Taylor Bingaman, Silas Baxter-Neal, Jose Rojo, Caswell Berry, Cairo Foster, and Corey Duffel. This one's for you Stricker!

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A fund has been set up for people that would like to donate to the Eric Stricker Memorial Fund, which will assist the family with their unexpected costs.

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CHICAGO PARK JAM SESSIONS II with TransWorld, Osiris, enjoi and Ball Park.

Photos by Blair Alley & Dave Chami

Last year we did it up huge in the north suburbs, but this year we set it off at Chicago’s Wilson skatepark with heads from Osiris and enjoi. What the Park Jam is, is a little nonchalant barbecue/autograph signing/skate jam—not a demo. Everyone skates, chills, gets free dogs, and even a bunch of free gear handed out by world-famous emcee/DJ C-Bot. And with the passing of our friend, coworker, and inspiration, Eric Stricker, we all donned Bears jerseys and did it all for him.

Once the grill and the generator were fired up, the Wilson skatepark was playing host to a handful of TransWorld SKATEboarding editors and photographers (Skin Phillips and Dave Chami in the house!); Osiris’ Corey Duffel, Taylor Bingaman, and Caswell Berry; enjoi’s Cairo Foster and Jose Rojo; new Chicago local Silas Baxter-Neal, or as DJ C-Bot called him out, the Bonus Bro (!), came out to shred. Once again Mr. Matt Snow (and his students); Steve Fauser, Jeremiah Babb and the other local homeys came out to show love. The vibe in the Windy City was high!

Once again DJ C-Bot spun Michael McDonald’s “What A Fool Believes” and a grip of other brilliant Yacht Rock jams to the amazement of all in attendance, and surely had Eric Stricker, Yacht Rock afficionado that he was, looking down with a smile.

Since it was such a hit last year, we threw another “Longest Hot Dog Ollie” contest. The Wilson park locals went nuts and two guys tied with a record-breaking 32 1/2 hot dog ollie end to end. They both got enjoi decks straight from the hands of Cairo Foster. Amazing.

Thanks again Chicago for coming out in droves to skate, have fun, and remember our brother Eric Stricker. We will see you again next year.

Watch for the video wrap-up of the days’ events, filmed and edited by Chris Ray, coming soon.

Caswell Berry, 360 flip. Photos: Blair

Taylor Bingaman, high speed frontside 180 to switch crooked grind.

HAROLD HUNTER DAY III – OCTOBER 10, 2009 – NEW YORK CITY

The Harold Hunter Foundation, in partnership with Zoo York, New Era, CCS and DC Shoes, is proud to announce that the 3rd Annual Harold Hunter Day will take place Saturday, October 10th, in New York City.

Established in 2006 after Harold’s untimely passing, HH Day III will once again unite NYC’s skateboarding community for a positive day of shredding in honor of the one-and-only, Harold Hunter.

An iconic figure in New York’s downtown scene, Harold’s larger-than-life personality and generous nature touched the lives of countless people around the world.  HH Day commemorates a life well lived by celebrating the things Harold loved most–skateboarding, music, friends, family, good times and of course, NYC.

On Saturday afternoon, October 10th, HH Day III will kick off at the Manhattan Bridge Skatepark on the corner of Pike and Monroe Streets in Chinatown.  An all-ages skate jam will run from 1–5pm with pop-up best trick events throughout the day, a massive product toss and beats courtesy of DJ Smoke LES and DJ Ani.

Once the skate jam is a wrap, an after-party will go down from 9pm-Midnight at KCDC Skateshop located at 90 North 11th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  Open to the 21+ crowd only, Harold’s party people will enjoy free beverages and live music, with mini-ramp sessions in full effect all night.

As a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Harold Hunter Foundation relies on support from the skateboarding community to achieve its mission of providing “inner-city youth with valuable life experiences and opportunities for personal and professional growth by encouraging and sponsoring their interest in skateboarding.”

With this goal in mind, an exclusive run of limited edition HH Day III T-shirts and New Era hats will be sold to commemorate the event with proceeds benefiting the HH Foundation.  Both items feature a collage of classic Harold portraits shot and donated by long-time friend and acclaimed photographer/videographer, Giovanni Reda.  The T-shirt ($20) and hat ($35) will be available for purchase separately, or together as a kit ($50).

“As Harold once said, ‘Growing up in New York I never thought it would be like this, but now being here in New York it is like this,’” says Mark Nardelli, HH Day co-organizer and CCS brand director.  “Let’s keep things popp’n like Harold always did and have a good time skating with his extended NYC family.”

Harold Hunter Day III is made possible through generous support from the numerous people and companies that played an integral role in Harold’s life.  This year a special thank you goes out to Zoo York, New Era, CCS, DC Shoes, Shut, Camp Woodward, KCDC, 5boro, UXA, Brooklyn Brewery, Acapulco Gold, DQM, The Professionals A/V and DJ Equipment, Hopps, Alien Workshop, Habitat, Official, Verte, Billy’s Nuts, Frank151, Instant Winner, Famous, Savage, Off Bowery, Autumn, Anything, Rival, Homage, Supreme, Dah Shop, POST, Rockstar Bearings and Red Bull.

For more information on Harold Hunter Day III and the Harold Hunter Foundation, please visit: www.haroldhunter.org <http://www.haroldhunter.org>

The old Buena Vista pool has been dug out. Family reunion October 3 and 4.

Shuriken has a new commercial at the Osiris site featuring his new shoe.

Our veteran art director Aaron Regan has a new site up with a bunch of his art, photography, and scraps. A man of many talents, we’re lucky to have him aboard.

Fools Gold is a new Bay Area video by Jim Lalonde, the same guy who made the 510 video and Focus Group. Walker Ryan has a full part, along with Ryan Harris, Nathan Porter, Sean Gutierrez, and many other ripping Bay Area locals. Premiere is set for October 8 in San Francisco, California.

Toy Machine just posted Billy Gets Dirty Part 2, featuring Billy Marks, Matt Bennett and their homies.

Foundation came out on top, with Angel Ramirez and Nick Merlino skating hard all night. Angel skated every obstacle as Foundation’s only pro. That hard work payed off with a nice little payday for Angel. Nick Merlino wound up with Top Am honors and  Jani Laitiala killed it for Blind and took Top Pro Performance. You can see Sam Muller’s photos from the night here.  Click on the thumbnails below to see videos from each obstacle.

