Soldiers Brand Pays a Visit to the Playboy Mansion

Soldiers Brand Reigns Supreme: from Xgames to Xrated. 

As the week of nightly debauchery and decadence, paired with the daytime mantra of 'do work' came to a close, the whirlwind that swept over Los Angeles, known as Summer XGames, was finally drifting out of sight.  Though xgames officially ended sunday after Rally Car, for those of us hardened souls, and seasoned veterans of nightlife, just as the festivities began in true Hollywood fashion on the infamous Sunset Strip with a blowout party at the KeyClub, 120 hours later the Games, and all that comes with this the greatest showcase in the Action Sports World, would end right where they started: on the sidewalk in front of the KeyClub at 9039 Sunset Blvd.  

Thus XGames 14 would not really end until Steel Panther (formerly MetalSkool) played the last notes of Paradise City and demoralized the last drunken chick who showed her after-market silicone parts on stage.  When this inevitably happened, and the doors to the club slammed shut marking the end to this great adventure for most, we were left with 1 question unanswered: who really, truly was the overall champion, reigning supreme at the end of the weeklong games? With xgames being a literal who's who of the action sports industry, and the most talented athletes in the world surrounding you, how does one determine the grand champion?  Easy.  When you get invited to come and spend tuesday morning after x-games, on your way out of town, at the PLAYBOY MANSION, then in my book, you just won!

This might have something to do with the fact that Andy Maness, my wife Shasta, and I (crosby) of Soldiers Brand, Inc. a new outerwear and apparel company from south lake tahoe, ca, were the only one's to receive such an invitation to set foot on the hallowed grounds at 10236______ rd (they said  i can't use the real address).  They could have invited anyone they wanted in the entire action sports world, and they chose us!  Obviously we must be doin' something right to earn this distinction.  So here I am to I announce to the world that we did it, Soldiers Brand was at the PLAYBOY MANSION!!!! 

the 2nd most famous front lawn in america

imagine what u get when you drive this car.

yeah there are actually 3 beds in the grotto, and no my wife was having any of my pleas.

kickin' it in hef's personal game room at a blackjack table that is as old as he is, and a rug that is from the beginning of time

Heather says 'what up' to one of the spider monkeys in what is basically a zoo that surrounds the house

recognize this name?

the proof is in the pictures on the wall...the benefits of having a private gym

andy and heather blocking my picture of heather's white monster truck

i think that says 'crosby, come back whenever you want.'

skate superpark pics

check 'em out, let us know what you think.
notice rune glifberg's 1 footed mctwist with no helmet, no pads, that
is hardcore-period.

All Wheel Peel: XGames Rally Car Final

It took 21 minutes to get from Altadena to the Home Depot Center and apparently thats some type of record. Having never been to or driven in the greater Los Angeles area I was given the keys to the Maxima and told go fast or go home. Upon entering the venue I proceeded to the Fuji Heavy Industries tent to see what kind of goodies they were supplying to the masses. To my dismay there was nothing left to be had but bad fake tattoos, strike one. We quickly snagged some bottles of augua off a table and headed for the main event and after being herded like cattle through a metal walkway we found ourselves viewing an epic display of all wheel drive superiority. The first thing we saw was a Mitsubishi Lancer flipping end over end after shorting the jump...apparently they didn't get the memo that 43 mph is not enough to clear it, has to be 46. Dave Mirra BMX pro and shit reality Tv show host drove a broken whip to get to the semi finals but crashed after shooting to far to the right. Ken Block and Travis Pastrana were to face off but a compelete electrical failure in Block's car at the starting line ruined that epic battle. Pastrana faced Tanner Foust once again in the final round but this year emerged victorious. There was an abundance of gorgeous blondes, smashed up Imprezas, and lil homies stoked on eyes full of dust and the roaring thunder of catless exhuasts. If you aren't interested in rally car you really should be and if you don't chew Big Red then f@$k you! We'll be back at Summer X next year and every year that it continues to happen as long as rally car is an event and Subaru continues to dominate. Oh and to the Xtreme Employee who threatended to have me arrested, spitting on a Emo band poster is not a crime, its my civic duty.

Soldiers on Sunset: An epic L.A. story

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So heres a few that should get you started on your daily diet of thousands upon thousands of words. Normally I would type a novel for you to read most likely with very interesting story progression. You know some story structure with a protagonist. Oh there I go rambling, best just let the pictures do the talking on this epic battle of Soldiers vs. The City of Angels(angels meaning 65% of the country's most useless human beings) CAN'T WAIT TO MOVE HERE! Anyway I thought I'd have a nice lil progressive timeline of photos and I'll be trying to post every single day to keep ya'll informed of what we're up to. Most likely its gonna be NO good.

We Beat L.A. here. It was sweet. Unfortuneatly I forgot my rollerblades so I
perform my Liu Kang quadback tuck 1440.














Rob ran into some early morning trouble. What a thing to witness. Yeah Crunchy Bob!


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