--9/7/07: Day 1 of the ASR Convention
Today was the first day of the ASR Convention and it was a blast. It is the same thing as Inter-Bike but for companies like Volcom, Quicksilver, Etnies, etc. Yvan, Will, and I had to be there early to help with some stuff so we were up early to get there in time. After the first thirty minutes of us being there things slowed down so Yvan and I went to check out the scene downstairs. Wow, this place makes Inter-Bike look horrible! There were so many hot chicks here, definitely made the long day not seem so bad!
We met a lot of cool people today like the guy who organized the first few x-games and got snow boardercross into the olympics. We talked to him for a while and it was cool to hear the stuff he went through for that and what else he does. Big Black is coming in tomorrow but the owner of his company and partner was here with all of their product. He was a cool guy and it looks like I am going to be Big Black's first ever and only sponsored athlete. They have some nice shoes coming out and they felt really comfortable. A lot of shoe company these days make shoes that are way to big and really wide which I'm not a fan of, but the BB shoes are perfect.
After the convention was over Yvan, Alise, Will, Chris from GO211.com and I walked over to the Standard Films Snowboard movie premier and following that up was the Bra Boys surf movie premier. Both of those were really good but it was hard to stay awake through the last one because I was so tired for some reason. We met a few more people there like Crisitan Hosoi, talked with him for a bit. I didn't really know who he was but I hear he and Tony Hawk were the ones who mate skate boarding what it is today. Will said he is a legend we are just too young to know about them. Tomorrow is when Big Black will be rolling in for the party and Alise will be sittin on the seat above the dunk tank. Yvan and I will be in line for that one a few times! Check back for another update tomorrow. Later - JB
