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Lost Soul Skateboards just posted up their new Promo Video, peep it.
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Also, read an interview with Lost Soul owner Ray Gurz here.

Lost Soul Skateboards just posted up their new Promo Video, peep it.
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Also, read an interview with Lost Soul owner Ray Gurz here.

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…

Our good friend Mazur over at Focus Skate Mag sent us over a photo of Shawn that wasn’t up to his “Lighting” standards. Regardless it’s still a sick photo.

Here’s the latest trailer about the Maloof Cup that is going down this July. If you’re not aware what the Maloof Cup is, then you need to wake up! It’s a skateboarding contest that is going to be giving away 100K to the #1 street skateboarder. The street course, to be made in Las Vegas, will be specifically designed for street skateboarding and will not feature some lame X-Games quarterpipe crap. This is the real deal, and it has been recently picked up by a national network for live coverage, just like a legit sport.
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Red Bull and Embasi hosted a Manny Mania skate contest in Manchester, NH on June 28th. This contest celebrated Embasi’s grand opening of their Manchester store. It was a manual contest with a three part manny pad (flatbox, up down, and step down). Around 60 skaters competed in the event. Dillon Buss ended up winning the event and a VIP trip to the Manny Mania contest in NYC plus a bunch of swag. All photos by me. Shout out to Mary Walsh who organized the event and Lotus Entertainment for spinning records.
Check out the rest of the photos after the jump. 

Blunt side by Kyle at the Homebase skate jam with 5boro on June 28th, 2008.

Stills from this sequence can be seen here: http://www.mikepanic.com/skateboard-sequence/

What’s this? Rasa Libre is coming out swinging for the summer? That’s right, we’re getting some great stuff this summer, and here is the latest video from the Rasa Libre Skateboarding crew. Enjoy!
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Etnies skateboarding has released this video of their latest trek through Arizona. This video features some killer park footage, and while you’re not going to get full blow Sheckler fest, you do get something to tide you over before the AST tour hits your town.
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The Es team is headed out on tour this summer and here are the complete tourdates for some killer skateboarding:
6-Jul Signing Active Brea, CA
7-Jul Demo Cowtown Tempe, AZ
8-Jul Signing Starr Tucson, AZ
11-Jul Demo & Signing Emage Denver, CO
13-Jul Signing Arockalypse Oklahoma City, OK
16-Jul Signing Goodtime San Antonio, TX
19-Jul Signing Plus Skateshop Fort Walton
20-Jul Demo & Signing Skatepark of Tampa Tampa, FL
22-Jul Demo & Signing Ambush Atlanta, GA
25-Jul Demo Elite Richmond, VA
26-Jul Signing NJ Skate Shop Sayreville, NJ
26-Jul Demo Delhi Park New Jersey
27-Jul Demo & Signing KCDC Brooklyn, NY
29-Jul Signing Krudco Rochester, NY
2-Aug Demo & Signing Coexist Cincinnati, OH
3-Aug Demo Home Skate shop Louisville, KY
5-Aug Signing Uprise Chicago, IL
6-Aug Signing Subsect Des Moines, IA
7-Aug Demo Precision Lincoln, NE
9-Aug Signing Cals Surf Minneapolis, MN
12-Aug Demo Winnipeg, Canada
15-Aug Demo & Signing Anti Social Vancouver, Canada
16-Aug Signing Exit Real World Bridgeport, Or
18-Aug Signing Skateworks Redwood, CA
19-Aug Signing Bills SF, CA
20-Aug Signing Val Surf North Hollywood, CA

Andrew Reynolds joins an elite crew of skateboarders on Nixon Watches. The official Nixon website revealed today that Andrew Reynolds is the latest skateboarder signed to the watch giant and will have his own style and flavor embedded into a new watch line up. This comes as great news for Reynolds, with his new Deathwish project launching out of Baker, and the new Emerica shoes which some say could have “lights” on them. (according to recent ads) Andrew Reynolds has been doing some great things lately, and this could be seen as another piece to the puzzle. Altamont & Nixon…now that’s a collaboration that has money written all over it.

