gravette's favorite thing that Gravette was in. The videos for Thursday and Friday are brand f*cking new, so definitely tune in... Before I give you guys the question of the day, just a heads up, those boards will ship next week, Myspace winners too... So keep your panties on. The Baby Lamb Question of the Day is...
What are Graveckian's iguanas named?
Winner get's a Gravette board and don't forget that we are also giving away boards here.
Got this email from Hammeke after the he got the Yuck Van fixed in Portland, "The van is more evil now. The repair cost 666.51" You can't make that sh*t up.
Actually, you can...
You guys go easy on Marty, he's nervous.

Tuesday contest is done, Erik Choleman wins, you guys are animals...

Awe, Day 2 of Gravette Week and we're just starting to heat up. Today the video of the day is The Scorpion's part from Born Dead. Right after we put Gravette on we sent him on some overseas massacre with all the Hesh Crew. Nobody really knew him and you can imagine how he got the full Hesh treatment. My favorite story is that they were getting on the plane and baby Lamb was getting in his assigned seat and Hitz comes up, "That's my seat kid, beat it." Kid's response to Hitz, "Uhh, no, look at my ticket, this is my seat." Lord Shitler rebuttle, "Nope, you're sitting over there." Confused Gravette gets his sh*t, leaves his sweet assigned seat with the dudes and moves to seat with some fat lady. The first thing the lady says when he sits down is, "I'm really sorry if I start to stink" and she did for the entire 9 hour flight.
Yesterday's trivia winner was David Toscano with the answer of 24 steps, that's right 9 flat 8 flat 7, add 'em up and you get a free sled. Today question is ...drum roll....
Where do Gravette's lesbian friends live?
Get on it, win a free deck... Go here and try your luck as well.
Anybody hear that Stu got deported, I just found out... if you see him tell him to call me.
Also, if any of you Fiends out there are medical surgeons let us know, Hedding's needs shoulder surgery.

Let the Gravette festivities begin! It's the first day of Baby Lamb week, so let's start at the beginning. The Northwest NHS rep, John Crouch, had shown me a sponsor me of this scrawny kid completely ripping. When I asked him what was up, he was like, "Nah, I'm gonna try and get this dude on Santa Cruz". Effe that, I called Gravette up and you gotta understand he's like 17 and this was way before he became Spuds Mackenzie. Long story short, he was riding for some local brand like Toes on the Noes Skateboards. I figured it was a no-brainer, hey bud, you should ride for Creature. He's like, "I don't know dude, I'll think about it". I was almost offended, who the f*ck did this kid think he was? But here's one of the great things about Gravette, he ain't no crew jumper, you gotta admire that isht. So we flashback to Gravette's Sponsor Me tape for the video today, and the question of the day for a Gravette Hippy Skull deck is...
How many stairs were there on the quadruple kink that Gravette grinded at the end of Black Metal?
We're also running the same contest with a different question over at the Creature Myspace. That means 10 decks are gonna get given away this week, who loves ya? Not us.
Me and the Wizard made up over High Lifes on Friday night, well, I don't know if we made up, but we are going to schedule a fight soon.

Not to over shadow Danny Way's half gainer but just wanted to give you guys a heads up that next week starts Gravette Week. A different video and new contest everyday. Win a board and test your Lamb knowledge. Miles Green won the contest from yesterday but if he doesn't send me his address it won't matter. Correct Answer: Scorpion. Duh. That will be the easiest question you'll get... Stay Tuned.
Remember when the Wizard blogged?

If anybody happens to see Gravette maybe float him some pants or a pair of sox. In true "professional" fashion Graveckian missed his flight to Tennessee but his luggage didn't. So, he's somewhere in Colorado with no clothes frantically texting everyone to come get him. This kid is seriously inspiring, Gravette Trivia Contest starts now!!! Whoever can tell me what "pet" Gravette bought in AZ gets a free Gravette Hippy Skull. Hint: He also likes to fall like this. Also if you already won a Creature board in the past you're not eligible. Kids have been pulling some shiesty moves to get free boards... Like Marty here, come on holmes (I guess cat's out of the bag with the Creature Green denim). How's the lunch blog coming?
At this point, Navs and the boys have hit Manchu Picchu, 10 bucks says Hitz got posessed by spirits of the past and is lost in the jungles of South America.

