All of the May Nike SB shoes are now in the shop. Of special note is the Stefan Janoski model, in the boat shoe tradition. This one will not be on sale until the worldwide release date next week but you can reserve a pair for yourself today. All others are available now! Phone orders are accepted! Call 760-942-UNIV.

The long-awaited mayhem that is the Loser Machine Co. will launch at UNIV April 28th! Loser is equal parts motorcycle, badass and irreverence, combined with the class of an old Easy Riders magazine and brought to you by skateboarding legend Adrian Lopez. Come and get yours at UNIV!

Total bro and surf media star extraordinaire Chris Cote aka C-Bot hooked us up and wore his UNIV shirt on the latest installment of Cote’s Cube. The show can be seen on Transworld Surf’s website here. The show is a real journalistic gem and has won countless awards worldwide.

The Australian culture kings Monster Children came by UNIV today. Their magazine is great and will launch full-scale in the US by next year. We can’t wait. MC crew is on the right, the smirking guy on the left is Justin from Raen Optics.

Proverb The Poet is a new member of the UNIV family. At 18 years old he is already a skilled MC, B-boy and an intelligent mind. He’s moving to New York City in a couple months and you WILL be hearing a lot about this fella very soon. Check out more from him here.

UNIV proudly presents Yacht Rock by C-Bot at the Saloon April 29th. It promises to be a night of fun, shenanigans and general debauchery. Every time we do an event with C-Bot they are great, he knows how to turn up the heat.

We’ve just received all of the summer 2009 Crooks & Castles t-shirts now at UNIV. Come on down this weekend and get one or several for yourself.

Tiny Tim was a family friend and used to come over for birthdays and holidays. He really could sing and play ukelele!

We were out-and-about yesterday and cruised over to Bob Burnquist’s for his backyard jam session. Geoff Rowley was there and messing about on the roll-in bump on his Lance Mountain re-issue Flip board.

With all of the hot weather lately, we’ve taken to the sea and been messing around with our lunch trays. Surfline decided to do a story on it. Check it out here.