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Last Weekend For Autumn Bowl

Posted on October 29, 2010 with Comments Off

This is the last weekend to skate New York’s famed Autumn Bowl. Get the full story on NY Skateboarding.

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It’ll Get Better Texas; Volcom Is Coming to Town

Posted on October 29, 2010 with Comments Off

Right now is not a good time to be a Texan. The Cowboys got spanked on Monday Night football by the New York Giants, and to make things worse lost their starting quarterback, Tony Romo, for a good chunk of the year with a broken collarbone. Oh yeah, and did I mention their record is 1-5.

Now, the San Francisco Giants have a taken two games lead over the Texas Rangers in the World Series, including an embarrassing 9 – 0 beat down in game 2. I didn’t even realize until I started..

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Twuan Gets Later’d Parts 2 And 3

Posted on October 29, 2010 with Comments Off

One of the most unpredictable, charismatic people in skateboarding, Atwuan Dixon, has been made a star over on VBS because of Pat O’Dell’s Epicly Later’d series. It takes two whole parts, and like four run ins with the Police to get Twuan from his hotel room to the Pheonix Am contest. Click here to check it out. Remember kiddies listen to Greco, Reynolds and Shane they know what’s up.

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Nike Skateboarding The Bird Is The Word Videos

Posted on October 28, 2010 with Comments Off

I already posted the link to the Nike Skateboarding “The Bird Is The Word” 2010 European Skate Tour video site last week but because the videos are so good we have the video clips right here as well. But being fair, the Nike site videos are damn good quality – they definitely invested some good money in the presentation and servers.

via EuropeSkate

Skate Sauce Kicking It With Nolan Lee

Posted on October 28, 2010 with Comments Off

Skate Sauce is one of those stories about a skater/filmer who decides to put something together and who actually does it well – I’ve always loved the logo, the story behind Skate Sauce (read about it right here…) and the easy-going feeling that goes along with it.

Here’s a new video clip featuring Nolan Lee in New York City in August 2010, part 2 should be up later this week!

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Peter Watkins’ pro party

Posted on October 28, 2010 with Comments Off

About four years ago, Chris Troy, Peter Watkins and I had a hotel room Black Label had gotten us for the ASR tradeshow. The party, as you could imagine, started to get a little bit wild. Peter was a little older and a little wiser than the then 16-year-old Troy and my 19-year-old self. So long story…

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Thursday Vidiot

Posted on October 28, 2010 with Comments Off

This week the Internet brings us so quality skateboarding from some of the world’s very best. First off, Peter Watkins was finally turned pro by Black Label and starts his pro career off with with this little video part to remind you that he’s very pro worthy. More from Peter and his going pro party…

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Video: Toy Machine "Brain Wash" premiere

Posted on October 28, 2010 with Comments Off

On October 26th, the Toy Machine team premiered their latest video to the outside world. The “Brain Wash” video premiered in Long Beach, California where a large chunk of the team resides. I followed some of the guys around including Diego Bucchieri, Collin Provost, Austin Stephens, Ed Templeton and…

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éS ‘To Europe With Love’ part two

Posted on October 28, 2010 with Comments Off

éS has released the second video installment of their summer European tour called To Europe With Love.

To Europe with Love is being released in three separate parts that features the likes of Justin Eldridge, Bobby Worrest and Mike Anderson taking to the streets of Bordeux, France and Bilbao, Spain.

The tour stopped off at various cities across the UK, France and Spain, with part one taking in the delights of our very own Aberdeen and Corby.

The third and final segment will be released on November 9, so stay tuned for some more of the same slick action soon.

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‘Skateistan: To Live and Skate in Kabul’ film

Posted on October 28, 2010 with Comments Off

London-based filmmakers Grain Media have just released their documentary, Skateistan: To Live and Skate in Kabul, about the Skateistan project in Afghanistan.

This beautifully-shot film documents the school in Kabul that teaches both girls and boys between the ages of five and 17 how to skate, as well as offering them wider education and guidance.

If you want to get involved or donate to Skateistan, check out their website for all the details you need.

Check out our digital archive to read our exclusive feature on Skateistan in HUCK#017

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