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Man, there have been so many good videos to check out on the interweb this week. So here are more than a few for you to take a look at to stoked you for the upcoming weekend…
+ Black Label At The Vans Downtown Showtown
+ adidas Flow Team hits up Tempe park
+ Reynolds gets all Later’d again
+ Think Goes Aces Wild with Adrian Williams
And there’s this killer piece by our friends over at SGV:
+ Who’s Your Favorite Skater?
Congratulations (and fresh cold ones) are in order for Thrasher’s ace skate lensman and globe trotter P Stone and his gal Anna on the birth of their new son Oskar Lennart Maigetter. The little guy came into the world weighing 10.1 lbs. today.
Posted by bkIn a committed effort to steer kids away from the jeered perils of the goon squad, Creature has embarked on its “Save a Life” program. It kicks off at high noon the day before Halloween.
Posted by bkThere’s an upcoming documentary titled, “Thats Life” which reaches into the lives Duane Peters and his wife Corey Parks and highlights the couple’s road to sobriety and a raising a healthy and happy family together. Check the trailer right here.
Posted by bkLa Bassine, the short lived DIY skate bowl perched on a remote hillside of Marseille, France has been terminated by an angry mob of villagers. Undeterred, locals Mehdi Salah, Julien Benoliel, Alex Giraud and their crew will continue to fight the fight to relocate and rebuild their own piece of paradise.
Posted by bkWe have some info from two skatepark projects that you should know about. First off, the newly completed Jim Griffith Memorial skatepark in Tigard, Oregon opens today. Bring your umbrella.
Skaters in San Francisco are finally seeing progress with the long overdue Potrero del Sol skatepark. There’s been no movement or work on the street area yet. Could there be some skatepark sessions around Christmas time? Only the Dreamland and Grindline crews know for sure.
Posted by bkThe Vans Downtown Showdown is now a done deal. Last evening’s event was a challenge on many levels, but it all came together and kept the crowd in attendance hyped. Online viewers all over the planet were able to witness the action via live webcast as well.
We would like to wish Omar Hassan a healthy and speedy recovery from the heavy head laceration that he endured while skating through the Creature tunnel. That shit looked gnarly even at webcam resolution.
The final results on the four distinctively different skate obstacles are as follows:
Creature’s The Darkest Passage into the Depths of Doom and Despair
1. Tyler Mumma (Black Label) - $2,500
2. Tony Cervantes (Zero) - $1,500
3. Al Partanen (Creature) - $1,000
Girl’s Girl Gonz Wild
1. Billy Marks (Toy Machine) - $2,500
2. Mike Mo Capaldi (Girl) - $1,500
3. Sean Malto (Girl) - $1,000
Real’s Sacto Rebate -
1. Rick McCrank (Girl) - $2,500
2. Alex Olson (Girl) - $1,500
3. John Rattray (Zero) - $1,000
Foundation’s Former World’s Biggest Skateboard
1. Tommy Sandoval (Zero) - $2,500
2. Johnny Layton (Toy Machine) - $1,500
3. Rick McCrank (Girl) - $1,000
Top Am - Alex Olson (Girl) - $5,000
Top Pro - Rick McCrank (Girl) - $10,000
Team Results
1. Zero - $30,000
2. Toy Machine - $15,000
3. Girl - $5,000
Visit www.vans.com for photos, video downloads and more info on what exactly went down.
Posted by bk
