338: The House of Steam/Shut Skates presents The First Annual 2008: History of East Coast Skateboarding Summit.
December 20, 2008
Jason Oliva (The House of Steam) and Rodney Smith (Shut) Shut Store 158 Orchard St. NYC December 2008
I flew into NYC for the first annual History of East Coast Skateboarding Summit. It was a two day event and well attended (Me Adam and Rod), alliances were formed, refreshments were served and some choice new SHUT gear and THOS Stickers were offered as take aways.
Rodney’s Office SHUT 2008
It was held in Rodney’s office were we sat down for hours trying to put the world to right. In the end we walked away with the knowledge that the story is being told and told well and The House of Steam is the place for it all to be and my continued stewardship is being watched and approved. Keep an eye out in your mailbox for an invite to the next History of East Coast Skateboarding Summit in 2009 were we will get together and continue the discussion about patch working this story together to better present our unity and roots.
Jason Oliva December 2008
Ps If you havent already get down to 159 Orchard and check out the Shut Shop…the coolest place to be.
Rodney Smith Shut Store 2008
And keep the media flowing in, I recently got a load of crazy cool new gems to add to the archive…
send stuff to: Jasonoliva@gmail.com
Coolness!!
December 22, 2008 at 10:45 pm
just saw the “drive” episode ( in edison nj ) w/mike v honoring rodney with a new Jeep and being the 1st skater who ever believed in him. cool stuff.
December 23, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I love SHUT.. they are great guys. I saw Rodney at Deathbowl to Downtown..( which is a great flick about the history of NYC skating.. )
July 7, 2010 at 12:10 pm
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