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The guys over at ESPN recently sat down with one of the smoothest skaters around, Mark Appleyard. Mark gives you a glimpse into his day to day life and also talks about his part in the soon to be released “Extremely Sorry” video. He even shares some traveling stories about his many journeys with Ali Boulala, so roll on over to ESPN and check out this piece.

Did you know that Foundation skateboards has recently re-designed and relaunched its website? Well if not, now you do so get on over there and have a look around at their recurrent updates, team profiles, goods, giveaways, and video clips.

Real Skateboards has launched the second installment to the first issue of its online Manifest document with insightful interviews and brilliant Gabe Morford images to feature team riders Jake Donnelly, Chima Ferguson, JT Aultz and Max Shaaf. Can it get any better? Oh yeah it can! Get ready for more in-depth sickness with Ernie Torres, James Hardy and Dennis Busenitz on March 2nd followed up with pieces on Justin Brock, Damian Bravo, Keith Hufnagel and Nick Dompierre on March 6th. They’re definitely keeping it Real.

SPoT’s Tampa Pro is just around the corner and Fuel TV has announced their sweepstakes for all expenses paid trip for two to check out the action loud and live. For those US residents and skaters 14 years of age or over, all you a have to do is complete the entry form and think good thoughts for a chance to be selected.
If for some reason you don’t get to make your way out to Tampa, you can always watch Fuel TV’s live HD webcast on Sunday, March 22nd.

The creative minds at Volcom have recently launched their own online video portal as StoneYour.tv where web nerds and skate jocks can watch original programming that includes episodes of shows such as In The Park, The Volcom House Show, Magnus Randell’s Inquisition, Leftovers Again?, Turtle Neck. and much, much more. Get to viewing…fully downloadable and podtastic!

Patrick O’Dell, the filmer and photographer behind the widely popular VBS Epicly Later’d series gets a dose of his own medicine over at Slap with his own profile. Jerry Hsu and Kevin Long throw out the questions between reviewing clips from the show. As an added bonus, there is also a great teaser for the upcoming 3/12 Guy Mariano episode.

Thrasher mag has dropped all-new Sponsor Me and Classics video features on their site. Check in with Tampa’s Dylan Perry and some OG Hell Ride footage of Cards and Holmes at the Widow Maker. Next stop Burnside. Tune in every Tuesday and Wednesday for updated action from the past and present.

Our SD Top 3 has had a link to the behind-the-scenes footage for the past 48 hours. However, Ty Evans has informed us that the clips for the Feel The Bubbles project with Bob Burnquist at the expansive San Jose Skatepark is just a taste of the edited and finalized footage about to drop on Monday, March 2nd.
Just how much will this execution and production at the hands and creative eyes of Mr. Evans expand on this Balloon Bowl footage that crawled all over the web several years ago? We’ll just have to wait and see.

Take a trip with Darren Navarrette, Seth McCallum, Al Partanen, Sam Hitz and special guests Sammy Baca and Emmanuel Guzman as they travel through and terrorize South America. For those of you who can’t wait until the video drops later this fall, click right here for a little Creature fix.

By now you’ve seen the ‘viral video’ of Dyrdek and the burger chain’s Happy Star logo…but the marketing doesn’t end there. He’s also set to release a line of plastic cups that highlight his new feature film, line of toys (Wild Grinders!) and his new line of shoes.
Carl’s Jr has also thrown some cash into the new La Fayette Skate Park in Los Angeles. Which is set to open today complete with TV cameras and free burgers. It’s great that new parks are opening, but using skateboarding to sell fast food to kids is always hard to swallow.