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Corey Duffel And Nuge Mag Minute

Posted on August 30, 2010 with Comments Off

Double the damage, Corey Duffel And Nuge Mag Minute is up!

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Independent Catalog

Posted on August 30, 2010 with Comments Off

The Fall 2010 catalog from Independent is online.

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Fury, FKD, Etnies, Vallely, and Nuske Videos

Posted on August 30, 2010 with Comments Off

Fury has a four minute welcome video from Johnny Turgesen. FKD dudes demo at the YMCA. Etnies has Street League clips of Mikey Taylor, Ryan Sheckler, and Sean Malto. Mike Vallely is in Sweden for episode 19 of Mondays with Mike V. Picture Wheels has a new Cale Nuske clip.

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Vans Get Out and Do Something Tour

Posted on August 30, 2010 with Comments Off

John Cardiel and Ray Barbee plus The Mattson Two are out on the Get Out and Do Something Tour for Vans starting today in Virginia Beach then heading North ending in Brooklyn at KCDC on September 5th. Ray and the Mattson 2 will be performing live, followed by Cards spinning some of his favorite music.

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Nyjah Huston wins Street League stop one

Posted on August 29, 2010 with Comments Off

The dust has settled. The Jobing.com Arena in Glendale Arizona has cleared out and 15-year old Nyjah Huston is going home with $150,000 and the first-ever trophy from a Street League event. Huston outscored his finalist peers including Paul Rodriguez and Chris Cole, both of whom were roundly considered…

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Nyjah Wins Big At Street League

Posted on August 29, 2010 with Comments Off

Nyjah Huston came out on top at the first ever Street League event yesterday in Glendale, AZ. DC has more coverage..

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Huston Takes First Ever Street League Contest

Posted on August 29, 2010 with Comments Off

Nyjah Huston pocketed the biggest payday in skateboarding, $150,000, Saturday in Glandale, AZ at the inaugural Street League skateboarding contest, The DC Pro, at the Jobing.com arena. He edged out new sensation, Shane O’Neal, and Torey Pudwill.

Street Leage Skateboarding is MTV realtiy television star, Rob, Drydek’ s new business venture that has been years in the making. It uses a state-of-the-art instant judging system. The judging system creates little skateboard chess games..

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Cole qualifies first in Street League prelims

Posted on August 28, 2010 with Comments Off

The preliminary round of the first-ever Street League contest went down Friday here in Glendale, Arizona. Twenty two of the world’s best skateboarders competed* for six of the seven slots in tomorrow’s final. Spectators on hand for the closed-door event got to see the new format, scoring and competition…

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Street League Day One

Posted on August 28, 2010 with Comments Off

DC has results from yesterday’s qualifiers from the first Street League event. Chris Cole, Shane O’Neill, Paul Rodriguez, Sean Malto, Nyjah Huston, and Chaz Ortiz are in with the final contestant to be determined today at the best trick event. Keep an eye on the DC site for continuing coverage throughout the weekend.

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A few random flicks from the street league.

Posted on August 28, 2010 with Comments Off

Straight off a plane today to the Jobbing.com arena to check out some heavy shredding at the Street League. If the qualifiers gave any indication, shit is gonna get real wacky tomorrow. These guys are good. Heres a few images I saw today.

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