ALTRUISTIC

WHO SAID SCOOTERS WERE GAY

2009-05-30T16:19:00.001-07:00

Introducing In4mation

2009-05-14T15:12:00.000-07:00

We just scored, yes scored an account with In4mation Hawaii. I'm sure you guys have heard about this brand from the Hype Beast forums. These guys are nothing short of sick. Expect the brand to come in no later than mid summer.

-Ron

FIXED GEAR RIDERS

2009-05-06T22:34:00.000-07:00

We will be doing a group order for parts from EAI which means if you need a rims, hubs, cogs, cranks, saddles, basically anything. We plan on doing our first order sometime later next week. We will beat anyone's price all we ask for is a small deposit before we place the order.

To place any orders please send an email to ron.altruistic@gmail.com or send us a message on myspace.com/altruistic_shop or just click the banner at the bottom of the blog.

If you need to check out what we have an offer go to euroasiaimports.com

Online shop

2009-05-06T00:30:00.000-07:00

So we've been recently been getting calls from the people up north asking if we ship. Well we didn't up until soon haha. We finally decided to answer the peoples calls and start up a website again. Yes, this is the second one we put up the first was just a blog and you can say a test dummy for us. This second one will be a full pledge shop site where we will have our blog, gallery, info, and of course an online shop. We'll keep you guys posted with updates to when the site will officially be launched. You can check back here or follow us on twitter (twitter.com/shopaltruistic) for updates.

-Ron

p.s. We will definitely have a sale to celebrate the grand opening of the online shop for online purchases only.

Royal T cafe

2009-04-30T15:29:00.001-07:00

We decided to check out Royal-T cafe in Culver City this past Wednesday. If your down with art, food, and cute girls in maid costumes then this is the spot for you. The food is relatively cheap, good, and healthy. They also have an art gallery within the building right now they have a Kaws exhibit going. They also have a pop up shop inside where you can get Tokidoki decks, toys, and art books.

The cafe is located on
8910 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
T 310 559 6300

Here is a picture of the girls in their maid costumes:

Lions Den

2009-04-30T15:21:00.000-07:00

We had nothing better to do today after school so we decided to head over to Little Tokyo to have some ramen at Daikokuya which was nothing short of good food. A little after that we decided to pay a visit to Ray at Lions Den. Its a low key boutique in a plaza in china town. If your in the area go check them out the address is 945 Sun Mun Way Los Angeles, CA 90012 he's open 12-7.

VIDEO OF THE DAY

2009-04-30T15:09:00.001-07:00

We haven't been posting on the blog so I decided to throw a video that i liked on vimeo.

Nyle "Let The Beat Build" from Nyle on Vimeo.

RANDOM PROMO!

2009-04-11T17:01:00.002-07:00

WASSUP! SO RICHARD MA AND I ARE SUPER ADDICTED TO THIS IPHONE/ITOUCH GAME CALLED FLIGHT CONTROL. SO HERES THE DEAL THE FIRST 2 PEOPLE WHO COME IN WITH A HIGHER SCORE THAN RICHARD MA'S CURRENT HIGH SCORE WILL GET A FREE SHOP TEE OR 25% OFF ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT BAD RIGHT SO IF YOU GOT THE GAME TIME TO GET PLAYING. IF YOU DONT THEN TIME TO GRAB THE APP FOR $.99 AT THE APP STORE MY PEOPLE.

P.S. IF YOUR A HOT BABE YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO GO ON A DATE WITH THE SUPER HOT STUD RICHARD MA! JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE

P.S.S. LAST 2 DAYS TO THE SALE!!! SO COME IN AND SAVE SOME DOUGH!

HERE IS WHAT THE GAME LOOKS LIKE:

SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE

World of Dance

2009-04-08T13:20:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was World Of Dance. We went to pass out flyers and check out Bboy Born rip the floor. Got some pics of some of the brands we carry doing their thing.

KAWS AND MAN VS FOOD

2009-04-07T15:30:00.000-07:00

SO WE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT OROCHON RAMEN AFTER WATCHING MAN VS FOOD TO TRY OUT THE "SPECIAL #2". THAT SHIT IS TOO SPICY! IF YOUR INTO THAT AND YOU WANNA GET ON THE WALL OF FAME GO HANDLE IT. IT'S LOCATED IN LITTLE TOKYO. WHILE WE WE'RE THERE WE CHECKED OUT KAWS EXHIBIT AT HONOR FRASER. I KNOW WE'RE LATE BUT IT'S ALL GOOD. ENJOY THE PICTURES FOLKS.

