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Rob Washburn, will be leaving his post as team manger for BRIGADE and Powell Skateboards next month. He will become the first Product Manager for Bones Wheels. Rob has been an outstanding Team Manger for Powell and Brigade and we are pleased to have him take on this new opportunity. He will oversee all aspects of the legendary Bones wheel line from new product development to managing the Bones Wheel team.
Bones Wheels-check out all the new simpler, cleaner graphics throughout the entire updated Bones Wheel line. New Bones Pro Wheels are available now. Javier Sarmiento 49.5mm, Moses Itkonen 51.5mm, Danny Wainwright 52mm , Pat Channita 52.5mm, Steve Caballero 53.5mm and Andy Macdonald 54mm. All pro wheels are in a 101a duro except Pat's which comes in a 99a. These wheels come in some of our narrowest shapes.
BRIGADE- Danny Wainwright and Jason Ellis have new graphic decks. Danny's deck comes in at 7.75 x 31.75, the graphic features a dove of peace. Jason has chosen a crocodile chewing on some type of object as his graphic theme. His deck comes with Magnum concave and is 7.75 x 31.75. Pat and Andy's new graphic decks introduced last month also come in a mini size. They are both 7.5 x 31.25 and feature XPC Construction and Magnum concave.
Powell- releases eight new graphic decks in two separate series in four different sizes. The Brite Lite series features a Dragon graphic and come with Brite Lite Construction and K-12 Hella Concave. The other series will feature a X-Ray skull graphic and feature K-12 Hella Concave.
Continuing with the Dragon and Skull theme Powell releases two new graphic Powell wheels, a 52 x 31 Dragon graphic in 101a and available in natural or clear formula red and a Skull graphic, 54 x 34 in a 99a durometer in natural.
Angelboy gets three new graphic decks. Troll Angel 7.5 x 31.75, Knotty Angels 7.625 x 31.75 and Hot Seat Angel 7.75 x 31.75. All these graphics are sublimated and come with our very own SST slide treatment.
Five new Angelboy graphic wheels, Fire Angels a 52 x 34 wheel in a 97a duro, Angelboys a 53 x 34 wheel, Knotty Angels a 53 x 34 wheel and Evil Eyes a 54 x 34 wheel all in a 99a duro also an updated Halos graphic wheel. Halos come in two sizes, 53 x 34 and 55 x 34 are available in a 99a natural in the 53 and a 101a natural and clear in the 55.
Surf One- this quiver of seven longboards shaped by Powell features five new graphics. If you want to bomb a hill, shred some concrete, cruise to the store, style a carving turn or just want more wood beneath your feet, Surf One has you covered.
To request a product catalog, contact us at mailto://promo@skateone.com
To view any product available through Skate One go to http://www.skateone.com
Random Team News from all fronts.
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Congratulations to Bones Swiss bearing team rider, Caswell Berry on finishing first at the Tampa Am. Bones Wheel rider Danny Morrin placed 8th and Bones Swiss rider Stefan Janoski placed 11th.
A certain retired Powell team skater recently called from Italy after winning the ISPO vert contest talking about a comeback.
Pat Channita, Jon Comer and Javier Sarmiento are in Australia competing in the Globe Challenge.
Steve Caballero skated the Pink Motel pool before the Old School Skate Jam with Brad Bowman, Dave Hackett, Wally Inouye, Pineapple, Salba, Lance Mountain and many more. Cab will be going to Germany to play with the Faction for Monster magazine's 20th Anniversary party. Speaking of Faction, they are in the studio finishing up four new tunes.
Cab is in training mode on his YZ 125 for the next crossover event in Anaheim and he's working on a new prototype skateboarding pad for Fox clothing. He will be a featured skater in THPS 4 video game and also featured in the new Krux ad showcasing the Krux team having fun. He's working on a new Cab 8 shoe, practicing for the Tampa pro contest, will be giving away the Skater of the Year award for the ESPN awards with the Original Bones Brigade crew and is in the new Skate Legends book by Michael Brooke.
Cab no longer rides for G-shock.
Jon Comer and Pat Channita will continue to spend some time together for the next couple of months. After Australia they will be attending the AWH Distribution Open House in Chicago to hang out and skate. Then they will venture down to Ron Jon's two Florida stores in Ft. Lauderdale and Cocoa Beach for some shop appearances and skate demos. Jon and Pat will then meet up with Caballero for the 8th annual Tampa Pro contest.
Jon is now on Da Kine for all his backpack and travel bag needs.
Moses Itkonen finished up his much anticipated RDS video and premiered it with much applause at the ASR show in Long Beach, CA. Duffs will be releasing Moses signature shoe in some new color ways.
Jason Ellis has been filming for his new upcoming T.V. Show. He recently went to New York for a special autograph signing of his new computer stat card, he is also in the process of designing his signature guitar for Fender. Be on the look out for his Transworld 20 questions interview soon. He recently modeled for Gear magazine to showcase (in his own words) athletes dressed as poofs. His part in the new RDS video was sweet. He has also been filming for the DC video.
Andy Macdonald has finished healing from his surgery and is cleared to start skating again by his doctor. Andy helped design a new park to be started this month in Claremont. CA. The street course and vert ramp will built by Twister while a 7'-9' cement bowl w/coping and real tiles will be built by Wally Hollyday (builder of legendary park, Cherry Hill).
Andy will join Nickelodeon Games and Sports' Mati Moralejo to host the first-ever Maximum Rocket Power Games. Based on Nickelodeon's hit animated Rocket Power series, the Maximum Rocket Power Games is a half-hour live-action special inspired by the new Rocket Power movie "Race Across New Zealand". The Maximum Rocket Power Games will air on Nickelodeon Saturday, February 16th at 9:30p.m. EST/PST.
Javier Sarmiento is in Australia filming before he enters the Globe contest. After the contest he and Anthony Claravall plus crew will head over to New Zealand to film. If you saw the new issue of Slap magazine #118, then you know that it was blessed with Javier's backside nose bluntslide on a super tall rail. If you haven't seen it, be sure to pick one up.
Powell Team News
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The Powell Am Team, Rodney Jones, Tony Manfre, Silas Baxter-Neal and Oliver Buchanan went down to Miami Beach immediately following the Tampa Am contest and destroyed..themselves.
Rodney entered Tampa Am this year but a few falls kept him out of the finals. Limping out of Miami, Rodney returned to San Diego long enough to heal before flying to Minneapolis for the Street Jam 2 contest. He grabbed himself a 2nd place finish behind Aera shoe and Bones Wheel teammate, Dayne Brummet. Rodney will be back in his hometown of Baltimore for the next 2 months filming and working on getting the coverage and recognition he deserves.
Tony was also at the Tampa Am contest and he too had a few falls. His skating style and different approach to life was certainly noticed by all who attended. While in Miami, Tony also got hurt while trying to film for the upcoming Thrasher video. He will share his video part with his new Powell teammates and friends. Rumor has it that Tony switch ollied Wallenberg. Only the video will tell the truth.
Oliver was the victim of injuries on this trip. This mighty Grom from Salt Lake City was trying to throw his weight around and ended up getting squashed by a towering 15 stair handrail. Oliver made a name for himself at Tampa and is probably the smartest little grom in the industry today.
