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Steamboat Springs Skate Park Grand Opening

Suz — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:28:55 +0000

Come help celebrate the opening of the new Concrete Skate Park in Steamboat Springs, CO from 10 to 3pm. Akinz will be out there giving out prizes and free schwag. Skullcandy will be representing with the crew and DJ Paul Styles. Urbane will be hosting a few contests and will have product to give away from many of their other companies as well. Parking is very limited so walking/biking and skating is encouraged!

Selling Shenanakinz at the Fort Collins Block Party

Suz — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:15:04 +0000

Old Town Square in Fort Collins was celebrating its 25th Anniversary, so the committee decided that they should Party Like it’s 1985! The party was a blast with 80′s cover bands, Coopersmith brewery beer, the Ghostbusters car and actors, and old General Lee.

Akinz was invited to come out and sell our Akinz Shenanakinz sunglasses in the crowd, so we dressed up like cigarette girls with an 80′s dress code.

Sunglasses at Night After Party Recap

Suz — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:18:45 +0000

preparation for the mayhem

I’m just now getting the recap up from the Akinz Sunglasses at Night After Party because I have been recovering up until this point. The party was April 3rd at Amante in Steamboat Springs and was tunes were provided by local djs, DJ Theory and DJ Dicon.

The party started at 9 and the early party-goers started up the dance floor by 9:30 and it didn’t stop bumping until the party ended at 2:00am. Team skiiers Josh Satterfield and Brandon Krentz, being the youngun’s they are, avoided the mayhem that was the bar and dance floor area and started up their own hacky sack game by the entrance… enticing others tipsy and sober alike to join in.

I don’t think Amante knew what was coming their way, considering they had to make 2 separate beer runs to the local liquor store and still ran out of beer before midnight. Of course, after the beer was gone, the liquor was soon to follow. By the time we decided to stop taking cover at the door around 11:45 , they had already run out of vodka, and were on to rum and whiskey. At the end of the night, they only had 2 bottles of white wine left.

Overall, there were plenty of shenanigans for stories the next day and everybody was of course wearing the new Akinz Shenanakinz sunglasses which was a lovely sight to behold. I’ve heard reports of them being spotted all over Steamboat for the past couple weeks and there were quite a few Akinz sunglasses spottings at the Copper closing weekend.

Shannon Johnson of Shayboarder.com

Josh Satterfield

Akinz owner Suzanne with team skiers Brandon Krentz and Josh Satterfield

Check out all the photos from the party in our Facebook album.

Steamboat Rail Rodeo Recap

Suz — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:25:49 +0000

A little late, but things have been busy in the Akinz world and social scene, so here goes the recap:

The setup was killer, with the first rail leading into a quarter pipe, which you had to come out of onto a box or rail on either side of the initial rail… made for some action for people watching from both sides of the event. The quarter pipe made for some excitement for the crowd and some great shots.

Final results from the Rail Rodeo:
Snowboard:
1st – Erik Van Assche
2nd – Pat Rafferty
3rd – Richie Eaton

Ski:
1st – Chappy Geer
2nd – Adrian Pougiales
3rd – Kevin Todd

Akinz team rider, Brandon Krentz was in a solid third place before finals, but just missed the podium after Round 2, taking home 5th.

The crowd was a lot of fun and there were lots of people running around in Akinz gear since we were one of the featured sponsors. Even though it was supposed to be part of the “Springalicious” event at Steamboat, the snow was dumping for most of the day, but it cleared up just in time for the rail rodeo to begin. Thanks Mother Nature.

The akinz booth in the base area

Brandon Krentz on the rail

To see more photos from the event, check out the article at Shayboarder

Steamboat Rail Rodeo

Suz — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:36:47 +0000

Come out and watch the Steamboat Rail Rodeo, which is a jam style competition sponsored by Akinz, Steamboat, Ellis Snowboards, Volkl, Marker, Urbane and RideSports.

The comp will be followed by a free concert by the Dirty Heads at the base of the mountain.

Akinz after party will be held at Amante Saturday night… stay tuned for more details

Erika does 3 rail jams in 3 days!

Suz — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:07:49 +0000

Erika sent us an email letting us know what she’s been up to and it’s been a lot! 3 rail jams in 3 days landed her 1st, 1st, and 2nd place! Erika is killing it! Watch out for her today at the Brighton comp and at the next Campus Rail Jam stop in Cali.

With the sun poking in and out of the dark ominous sky, we were due for a crazy weather day. Thursday, February 25th, The Campus Rail Jam Tour made its annual stop through the University of Utah. I got over there around 11 to register, and was happy to see some familiar faces around, everyone was stoked, and I was pumped up too.

Our heat started at 12:40 in the afternoon. I climbed up to the top drop-in, for the gap to down box. Figuring, I have hit this setup multiple times already this year, I dropped first. Landed a nice little front board, and rode away in the slush. And we were off! The snow started falling and the sky clouded over, the hail was smacking us in the face, fortunately it didn’t effect the speed too much for the take off. After 40 minutes of jamming they announced the finalists. I’m happy to say I was one of them, along with Midori, Lynn, Marley, and Kass. When finals came along, we were all in the same heat with the skiers, and the boys. This is where my competitive spirit kicks in. In the end I think the judges were looking for overall consistency, and landing tricks, which was hard to do in the slush. I walked away with 1st, Marley with 2nd, and Lynn with 3rd. Congrats Ladies! We all walked away with some awesome prizes too, after all of it, I did an interview with Fuel Tv which hopefully turned out pretty well! Thanks CRJT for the great event!