Overall Team Winner:
1. Foundation ($30,000)
2. Blind ($ 15,00)
3. Toy Machine ($5,000)

Top Am Performance:
Nick Merlino, Foundation ($5,000)

Top Pro Performance:
Jani Laitiala, Blind ($10,000)

Girl’s Little China Girl:
1. Zered Bassett, Zoo York
2. Angel Ramirez, Foundation
3. Ron Deily, Zoo York

Flip’s Extremely Sorry:
1. Jani Laitiala, Blind
2. Nick Trapasso, Toy Machine
3. Louie Lopez, Flip

Creature’s Hesh Cross:
1. Vince Del Valle, Black Label
2. Angel Ramirez, Foundation
3. Jani Laitiala, Blind

Black Label’s Drunk Tank:
1. Nick Merlino, Foundation
2. Billy Marks, Toy Machine
3. Felipe Ortiz, Blind

Black Label’s Drunk Tank was the grand finale at the 2009 Vans Downtown showdown, and it did not disappoint. Twelve rail, banked hubba and an out ledge with a giant drop, there was plenty for the skaters who were still walking to get down on. Nick Merlino skated hard all night, and took first place on the Drunk Tank. Billy Marks, rifled off tons of tricks down the stairs and took second while Blind’s Felipe Ortiz took third.

Black Label’s Drunk Tank Results:
1. Nick Merlino $2,500
2. Billy Marks $1,500
3. Felipe Ortiz $1,000

Creature always comes up with some insane obstacle for the Downtown Showdown, and this year was no different. The third spot of the night was the Hesh Cross, and it was insane to watch. People coming from three ways, transition on all sides and a mini quarter pipe on top. There were some collision’s, Creature’s own Neil Heddings was a victim and got taken out early. Coming out top was Black Label’s Vince Del Valle, who was ripping the cross the whole session.

1. Vince Del Valle $2,500
2. Angel Ramirez $1,500
3. Jani Laitiala $1,000

Hopefully you remember this unfortunate incident when a young skater got stopped by an overly aggressive (to put it lightly) Baltimore cop. And it’s hard to believe, but that officer is back patrolling the streets. So, check out Zach Stow’s unpleasant (again, to put it lightly) encounter with San Francisco’s Officer Schwab. So, is threatening to break an arm like a twig and kicking a handcuffed kid into a cop car part of the arrest process? We’re just saying… But you make the call.

Chris Ray’s homeys from Sacramento get some love this week featuring Schuyler Ricketts, Jesse Welch, Chris Yell, Andrew Dellas, and Chuy Madrigal.

More 5 Trick Fixes HERE.

The second spot of the night was Flip’s Extremely Sorry. A giant pyramid with a gap in it, some curved ledges and some mushrooms? Everyone was flying over the pyramid and Leo Romero was just flying everywhere. After it was all said and done, Jani Laitiala took the top spot followed by Nick Trapasso and Louie Lopez.

Flip’s Extremely Sorry Results:

1. Jani Laitiala, $2,500

2. Nick Trapasso, $1,500

3. Louie Lopez, $1,000

First up was Girl’s Little China Girl set up.  The Zoo York team had two dudes in the top 3, with Zered Bassett 1st and Ron Deily 3rd respectively. Coming in second was the Angel Ramirez, who skated his ass off all night as Foundation’s only pro.

Girl’s Little China Girl:

1st. Zered Bassett- 2,500$.

2nd. Angel Ramirez- 1,500$.

3rd Ron Deily- 1,000$

So, the results are in, and Jani Laitiala (who also won Top Pro last year), Nick Merlino, and Foundation all came out the big winners. But now’s the time to feast your eyes on these photographic gems from yesterday’s Showdown. It all started with a session on Girl’s Little China Girl (an homage to S.F.’s China Banks), then it was on to Flip’s Extremely Sorry set up, which included an ashtray pyramid, a bottle ledge, and mushroon mannys. Then we moved over to Creature’s Hesh Cross—yep, they brought the tranny—and finally finished it off with Black Label’s Drunk Tank and Twelve Step Program. Here’s the photos after 2009’s Showdown was all said and done. Videos are coming soon.

Photos by Sam Muller

After spending a Saturday hanging out in the city streets of New York—well, the L.A. Paramount Studios version—we saw Nick Merlino continue to make a name for himself, we watched Jani Laitiala return to the Showdown with a vengeance, and we witnessed Foundation not just making, but taking, the whole thing. Here’s the final results from the 2009 Vans Downtown Showdown. Stay tuned for photos and video coming to you on skateboarding.com very soon.

Girl’s Little China Girl
1. Zered Bassett (Zoo York) - $2,500
2. Angel Ramirez (Foundation) - $1,500
3. Ron Deily (Zoo York) - $1,000

Flip’s Extremely Sorry
1. Jani Laitiala (Blind) - $2,500
2. Nick Trapasso (Toy Machine) - $1,500
3. Louie Lopez (Flip) - $1,000

Creature’s Hesh Cross
1. Vince Del Valle (Black Label) - $2,500
2. Angel Ramirez (Foundation) - $1,500
3. Jani Laitiala (Blind) - $1,000

Black Label’s Drunk Tank
1. Nick Merlino (Foundation) - $2,500
2. Billy Marks (Toy Machine) - $1,500
3. Felipe Ortiz (Blind) - $1,000

Top Am Performance: Nick Merlino (Foundation) - $5,000

Top Pro Performance: Jani Laitiala (Blind) - $10,000

Overall Team Winner: Foundation ($30,000), Blind 2nd ($15,000), Toy Machine 3rd ($5,000) Congratulations rippers!

There will be a memorial service for Eric on Tuesday morning, September 29th at 10:00 am at Willow Creek Community Church South Barrington, Illinois in their chapel.

67 E. Algonquin Rd.
South Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 765-5000

If you’re in Chicago today, come out to the TWS Park Jam where we’ll be skating, BBQing, and rocking our Bears jerseys in the name of Eric!

Today we bring you the unfortunate news that editor Eric Stricker, a cherished member of the TransWorld SKATEboarding family, has passed away. He was a fine editor and an even finer friend, whose memory will continue to live in the pages of TWS for years to come.

Our thoughts, prayers, and hearts go out to the Stricker family.

Sun Diego, Vans shoes, and Monster energy drinks present the AM SLAM contest series. The first stop was the Clairemont, California YMCA. There was a great turn out with packed heats in 13 and under and the Pro-Am Open division. With 1,000 dollars total prize purse up for grabs in the Pro-Am Open division, the heat was on. Oddly enough David Cobb was killing it but had to leave before his second run and fell out of contention for the win. In the end, it was Diego Najera who took home the first place and $500. TransWorld gave away a prize pack for the “Trick of the Day” to Derek Elmendorf. Check out the results below the video. The next stop will be the Encinitas YMCA on October 24th. Thanks go out to Sun Diego, Vans, Monster and TransWorld.—Words, photos, & video by Joe Picciolo

RESULTS

13 and Under
Will Fyock             1ST
Chase Barney       2ND
Micah Christina   3RD
Zach Saraceno
Julian Stinnett
Joel Aldous
Kieran Anderson
Augie Fitazpatrick
Travis Cronan
Justin Gonzales

14-16
Nick Suarez     1ST
Diego Najera   2ND
Austin Zito       3RD
Jesse Silva
Steven Breeding
Julian Klincewics
Brendan Anderson
Nick Glenister
Isaa Awan
Austyn Magallanez

17 and Over
Connor Getzlaff      1ST
Patrick Swiggs         2ND
Dolan Sterns           3RD
David Cobb
Austin Suarez
Alex Clark
Chris Klich
Joe Steckdaub
Daniel Hayes
N’ajja Eaddy

Open Division
Diego Najera     $500
Will Fyock          $300
Matt Lonergan  $200
Brendan Anderson
Austin Lenahan
Derek Elmendorf
Connor Getzlaff
Michael Smith
David Cobb

Pop on over to blindreaper.com to see Kevin’s gnarly sequence and the video of it welcoming him to the team.