Silas was the only guy to come out of Florida without a limp. He got some good stuff while there and expect a Check Out in a future Transworld magazine. Silas was picked up by Venture trucks while at the Tampa Am contest obviously impressing Venture Team manager Justin "EARS" Williams.from prpagana news letter
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skateboarding news
Ryan Smith is on Zero. Look for a slaying part in "Dying to Live".
After recently getting on Toy Machine, Diego Bucchieri, quickly signed on to the Killing Machine Hardware team. He has been wanting to get on the team for quite some time now. After a chance encounter and subsequent run through the Killing Machine warehouse, he's a welcome addition to the team.
Gold Wheels recently added Terry Kennedy and Mikey Taylor to their impressive roster.
Quattro Wheel Company announced the addition of two new amateurs to the team: Jose Rojo and Jesus Fernandez.
Toy Machine has just released "T-Sect" ABEC-5 bearings. They come in a Transmissionator pez-dispenser. Eating bearings is not recommended! .
The F glam boys are back from the Tour de Foundation en Latin America. Puerto Rico and Panama are both screaming Viva La Foundacion! Everyone reported sick demos, crowded Emerica signings, good local booze, a very large canal, amazing local spots, Noriega?s Bunker and clear beach waters. Special thanks to Andres and Mark Waters for setting up Emerica sessions. Watch for the documentation coming up in Transworld and 411VM.
John Rattray will soon be residing semi-permanently in San Diego following the acquisition of his work visa. He?s also looking forward to getting a drivers license so he can learn to drive on the correct side of the street.
Lindsey Robertson, John Rattray, Ryan Bobier, Jon Allie and Ryan Smith have all taken up residence in Vista with Wiggins. Smoking is allowed after 10pm, but only on the balcony.
Adrian Lopez wants everyone to know that he quit Hurley. He just gonna cruise for now in the clothing department.
Patrick Melcher is out in California for the winter. He?s been destroying many a rail and has been sessioning the Giant Skatepark in Costa Mesa. Look for his signature board on Black Label this coming February.
Don Nguyen no longer is riding Destructo?s. He succumbed to Ruckus.
Destructo welcomes Jeremiah Vance to the team. He?s a new breed of rail smasher.
Kristian Svitak has signed a deal to endorse Wooster?s line of colored griptape.
Steve Nesser has been touring with Consolidated. He?s set to join up with Clint Peterson in California after the first of the year. He?s now on Iota Skateboards with his pal Emeric "OLU" Pratt. Emeric will be representing on the West coast living in Oakland, California with his girlfriend. Look for Emeric at the Tampa Am in January.
Helen Hunt was spotted at Old Star in Santa Monica buying two completes and a load of pads this past week.
Charlie Wilkins was on the Ricki Lake show on Christmas Day!!!!!!
The topic of the show was on skateboarding. On the show Mom's who have young kids that are getting hurt skateboarding (like most kids do skateboard or not...), and they want them to stop before? they could hurt themselves to death.
Eric Koston and Rick McCrank are on the Girl Tour, which is winding its way through the southern United States. They'll be home for Christmas, then back out in the new year for more Girl trips. The deadline for the Girl video is early next year, so they're getting last minutes hammers before editing starts.
Arto Saari is back from Australia and has been filming in Southern California. Es is very proud to announce the arrival of the new Arto Saari pro model shoe, which will hit the stores in very early 2002. It's been called a mix of the Koston 1 and the Accel, with an airbag, which could make it the perfect skate shoe. You'll be able to decide for yourself soon enough!
The Billabong team including Bucky Lasek, Quim Cardona, Willy Santos,
Daniel Haney, Brian Patch, and Chad Bartie all just returned from a two week tour in Australia. The team traveled from Melbourne to the Gold coast doing demos and shooting photos and film for TWS and 411. You will see coverage of the trip in both TWS and 411 in the near future.
Ricta Wheel Dynamics would like to welcome Boca Juniors supporter and world famous skateboarder Diego Bucchieri to the ever expanding Ricta team.
Last but certainly not least congratulations also goes out to Ricta Wheel Dynamics rider Rune Glifberg who is the #1 ranked vert skateboarder in the
world for 2001.
VIDEO BLITZ:
The CKY box set with a bonus CKY Documentary is now in shops. 4 videos come in the set and the price is a bargain. Last time it was the DVD?s, now the VHS tapes are available.
"Collage" from Danny Minnick is now available.
Ryde or Die Vol. 1 from Aesthetics premiered in LA and San Diego last week. The video is in stores now and is getting rave reviews. Wu Welsh and Kevin Taylor have stellar parts.
Tactical Manual is in shops now.
Ask your shop to get the new "Overload Showcase" promo video. It?s free and available to all shops who are interested. It features sick footage from the riders on Satori, 5Boro, Killing Machine, and Gold Wheels.
Paul Rodriguez and Mike Taylor have been on the road lately, filming for the upcoming City Stars Am video "Terror Squad". Even though they just finished "Street Cinema," they've still got footage, and the new flick should be out early next year.
Dying to Live is still being worked on. I know you?ve heard this before, but it will be worth the wait.
Hollywood is going to release a promo video to be out late spring or early summer. Featuring the demented talents of Kris Markovich, Dorian Tucker, Kevin Stabb, Don The Nuge, Justin Roy and Richie Belton.
WEBSITE Bits:
Quattro Wheel Company introduces a whole new line of wheels that have just finished production. There are two new Pro Series, as well as all new Team Wheels. You can take a look at all the new shapes and graphics at: www.tree-axis.com/~mark/quattro/site/index3.html
The team page on the DC web site is instituting bold new changes, kicking off with a full-length Rob Dyrdek interview accompanied by brand-new photos and video clips. It signals the beginning of new interviews with each DC team rider, released at a rate of one per week. The series starts with DC?s skate team. Look for never-before-seen photos, footage, and interviews ? released every week ? with Colin McKay, Danny Way, Josh Kalis, and the rest of the DC crew.
Jon West has a website, www.JonWest.ws featuring his horror projects. Check it.
EVENTS:
The Austrailian X-Games recently finished. Tim Mcdougal aka DORPHIS, a local Aussie shredder won, and Steve Caballero came in 2nd followed by Canadian destroyer Josh Evin.
Globe World Cup Australia is on, this February 16 + 17th, 2002! The event is taking place in Melbourne at the Rod Laver arena which holds 15,000 people! The Gallaz Skate Jam 4 -- which is also World Cup santioned -- will take place the 17th. The total prize purse consists of a truck and car from Ford, along with $56,000 USD! Globe International's 9th annual 900 Degrees party will also go off over the weekend!
Globe World Cup Australia www.globeworldcup.com
Gallaz Skate Jam 4 www.gallaz.com
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feb 1
BMXing news
K2 has apparently picked up Todd Lyons
Macneil's Nick Halsey tore his ACL while trying to shoot photos with some dumb photographer (me) the other day. He's going to have surgery soon and will be out for a while.
Speaking of Macneil, the team just completed a trip to Austrailia to film for their upcoming video and to generally cause mayhem. By all accounts it was a great trip and all the girls "down under' are beautiful.