FIRST TIME AT KOGI

2009-04-07T15:26:00.000-07:00

HERE ARE SOME PICS OF OUR FIRST TIME AT KOGI BBQ. LINE WASN'T TOO BAD AND THE FOOD WAS GOOD. WE GOT THERE KINDA EARLY SO WE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT VENICE WHILE WE WERE AT IT.

SALE

2009-04-06T12:58:00.000-07:00

Sorry!

2009-04-01T23:31:00.001-07:00

Sorry we haven't really been posting lately. We'll its just been me (Ron) who does all the posting. But basically this month we have a lot in store for everyone. First off we have a sale that's going to take place starting April 6th - April 12th. Besides that we got a couple promotions that will be taking place this month. The flyers for the sale and promos will be up by sunday. We've also been keeping people posted through twitter, this is the best and more efficient way to keep posted on what we have going on at the shop. If you have a twitter follow us our page is www.twitter.com/shopaltruistic. We also checked out a bboy battle at Cal State Long Beach which we'll have the pics up shortly. Other than that we've been doing the same old shit chillin at the shop and smoking on the sidewalk.

Lovewright Co.

2009-02-26T18:20:00.000-08:00

RON SCOOOOP

2009-02-20T15:45:00.001-08:00

My solution to that small amount of rice you cant get out of the bowl with chop sticks.
I know many of you do it already so i just took the liberty and named that shit after myself. I have turned into a vegetarian since after we filmed this video so please disregard the comment at the end.

Shepard Fairey (OBEY)

2009-02-06T12:27:00.001-08:00

HE JUST WON SOME AWARD FOR THE OBAMA HOPE PIECE THAT HE DID.

Skillz!!!

2009-02-05T13:31:00.000-08:00

Pose and Ewok x Ironlak x SuperVision. from Ironlak on Vimeo.

The 8's are here!!!

2009-01-26T14:15:00.000-08:00

The wait is over after being completely sold out of 8's for 2 weeks I picked up the order today. I woke up at 6AM just to drive 2 hours to Ocean Side and back. The drive was bullshit it fuckin rains in sunny weather out there wtf right! but yee we got the 8's so come through if you need a new set up or deck. sorry for the lag!

-Ron

I'm King!

2009-01-21T16:35:00.000-08:00

We got that new im king shipment! we also got the Im king x Tits shirt with this shipment, the shirt is ill! Will have pictures as soon as i get a new usb cord for my camera people sorry.

Also, just a reminder we still have that sale going on until the 25th of this month.

New shoes!

2009-01-18T23:33:00.000-08:00

We have Piets and Gibson SB's at the shop in a 10.5 and we also have De La Low SB's in a size 7. Will have pictures up soon if i can find my usb cord. But they are already up on display at the shop!

-Ron

Edit on the flyer!!!!

2009-01-18T23:30:00.000-08:00

we have a small typo concerning our hours for the sale.

we will be open during regular business hours which are:

mon-sat
11:30-7
sun 12-5

sorry for the fuck up

-Ron

IRAK...the only way to get your graff shit!

2009-01-18T23:11:00.000-08:00

earsnot from THE FEAR on Vimeo.

first seen on hypebeast.com

Altruistic's economic stimulation plan!

2009-01-18T18:56:00.000-08:00

As we all know this upcoming Tuesday is the Presidential Inauguration. With all this talk about how bad our economy is, and how we need an economic stimulus plan, we at altruistic came up with an idea. So, we're gonna celebrate CHANGE with a sale! Not just any sale, a FATTY SALE!

BLOODBATH SWEATERS!

2009-01-09T15:23:00.000-08:00

COMING SOON TO ALTRUISTIC LIKE TOMORROW SOON HAHA

GATE KEEPER $50

MOSAIC $50

SHOE CONSIGNMENT WHAAT

2009-01-09T12:36:00.000-08:00

So this past weekend we decided to do consignment. So far we got 15 pairs of pretty dope kicks for CHEAP! But check out the list either on myspace or on here.

AIR JORDAN 1

SIZE 9 $182 DEAD STOCK

AIR JORDAN 1

SIZE 9 $165 DEAD STOCK

AIR JORDAN 1 B.M.P.

