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HOW TO KICKFLIP TAILSLIDE w/ RAYMOND
Raymond Molinar stopped by the TWS Park and made one of the toughest ledge tricks look like a thing of beauty—he’s got a knack for that. Check out kickflip frontside tailslides, broken down and explained by Raymond.
Flow FIles: Greg Knight
Greg Knight is from Colorado, but has been ripping the streets of Virgina as of late, here he floats one over a bump to bar. watch his most recent video part here
Joey & Curtis Rapp Autobahn clip
Joey has a couple tricks in this lil snippet with his good pal Curtis Rapp, Enjoy!
PRODUCT FEATURE | LIBERTY CREWNECK
The Liberty Crewneck is a 100% Cotton double faced slub crewneck with contrast cuffs, collar, pocket, and waistband. Shop the Liberty Crewneck online HERE.
TW SURF GETS A FACELIFT
Go get your hands on a copy of the new Transworld Surf Magazine and check out their brand new redesign…nice work guys! While your at it, scope the new IM ad with Dave Yearwood too!
INSTAGRAM PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
The winner this week was J.Hobbs with this picture of him throwing one back. Congrats man! J.Hobbs just won an IM beanie and new sticker pack: To enter next week, just take pictures of IM stickers or anyone wearing Imperial Motion gear and upload them to Instagram with the hashtag #ImperialMotion, or you can also [...]
PICKWICK IN TACOMA
Live From The Basement – Pickwick from Sound on the Sound on Vimeo. Come watch Pickwick, the Maldives, and Pealygatemusic play Tacoma
WEDNESDAY AT THE WAREHOUSE
As you can see, we’ve kept busy this week. Lunch room essential. We’re a wolf pack over here at IM. Check out the detail on the button for one of our upcoming Winter jackets. Stress reliever. Theres a lot of common courtesy around the warehouse.
PRODUCT FEATURE | HIGH WIND BOARDSHORT
The High Wind Boardshort is 100% Polyester with our signature tight and right perfect fit, side zipper pocket, scalloped edge with contrast trim, UV gel printed drawstrings for a secure hold, and has a 19″ out seam. Now avail online at SWELL
INSTAGRAM PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
@jerlizotte was the winner this week with his photo featuring an IM die cut. Congrats! @jerlizotte just won some new stickers and a limited edition screen printed poster by Adam Jackson: Some of the other submissions we got this week, keep ‘em coming. We’ll be doing this contest every week, so if you want a shot [...]
RA SCION | BEG x BORROW x STEAL
Ra Scion is back with this new 3 song EP release, Beg x Borrow x Steal! Check out the 3 part video below and browse www.rascion.com to download the new tracks. Stay tuned for some ltd BEG x BORROW x STEAL merch.
WEDNESDAY AT THE WAREHOUSE
Heres a preview of the new “Trust No One” t-shirt for Spring. Shipping out Campaign Packs. Send back your hang tags to get yours. The IM expose unit We are stoked to be a part of the Giver program by Dave Yearwood. Stay tuned for details… Here’s a preview of the Joey Pepper signature pant [...]
PRODUCT FEATURE | RUFUS BOARD SHORT
The Rufus Boardshort is 100% Polyester and features an all over sublimation print. It comes with our signature Tight & Right perfect fitting waistband and a full mesh lining. 20″ out seam. Now available at Zumiez
INSTAGRAM PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
We had a lot of good entries, but it was @Gregmay84 who was the winner this week, featuring a picture of a throwback IM sticker. Congrats man! Here’s the IM Prize pack that @Gregmay84 just won: Check out some of the other submissions from this past week. We’ll be doing this contest every week, so [...]
Raymond surface’s in FOAM Magazine
In the Latest issue of FOAM Magazine , “Model Mayhem: Abby Brothers” a photo of Ray in his Imperial Signature line, can be seen… the entire mag has plenty of pretty pics well worth a glance should you find yourself at a finer bookstore/newstand.
SHOUT OUT | LANDO
Shout out to our homie Lando who’s been helping out around the warehouse the last few weeks. Check out this song he recently recorded…dude can spit!
Raymond x Benny x Off The Grid
Raymond and Benny fairfax go “off the Grid” on TheBerrics Peep the new colorway in Raymonds Signature pant coming out this summer!
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.