Construction of "Woodward West" is rumored to be beginning shortly. Nate Westal and the rest of the Pennsylvania summertime mecca ramp building crew will be putting the place together in time for the first wave of campers this June.
The La Revolution contest in Toronto on the other hand, now that is a real contest. And it will be happening March 1-3. keep an eye out on the Chase BMX website for sign up info. www.chasebmxmag.com
John Parker is off the Primo Pro team.
Brian Foster is on the Primo Pro team.
Brian Wizmerski is now riding for S&M.
feb 1
SNOWBoarD NEWS
DC SPONSORS POWERADE SNOWBOARDING TOUR
Todd and the Powerade booth, both going off, in Mammoth.
DC Shoes is teaming with sport drink company Powerade to bring the Powerade Tour to a slope near you during the 01/02 season. Show up for a chance to both meet DC's Todd Richards and see him ride. There will also be contests and giveaways, where you could be on the receiving end of some DC shoes, boots, stickers, and posters. The Powerade bus will be at the X-Games, all Triple Crown contests, the Olympics, and the first three stops of the Grand Prix.
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jan 25
SKATEBOARDING NEWS
Toy Machine picked up the amazing Diego Bucchieri after he quit his former board team. A little bit of backlash from the north means that Diego wont be receiving free trucks or wheels from his recent sponsors any longer. No big deal since he's already on Ricta
Ed Templeton is said to have a few more major new riders in the works for Toy Machine. A new day is dawning . . . Chany Jeanguenin's< new shoe on Osiris will be in shops by 3/1/01 and Jerry Hsu's new shoe will be available 5/15/02.
Matt Beach returned on the 24th from an Australian Tour where he visited such illustrious places as Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane and more. Demos, filming and photographing occurred daily as did skating all over the city and as Matt attempted to fly down a double set of stairs, he did the splits and almost ripped his foot off at the bottom. He also saw what the Australians claim to be the largest gold nugget in the world tucked away safely in a museum. Matt is also leaving the tree-infested state of Oregon for the sunny skies of Huntington Beach, CA after the first of the year.
This month's TransWorld Skate Business has announced that the adidas/Mark Gonzales art book produced for ASR was the most creative giveaway at the bi-yearly show. The orange book contains 40 sketches Mark drew on adidas notebook paper.
Alex Chalmers quit Etnies and is currently talking to an industry icon about a shoe deal. Jon West is having a baby in the spring.
151 Skateboards has just added Sam Hitz to its pro team. Hitz will have a full part in the new 151 video. The video is due to be released Summer 2002. The Hesh Crew lives on.
Paul Machnau is moving out of his apartment with Alex Chalmers and is getting a place in So Cal. Paul Machnau has left the Brigade on good terms and at this point has no board sponsor. Paul is finishing up his RDS/FSU2002 video part. Rumors have it that Paul filmed a line through La Jolla High; hitting the 18 stair rail and making his way to the massive double set ledge.Look for his RDS scraps in the next 411. Paul broke off Arizona last weekend with big rail lines and other various hammers during the latest RDS road trip. Momentum Wheels is stoked to have such a hammer machine on their wheel team.
Mike Hastie has been picked up by Darkstar Wood. Mike now rides for Darkstar, Momentum, gets flowed DC's and RDS. Mike tied for first place in theMake a Wish best trick contest on his first Darkstar trip. Mike has a part in the new digital video with Russ Milligan Ryan Smith just flew down south to California as well Ryan is working on adding to his mountain of quality photo and video shots for the RDS video and more multiple paged am interviews. No new board sponsor yet for Smith (at least one of public knowledge!).
Colin McKay had a nasty wreck while blasting Danny Way's go-cart up the loading dock at the DC ramp. He tore up his shoulder and has already had surgery. Colin of course has his part for the RDS video finished The part has a full retrospective on his many video parts, bonus party footage from the Tony Hawk tours, and the typical vertical innovation that Colin is know for Moses Itkonen has been skating and filming for the RDS video as well as working on next years line of RDS products. He spent the last weekend in Arizona with the RDS crew hitting up the many spots.Yet another much needed generator set up was purchased for the southern style late night sessions.The first RDS generator was stolen out of the back of Paul Machnau's Dodge Dakota. VIDEO BLITZ
Diego Bucchieri looks toward a bright future on Toy Machine. credit: Kevin Marks
The CKY DVD box set with a bonus CKY Documentary is now in shops. 4 DVDs come in the set and the price is a bargain. Pick it up ASAP A Girl/Chocolate video box set hit the streets last week. Get the 2 Girl and 2 Chocolate films for a sweet deal All four of the Plan B videos have been re-released for the holidays.
GUILTY is finally premiering this weekend on Saturday DECEMBER 8, 2001 at the GRAND OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM in LOS ANGELES, CA. The Shorty's team has put blood, sweat, and tears into the last 3 years to bring you GUILTY, the follow up to the first SHORTY' SKATEBOARDS video "FULFILL THE DREAM". This video promises to be worth the wait.
If you go to the premiere you also get to see a slew of hip hop artists including The Beatnuts, JROCC, HIVE, UFO!, THA FEDARALZ, DJ MANABU, and DJ NAGAI. Information: www.shortysinc.com or call (805) 576-4014
Tickets are $10 @ the door. Doors Open @ 6:00p.m. All ages
Tactical Manual premiered Nov.30, 2001 at La Paloma Theater in Encinitas. The VIP party was off the hook with free food and drinks. We hope to see the video in shops by mid December.
On Video Winter 2002 should be out before Christmas. It will feature a Rodney Mullen retrospective, a section with Terry Kennedy, a section called MASS TRANSIT with pros and their cars, and trip to Australia, and a heavy hitting montage section called On the Side.
FIRST BROADCAST is the title of the new video from Dan Magee, creator of Waiting For the World - aka the Blueprint video. The project is in the final editing stages and should be released in the US by the end of January. It is an all British video with an entirely British soundtrack. Sections include Vaughan Baker, Colin Kennedy, Frank Stephens, Nick Jenson, Mark Baines, John Rattray, and Ali Cairns. Also there is a montage section and ORGANICSKATEBOARDS section. As you can see, it is not just Blueprint riders this time round. Just a selection of the top riders in the UK.
"Tampa Am Experience" 2002< video is in the planning stages at the moment. It will sell for $14.95 and the Skatepark Of Tampa insures that it will be released within a month of the contest,
EVENTS
On the second weekend of November of this year, many wishes came true. The Texas Skate Jam came to past. There was lots of skating, a dunking booth, photos, filming, autographs, cheers, and stickers being tossed out over the two day event - all for The Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast. South Shore Distributing and South Side Indoor Skatepark, with help from Adio Footwear, Hawk Shoes, Planet Earth, Element Clothing, Transworld Skateboarding, and 411 raised over $35,000 for Make-A-Wish. Tony Hawk, Kris Markovich, Richie Belton, Dave Mayhew,
Nate Jones, Josh Kalis, Jesse Fritsch, Ed Selego, and over ninety other pros and ams showed up. Unpaid for any appearance fees, they just came to skate and help raise money for Make-A-Wish.