The next day I rested, and prepared for the King of the Wasatch Rail Jam at Park City Resort. Thanks to Lynn, I was able to get up there! We arrived right at 5pm for registration. After registering, we took a look at the set up. There were three options at the top; a down-flat-down rail, a down rail, and a down box, ending with a wall ride, and a log stall/jib. To say the least, we were excited, and couldn’t wait to hit the features.

After practicing once on everything, I decided to conserve my energy until the jam started. At 6pm, the event started. We had about a 45 minute jam session with everyone, before they narrowed it down to some finalists. They took the top three girls, which included, myself, Marley, and Kirby. A short intermission, and some course maintenance, gave us a chance to catch our breath and get re-vamped for finals.

We were all together again, with the boys and skiers. It was a tough finals. By the end of the night, the landings were just a little icy, which made it hard to land some things, I must have tried front blunt 270s off that down rail 10 times and landed it maybe once. I did do a 180 on hard way 180 off the down box which I was excited about, cause I have never tried that before!

At the end of the night, I walked away with 1st, Marley with 2nd, and Kirby with 3rd. We all walked away with some great prizes and a little cash! Thank you PCSB and King of the Wasatch! They did a great job hosting their very first rail jam in addition to the slopestyle, and halfpipe disciplines offered in previous years. I hope they continue to do so! Tired after another long night, I didn’t end up getting home until pretty late, and unfortunately we had to get up very early the next morning, because garrett had to be at work.

The alarm went off at 5am and it was hard to get up. We piled our stuff into the car and left the house at 6am. After dropping Garrett off at work at 6:35, I drove over to the canyons, grabbed some coffee, and hung out in the Grand Summit Hotel in one of their big comfy chairs, in front of the fireplace. When it was time to get ready my boots were nice and warm, and I was ready for another day! I walked over to Smokies Bar and Grill for registration. Dave March greeted me at registration, and I was stoked to see my friend Wiki was there too! I waited for Wiki to register, then we took off up the gondola. She is so much fun to ride with, she shreds hard with a huge smile on her face, just my style:)

We had lots of fun playing around in the park, waiting for the competition to start. We had an hour long jam session, throughout which, the girls winner would be decided, which meant, NO finals! YAY! All the girls were doing really well and pushing themselves in the upper respect terrain park. Wiki and I took a couple of laps on the lift during the competition, to conserve energy, and it definitely paid off! I’m happy to say that Wiki walked away with 1st, I walked away with 2nd, and Kiri walked away with 3rd. Congrats WIKI you rock!! It was a very fun event, the Canyons always does a great job!

Team Rider Max hosts backyard rail jam bday bash

Suz — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:33:24 +0000

Max Middlestadt talks about his upcoming rail jam comp set in his very own backyard:

For everyone who rides, you know there’s no better feeling than that first pre-season drop-in on your backyard jib. After a solid shoveling session at the local arena, the trailer is loaded up and en route to the about-to-be shredded setup. Every year around this time me and the local crew get together to enjoy those first runs of the season. To me its hard to beat having your good friends out, best tunes, and a fun setup to throw down on right at your own place, so last season i got the idea to get all my buddies out and have one big jam. With a 28′ long down flat down box, live DJ, product to give away (courtesy of Akinz, Dialogue, and United Riders) and my birthday the day after i think there is definitely potential to have a wicked night with close friends, and good tricks. Sights are set on Friday October 23, to hold the jam and things are looking up right now just hoping the weather holds out for us.

Akinz is delivering some goodies for the winners, so if you’re up in Canada… get out there.

Help Support the Akinz Team by shopping!

Suz — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:06:24 +0000

Since Akinz has announced our new team for the 09/10 winter season, they’ve come up with some big ideas, but unfortunately, Akinz is still fairly small company. So, Akinz is giving them the opportunity to grow the Team Fund… this fund will go towards travel for comps, backyard rail jams, video edits, or whatever else they come up with.

So, now is your chance to help them out! If there is an item you’ve had your eye on on the Akinz site, buy it between now and October 19th and 20% of the sale will go to their Fun/Travel/Comp Fund.

Shop http://www.shop.akinz.com now!

Get Lucky with Akinz! Free gift with purchase this week

Suz — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:25:28 +0000

Get Lucky with Akinz over the week of St. Patty’s day with a free gift with every purchase. Gifts could be anything from a koozie, to a beanie, to a t-shirt. Test your luck to see what you get.

New Beanies!

Suz — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:34:45 +0000

As the spring sluff starts to show a little early this year, we were craving something slouchy and cozy. So, here come some new slouchy beanies to fit in with the relaxed springtime vibe. Currently there are two colorways for the Verushka, a super slouchy beanie crocheted from Simply Soft yarn that feels so soft you want to cuddle it; these are sundrop and turquoise as seen below.

Keep an eye on the site for Flamingo and Grape (read hot pink and purple) to pop up soon.

We also made a bit of slouch for the boys with Pete and Repeat which are striped beanies in similar patterns.

Also making all these beanies in custom colors upon request… got an idea for the perfect beanie for you? Send it our way…

Check out our hats section to see more pictures of these new Akinz beanies.