Catch the ZOO YORK Team at Boarders, LA Sunday 9/27

The new Digital video is on its way. F.Y.I. will feature Alex Carolino, Felipe Gustavo, Derek Fukuhara, Nick Palmquist, Fernan Turtle Origel, and Andrew Pott.

ELEMENT TEAM DEMO, SIGNING AND AM CONTEST THIS SATURDAY
This Saturday, September 26th, Beachworks presents an Element Team Demo, Signing and AM Contest in Costa Mesa, CA. A long list of riders will be on hand including Mike V, Darrell Stanton, Chad Tim Tim, Tony Tave, Levi Brown and many many more. The winner of the AM contest wins a free trip to skate camp next summer, entry to the contest and event is FREE. Lots of other activities on site including Tie-Dye, product discounts and more. Check out the flyer for all the info!

A lipslide gone wrong and this homey is gonna need a trip to the tailor. Thanks for comin’ out!

Upload your Wednesday Woe in the YOUR STUFF section of the homepage, and be sure to Tag it Wednesday Woe, and you could have your video up here in the Features section.—TWS

Look out for Jack Olson on the last stop on the Dew Tour in Orlando.

FINAL RESULTS:
1. Jack Olson
2. Raymond Macken, Australia
3. Brendon Villanueva
4. Alex Longcamp
5. Tyson Bowerbank

Clip Of The Week #114 - The Presision Team in San Diego, CA with the I360 squad for all the festivities, including but not limited to: boozing, chilling, doin’ business with all the industry homies, and trying to fondly some steezers tittes! We started at The CrossRoads event at Blackbox wednesday, chillin with Bachinsky and Thomas, then went to the dance firday through saturday where we made-shift our owne little “demos” with a few friends from the south. Featuring: Gabe Saxon, Joel Wilkins, George Vargas, Chase McMullen, Sam Lemley, Shane Stephens, Aaron Phillips, and John Ramos.

Kristin Ebeling, Skate Like a Girl Tour, July, \’09. Harrisburg, Or

crappy runway. had to pop like a mad man.

FS 180 a Seven

With his win in Salt Lake, Bucky Lasek will be going into Orlando with a first place standing, but PLG and Andy Macdonald will be following closely behind in second and third. For the breakdown of what went down at Friday night’s vert finals click HERE.

Westside Connection featuring Jamie Palmore, Kellen James, Tyler Surrey, Sam Hubble, Lenny Rivas, Nick Tucker, Brandon Le Fever, Marcus Allen, Dan Connelly, Larelle Gray, Dorian Gray, and Brandon Turner.
Edited by: Nick Lamm

Clip Of The Week #113 - The Spirit of….. This clip is a redefinition as to what is meant when skaters say they put there heart and soul into what they do. Through all emotional outcomings comes an art that is defined by those individuals as everyone creates their owne steeze. The seasons represent the change in emotion and the push to battle through anything in making the videos we do here at Precision Productions LLC

Altamont Presents 10 Episodes Of The South By Southwest Altamont Tour
Featuring the Altamont Skate Team, No Age and The Goat & The Occasional Others Filmed and Edited by Patrick O’Dell

Beginning next Monday, Altamont Apparel LTD will release the first of 10 daily episodes documenting their recent road trip from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas filmed and edited entirely by Patrick O’Dell (Epicly Later’d). Unlike your typical skate tour, the Altamont tour was a mash up of days spent skateboarding and nights of energetic live music, featuring the Altamont skate team and contributor bands, No Age and The Goat and The Occasional Others making their way out to this year’s annual South by Southwest music conference. Cut from a different cloth, indeed. One new episode will appear every weekday on the Altamont website from September 21 – October 2, 2009.

Go to AltamontApparel.com on Monday to watch the first episode!
Check out the teaser for the video here.

Altamont South By Southwest Tour Episode Release Dates: (All Times P.D.T.)
Episode 1: Monday, September 21 @ 11:00 A.M.
Episode 2: Tuesday, September 22 @ 11:00 A.M.
Episode 3: Wednesday, September 23 @ 11:00 A.M.
Episode 4: Thursday, September 24 @ 11:00 A.M.
Episode 5: Friday, September 25 @ 11:00 A.M.
Episode 6: Monday, September 28 @ 11:00 A.M.
Episode 7: Tuesday, September 29 @ 11:00 A.M.
Episode 8: Wednesday, September 30 @ 11:00 A.M.
Episode 9: Thursday, October 1 @ 11:00 A.M.
Episode 10: Friday, October 2 @ 11:00 A.M.

The Tum Yeto Fall 2009 Online Catalog is now live. Check it out.

Check out some footy of the etnies European Tour on this Web clip called Sangria Nights.

In yet another case of a SoCal skatepark being retarded, San Marcos has shut down its park due to skaters not wearing helmets. Jeez, do these same cops go to public baseball and soccer fields and make sure everyone is wearing protective gear? Didn’t think so. F your park, San Marcos, we’ll be in the streets.

Read here.

For a limited time, Subscribe now and get a free limited edition MOB/TransWorld SKATEboarding grip tape!

The Duffman don’t lie! The best grip in the biz. Get some now.

Cast your votes now for your favorite Manny Mania finalist from the 15 city Manny Mania Am Series U.S. Tour. Highlights from each skaters winning runs are posted on the Red Bull site, and at the end of the month, the skater with the most votes will be named the Best Manualing Am in the county. The official press release is below.

VOTE FOR THE BEST MANUALING AM IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE RED BULL MANNY MANIA DIGITAL FINALS

America’s Best Two-Wheel Tricking Amateurs to Put Their Video Parts Head to Head for Your Vote

September 15, 2009 – Santa Monica, CA – From coast to coast, amateur skaters have been putting their two wheels to the test, competing in the Red Bull Manny Mania Am series all summer long across 15 cities. Now the best skater from each stop will compete in the digital manny rumble royale, vying for your vote as the grand prize winner, with the chance to take home $7,000 in prizes and take their shooting, and their recognition, to the next level.
Highlights of each Red Bull Manny Mania winner’s run are now posted on Red Bull Skateboarding.com . At the end of September, the skater with the most popular manual maneuvers will be sporting a prize back with the best of digital video equipment – winning a JVC HD Everio GZ - HD40 camera, a Macbook Pro 15″ widescreen computer and programs to edit their future footage with including Final Cut Studio and Mac OS X Lepoard – and last but not least, a handy pelican case to carry their gear to all the hot skate spots around town.

