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WEDNESDAY AT THE WAREHOUSE
Sneak peak of some color ways for Spring. The dogs of IM. Don’t be fooled, the one in the lower left corner is pure evil… Busy week getting all the new gear printed and shipped out.
PRODUCT FEATURE | MOLINAR CHINO PANT
Straight leg fit with 16″ leg opening, 32″ inseam, and 10″ rise. Signature “RM” branded antique brass button and labeling. IM leather patch on the back and woven label details.
IM PHOTO CONTEST
mperial Motion is a lifestyle brand based in Tacoma WA. Our brand is centered around the ideal, Never Established…Always Evolving.
WEDNESDAYS AT THE WAREHOUSE
We took a little break, but we are back with some fresh photos of the recent happenings at the IM warehouse. Below are photos from our annual trip to Mt Baker for the Legendary Banked Slalom and photos from screen printing last week.
Raymond x Weekend Buzz Interview
Raymond and Danny Garcia sat down with Rob Brink to shoot the shit and talk of Ray’s new signature pant in stores this month!
wampum x soho
Stopped by the new Wampum Skateshop in New York’s SOHO area yesterday.. the shop is clean and filled with all the latest Imperial goods.. be sure to stop in and check the place out! Wampum NY 5 Cleveland Place New York, NY 10012
IM x Dave Yearwood x Swell
Check out the latest IM ad featuring Dave Yearwood inside the new Swell catalog. All the photos in the ad are from Yearwood’s trip to El Salvador with photographer, Benton Sampson. Look for all the new trunks to be available online soon.
IMPERIAL MOTION NOW ON PINTEREST
Check out The Underachievers over on Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/imperialmotion
AMAZING ISN’T ENOUGH
Neon Forest and R02 Present – Amazing Isn’t Enough. Featuring work from Brandon McLean, Clark Goolsby, and Rocky Grimes. Opening reception February 11th 2012.
Raymond x Cons tour Germany and Italy
Loading the player … // Raymond went to Germany and Italy with the Cons guys! check out the sick spots! via Thrasher
Raymond x Imperial @ Agenda
Raymond sporting a new IM corduroy at Agenda Tradeshow in Long beach… coming soon to finer skateshops near you!
Flow Rider: Paul DeOliveira x Mia Edit
Long Time ripper and Miami Local, Paul DeOliveira just put out this edit from South Beach, check it out and MIA Skateshop!
SPRING PREVIEW: FAIR GAME WALKSHORT
Vertical striped walkshort with with contrast back pockets, Antique brass button, coin pocket, and woven label details. Rise: 12″ Inseam: 8″
instaGRAB: JOEY PEPPER
Here are some more of Joey Peppers in Vietnam, via Instagram. To follow Joey on instagram, search “joeypepp”. To follow IM, search “imperialmotion”
SPRING PREVIEW: THE RUFUS POCKET TEE
The Rufus Pocket tee is back in a new colorway for this upcoming Spring.
JOEY PEPPER OFF TO VIETNAM
Joey Pepper celebrated a birthday yesterday and took off for a trip to Vietnam to ride cross country on motorcycles with the Skateboarder Magazine crew. Here are some photos from his intagram. Happy Birthday, Joey!
SPRING 12 PREVIEW: LISTEN BOARDSHORTS
This pair of trunks features an 18″ Outseam, coin pocket at the front, back pocket, mesh liner, and our signature Tight and Right fit.
THE BREAKLITES: STYLE MUSIC VIDEO
Check out the latest music video from the Breaklites…
SP12 PREVIEW: ANCHOR BOARDSHORTS
It might not seem like it right now, but spring is getting closer and closer. Starting today we will be posting a new product on the blog each day to give you a taste of what to expect from the Underachievers this year. Here is The Anchor Boardshort with an 18″ outseam striped drawstring, coin [...]
BEST SPINNER ALIVE
Bernie Boehm just locked down some new Guiness World Records for spinning a basketball the longest. Peep the footage…the dudes a beast.
RAYMOND AND STEREO FAM
Check out this quick edit of Raymond and the Stereo family cruising around LA on the Stereo Vinyl Cruisers…looks like fun!