There were two best trick contests, one on Saturday (Mini Ramp) and one on Sunday (Big Prop-Street). On the Mini Ramp Jam the big hitters were Pat Duffy (Kickflip to B/S Nose Blunt Revert out), Alan Petersen (360 Judo over the gap), and Kris Markovich (Alley-oop F/S 360 Ollie Grab to F/S Rock-n-Roll).On the Big Prop killing it was Stacy Lowery (B/S 50-50 on the downside of the big ledge-first person with big enough balls to try it), Chet Thomas (Switch-Flip B/S Noseside from pyramid to prop), and Mike Hastie (landing everything he tried...).As for the visuals on all this you'll see every trick in 411, plus a bunch of team videos coming out in the future Registration is full for Tampa Am 2002. If you were planning on going, plan ahead for 2003. The world renown am contest runs January 17-20th 2002. See www.skateparkoftampa.com for more details Willy Akers won the Beast of the East finals this past weekend in New York. Danny Morrin was #2, Chris Kendall was #3, Conor Faybut< got 4th, and Steve Fauser< got 5th "The Kasperholic gets a day job"
Josh Kasper needed some extra Christmas money this year, so he will be working at Hanger 18 Skate Supply on Sunday Dec. 16th. Josh will gladly help you put your new deck together or help you try on some new shoes. They will also be having some promo with Kaspers sponsers kicking down free items when a Kasper purchase is made. I.E.- You buy Tensors, you get some free Speed Demon Bearings.
Also Hanger 18 Skate Supply is having Jamie Thomas, John Rattray, and Adrian Lopez stop by the store for an autograph signing on Sunday Dec. 9th @ 1:30 pm. Stop by the shop to meet your heros! For more info call (619) 299-3392 On the evening of DECEMBER 15, 2001 a JACKASS ART SHOW will be held in conjunction with CITY GALLERY, located on Los Feliz Boulevard in Atwater Village (just across the 5 freeway and across the street from the Bigfoot Lodge). The show will feature an assortment of Jackass related photography from the likes of Rick Kosick, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike Ballard, Jaime Owens, Jeff Bender, Dave Carnie and Sean Cliver, as well as varied artwork by Chris Pontius, Jeff Tremaine and Dave England.
1984 is going on a tour in mid December to January. The east coast will be the target. Details are slim at the moment. More to follow On November 3, the skateboarding community came together to skate and raise money for the victims of the September 11th WTC tragedy.
The event was held on Saturday, November 3rd at the Millennium Skate Park in BayRidge Brooklyn. Rain hindered efforts a bit, but by mid afternoon, all were ripping. Riders in attendance were: Tony Cox, Pat Smith, Dan Pensyl, Paul McElroy, Tino Razo and some local rippers...
Prizes were raffled off, a best trick contest was held and everyone walked out of there with something Between donations from companies and individuals, as well as the money from product being raffled off, we raised over $35,000. We want to thank all the companies that came through for this benefit and we especially want to thank you and all the other skateboarders. Even though the event is over, the work is not. If you would like to help, you can make a donation at: http://www.helping.org/wtc/ny/nystate.htm
WTC benefit T-shirts will be available for purchase after December 1st at http://www.soletechnology.com/wtc/ (all proceeds will benefit Sept. 11th victims fund).
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dec 19
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Anthony Mosley now rides for TSA. Video in progress. Ghetto Child is proud to welcome Anthony and Justin Case to the family. Keep your eyes peeled for their first Ghetto Child ads coming soon.
Paul Machnau is the latest addition to the strong team at Momentum Wheels. Danny Way was added a few months back to the already heavy line up of Rick McCrank, Colin McKay, Scott Johnston, Neal Mims, Sluggo, Chris Haslam,and Brandon Beibel.
What board brand is Ryan Smith riding? The final word will be in the next news flash.
Nate Broussard is the latest up-and-comer to be added to the Killing Machine hardware roster.
Erik Ellington is on Thunder after abandoning Destroyer.
Frank Gerwer recently kickflipped the Wallenberg four. Five tries is all it took. Sometimes you just surprise yourself.
Adrian Lopezs new shoe from Circa will be out real soon. Lopez designed the shoe so kids could afford it and skate in it at the same time. Something not too many people think of these days.
The Adrian Lopez Zero deck with the Osama Bin Laden graphic has hit the shops and is selling like hot cakes. If you havent seen this board, ask your local shop about it. Then buy it and either skate it or save it. Its going to be a collectors item for sure. Adrian thanks everyone for their support. Adrians royalties from the deck are being donated to The American Red Cross.
The Emerica team mansion is a sealed deal. In what could possibly go down in history as a classic what-in-the-hell-could-he-have-been-thinking move Emerica team manager Justin Regan decided to test the bonds of friendship that exist amongst his teamriders and put them all under the same roof. Albeit, a very large roof with high ceilings. Will this move bring the team together and give even greater focus to the Emerica video project in progress? Permanent residents are Erik Ellington and his wife Luciana, Andrew Reynolds, Heath Kirchart, Justin Regan, and Emerica video filmer, Jon Miner. With five bedrooms taken and four to spare, theres plenty of room for any visiting Emerica riders who need a place to stay in L.A. while they work on their Emerica video parts with Miner. The first guest to make himself a local has been Emerica am Bryan Herman, who has been utilizing a guest room for the weekend while going out filming around L.A. over the last few days. Moving in has been a slow process, but expect to see some coverage of the new crib when everyone is finally settled.
Emericas new corporate slogan: "Emericalike pillows for your feet, stinky wet pillows."
Ed Templeton just got back from South America (Chile, Argentina) with Austin Stephens. Reports are saying the skating was great and that trips like these will be the wave of the future. No demos, no schedules, just street skating at new spots worldwide. Diego Buchierri was the tour guide on this trip. Cairo Foster and Caswell Berry went too.
Aaron Suski is safe in Tucson after spending some sobering time in NYC this last month.
Stevie Williams is profiled in Kings Bangin section, which highlights "people puttin in work." King points out that Stevies success has been "on his own termsno X-Games, no mainstream connects, just skating." Billed as the new urban mens magazine, King showcases everything from interviews with hip-hop stars and athletes to articles on beautiful women, along with car, fashion, and product reviews. Pick up the launch issue on November 27.
Alex Moul turned pro for Santa Cruz. Anyone whos been paying attention to skateboarding in the past ten years will be very familiar with Alex and what hes contributed.
Maple am sensation Tyler Hansen joins the Krux trucks family. Keep your eye out for the chapters of coverage about to unfold from this kid. Krux introduces the Down Lowa new truck with what is likely the lowest kingpin available on the market today. Youll be able to grind the hanger down to the hole before you hit the kingpin! The Down Low will only be available in the 3.5 size.
Rictas latest acquisition is Caswell Berry. On the product front look for some Mark Appleyard and Rodrigo Teixeira signature Ricta wheels in 2002.
Sessions is proud to announce that it has signed Adam Alfaro from Whittier, California. Adam has been a top am for the last year and with his recent eighteenth birthday, he has moved into the professional skateboard world. Currently Adam is riding for Sessions, Black Label, Etnies, Destructo, Speed Metal, Revolution wheels, and Liberty Board Shop.
Josh Kalis turned out to skate and show his support at the annual Make-A-Wish Foundation Skate Jam on November 10. A full report on the event should be in by next news batch. Brian Wenning and Rob Dyrdek met up with Kalis in Dallas, Texas that weekend to mount a film, video, and photo assault. Mike Blabac handled photography and Greg Hunt handled cinematography.