So who will get bragging rights as the best manual am in the US? Will it be East Coast reppin’, or someone from Dirty South? A Navajo tribe member who skated in Long Beach or a part-time music producer from Baltimore?  The fans will decide who wins, and who will take home video equipment that will help one skater raise the bar on his video parts, perhaps taking them from You Tube to your next favorite skate flick.
To cast a vote in the digital finals, click here: http://redbullskateboarding.com/events/manny_mania_2009/digitalfinals
For more information about the series, visit www.redbullmannymania.com

My name is Jason Park, I’m 19 and from Kaneohe, Hawaii. Here’s my tape, hope you enjoy it!

jasonparkfest@gmail.com

The Dew Tour is making it’s next stop in Salt Lake City this weekend and we’re back once again to put on the TWS Best Trick right after the park finals on Saturday night. We found the perfect spot, and with Chris Cole, Nick Dompierre, and Corey Duffel all confirmed to show up, it’s sure to be another heavy one. But if you’re not in SLC and can’t see it go down live, stay tuned for the footage on skateboarding.com or catch it on Sunday on NBC bewteen 2 and 4 p.m.

Filmed by Chris Thiessen

J-F Taillon Promo 2009. This Guy is From New-Brunswick, Canada and he rips. Now Sponsored by Empire skateshop

Part two of our interviews from the Extremely Sorry premiere last night, featuring Ewan Bowman, Mark Appleyard and many more.

Another clip is up from the Vans Downtown Showdown in Turin, Italy. The first one with lots of skating is here.

More vans Skateboarding >>

Kyle Nicholson is Axion’s new am. Check out his footy.

(c)plugaraiov 2008rnrnIt was pretty sick shit I ever seen of this guy, he\’s amazing beast!

super sick

Everyone has been anxiously waiting for Flip to premier their new video, Extremely Sorry. We made the trek into Orange County to witness what Rowley and company have been working on for the last few years, and they did not disappoint. Before we grabbed our seats in the theater, we wanted to find out who everyone was looking forward to seeing. Check back later today for part two of the interviews featuring the man behind the video, Ewan Bowan and one of the star’s of the night, Mark Appleyard.

Ping Pong paddle art by skartists you’ve heard of. September 24 in Costa Mesa, California.

Plugatariov(c)rn2008rnKharkov,Ukraine

dave sepesy from mount pleasant michigan

Elkhart * Sucks. Some footy we did when cruisin the midwest.

Check out Jon Wagner’s part in our first official full-length video, “Killa Camra” (2007).

Song: Placebo - Special Needs

Filmed by Jon Edwards, Dan Zambrano, & Jeff Lupinski - Edited by Jon Edwards - Killa Two Coming Soon!
Visit: http://www.heavyhittas.com

thursday theater. a;; about the fun.

TORONTO PRO SKATER KYLE CASTER DISPLAYING HIS AWESOME BALANCING ABILITIES AND DISPLAYING A PRIMO TRIPLE KICK TO CASPER

Bro sesh at a park near our house. Tyler Pakstis, Nick Lipere, Mark Ziolkowski

The Positive Movement Alliance (PMA) is not an apparel company, a skateboard company, or an art company. It is all three wrapped into one universal
lifestyle brand targeted toward the “new urban” aficionado who understands that all things are connected; culture influences art and conflict eventually lends itself to compromise.

In 2008, Greg Carroll, Courtney Smith and Chase Tafoya conceived PMA to bring you: the consumer, creator, student, teacher, artist, dreamer and believer a “new urban” movement. These three young men discovered they had something in common; they were all looking for an opportunity to make a lasting impact in the urban crossover market place. They decided to put their individual talents together and use them to change the way people perceive activism. PMA gives the community more than T-shirts, skateboards and art pieces. Its goal is to prove to the masses that generations X and Y are ready to have their voices heard.

PMA is a collaboration of art, music, skateboarding, apparel, activism and philanthropic actions. It’s a company that encourages consumers to take charge of change by creatively engaging their communities. With collective decades of experience and knowledge in the afore mentioned industries, PMA’s creators are dedicated to implementing a movement that uses common elements of the “new urban” culture to encourage positivity.

Every product produced by PMA, from apparel to skateboarding equipment and paintings have a strong social, political or cultural message. Activism is a large part of PMA’s landscape, therefore 3% of the net revenue of each item sold will be donated to various charities and foundations attached to each PMA series.

Dead Precedence

Many of the youth in America seek to find riches not by hard work and dedication, but by the easy money of street life, (selling drugs, robbing, and gang-bangin’). They think this is what they have to do in order to survive. Choosing this lifestyle can ultimately lead to death - if not a certain physical death, death of one’s soul. We believe there needs to be a change. Today’s young people need to set a standard for others to follow. They need to kill the type of “precedence” that supports the easy way out.

Tricked

Some rappers brag in their songs about drinking, drugs, and violence. They sing about how they’ve been “shot 9 times”. Rapping has become so much more about image and street cred, than it is about skill or content. The kids who idolize these rappers are being tricked. They are being deceived into thinking the words are real. In reality, the rappers are not living this lifestyle at all. Many are being “tricked” themselves; being sold, and told what to write by wealthy record executives who’ve never experienced such a lifestyle. We need to think for ourselves.

Exactly what the title says.

SPREADtheGOOD

Here is part one of Roughneck BART Tour 2009. The second half of the day was rained out, and has been rescheduled for this Sunday 9/20/09. $250 Best Trick at the S.F. Library Gap.

Tj Covert takes a spill at a local highschool 10 set when he kicks his board out and lands back on it.

We’re kicking off a new weekly treat. Spice up your desktop with a new photo each week—just download or drag it to your desktop. Here’s Sean Malto’s cover shot from our October issue—Skate & Create II (Peep the video here).

Photo: Oliver Barton

Sean Malto

Sidewalk has taken on the annual British scavenger hunt-style video comp Big Push. If you’re a sucker for UK skating like we are (think Nordberg, Korahn Gayle, Mikey Wright, Stu Graham, Tom Harrison, Snaddon, Sam Bosworth, Joe Gavin, etc.) you’re gonna want to check it out.
Here’s the link to the micro-site complete with the first day’s worth of video blogs/photos and nonsense.

iSKATElocal.Com
SKATE JERKS.COM

footage from sd and illinois

Monday September 21st - Bluetile Lounge and Ultimate Skateboard Distribution are hosting a DVD premiere at the Opera House is Toronto.

