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NYC Skate Clinics

Posted on July 30, 2010 with Comments Off

Acapulco Gold has coverage from the Open Road: “Learn to Skateboard” program.

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"Look" a show by Grant Brittain and Josh Higgins July 30th

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Grant Brittain and Josh Higgins will be showing their photographic and poster work TONIGHT Friday, July 30th at Subtext Gallery in downtown San Diego. Doors open at 6PM and close at 10PM. Admission is free.
“Look” will run through August 29th. Subtext is located at 2479 Kettner Blvd, across the street and south from The Casbah.
All work will be available for purchase along with a limited edition show poster and tee shirts.
Guitarist and skater, Adrian Demain will be performing, so put your spacesuit on, huh?
Appetizers by The Tractor Room. Photographic prints by Chrome Digital.

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Bones Team In Dubai: Part One

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The Bones team might be strangers in the strange land know as Dubai, but at least they can skate all the amazing spots and feel right at home. Part one of two to keep you Trippin’.

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3D Cover Story

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Fuel gets the scoop on our new 3D cover. Plus you can see more of Rune in 3D from Converse.

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Stacks, éS, Gravette, and Etnies Videos

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Commonwealth Stacks welcomes Sebo Walker to the team with some good vibrations. Justin Eldridge and Kevin Terpining session Santa Clarita. Strange Notes is out back with David Gravette. Etnies has video from last year’s European Skateboard Championships.

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Krooked and Flip Events

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Celebrate Mike Anderson going pro at Five Points Skateshop Monday, August 2nd in Ventura, CA. Flip is having a signing at the new Vans store in Costa Mesa, CA on Tuesday, August 3rd at 3PM.

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Bledsoe Pro Feature

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Etnies put together a sick photo feature for their latest pro, Tyler Bledsoe.

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First Runs: Coastal Carnage Bowl

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This year’s Coastal Carnage is already out of control. An all new bowl design and 75 grand on the line is going to make things interesting. Wade Speyer can you please shows up again? We got word that the build was wrapping up so we wormed in a few runs. Adrian Mallory, Zack Dowdy and Brandon Perelson roll around on some new tranny.

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Brown Defends His Big Air Title

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X Games Skateboard Big Air wrapped up Thursday night at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA with the name Jake Brown once again at the top of the leader board. Brown had stiff competition from Bob Burnquist and Rob Lorifice, but was able to edge them out with a backflip on the first hit, and an Indy 540 that measured 21′ 8″ on the quarter pipe.

All night, the talk on and around the mega ramp was whether or not a 900 was going to go down on the quarter pipe. Word on the..

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Sheckler Qualifies First In Street

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The elimination round of Skateboard Street at X Games 16 was held today at the Staples Center. Ryan Sheckler qualified first making teenage girls everywhere jump for joy.

There was some controversy too. Brian Anderson and Bastein Salabanzi finished tied for tenth, being the core legends that both are no one wanted to see either eliminated. After a few discussions it was decided they would add up all of their run scores, instead of counting the best one run, with which they were..

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