Man, I wish I could be featured on Food Network, or at least eat some of the food that they create on the show. I should have gotten a degree in video or something along those lines. Because then I could be the camera guy for some of those shows with great food being made. Or, become a professional skateboarder and be featured just like Kris Markovich! Featured skateboarding on Ace of Cakes. Here’s the footage:
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If you’re not familiar with The Berrics, you should definitely check in sometimes. They have a full site of media, videos, and photos from Steve Berra’s and Eric Koston’s skate park called “The Berrics”. You may have previously seen the park in episodes of Rob & Big, and they produce a ton of videos with teams from across the nation coming in and throwing down some tricks. Well, right now they have a full page of “BANGIN” which you can check out by visiting the official Berrics, Banging Webpage.
The one thing that I don’t like about The Berric’s, and it is minor, its that you can’t directly download any of their media. But some people are able to decompile the flash player, and bring you gems like: Jason Lee Skateboarding at the Berrics, and I don’t mean classic Jason Lee footage, I mean recent footage, like this below, just wait for it…it’s the whole Stereo Team, but you can clearly see Jason Lee midway through skateboarding and featured:
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Mark Gonzales has teamed up with Elwood clothing for a 100% cotton t-shirt that you might be interested in. Now, I know what you’re thinking, who cares about 1 solitary t-shirt? Well, this shirt is not only 100% cotton, it’s 100% organic cotton! So all you guys trying to go “green”, this is a good place to start, and Mark Gonzales has some squiggly lines for a design in collaboration with Dan Drehobl. Why not?
info,image src [Elwood Clothing]

Blue Tile Lounge, Chocolate Skateboards, Momentum Wheels and a few other companies are collaborating over what maybe the feel good skateboarding release this year. The preview trailer is not half bad, the editing looks decent, and things could be looking really good for this one. Here is the trailer for Four Letter Word:
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The Spanish skateboarders have been producing some high quality, high def footage as of late and here is another great quality edit. Nomad Skateboards introduces some of their best tricks and stops from their tour of the European nation and then some. It’s not half bad; who knew the skate scene in Spain was so hot right now?
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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.

Growing up skateboarding, I always wanted to ollie the highest. I could never land it very high, however, I was always able to ollie onto things, and over things, just couldn’t do it stationary. Or just for the sake of an ollie, but give me an obstacle and I could throwdown quite a bit. Earlier this year, the World Ollie Record was broken, and here is the footage to prove it:
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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.

Heres a few skate shots taken over the weekend in Denver.

Joining the elite crew of stopping the information bandwagon, and hackers alike, Chocolate Skateboards has unleashed Chocolate Television. That’s right, Chocolate T.v. is full of videos and footage from the Chocolate Skateboards crew and more. To take advantage of this, you need a fast internet connection, and Flash Media Player isntalled and ready to go.
The only disadvantage to their television of skateboarding glory, is that you can not fast forward, rewind, or use any other major controls. That, and you can’t download the videos, but you could always subscribe to the Chocolate Skateboards podcast…now there’s an idea.
Check out Chocolate Skateboards Television via the Official Chocolate Skateboards Website.

Fallen Footwear has been promoting their latest video offering through their ads in magazines, online trailers, and teasers for a while now. Most of the videos are easily accessible, and a lot of media is still out there on youtube and other places. But to consolidate the effort of bringing quality video to you, they have launched a video gallery with their own media player.
Now you can get all the Fallen Footwear skateboarding footage onto your computer via the official Fallen Footwear website. The videos range from recent footage, trailers, teasers, to older footage, all in high quality streaming media. Not bad, not bad at all. Looks like Fallen Footwear might be trying to one up Lakai’s Fully Flared release, which recently won a Transworld Award for best video.
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For those of you that follow along print media, you may have noticed that the Transworld Awards happened this past weekend. The show went off, and the pro’s were all hyped as the honors went out to some unlikely and some obvious winners. I’m not sure if I agree with the Habitat team winning best team, but to each their own.
Mariano cleaning up was cool though, Congrats to the Comeback Kid!
Here are the rest of the winners for the Transworld Awards 2008.
BEST ROOKIE
Silas Baxter-Neal
BEST STREET
Guy Mariano
BEST TEAM
Habitat
BEST VIDEO
Lakai, Fully Flared
BEST TWO VIDEO PARTS
Stefan Janoski, Inhabitants & Nothing But The Truth

