Wrap up of FYVE & OBVIOUS launch party

Fyve Snow / Skate boards and Obvious recently held their product launch party.

Clive Dickerson from FYVE put together some words for us....

Every now and then something really cool happens in the sport. It becomes an Olympic event, a really sick DVD gets released right before the season or your bro throws down something crazy on a 20 stair hand
rail (if you're friends with Heikki Sorsa maybe).  If you weren't at the FYVE Obvious launch last Saturday 21st of Nov, you probably missed the feeling any of these might induce.

Dually launching their 2010 products FYVE and Obvious held an epic bash at Lagom bar on Brunswick Street Fitzroy.  With sponsors such as Vodka O hooking up a VIP room, poker table, burlesque dancer and beats being thrown down by DJ 360 and crew, not to mention an insane skate and snow jam held on the top level ... where the hell were you?

Firstly let's not forget the massive undertaking of actually getting two quarterpipes and a hand rail up to a third storey with no lift. Yep, I am totally serious when I tell you that this determined crew dragged them up three flights of stairs and through ... a window.

On the top level the quarter pipes were set up to create a wall ride and the rail, kindly brought all the way on loan from Buller Ski Lifts by FYVE founder Clive Dickerson, was later dragged out to amp it up and then used for the snow jam.  The set up was so ghetto and sketchy that no one actually thought the boys would pull it off, however, these boys are ALL about ghetto.  Representing FYVE (and ending up with a hook up from Obvious), skater Austin Bossak owned that wall and Dan Rennie definitely made it his bitch.

The snow jam consisted of over 27 bags of ice being brought in and crushed up to create a run in and landing.  Considering the rather small space which was packed wall to wall with people, the one foot
thrown down by Steve 'Nosey' Parsons was super tech and insane, making him the most consistent rider of the night and scoring a new sponsor, while Allie (Mt Hotham crew) lay down 270 board slides.  Marc Triffitt was styling out some smooth back lips with Cameron 'Camo' Dowling being the guinea pig and pulling off rewinds. Greg Murray had some heavy stacks but ended up being one of the solid riders in the Jam pulling tail press front side to back lips.

The sign of any good party is the fact that people are still there dancing after 3:00am, or is that just because they are too drunk to get home and are hoping if they pass out on the bean bags no one will
notice?

If you missed the hot tunes, cool chicks and most awesome skate/snow jam ever, you might want to be a bit more organised and make sure you're at the pre-season party next April.  In your diary people
'cause it's going to be even bigger!

Big shout out for the night to Charlie H from Obvious, pooling his contacts, getting the hook ups and starting the madness.