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Altamont has delivered the latest installment of their “Cut From A Different Cloth…” video series, featuring a peek into the vagabond life of Slash.

French Fred and Reda face off over on the Crail Couch. International relations will never be the same.

Zoo York has joined forces with Morning Breath, a creative studio in Brooklyn, NY to release a series of boards that were inspired by the unique characters found throughout New York City and the classic Hell’s Kitchen/Times Square peepshows of the ’70s & ’80’s.

There was an amazing post at the DLX website yesterday that deserves special attention. When the Real Autism Speaks Demo rolled through North Carolina last year, it was the inspiration for the organization called Concrete Cures, which uses skateboarding as an outlet for children with autism. Please take sometime and read through the links.

Skaters on the East Coast are mourning the loss of Cedar Crest Country Club legend Greg Ashley, who passed away Sunday. Greg was the King of “Skatecamp”, and opened up his home to many visiting notables and pros including Blender, Lopes, Gator, Simpson, T-Mag, etc. Greg was a contributor to Lapper Mag, a prolific silk screener, and all around great guy. He will be missed.

The Gravis team is gearing up for a six-city tour in February to celebrate and promote the release of Arto Saari’s new shoes, the Arto and Arto Lx. On board for this jet-set juggernaut along with Arto are: Dylan Rieder, Jake Johnson, Sam Winter, and Steve Forstner.
Catch up with them at these tour stops:
February 16th – Minneapolis, MN – 7pm – at Familia Skate shop
February 18th – Chicago, IL – 4pm – at Uprise Skate shop
February 20th – Raleigh, NC – TBD – at Vertical Urge
February 22nd – Brooklyn, NY – 4pm – at KCDC
February 23rd – New York, NY – TBD – at Special Sauce & Autumn
February 25th – Montreal, QC – TBD – at Underworld Skate Shop
Follow their Twitter dealio for all tour updates and be sure to check out this footage of Arto, Steve Forstner and Javier Mendizibal too.

Another skate brand Green Issue is making a concentrated effort to directly assist those in need in the earthquake ravaged zones of Haiti. 100% of the profits will go directly to the cause. Shop and support.

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The 2009 Cuban Skate Mission (It wasn’t really called that) has been well documented. While in Cuba, Zoo York pro, Zered Bassett shot photos throughout the entire visit. Last Saturday, in New Jersey, there was a showing of those pictures as well as a bowl session, sponsored by Red Bull. The seemingly omnipresent Chris Nieratko was on hand for both events and turned in this report for ESPN.

Short Notice: Skaters in the greater Portland area are encouraged to show up for public meeting tonight, Wednesday, January 27th regarding the impending development plans to the neighborhood adjacent to Burnside skatepark. Failure to show up will indicate that we’re not interested and our collective voice will be unheard as the area around the park is under redevelopment. Be there.
524 E Burnside, 7th floor of Bside6
Doors open at 5pm