The Grainy-ness makes this piture look like its from the 60\’s, My Homeboy Vince Bustin the glorious backsideflip to switch on the piano, at the skate park of Cortez Co.

victoria tx. omar arellano. getting ready to do a manual out of a bowl to 5-0

thursday theater pleasant valley skate park locals havin fun

Wednesday Woe Aaron Lopes gets nutted in the outskirts of Orlando!!!
Filmed by Tj Gaskill

starring…. John Hollins . Mike Duncan . Nolan Reese Jr. . Chris Cole . Tim Williams . Spenser Simas . Oscar Jordan . Randy Radermacher . Ray Diaz . Dane B. . Chucky Jones . Tyler . Adrian Mcelhaney . and other homies . check us out at www.ghettostarskateboards.com

The annual end of summer skate jam at the Vancouver plaza.

POTT 2fer- nollie flip board and hardflip backside grind

Manny Santiago- impossible to lipslide

Tyler Hendley- Bigspin Flip over the water gap

Gershon Mosley- gettin crazy steppin off

Dane Vaughn-crook pop over. he also did back over crook

Mike Carroll spends an afternoon with Active’s own Erica Yary answering YOUR questions, shootin’ cans & sippin’ on 40’s. Watch here.

ASR came and went once again without much hubbub. There was a mini ramp contest that the SPoT guys hosted. Andrew Langi ripped it and had some cash on hand at the Alphanumeric party that was held at Confidential. Malakye.com hosted the most fun event of the weekend—the Office Boyz contest for all us desk jockeys. Mike Fitz from TransWorld, Adam Sullivan from Fuel, Bama from Black Box, John Short from Volcom, and many more ripped it up and had fun. TWS actually won Best Team Spirit and a nice trophy. Since parties were few and far between, many of us descended on the TW Surf party at Bondi Bar where online editor Justin Cote and Miss TransWorld Surf, Heather Rose, were buying the drinks. Friday night, New Era invited us to its VIP suite at Petco Park to watch the Padre game. Free brew and food was provided and a few of us were lucky enough to catch foul balls.

Plugatariov Iurii(c)2008

Catch the Tiltmode Army’s Bonus Round premiering at Willy’s Workshop Mira Mesa on September 16.

Yep, after we took our Best Trick contest to the streets for the first time at the Portland Dew Tour, we’re once again stepping up our game and holding our Best Trick in Salt Lake City on an already existing skate spot, the Convention Center seven stair kinked rail. Jon Allie’s skated it, Adam Dyet’s skated it, so you’ll probably recognize it when you see it. But come Saturday night, with the highlights showing on NBC and skateboaridng.com on Sunday September 20th, this rail is gonna see more tricks go down on it than ever.

Vans’ Downtown Showdown went transatlantic and made its Euro debut in Turin, Italy on Saturday, September 12. Six european board brands (Blueprint, Cliché, and more) were invited to compete. Check out this highlight video featuring Lucas Puig, Nick Jensen, Javier Mendizabal, and more to see what went down.

Final Results
Heroin Obstacle
1. Javier Mendizibal - 1500 Euros
2. Chris Ault - 1000 Euros
3. Alain Saavedra - 800 Euros

Cliché Obstacle
1. Cris Ault - 1500 Euros
2. Madars Apse - 1000 Euros
3. Ignacio Morata - 800 Euros

Blueprint Obstacle
1. Jerome Campbell - 1500 Euros
2. Lucas Puig - 1000 Euros
3. Nick Jensen - 800 Euros

Fiat Freestyle Team Best Trick/Best Slam
Danny Brady - 1000 Euros

Best Pro
Javier Mendizibal - 6000 Euros

Best Amateur
Philippe Zwijsen - 4000 Euros

Best Team
1. Element -15,000 Euros
2. Cliché - 10,000 Euros
3. Alai - 5000 Euros

Filmed over two days and edited in 5. Skaters worked in pairs to film and shot a section over 1 week. The compiled sections were then shown at the Centre Fold Gallery in Guernsey…

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Clip Of The Week #113 - The Spirit of….. This clip is a redefinition as to what is meant when skaters say they put there heart and soul into what they do. Through all emotional outcomings comes an art that is defined by those individuals as everyone creates their owne steeze. The seasons represent the change in emotion and the push to battle through anything in making the videos we do here at Precision Productions LLC.

After getting featured on Thursday Theatre last time, here’s another installment of “2 Dazed on the Rock”. A skate section filmed in 2 days here on the tiny island of Guernsey in the UK. Skaters featured are Mop, Disco Steve, Jake and Lime. Big up the Channel Islands crew!

Reid Menzer skatepark York, Pa Montage

just a flat ground heel my friend did a great job with the pic!

Real has a new Lost Days video up in LA with Busenitz, Ramondetta, Torres, Aultz, Donnelly and guest Brad Cromer. Check it out.

You saw all the interviews and skateboarding that went down at Crossroads last week. Now that the madness has subsided, here are some leftover pics that slipped through the cracks. Check out our new slideshow viewer too!

Check out Zach Cusano’s part in our first official full-length video, “Killa Camra” (2007).

Song: Pete Rock & CL Smooth - It’s a Love Thing (Instrumental)

Filmed by Jon Edwards, Brendan Gilliam and Jeff Lupinski - Edited by Jon Edwards - Killa Two Coming Soon!
Visit: http://www.heavyhittas.com

The all new almost Fall/Holiday 2009 Online Catalog. Feel free to peruse at you own discretion.

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This Monday we have a 5 Trick Fix from Portland, Oregon Filmer Jeff Halstad. Featuring Devin Appello, Brogan Robinson, Craig McKendry, Kyle Billups,
Elliot Murphy.

More 5 Trick Fix

Axion is steadily leaking new product into the skate world. Hop on over to Robust Flavor to check out the line of new Ts.

Clip Of The Week #113 - The Spirit of….. This clip is a redefinition as to what is meant when skaters say they put there heart and soul into what they do. Through all emotional outcomings comes an art that is defined by those individuals as everyone creates their owne steeze. The seasons represent the change in emotion and the push to battle through anything in making the videos we do here at Precision Productions LLC.

The Civilized boys laced us with the promo for Get Your Kicks, a new video by Matthew Phipps out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cap off your weekend with this jam, and don’t come down with a case of the Mondays tomorrow!

The wait is over. Here its is—all New SK8MAFIA Saturday.  Watch it and go skate.
Featuring: Brandon Turner, Jamie Palmore, Kellen James, Dorian Gray, Billy Antonio, Lil Jake58, Joseph Morena, Mike Fitzgerald, Dan Connelly, Marshall Heath, and Larelle Gray.

My part in our first official full-length video, “Killa Camra” (2007).

Song: Nas - It Ain’t Hard To Tell - Illmatic (1994)

Filmed by Brendan Gilliam, Dan Zambrano & Jeff Lupinski
Edited by Jon Edwards
Killa Two Coming Soon!
Visit: http://www.heavyhittas.com

Check out this Elwood video showing the making of the latest Dan Drehobl ad.

[wp_youtube]QZfr0fGkIuo[/wp_youtube]Bro sesh. Tyler Pakstis, Mark Ziolkowski, Nick Lipere

[wp_youtube]gyiAXr7h2lQ[/wp_youtube]HOLE IN FACE! and 3 Teeth Cracked

Skateboard to the face off a downrail!

