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Independent Trucks And The Cayman Islands Vacation

Posted on March 1, 2010 with Comments Off

Relax for a bit and dream that you’re crusing through the Black Pearl skate park as well with the Independent Trucks team during their Cayman Islands vacation…

Who were the lucky skaters? Dan Drehobl, Darren Navarrette, Al Partanen, Andrew Reynolds, Grant Taylor, Leo Romero, Alex Horn, and Chris Haslam…and me some day!

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Brixton Road Trip And Spring 2010 Look Book

Posted on March 1, 2010 with Comments Off

Brixton Clothing shows off their new Spring 2010 line of clothing and show us how to have fun on a road trip.

Skateboards, guns, campfires and real life all in two days. Skaters in order include David Cobb, Ernie Torres, Tosh Rice, Steve Clare, Mario Arroyo and Ryan Bobier. After watching the video make the jump over to the Brixton Look Book for their latest collection – if you like plaid clothes and all types of hats, this is a good company to check out

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Greg Myers Is Skateboarding Forever With DC Shoes

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Greg Myers has got one mad set of pop in his legs – watch the proof in his Skateboarding Is Forever video clip!

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Chad Tim Tim: Face Time

Posted on March 1, 2010 with Comments Off

Chad Tim Tim is one of those pros roundly respected by his peers for being a genuine nice guy and flat out amazing on a skateboard. Apart from those accolades, he’s somewhat elusive, though. Raising a family and living a humble life in Long Beach, Calif., Tim Tim doesn’t seek out the spotlight; he usually…

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Lewis Marnell Interview

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It’s hard not to be a fan of every skater to ever come out of Australia. They seem to look at life differently. (And spots. Did you see the new Dustin Dollin Baker ad? Kickflip over the gap to wall bash? Come on!) Almost skateboards’ Lewis Marnell is no different, despite spending a good amount of his…

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Markisa P-Rod commercial

Posted on March 1, 2010 with Comments Off

Wallet brand Markisa recently published their latest commercial featuring Paul Rodriguez.

The short edit follows the X Games gold medalist as he takes care of business.

Paul also has his own pro wallet, which is available now from the Markisa website.

Is there an endorsement this guy doesn’t have?

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Gravis Brooklyn demo video

Posted on March 1, 2010 with Comments Off

On February 22 the Gravis team descended upon Brooklyn for a demo at KCDC Skate Shop.

A bunch of sick riders including Dylan Rieder, Jake Johnson and the mighty Arto Saari entertained the crowds with some practice rail and mini ramp action.

The video is provided courtesy of Heavy Hittas and the track is Heatherwood by Deerhunter.

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Don’t tell us you can’t do it… whatever it is.

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5Boro, DLX, Ploesser and Friends, Bacon, and Element Videos

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5Boro went to Bordeaux and came back with this video. The DLX crew hit the Saint Helena park. Randy Ploesser and friends hit a skatepark. Bacon Skateboards’ video, Unheard is online. Footage from Element’s recent Make It Count contest in Seattle.

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Blind Catalog

Posted on March 1, 2010 with Comments Off

Blind just released their Spring 2010 catalog.

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