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This just in from Los Angeles, here are Men’s Street Results: 1. Chris Cole 2. Greg Lutzka 3. Jereme Rogers 4. Ryan Sheckler 5. Tommy Sandoval 6. Paul Rodriguez 7. Mark Appleyard 8. Eric Koston 9. Andrew Reynolds 10. Nick Dompierre. Check out the numbers here. It looks like you can catch this on TV on Sunday…details here.
Posted by ChrisBy now you’ve seen the footage of Jake Brown’s heavy, heavy fall on the MegaRamp at X Games 13 yesterday. After a fifty foot fall Jake has contusions in his liver and lungs…but no broken bones or major injuries. Amazing. Jake is still in the hospital for evaluation but doing great. We wish him the best. As far as results: Bob took first, Jake took second and PLG took third.
UPDATE: It’s not everyday that the New York Times has ‘day after’ coverage on a skateboarding event. It’s happened with the ole’ Mega Ramp.
Posted by ChrisWe ran across San Diego based Curiculum Mag via the Deluxe website…and we’re glad we did. You can browse so many articles in this online magazine. They got a great JT Aultz interview, a solid piece on skating San Diego, quality photos and even book and food reviews. Nice to see someone taking the internet format seriously. Enjoy and remember to scroll to your right.
Posted by ChrisJoin host Aaron Eisenberg and Skateboarders’ Paradise this Thursday, August 2nd, at 8pm (PST) for the latest news and music from the wide world of skateboarding. Aaron’s special guest will be one of skateboarding’s most influential and legendary skateboarders, Chad Muska.
Dial in 89.5 FM in the greater Sacramento area, 105.1 FM Truckee/Tahoe, and streaming live anywhere in the world at www.kvmr.org.
Posted by bkThis NY Times article sheds some information that you might not want to hear if you plan on visiting, skating, photographing and filming in the streets of Manhattan. Spotters, decoys, and Ninja tactics might have to come into effect if these rules are strictly enforced.
Posted by bkSlap magazine’s very own Joe Brook came up $10K large (and fell off the wagon) following his win during the annual photography competition in Rotterdam, Holland this past weekend. Have a look at some behind-the-scenes footy of his shoots in the land of moats and wooden shoes.
Posted by bkThis past weekend the skate friendly city of Vancouver, Canada played host to this year’s World Freestyle Skateboard Championships. Like slalom, this once lost art seems to be growing in popularity and old pros and new young (guns?) traveled from regions of Germany, Sweden, Brazil and the USA just to be there. The contest took place in Robson Square located at the University of British Columbia.
Final Results
Masters
1st Gary Holl (USA)
2nd Lyle Chippaway (Canada)
3rd Mike McGaughey (Canada)
Am
1. Maxe Jeblick (Germany)
2. Christian Opperman (USA)
3. Jon Bunn (USA)
Pro
1. Kevin Harris (Canada)
2. Lillis (Sweden)
3. Per Kangaru (Brazil)
360s
1. Gary Holl - 47 1/2
2. Kevin Harris - 46
Hey, where were Steve Rocco, Rodney Mullen, Per Welinder, Don Brown, Pierre Andre Senizergues, Primo Desiderio, Jean-Marc Vaisette, Ray Meyer, Reggie Barnes, Jeremy Fox and Ian Deacon?
It’s time to rise and shine boys.
Posted by bkSome random dudes at Turf skateboards have just launched their first stab at a new website. Have a look right here, right now.
Posted by bkThe Vans World Championship of Skateboarding in Rotterdam, Holland has come to a close. Over the weekend Arto and Rune held it down amongst some of the world’s top pros and ams to deliver a “one, two” punch for the Flip crew.
Read more at the official event site.
Final Results
Street
1. Arto Saari (FIN)
2. Ondrej Leskoviansky (SLO)
3. Dominik Dietrich (AUT)
4. Axel Cruysberghs (BEL)
5. David Gonzalez (COL)
6. Chris Pfanner, (SPA)
7. David Loy (USA)
8. Anthony Schultz (USA)
9. Freddy Austbo (NOR)
10. Tim Zom (NLD)
Best Trick
Curren Caples (USA)
360 Varial Mute Grab over the “Boat Gap”
Vert
1. Rune Glifberg (DNK)
2. Sandro Dias (BRA)
3. Neal Hendrix (USA)
4. Renton Millar (AUS)
5. Terence Bougdour (FRA)
6. Jürgen Horrwarth (DEU)
7. Trevor Ward (AUS)
8. Sam Beckett (GBR)
9. Nicky Guerrero (DNK)
10. Sascha Muller (DEU)