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Ben Hatchell Wins The Vert Attack 6 Contest

Posted on January 29, 2012 with Comments Off

Sweden remains one of the vert skateboarding meccas of the world and for the sixth time the city of Malmö hosted the Vert Attack 6 contest. It goes without mention [...]

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Dan Murphy — Foundation pro, dog trainer

Posted on January 29, 2012 with Comments Off

According to the Foundation site,” Dan Murphy is the only Foundation Pro to graduate college.” And according to the following interview, Dan Murphy now uses that college degree to break up fights between friends and help people with relationship issues. Enter the mind of Dan Murphy.

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Europeskate Pic Of The Day January 28th 2012

Posted on January 28, 2012 with Comments Off

I’m enjoying a really cold Saturday afternoon at home watching the Vert Attack 6 skateboard contest and at the same time updating the entire site. So I just stumbled across [...]

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McCrank, Theotis, Tribute, Buzz, and Reyes Videos

Posted on January 28, 2012 with Comments Off

McCrank has a new mini top five. Theotis Beasley reviews a new sponsor me video with photographer Yoon Sol. Tribute starts their Rainy Day Sessions series. Check the Weekend Buzz with Nyjah Huston and David Loy. Strange Notes gets 5&5 with Ryan Reyes.

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Video — Six Stair Super 8 Scraps

Posted on January 27, 2012 with Comments Off

Enjoying a little downtime after delivering the second season of Jeff Grosso’s “Loveletters to Skateboarding,” filmmaker Coan “Buddy” Nichols found himself fishing through an archive of unpublished Super 8 footage stored on Hard Drive #18. What he reeled in is a big-guy session at the Upland Skatepark…

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‘Shredit Cards’ video

Posted on January 27, 2012 with Comments Off

Shred TV station The Ride Channel have just released this inventive skate video, Shredit Cards.

The idea revolves around a skate video competition with an 8-bit video game theme that sees skaters getting points and bonuses for different tricks completed.

Skaters are invited to submit their videos where their skating will be judged in this manner, with the chance to win money.

First up in this series is Toy Machine flow rider and New Jersey local James Pitonyak.

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Ishod Wair Quartersnacks Remix

Posted on January 27, 2012 with Comments Off

Quartersnacks gives Ishod Wair’s Since Day One part a remix. Don’t forget about our Ishod Wair contest too.

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Transmit: Gino Iannucci

Posted on January 27, 2012 with Comments Off

Check part one of Nike’s Transmit: Gino Iannucci interview.

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El Chocolate Tour

Posted on January 27, 2012 with Comments Off

The Chocolate team and a few special guests from Girl are headed to Central America on the El Chocolate Tour starting in Panama on February eleventh then heading to Costa Rica and finishing in Nicaragua.

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Vans Half Cab 20th Anniversary, Supreme Edition

Posted on January 27, 2012 with Comments Off

The Half Cab turns twenty this year and Vans is releasing one exclusive limited edition 20th Anniversary Half Cab colorway every month throughout the course of the year. The first is a group of twenty hand cut and duct taped Vans Caballero high tops. Each pair individually cut, numbered and signed by Cab himself and only available this Saturday, January 28, exclusively at select Supreme stores in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Tokyo.

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