BEST TRANSITION
Dan Drehobl
BEST VIDEO PART
Guy Mariano, Lakai, Fully Flared
TWS READERS’ CHOICE
Guy Mariano
TWS LEGEND
Tony Hawk
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Activision, producer of the Tony Hawk skateboarding series, is toying with the idea of using a motion skateboard-like motion-sensitive controller for the next 360/PS3/PC game.
That’s right, Tony Hawk is really pushing the envelope, trying to gain momentum against a major competitor in the skateboarding video game market. Remember EA’s Skate? Tons of people jumped shipped for the more simulation style skateboarding game, that was backed by a lot of skateboarders that were no longer relevant in the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater universe. With Proving Ground not exactly selling as many titles as the previous games in the series, The Birdman went back to Activision with a new plan.
We are now seeing that the new plan apparently might include a real motion sensitive device that will let you skateboard in real time. This seems like a perfect fit for the Wii, but I’m not sure if they can get this motion thing down and still be good.
If you’re a skateboarder, you know that there is some skill involved with skateboarding’s even most simple of movies. If this new game is really going to break ground, they are going to have to make an ollie easier than the real thing, which will then make a lot of fat kids king of video game skateboarding, rather than skateboarding for reals.
Which makes me a little skeptical about this new height of skateboarding popularity. Sure, we have a lot of couch skateboarders, but this is going to bring in a new era of skateboarding, which we are experiencing mildly right now, where people that do not skateboard at all, are still buying skateboarding products, boards, and trying to “fit in”.
I remember the first time that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was released. The same thing was said about the game. I remember thinking the same thing I am thinking now about this latest news, but then again, I still got off the couch and I still skated. So maybe this isn’t going to do a whole lot more than what happened with me.
Who knows?
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Been skating everyday after work, best thing to get you through the day. I have a few photos to share.
On Memorial day we were setting up at the Golden Mill which is a feed store in downtown. It’s not a huge spot but a good place to warm up. After about three attempts the cops roll in. Happy Memorial day. Two filmers, Ian and I were ticketed for trespassing. Which brought Ian to an  all time high of four tickets in one week. 

The sunsets have been pretty good for the last few days so we decided to do some shooting around that time. We were a bit late but had a blast on this little known mini. It’s amazing to skate this ramp, especially once it starts to cool down.

The Bloodsucking Toy Machine skateboarding company is getting their crew in a van and moving up west through the coast. The west coast, and will be bringing the whole team this time around. They most likely will be using a lot of the stops for footage in their upcoming skateboarding video, and you can be a part of it. If you managed to catch them on their Lurkfest tour, then you’re going to be in for a good time when the Toy Machine skateboard team lands at local shops, parks, and more for signings and demo’s.

Just when you thought the internet provides free content via youtube and other locations, you hit a site that doesn’t allow you to share media. Such is the case with Bones Wheels, and their latest footage from Damn Am. Sure, they don’t want people pirating their footage or taking content away from their website, but come on…throw us poor skateboard fans a bone. (no pun intended) So to check out the footage from Bones Wheels and Dam Am you gotta visit the official Bones Wheels Company Website. I did manage to smuggle a screen grab, for you hackers out there.

The Silver Trucks crew have just released their third teaser trailer for their upcoming summer video. This video features the team doing a lot of talking, where as the other videos were just spots getting hit by one of the best teams in skateboarding. Check out the trailer below, and then hit the streets.

