It’s with much sadness to annonuce that Ray Underhill passed away yesterday (August 1). He left his mark on skateboarding and will be greatly missed. You can see more about Ray at http://www.rayunderhill.com.

The new documentary about skateboard graphics called SK8FACE has released their latest trailer. Here it is, looks like it will be worth seeing when the full-length documentary is released.

You can find out more at sk8face.com

Hot on the heels of the Supreme X Vans X Bad Brains Collection. Vans finally unveiled their eagerly anticipated Bad Brains Collection for the upcoming Spring 2009 season. Bad Brains just happens to be one of our favorite bands around here. It’s good to see they’re getting some well deserved attention.

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The Maloof Money Cup wrapped yesterday and paid out the biggest purse in Skateboard history. Paul Rodriguez won the street comp and wins $100,000. Pierre-Luc Gagnon won the Vert comp and takes home $75,000.
The biggest payday in skateboarding history came Sunday night when Paul Rodriguez, the son of the comedian of the same name, won [...]

I can’t think of a better way to share with the world your day to day life. I’m surprised they’re aren’t more pros with blogs. We’ll compile a list soon. But, to get you started, check out Gareth’s new blog here.

Dekline’s Co-founder and lead designer is featured in the latest San Diego City Beat . If you’re not familiar with August or Dekline, well you’re missing out. First of all August is a super talented designer and an all around good guy. Back in 2002 he and Kevin Furtado started Dekline footwear, under the Tum [...]

Lakai has recently launched their new web store. It looks to be set up for clearing out their older merchandise. You can pick up some new sneaks for dirt cheap. Check em out.

One of my new favorite sites gets an overhaul. Looks great, check em out.

Other sites have a new look as well:
the Skateboard Mag
Slap Magazine
Adidas Skateboarding

With acquisitions like motorcross.com, 411vm and the creation of sk8site.com. Wasserman is becoming quite a powerhouse in Action Sports Media. While trolling the web today I noticed that they’ve recently taken over ownership of the domain skateboard.com. Formerly owned by Tod Swank of TumYeto Inc. The terms of the domain acquisition have not been [...]

Bringing back the Koston 1’s in new colors and under anew brand. Thanks Lakai.

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