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‘Wards Up!

Posted on May 21, 2010 with Comments Off

Girl Skateboards Fridays up your Friday with Outbackwards part 3 of 3 — both goodness and gracious from Melbourne and New Zealand.

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Levi Brown Trio Part

Posted on May 21, 2010 with Comments Off

Levi Brown’s Trio part from Element premieres today at 9:28 AM PST.

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RVCA, Kayo, Girl, Quiksilver, and Volcom Videos

Posted on May 21, 2010 with Comments Off

RVCA did a demo at Le Dome in Paris. The Kayo Corp has part two of the Battle For The Nation tour with Organika and Expedition. Girl teases part three of their Outbackwards tour video coming out later today. Austyn Gillette at the Quiksilver park. Volcom presents Skatopia part one.

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California Trip Day One

Posted on May 21, 2010 with Comments Off

I came out to California to attend the Pro-tec Pool Party this Saturday. Since I can see the park from my hotel room I decided to walk over and see some of the pre-contest action. Everyone I saw was ripping. I am a new fan of Ben Raybourn, and psyched to see a whole new crop of vertical rippers.

Tomorrow I’m headed to LA because I don’t know any spots here in the OC and all the OC parks seem to require helmets.

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The 6th Annual Pro-Tec Pool Party

Posted on May 21, 2010 with Comments Off

The most prestigious pool contest in skateboarding, the Pro-Tec Pool Party, is back again this Saturday at the Kombi bowl at the Vans skatepark in Orange, CA. When it comes to skating concrete transition anyone who is, or who ever has been someone, will be there this weekend. From the legends who compete in the Masters division, to the current big names who will skate in the Pro division, and even to the ladies who compete in the Girls division.In the Masters the big question is, can Chris..

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Woodward Beijing Skatepark Kicking It Off

Posted on May 20, 2010 with Comments Off

A bunch of skaters were invited to ride at the new Woodward Skatepark in Beijing so check out some of the skating and the general tourism that took place with David Loy, Jaws, Andrew Cannon, Tom Asta, Ryan Sheckler, Ryan Decenzo, Tony Hawk and many more- great looking park!

» check out the Woodward Beijing website

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LRG Welcomes Tommy Sandoval To The Team

Posted on May 20, 2010 with Comments Off

Getting a bit more creative than most of the usual welcome videos for new team members on skateboard teams, LRG Clothing put together this cool video clip for Tommy Sandoval.

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Ishod Wair Word Association

Posted on May 20, 2010 with Comments Off

A few months ago Ishod Wair was a regular kid just skating with his friends and enjoying his life in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia. Then people started taking note of his skills. First Chris Cole picked him as one of the first people to ride for his skateshop Reign in Langhorne Pennsylvania. Then…

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‘Skateboarding Starts With éS’ site

Posted on May 20, 2010 with Comments Off

éS have launched a new site called Skateboarding Starts With éS to celebrate its 15th birthday and educate the youth of today about the company’s history.

The site will be updated every two weeks for the next six months with classic ads, rare footage, photos, interviews, shoes and more.

You can currently view the company’s humble beginnings from 1995 – 1997 and look through old photos and videos of Eric Koston, Chad Muska and Bob Burnquist.

History lesson, anyone?

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Insight x Daniel Shimizu ‘zine

Posted on May 20, 2010 with Comments Off

Insight have bought out a special ‘zine called Death / Switch as part of a special creative collaboration with Daniel Shizimu.

The mini magazine features an interview with the pro skater as well as selection of photos by Shimizu himself, who seems to have a thing for cats, tattoos and trampolines.

His love of felines can also be seen on one of the t-shirt’s in his new range of clothing that also appears in the ‘zine.

Stop by your local Insight stockist to get yourself a copy.

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