Archive for May, 2011
Posted on May 2, 2011 with Comments Off
More often than not, when reporting something about Shaun White it’s not about something he’s accomplished while skating or snowboarding, but about his ever-increasing celebrity status.
Over the weekend, White spent time hobnobbing with some of the most powerful people in the world at the White House Corespondent’s Dinner.
The annual event, held at the Washington Hilton Hotel in D.C. was attended by the likes of Betty White, Steven Spielberg, Jessica Alba, Cash..
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Posted on May 2, 2011 with Comments Off
Tommy Guerrero stars in the first episode of Vans’ The Collaboratory.
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Posted on May 2, 2011 with Comments Off
If you are in the San Diego area head over to Til-Two Club around 8:00 p.m. and bring your board/chick. Video premieres by Network Skate, Typical Culture, Animal Style, Pacific Drive and Toebock. 21+ please.
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Posted on May 1, 2011 with Comments Off
And it’s time to finally get some upcoming contest news in here as the CLASH 2011 contest presented by Relentless will be taking place in Berlin, Germany May 20 – 22 at the Skatehalle Berlin
Who’s going to be there? The Berlin-born, lazer flip wizard, Willow; tech wonder and former Euro champ, Alex Mizurov; style king Andy Welther; contest killer Axel Cruysberghs, Big Ben Nordberg plus a bunch of other top class skaters from all over the place. Also confirmed are Holland’s Wieger van Wageningen, Germany’s Lem Villmin, Finland’s Eniz Fazliov, Englishman Benny Fairfax, Portuguese Ruben Rodriguez and many more. On top of that, rumors of potential big names from the US are growing. Find out what else will be happening, new changes to the obstacles and the time schedule after the jump…
Meanwhile, the crew around Lennie Burmeister are not afraid of getting their hands dirty and have announced the bowl renovation will be finalized late March. Well renovation is an understatement, more like re-invention: the additional corner grants a new lease of life to the ramp, liberating it from its “dead endâ€. Lennie also took care of ironing out some of the bowl’s wrinkles and supplied the new section with granite coping as smooth as the chocolate on an Easter Egg. Everyone who witnessed Jürgen Horrwarth’s first take on the new round, must have cracked a smile inside thinking of that upcoming Death or Glory Bowl Jam presented by Zimtstern… Saturday night’s headliners for the CLASH party should brighten up your face even more. In line with Relentless Energy Sessions, “Foreign Beggars†come to town on May 21st starting at 23:00h, live at Cassiopeia. This means: bass, blowing you out of your shoes and rhymes, to leave you breathless – UK grime at its best! Brrrraa! German DJ-legend Stylewarz provides support for the Beggars whilst the Modern Stalking DJ Team rocks the second floor with their “Eurotrash Roots Reggae for Speedfreaks and Punk Poppers†set and rare groove and soul tunes add to the night in the Biergarten.
TIMETABLE FRIDAY Practice 20:00-22:00h – Wildcard Session Street & Bowl SAMSTAG 12:30h – Elimination Street 17:00h – Death or Glory Bowljam presented by Zimtstern 23:00h – Relentless Energy Sessions with Foreign Beggars and DJ Stylewarz SUNDAY 13:00h – Semi Final Street 15:00h – Relentless-Vertjam 16:30h – Final Street 17:30h – Cash 4 Tricks Street TICKETS 2-Day Tickets 12,-EUR, / Red.8,-EUR Dayticket 8,- EUR / Red. 5,-EUR ADMISSION FEE Wildcardsession: 15,-EUR Street or Bowl / 20,-EUR Street and Bowl VISIT www.skatehalle-berlin.de and www.relentlessenergy.de MEDIA CONTACT Daniel Kalthoff, Skatehalle-Berlin, Revaler Str.99, 10245 Berlin, Germany daniel@skatehalle-berlin.de , Tel: +49 30 29 36 29 66
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Posted on May 1, 2011 with Comments Off
Close my eyes and blink once and there goes another mad contest – the War of the Thistles 2011 is on and you can watch all of the highlights from the first day in Scotland at the recently reconstructed Unit 23 skatepark in Dumbarton.
Featuring even more insane skateboarding by Stu Graham, Benson, Denis Lynn, Korahn Gayle, Colin Kennedy, Jirka Bulin, Eddie Belvedere, Manhead, T-Bag, Colin Adam, Paul Silvester and many more!
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Posted on May 1, 2011 with Comments Off
Jump on for the ride as the Dwindle funded Hotknives mission to Gran Canaria is on and we have the first video episode featuring skating by Blind, Almost and Enjoi riders Chris Oliver, Ben Raemers, Barney Page, Will Harmon, Scott Howes, Daryl Dominguez and Sam Beckett.
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Posted on May 1, 2011 with Comments Off
I’ve just had one amazing week of vacation which was packed with a lot of family reunion (seeing my brothers together after 3,5 years), crazy parties, lots of skateboarding and to put the icing on the cake it has been sunny all along. I’m looking forward to this summer as we are also moving to a new house this month which means a new area for me to skate and discover. At the same time my just 10 month old son Cooper discovered my street board this morning so I sat him down on it for the first time and let him have his first ride on a skateboard – video proof coming soon, he didn’t even need me to hold him and he loved it! And just to round this skateboard loving post off, check out this “ditch” in Hamburg which was cleaned up by a group of skaters…Hamburg is a place to visit!
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Posted on May 1, 2011 with Comments Off
Know your history kids otherwise you’re doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. That’s what they say anyway. Seems like skateboarders might just have the shortest memories of nearly anyone at times and our history isn’t exactly written down in long-form somewhere for us to readily reference. Still,…
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