EVENTS: Shaun White Video Game Launch Party in L.A.

adamsullivan

November 13 2008
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In a desperate attempt to evade the layoffs that have been permeating our industry, I’m trying to branch out and diversify my Action Sports cred. A couple months ago, I went to some surf event and it was fun so I decided to try my hand at MTV and Ubisoft’s Shaun White Snowboarding Video Game Launch Party. I like video games, so if I got claustrophobic I could just nerd out and play games all night.

It was in a cool place in L.A. called Boulevard 3, and there were taxidermy animal heads hanging all over. I’m not sure if that was a Shaun White thing, or if the club was some big game hunting lodge by day, but it gave the place just the right amount of weird creepiness. There was a fog machine going that made my photos even shittier than usual—and they’re usually pretty bad.

There were a bunch of random B-celebrities that had to be pointed out to me. Highlights included “Some guy from The Cure,” (not Robert Smith), Tila Tequilla (whom I actually recognized. She’s hella short), and “The guy who plays a gay guy on Ugly Betty.” Anyway, it was cool. Here are some photos:
(PHOTOS: LAUREN MACHEN, ADAM SULLIVAN)

There was a line of paparazzi blasting celebrities with flashes.

I asked the ticket lady if I could sneak behind so I didn’t have to walk through that and, thank god, she said yes.

Someday someone’s gonna make an ice sculpture out of me and I’ll get to watch myself get all melty throughout the night instead of lurking in the corners like I currently do.

I’m pretty sure her job was to stand there and be absorbed in the game all night, because she was there when we got there, and there when we left. I’m also pretty sure that L.A. nights don’t call for earmuffs and sherpa lining.

This is an example of my shoddy journalism skills. “Oh, people are taking photos of them, I should too.” I’m clever enough to get the angle no one else had access to. Butt shots are the new portraits.

See?

Burton’s Janice Callado Nickloff and Shana Frahm, with Target’s Laura “X” Anderson in the middle.

Life Lesson # 234: When everyone’s in plaid, rock the minty Volcom sweater. The cute girl will snuggle up to you in the group photo.

I don’t know dick about DJ-ing and I don’t pretend to. But these guys were pretty entertaining. Also, the polar bear helped.

Transworld’s Nate Winston and Lauren “LoMac” Machen were among the handful of people I knew.

All I know is that the one on the left is Transworld sales rep Durkin Guthrie.

dancing

I love going to these things just to watch the dance floor. These chicks are probably on MTV as I write this, dry humping to the delight of teenage boys across the country. Video at the bottom.

leather pants

Leather pants? Check. Christmas-tree-ornament top? Check. I really wanted to strike up a conversation with her, but I had no idea what to say. I’m betting she was the most interesting person there.

The highlight was meeting the fucking Iron Sheik. Homey got on the mic and it went like this:

Iron Sheik: Garble garble mumble

Crowd: (goes apeshit)

Iron Sheik: Garble garble to have a good time yes????

Crowd: (double apeshit)

Not only did this MTV blogger get her coverage up way before me, she had better access and got a picture with him. Dude’s hard to miss, but I didn’t see him all night. I couldn’t get into the hip areas. He rolls “VIP,” I roll “P.”