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Yup, Beach and Beasley are now skating for Nike SB. Check out their welcome video over on their website.

Part 5 of the Anthony Papparlardo story is up for your viewing pleasure over at Epicly Later’d. Anthony talks about his decision to leave Lakai and skate for Converse, he even gives you a personal tour of his woodcrafting shop. Looks like Pop’s has been taking some woodworking courses with Bob Vila.

For all you Transworld video fans, Jon Holland and Chris Ray just released a teaser for their new video, “Right Foot Forward.” With full parts from Corey Duffel, Bobby Worrest, Joey Brezinski, Kellen James and Matt Beach, this line up insures one hell of a video. Roll over to the Transworld site and get a little taste of what this video has to offer, it’s scheduled to drop this summer.

The Illustrated History Of Skateboarding Footwear
by J. Blumlein, D. Schmid and D. Vogel
Let me start by saying this: Made For Skate is the best shoe history book of all time. Period. And yes, I’m including the dozens of other ’sneaker head’ books that are on the market. None of the multiple basketball-focused shoe books are as detailed as this essential volume on everything skate shoe related.
And I do mean EVERYTHING. The book is broken up into chapters that include Roots (early skate shoes in the 60’s – Vans wasn’t the official first by the way), The Eighties, The Nineties and The New Century to name a few. The attention to detail in each of these sections is unreal. I thought I was pretty well versed in skate shoe history and yet there are entire brands I had never heard of. Of course, the milestone shoes you know and love get the deluxe treatment with photos of the shoes, new and used, multiple magazine ads and in-depth written histories. To name a few from that department: the Converse All-Star, Airwalk Prototype, Etnies Natas and Sal 23s and the dreaded Osiris D3s. What’s even more amazing is that even the most obscure shoes include super rare photos and ads as well. Remember Alva’s own shoe band? Neither do I, but there they are…with multiple mag ads and an action shot. Amazing. It’s also important to note that the book is up to date. Really up to date,the new Cons line is in here as are the Gravis skate line.
There are also some really great stories bundled with the shoe profiles…why did all of the Bones Brigade all sport Air Jordans in Chin? Who was the first pro to be offered his own signature skate shoe only to turn it down? Where did the name Lakai come from? What’s the deal behind the Consolidated Dunk fiasco? It’s all in here.
There are hundreds of skateboard-focused books at this point, but very few capture the rich history and culture of skating in just the right way. Next to my copy of Sean Cliver’s Disposable and the Indy Built To Grind book, I’ll slide in my copy of Made To Skate. It’s that good.
And here’s an added bonus. The Made For Skate website has much of the book available to view. If you’ve read this far you need to head over to the site now and get clicking. It also includes fantastic image sets from the various gallery openings in Europe. So good. And yes, you need to buy the book anyway. This is serious history people.
- Chris

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Our own Bryce Kanights snags Club Mumble Member Interview #2 at the fore mentioned website. BK talks about his upcoming photo show at the Department (tomorrow night), shooting skateboarding for 25 years, dealing with a-holes, video games and favorite books and brands. Click and read on…

It’s that time of year again. The seventh Girl Open House and the third Girl Park Invitational skate contest. Some serious stunts from these kids. Watch the video for bangers and results. And more from the Open House is promised…stay tuned.

With Rune’s recent departure from the Etnies team, it seems like he’s found himself a new home over at Converse. With Anthony Papparlardo, Ethan Fowler, Sammy Baca, Nick Trapasso and Raymond Molinar things are really looking solid over at Converse.

That’s correct, Kareem Campbell has brought back City Stars, the board brand that brought us Paul Rodriguez and Spanky. This time the line up includes Andrew Pott, Aquil Brathwaite and of course, Kareem. Head over to Push Distribution to get the lowdown.

In case you missed the piece on ABC’s Nightline last night click and watch why “The real estate foreclosure crisis has created a skate boarder’s dream.” We still find it strange that mainstream news is so interested in Fresno pool skating. And leave it to network television to somehow link backyard pool skating to the X Games mega-ramp (?!) but ABC does it…and even manage to show that Jake Brown footage yet again.

Red Bull Skateboarding has posted a small insightful interview with Colin Kennedy regarding the Tangram commercials he made for Matix. Read on and have a look and the clips.