SIZE 9.5 $275 DEAD STOCK (SOLD AS A SET)

DUNK LOW SB

SIZE 9 $138 DEAD STOCK
SIZE 9.5 $154 DEAD STOCK

DUNK MID SB

SIZE 9 $88 VNDS

DUNK HIGH SB

SIZE 9.5 $165 DEAD STOCK

DUNK HIGH SB

SIZE 9.5 $253 DEAD STOCK

DUNK MID SB

SIZE 9.5 $187 DEAD STOCK PAIRED WITH MATCHING HAT
SIZE 7 1/4

"81" BLAZER SB

SIZE 9 $143 DEAD STOCK
SIZE 10 $132 DEAD STOCK

CLASSIC SB

SIZE 9 $132 DEAD STOCK

CLASSIC SB

SIZE 9 $138 DEAD STOCK

P.ROD SB

SIZE 9.5 $120 DEAD STOCK

UNDEFEATED VANS SK8 HI

SIZE 9 $148 DEAD STOCK

UNDEFEATED VANS SK8 HI

SIZE 5 MEN
SIZE 6.5 WOMEN $121 DEAD STOCK

PLUS WE HAVE SOME NEW SHIPMENTS

A lil something to inspire!

2008-12-02T23:08:00.000-08:00

Now go skate!

YO!

2008-12-02T21:22:00.000-08:00

Belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. First off I want to say thanks to those of you who came out during our black friday sale. Because you guys came through you all insured us another 2 months of being open haha. O and shout out to our new myspace friend Missy hahah. She kept me sane on a boring sunday at the shop!

I know we were supposed to post the BloodBath pics but we lost them. Plus we havent blogged in a quick minute. So here is the low down, we got some new shit up our sleeves for you guys. You know we strive to bring you the sickest shit so we're working on pickin up some new brands. On a side note we got the new Ek5obition shit in today so come check that out and promise we'll have pics up tomorrow. No lag this time haha.

But on a personal note I fuckin finally got my tripod so look out for some photography up on the blog and the myspace. Also, the rest of the crew finally got their bikes and we're working on them so you'll see us riding around the city unless we're hittin up those hills on our cruisers. Other than that we haven't really been doing much just the same old bullshit ps2, myspace, and working hard to better the shop.

till the next!
-Ron

What?!?!

2008-11-21T17:54:00.000-08:00

Our boy Newnee rockin' our shop shirt and xlarge hat at a show. They got shows at least once a month and Newnee actually has an upcoming show this month on November 30th. If you got time come and support an upcoming hip hop star yee!

BLACK FRIDAY SALE!

2008-11-18T23:10:00.000-08:00

Hey wassup! As promised this is the flyer for this years Black Friday sale. The sale will be from Nov. 28th till the 30th. We'll be staying open later for that friday and saturday for your shopping convenience. As the flyer will tell you EVERYTHING in the store is on sale. So I hope to see you there bright and early after your best buy camp out cause thats where you'll find us before we open up haha.

Go on myspace to see the full image. I had to make it smaller for the blog.

-Ron

Something to keep you amused...

2008-11-18T23:06:00.000-08:00

Got it from a bulletin from a myspace friend enjoy:

Sorry!

2008-11-18T17:44:00.000-08:00

Hey guys sorry we've been really busy this week trying to set up an art show, getting a mixtape put together, and planning the black friday sale. A lot of shit happened this week from new shipments and what not so lets recap. First off we just got the BloodBath shipment this week as well as the new RAD shipment. Check back in the following days for pictures of our very own sexy Richard Ma rockin' the new shirts. That guy just ups the ante of the shirts, trust! On a much lighter note we checked out the "Darkness Falls Forever" exhibit by Hannah Stouffer. Her art is on another level and I'm not exaggerating. The exhibit is showing at the Foreign Family's Five Five Four Gallery in L.A. until December 10th. The address is 554 S. Western Ave. L.A. 90020. Other than that we've been on youtube a lot which leads to the video I'm about to leave you. So, if you ever see this guy on the street remember before you race that he's driving the fastest car in the history of forever!

Black Friday Sale!

2008-11-18T17:24:00.000-08:00

Hey guys we're currently working on our black friday sale flyers for next week. Check back tomorrow for the flyer it should be up! We are also looking for anyone who is interested with helping us out by passing out flyers for us. Just shoot us a message on myspace or hit us up with an email at altruistic.info@gmail.com

BloodBath Coming Soon!!!

