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If you’re in an office and can’t sneak out to skate, settle back and check out this clip from Andrew Petillo, the rolling lensman responsible for filming the East Coast skaters in the Habitat video and heavy contributor to the Static 3 vid.
Watch Fred Gall, Al Davis, Steve Durante, Dave Caddo, Jerry Fowler, Joel Meinholz, Marius Syvanen and others pushing through the streets of New Jersey, Boston, NYC & Spain in almost ten minutes of raw footage.

Like most people in this little skateboard world of ours, I rely on a regular job to pay the bills. One of the casualties of not having an employer that understands that you want to take off for every little event, is that you tend to miss the events you really wished to attend.
This past weekend’s POP Skatepark opening in Philly was one such event. Luckily for me I had a few spare sets of eyes and cameras on site to report back.
The chargers over at Totally Skateboards posted some great over views of the layout and some skate shots by Zoli.
This park is a perfect example of D.I.Y., done right!!!

Back towards the beginning of this year, Powell-Peralta hosted the Rip the Ripper art show where fifty eight invited artists displayed their unique pieces to celebrate “The Ripper” graphic. Since countless skaters and artists have been influenced by VCJ’s image over the years, Powell-Peralta decided to do something significant that would pay respect to VCJ and get skaters stoked.
The newly release book is the culmination of passion, hard work and effort from this highly celebrated exhibit. It features the artwork that was created for The Rip the Ripper art show curated by Desiree Astorga.
Along with this collectible book, some of the remaining art pieces are available for purchase directly through SkateOne.

Long time SKATEDAILY.net supporters Brixton LTD have just released their fall line of hats and outerwear. With so many brands flooding the market and trying to grab your hard earned dollars support those that support skateboarding and it’s culture.
(Their blog is also worth a bookmark)

Element, ZJ Boardinghouse & Stoked Mentoring are proud to announce a newly
added sneak preview of Element’s newest film release, MAKE IT COUNT (The Element Story).
If you’re in the Venice area tomorrow night, stop by to catch the film and watch live music from Ray Barbee, The Growlers, Good Guys Wear Black & Revolution Mother.
Check out the flyer here.
Supper Club
625 Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, CA.
Doors open at 7:30pm
Film at 8:00pm
Live music after that…
21+ after 9pm

Citystars Skateboards Official Press Release:
Citystars proudly announces the 2nd new pro to the 2009 re up elevating Aquil
Brathwaite to the pro ranks.
Aquil has built quite a reputation for himself both on and off the board. Damn Am Awards modeled and named the new “Most Annoying” award after Mr. Brathwaite. Kareem himself adds with a laugh “Yea, Aquil reminds me of ME!”
Aquil, like Big Reem, is an elusive character and anyone with pictures or clips of
Aquil should contact citystarsskateboarding.com to enter the contest to win a
Citystars package. If you spot the nefarious character himself, usually found
anywhere between Rhode Island and Hollywood, send in a picture of Mr. Annoying to enter the photo contest. Expect to see Aquil’s pro models alongside Andrew Pott and Kareem Campbell’s at a shop near you
Keep checking citystarsskateboarding.com for more coverage and updates.

The ES Game of SKATE in NYC was shut down yesterday by the NYPD today despite having what appeared to be a valid permit for location and sound.
The ES Game of SKATE will now be held Thursday, July 30, at 2pm at
the 12th & A spot – on 12th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A
in the East Village.
Signups start at 1pm and end promptly at 2pm, so get there early if you want a spot.
Check The Game of Skate site or KCDC’s site for details.

On Monday, while most of us were wiping the weekend from our eyes
and powering up our work weeks, the SHUT team was preparing for a week
of skate camp at the Black Pearl Skate Park in the Cayman Islands.
Javier Nunez, Todd Jordan and Luis Tolentino are guest counselors
for the week and the SHUT ‘Concierge’, Michael Cohen, is playing chaperone.
The Concierge reports that Day 1 & 2 went great, with the SHUT crew helping kids, 7 years of age and up, with tips that range from dropping in, to how to properly ollie over a motorcycle just like Luis.
FuelTV will be on site tomorrow collecting the evidence for the Daily Habit.
Check in with the SHUTNYC site for all the action. If it’s not posted yet, give ‘em time, they’re on vacation.

Dwindle Distribution is pleased to announce that it has acquired Cliche skateboards. Cliche skateboards founded in 1997, based out of Lyon, France will join Dwindle’s brands effective immediately. Listen to what some of the riders of Cliche has to say about joining Dwindle.
“Cliche has sprouled wings, time to fuckin’ fly boys!”
-Andrew Brophy
” I’m so hyped on the new gig!! I don’t have to take the bumpy bus ride to pick up my package. Hopefully they’ll give me my first office with a mini bar, and no work to do.”
-Joey Brezinski
” At last the american dream becomes a cliche!”
- Lucas Puig