Recently I got a quick time out with Bryan Owen from Astral Buoyancy. Most people don’t know about Bryan’s modeling career so I decided it would be a good idea to shed some light on it. It was great to get some relaxing time with Bryan on the river. Below are a few of his comments and some really hot photos he posed for in Astral’s new Sea Wolf PFD (available Spring 2012).
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Report by – Spencer Cooke, Effort Inc
Margie the friendly face of astral with the painting for raffle
Purpose
That’s right we are raffling off this beautiful window painting off to one lucky winner on Saturday Aug 6th. Astral is participating in a special art project to raise funds for American Whitewater (AW). AW advocates on behalf of the paddling community for the preservation and protection of whitewater resources throughout the United States. Astral is proud to support the mission of AW and the paddling community through this creative effort.
The Artist
Kris Northern, Astral’s graphic artist, has been inspired by Tibetan thangka artwork which recently appeared on the new Greenjacket LE5. Kris has decided to create a unique window painting in this same style which will be displayed prominently during the OR Show. If you are at the show please stop by both # 38140 to see the art, meet the artist, and enter the raffle.
Details
Raffle tickets are $2 each and can be purchased online as well as at the OR tradeshow in Salt Lake City July 3rd-7th. For every ticket you purchase we will write on a tradition raffle ticket and enter you into the large bowl of other tickets =)
Proceeds will be donated to AW.
The drawing will be held on Saturday at 6pm at the Astral booth # 38140.
You do not need be present to win.
If not present at raffle, the winner will be contacted by email.
Art can be picked up at the Astral booth after the show or free shipping in continental US. Additional charges will apply for international shipping.
You can enter as many times as you like!
Ever heard of the band “KAYAK“?
Well, we hadn’t either until today. Apparently these progressive rockers from the Netherlands had written a hit single about some Astral Aliens back in the day.
Rock on!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XALj6hZFcw[/youtube]
Thank god for LVM. Actually, I don’t know if God had much to do with it. We should probably be more thankful to Daniel DeLavergne, Spencer Cooke and John Grace… Either way, as much as we’d want to be out there paddling with all of our homies whenever it rains, we’re usually here at the Astral office helping our customers and coming out with new designs. Luckily, we have LVM TV to give us recent updates of days of paddling we may have missed. Check out this most recent update starring Astral Divas Robin Betz and Adriene Levknecht. Here’s the link: LVM TV
By the way, I was really digging the music on the update. It’s a band from Raleigh called “A Rooster For The Masses”. Check them out on their Myspace page
Well, I better get back to work now…
Peace,
Yonton
Shane (Benedict) and I went to see the Southern Culture on the Skids SCOTS show on Saturday night. SCOTS is one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen and I definitely make it goal to see them whenever they come through town. This time the “Gore Gore Girls” played the opening show. The Gore Gore Girls were mostly impressive in their amazingly tacky getup, which included matching guitars and amps, matching boots and incredibly short pleather/vinyl dresses. Besides, what’s not to like about a band that wrote a song about Astral, man?
Ya’ll should just check this out: AstralMan
Happy Holidays!
Yonton.
We are lucky to work with people who have an eye for art here at Astral and Jared is no exception. He methodically scans the World Wide Web is search of provocative and entertaining photography. He understands that finding the photo can be as rewarding as taking the picture in the first place….This is actually a tremendously important service to society because these are the kinds of people that make randomly searching the internet fun. To clarify the importance of Jared’s work please refer to the following example…
If one were to Google the word “Kung Pao” they would expect to get a highly entertaining image like this (thanks to people like Jared)
Here at Astral we are always looking for new outlets to get our products on the water. This past week I was approached by The Dr. Scotty Orville from Athens, GA about participating in this years RE: Generation Festival, headlined by Sound Tribe Sector Nine. The annual festival is located at The Deerfiels, a lage outdoor venue about 30 minutes east of Asheville near Mill’s River.
