Friday May 18, 2007 : 03:34 PM
Ridin’ Wild in the Northwest
Go Skateboarding Day is just over a month away and the Emerica crew has their sights set on the road and an itinerary locked down for their annual “Wild Ride” tour. The crew’s hogs and shred sleds will begin to roll from Portland, Oregon and continue down to San Francisco for a Wild in the Streets skatefest on the 4th of July.
Check the schedule and don’t forget to enter the Emerica+Harley Davidson Wild Ride Sweepstakes for a chance to win an all expenses paid trip to join the crew.
Posted by bk
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Thursday May 17, 2007 : 01:54 PM
Girl-Tour Site
Check out the recently launched girl-tour.nl site for some great footage of a ‘We’re OK, EurOK’ demo that went down last week as well as a nice film on an Art Dump opening in Amsterdam. They’ve also got some solid photos so poke around and enjoy…
(Link found over at Bend Press)
Posted by Chris
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Thursday May 17, 2007 : 08:48 AM
Something in the Bloodline
Take a peek at this week’s episode of VSB.TV’s “Epicly Later’d” where Alex Olson is featured with his friends and peers at Girl Distribution. Not that he’s directly ever sought after it, and he’s not there yet, but this young gun is poised to be the first-ever to attain a piece of his father’s footsteps as a professional skater.
Part 2 drops tomorrow.
Posted by bk
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Thursday May 17, 2007 : 07:55 AM
EA Skate Website Launched
The long awaited skateboarding video game from EA, “Skate” has just launched their official website. To see the full list of skaters involved, check out the “pro.files” section. They’ve some photos, videos and a favs. list for each skater featured in the game. Pretty solid content for a video game site…
Posted by Chris
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Wednesday May 16, 2007 : 10:15 AM
New Kickflip World Record Set
It’s official. A new Kickflip Challenge World Record was set at Oneway Boardshop in Ventura, CA last Saturday, May 12th with 284 consecutive flatground kickflips!
Carlos Ramos, a 17 year old kickflip master of Santa Maria, CA stepped up and beat the previous record of 283, by one kickflip. In fact, he didn’t even try 285. Once he hit 284 he stopped and said, “That should hold up for a while.”
Head over to Krux’s official Kickflip Challenge website to view the entire 2007 nationwide schedule of upcoming kickflip challenges and related info.
Posted by bk
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Wednesday May 16, 2007 : 07:32 AM
Manning Up for Manny Mania
Red Bull’s Manny Mania event is set to invade the Venice beach area this Saturday, May 19th. This manny pad set up will be put to the test with a professional showdown of two wheeled trickery. The total prize purse is $30,000.
The skaters invited thus far include: Kenny Anderson, Zered Bassett, Chico Brenes, Joey Brezinski, Daniel Castillo, Enrique Lorenzo, Florentin Marfaing, Danny Montoya, Chris Roberts, Jay “SAD” Stephens, Malcolm Watson, and Rob Welsh. What?!! Where’s Daewon?
Nonetheless, if you feel like sitting at your computer instead of standing in the heat at the beach, you can catch the action via live webcast over at 411VM from 11am-4pm.
Posted by bk
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Wednesday May 16, 2007 : 07:10 AM
Drehobl Moves to San Diego
Don’t believe the headline. It will never happen. However, Corpsey has been enlisted as the second of four new team riders to join the Sun Diego team.
Posted by bk
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Tuesday May 15, 2007 : 08:33 AM
P-Rod, Pastras Team Up On Soda Bottle?
The always extreme soft drink Mountain Dew have announced that they will be releasing ‘limited-edition’ aluminum bottles featuring work by various artists and designers. One of the first bottles to hit the shelves is a collaboration between Dew sponsored skater Paul Rodriguez and artist/skater/sound agent Chris Pastras.
It also seems there will be some sort of launch event happening in LA with Rodriguez and Pastras on board. Drink it up people.
Posted by Chris
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Monday May 14, 2007 : 01:33 PM
International Olympic Committee To Consider ‘Youth Olympic Games’
It seems that even the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is becoming aware that the traditional Olympics aren’t cutting it. According to this article, the IOC is now considering a Youth Olympic Games to begin in the year 2010. What does that mean exactly?
“The YOG would not be a mini-Games, but rather an Olympic series targeted to 14-18-year-olds including the adaptation of different sports that are more relevant to the audience. The format of the YOG includes a Summer and Winter Game series every four years with an anticipated number of athlete participants in the first Summer Games at 3,000 and another 1,000 for the first Winter Games.”
So look out X-Games, the Olympics could be the next to try to cash in. Oh, and here is the list of ‘likely’ events by 2010: “skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle rolling, martial arts, Motocross, urban freestyle parkour, speed climbing, krumping?”
It’s great to see skateboarding given the respect it deserves. Right up there next to extreme walking, toy sneakers and some sort of modern clown breakdancing? Hey, IOC…stick to gymnastics and curling.
Posted by Chris
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Sunday May 13, 2007 : 11:54 AM
Pro-Tec Pool Party Results
Yesterday’s 3rd annual Pro Tec Pool Party was another afternoon packed with numerous heated skate jams for the media, masters, mens and womens divisions. Since last nights finals, the lights have dimmed and the energy has cooled, but the vivid memories will last for a lifetime. Here are the top five finishers in each category.
Media
1. Garret Shigenaka - SK8Session.com
2. Brian Fick - freelance
3. Scott Taylor - Skateboarder Magazine
4. Jim Murphy - Juice Magazine
5. Buddy Carr - ConcreteWave
Women
1. Carabeth Burnside
2. Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins
3. Mimi Knoop
4. Julie Kindstrand
5. Jodi McDonald
Masters
1. Chris Miller
2. Lance Mountain
3. Steve Caballero
4. Duane Peters
5. Steve Alba
Pro Men
1. Rune Glifberg
2. Bucky Lasek
3. Omar Hassan
4. Bob Burnquist
5. Benji Galloway
For a complete run-down, roll right on over here.
Posted by bk
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