IT WAS HORRIBLE

im all cleared up now

it happend DEC. 2008

Before getting on Finesse months ago, it had been a long time since we heard the name Anthony Mosley. But by the looks of what he was putting down in our warehouse in a mere 45 minutes, it looks like he’s fully back. Take a look.

This year we saw something new as far as best trick contest go. Mixing it up in between the double set and water gap was the Barrel Jump. This was definitely a fun one to watch. Its pretty simple, go fast and jump as many as you can and try and hold on for dear life.  Chris Cole, Garrett Hill, Danny Scher, Slash and Kechaud Johnson were pushing it about as far you could go. After some pretty insane slams by all, Kechaud Johnson was finally able to hold on to one and take the win.

Corey Duffel, Nick Dompierre, and Chris Cole have all been confirmed to join the rest of the skaters at the Salt Lake City Dew Tour stop coming September 17-20. Catch it on TV or right here on skateboarding.com. And if you saw what we did with our Best Trick contest in Portland, you’re gonna want to make sure you don’t miss what we’ve got panned for SLC. It’s gonna be another epic one!

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Here’s Part 2 of Ambiguous‘ Tour Video.

Crossroads closed with a bang last night, hosting a best trick contest at the end of the second day. First up was the double set. Chris Cole, Jimmy Carlin, Billy Marks and more shut down the tradeshow with some insane skating. Paul Trep switch flip back lip? In the end though Andrew Pott walked away with the win on the double set.

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This is a Photo Page Gallery of Toronto PRO Kyle Caster. It contains Sequence Photos of Skateboarding Tricks.

[wp_youtube]9Lw7arYr_SU[/wp_youtube]Dylan Donovan, Tyler Webb, Jake Vance.
Just Some Throwaway Footage.

TransWorld, Osiris, enjoi, and Krush are getting together and throwing one heck of a skate jam in Chicago on Saturday, September 26.

Catch Cairo Foster, Caswell Berry, Jimmy Carlin, and Taylor Bingaman, get free stuff, and Ballpark will be supplying the free dogs!

Peep the flier, don’t miss it, and check the full coverage here on skateboarding.com.

Check out how last year went off!

Video company Knife Show is stepping it up in the filming and editing game. Check out their goods in this week’s Thursday Theater.

Upload your Thursday Theater clips to skateboarding.com! Just register on the homepage and load ‘em up in the YOUR STUFF section. Be sure to tag them Thursday Theater.

We’ll be picking a new one each week to feature on the homepage.

Heavy Metal Knife Show from Mike Benson on Vimeo.

Knife Show is going to be filming some skating in 2009 and 2010. Here’s a taste of what’s to come: Jeffrey Garcia, Casey Wrightsman and Brent Chastang. Shot and edited by Mike Benson and Casey Wrightsman, with help from Chris Johnston. KNIFESHOWINC.COM

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Stefan Janoski, frontside flip.

Dave Chami just got back from a Habitat Northwest tour and dropped off these demo sequences for your enjoyment.

Jeremy Tuffli, five-0 to fakie.

Fred Gall, frontside flip.

Daryl Angel, switch backside tailslide.

Austyn Gillette, fakie ollie switch frontside crooked grind.

2009 VANS DOWNTOWN SHOWDOWN PRESENTED BY ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK COMING SEPTEMBER 26

Join Vans on Saturday, September 26 to see top pros and ams vie for their piece of $85,000, as the 5th Annual Vans Downtown Showdown invades Paramount Studios’ Back Lot.  With top skateboard companies and their riders submitting design ideas for one of four custom obstacles to be built against the Brooklyn brownstone movie set, the Vans Downtown Showdown is always one of the most unique contests of the year.

Watch it on the web: Catch a live HD webcast of the entire event, powered by FUEL TV, at www.vans.com/downtownshowdown, Saturday, September 26 from 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm.  FUEL TV will also be providing live cut-ins on the network throughout the contest to keep viewers up to date on all the action!

Watch & Win: Tune in to the live webcast for your chance to win prize packs from Vans and Rockstar Energy drink plus an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. guitar.

Who: The top teams in skateboarding including Girl, Flip, Blind, Creature, Black Label, Foundation, Toy Machine, SK8MAFIA and Zoo York

What: Each team will session four unique, custom-made obstacles in a round-robin format with awards going out for top team, best pro, top am and best performance by obstacle.

When: Saturday, September 26 at 5 pm (doors open at 4 pm)

Where: Paramount Studios Back Lot

Prize Purse: $85,000 in cash and prizes for individual and team winners

The Vans Downtown Showdown is made possible by the support of Rockstar Energy Drink, FUEL TV, Mitsubishi Motors, Epiphone and SPoTlight Productions

More info on the 2009 Downtown Showdown including riders and obstacles coming soon!  www.vans.com/downtownshowdown

Words by Mackenzie Eisenhour
As seen in our October issue

Sure, being handed an empty warehouse, a handful of cash, and some of the best skaters in the world can make for some undeniably creative skate setups. But the honest truth is that our most beloved dream spots over the years have occurred naturally at the hands of an unsuspecting architect in the urban fields. As such, some of our most cherished non-designated playgrounds around the world have at times been struck down—lost forever to the dreaded knob, strategically placed flower bed, sandpit landing patch, or tragic full-time supervision by some poor extension of the law and order racket. Most legendary street spots have fallen never to return. But a rare few have been nursed back to health, raised from the dead, or simply re-ignited by our creative interest to live a new day of skateboard seduced symbiosis. The following are ten notable resurrected spots since The Turf came back from the roller disco grave in the late 80s.

1. Hubba Hideout—San Francisco, CA
The O.G. namesake of millions of ledges down stairs watched Kalis switch back tail, Garcia nollie flip noseslide, and Koston back noseblunt before she was seemingly 187’d in ’00 by the city placing benches at the tops of the stairs and hefty knobs down the slabs. But in ’06, a few ambitious locals hacked off the knobs, leading to a solid year of resurrected assault. Exasperated, the powers that be struck again in ’07 with the aforementioned sandpit landing. Yet, even today, dedicated soldiers like B.A. and Ramondetta continue to keep Hubba alive. According to sources in the city, “You just have to be precise and pop back onto the bricks.”

A Hubba history segment from On Video in 2001.

2. Brooklyn Banks Nine-Stair Rail—New York City, NY
The historic brick-lined gift to New York’s skateboard scene nurtured some of the East’s greatest talent and best times since the Bones Brigade logged footage there in Future Primitive (’85)*. However, following 9/11** the NYPD designated the banks a parking lot for the city’s squad cars and go time became sparse. Meanwhile, the nine-stair rail (see Jamie Thomas’ opening line in Welcome To Hell [’96]), which had been taken out (or stolen by a rollerblader depending on your sources) around ’98, then shortly revived by a Vinny Raffa-installed replica, disappeared entirely until the Banks were officially renovated and designated a multi-use/skatepark in ’07.

