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Rune and Lizard Videos

Posted on June 24, 2010 with Comments Off

Flip has a minute of Rune Glifberg footage to feast on. Epicly Later’d has the second Lizard King Epicly Later’d episode.

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Garric Ray Fresh Crops

Posted on June 24, 2010 with Comments Off

We just got some crispy Fresh Crops from Portland’s Garric Ray featuring shots of David Gravette, Devon Appelo, Tyler Beldsoe, and more.

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Shred Coed

Posted on June 24, 2010 with Comments Off

Seth McCallum’s new non-profit, Shred Coed, whose purpose is to promote fun exercise, and excite interest in a healthy planet Earth is looking for a few donations to get things started. Just go to the Shred Coed web site and donation is easy.

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Make It Count 2010 Finals Video

Posted on June 24, 2010 with Comments Off

Element’s Make It Count contest series came to an end on Monday with Taylor Bray taking first and last year’s winner, Vincent Luevanos getting a spot on the Element team. Check the finals video right here.

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Hi-Fi, sml, Appleyard, Traffic, and Best Trick Videos

Posted on June 24, 2010 with Comments Off

Hi-Fi has a day in the life with Nate Broussard. Small Wheels has a montage of their flow riders. Mark Appleyard talks about life on the road for Volcom. Mark Wetzel comes through with another Traffic Report. Colin Clark has footage from last night’s best trick contest in Copenhagen.

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P-Rod And The Green Label Art: Shop Series

Posted on June 24, 2010 with Comments Off

Art and skateboarding go hand in hand. Paul Rodriguez (P-Rod), one of the best skateboarders on Earth knows this, and so does Don Pendleton, who’s been a fixture in the art world for more than a minute. From the graphics on the boards, to the work of art that is created when a skateboarder puts together a perfect line, the one thing that is certain is skateboarding and everything that goes with it is a form of expression. It’s always had a D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) attitude. No one is going to..

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Vallely A Professional Hockey Player?

Posted on June 24, 2010 with Comments Off

In some odd news skate legend, Mike Vallely, has announced he will take a leap into professional hockey as a member of the Danbury (CT) Whalers. As far as off the skateboard activities go, Mike has been all over the place lately. He was in the hit movie the Hangover, he is the guy that tosses the hungover crew their tuxes from the van at the end. He was also one of the bad guys in the movie Paul Blart Mall Cop.We’ve seen him act, now we’ll be able to see how he handles on the ice. Not only..

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Video: Go Skateboarding Day NYC recap

Posted on June 23, 2010 with Comments Off

Yesterday marked the longest day of the year, the first official day of summer and Go Skateboarding Day worldwide. For several hundred skaters here in New York the day got started at the Lower East Side skatepark where Fiveboro, Kr3w and CCS held a joint event that brought together so many skaters it…

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Go Skateboarding Day events

Posted on June 23, 2010 with Comments Off

It’s Go Skateboarding Day and the first day of summer! No better time than the present to get rolling. Here are some of the events happening worldwide. Emerica is doing a Wild in the Streets event in Tampa Fla. With the Skatepark of Tampa gents benefiting their Boards for Bros program with Emerica riders…

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Real Street videos and interviews part 1

Posted on June 23, 2010 with Comments Off

In honor of the first day of summer and the annual Go Skateboarding Day festivities it entails we kick off the beginning of the X Games Real Street contest by releasing the first two videos in the series of competitors. The no holds barred approaches of Corey Duffel and Tommy Sandoval may be tough acts…

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