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Jake Brown took the gold medal in Skateboarding Big Air at X Games 16. It’s the second-consecutive gold medal for Brown, as the event moved from the Staples Center to the iconic L.A. Memorial Coliseum. “To win for the second year in a row with guys like Bob Burnquist and Rob Lorifice is a huge honor,” said Jake Brown. “Skating in the Coliseum was crazy ­it was like we were gladiators.” The winning run was on his second of five, where he flipped over the Big Air ramp’s gap and then stuck a 22-foot 540 out of the quarter pipe.

Skateboarding Big Air Results
1. Jake Brown
2. Bob Burnquist
3. Rob Lorifice
4. Pedro Barros
5. Adam Taylor
6. Edgard Pereira

The skate action continues today with Skateboard Park Elimination and the Vert Finals for Men, Women and the Am’s.

Yesterday, etnies.com launched a feature on new etnies and Alien Workshop pro, Tyler Bledsoe. While you’re at the etnies site, be sure to check out the ninth part of the ‘Decade of ESC’ series.

Congratulations to Etnies’ Alex Corporan and his fiancée Sheila on the birth of their baby girl, Sydney.  All the best!!!

Tony Karr’s spur of the moment trip through the Midwest is the focus of this week’s Agency Thursday over at Stereo. Tony’s travels took him from the Midwest to Washington then all the way back to LA on a free roaming summer adventure with his buddy Tom Rohrer.

One month after Syndrome Distribution announced it had added Traffic Skateboards to their line-up, the company today made it official that they have collaborated with Rob Gonzalez and Danny Montoya to welcome Boulevard Skateboards to their family of products. Gonzalez and Montoya are the original creators of the core skate brand Listen.  “We’re stoked to be involved with some hard working guys like Rob and Danny.  We’re confident that their work ethic is going to come thru in the products and image of BLVD.” –Rob Mertz – President, Syndrome.

Artists Jason Maloney and Bigfoot joined forces to create a 110-foot long by 20-foot tall spray-painted mural on the walls of Curren Caples’ training facility. Juxtapoz has the evidence.

Girl co-founder Megan Baltimore takes Transworld Business behind the scenes of one of the skateboard industry’s biggest success stories.

The new park in Astoria, New York was designed by the 5boro crew with the co-operation of the NYC Parks Department. Workers broke ground on the Skate Plaza earlier this month and the project will be completed by the end of this summer. The park is a 3 minute skate from the Astoria Blvd. stop on the “N” train and is right off the 31st Street exit off the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.

Recently unretired, skate mogul Jereme Rogers is on a new roll and continues to make moves in skateboarding. From the press release we’d received yesterday:

Hollywood Ca. July 21, 2010-Fresh out of retirement, skateboarder Jereme Rogers is back and better than ever. The pro skateboarder turned young mogul, has created an empire with his recent launch of Selfish, a new board line. Rogers has joined the SOFF team in collaboration with owner, Saint Paul, in building the brand PUSHA (Poverty Until Someone Helps Another) an apparel collection of SOFF.

Order Empire will host the first open invitational Sk8lyfe in Los Angeles. The contest that will be judged by Jereme himself, along with other pro skaters, will break new ground with the benefits provided to its competitors. Each contestant is required to submit 30 seconds of skate footage on Order Empire. Six riders will be selected for the finals and one winner will win contracts with Selfish Skateboards and PUSHA. This contest will allow Jereme to connect with both his new and old fans.

In addition, Rogers was featured in the video game “Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground”. He was also named 2006 Rookie of the year and Street skater of year. Currently, he is on his tour promoting Selfish and PUSHA, as well as working on his music career. At the ripe age of 25, Jereme Rogers is proving he is more than just your average skater, he is a brand.