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In preparation with the upcoming string of premieres for its first ever full-length film, Fallen has added two additional B-roll clips to their Ride The Sky micro-site. Check ‘em!
Posted by bkPop on over to The Berrics where Theotis Beasley has earned his keep as their newest Recruit and the first to show off his ill skills on the re-arranged furniture.
Posted by bkAfter two months of fielding video submissions, Maloof and REELcomp’s Search for AMs video competition has announced the winners of the street and vert competitions. In the end, the judging panel of Don Bostick, Jake Brown, Mark Waters (etnies) and Mark Cernosia (REELcomp) struggled to narrow down the top two in each category. But they’ve determined that the four talented guys below will win all expenses paid trips to California and have the opportunity to compete in the Amateur World Championship of Skateboarding on July 11 - 13th, 2008.
Posted by bkAfter close to eight long years, San Francisco is set to open the city’s second public skatepark, Potrero del Sol this Saturday, June 28th at 11:30am. Up in the Northwest, the city of Portland is set to open Gabriel park, its fourth public skateboarding facility (of a proposed nineteen total) on Friday, July 11th.
Posted by bkNeed a bit of ambient music to move your morning along? Tune into NPR’s “Song of the Day” featuring 8 Bad Years by Tommy Guerrero and his band Jet Black Crayon. You’re welcome.
Posted by bkOK, so I personally favor vegan shoes. There, I’ve said it. If you live meatless as well, head over to the Emerica site and check out their extensive vegan line up for Fall 2008. Regardless of your politically leanings, it’s always rad to have options and check out some solid skate shoes.
Posted by ChrisDespite its sluggish website presence, have a look at Stockholm’s very own Brotherhood Plaza. Backed by a complete community effort, this DIY street plaza boasts ledges with granite tops, grass gaps, rails, banks, hips and other functional forms. What’s more, EA has gotten behind the effort with sponsorship dollars to move the project along in a creative and positive direction. Are you inspired yet?
Posted by bkThe Krux Kickflip Challenge record has been broken big time! The new champ is Christian Brekke and he won the Session Kickflip Challenge in his home town of Bergen, Norway with 1424 consecutive kickflips. FYI - This is the same Scandinavian kid that just last summer broke the previous kickflip record of 284 with his own 332. He’s come a long way in 12 months huh? What does Christian win for this monumental effort? Well, hopefully some skate shoes that will last long enough for his next attempt to one up himself!
Posted by bkIt’s Bobby Worrest day over at the Deluxe site. What does that mean? Well, it means his new pro model dropped today and you can enter to win it. It also means that all week long you can look for Worrest phone footage, photos and updates. You can already check out some photos from DC’s Go Skateboarding Day and learn how to Nollie Flip.
Posted by ChrisFallen footwear’s first full length skate film, Ride the Sky featuring Josh Harmony, Jamie Thomas, Tony Cervantes, Brian Hansen, Matt Bennett, James Hardy, Gilbert Crockett, Tommy Sandoval, Billy Marks, and Chris Cole is nearing completion with a premiere date set for Thursday, August 7th in San Diego, CA. A complete list with additional premiere dates and cities for the world wide premiere tour are below and can be found on the film’s mini site. Check back often for additional info.
Ride the Sky Worldwide Premiere Dates
August 7th San Diego, CA
August 11th Vancouver, Canada
August 13th Toronto, Canada
August 14th Philadelphia, PA
August 15th Kansas City, MO
August 16th Birmingham, AL
August 19th Biarritz, France
August 21st Barcelona, Spain
August 23rd Nurnberg, Germany
August 24th Prague, Czech
August 26th St. Petersburg, Russia
August 28th Moscow, Russia
If you are in the Bay Area this Friday the 27th of June be sure and drop by the ONSIX Gallery. Vans is having a release party / art show for their latest line of Syndicate product. The line up for series 007-009 includes shoes by John Cardiel, Steve Olson, Gabe Morford and Max Schaaf among others. We can’t wait to see them all.
Posted by ChrisVolcom Europe has recently launched its new website…the address is of course Volcomeurope.com. Drop on in for happenings and info relative to their teams, contests and tours.
Andy Roy is out of the lockup and offering skateboarding lessons in California’s Central Valley.
Blind’s newest pro, Danny Cerezini is in Europe filming his part for their upcoming video and shooting photos for an interview. Check in on his personal blog (who doesn’t have one these days?!) to follow his travels with daily updates, videos and photos.
We kind of saw this coming…Nate Jones has hooked up to endorse The Allyance’s line of threads and goods although their website doesn’t yield any specific or additional information.
In other skate product endorsements, Jereme Rogers has been provided with his very own Pro-Class series truck on Silver.
Matix is hosting a Mo Party of sorts with Mike Mo to celebrate the upcoming release of his very own signature goods to hit retailers this fall. It all takes place at Simi Valley’s Skatelab on Thursday evening, July 3rd with free Wienerschnitzel!