100k with RAY
Raymond was able to take it onto the snow yesterday, here he gets some pointers from Kenny Anderson!
THE BREAKLITES TOUR
The Breaklites have been on tour recently. Check out some pics of our boy John McRae rocking IM. http://www.thebreaklites.com/
ZUMIEZ 100K DAY 1
We are in Keystone Colorado for the next couple days attending the Zumiez 100k party. Stay tuned for more photos.
JOEY PEPPER – SKATEBOARDER MAG
Joey Pepper just got a shot in the latest issue of Skateboarder Magazine.
ARRIVED AT AGENDA
We arrived in Long Beach today and got the booth set up at the Agenda Trade show. Looking forward to a good couple days.
IM ON BIG BANG THEORY
We were stoked to see the “Phases” t-shirt on CBS’s, The Big Bang Theory being worn by Leonard, played by Johnny Galecki.
TRADE SHOWS
This January we will be attending the following trade shows: Agenda – Long Beach – January 5th & 6th, 2012 – Booth #F9 Surf Expo – Orlando – January 12th – 14th, 2012 – Booth #2979 To make an appointment to view our Fall 2012 collection please email stv.goetz@gmail.com.
IM | SPRING PREVIEW
Here is a small preview of what you can expect to see next month from The Underachievers…
IM OFFICIALLY WELCOMES RAYMOND MOLINAR
We couldn’t be more stoked to officially welcome Photographer, Skateboarder and music enthusiast Raymond Molinar to IM with this short in Los Angeles. Be on the lookout for Raymond’s signature pants dropping next month.
IM ON TERRIERS
If you ever tuned into the show, Terries, on FX you may have seen this IM stencil pop up in the pilot episode for a second or two. The show aired back in 2010…we just got wind of it. Turns out it’s a pretty cool show…too bad a second season didn’t get made.
THE PERM ADDRESS
Believe it!
STEVE PERDUE BOMBS HILLS
Check out Steve Perdue has a couple cameo’s in the new Spitfire video ad. Not to be confused, Perdue only rides Swine! check out PIG Wheesl x Toebock çollaboration coming soon!
TRANSWORLD BUSINESS | IM SPRING 2012 LOOKBOOK
We shared our Spring 2012 lookbook, hot off the press, with the crew over at TransWorld Business. Check it out HERE All the shots are from Dave Yearwood and photographer Benton Sampson’s trip to El Salvador. Huge thanks to those guys for pulling this off after a water housing flood and external hard drive lapse!
DAVE YEARWOOD | HOLIDAY SPIRIT
Just got a text of Dave enjoying himself at a Christmas party in his custom IM holiday sweater! What do you think, should this be in the next IM collection?
MATUSE SAMPLE SALE
If you’re in the San Diego area swing by the Matuse warehouse for some killer deals. Rumor has there will be some 1/2 off deals on some select styles.
All City Showdown Premier Info
get ready for another wild winter night in Seattle! All City Showdown #6 !
JOEY PEPPER – OFF THE BOARD
Check out Joey Pepper getting crafty in this episode of TWS, “Off the Board”. If you didn’t already know, Joey is a skilled word worker and recently had a show featuring some of his work, check it here Off The Board: Joey Pepper – Click here for this week’s top video clips
RAYMONDS PHOTO UPDATES
Raymond just updated his blog with some new polaroids from his recent stay in Puerto Vallarta, give it a look here
GREETINGS FROM MAKANA
Makana just sent us this shot of him on 50 pound Vintage Bing noserider at one of kauai’s secret spot’s. Here’s another shot from a local magazine supporting Flowater, a company promoting the lesser use of plastic waters bottle’s in hawaii. Sounds like a good cause to us!
MOVEMBER FINAL UPDATES
Here are our final updates from our IM Movember team. You can still donate to our team here to support Movember. We will be donating our final amount from all the t-shirt sales shortly. Thank you to all the individuals and retailers that have bought them! You can still also buy t-shirts online here
Joey Pepper x Transworld’s “My Ride”
Joey stopped by the TWS Park with the HUF guys and talked about his current setup..
