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Manhattan Bridge Skatepark

The Tony Hawk Foundation has begun a Pledge Drive for the skatepark under the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Take a look at the video below and help out if you can. Get more info at WWW.MBSKATEPARK.ORG

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Setting a new standard for skate videos

I recently read about the Oakley guy James Jannard who decided to make digital high-resolution video cameras used for cinema productions. The camera is called the Red One and is making waves out in the Hollywood. The superior quality of the camera and price, combine to make most other cameras obsolete. The price of the [...]

Baker Boys Distribution has a new website

The guys that bring you Deathwish Skateboards and Brigada Eyewear have their new web site up and running. Check out Baker Boys Distribution for all the latest news and hijinx.

SK8OLOGY Skate Art Show and Auction

On Saturday August 23 the ISM Gallery (in Long Beach) will host the opening exhibition of SK8OLOGY, showcasing over 150 creative deck canvases from some awesome artists and professional skaters.
The show will then travel to San Diego September 4-6 for the Action Sports Retailer (ASR) Trade Show and then off to Florida September 12-14 for [...]

Hensley’s Pub & Grill- Carlsbad California

Mat Hensley is a man of many talents. He’s a pro skateboarder that was influential in shaping street skating and inventing several of the tricks that are common today. He’s been part owner of skateboard clothing company Innes for years and has been the accordion/concertina player for Flogging Molly for 10 years. Now for almost [...]

RIP Ray Underhill

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.

New SK8FACE Trailer

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

Vans Bad Brains Collection

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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P-Rod and Pierre-Luc get Big Pay Day at the Maloof Money Cup

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 [...]

Gareth Stehr has got himself a website

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.