On Saturday I was lucky enough to see a large amount of the skate industry come together in support of a fallen shredder. Levi Huffman suffered a severe head injury on International Go Skate Day, he was in the ICU for weeks. The reason that so many people came together for Levi is his amazing character. I have a huge amount of respect or Levi, he is the kind of person who will go out of his way to help anyone he can.Like how he takes a group of little skate groms to a different skatepark that they wouldn’t normally have access to each week. Every time I skate with Levi he goes out and teaches someone something new or give them the confidence in themselves to do more than they thought the could. Levi and his fiancée are expecting their first child later this year, he will be an amazing father.On the 12th Board Cartel put together a skate contest along with Woodward to raise money for Levi and his family. The people at Cartel got everyone they could involved and before we knew it there were over 20 sponsors sending product to help Levi. Product from Circa, Fallen, Mystery, Zero, Black Box, Anon, Nixon, Oakley, Element, RVCA, Bern helmets, Neff, Etnies, and boardpusher.com.
The local shops, Thirfty Stick, 303 Boards, and Board Room also pitched in and each gave out package of gear for the event.
More photos after the jump…
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Looking through magazines and watching skateboarding videos are awesome right? Well, none of it would exist with out the people that are recognized in the little font on the photo or at the ending credits. Recently, The Skateboard Mag has created some videos where the filmer/photographer goes over some past experiences and memories while working in the field. Here is a photographer and filmer as they share their past experiences while working for The Skateboard Mag. Enjoy!
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Sean Malto has been on a roll as of late, first going Pro and now landing the cover of Slap Magazine. The Magazine has some 17+ odd pages of Sean Matlo talking about everything from skateboarding to personal life. Slap Magazine hasn’t exactly been my favorite magazine for a long time, but it’s still doing quite well in regards to promoting art and skateboarding in a seamless fashion. Check out the issue at newsstands now.
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Rune Glifberg took first place in the Quiksilver Bowlriders contest, making for a great month for Glifberg. He’s coming off a banner month with skate magazine coverage and now this! Rune Glifberg also won the event last year, ousting some heavy hitters in skateboarding. Quiksilver has been pushing their skateboarding division as of late, and this contest is definitely one of the better events that I’ve seen in a while. You can check out full photo galleries, videos, and more from the Quiksilver Bowlriders contest via tackyworld.com.
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So I recently decided I needed a fisheye lens, but I didn’t know which lens to get. So who would be better to ask than Dean Blotto Grey? I asked him and he highly recommended the Canon 15mm Fisheye 2.8 lens. He claimed this was the ONE if I wanted a fisheye lens. So I looked around and it retailed for around $630.00. More than I was willing to pay at the moment. So Blotto decided to sell me his for a pretty damn good price. I have had it for a week now and am in love. I just have to careful not to overuse because too many fisheye shots can get old fast.
Here is a shot Blotto took with the lens of Jones in Utah.
And here is one of my shots with the lens of a good friend Ebo.
So clearly I have some work to do to catch up with the quality of Blotto’s shots, but he should watch his back. I am stoked on the lens and recommend it to anyone looking for a fisheye. And a shout out to Blotto for hooking it up. Check out his site to see what he has been up to.
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Heres a few skate shots taken over the weekend in Denver.
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I was up at Breck for the last few days since they have shut all the lifts down as of Sunday afternoon. It could not have been better, going from 2 feet of blower pow on tuesday to perfect slushy spring time shredding by the weekend. Saturday was action packed all day, I did a bit of shooting with Colin Spencer who was wrapping up his park filming for the season. Alex Martini pulled some amazing in-air video work.
Shame they are closing with full coverage, prime parks and perfect pipe. Until next year.
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When you think of the Mega Ramp, you usually do not think of many street skaters. However, you can now put to that list a name that is synonymous with trash talking; Ryan Sheckler. Ryan Sheckler has conqured the mega ramp, and Plan B Skateboards has preliminary photos of the event, and video forthcoming. If you weren’t a Sheckler fan before, this might turn you into one, because it takes major balls to hit the mega ramp. I know I can’t do it, nor would I try.
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If you are going to buy one book this year it should be Faces of Skateboarding. Faces of Skateboarding was created by Swedish Photographer, Daniel Mansson. Mansson travelled for two years to create this awesome collection of 50 portraits capturing some of the world’s most influential Skateboarders such as Tony Hawk, Danny Way, Jason Lee, Eric Koston, Tom Penny and a bunch of others. The book is 160 pages and is sure to give you some motivation to go skate.
Here are a few shots from Faces of Skateboarding:
Daniel Mansson definitely has raw, documentary-portrait style, using using sharp contrasts and natural moody lighting. Mansson is a advertising, press and skateboard photographer, located in Stockholm and Los Angeles.
For more information go to facesofskateboarding.com
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BozWreck Young Buck Keegan Valaika has some serious passion. Kid’s been stayin at my stoop for a minute, filming his part for BozWreck 2. We took the Day off today to go shred Brighton. Last run of the day, kid’s got the passion. Look out for the Keegan’s part in BozWreck 2. Much LOVE Keegan
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The crew over at Etnies recently took a trip over to the south of France and chimed in on the shoe company’s official site, with a quick recap of what happened. If you’re interested in reading the whole thing, checking out more photos, or simply seeing what’s going on with the Etnies camp, click here, and see what the guys over at Etnies are up to.
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I had the chance to go back to the church rail that we did earlier this season, I tried to step it up this time. The snow literally melted out from underneath us as the sesh wore on. Fun one( click images to see larger)
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Another new addition to seshn.com, Im Sam; from the UK, I’ve done work for sidewalk and document magazine, and got picked up by Seshn to contribute, which looks like theres some real potential here. visit www.samleephotography.co.uk for some of my work.
On with the photos: Me and a couple friends went for a skate in town, only to be told to move on by security, who were more surprised that I’d brought all my gear out into this area, than us having to get off a spot.
this was shot stood in the middle of the road, cars weren’t too impressed but what the hell.
and the typical fisheye shot.
A short post, but I felt I needed to start of my submitting somehow.
M
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Last night I met a few shredders at Ruby Hill, near downtown denver. I haven’t actually ridden the free park yet. Ruby’s goal is to make snowboarding accessible to more people. Its working, there are a lot of beginners shredding the boxes, they will have a great head start when they take it to the slopes. Ruby is like a gym for jibbing, I have never learned so much in so little time. I took the camera out after the lights shut down at 9pm. (the park is open till 11 though)
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The Detention Rail Championships is a comp for high school students of Colorado. the winner of the finals at Ruby Hill will walk away with a $5000 scholarship. These photos are of the qualifier at Jefco stadium. Men’s Snowboard:1st: Kevin Senes2nd: Collin Tucker3rd: Lakota SageMen’s Skiing:1st: Drake Unrah2nd: Will Berman3rd: Luke NuttingWomen’s Snowboard:1st: Lillie Nauslar2nd: Kristine Thompson3rd: Lauren Laskowski
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