Well, I gotta say it was a surprise to lurk the message boards and find this and this. Leave it to Edward Penishands to figure out that the new NHS catalog was online already. You dudes are good, well, thanks for f*cking up my Monday and making me do actual work....
So, without further ado, Creature presents to the world skateboarding a new pro...
Click here to find out who.
Hopefully you clicked that isht, so I can tell you that we will be giving out a Gravette board everyday next week and keep your eyes peeled for a little video hitting at the same time. Congratulations Graveckian!
If your an average joe/internet retard and you're like "I want to see the catalog, what do I gotta do?" Go here.
And if you're a shop slave check this out. Get in there!
If you can prove that you are in this picture that Burnett took, you get a free deck. So yeah, half the team is in Peru getting drunk in catacombs (sp?) and the other half is getting drunk in Denver... more news later.

I think it's great that the Web Wizard went to the woods where there's no internet but when I'm trying to make a flyer click-able and the Wiz ain't around, I can't wait til you can get some damn WiFi in the woods.
Here's my non-click-able flyer, for the Jason Adams vs. Al Partanen "Party til yer Undead" out now!!! Sent the kids on the road with Hamknuckles as Den Mother for a whole god damn month. Thrasher has been throwing down some updates from the trip. Get in the van. The dudes over at "The Ocho" posted up a great interview of Stu. Check it out here.
El Gordo hooked up an in depth interview over at 48 Blocks. Let the Eckles wash over you here.
So other than trying to move vert ramps, send dudes to South America, finish the catalog and get ready for the sales meeting there really hasn't been too much going on. Kinda bored.
Oh, did I mention the vert ramp? Super high profile plans are in effect for a Creature Invite only vert contest and car show coming soon. The list of riders who have confirmed is bananas...one of them rhymes with Bosoi...stay tuned.

Quit your job.
Leave your chick.
The day is yours, go skate!*
(*easy for me to say)

Judging by my morning, I should burst into flames by the end of the day.

The Partanen Bad Brains contest exploded like bad case of the die-die. Everybody pretty much got screwed though because no sooner than I posted the contest, Jeff Channon responded with the correct "Human Rights" response. I felt like the name sounded familiar and gawd damnit if this dude didn't win 2 Creature blog contests prior to this one. It would make sense if he worked here or read my diary but no on both counts. So, here it is a mini interview with the Creature blogs biggest winner... Why do you think you seem to win nearly every online Creature contest?
Let's just say my hackle rises and I go to Strangenotes.com. Also, why can't you give away a bunch of money? It's green?

What Hollywood celebrity should we put on the team and you can't say Burt Reynolds as it's obvious?
Personally, I think it should be somebody dead. Doesn't that make sense? And if you follow that, then it should no doubt be Steve McQueen. If it should be a living celebrity, then maybe just about anybody from the movie slapshot. Brad Sullivan (aka Mo Wanchuk) is a standout. Burt Reynolds was absolutely my first choice! Wait a minute, forget that, Sean effin Penn! Or maybe Mickey Rourke. He was good and then he self-destructed. Have you seen him lately? He's lookin' pretty rough.
Way to go Jeff.
P.S. You're 86'ed from any future Creature contest.
P.P.S. Stay out of my diary.
note to self: The Wizard's Lair demands doughnuts.

