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Love him or hate him, Ryan Sheckler put down the most tricks to win Thrasher’s “Bust or Bail” extravaganza today. Results are below. Check the Thrasher website for video hits and a recap in the coming days.
1. Ryan Sheckler
2. Andrew Reynolds
3. Andrew Langi
Doubles
1. David Gravette and Justin Figueroa

Keith “K Dub” Williams his friends from the Hood Games have spent the last ten months deconstructing ramps, moving and building Oakland, California’s skatepark “Town Park.” They still have a long way to go and need a lot of help and funding. So they’re hosting a benefit show on Thursday, September 4th from 6-9pm at the Air Lounge in downtown Oakland. This is a chance for all skaters to join the movement, make a contribution, and say that they had something to do with making this dream a reality for the skaters of Oakland and greater Bay Area.

If you find yourself looking for some solid online content over this long holiday weekend, be sure to check out many of the varied interviews over at the UK’s Crossfire. The latest Q&A session features Creature’s all-a-round rookie pro David Gravette.

Check out a quick 35 seconds of Christian Hosoi shredding the bowl at the LA Supreme store. Sounds by Agent Orange.

Check out almost 10 minutes of Erik Ellington answering a TON of questions as submitted by skaters (for Active Mail Order and asked by Neckface) and some skate warehouse footage thrown in for good measure.

Two skate-related events take place in SF following Thrasher’s upcoming “Bust or Bail” carcass toss this Saturday. DLXSF is hosting a premiere of the Fallen’s Ride The Sky video at the shop located at 1831 Market at Guerrero. The screen will light up around 7pm. Later that evening, Hubba has secured Schmitty’s favorite party joint to deliver an after party and award ceremony with 2 Live Crew on the scene. Whoop!

This Friday from 7- 10pm Cal’s Pharmacy in Portland, Oregon will be host to an art exhibition featuring the work of Jai Tanju. Check out the flyer here and get details at the shop’s skatepark site, Dept. Of Skateboarding.

This crazy-ass commercial starring Mtv star and Element skater Bam Margera has been floating around the interweb in a viral frenzy. Oddly enough the product he’s pushing is a strange pint container that could contain a variety of beverages. If you are so inclined we’re pretty sure you’ll have to travel to Finland to pick one up. We’re guessing he’ll manage to get a ‘heartagram’ on there somehow.

Point your mouse over to artsprojekt.com and check out Andy’s Howell’s new art driven online community and gallery.
Or in his own words “ARTSPROJEKT is a curated platform that empowers emerging and establish artists and brands to connect, collaborate, and showcase original art, designs and ideas with fans and consumers.”
Skate related artists include Shepard Fairey, Jim Phillips, Steve Caballero and many others. Learn more at the site’s blog or check out the official press release.

From the looks of Mike Vallely’s recent visit to Mexico City, either he’s got a popular TV show going on down there or this is visual evidence of some next level shit, further proving that skateboarding has truly reached the globalization phase. Yup, 120,000 of ‘em on the scene to witness professional skateboarding from one man.