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Wednesday 11th November

We are super excited to be teaming up with our mates from DC to host the first Asia Pacific Launch of SBTG’s Royalefam collection – Circus of Mutants. The highlight of the night will be the attendance of the man himself – SBTG (Mark Ong). One of the superhero’s of sneaker customisation, SBTG will be joining us to introduce the collection and meet and mingle with us all. SBTG will also be judging the winner of the DC x Royalefam skateboard art competition. All the entries will be on display, and the winner of the phenomenal DC prize packs and $1000 cash will be announced on the night.All this plus performances from The Sweet Mix Kids and DC personality Renee Renee – straight from California and of course delicious treats from Wagamama and thirst-quenching bevvies from TIGER beer and Monster! Not to mention the awesome goodie bags filled to the brim with treats from all our sponsors!

To get your name on the guest list RSVP to dcxroyalefam@Loadednz.com!

Party starts 7pm sharp, Wednesday 11th November at 37 Drake Street, Freemans Bay (directly behind victoria park markets)

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Here’s some photos from Rimoni of the battle on Saturday. It was a crazy day and testament to how fresh and united the AK city scene is right now. Much love to all the painters, Judges and people that turned up and stayed to the bitter end. It was a very high standard reached by all artists but in the end Askew came out in first place.

To see more photos of the day check……

http://www.tmdcrew.com/

http://www.rimoni-maloman.blogspot.com/

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 OK this week a battle many have been waiting for and history will be in the making. New Zealands top 6 writers will be battling it out to be number one. There will only be one winner only one prize and something you shouldnt miss the rulz are simple you have 10m by 5m each to preplan with 12hours to create the best the neck the netch ever wall possible, so if you are in the area come down and check the event out because its going to be off the hook. Artist in the event are ASKEW, PHAT1, BERST, HAS, STRAY, and CURVE.

We are super excited about the release of the latest consortium pack – The rod laver collection. The first four of the collection have been produced  by DQM, UNDFTD, VA and Limiteditions. Once again we are the ONLY stockists of this pack in Australasia and the sizes are super limited so start saving your pennies kids, these badboys launch on August the 18th! And stayed tuned for more exciting collabs in this pack next month…

As the signature shoe of several time world tennis champion, and still legendary George ‘Rod’ Laver, the adidas Rod Laver has been a mainstay for the brand, and now a central part of the Originals range since its 1970 launch. The key to its success? Utter simplicity. In line with court decorum and regulations of the era, the famous 3-Stripes were shorn for this shoe, and the purity of the Rod Laver set something of a standard for sneaker design – the move to pare down the corporate identity and let the silhouette do the talking is a landmark move too. Beyond favourite colour combinations like the traditional white and green, the material mix of leather and mesh kept things breathable and lightweight without compromising looks. This bare bones approach gave the shoe an ageless quality. A follow-up, wider, chunkier in the sole and with added midsole and heel branding became another icon and a worldwide Summer standard, notably deified in NYC as the timeless hot weather choice. Almost forty years after the original design’s introduction, it’s back in a tweaked form, retaining its iconic classicism for an ambitious adidas Originals Consortium project. Nine global Consortium partners, each famed for their innovative approach to retail, were given the Rod Laver to rework with their choice of colours, fabrics and more for release in extremely limited numbers at Consortium stores (more…)

Our good buddies at PUMA NZ just gave us a MASSIVE cheque to go towards our KIDS CAN fundraiser! So come on and try and match them guys! And remember every $2 donation you make gives you a chance to win one of two Loaded $100 gift vouchers! And don’t forget to watch this

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This Friday the 31st of July Scratch 22 from the legendary A.R.C from and Tourettes from Auckland will battle their fear of flying to come perform in your fair city. They will be bringing with them singer Caoimhe from the Drab Doo Riffs who is much braver and only fears sensible things like death and god. They will be performing all of Tourettes’ hits plus 22 will be show casing some of his new solo joints. Wellingtons own Tommy ill will be playing support. You’d have to be a bit stupid to miss this.

Heres the facebook event page…  http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/posted.php?id=98607057980

Tourettes “Letting Go” vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9X5enfRUVA (Latest vid featuring Lubin from ‘The Vietbam War’)

Tourettes “Lovable losers” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUMHpmJ7ETo (He hates this one but its my favourite)

Tourettes “Happy Place” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPmqCVqFX3Q (Yeah, I star in this as “Radio Host 1″)

Check them out for sure because they put on a mean show, and I’m not just saying that because Dom hooks me up with downers either. Proper head-nod house-raps quality.

ps, someone has to teach me how to use this wordpress stuff??? I cant seem to embed or link? Holla in the comments…

Saturday the 22nd of August sees the return of the mighty Fried Chicken Sound System’s DDog, Marek & Kava for another EPIC session at the San Francisco Bathhouse. Following the debauchery of the Easter shindig, and the tumultuous post Homegrown bash, everyone wants a taste of our secret herbs & spices with queues extending a far as the eye could see down Cuba street and everyone fighting for a place in line for what is being known as our capitols most infamous party.

BUT…once more the Fried Chicken Crew are BACK to satisfy your ravings! Bringing to to you Wellingtons most buckwild party experience featuring a mash of the most up-front ghetto tech, hip hop, electro, dancehall, kuduro, baile, booty bounce, house, bassline, grime and all things club related from around the globe, as well those classics you thought you’d NEVER hear again! Pair these beats up with our now legendary lazer light show and you couldnt wish for a better environment to let loose and spaz out…

This time we are also proud to have special guests on the warm up, FCSS favourites Kanuka who will be bringing in their own unique booty-hop bounce styles (and if were lucky maybe some exclusive original jams from their latest EP and studio!) and SirCut, who originally was ripping up turntable comps in Christchurch but is now an official windy city resident and a welcome addition to the Fried Chicken extended fam.

So come tear it up with us on the 22nd August @ SFBH for Wellingtons most berserk party vibes and remember, if you wake up knowing what you did the night before, you’re doing it wrong…FCSS baby!

$10 DOOR SALES FROM 11PM

Thanks to: Canadian Club/ Redbull/ Neon Sleep/ Carhartt/ WESC/ GCP/ Good As Gold

Facebook event here for info & giveaways:
http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=136150895790&view=user#/event.php?eid=136150895790

www.myspace.com/friedchickensoundsystem
increasethegrease.blogspot.com
www.kanukamusic.com
www.loadednz.com/category/marek

Big ups to Welfe at WWW.NEONSLEEP.COM who gets the pleasure of of attending the greatest hiphop concert franchise of all time tommorrow, the MIGHTY “Rock the Bells” festival. The Mecca for al things hiphop. underground, overground, they are probably performing…

PEEP THE SITE www.guerillaunion.com/rockthebells/

Headlined this year by BOTH Nas and Damien ‘JR Gong’ Marley promoting their joint album “Distant Relatives”

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG8KcM4ys7E)

Heres the line-up…

So yeah Welfe… I HOPE IT RAINS ON YO ASS!

Boo hoo, cry wank ;)