While the Indy dudes are smoking acid, the rest of us over here in the cubicle are in catalog crunchtime. If you guys want a sneak peek at what you can see from Creature at ASR go here.
Stu-ey got an online interview over at the Thrash. When Stu's not getting interviews he's calling me to re-route packages all over the east coast.
Navs has been checking from the Indy tour with tales of hellish hangovers in 100 degree weather. He also got a new tattoo of a crow on his hand while on the road. Him and Braydon have been sharing hotel rooms, keep your eyes peeled for "The Bat Face and Crow Hand Show" sitcom coming soon...
Gravette just got back from his Bones Europe trip to attend the Transworld awards. That's right, our Baby Lamb's "And Now" part coming this Friday. We're hyped... also check out the Creature Feature in the new Transworld, it's waaaay in the back, where all the real good shit goes.
Horn has been on creeping around here alot lately, he was here last week and he's supposed to be here today, sheesh. He'll be hyped to know that I found his new theme song.
Before Partanen left for the Indy trip he sent me a one-off Bad Brains stencil board to slang on the interweb. You can win this one of a kind shred wood by answering this question. "What does Bad Brains frontman initials H.R. stand for?" The first person to email me the correct answer gets the stencil board and a Partanen metal board...get on it.

I owe the Web Wizard doughnuts and the guilt is killing me.
Me and Chewy took the childrens to a petting zoo in San Jose. Needless to say, it didn't take long before we turned it into a "heavy" petting zoo if you know what I mean. Oh, you don't... This chick was hyped...

The past few weeks have been busy but I now give the largest blog ever. Is bigger better? probably not, but here it is...
First things first. Baby lamb turns coverboy of the new Transworld AM issue. Huwhat? Congrats Gravette, thank god there's no logos on that cover, real talk. He's got a nice interview and apparently the next issue has a feature on Creature. Damn Transworld, you're starting to make us feel warm and fuzzy.
The crew just got back from the Japan. Horn busted his shit and left early with a broken collarbone but besides that the trip went great. Check it-----> The Crue Photo ops. Zed Zorched Beer! Kimono Life. Honorable Cranston Honorable Vampire Japanese 40's Hella Raw Thanks to Hasco, Maru and Kosecki for all the hospitatlity...
Me and The Bone went Minneapolis for Top Shop. The whole trip was naners and I couldn't think of a better dude to travel with than Whaley, put ya decks up! Shit, was in full effect from the get go! Cranberries! Nollie! Fred was feeling it! Did I mention there was a gas leak in our hotel room? 1st Annual Creature Chug and Jump at 3rd Lair! You got 20 seconds, GO! (all good photos by Sam McGuire) Joe Dirt handled business, took 4 big chugs and won best trick with this massive 360... Emoti-Bone... Did I mention that Muller pretty much rules? F*ck, Lowcard showed up. This kid got some stuff. So did this kid. This dude got Best Chugger some said he was cheating storing excess liquid in his beer'd "Goose is the new all over print" Poached yer blog holmes, Munzerider and Gareth. When I got back I watched "Weekend Warriors" and saw Munzy attack the bank jammy in front of the TGIFridays that me and Ron were eyeing up. Did I mention that Fridays is America's rumpus room? Ron feeling the effects of the hotel vortex. Went to Majors and shit got heavy...hey dudes! This is Ryan, he started drinking at 8am, at first I was kinda bummed on Ryan and then magically he became the smartest guy at the bar... Then shit got wierd. The morning brought a cloud of black death...We went and checked out Zombie skateshop (of course) we had to appear straight up retarded to these guys but they were cool and showed us the worst spot ever Bone Attacks! Midwest Pow-Pow Then we drove across Wicounsin to Chicago. harsh! We got some of these little beauties... You guys ever deal with the toll situation in Illinois, what the f*ck, 60 cents are you serious, bam, chicago... Went to AWH, pretty much, met Tony and the dudes... Rob showed around then we hit the back yard for a safety meeting. There was a busted rig in the back with a bible in the front seat and an empty drug bag, awesome! Found this sick poster. Found one of these Boners too... F*ck, that's all I can't type anymore, this has taken me like 2 hours, but I want to give you one last photo, consider it an omen of things to come, smell you later...

So in case, you hadn't heard we got a new website.
The internet praise is rolling in. Willy from the Thrasher comments says "Past the cool video clips, that new site is a navigational nightmare." and hmmmm says "-Interesting- use of Flash, to be constructive...". Thanks everybody, keep 'em coming! PS Gordon still rides for us we just forgot to add his name, sorry gordo.