Jim Gorecki is am for Aesthetics and 4ce Shoes.
Ethan Fowler is busy traveling with Vans right now. He was at the Vans park openings in Phoenix and Houston, then hes off to New Zealand for a tour with Thrasher. If you live in New Zealand, start asking around they shouldnt be hard to spot.
Moses Itkonen is finishing the RDS video, working on his fall 2002 line of RDS clothing, and building a skatepark in his warehouse. He still finds time to skate the Vans skatepark and the streets of Orange County with Mike Hastie and whichever Red Dragon that happens to be in town.
Paul Machnau and Caswell Berry are no longer riding for Brigade or Bones Wheels. They will continue to skate for Bones Swiss Bearings.
Javier Sarmiento has been in the USA working and filming with Anthony Claravall. Hell be hooking up with teammate and friend Danny Wainwright in Barcelona for a little tour of Spain.
Powells Tony Manfre is in Italy and should be hooking up with Gianni Zattoni. Tony also went to Prague and skated the Stalin Park.
Both Vanik Hacobian and Tino Razo are trying to deal with the East Coasts cold weather. Tino says hes been out skating a lot despite the cold and having loads of fun.
Along with Kenny Reed, FKD has added Joey Comstock and East Coast wonder Zerred Basset to the team.
dNAs Jim Bates is back in action after a slam that forced doctors to put ten staples in his head.
Video Blitz
Digital Video Magazine held a premiere at Oakley for its latest issue (Number Six) the day after the Chomp on This premiere. Oakley houses a full stadium-style movie theater that holds 300 people. The facility was utilized to the max and the video is fantastic. Anthony Mosley, Ragdoll, and Rodrigo Teixeira have the bangin parts.
Anthony Mosley joins The Muska on TSA and Ghetto Child.
New videos that just arrived in a store near you: Chomp On This, Digital #6, Expeditions Alone, City Stars Street Cinema, Logic #9, and Globes Opinion.
A CKY box set will be released later this month and will include a documentary of the making of the trilogyonly be available with the purchase of the box set.
Shortys, Guilty should hopefully be premiering December 1, 2001, but its not 100 percent yet. Stayed tuned for future updates.
Cinematographer Greg Hunt has joined DC to handle all skate-related video and film production. Gregs past credits include Transworlds i.e., Anthology, Sight Unseen, and Videoradio. The transition pairs Gregs talents with DCs scope: "At DC I have the opportunity to do bigger things with bigger production values," Greg says, "and I get to do different things, from shorter-format commercials to full-length videos." Greg has hit the ground running, and is busy mobilizing a full nighttime media assault on the DC super ramp for the first full-length DC video, now in production.
Jamie Thomas and the whole Zero team were just in Miami filming for Dying To Live. Theyll return when the shit is broke off.
Andrew Reynolds and Erik Ellington have returned home from a filming mission out to Phoenix, Arizona. Along the way, the guys and Emerica filmer Jon Miner found an empty pool. According to Miner, Andrews part in the upcoming Emerica video in progress should blow you away. Miner is planning a return attack on Arizona and New Mexico next weekend. Again hell be bringing out Ellington and Drew, however, this timeDonny Barley will be joining the crew. Those of you who remember Donnys part in Welcome to Hell will be happy to hear that Donny wants to outdo himself for the upcoming Emerica video.
The new dNA video Continuum is finished and was released this week. You might have checked out the Southern California premiere on November 9 at the Carlsbad Village Theatre. If not, the video should be in shops soon.
Progression Video Magazine Nimber Six is in stores this week and youll be very impressed with the editing and most importantly the skating. Their chief editor Terence Lee incorporated three-dimensional graphics that will blow your mind. The skaters featured include ams Nate Kocaka and Danny Wallace followed by a Think road trip sectionncredible skateboarding from Dan Drehobl, Pat Duffy, Pancho Moler, Danny Fuenzalida, and Jake Nunn! Next up is a Jordan Hoffart section and last is a Jim Gagne profile. On top of all the sections they have a few miscellaneous sections with Carlos De Andrade, Daxter Lussier, Frank Hirata, Patrick Melcher, Anthony Mosely, Jeremy Holmes, Billy Marks, and Lavar McBride. With in a few weeks Progression will be available on DVD with bonus clips.
Thom Hornung has been filming for the upcoming Anthem Boy video due out in February with Brian Gaberman snapping photos.
Tactical Manual is premiering at La Paloma in Encinitas, California on November 30, 2001. Hopefully itll be in shops by mid December.
Website News
Check out the new Satori website when you get a minute. Therere still a few finishing touches to be made, but its basically there. New video and everything, satorimovement.com
Check out enjoico.com It reflects the same humor youve come to love in their ads. There is a "Draw Marc Johnsons Graphics Contest" going on. Cant wait to see a video from these guys.
Arto Saari has been added to the Active pro team. He joins his mates Mark Appleyard and Geoff Rowley and a list of other heavy hitters activemailorder.com.
Ultimate Gary has been seen ripping it up in the Girl facility lately, busting wicked gnarly like he owns the place. Check out the live parking block cam on Crailtap.com for a chance at witnessing Gary at work. And speaking of tappin the crail, Crailtap decided to scrap the classic "issue" style and run with constant updates insteadcrailtap.com.
Be on the lookout for the new Zeros Web site. Its under construction, but its being totally redesigned as you read this. Rumor has it theres going to be a Zero fan club thats going to have all the kids going wild. Can you be a member? You have to pass the test first! Check out zeroskateboards.comfor more info.
Log on to sessions.comfor Adam Alfaros profile on December 15 plus team information, news articles, or to view Sessions Product. Team profiles and updates are added every two weeks.
Event and Tour Info
The Harsh Barge is a Girl Skateboard Company holiday tour coming your way soon. Along for the ride will be Mike Carroll, Rick McCrank, Eric Koston, Jeron Wilson, Brian Anderson, Brandon Biebel, Rick Howard, and some Chocolate family members, too. Here are the dates:
November 24: In-store, Cowtown, 4 p.m., Phonenix, Arizona
November 25: Demo, Vans, 4 p.m., Phoenix, Arizona
November 28: Demo, MD, 5 p.m., Corpus Cristi, Texas
November 30: Demo, Southside, 4:30 p.m., Houston, Texas
December 3: In-store, Ruin, 4 p.m., Atlanta, Georgia
December 6: In-store, Anonymous, 4 p.m., Cincinnati, Ohio
December 8: In-store, RQ, 4 p.m., plus demo, Triple R Skatepark, 6 p.m., Chicago, Illinois
December 11: Demo, Rampage Skatepark, 5 p.m., Davenport, Iowa
December 18: Demo, Sub Skates, 4 p.m., Las Vegas, Nevada
The Circa team will be going on a tour of New Zealand..
The schedule:
December 1 Auckland NZ
December 5 Wellington NZ
Watch out Latin America! The F glam boys are at it again. Justin Strubing, Jon West, Daniel Shimizu, and Tony Silva are headed to Puerto Rico then Panama from December 317 for the Tour De Foundation En Latin America. A fiesta of demos and street skating will consume both countries. Check tumyeto.comfor tour dates and locations.