Jamie Thomas back lips the nine in his first trick in his opening line in Welcome To Hell.

3. Chain To Bank—San Diego, CA
Sometimes a spot doesn’t even need to get deaded for coverage and attention to dry up. Sometimes all it takes is a video summary of Tom Penny “closing it down” à la Anthology (’00) and we simply lose the drive to go back. For whatever reasons, however, SD’s chain to bank is back. Now the home of double flips and mannys, perhaps skateboarding’s collective consciousness simply needed this long to recover from the stunning hangover of Tom’s one-day magical assault.

The story behind Tom Penny’s chain to bank annihilation in TWS‘ Anthology.

4. Cardiel Ledge—San Francisco, CA
The words legend and Cardiel are about as interchangeable as Sarah Palin and her Tina Fey-enacted SNL parody at this point. Since John noseslid the big side of this lengthy California Street hubba for his Big Brother interview in ’92, it was knobbed seemingly for the count around ’00. Seven years later, anonymous Bay Area freedom fighters hacked off all impediments and the ledge currently sits liberated and ready for action.

Reese Forbes tailslid the Cardiel Ledge in TWS‘ The Reason (see 6:36).

5. Venice Elementary Hip—Venice, CA
In a testament to the infinite scope of our ability to adapt, sometimes the “skatestoppers” themselves become embraced as entirely new obstacles. This was most certainly the case in Venice. When the school decided to end Natas, Stranger, Martinez, and the rest’s historic enjoyment of the hip by closing it off with suspended metal bars, Venice locs proceeded to make the curved flatbar at the bottom of the bank a new spot altogether. Give us lemons—we make lemonade.

Andy Howell skates the hip and the “skatestopper” flatbar at 3:20.

6. Earl Warren—Solana Beach, CA
You could hardly run through a video in the late 90s without the prerequisite downhill line there (solidly punctuated by Penny’s 411 Flip Industry nestled line ending with the asleep-at-the-wheel back tail down the rail). While Markovich had noseslid the gap to ledge in the self-titled Color vid (’93), the spot had seemingly gone the way of VHS tapes. Then somehow, Slash crooks in his Ride The Sky (’08) line and this one-hitter is all up in the mags again. However, newly installed gates have put a stop to Earl’s official welcoming back.

Check Wes Kremer’s opening switch tre bombs down Earl Warren in the Sk8mafia Am Video.

7. USC Ledges—Los Angeles, CA
Since Gabriel, Paulo, Rudy, and Guy hopped over the pole in Ban This (’89), USC was a 90s-long quasi-EMB for central L.A. skaters. Everyone from Keenan, Gino, AVE, Jesus, Wenning, and onward joined the mobs of camped out Mexican groms daily in annoying upwardly mobile college coeds on their way to class. While the subsequent campus security patrol cars and sporadic ticket eventually ended the all-day sessions, a recent development meant to dead the ledges for good has seemingly backfired on the university. With two-foot-wide dirt gap channels around all the benches, skateboarding once again turned water to wine by simply viewing what was meant to repel them as an added challenge.

AVE skated USC like no other. Just take one look at his Seek And Destroy last trick in Photosynthesis.

8. Pyramid Ledges—New York City, NY
These longtime NYC ledge-tech stomping grounds got the knob in the late 90s. Although they were briefly liberated with some accompanied video of Jake Lewis removing the stoppers in ’00, the building’s management quickly retaliated with a new set of bolted cockblockers a few months later. Fast-forward to last year when early fallout from W’s economic downturn caused said managers to lose all their building’s tenants. As a result, both sides of Pyramid are currently stopper free, and the spot is a full go.

Jake Johnson’s switch flip switch nosegrind on the pyramid ledges in Mind Field was most epic.

9. Place Masséna—Nice, France
Growing up Southern France, the red brick plaza and big three you may remember from such clips as Gino’s closer Cab in Hot Chocolate (’04) was our everyday, all-day EMB. Yet in ’05, with the city intent on building their new tramway right over it, the spot was fenced off and slated for demolition. Our local shop owner, Toto, went to city hall and convinced the mayor to allow him to throw a demo there and invited city planners to come watch how skateboarders used the space for a positive purpose. Long story short, a just-returned-home sponsorless Bastien led the charge with a six-hour free-for-all demo and the city agreed to build the tramway track around the plaza instead of on it. Merci, Bastien.

Here’s the closer…

10. Library Ledges and Gaps—San Francisco, CA
The S.F. Library ledges that accompany what should be known as Keenan’s Switch Inward Heel Gap have been either knobbed or a bust on and off since Lavar obliterated them in ’99. Yet, over the past three years, steady sessions have been slowly building up again. As of this writing, the ledges are up and running and you can catch heavy sessions there with some of Frisco’s finest any given Sunday after five.

Mike Carroll’s skates the library in his infamous opening line in TWS’ Modus Operandi.

[wp_youtube]LJyebfE_5Uw[/wp_youtube]Skating In Athens Ohio with Jon Barnard. Video Shot and Edited by Ben West

[wp_youtube]ZZWlZtjdZI4[/wp_youtube]Mark mac skating east! filmed by real rich and edited by cousin gordy

[wp_youtube]LJyebfE_5Uw&feature=channel_page[/wp_youtube]Skating in Athens Ohio with Jon Barnard…Shot and Edited by Ben West

[wp_youtube]FlLAVeFx-3w[/wp_youtube]Knife Show is going to be filming some skating in 2009 and 2010. Here’s a taste of what’s to come: Jeffrey Garcia, Casey Wrightsman and Brent Chastang. Shot and edited by Mike Benson and Casey Wrightsman, with help from Chris Johnston.

http://www.knifeshowinc.com

[wp_youtube]MfN3E7d9iuw[/wp_youtube]Gage Smith Free Flow entry

[wp_youtube]VKYfHBn1euQ[/wp_youtube]Travis Fragale, Phil Falzarano & Andrew Kennelly’s shared part in our first official full-length video, “Killa Camra” (2007).

Song: RJD2 - Rain

Filmed by Jon Edwards, Brendan Gilliam & Dan Zambrano - Edited by Jon Edwards - Killa Two Coming Soon!
Visit: http://www.heavyhittas.com

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Skate & Create II was a smashing success this year, and with the mag on the shelves, we wanted to wrangle up all four amazing videos in one easy to browse article. So here you go, we find they get better and better with each viewing.

