We all watched the video. We all were outraged. Now the skaters have had their day in court. Both pleaded no contest and were given no jail time.

Nineteen-year-old Old Skylar was sentenced to 30 days community service and 85 dollars in fines, plus court costs. Twenty-one-year-old Matthew Jon McCormack pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of third-degree battery for allegedly striking police officer Joey Williams. McCormack was fined 210 dollars, plus costs, and ordered him to perform 30 days of community service.

And as we all know…Officer Williams got off scot-free. Justice? We think not.

This week Patrick visits with John Rattray who discusses Scotland, skating, education and fighting. You can’t front on a skater that head butts. Episodes 1 and 2 up now…with more to come

This certainly isn’t happening in the states…”Hampshire police are sending officers to workshops, attended by up to 30 youngsters aged from 12 to 16, to receive expert tuition.”

It’s actually a pretty smart idea in terms of improving the relationship between the police and young people. “It lets the youngsters see a more human side to the police”. It would be a nice change from this sort of police interaction.

Yup, Sheckler is just trying to be a normal teenager. A normal teen with his life filmed for Mtv and his Mom for a manager. Good luck with that…

Welcome to the new SKATEDAILY.net. All right, it’s not all new, but we have added some larger photos, a bigger video area and a cleaner design. Oh, and there’s an RSS feed for all those who have asked for it. What won’t change is our commitment to high quality daily skate content. As always, thanks for your support and enjoy.

Always throwing up quality content, 48 Blocks has posted a solid interview with the one and only Tim O’Connor. Tim talks history, sponsors, Tampa Am, humor and Biggie Smalls. Well, sort of…

Over 3500 die hard skateboard fans turned out under the Manhattan Bridge to witness one of the best pro contests New York City has ever seen. Red Bull’s Manny Mania brought out top pros from coast to coast in a heated battle that saw Ronnie Creager take the title from Venice winner Joey Brezinski.

The New York final wraps a summer long series that kicked off with a pro contest last May in Venice and rolled across the country with six amateur stops. Check out all the action from the entire Red Bull Manny Mania tour right here.

Final Results: (total prize purse $30,000)

1. Ronnie Creager - $10,000
2. Brandon Biebel - $6000
3. Joey Brezinski - $4000
4. Eli Reed - $3000
5. Malcom Watson - $2000
6. Jereme Rogers - $1000
7. Kenny Anderson - $1000
8. Dennis Busenitz - $1000
9. Forest Kirby - $1000
10. Enrique Lorenzo
11. Daniel Castillo
12. Rob Gonzalez
13. Chris Roberts
14. Josh Kalis
15. Chico Brenes
16. SAD
17. Rodrigo Peterson
18. Danny Montoya
19. Quim Cardona

City Skateboards has posted new footage from their recent travels to skatespots in the Seattle area. Have a look.

The DVS skate team with Daewon Song, Mikey Taylor, Jeron Wilson, Jereme Rogers, Zared Bassett, Guru Kalsa, Daniel Castillo, Torey Pudwill and Lamare Hemmings is soon to embark on a series of skate demos and appearances along the Eastern states. Look for their East Infection tour to roll and spread its influence of top notch skating in a town near you. The tour kicks off on August 17th.

Their powerful little crew has just put out one of the best skate videos of 2007 and it doesn’t let up right there. Yes, more work for the boys chained to their desks at the office. Check in on Danny Montoya and Rob Gonzalez’ daily life behind the scenes at Listen skateboards.

Read what he has to say about the X-Games big air and attending the extreme festivities last weekend.

It’s always amusing to watch mainstream media trying to wrap their head around skating. Take a look at Larry King speaking to Jake Brown last night in a show entitled ‘HOW DID THEY SURVIVE?’ Wonder if Larry is going to wear that hat?

The show is back with another set of episodes featuring Jason Dill. We’ll let O’Dell explain it:

“This is the second Dill episode we’ve done—I’m always down to bring people back. Anyway, for this one I basically just pointed the camera at Dill and asked him to run through every part he ever filmed.”

Good stuff…take a look.

Vacant homes with swimming pools in the Sacramento area are under siege and theresponsible financial lien holders have been ordered to drain their pools due to the rapid rise of West Nile virus this summer.

Time to power up those sump pumps.

This weekend brings a slew of competitive skateboarding action from coast to coast. Up in the Northwest, the fourth annual bowl beast better known as the Oregon Trifecta begins on tomorrow at Lincoln City. Out in NYC, Saturday brings another huck and flick fest with the third annual Back to the Banks showdown and Red Bull’s Manny Mania takes place beneath the Manhattan Bridge on Sunday. You can watch that one live via webcast at 411VM.

Brought to you by P-Rod and Jereme Rogers and Terry Kennedy, Sk8Site.com features webisodes from the mentioned skaters, photos, videos, a members area (much like My Space) and mad hip-hop kid. Chill and send a message to the rich and famous…

As the last of the X-Games articles hit the web, this article discusses the aging vert stars or as the article puts it: “The sport has even been around long enough to now have its own version of an old timers’ game”. The author talks to Bucky Lasek, Burnquist and, of course, mentions Shaun White. Our favorite line from the story:

“A toddler next to the practice ramp drew big laughs Saturday when he pointed up and said “mama, it’s Snow White.”

Anti-Hero has a blog? We’ll have to keep an eye on this one.

The New York Times asked Bob Burnquist what he thought about skateboarding in the Olympics. He was skepical: “I’m not going to be the one blocking it,” he said. “I’m just going to be the one asking the hard questions, at least for myself, whether I’m going to be involved or not.”

And, big surprise, Shaun White “said he would be willing to compete in skateboarding, as he did at the X Games”.

Time will tell if it’s actually going to happen in London.

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.