The Hollywood teamDorian Tucker, Richie Belton, Don "The Nuge" Nguyen, and Justin Roy commandeered a van and headed out east on a road trip to the Make A Wish demo November 1011 in Houston, Texas. Kris Markovich piloted the team and lead them to the good cause that is Make A Wish. While out in the wild west of Texas, they filmed for their upcoming promo video due out this spring. The Hollywood boys are also talking about a tour to Marti Gras in February. Hold your gumbo, no details yet.
Donny Barley has been home since last Saturday when he, Erik Ellington, Andrew Reynolds, and Heath Kirchart all came down to San Diego, California to do an in-store appearance at Hanger 18 Skate Supply. There was a line of over 200 kids waiting for autographs when the crew arrived. Ken from Hanger 18 did a great job keeping the whole thing organized and running smoothly. Everybody who was there seemed genuinely happy to meet their their skate idols in person.
The last stop of the Etnies European Open 2001 was at the Cosanostra Skatepark in Chelles, France. From October 2628 more than 100 skaters from all over Europe showed up to compete in the contest. In the street finals sixteen riders took two 60-second runs each. The skating was amazing which made the judging really difficult. Marc Haziza from France earned third place, Dominik Dietrich from Austria got second, and first went to Alexis Jauzion from France. Best Trick was a kickflip backside tailslide on the ledge by Christophe Sampaio. After the 2001 skateboard Europe season, it crowned two overall winners: Mark Haziza and Steffi Weiss. Congratulations to both for a fantastic season! Complete results and additional information are available at skateboardeurope..
Congratulations go out to Emerica and Killing Machine rider, Chris Senn, who placed fifth overall at the Crail World Cup street contest held in Sao Paolo, Brazil over the weekend. He was the only American in the top eight. Sandro Dias won vert followed by Bob Burnquist and Rune Glifberg.
Skate Lab had a huge weekend at the onset of November. Saturday November 3 they held a free showing of the new Globe video, Opinion. Rodney Mullen, Chad Fernandez, Chet Thomas, and Danny Garcia were there. Sunday November 4 was the Tony Hawk Free Skate Day. over 1,000 people turned out to check out the happenings, which included a surprise visit from the man himself. Tony Hawk rolled up in style with a huge Hummer limo complete with a fireplace! He also brought with him Bucky Lasek, Bam Margera, Rune Glifberg, and Elissa Steamer. They skated for about an hour and a half, signed a load of autographs, and split.
The Soul Bowl took a trip to Miami in early November and there was a contest. Matt Moffet won the regular contest and Steve Caballero won the Masters Division.
dec 29
-RONNIE CHALK GETS TRANSWORLD BMX COVER
Cover-boy Chalk strikes again.
Ronnie Chalk's cover collection grows. Ronnie swoops onto the cover of the latest TransWorld BMX, with a fully extended superman-seatgrab. "This kid is unstoppable," BMX team manager Brian Botts says about Ronnie's latest flick. "Three covers in one year? Ronnie's got to be setting some cover-per-year records." Pick up the 2002 February TransWorld BMX, on sale at a newsstand near you
from dc new letter
-A still sponsorless Dave Osato won the Planet Australia street comp. Sponsors? We don't need no stinking Sponsors!
-Speaking of Mosh, in "news of the weird", Rich Hirsch told me that the guys there are putting out the call for sponsor-me tapes to all riders under the age of 13. I have a feeling that someone at Mosh is going to have to sit through hours and hours of boring footage. But if you want to send something in (remember to include your name address and phone number), here's the address:
Mosh Bikes Attn. Sponsorship 3587 Old Conejo Rd Newbury Park, Ca 91320
-Huffy gave the boot to the "Wildman" Todd Lyons. Probably shouldn't have cut those dreadlocks. So that leaves, what, one (or is it two) riders on the Huffy team? Their much hyped "re-entry into BMX" from a couple years back didn't last long.
-GT/Schwinn? Or should I say Mongoose/GT/Schwinn? Who knows what's going on with that company, but it does look like they are building a team again. But it probably won't be as big as in years past. Apparently the GT show team will be about the same as it was, so look for them out on tour as usual.
-Nirve has dropped Mike Laird. Brian Wizmerski is on Schwinn.
-Rich Hirsch has really started to come into his own recently. First was his new clothing company (Salvation), then getting hooked up with Odyssey, and now a full sponsorship with Mosh. Not bad for a guy from Blaine, Washingto
- from expn.com
dec23
-Alex Chalmers quit Etnies and is currently talking to an industry icon about a shoe deal. Jon West is having a baby in the spring.
151 Skateboards has just added Sam Hitz to its pro team. Hitz will have a full part in the new 151 video. The video is due to be released Summer 2002. The Hesh Crew lives on.
Paul Machnau linking heavy lines for the RDS video. p: courtesy Momentum.
Paul Machnau is moving out of his apartment with Alex Chalmers and is getting a place in So Cal. Paul Machnau has left the Brigade on good terms and at this point has no board sponsor. Paul is finishing up his RDS/FSU2002 video part. Rumors have it that Paul filmed a line through La Jolla High; hitting the 18 stair rail and making his way to the massive double set ledge.Look for his RDS scraps in the next 411. Paul broke off Arizona last weekend with big rail lines and other various hammers during the latest RDS road trip. Momentum Wheels is stoked to have such a hammer machine on their wheel team.
Mike Hastie has been picked up by Darkstar Wood. Mike now rides for Darkstar, Momentum, gets flowed DC's and RDS. Mike tied for first place in theMake a Wish best trick contest on his first Darkstar trip. Mike has a part in the new digital video with Russ Milligan Ryan Smith just flew down south to California as well Ryan is working on adding to his mountain of quality photo and video shots for the RDS video and more multiple paged am interviews. No new board sponsor yet for Smith (at least one of public knowledge!).
Colin McKay had a nasty wreck while blasting Danny Way's go-cart up the loading dock at the DC ramp. He tore up his shoulder and has already had surgery. Colin of course has his part for the RDS video finished The part has a full retrospective on his many video parts, bonus party footage from the Tony Hawk tours, and the typical vertical innovation that Colin is know for Moses Itkonen has been skating and filming for the RDS video as well as working on next years line of RDS products. He spent the last weekend in Arizona with the RDS crew hitting up the many spots.Yet another much needed generator set up was purchased for the southern style late night sessions.The first RDS generator was stolen out of the back of Paul Machnau's Dodge Dakota. VIDEO BLITZ
Diego Bucchieri looks toward a bright future on Toy Machine. credit: Kevin Marks
The CKY DVD box set with a bonus CKY Documentary is now in shops. 4 DVDs come in the set and the price is a bargain. Pick it up ASAP A Girl/Chocolate video box set hit the streets last week. Get the 2 Girl and 2 Chocolate films for a sweet deal All four of the Plan B videos have been re-released for the holidays.
GUILTY is finally premiering this weekend on Saturday DECEMBER 8, 2001 at the GRAND OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM in LOS ANGELES, CA. The Shorty's team has put blood, sweat, and tears into the last 3 years to bring you GUILTY, the follow up to the first SHORTY' SKATEBOARDS video "FULFILL THE DREAM". This video promises to be worth the wait.