Ryan Sheckler is enjoying a nice mainstream push, and is crossing over from being strickly a skateboarder by occupation. We saw this happen to Tony Hawk, with his whole push towards being in commercials for Hershey’s, Dorito’s, and now with T-Mobile. Sheckler has been on a different path, and continually pushes skateboarding wherever he is, and while I am not the biggest Ryan Sheckler fan, he’s getting into places where skateboarders really never get exposure in.
Case in point; Ryan Sheckler in Men’s Fitness. He was named one of the fittest guys in America, and it’s no wonder. The guy is ripped, and is often a girls fantasy of what a real man is. (I’m going to get so killed for saying that) I say that only from my experience in a local Mall where rabid Sheckler fans were nearly causing a riot while he was signing autographs.
You can read his interview for Men’s Fitness online, or pick up the magazine in print format.

P-Rod has a new FKD bearings commercial up and running, so check out how they are wrapping up P-Rod into his own brand. The bearings aren’t that bad, and he does lay down a good line for this short thirty second spot. Check it out below:
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Windsor James recently took the Black Box skateboard park by storm. Here are ten tricks from Windsor James. It’s a quick video, so if you have to, rewind it and play it again. The guy is solid, and lands some great tricks at the Black Box park.
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Zoo York skateboards keeps on keeping on and in their latest podcast they take a trip to Atlanta for some skateboarding in the dirty south.
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Chocolate Skateboards has been on a roll this year. With most of the guys representing in the Lakai Video, a team that consists of skater of the year, former skater of the years, and so much talent, its no surprise that this video comes out free and blows minds! Chocolate skateboards in Easy Steady…a free video. Sorry for the write up…I’m tired.
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We had previously mentioned that Tony Hawk was pimping out a sidekick with the help of T-Mobile, and today, word has become truth, as there are pictures and statements by Tony himself, citing that he loves the Sidekick and is proud to be a part of this “revolutionary” transmission.

Not bad, but will Tony Hawk’s sidekick be able to overcome the new Iphone that is supposedly coming out later this summer?
Further more, do skateboarders really care about their phones enough to back Tony Hawk? Or is this just a push towards further publicizing the Hawk name…as if he needs more non-skate publicity.
Whatever the case is, The Birdman is a legend and this phone can be a good thing, if it’s solid.

First and foremost, Sean Malto is now riding for Girl Skateboards as a professional! Secondly, he’s been ripping it up for a long time, and here’s a quick video from his session at Steve Berra’s skateboard park. It’s quick, but it’s good! Kid’s got some major skills.
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I didn’t know the Birdman was still relevant in skateboarding. Sure, he did help reinstate vert skateboarding for the X-Games, and he has been doing work with Birdhouse skateboards, and a few commercials here and there, but overall, I haven’t really heard or seen anything major from Tony Hawk in a while.
Until this morning, when Crunchgear announced that Tony Hawk will have a limited edition Sidekick coming out sooner than later.
Wait…is the Sidekick still relevant?
Tony Hawk’s still a highly demanded famous person, even if he has retired from skateboarding as a whole. Then again, there is the boom boom huck jam tour coming through a town near you.

Analog Clothing has released some footage of their voyage through Japan. Analog has been really making some moves as far as skateboarding clothing is concerned, so it’s no surprise that their team made things look really easy on their trip through the land of the rising sun.
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Fallen skate shoes took a trip to Mexico and had a rip roaring time, and here’s some throwaway edits from their latest dvd Ride the Sky.
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The guys over at Strange Notes have released some bonus footage from last years Damn Am contest, not bad for bonus footage.
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Lakai recently came through the Northwest with the Zumiez Couch tour, but before they landed that gig, they were trippin in Malaga and here’s part 1 of their footage.
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Here’s a short clip from Listen skateboards involving a little mini-ramp action. Not exactly going big, but a lot of fun if you ask me.
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Ah yes, Hawaii, land of beauty and pork. Not exactly what you would think of first when thinking about Hawaii, but I love their pork down there. I went once, and had an all you can eat experience that has never been matched since. I could have closed the place down, but I was so full….and well….nevermind. Here’s a video of the DC skate crew hitting Hawaii; those lucky dudes.
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I know, I know, I’m late on posting this by a long shot, but it’s still relevant. The DC Nationals video from last year, is here. DC Skate Shoes’s DC Nationals skate contest. Not bad, not bad at all.
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The East Coast is buzzing with skateboarding action, and a lot of people don’t realize that it’s happening. On the West Coast, the media magazines seem to rule and boarding companies put in a lot of money to promote skateboarding in sunny weather. But don’t sleep on the east, here’s a promo for a home brewed skateboarding video.
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Info Src [Focus Skateboarding Magazine]

