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Team rider news for the week goes like this. The devout Green Roomist, Adam Alfaro has been welcomed over to shred and burn with the crew at I Path. Silver trucks has brought Danny Cerezini and Jereme Rogers onto its program. Australia’s powerhouse Chad Bartie skates even faster now with his latest hookup on the FKD bearings team. And, LA’s legendary street Kareem Campbell is back in the mix with a new signature deck at Finesse.
Posted by bkThe annual Damn Am takes place this weekend at Volcom where, the SPoT Light crew will be running the event in their Halloween spirit with costumes, candy and other treats. On Saturday night, the Listenow #4 will bring together skaters, artists, photographers and musicians for a great cause a good time with friends. All ages welcome!
If you’re stuck at home, be sure to catch the Damn Am action live and direct via 411VM’s webcast on Sunday at noon.
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Do you want choppers, skateboarding, killer photos, humor, Jason Jessee, music, Cardiel, attitude and endless style? They check out Max Schaaf’s blog, 4Q Conditioning. So good. Thanks to Deluxe for the link.
The man who brought you branded bicycles, video games, pizza rolls, happy meals and Boom Boom Huck Jams has now taken to the interweb. Yesterday Tony Hawk launched his new website Shred Or Die.
Tony’s 900 Films has partnered with the ‘Or Die Networks’ (remember Funny Or Die? No?) to bring us “the world’s best destination for action sport video, with a focus on skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, and FMX”. The idea? “Shred Or Die is a place where top action sports athletes, influential filmmakers and everyday users can post their favorite clips”. Hmmm, we’ll see how that goes. First up, the Birdman skates and rides BMX(?) with Ed Helms of The Office / Daily Show fame.
Posted by ChrisJust a quick shout out to two of the best dudes ever. On Sunday, October 21st, 2007 a couple of our skate pals got hitched to their lovely ladies. In So Cal OG Hawaiian shred head and Skateboarder Mag Sales Chief, Billy Deans tied the knot with his favorite gal Sonja Caudill. Up North, master skate lensman Kurt Hayashi made it official with his longtime companion Jill. Congrats to the Newlyweds!
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Cliche has teamed up with Mark Gonzales to celebrate their ten year anniversary. The result is a set of limited decks, shirts, jackets, hats and one killer scarf celebrating the Lumiere brothers who invented cinema. Check out the very cool Brothers Of Light mini-site.
This is some serious ‘REWIND’ footage. The Gonz, Jason Lee and Danny Way skate Paris as Spike Jonze mans the camera. Some of this tape ended up in ‘Video Days’ but most hit the cutting room floor. It’s hard to imagine this was going down over 15 years ago. It notes that this footage will be available on the ’ Man Who Souled The World’ DVD release.
Posted by ChrisWell it’s not a makeover on the level of Burt Reynolds or Phyllis Diller, but head on over to the newly redesigned Thrasher site and you’ll see the new look and improvement. Schmitty’s got the programming of the 1s and 0s dialed. Good to go!
Posted by bk15 years deep, the creativity and dedicated souls over at Girl Skateboards are currently featured on Creativity Online’s website. A good quick read.
Posted by bkYes, you’ve seen them…the little ones tooling around your local skatepark with scooters, bikes, these contraptions, soap shoes, heelies and even just sliding around in their socks looking for thrills apart from the skateboarding variety. Well, this news piece has a sad, and unfortunate result due to a kid jumping around on one of these things.
Listen up parents. Look after your kids and remember, a “skateboard park” is designated for skateboards and skateboarders. Skateparks should not be considered as casual day care facilities by any means.
The San Francisco Chronicle has published a skate culture feature which highlights local Berkeley skater Michael Randolph to point out that a growing number of middle aged skaters have returned to their skating roots as a direct result of the plethora of skate parks widely available to them.
These guys are learning over and taking pointers from the kids. And yes, that was a Low Card hat on his dome.
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