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One quiet, sunny day, the BCcollectve decides to gets Vicious!

When we first met the incredible riders of the BCcollective, we realized they rarely put a hand down – some of them didn’t even wear gloves! All those standup slides means a serious need for lock-in you can trust and nothing helps you keep your feet on your board better than Vicious Griptape.

Check out the BCcollective and their other amazing videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/BCcollective

RIDERS:
Tyson Elenko
Colton Killoran
Kyle Smith

FILM/EDIT:
BCcollective

Brasilian Vicious Team Rider Jonas Richter is in Florida traveling with the Bustin Longboards crew. Making their way from Surf Expo to the King of Clermont Slide Jam and Downhill Race, Jonas brought some serious Brasilian steez with him and placed in the Slide Competition, 1st in Longest Standup Slide, 1st in Downhill Juniors and 5th in Downhill Open – absolutely KILLING IT!

Photo: Seamus O’Hearn

There was no overall KING of Clermont, but if there were a crown, it would be cocked slightly to the side, way up high on Jonas’ head. Congrats Jonas!!

Onterrible, Canada has been known for a lot of things, and the region definitely has some of the worlds strongest skaters coming out of it – but Best Style? Versus a posse of California steez machines? HELL YEAH!! Vicious Team Rider Adam Winston has walked into the home of steez and come out with the crown on his head.

Check out some of the images from the 2012 Wheelbase San Pedro Slide Jam and hit the Vicious Facebook album for all the rest including Vicious team rider Max Capps, Rayne / Aera superstar Kevin Reimer, Skate House Media’s Brian Peck, Louis Pilloni and James Kelly and Rayne rider Georges Siddiqi.

Be sure to check the rest of the images from the event here –> Facebook.com/viciousgrip!

Vicious grip is serious griptape for the serious longboarder, but even your average savage knows that nothing beats Vicious Griptape when you want to get gnar. Check out Vancouver, British Columbia local Aidan Lynds gettin steezie in this Brock Newman film and edit and get pumped.

Greener Pastures EP5 – Racing from Greener Pastures on Vimeo.

With the Greener Pastures filming section in Switzerland coming to a close, we were all ready to get to Kozakov and join the party. Oh yes, and practice the course with the best racers in the world, especially now that we had become comfortable with the European style road construction in a group dynamic.

The 3Heads have filmed Kozakov Challenge since 2009, and with their experience and ability to speak the language makes it an extremely exciting event to cover. We couldn’t be happier being part of making the event well known again through high quality media, and this time highlighting the Greener Pastures riders.

A bonus for the project, five Greener Pastures riders placed in the top ten! Congrats!

1st – Patrick Switzer
4th – James Kelly
6th – George Mackenzie
7th – Ramón Königshausen
9th – Kyle Martin

The Greener Pastures tour was exhausting, yet an invaluable adventure to remember because of the people, the skating and the life experiences in a foreign land. It is an absolute pleasure to expose the phenomenal free-riding in Switzerland. Yet, let it be known that European style road construction is some of the most dangerous to ride. If you decide to visit, talk to the locals and more specifically Samy at Roll Laden Skate Tours to help plan your trip, and be informed of the laws and the best places to skate. Be cautious, and ride with locals!

Producer: Patrick Switzer
Director: Vit Hasek, 3Heads Production

Official Greener Pastures Website
Official Greener Pastures Facebook

Vicious Grip welcomes William Royce to the team! Here is a little write up from Will himself! Stoked to have you with us Will!!

William Royce here,

I once had trouble staying attached to my board when railing a sliding turn or pre-drifting with rough pavement. I remember wishing I could find better grip tape so my feet would stick to the board. I was lucky enough one day to score some Vicious Grip at a event. This was just what I had been looking for. It was a great feeling to ride my board for the first time with this sticky ass griptape.  Slides at high speeds became less intense because I knew my feet would stick to the board. My riding became more reliable because my grip tape was now reliable. I was lucky enough to get a box of vicious grip today.

I immediately went to work putting together a new board and took some inspiration from P-Swiss and made some Killer Concave by adding bits of grip to key areas before fully gripping the deck. Check it out!

From all of us here at Vicious Grip, welcome to the team William.

For those of you who don’t know, Ethan Cochard is one of the most creative freestyle/freeride skaters in the scene right now. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest in Eugene, Oregon Ethan came sliding into the scene taking the sport to a whole new dimension. His characteristic mix of dancing, freestyle, freeriding and just plain gnar all rolled into one sets him apart from most others. Ethan has been killing it all year and we here at Vicious are stoked for him to be joining us. Keep a close on this guy, big things to come for sure.

From all of us here at Vicious Grip, welcome to the team Ethan.

What do you do when you live in southern Ontario and the season starts to change? Charge the back nine!! Riders Justin Readings and Braden Tibbles spend a day at the golf course shralping with some of their Onterrible friends.

RIDERS:
Justin Readings, Braden Tibbles, Even Harris, Hev Campbell, Aaron Thomas, Zach Griffin

FILM:
Braden Tibbles, Aaron Thomas, Justin Readings

EDIT:
Justin Readings

So yesterday on our FaceBook we asked “What’s your favorite thing about Vicious Grip”. We received a ton of responses and picked out our top 10 in no particular order.

• “It even grips in the rain” – Pearse D
• “You can make 3D concave with it!” – Lucas W
• “The perfect edge it leaves when I trim a fresh sheet on a fresh deck. Backside powerslides with my back foot completely ON the deck, fuck hanging that shit over!” – Brian P
• “The way it cuts the shit out of my knuckles! but seriously, the way it makes up for the lack of concave in my DH board” -Connor J
• “Chuck norris toilet paper” – Neff’ O
• “I can use it as a weapon..” – Jared B
• “Tons of stickers with every pack!” – Adam W
• “I like how reliable it is, Nothing locks ya in like vicious ” – Matt M
• “I can grate cheese on this!” – George W
• “You never slip one time I fell off my my shoes stuck on the boards” Emmet W



“Thanks for making Vicious in clear and black! This is me showing how much I love my vicious.” – Jason Tang (Picture Below)








So as you can see most people enjoy Vicious for 2 SOLID reasons; It GRIPS, and makes you BLEED! So I think its safe to say were doing our job. Thanks again to everyone who participated, and for a full list of over 50 reasons why people love Vicious Grip and up to date news, product info and team coverage be sure to check out our FaceBook and Twitter pages!

Skateboarding in Switzerland is undoubtedly one of the most incredible ways to enjoy perfect conditions in such an impressive environment. When the riders became comfortable with their sometimes testing, yet blissful situation the true personalities of their character and skating style were revealed.

The astonishing connection with environment in the Alps showed just how rapid, and unexpectedly powerful storms can be. After being trapped by rain at one location for two days, we changed plans and ventured to Swiss wine country. This location became one of the best days of filming & skating on the trip.

There is nothing like a phenomenal landscape view that takes your breath away for kilometres on end while riding a mountain pass at +80km/hr. When you catch yourself standing up, jaw dropped gawking at the view of where you are, the tension is removed, spirits are elevated, and a privileged smile raises.

Thanks to the rad crew, South African, Canadian, Swiss who joined us on our last free-ride filming day.

EP5: Racing will be released January 10th.

Producer: Patrick Switzer
Director: Vit Hasek, 3Heads Production

Official Greener Pastures Website
Official Greener Pastures Facebook