2008-11-08T15:22:00.000-08:00

This Friday BloodBath came by and showed us the new line. This line will be introduced at the shop with the four shirts we believed to be their stronger pieces. With that being said they do offer other designs that may be more to your taste so please check out the BloodBath website. The shirts are on the higher end street wear spectrum without the over the top prices. The shirts are nothing short of buttery softness with meaningful/clever designs. The collection should arrive in the next 2 weeks. Check back for any updates on the arrival. Now its time for the shirts to speak for themselves.

The shirts:

- Staff

Audrey Kawasaki Gallery

2008-11-08T14:59:00.000-08:00

Last night some friends and I went out to Santa Monica to check out the Audrey Kawasaki Gallery. The art was nothing short of amazing! After the gallery we went to some bike event next door. That shit was intense, these guys rode their bikes from L.A. to N.Y. and back. I know we're a skate shop but, props to these guys for that insane ride. We ended the night at a Gelato shop somewhere in L.A. The food was good and was the perfect ending to a fun night out with friends.

The pictures:

Altruistic Mixtape!? Hmmm maybe!?

2008-11-08T14:29:00.000-08:00

Hey wassup guys! Haven't been able to blog lately since I was sick for most of last week. But lets re-cap, some friends came by to discuss a possibility of us making a mixtape with DJ Teddy Bomber and DJ Loo-$ from Moonshinerz/Runnerz. If you've been to Arena then you know these 2 DJ's pretty well.

Heres a couple pics of the 2:

So that's that.

-Ron

P.S. Well keep you posted on the updates!

Who washes their car on a rainy day?

2008-11-01T17:54:00.000-07:00

Shit we do! Chris aka model guy stopped by after a drive by under a tree. Well anyways he came to the shop with his car looking fucked up! So, our bored asses decided to rinse it off with our favorite yellow bucket (we like it cause it's yellow, duh). fuck this i suck at blogging; i'll let the pictures tell the story or just make your own story up =].

-Ron

Altruistic love the kids!

2008-11-01T14:31:00.000-07:00

So last weekend Torrance Street Fair asked for a free donation to

raffle out at the Sunday fair. So we donated our signature shop deck.

Well today the winner rolled through to get it gripped. We snagged

a photo of the winner holding up his fresh new Altruistic deck.

-Ron

Congrats on the deck DJ!

first blog 4 of 4

2008-11-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

Part 4.

IM-KING

Well these guys were with us since the very beginning as in they were one of the brands willing to open us last year. We came a long way since then and so have they as a whole. This past Thursday Richard, Jaypee, and I went to pick up our order. While we were chillin' Freddy, the cut n sew guy for IM KING, came looking for Marcus to taser his ass but, instead we decided to have some fun. So, check out the gear, check out Peter owning on Starcraft, and check out Freddy owning Richard.

The shirts:

Click on image to enlarge.

There's a good pic with Richard's face as he got owned haha.

Freddy owning Richard:

Enjoy.

-Ron

First blog 3 of 4

2008-10-31T23:53:00.000-07:00

Part 3.

SHWA

Alright, so next up we got SHWA. This brand is one of our newer pick ups. The brand itself is young, young as in its new and the guy who runs it is 18. Although the brand is young they are not to be taken lightly they pack innovative artful designs with quality. Khiem (the owner) came in today and personally dropped of our order (thanks bro) and even modeled the collection for us to post on here for you lovely viewers out there. We got some pics of him kicking it waiting for traffic to chill and rockin' his gear.

-Ron

The shirts:

Click on image to enlarge.

First blog 2 of 4

2008-10-31T23:35:00.000-07:00

Part 2.

Acrylick

We got the new Acrylick stuff on Wednesday which surprised us since we usually go to the office and pick up but, its all good saved me time and gas by getting it delivered. It came with 5 shirts and 1 sweater. The shirts are on point with quality and graphics as to be expected from Acrylick. The crew neck (not shown pic will be up soon, promise) is made out of some soft ass shit no joke shit is like BUTTER! It was so soft Ed aka the model didn't take it off and bought it on the spot. So, this seasons pieces look quite promising on so many levels so, if your an Acrylick fan I suggest not to sleep Ed sure didn't.

-Ron

The shirts:

Click on image to enlarge.

First blog 1 of 4

2008-10-31T22:48:00.000-07:00

To celebrate the first post of our "blog" we decided to post about all our new shipments in the order we got them. First up is from the guys from Hacienda Heights, L&O. We have a slide show of the shirts we did pick up so, check the shirts out and leave us some feedback.

-Ron

The shirts:

Click on image to enlarge.