Flatspot Weekly 10.08.2016: Coast Cross Canada Tour, Enjoyable commutes, the new Flatspot Skate Tools and #Flatspotdeckoftheday!

Hi! This is where you can find a solid overview of everything recently rad and awesome at the shop! Welcome to the flatspot weekly. Which sometimes isn’t out every week, but to call it the “sometimes weekly” is a bit odd.

Here’s a brief overview of what we’re stoked on this week:

• Troy Grenier went off on the Coast Longboarding Cross Canada Tour
• Dancing as a gateway drug to enjoyable commutes
• We have a epic shop tool!
• Longboard Larry x Flatspot Highway Jam VIII
• And those good good #FlatspotDeckOfTheDay set ups

Troy ‘Yardwaste’ Grenier joins the Coast Longboarding Cross Canada Tour!

Bricin Striker Lyons and the Cribb Bomb Tour are heading out July 29th – August 27th.. a full month on the road!!.. and will be hitting communities from coast to coast. Across Canada one way and back across the USA the other way. Check out the route map:

Enjoy You Commute: How to squeeze the most out of A to B

Living in vancouver has its perks, but it doesn’t come without a few headaches like dealing with traffic. We’re lucky enough to be in a city were you don’t necessarily need a car, but taking transit every day can add up over time…and it’s pretty boring. Commuting to and from work, the post office, the bar or your moms house is no longer a hassle when you’re dancing the whole way there. Throw in some ear buds, listen to some funky jams and get your cross step on with this killer selection of dancers, flexy decks and cruisers.

Check out the article for a comprehensive breakdown on a bunch of rad boards for getting the most out of your everyday. CLICK HERE

Flatspot Skate Tools – Completely and Utterly Game Changing Unlike Anything You Can or Will Ever See.

I know its hard to handle. That you can barely even begin to believe what we are telling you. But we have a tool with our logo on it. Not ANY tool, a really really good tool. This tool is completely metal, so it doesn’t break. AND it has a hollowed out hardware socket for that long hardware you regret buying. Thats probably enough awesomeness for one day. If you need to go take a nap now, or just smash a season of anything with a minimum of two stars on netflix, we totally understand. But you should buy this tool first. BY CLICKING RIGHT HERE!

Longboard Larry x Flatspot Highway Jam VII

Totally, absolutely and positively amped on the fact that we got to partner with Longboard Larry for our seventh highway jam! The whole crew from Longboard Larry shreds, makes some of the best boards around, and are generally rad dudes to spend time with.

We hope you dig the edit from the highway jam!

Check out Longboard Larry’s decks HERE!

#FlatspotDeckOfTheDay: Loaded Icarus and Cantellated Tesseract

Loaded doesn’t redo their board lineup every season. They don’t even do it every second season. Its because they don’t need to. When you put years into prototyping, designing and then redesigning a board, it will be timeless. The Loaded Icarus is the latest board to come from Loaded, and its the next natural step after the dervish and tan tien lineage.

Its got curves in the right places for a ergonomic and comfortable ride. The construction is amazing (as always), and will keep its spring for years. Basically this board is the bees knees, will be great for pumping, carving and a bit of dancing too.

But what if you wanna skate ALL the things? This is how you skate all the things. The Loaded Cantellated Tesseract is made for just that. All you will ever need to do is swap wheels and tighten or loosen your bushings, and this set up is good to go. Works nicely as a commuter, but is suitable for downhill and freeride, and even the skatepark and ditches.

And here are some fun goodies that complete the whole affair quite nicely:

Well, thats all for this week folks! Thanks for clicking and looking at pictures, we can’t thank you enough. If no one read these things our lives would be as pointless as urethane bearings.