Emmanuel Guzman and friends tear up the terrain at the local parks and beyond in this latest update from Strange Notes.
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Here you have two all new FKD commercials, each displaying one of their riders. Biebel and Lutzka get the bearing treatment on this update from FKD bearings.
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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.
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On this Monday, while you’re trying to hide under your desk, check out this footage from Filmedbyphelps.com.
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Who’s Scott Pfaff? I wasn’t really sure who this cat was, and then I ran into a short sentence that called him Rob Dyrdek’s cousin. Well, it’s not drama…at least I don’t think so, but the guy can rip. He’s riding an Alien Workshop deck in this video, and he’s ripping up Steve Berra’s skateboard park. Not bad.
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The latest and greatest montage of skateboarding coming theskatespot.com is here, and ready for your viewing. If it’s warm outside, and you’re off work, this should be a quick motivational video to get you on the road skateboarding.
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Sometimes we gloss over the past in regards to skateboarding, but here’s a classic clip to make you remember the pioneers…Hosoi from 1985, this clip is dangerous. Some might argue that today’s pro’s have it easy, cheating death in the streets, but then again…our boards are a lot more sophisticated than the ones of the past…or are they? Check out a piece of history with this classic footage from Hosoi. Check out the video, and if you like it check out more skateboarding action via shredordie.com and even enter to win a signed Tony Hawk skateboard, not bad, if you ask me.

Girl Distribution, has opened up their own online store. This of course cuts out the middle man of sorts, and creates a new market for skateboarding brands to sell directly to customers. The skateboarding e-commerce giants won’t exactly be too thrilled to see that Girl Distro is selling their products at near cost for many smaller skateboard shops. The site is built in yahoo’s shopping cart and doesn’t look too user friendly, but customers that use the site will be glad to know that they are getting products directly from the source, no salesman, and no middle man involved.
This is not a new thing for the Girl distro giant, as they unleashed a stellar option for fans of Lakai skate shoes. You can get Lakai skate shoes at rock bottom prices through their clearance store. That’s right, no need to wait for your local shop to drop the price on shoes, because you can now get them directly from Lakai at a lower price.
Retailers online are not going to be glad to see this, as customers will most likely enjoy the benefits of shopping directly from the skate brands, rather than the middle man. Especially with online culture moving towards lowest price, rather than supporting local businesses.
You can check out the Crailtap store to see what they’re up to, as well as check out the Lakai Clearance store for further information on skate shoes.

Our very own, Kdeezy, sat down with rising Skate Slayer, Tom Ryen recently in a one on one seshn. Ryen talked about how Grenade is now one of his sponsors. This sort of through Kdeezy off, (not really) and made Ryen elaborate more on the topic. It’s true, Grenade will now be moving into Skateboarding which makes alot of sense for them as a brand.
So look for Grenade to start blowing up in Skateboarding just as they did in Snowboarding. In the meantime, check out the video below, as the Grenade crew tears up the Nike Park. 
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Finally, Nintendo fans can get a piece of the EA skate action. EA’s video game broke major ground in skateboarding video games, by introducing a more “realistic” skateboarding experience. Many of us have played Tony Hawk’s skateboarding video games, and are quick to note the anti-realism that is found in a lot of the gameplay. Even the latest version “Proving Ground”, with all its steps toward becoming a more “simulation” style video game, was just not that good.
EA skate on the WII is going to feature use of the balance board, and the long rumored “skateboard” controller. Those of you that have the DS will have full scale skateboarding simulation via the stylus.
I for one am not a fan of the stylus, but will venture to say that this is great news for Nintendo fans.
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The 4th annual Protect Poolparty is going to take place on May 17th at the Vans skateboard park in Orange County, and it’s going to be great. Sure, it’s not cool to wear pads, at least not in the media, but it’s nice to see a partnership between safety and skateboarding. Check out more information via the Vans skate website.

