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Lakai commemorates the October release of Spike Jonze’s feature film rendition of Maurice Sendak’s classic ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ with two new shoes and a limited edition T-Shirt. You can check them out over at the Lakai website.

This Saturday, September 26th, Beachworks presents an Element Team Demo,
Signing and AM Contest in Costa Mesa, CA. A long list of riders will be on
hand including Mike V, Darrell Stanton, Chad Tim Tim, Tony Tave, Levi Brown
and many many more. The winner of the AM contest wins a free trip to skate camp next summer. Entry to the contest and event is FREE. Check out the flyer for all the info!

Fuel TV is getting ready to deliver a live HD webcast of the Vans Downtown Showdown this Saturday, September 26th from 4:30pm – 9:30pm PST. $85,000 is up for grabs on the streets of the world-renowned Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA where Girl, Toy Machine, Creature, Black Label, Sk8Mafia, Blind, Flip, Zoo York, and Foundation will be in the mix.
Perhaps one big reason to watch the skate action is that one lucky viewer is going to drive home a new Mitsubishi whip! Captain & Casey will co-anchor the webcast and the SPoT boys are doing the play-by-play live on the scene. Tune in…you might win.

It’s with heavy hearts that we inform you that Eric Stricker the editor of Transworld Skateboarding magazine has passed away today. Again, we’ve lost one of the truly great ones that stood up and rolled behind what we live for – skateboarding.
Our deepest sympathies and positive thoughts go out to his family and friends worldwide in this very difficult time of loss. Rest in Peace Eric.

Black Label, Adio Footwear, and Surfride skate shop put together a little
BBQ on Sunday September 20th to celebrate Chris Troy going pro! Burgers,
dogs, beers, and skateboarding was on the menu for Chris, his friends, and
some lucky kids at the Leucadia skate park where Chris grew up.
Click here to see the video.
Chet Childress’s part from the new Black Label video ‘God Save the Label’ is
now officially online and the entire video is available in shops now on DVD.
You can see Chet’s part over here.

It looks like Digital’s newest video, For Your Information is well on its way to being finished. The lineup includes Alex Carolino, Felipe Gustavo, Derek Fukuhara, Nick Palmquist, Fernan Turtle Origel and Andrew Pott. Peep their new teaser, right here.

Both Jack Olson (street) and Clay Kreiner (vert) came out on top at the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Finals, held in conjunction with the Dew Tour’s Toyota Challenge in Salt Lake City last weekend. With their wins, they’ve each earned spots in the Dew Tour’s PlayStation Pro in Orlando, Florida on October 15th-18th, to compete against the pros. Remember, this is how Chaz Ortiz went from flow to pro just two years ago. Congrats and good luck dudes!
Skate Park Finals
1. Jack Olson
2. Raymond Macken
3. Brendon Villanueva
4. Alex Longcamp
5. Tyson Bowerbank
6. CJ Dixon
7. Chase Webb
8. Alec Majerus
9. Ryan Thompson
10. Caedyn Curto
11. Anthony Estrada
12. Aaron Collier
Skate Vert Finals
1. Clay Kreiner
2. Dalton Dern
3. Sammy Schoonderwoerd
4. Brian Kucharski
5. Jimmy Wilkins
6. Joey Hamlisch
7. Jordan Price
8. Zane Timpson