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Make sure to pay a visit to the Lakai site and checkout Guy Mariano’s new commerical for his new shoe the Face Melters. Lakai has posted their new holiday 09 product as well.

As we begin posting events scheduled for September, it becomes apparent that we are turning the corner on another summer. For some skaters, that means more than just the sun setting on their sessions earlier in the day, it means back to school. No three words signify the end of something as great as two and a half months of vacation like “Back To School”. VANS Skateparks will try to make this transition a little easier by putting up $800 in prizes to the winners of each of their September Shred Street Contests on Saturday, September 19th at the parks in Orange, CA and Orlando, FL. Check out the VANS events page for more details.

One great thing about being on tour is getting to see and experience new places, skate spots and cultures. But the real fun doesn’t begin until the first guy falls asleep. Check out this clip from the éS site and see why Josh Matthews may be a bit wary of napping in the tour van in the future.

By all accounts, Toad and Salmon’s 5th annual Chili Bowl Cook Off blew the roof off of San Francisco’s Potrero del Sol Skatepark yesterday afternoon with some spicy recipes and a good look at the emerging new generation of all-terrain rippers. Vying for a piece of the action in the Men’s Open finals, 7 qualifying heats of hungry bowl busters mixed it up in front a throng of over 600+ lurkers who came out to experience the madness and endure SF’s simmering summer weather. Only the strong survived and the rest was history.
Look for photos and in-depth coverage at Thrasher and beyond soon.
Final Results
Open
1. Brad McLane
2. Tyler Martin
3. Josh Mattson
4. Jerry Gurney
5. Tyler Mumma
6. Mikey Curtis
Groms
1. Cory Juneau
2. Ty Hjortland
3. Ronnie Sandoval
Ladies
1. Lexi Barclay
2. Jen O’Brien
3. Vanessa Torres
Chili
1. Jane Ireland – “A Firey Death In Cheats-n-Eats”
2. David Andrade – “Sweet Heat”
3. Brett Howard – “Stow-away Chili”

We don’t normally embed YouTube videos into our news frame, but this morning we’ve made a bit of an exception. Have a look at the unique Parkour infused stunts of the Mile High ninja, William Spencer featuring his part from The Denver Shop’s In Color video. And to those already hatin’ – lighten up fellas, it’s Sunday funday.

Slap Magazine has posted part two of “Snowblind in South America”, featuring the 5 Boro crew and hitchhikers, along with Justin Strubing and Jack Sabback. Check out 20 pages of pics, videos and audio commentary by Joe Brook.

Black Label’s very own loud mouth, Chris Troy has been assigned the professional duty to shut up and skate from this point forward. Yup, he’s been welcomed to the pro ranks with his first-ever signature deck, available now at finer skateshops everywhere. Feast your eyes on his breakthrough part in God Save The Label and you’ll understand why he is amongst the best of them and getting paid to kill it.

It’s official. Flip’s Extremely Sorry world premiere is set to show on September 16th, 2009 in Orange County, CA at a venue to be determined shortly. Regional premieres are being planned across the US with an international world tour of Extremely Sorry video premieres to follow. DVD copies will be available for sale shortly after the premieres. Details for the premiere tour schedule to follow soon…
In the meantime, check the Extremely Sorry webpage for video trailers and details about the unique and exclusive soundtrack.