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Antiz Skateboards 2010 Video Trailer Is Sick!

Posted on March 26, 2010 with Comments Off

Very descriptive that title, I know, but I’m an impulsive guy – this video clip shows only a bit of the real thing and it is packed with really mad skating – very impressive, can’t wait for the full-length video!

» check out the Antiz Skateboards website here

via EuropeSkate

Evan Smith Skateboarding Is Forever Video Clip

Posted on March 26, 2010 with Comments Off

Next in line for the DC Shoes “Skateboarding Is Forever” amateur skateboard video clip series is Evan Smith – sit back and enjoy the video!

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DC’s Evan Smith Has Serious Skills

Posted on March 26, 2010 with Comments Off

A few years back I was working for Skateboarder magazine and was living out west to get the job done. At the same time my friend Vern Laird had also moved out west to live the dream and was working as the Team Manager for Listen skateboards. Every week or so, we’d talk on the phone sharing skate gossip…

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Dive In: Pool Skating Photos

Posted on March 26, 2010 with Comments Off

Skating pools goes back to the late 1960s. Since early skaters discovered they could emulate surfing turns on the transitioned walls of empty swimming pools, the ride has never stopped. Pools are where skaters discovered air time even before the ollie. Today replica pools and bowls in skateparks all…

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Quiksilver Roam hits New York

Posted on March 26, 2010 with Comments Off

Quiksilver have just released a new video of their skate team’s recent trip to New York.

The video features such skaters as Alex Olson, Jake Johnson and Reese Forbes.

It’s also accompanied by the release of the latest issue of their skate ‘zine Roam on the Quiksilver blog.

via HuckMagazine

Sammy Baptista Skate Sauce Part

Posted on March 26, 2010 with Comments Off

Sammy Baptista and Skate Sauce teamed up to drop this new video part.

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Crailtap, Creager, DC, Stereo, and Thunder Videos

Posted on March 26, 2010 with Comments Off

Yaje Popson kills Venice while Daniel Castillo does street plants. Ronnie Creager warms up. DC demos in South Carolina. Curtis Rapp skates a mini for Stereo. Ernie Torres loves switch flips for Thunder.

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Maloof NYC Course

Posted on March 26, 2010 with Comments Off

I guess it’s contest day here at GrindTV, as soon as I closed the email about Drydek’s new league, I opened an email about the Maloof New York City course. It’s been decided, the course will feature 14 of NYC’s most legendary spots. Enough from me, without further ado:Unlike it’s spoiled Orange County sister, the NYC course will not be destroyed at the conclusion of the contest, and will be donated to the skateboarders of the Big Apple as a city sanctioned park. Stay tuned for more.

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Skateboarding’s New League

Posted on March 26, 2010 with Comments Off

Skateboarding has a new competitive outlet. Rob Dyrdek and the contest series he founded, Street League Series, announced on Wednesday that, “for the first time in history,” skateboarding will have a “professional league.” The idea is to have the best skateboarders the world has to offer competing “head-to-head” in a circuit, or a “series of individual stops.” It’s all set to go down this summer, the year 2010. Feeling a little mixed about another tour? Well, maybe the list of skaters already..

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The Get By: HBO Skate Doc About New York City

Posted on March 25, 2010 with Comments Off

This is one great documentary about skateboarding in New York City with loads of skaters, filmers and photographers who have been representing and living in the Big Apple. Just over 18 minutes of plain skateboarding from HBO. Enjoy “The Get By” right here…

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