Birthday Bill

That’s right kids, its Uncle Bill’s Big Birthday Bash at Elite OC. For this great occasion, we commissioned TheSweetCakery.com to custom bake and design a treat just for Uncle Bill. Here’s what we ended up getting.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Themed Cake.

Uncle Bill was very encouraged with his cake.

Time to blow out the candles.

Close up shots of the cake for “Wild Bill.”

Everything you see is edible except the toothpick used for the flag and of course the silver base of the cake. If Uncle Bill wanted, he could snack on that bat and ball later tonight. The cake was chocolate with chocolate frosting.

We’d like to thank TheSweetCakery.com for producing a wonderful cake for Uncle Bill.

Elite Wrist Band-For Therapy

Just yesterday I ended up straining my forearm, I think they call it Tennis Elbow. Well lucky for me, I happen to have an Elite Wrist Band that I placed over the affected area and viola!

The Elite Wrist Band helps relieve painful elbow symptoms by applying the right amount of pressure over the tendons and soft tissue. The faster you heal, the quicker you are back in the game. So make sure you get a few of Elite Wrist Bands, one to wipe sweat away and the other to help your tennis elbow heal.

Elite OC, the possibilities are endless!

After seeing what the girls did with theirRoller Derby Night, I wanted to see if I could benefit from the large amount of space we have in the Elite OC Warehouse. With the help of World’s Favorite Uncle, (Uncle Bill) I wanted to see if I could get 3 feet of air.

We used a pallet and some totes that are normally for storing Elite Dry Fits. Once the ramp was made, Uncle Bill laid right next to the take off. Based on his expression, I think he’s done this before and considers my jump a non-event.

Take off was good air time was great and landing was fantastic.Lucky for me, I have good brakes! I nearly crashed into the newly built wall.

Like I said, the possibilities at Elite OC are endless! Where else can you watch girls punch each other while roller skating and see death defying bicycle stunts while testing out softball bats in our batting cage…only at Elite OC!

The New Derby Girls

With all the new space we have in the warehouse, we decided to host a Derby Girl Night. It’s basically Roller Derby and since Leslie is a retired Professional Derby Girl, she called up her old squad and hosted our first ever Elite Roller Derby DooDah! This was an exciting time for us so much so that Lupe, Kim and Elly wanted to give this derby stuff a try. But before they could start skating and bruising their opponents, each of the Derby Girls took on a new moniker.

Lots of Pain Lupe, Kick-Ass-Kim and Leg Breaker-Leslie.

Elly took the name “Lone Wolf” due to her unpredictable bruising style. She’s no one to trifle with. In fact, she’s willing to take out her own team mates just to hurt someone.

So there you have it, our first Roller Derby Night at Elite OC. After you’re done watching, make sure you check out our huge selection of bats and other Elite Products. Elite OC is the only Elite store where you can test out bats and watch girls punch each other out! See you soon!

Week Day Office Update

Well its Tuesday and it certainly is a beautiful day here in Sunny SoCal. I wanted to post some photos from today around the Elite OC Offic. It’s actually a quiet day as far as walk in traffic is concerned.

This is my office whom I share with Leslie and Pat (new hire). Neither of them are in the photo because they’re making bacon covered Twinkies. See that yellow filing cabinet, his name is Gerard. I named him that because he looks like a Gerard, but he could pass off as a Burt.

I now take you to the warehouse in which we are remodeling. Rumor has it, Mr. Elite is going to turn it into a Roller Derby Rink….can’t wait!

Look at all this room. I bet I can do jumps in here with my bike….hmmm, the possibilities!

Last but not least, the guy that we call Uncle Bill. Did you know that Uncle Bill almost got a Felony, 3 times, but he was never convicted. It’s also been said that Uncle Bill is quite the ladies man, so much so that he has 32 children and 75 grand children and 6 great grand children.

With that being said, I bid you a good night. Until we meet again!

Support your local business

One of the growing debates that happen on the world wide web is the notion to support your local retailer. Reason being, when you buy from a local dealer, it helps the general economy and keeps jobs in the city. But the other side of the argument would say “the Internet has better prices.”

So here’s my take on this whole thing. Buy local if you can, if not buy from the Internet. You see, Elite is a local business, kinda just depends on what part of the country you’re in. Here in California, we have several locations, we also have one in Texas, North Carolina and New York. What people don’t understand is that, when an order is placed on either of our sites, it goes back to support the local core business. If a guy in Wyoming wants to order pants, hat and a bag, that order goes to support our California and Northa Carolina operations. What you may not understand; all of our apparel is designed and hand assembled in Southern California. So that means if Jimmy from New York gets an order for a dozen full sub shirts, that helps support our NY store and our California production center.

Besides our Internet pricing is pretty much identical to our in store prices. At least with Elite, you can’t really go wrong by ordering onsite or online. The money we make goes right back into the company that helps employ people like me, our Graphics Team, Administration, Production and Retail Operations. With that in mind, we’d like to thank you for supporting Elite through out the years and it has been our pleasure to serve you.

Elite Easter Sale going on Now!

Took some pictures from the sale which ends on Saturday 4/23/2011.

More photos found on the Elite Sports Blog

What’s in a team name?

A while back I wrote an article talking about Team Names. If you haven’t figured it out, having a good team name means so much more than sounding funny or cool. A team name represents who you and your team mates are. So when picking a team name make sure you do it right and not blow it by naming yourselves something lame. Here’s a guideline on what NOT to do when naming your team.

1. No female body parts.
“Cleavage, Chi Chi’s and Snatch” Really dude? C’mon…really? What are you 12?

2. Stay away from vulgarity. Have you ever heard of a little league or professional team called the “F-ing Dodgers”…no.

3. Refrain from calling yourselves some sort of race/ethnic group. Unless all of your team mates are all Asians, the name “Asian Persuasion” may not fly.

Just in case you’re wondering why I’m making such a big stink about this, well I’m doing it for your own good. Think about it for a second. Let’s say your team is competitive in D’s. You now want to travel play in tournaments throughout the country. In order for you to do that, you’ll need to approach a possible sponsor. Does this sound professional at all? “Hi there, I’m from Team Nice (slang for female body part), would you be interested in sponsoring us?”

No its not professional nor is it classy. No one will take you seriously if your team name is stupid. You might as well call yourselves, Team Stupid. Besides, would your kid, or wife be proud to say, “My husband plays softball for Team Boobies.” Anyhow, choose your team names wisely, you’ll thank me for it.

Elite Easter Week Sale

Charlie Sheen is Out. Gary Busey is In!

Not sure if you’ve been paying attention, but the magic behind Charlie Sheen has worn off. Even his live show that sold out in minutes have been getting some bad reviews. In fact people are trying to get rid of their tickets by selling them cheap or giving them away for free.

Now that the Sheen is gone, who’s going to replace him? Well the obvious answer is Gary Busey! His popularity surged once again when he appeared on the latest Celebrity Apprentice. To be honest, not sure how he did on the show, but he’s still pretty cool if you ask me. So in honor of Gary Busey, I’ve created an Elite Dry Fit Shirt in honor of this great man.