Spacecraft threw their second annual Nightmare Before Hallloween Party in Boulder last night to a packed Foundry full of zombies, weirdos, sexy indians, bunnies, french maids, etc. Along with sponsors like Satellite, SNOWBOARD, and Ink Monster the party went off with product giveaways, best costume prizes and even a raffle for a snowmobile! All the Boulder locs were in the house rocking out to the sounds of DJ Pat A and DJ Mu$A. Check out the pics for the first batch of Halloween hilarity.it was serious    –   

why does the bunny get more girls than you. its werid i know….

There’s abstract and then there’s literal. Astronaut Sky Siljeg, was on a flight and going through a sticker pack when “bamn” he found a sticker appropriate for the situation. Oh yeah, stickers for every occasion.

Here’s a couple shots of Christain Fletcher’s son Greyson who was hanging out in Bali all last summer and was lighting up the sessions at BASE park and Julien’s backyard bowl jams on the regular. Greyson definitely inherited his dads ability to throw down some air. Kid’s got some f%#king pop! He’s also the only person I know that’s had a hedgehog crawl down his pants at 3 am on the back of a motorcycle…

ever wonder what spacecrafts secret base really looks like? so many people have been hitting us up lately we decided to release this photo of the new digs, accessible only by mtn bike or snow machine in the winter, unless  you are a sasquatch you probably will never come across this gem.

Seriously the best sale of the year! November 21st // 3-8pm // 227 9th Ave. N. Seattle // See you there.

i wanted to post this pic of a pool we skated not to long ago, it was funny how we found it, we had heard about the pool through a friend of a friend, no one really knew where it was though… so we decided to just wing it, we started of from Nathans house (hes the man in the pic) just driving with no direction functioning on intuition alone, as we went along we began to just start calling out the turns ahead of time feeling our way out to the pool, the amazing thing is after about a half hour of driving we enede up at an abandon house in a field with a spiral staircase in the yard, holy molly could this be it… so we ran through the house jumped through the no gone picture window in the back and there it was gleaming in all its glory, it was some serious voodoo how we found that place, we rode it for the next month until the house got bulldozed all together. it was awesome

The Drip Sessions are an on going effort to record and archive dripping ink in motion. The footage shown here is from HELL but more tags are soon to follow.

–click here to see vid–light drip

LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. A Throwie consists of a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together. Throw it up high and in quantity to impress your friends and city officials——click to see vid–.led throwies

i worked with one of our good friends and rabbits in colorado to create a design to wrap his brand new car. it was rad to see it all come togheter. nice car Reid!

Yo people, spread the word… Only 8 days until the presidential election and we need to vote for change. DJ Z-Trip put together an Obama Mix. It’s a whole set that’s free to download off of his website. Check out the download at http://djztrip.com/obama/

The UWB Snowboard Club & Think Thank Presents Stack Footy at the North Creek Events Center on November 7th. Doors open at 7:30 pm, tickets are $5 bucks for students and $7 for the public. Get your stoke on before the season hits, it’s just a month out.

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This weekend at Qwest Field some Astronauts and the Bunny threw down at the rail jam. Krush and Snowboy Productions put on the rail jam, while Jesse Burtner of Think Thank MC’d. All in all everybody had a good time, good crowd, and Red Bull’s kept people pumped.  

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Bellingham Board Meeting

In a not-so-rare meeting of Northwest Astronauts; Forum Pro, Jake Blauvelt was inducted into the Spacecraft Astronaut squad. The Induction process though informal, did consist of multiple oyster shooters and high-fives. Jake has been a friend to many of Spacecraft’s talented athletes for some time and joined the family with promises to spread goodwill, spray powder, and throw buckets in Bali. A recent transplant from Vermont, Jake now calls Washington State and Mt. Baker home. According to Patrick McCarthy, “ Jake is an east coast version of a Bellingham native; an amazing addition to the NW crew!” Blauvelt can be seen in Brain Farm’s “That’s it that All”, Forum’s “Forum or Against ‘em”, as well as gracing the covers of several shred mags. Look for Jake in upcoming Spacecraft all-star sticker sheets. We’re happy to call him friend. Welcome Jake. Make it happen!

The world’s first commercial wave farm went live at the end of September in Agucadoura, located off the coast of northern Portugal. Designed by Pelamis Wave Power, the farm employs three Wave Energy Converters - snakelike, semi-submerged devices that generate electricity with hydraulic rams driven by waves. This first phase of the new renewable energy farm is rated at 2.25 MW with 3 machines, and the the second phase will add an additional 25 machines to bring the capacity to 21 MW - enough to power 15,000 homes!

Each Pelamis Wave Energy Converter measure 140 meters long and 3.5 meters in diameter, so they do take up significant amount of space out in the ocean. Still, the potential from this energy source is huge - the world’s waves are estimated to generate 2 Terawatts of power. To put that in perspective, the US currently has a generating capacity of just over 1 TW.

Pelamis Wave Energy Converters are tethered to the ocean floor by cables and are pointed perpendicular to the coastline. Each device is composed of several sections connected with articulated joints. As the waves roll in past the device, each section is driven up and down, while the hydraulic rams inside resist the motion. This resistance pumps high pressure fluid through hydraulic motors, which drive electric generators, thereby producing electricity. This electricity is then transmitted via underwater cables to the mainland.

Naturally, the amount of electricity generated depends upon the power of the waves at any given time, so like wind and solar energy, the electricity generated is not on demand. It’s an exciting renewable resource however, and Portugal’s new wave farm marks an important first step towards proving the technology, creating demand, and driving down the price. Soon you might see these off your local beach, assuming the conditions are right.

Story by Bridgette Steffen

Time to get your costumes together and celebrate fall, the coming snow and Halloween. Head on down to the Foundry in Boulder, CO on October 30th for an amazingly fun time and the 2nd Annual Nightmare Before Halloween Party. There will be tons of SWAG, a photo booth and film showings of “Stack Footy” and “That’s It, That’s All.” For more information, check out the flyer. Enjoy.

The last All-Star Sticker Release Party was so much fun, we decided to have another one. This time it will be at Edge of the World in Missoula on October 25th. It’s an all afternoon, into the night event with live music, bbq, giveaways and games. Come prepared to stay and enjoy the Snowboard and sticker party from 2-10 pm. See the poster for more information.

Pat Wright set up a photo booth for the All-Star sticker sheet release party at evo. We printed an Obama background and added good friends and beer… check the link to see what happened. Thanks Pat for making this party multi dimentional.

You read the story and saw the photos, now check it out the video. A big thanks once again to evo and the crew who hosted the event. Be sure to check out evoseattle.com for more information. Thanks to Molly for the video edit.

Spacecraft Stickersheet Release Party | Seattle, wa from evo on Vimeo.