Five years ago the city of Portland, Maine tore down its only skatepark to make room for college dorms with the promise to relocate the park within a year. Fast forward to 2010, after raising some capital, the city and skaters finally had a plan, the ‘M’ design. The excitement of the plan was short lived. There was no further progress with the ‘M’ design, no ground breaking and no return phone calls from the city with regards to the issue. The city finally responded with a new plan and a modified design. A design that would cut the square footage of the park from 20,000 sq ft to 8,000 sq ft, yet still cost about the same amount of money.
Maine Skateboarding.com has set up a Facebook page as a forum to express the concerns of the skaters to the city of Portland and hope to return the ‘M’ Design to the planning board and provide a state of the art park for the skateboarders of Maine, the East Coast and the world. Voice your opinion.
Earlier this month DVS and Diamond Supply Co. joined forces to create a licensing deal for a new line called Diamond Footwear. Podium’s Tim Gavin sat down with Transworld Business to discuss more about the line, the partnership, and what to expect to from the new product.
Stay High 149, a pioneer of the New York graffiti movement during the early seventies, will be at the Shut Skates Shop in New York tomorrow for a special book signing.
The highly creative Love & Guts art show rolled through New York City to a packed house at The Red Bull Space in SoHo in early June. This particular exhibition entitled “Eyes Wide Open”, which paid tribute to skating’s fallen friends and soldiers, included artwork and photography from Pat Ngoho, Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Steve Olson, Chad Muska, Armando Roura, Don Pendleton, Giovanni Reda, Ivory and Shelter Serra, and Dennis McNett. High fives all around!
Deluxe has released the 2nd strike catalogs for Thunder, Krooked and Anti Hero. Thunder’s 2nd strike features new pro trucks from Peter Ramondetta, Chris Cole, and Pete Eldridge, plus a sneak peak at Ramondetta’s newest ad and a video with Kyle Walker. Krooked’s catalog updates include the new 3D team boards, metro zingers, and new one offs from Dan Drehobl, Bobby Worrest, and a special guest board for Rob Welsh. Rounding out the Deluxe trifecta is the new Anti Hero 2nd strike with the complete alive series, and a new Gerwer Alien one-off deck.
The A/V department at Stereo has been somewhat busy over the past few months brainstorming ideas for the commercials for the Battle at the Berrics 3. In case you missed it, you can check out Raymond Molinar’s contribution at the Stereo site now.
Nike and Anti Hero each have collaborations with NJ Skateshop that will be available on Saturday, July 3rd at the retailer’s three New Jersey locations. Sixty decks and shirts that were produced for Anti Hero’s first-ever deck collaboration, as well as Nike’s NJ X USA Nike Dunk High, will be ready to go out the doors.
Syndrome Distribution has announced that it has added Traffic Skateboards to its family of brands. Founded and owned by Philadelphia’s Ricky Oyola, Traffic will maintain their East Coast roots while joining to expand distribution channels throughout the world.
Please join éS and Atiba Jefferson this Thursday, July 1st, to celebrate 15 YearéS of PhotoéS by Atiba Jefferson. Celebrate the with collaboration shoe and the release of Atiba’s first book, a history of 15 years of photos and working with éS. The public is welcome, so come enjoy the book, photos, brews and music supplied by The Blackouts. It all happens from 7pm until 10pm at Los Angeles’ Space 15 Twenty located at 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Also, be sure to check out the kick-off of The éS Game of SKATE earlier in the day from noon until 4pm in Venice Beach, that includes the Friends of Atiba éS Game of Skate to celebrate the launch of the éS x Atiba Jefferson Collaboration Shoe and 15 YearéS of PhotoéS by Atiba Jefferson book. In the Friends of Atiba éS Game of Skate, skateboard industry veterans and pros will compete against each other for the right to challenge Atiba Jefferson in the final for a $1,000 prize purse and huge bragging rights.
Spotted on a Los Angeles sidewalk, an apparent homeless man rests up with his bags and skateboard (Early Powell-Peralta Caballero snubnose?) waiting on his next roll through the streets. Indeed, skateboarders and the skateboards that they ride come in all shapes and sizes.
Five years ago the city of Portland, Maine tore down its only skatepark to make room for college dorms with the promise to relocate the park within a year. Fast forward to 2010, after raising some capital, the city and skaters finally had a plan, the ‘M’ design. The excitement of the plan was short lived. There was no further progress with the ‘M’ design, no ground breaking and no return phone calls from the city with regards to the issue. The city finally responded with a new plan and a modified design. A design that would cut the square footage of the park from 20,000 sq ft to 8,000 sq ft, yet still cost about the same amount of money.