Dvs has one upped a lot of people in the industry by releasing a high quality video for free. You can check out all the updates forDvs Dudes Dudes Dudes via youtube, or you can wait for someone to rip a dvd of it. The Dvs team is really pushing it, and it’s not half bad.

For more info go to damnam.com
 

The professionals in skateboarding get a lot of attention, and rightfully so, but things are changing a bit. Ams are getting into the spotlight and are ripping terrain, proving that they are as good as a lot of the professionals we are seeing today, and will be the future of skateboarding. Now is your chance to see them in action at several spots, and even give you a chance to compete with the biggest and the baddest in skateboarding. Here’s 6 stops for the Am Slam tour, and you never know who’s watching, so if you’re good get yourself involved. If not, then check out the stops and see some sick skateboarding.
STOP 1 / JUNE 7TH / MISSION VALLEY YMCA Registration is May 24 - June 5th
STOP 2 / JUNE 28TH / CHULA VISTA SKATEPARK Registration is June 14 - June 26th
STOP 3 / JULY 13TH / ENCINITAS YMCA Registration is June 28 - July 10th
STOP 4 / JULY 26TH / ESCONDIDO SPORTS CENTER Registration is July 12 - July 24th
STOP 5 / AUG 10TH / OCEAN BEACH ROBB FIELD SKATEPARK Registration is July 26 - August 7th
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The Bones Wheels team is going to hit up Europe, and they are going to be killing it, so check out the tourdates if you’re overseas and marvel at the talent on this team.
Spain…May 3 Son Moix Demo at 5 PM and May 4 Madrid Demo at 5 PM
Italy…May 7 Trinity Skatepark Demo at 4 PM
Switzerland…May 11 St. Gallen Demo at 2PM
France…May 17 Cosa Nostra Skate Park Demo at 5 PM
Belgium…May 21 Veiling Demo at 3PM
Germany…May 24 Osnabrueck Park Demo
Holland…May 30 Demo TBA
England…June 1 Bay 66 Skatepark Demo at 12
Sweden…TBA

As much terrain as there is in the U.S, there is even more terrain around the world. Here’s a prime example, the Nomad tour hit Europe by storm and here is just a taste of what went down. One thing is for sure, these guys can rip!
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While I was under the impression that Dvs was going to release the full dudes video this week, they seem to be pumping out the parts quicker than I most can realize what’s going on. Here’s the latest video from the dvs crew, it features Torey Pudwill, making for more anticipation than you can shake a stick at.
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This is funny, watch it. 
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Sometimes local shops, and teams come up with the best footage. Here’s a trailer from an upcoming home grown video…Grip LIke Vice from Stix Ride Shop.
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We previously posted Inside the Berrics part 1, and here it is…what you all have been waiting for, the second part of the Inside the Berrics series.
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We previously posted Inside the Berrics part 1, and here it is…what you all have been waiting for, the second part of the Inside the Berrics series.
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Eric Koston had a birthday bash with some friends last night and The Skateboard Mag has the coverage. 

Lizard King got Koston some sweet presents…. Beer and duct tape!
 
Atiba Jefferson and his bro got rad on the foosball table.
For more go to The Skateboard Mag 
 

Eric Koston had a birthday bash with some friends last night and The Skateboard Mag has the coverage. 

Lizard King got Koston some sweet presents…. Beer and duct tape!
 