If you go to the premiere you also get to see a slew of hip hop artists including The Beatnuts, JROCC, HIVE, UFO!, THA FEDARALZ, DJ MANABU, and DJ NAGAI. Information: www.shortysinc.com or call (805) 576-4014
Tickets are $10 @ the door. Doors Open @ 6:00p.m. All ages
Tactical Manual premiered Nov.30, 2001 at La Paloma Theater in Encinitas. The VIP party was off the hook with free food and drinks. We hope to see the video in shops by mid December.
On Video Winter 2002 should be out before Christmas. It will feature a Rodney Mullen retrospective, a section with Terry Kennedy, a section called MASS TRANSIT with pros and their cars, and trip to Australia, and a heavy hitting montage section called On the Side.
FIRST BROADCAST is the title of the new video from Dan Magee, creator of Waiting For the World - aka the Blueprint video. The project is in the final editing stages and should be released in the US by the end of January. It is an all British video with an entirely British soundtrack. Sections include Vaughan Baker, Colin Kennedy, Frank Stephens, Nick Jenson, Mark Baines, John Rattray, and Ali Cairns. Also there is a montage section and ORGANICSKATEBOARDS section. As you can see, it is not just Blueprint riders this time round. Just a selection of the top riders in the UK.
"Tampa Am Experience" 2002< video is in the planning stages at the moment. It will sell for $14.95 and the Skatepark Of Tampa insures that it will be released within a month of the contest,
EVENTS
On the second weekend of November of this year, many wishes came true. The Texas Skate Jam came to past. There was lots of skating, a dunking booth, photos, filming, autographs, cheers, and stickers being tossed out over the two day event - all for The Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast. South Shore Distributing and South Side Indoor Skatepark, with help from Adio Footwear, Hawk Shoes, Planet Earth, Element Clothing, Transworld Skateboarding, and 411 raised over $35,000 for Make-A-Wish. Tony Hawk, Kris Markovich, Richie Belton, Dave Mayhew,
Nate Jones, Josh Kalis, Jesse Fritsch, Ed Selego, and over ninety other pros and ams showed up. Unpaid for any appearance fees, they just came to skate and help raise money for Make-A-Wish.
There were two best trick contests, one on Saturday (Mini Ramp) and one on Sunday (Big Prop-Street). On the Mini Ramp Jam the big hitters were Pat Duffy (Kickflip to B/S Nose Blunt Revert out), Alan Petersen (360 Judo over the gap), and Kris Markovich (Alley-oop F/S 360 Ollie Grab to F/S Rock-n-Roll).On the Big Prop killing it was Stacy Lowery (B/S 50-50 on the downside of the big ledge-first person with big enough balls to try it), Chet Thomas (Switch-Flip B/S Noseside from pyramid to prop), and Mike Hastie (landing everything he tried...).As for the visuals on all this you'll see every trick in 411, plus a bunch of team videos coming out in the future Registration is full for Tampa Am 2002. If you were planning on going, plan ahead for 2003. The world renown am contest runs January 17-20th 2002. See www.skateparkoftampa.com for more details Willy Akers won the Beast of the East finals this past weekend in New York. Danny Morrin was #2, Chris Kendall was #3, Conor Faybut< got 4th, and Steve Fauser< got 5th "The Kasperholic gets a day job"
Josh Kasper needed some extra Christmas money this year, so he will be working at Hanger 18 Skate Supply on Sunday Dec. 16th. Josh will gladly help you put your new deck together or help you try on some new shoes. They will also be having some promo with Kaspers sponsers kicking down free items when a Kasper purchase is made. I.E.- You buy Tensors, you get some free Speed Demon Bearings.
Also Hanger 18 Skate Supply is having Jamie Thomas, John Rattray, and Adrian Lopez stop by the store for an autograph signing on Sunday Dec. 9th @ 1:30 pm. Stop by the shop to meet your heros! For more info call (619) 299-3392 On the evening of DECEMBER 15, 2001 a JACKASS ART SHOW will be held in conjunction with CITY GALLERY, located on Los Feliz Boulevard in Atwater Village (just across the 5 freeway and across the street from the Bigfoot Lodge). The show will feature an assortment of Jackass related photography from the likes of Rick Kosick, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike Ballard, Jaime Owens, Jeff Bender, Dave Carnie and Sean Cliver, as well as varied artwork by Chris Pontius, Jeff Tremaine and Dave England.
1984 is going on a tour in mid December to January. The east coast will be the target. Details are slim at the moment. More to follow On November 3, the skateboarding community came together to skate and raise money for the victims of the September 11th WTC tragedy.
The event was held on Saturday, November 3rd at the Millennium Skate Park in BayRidge Brooklyn. Rain hindered efforts a bit, but by mid afternoon, all were ripping. Riders in attendance were: Tony Cox, Pat Smith, Dan Pensyl, Paul McElroy, Tino Razo and some local rippers...
Prizes were raffled off, a best trick contest was held and everyone walked out of there with something Between donations from companies and individuals, as well as the money from product being raffled off, we raised over $35,000. We want to thank all the companies that came through for this benefit and we especially want to thank you and all the other skateboarders. Even though the event is over, the work is not. If you would like to help, you can make a donation at: http://www.helping.org/wtc/ny/nystate.htm
-Toy Machine picked up the amazing Diego Bucchieri after he quit his former board team. A little bit of backlash from the north means that Diego wont be receiving free trucks or wheels from his recent sponsors any longer. No big deal since he's already on Ricta
Ed Templeton is said to have a few more major new riders in the works for Toy Machine. A new day is dawning . . . Chany Jeanguenin's new shoe on Osiris will be in shops by 3/1/01 and Jerry Hsu's new shoe will be available 5/15/02.
Matt Beach returned on the 24th from an Australian Tour where he visited such illustrious places as Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane and more. Demos, filming and photographing occurred daily as did skating all over the city and as Matt attempted to fly down a double set of stairs, he did the splits and almost ripped his foot off at the bottom. He also saw what the Australians claim to be the largest gold nugget in the world tucked away safely in a museum. Matt is also leaving the tree-infested state of Oregon for the sunny skies of Huntington Beach, CA after the first of the year.
for www.skateboarding.com
dec 19
The guys over in the DC camp have been donating much of their time to various charities in the past few weeks. Josh Kalis was recently at the Make-A-Wish Foundation Skate Jam on Nov. 10. After attending the event down at the Houston Southside Skatepark Josh hooked up with Rob Dyrdek and Brian Wenning to do some filming.
Meanwhile, Danny Way, Colin McKay and Jason Ellis took part in the charity food drive at the Encinitas YMCA skatepark. The event was used to help families out for Thanksgiving. Colin is currently recovering from shoulder surgery so he was on the sidelines, as was Danny, who was resting after a long shoot at the DC Superramp. McKay was the MC for the jam, which featured Ellis, Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Bucky Lasek, and Matias Ringstrom.Andy Macdonald has been very busy lately. He has a new signature watch out from Swatch and a new toy jump thing-a-ma-jig from Tech Deck Christmas is right around the corner...Aside from all of that, Andy finished 4th at the Crail World Cup in Brazil a few weeks ago.