DVS Wood

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Intro by Matthew Deak, DVS Art Director
What you see is what you get. If I were to explain it in the most basic of terms, there was a stack of wood and there was skating. Doubles to be exact. The best part about skateboarding like all other forms of activities that can be elevated to art, is obviously they are open to subjective discussion. No “good” and “bad” or “yes” and “no”, but a lot of interesting things between the extremes. more …

C1RCA Broken Dreams

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Intro by Dennet Oyanguren, C1RCA Creative Director
The Broken Dreams concept was to put together a short film about skateboarding achieving a few different things. One was to put skateboarding and the viewer in a different environment than normal. The other was to have the team put together obstacles that they would like to see and session out in the real streets, that are good for tricks, as well as challenging and interesting to look at; design them, build them, and put those obstacles in our unique setting. more …

etnies The Legend Of Boxton Square

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Intro by Terry Snyder, etnies Art Director We aired out a lot of ideas leading up to S&C, but it was Mike Manzoori’s dream sequence storyboard filled with a cardboard city that had us sold. It fit what we wanted to do visually—the photos and video would be equally striking, and it was “do-able.” The props were lightweight, mostly recycled, the unknown obstacles could be styled to match our set, the video had a beginning, middle, and end, and it was guaranteed to be unique. The stage was set. more …

DC In The City

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Intro by Mike Blabac, DC Shoes Staff Photographer
Basically our idea was to re-create cities by simply printing our black-and-white backdrops, and make the supplied obstacles look like real skate spots. We kept everything really simple to the point of being ghetto at times not to overproduce it and make it as skate as possible. more …

ryan sheckler

doulble kickflip

[wp_youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfN3E7d9iuw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FDudetotheBro&feature=player_profilepage[/wp_youtube]gage smith free flow entry

Innes Clothing, Black Label, and Loser Machine are having a party tonight at Hensley’s Flying Elephant Pub after the first day of Crossroads. Music by our very own DJ Blairly Legal. Music starts at 8, but we recommend getting there early—it will fill up.

[wp_youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfN3E7d9iuw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FDudetotheBro&feature=player_profilepage[/wp_youtube]Gage Smith Free Flow Contest entry

tom falls on his face…
skater: Tom Hyson
filmer: Trent Reed

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[wp_youtube]v8UCKrO2KBg[/wp_youtube]Starring…Danny Villa . Mike Duncan . Brandon Hopkins . James Kelly . Nolan Reese Jr . Dave . Randy Radermacher . Alex Quintana . Cody Mcentire . Jorge Robles . Gabe Benevich . Ray Diaz . D’on Harris . Cody Carlin . And other Homies… go to ghettostarskateboards.com for more info and to check us out thanx for watching

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Its Labor Day, so enjoy this 5 Trick Fix from Robbie Gould, then enjoy your day off! Featuring Jordan Taylor, Logan Taylor, Sean Conover and Stephen Lawyer.

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Don Hartley Memorial Wheel

For more information on Don’s legacy please visit Facebook.

[wp_youtube]QvlRsecEnOE[/wp_youtube]Clip Of The Week #112 - Joel Wilkins and his newest part filmed and edited in a span of 3 weeks, hit or miss. Appropriately Dubbed “The Underground King Of Reno” for more reasons than you…

Toronto Pro Kyle Caster

Kyle Caster doing a handstand flip to flip mount and flips and junk

[wp_youtube]P3F8d8rUgcA[/wp_youtube]Motion picture trailer from Skater Robert Johnson

The good ass homie BB is having another art show with his new artwork. He just got done completing the Circa Combat 2010 line and hes got lots of new art to show. The show is at the Chee Chee Club in San Diego. The hours of the show are 10 - 2 show will be going until the early morning. There will be live art by MOFO also

Here’s a link to his flickr also: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bb666/

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The Civilized and Sugar boys went up to Big City skatepark in Bakersfield, California and had themselves a little demo.

[wp_youtube]aWBOvrT06UE[/wp_youtube]Phil Clark’s full part in our first official full-length video, “Killa Camra” (2007), feat. Sebastian Pedrick.

Song: Nas - The Message

Filmed by Jon Edwards & Dan Zambrano
Edited by Jon Edwards
Killa Two Coming Soon!
Visit: http://www.heavyhittas.com

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$lave just announced its premiere for its first video Radio-Television, September 11 in Vista, California. Details on tickets, etc below.

[wp_youtube]UCh0cA2OzvM[/wp_youtube]Hot N Heavy Teaser

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[wp_youtube]UCh0cA2OzvM[/wp_youtube]Teaser for Hot N Heavy, a video coming summer 2010.

PRO SKATER ALIEN WORKSHOP DECK SILLOUTTED ON LOCATION OF TRICK SESH AND PHOTOGRAPHED TO DISPLAY A NICE COMPUTER BACKGROUND.-KYLE CASTER PRO SKATE TORONTO,ON

Mike Long gives you a quick rundown on how to go about getting your switch ollie to start looking like a regular one. Check Mike’s How To, and maybe by the end of the three day weekend you will be hoping over benches like him.

Mike Long’s Video Checkout

Find out what’s next for our October cover boy. Or find out what’s now, right HERE.

Pop on over to the enjoi site/catalog to see new am Ben Raemers’ footage and hilarious graphics from the enjoico.

The lovely Active Erica got to put P Rod in the hot seat for a few minutes at a recent signing. Peep it.

[wp_youtube]5IyX6SzA9hA[/wp_youtube]To celebrate the countdown to “Killa Two,” our upcoming feature-length video, I present to you Cody Benesta’s full part in our first official full-length video, “Killa Camra” (2007).

Song: Memphis Bleek - Hand It Down (Intro)

Filmed by Jon Edwards & Dan Zambrano
Edited by Jon Edwards
Killa Two Coming Soon!
Visit: http://www.heavyhittas.com

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Some talented skateboarding featuring nick drecchio, richie banks, tyler lyles, dave sketch rose, zach eaton, sean powderly, and tony massey

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These dudes are in production overdrive at the moment. Here's an update:

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Antwuan Dixon is on Ashbury Eyewear.

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Follow Rob on a tour through the Fantasy Factory warehouse where he reveals some secrets about the mayhem we can expect from Season 2.

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Cliché and legendary skateboard artist Sean Cliver have collaborated on a graphic.

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my wheels slipped out as i was turning into this doorway wallride. you can just guess how i got into this position and how it turned out.

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my wheels slipped out as i was turning into a wallride over this door. you can guess how this turned out.

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Viewer discretion advised! Here's our 10 favorite Woes you guys have uploaded!

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Immediately after announcing his addition to the pro ranks and the World Industries team, World TM Charlie Thomas caught up with Anthony Shetler to grill him on a few hot topics.

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me doing a kickflip

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me doing a pop shove it

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September 13, the Roughneck Bart Tour is going down again.

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Video Homepage with Mystery's Dan Murphy. See how Dan and his dog Indy make themselves feel at home while they stay on the west coast.

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Well? Go back to the homepage and vote!

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Ambiguous is releasing its Nor Cal tour video in two parts.

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Vox is proud to announce the release of Eman' s second pro shoe "The Deuce", in shops 9/15

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C.J. Kelly Wins King of the Groms Woodward East rides for YEAH! boardshop skateillinois.com

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