Get ready for moments of intense shock and awe, the premiere of City Skateboards’ widely speculated and highly anticipated video titled, What The F**K is a Bachinsky? finally hits the big screen and scene at SF’s 12 Galaxies on July 18th.
Drop by the SkateBook site where the legendary SOTY Salman Agah has dialed up Guy Mariano to congratulate him on his recent sweep at TWS awards and to catch up on the past and present…so good!
Sleestock III is happening this weekend, June 27-29 at Lincoln City’s skatepark which just so happens to coincide with the the Indy team’s second to last stop of its lengthy coast to coast 30th Anniversary tour. Sunday will be a day of infamy at Red’s home park for sure!
At the time of this post Emerica is 10 hours into it’s 24 hour film ‘Kevin All Day And Night Long’. The film follows the life of skater and Emerica pro Kevin Long. It’s streaming right here so click and watch. Oh, there are some new Long pro shoes available as well…go figure.
Posted by ChrisWe know it’s Tuesday, but since Donovan didn’t post up his Buttery Ass Mondays piece up on The Berrics interblog until a bit after the noon hour yesterday, we didn’t check it until just now. With these hot summer days blazin’ straight ahead, be sure to check in with his latest featuring a regular dude from Alaska, tea slingin’ and one of the best Momma jokes of all. Good shit right there!
Posted by bkIt’s been close to three years since Danny Way jumped the Great Wall. Since then skating in China has grown in leaps and bounds. This article discusses the business side of skating in China, the community and the world’s largest skatepark, located in New Jiangwan City outside Shanghai. Just the specs (than 12,000 square meters in size, the park features the world’s biggest vert ramp, the world’s largest concrete skate bowl) had us checking airline prices.
Posted by ChrisAs you have probably heard in recent weeks, Real Skateboards’ youngest pro Johnny Romano is back in the hospital awaiting a bone marrow transplant while undergoing needed treatment and receiving chemotherapy every day. To help combat his family’s financial burden and continual use of blood, his dedicated friends and skaters at South Shore have set up a blood drive that takes place in Houston, Texas on Thursday, July 3rd.
Of course if you can’t be there, you can always donate funds directly to his cause at Johnnykickscancer.com. Do it for Johnny!
Posted by bkAs the newest addition to Nixon’s team roster in nearly two years, Andrew Reynolds has been unanimously voted in by the premium accessory brand’s elite squad of skaters including Bob Burnquist, Tony Hawk, Rick McCrank, Colin McKay, Paul Rodriguez, Ryan Sheckler and Danny Way to represent their time pieces and commitment to quality in the years ahead. Thought he wouldn’t?
Posted by bkThe Tony Hawk Foundation will expand its annual star-studded Activision Presents Stand Up For Skateparks benefit to include an event at the Ross School (Lower Campus) in Bridgehampton, New York on Sunday, August 10th. This exciting event is the foundation’s exclusive, family-centric, action-sports carnival that features a Vert Demo with Tony Hawk and a cast of top skateboarders and BMX pros on Tony’s personal ramp, as well as games, food, auctions, and music. Proceeds from Activision Presents Stand Up For Skateparks help create free, quality public skateparks in low-income communities across the U.S.
The Benefit Committee includes Tony Hawk, Lance Armstrong, Andre Agassi, Russell Simmons, Rob Dyrdek, Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mia Hamm, Dana White, Jr., Jon Favreau, Mat Hoffman, Shaun White, Bobby Kotick, Bob McKnight, Ron Burkle, and Scott Greenstein.
Posted by bkFTC is hosting a SkateBook release party at its San Francisco store this Thursday, June 26th from 7-10pm. On hand will be complimentary copies of Skatebook along with limited edition James Kelch New Era 59Fifty hats to the first 59 guests in the door. Toss in some adult beverages and of course EMB’s legendary king, James Kelch and friends and you’ve got yourself a party, kind of like it used to be daily down at the bricks.
Posted by bkStacked with loads of sponsors and prizes NC Boardshop presents its Triple Set Challenge today. Registration opens at 9am with the contest beginning at noon.
NC Boardshop is located at 16203 Los Gatos Blvd. Los Gatos, CA 95032
Get on out and get down!
Posted by bkJockeying for points and repeat championships, both Ryan Sheckler and Bucky Lasek earned top spots at the AST Dew Tour opener in Baltimore yesterday. You can check in on the details here and here. Next stop Cleveland.
Final Results
Park
1. Ryan Sheckler
2. Paul Rodriguez
3. Chaz Ortiz
4. Greg Lutzska
5. Chad Bartie
Vert
1. Bucky Lasek
2. Pierre Luc Gagnon
3. Bob Burnquist
4. Andy Macdonald
5. Adam Taylor