Also at the comp were Bob Burnquist and Rune Glifberg, who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively. From expn.com
dec 11
Paul Machnau has left Brigade and Bones Wheels and Caswell Berry has quit Powell and Bones Wheels. Both riders will continue to roll with Bones Swiss Bearings though.
Here are the skaters that skate for DC shoes
Dec 7
Travis Pastrona is now sponsored by spy googles
Go to http://www.happypuppy.com/ps2/reviews/tonyhawksp-ps2-3.html for the review on tony hawk pro skater 3.
nov 29
Professional Skateboarder Andy Macdonald is realesing Andy Macdonald's Big Air Straight Jump Play Set. Also Andy Macdonald is reallising a Brigade Miniature Skateboard
Macdonald's play set set includes an adjustable three-foot long ramp, along with stickers from Macdonald's sponsors, including Airwalk, Bones, Brigade, Grind King, Harbinger, Pro-Tec, SoBe, Split, and Swatch.
The jump set also connects with all Tony Hawk skatepark ramps to expand into the supreme miniature skateboarding skatepark.
nov 23
Th new atlanta skatepark is now open. Please go to this website http://expn.go.com/skt/s/xskate.html for more info.
Check out snowboarding tricks page
Poll results
83% of you liked bmxing best
17% of you liked all xtreme sports
nOV 17-Adam Alfaro, Ben Gilley, Anthony "Ragdoll" Scalamare and Patrick Melcher are now onBlack Label.
- Two weeks ago the Championships of the Damn Am series went down at the Volcom Warehouse. Here are the results
Street
1. Dylan Rieder -- Quicksilver, PTS, Smith, Ninja, Webb, K-5
2. Sven Kilchenmann -- Monkey Stix
3. Austen Seaholm -- Etnies, Illenium, Oakley
4. Jon Newport -- 510 Skateshop, Satori, Venture
5. Dennis Busenitz -- Deluxe
Best Trick Contest -- on the pyramid flat-bar
1. Gailea Momolu -- nollie heelflip lipslide
2. Chris Trembly -- ollie over to noseblunt slide
3. Doug Desautels -- kickflip 180 nosegrind
4. Greg Lutzka -- kickflip backside lipslide
5. Prat Emeric -- 360 flip lipslide
Vert Results
1. Ruda Lopes -- Fuct, Smith, Scabs, Connextion
2. Shaun White -- Volcom
3. Jeff Thrush -- Hurley, Arnette, 187
4. Craig Whitehead -- Natural Koncept, Smith, Aera, Gouge
5. Rob Lorifice -- Redsand, Pro Design, Active, Osiris
Check out trick tips
-DNA Distribution is proud to announce that Steve Berra and Heath Kirchart are now a part of Alien Workshop pro roster. Check out there new boards at the picture page
nOV 18
-Van Homen is now riding for Fit bikes cause of the problems with Schwinn/GT.. But at leats he's got a bike sponsor now.
-BMX Action" magazine had to change it's name to "Faction BMX", cause owners of the original BMX action held onto the copyright and were causing problems.
-GT/Schwinn were bought by Pacific. Pacific also owns Mongoose. For 3 months Bestwick, Osato, Voelker, Homen, Snowden, Weed, Wilhilm, Haugen, Garcia, Nolli haven't have a bike sponsor.. Some of the riders will probably walk into new deals pretty easily. But some will have a much harder time, and the money sure won't be as good.
-Adam Strieby has been cranking a gnarly tricks lately like a tailwhip backflip and a 360 x-up to half decade thing.
Tony Hawk pro skater and pro skater 2 coming soon
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX is a sweet game. It has lots of level and challeging trick that you try and preform. Ride as 10 top pro inclueing Dave Mirra, Chad Kagy, Ryan Nyquist, Liegh Ramsdell, Mike Laird, Troy McMurray, Tim Mirra, Joey Garcia, Kevin Harkin and Shaun Butler. You can even ride as the Slim Jim guy. This game allows you to do 1,300 trick combos and many tricks and grinds. It has killer sound tracks like Sublime and Rancid. It's all harecore and punk. I'd say that if you are 9 and older this game is the on for you. You can get sponsors and up grade bikes.
10 is the best
graphics- 8.5
Sound - 9.5
Game Play- 10
Tricks- 10
Fun- 9.9
Denver Calorado is know for it's skiing but now its know for it huge skatepark. The biggest in the US.It is the largest free, concrete park in the whole usa. It is 50,000 square foot. It opened in july but it now has steady business. The park has five separate bowls and various ledges that surround the perimeter of the park. If your there you may collide into Jamie Thomas or Geoff Rowley.
The 2-hip bike time had a meet the street contest. It was just a bunch of bad torn ramps and some crappy rails. But there was some great rideing going on. here are the winners:
Really Great (Pro)
1. Adam Strieby (Redline)
2. Bruce Crisman (Diamondback)
3. Jimmy Levan (Metal)
4. Rob Darden (S&M)
5. Ty Hathaway (Pacesetter Bike Shop)
6. Mike Krnaich
7. Troy McMurray (S&M)
8. Gary Young (Dirt Bros.)
9. Ryan Armstrong (2-Hip)
10. Mike Heinz [tie]
10. Ben Boyco [tie]
Great
1. Andre Murillo
2. Samar Corilo
3. David Camacho
4. Josh Pyle
5. Jake Honesto
6. Chris Masters
7. Eben Fischer (Tie)
7. Marcos Torres (Tie)
7. Chad Bautista (Tie)
10. Tim "Fuzzy" Bosstock
Update
Tony HAWK Is To Be On who wants to be a milloinaire. As if he ain't already. Well check your local listings soon.
Eric Koston is the winning street comp at the Gravity Games a few weeks ago. Eric also placed second at the final stop of the Van's Triple Crown one week ago.
Bob Burnquist took the Vert competition at the gravity games and won 18,000 bucks. Not a bad hual.
Update
It is now offical the ESPN network and Camp Woodward are now teamed up to bring Atlanta a new X-games skatepark. The new park contains 40,000 square feet of rollable terrain include - halfpipes of all sizes 6' mini-ramp and a full street course. There is a special kids section with smaller ramps as well as a training area including a foam pit. All available for public skating, BMX riding or in-line skating. Skateboarders and inliners will share the facility during session hours and there will be separate sessions exclusively for BMX throughout the week.
Sweet Stuff
Bruce Crisman the guy who won the X Games gold in street in
Philly is know a married man. He got married to his sweetheart last week. The recption attended by the best of northwest BMX society
DC Shoes
See pictures for the pictures
Truth - Josh Kalis Signature Shoe
Colorways:
Navy/White
Light Grey/Lt. Blue
Charcoal/Red
Exacta - Rob Dyrdek Signature Shoe
Colorways:
Midnight/Grey
Charcoal/Orange
Black/Dark Red
Who would wear this shoe?
Skateboarder who wants to be chased by hundreds of girls while filming TV commercials.
Anthony Van Engelen (A.V.E.)
Colorways:
Black/Charcoal
Grey/Charcoal
Midnight/Red
Williams - Stevie Williams Signature Shoe
Colorways:
Black
Navy/Grey
White/Red
Lt Grey/White
Grey/Yellow
White/Tangerine
Charcoal/Red
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