Me and Ron are headed out to Minneapolis for Top Shop on the 25th. Creature is running a little contest on Saturday night, check the flyer----->

Ron and I will be judging on chugging style as well as how you hit the jumper. Big prizes for real...

Usually, it's pretty easy to procrastinate updating this thing but sometimes there's so much sh*t going on, I have no choice but to let the minions know what's up.
First, the biggest news. We are proud to announce that we have turned Stu Graham pro. Stu's a juggernaut of shred and is well deserving of this new pro status. Check out the video box for Mr. Graham's official announcement video (yup, we got bagpipes in there). Scottish bred, Shuriken approved... We've also released a new limited board with Sacto mega-hessian Skinner. Maybe you've seen Skinner's work with the Blood Wizards. Bottom line, the dude rules and his board is sure to trip you the effe out. Only 300 made, comes with Skinner's monster zine, silkscreened and numbered. Check our April flyer

------> PS. that's a goat hoof. As you can see we got some new team decks in there too, so what the f*ck are you waiting for.
In team news, Navs took it to the face on some 11 stair rail after 2 18 packs and a bottle of Jagermiester, nice one. Neil and Sam have been alley racing with young fiends Raven and Marky Clements. "Haksaws in The Alley" vid coming soon. Speaking of young fiends we've officially started flowing SD's Truman Hooker, keep you're eyes shaved for a Strange Notes part coming real soon, kid is savage. Partanen was in North Cacalaca with Luda, I got no idea what went on there but stab in the dark they drank brews and skated. Taylor Bingaman is all healed up from his leg snap and got himself a mohawk/mullet thing with a duck tail, recovery can be a dark place. Alex Horn is back in the Northwest, sending text messages and leaving his shit everywhere. Gravette's been all over the globe but is currently in SD/LA getting some final stuff for his Transworld part. Hey Gravette, you've come a long way buddy, it makes us proud, you've turned into a full grown baby lamb...
In other news, the new Lowcard is out and the old Lowcard (Concussion) has a new issue out as well. In his standard "everything sucks" writing style Concussion Davoud opens the new issue with an ode to yours truly. I love you too bro, I will miss getting weed headaches from laying out frontside air photos for 9 hours straight. Baby play date/Dads drink whiskey date?
Thanks to Thrasher for our T'Eddy awards...
Kinker King- Baby Lamb
The Great Pumpkin- Shrekers
Coverage Monster- Us
Oh yeah, heads up Japan, the crew is coming....
I think that's it, oh, this just in, Good Times Gus just ordered a shitload of Creature wood, real time. Thanks Gus!
PS. I can't spell

Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me.

Now showing, The Now trailer, right now!

First off, check out that extra special "Gravette in the park" featured video filmed and edited by Garrett Hunt of 411vm's own "G-Spot". If you find yourself in Issaquah, feel free to hit the park and see if you tap one of Baby Lamb's sweet ass lines. Gravette chose the music himself, I'm sure alot of you didn't see Creature as an Andre Nickatina brand, well guess again hoto, we're hella diverse.
Anybody go to ASR? I guess not. I actually saw a tumbleweed roll through the spot. We did have the inspiration for Creature's first ever "Separated at Birth".
No way Nerd could skate 30 pools in a day or get light-death in a tight amoeba but give him some cold ones and the chicken and the dude is killing it.
I have another little treat for you creeps. We built an all over extension on our bunker mini mini ramp. The thing was coming in at a whopping 5 and a half feet but getting up there was a bitch. Enter the Senator, Cranberries, Alex Horn, who came in and basically shut it down. We took the extension off and hung our heads in shame. So I give you "13 trick with Alex Horn" on a busted mini you wouldn't want to ever skate anyway.

In other news Donnie's mom is coming in a week, which we're all hyped about, if you know what I mean, wink wink. Thanks to the Visalia dudes for letting us shred the indoor mini in our time of need.

---RIP Ryder Armstrong---