{"id":4407,"date":"2009-01-22T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T23:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=4407"},"modified":"2011-01-28T18:09:03","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T02:09:03","slug":"asr-09-its-smaller-but-its-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=4407","title":{"rendered":"ASR 09: It&#8217;s Smaller But It&#8217;s Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/overview.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=768,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/overview.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/overview-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Overview\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not saying that this is all of the January <strong>ASR Show<\/strong>, but it certainly is most of it. The space felt really small, but the mood was actually up considering the economy. It may not look like it, but there were quite a few people in the isles.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the jump to view more photos from the floor the morning of day one.<br \/>\n<!--more--><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-2.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=768,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-2-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209 2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Mitchie Brusco<\/strong>, 11, and  9-year-old <strong>Tom Schaar<\/strong> were slaying the indoor Megaramp and making everyone who skates feel really, really old. We were scared just standing on the drop in.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-3.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=768,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-3-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209 3\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hanger94.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hanger 94&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> Julie and Milo Myers discuss sending their daughter off the Megaramp.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209l-4.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=683,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209l-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209l-4-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209L 4\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe International Association of Spending Consumers: <strong>Sole Tech&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>Don Brown<\/strong> and <strong>IASC&#8217;s Laurie Bergthold<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-4.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=768,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-4-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209 4\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>The Lost Girls<\/strong> suggested an energy drink. . . you know, to keep up with the show.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-5.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=768,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-5-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209 5\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Van&#8217;s Steve Van Doren<\/strong> dug up a 12 year old photo of World Industries&#8217; <strong>RP Bess<\/strong> just to embarrass him in front of his friends.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-6.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=768,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-6-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209 6\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nQ: Are We Not Handsome Men? A: We Are <strong>Globe&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>Michael Marckx<\/strong> and <strong>Transworld Business<\/strong> Publisher <strong>Rob Campbell.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-7.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=768,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209-7-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209 7\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Berrimetric Pressure is rising: <strong>Steve Berra<\/strong> and <strong>Jason King<\/strong> spreading <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theberrics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Berric&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> message. With four million unique visitors last month they are far and away the largest skateboarding website in the world. Crazy, huh?<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209l-1.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=683,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209l-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209l-1-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209L 1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe followed our path to <strong>iPath<\/strong> and <strong>Tim Swart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209lv.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=683,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209lv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209lv-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209Lv \" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen <strong>Steve Van Doren<\/strong> wasn&#8217;t on the heckle program he was making these tasty waffle soles. Best food at the show.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209l-2.jpg','popup','width=1024,height=683,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209l-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/asr102209l-2-tm.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Asr102209L 2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe have to give <strong>Volcom<\/strong> an A for keeping the dream alive. This year&#8217;s flavor. . . Cracker Heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re not saying that this is all of the January ASR Show, but it certainly is most of it. The space felt really small, but the mood was actually up considering the economy. It may not look like it, but there were quite a few people in the isles. Follow the jump to view more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3,4,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4407"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21264,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407\/revisions\/21264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}