Atiba Jefferson and his bro got rad on the foosball table.
For more go to The Skateboard Mag 
 

Bones Wheels has been making a lot of noise recently, especially with their skateboard park edition wheels, collaborations to help charitable causes, and boasts one of the best teams in skateboarding. Check out this commercial, and see if you can count how many tricks you see get thrown down by the Bones crew.
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The Volcom European’s invaded Belgium and ripped the terrain up! Skateboarding is transcending mere boundaries, and Volcom’s got their finger on the pulse. Check out this action, then get away from the computer and skate a little before the boss comes back.
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Not long ago DVS announced that they were going to bring out a free skateboarding dvd in May, and here is a sample of what’s coming. Quality is top notch from the DVS team and everyone is going to be included, not just the heavy hitters. Here’s a little preview to tide you over, 2 new clips from the upcoming free skateboarding video Dudes, Dudes, Dudes from dvs skate shoes.
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Nike SB hit the road on their Viking Tour, hitting up spots around the world. While I’m not the biggest fan of Nike SB, even I can’t deny that they are giving back to skateboarding on a global basis, far more than the average skateboarding company, and are at least showcasing skateboarding in a way that is not “selling out”…at least most of the time. Check out this video and then go skate.
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Steve Berra’s skate park has been featured on Rob & Big, and through his own website where teams come in and destroy the place. The most famous one that I remember was in fact the time Jason Lee got on a board and tore the place up. Here’s a little video in a series of videos that goes inside the Berrics skate park, Steve Berra and skateboarding in general.
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Once again the skateboarding team at Birdhouse release another bit of footage to make sure you remember that The Birdman is not just sitting around drinking latte’s all day. Here is some slick skateboarding, done Birdhouse style.
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Blind skateboards recently sent their European crew to kill it in China. Here’s the footage of their insane trip, full of tricks, and awesome skate footage. You owe it a look, then go hit your city up for some skateboarding action.
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Where are you living?
I live in Newbury Park… pretty much in the middle of nowhere!
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Agoura. It’s about 10min north of the valley. I started skating there, then moved to N.P. when I was 16.
What do you miss about your hometown? What don’t you miss?
Well if were talking about Agoura… I don’t miss anything. That place sucks! Newbury has it’s ups and downs. It’s cool because all my friends live out
here, but other then that it’s pretty standard.
Favorite place to get away from it all?
I’m still looking for that place!
Do you do any other sports?
Surf and Snowboard… I’m going for the XXX award this year at the Xgames!
What kind of kid were you in school?
I was actually a pretty good kid. I never really got into trouble in school. I just wanted to skate. I was a total skate rat. It was a little different back then though because skating wasn’t really popular yet. So I wasn’t cool in high school and I didn’t really have a ton of friends. We were kind of just outcast. We just didn’t get a shit about anything but skating!
 
What’s your typical day like?
My day is pretty much the same everyday. I wake up around 11am, meet up with some people and go skate. I usually get home around 10pm and just chill.
How many airports have you been to in the last 3 months?
Jeeze… maybe 15!
What’s your favorite part about traveling?
My favorite part about traveling is skating new spots. I seriously base everything off of skating. If there’s nothing to skate in that city then I write that city off. I get soo burnt out on skating the same spots every single day, so it’s so nice going to skate new spots.
Top 5 Favorite Photographers?
Atiba, Acosta, Barton, Trihn, and Reda
What’s your family like? Do they skate?
My family’s pretty athletic. My dad and my sister both surf. My mom kinda just chills. Does the whole mom thing. And my little brother skates. He’s really good!!!
What are your favorite websites?
To tell you the truth, I’m not a huge internet person. I like being out and doing shit ya know! But if I am on the internet it’s either for myspace or The Berrics!
Who is killing it these days and why?
Sean Malto, Devine Calloway, and everyone on AWS
Top 3 hottest babes?
khiera knitley or how ever you spell her name. Angolina jolie, and lets go with Beyonce
What was your hardest slam ever?
I flew off of a motorcycle going about 45mph. That put me out for a couple months!
Do you play video games? What are your favorite games?
I don’t really play video games, but one of my friends brought nintendo wii over. That stupid thing is pretty fun! We were playing tennis for like 5 hours.
Top 5 Favorite Videos
Mouse, Photosynthesis, Feedback, The Reason, Modus Operandi
What kind of car do you drive?
I have a Acura Tl and a Honda Civic. The Honda…