Its rolling into summer really fast here in Colorado. I had the chance to go shoot some skateboarding, here are a few shots from the last week for you guys. Hope you like them.

Pop art diva Niagara, has teamed up with Vans for a fresh new collabo featuring Niagara’s stunning ladies. The June ‘08 issue of Juxtapoz, features an interview with Niagara, so go run down to your local Barnes & Noble and pick it up. It’s a good read.

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Hey guys my name is Steven Spence. I’m the drummer for a band called Black Tide. Check us out if you haven’t heard of us yet. I fucking love drumming, but it’s not my whole life. I used to skate every single day before I joined the band, it was my other passion. Skating would get pretty expensive for me though because I would snap decks like crazy. Regardless, it was worth the money, there’s nothing like sporting a brand new deck with fresh grip tape.

 
Here’s a shot of our band. I am on the far left. 

Anyway, I say that I used to skate everyday, not because I got bored of it, but because I destroyed my knee. About a year ago, July 18th of last year actually, we had a show in Nashville, Tennessee, with a band called Trivium. They invited us out to open for them at a skate park / venue called Rocketown.  We were stoked because at the time, it would have been our biggest show. The turnout was pretty good, there must have been about 600 people in the audience.

After meeting some fans and signing some tits, the owner of the venue saw us fucking around outside with our boards and asked us if we wanted to skate the park. It was a pretty bad ass indoor park, and who in his right mind would pass up an opportunity to skate privately at a park? So with the entire place to ourselves, the rest of the band and I were skating around, having a blast with some friends. After a little while I decided to kick it up a notch. The problem was that not all of us had our own deck. We were rotating, and one of the boards was a lame-ass aluminum deck that I fucking LOATHE. Well, it was my turn for the metal piece of shit, and even though it was a bullshit excuse for a board, I wasn’t about to sit out on a run- BAD DECISION! To make a long story short, I got some air on that flimsy shit stick and somehow it came out from under me. I happened to do some kind of flip in the process and came down with all of my body weight and momentum on my left knee. FUCK THAT SHIT! It swelled up to the size of my head! Everyone wanted me to go to a doctor, but I told them to fuck off. I hate going to doctors. Whenever I go to a doctor, they all tell me the same shit, “Basically you’re in pain”, “Just stay off of it”, No shit! Tell me something I don’t know. All doctors are good for is prescribing pills.

Anyway, I don’t even know what really happened to my knee, although it was definitely serious considering it’s not until now, almost a year later, that I’m finally almost fully recovered. I couldn’t even really play drums properly for a while. And it’s not until recently that I’m able to even fuck around on my skateboard again without it hurting. Finally I’m back!

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Just what everyone needs, some new thing to waste even more precious time with… But that’s the fun of it right? Sony has just released a product called Rolly and it is now available at all Sony stores in the United States after initially being released in Japan.

This 2GB MP3 ball of music, moves when you play your tunes and is pretty rad to say the the least. Although, it does look like it could get a little annoying after awhile. I really don’t know if these will catch on in the U.S.. Check out the video below to see how this musical robotic wonderment works.

One of the bands making waves for So Cal heavy music label, facedown records, is hitting the road and you can see what all the buzz is about by checking them out live. Here are the latest batch of tourdates from Kingston Falls.

May 23 - Richmond, IN @ The Outlet
May 24 - Brighton, MI @ Meijer Skate Park (Bled Fest)
(May 25 - June 7 w/ For Today & This or The Apocolypse)
May 25 - South Bend, IN @ The Underground
May 26 - Terre Haute, IN @ The THM Venue
May 27 - Evansville, IN @ Boney Jones
May 28 - Dewey, IL @ The Shed
May 31 - Spencer, IA @ New Life Worship Center
June 1 - Buffalo, MN @ The Vault
June 2 - Duluth, MN @ The Herman Town Church
June 3 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
June 4 - Bismarck, ND @ The Light Club
June 5 - Grand Rapids, MN @ The Light Club
June 6 - Alexandria, MN @ Club 1
June 7 - Willmar, MN @ The Warehouse
(June13 – June 29 w/ Take it Back)
June 12 - Wilmore KY @ Icthus Festival on Edge Stage
June 20 - Jonesboro, AR @ The Commonwealth
June 21 - Joplin MO @ The Foundry
June 22 - Little Rock, AR @ Vino’s
June 23 - Springfield, MO @ Nubrew Coffeehouse
June 24 - Tulsa OK @ The Pinkeye
June 25 - Spencer IA @ Bethany Lutheran Church
June 26 - Fargo, ND @ The Red Raven
June 27 - Chaska MN - Redemption Fest @ River Alliance church
June 28 - Buffalo MN @ The Vault
Jul 3 - Bushnell, Illinois @ CORNERSTONE FESTIVAL: The Underground Stage (FACEDOWN NIGHT)
July 17- Wilmar, MN @ The Sunshine Festival
Aug 9 - Terre Haute, IN @ Lit Fest
Aug 16 - Saint Louis, MO @ Lit Fest

Brendan has been killing it with coverage lately. Here’s some recent video footage. Filmed and edited by Carmen Vicari 

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If you missed Van’s Downtown Showdown, then you missed out on an amazing day of skateboarding. Here’s a video highlighting one of the special obstacles created specifically for the event. It was built by Creature, and skaters really had to watch their heads, or they would face an untimely doom…this looks sick.

The crew over at Element Skateboards present episode 81 of their wildly popular Element Tv. This time around Tim Tim skateboards in the LBC, and drops a few tricks here and there, in this short clip.

…all new product @ www.hubbawheels.com

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