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Brian Patch Video

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:05:07 +0000

Brian Patch First Hand

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:22:19 +0000

Here is Brian Patch’s first hand video. This was featured on fuel tv last year. Brian decided to do something different with his First Hand and he starts off by skydiving out of an airplane and there is a montage of all the sports he is into like skateboarding, motorcycle riding, mountain bike riding, snowboarding and a few other sports. After the opening part Brian Patch flys off to Hawaii and to go skate a bowl that was just built by Dreamland in Steve’s backyard. The call came from Jay Adams which was kind of cool. The night that they were filming the segment it was Steve’s 54th birthday so that was pretty cool. At this poing in the video there is some good pool skateboarding and Jay Adams shows up and skates around a bit which is pretty cool. Here is the video clip that documents the first hand.

SK8OLOGY: Fine Art on Skateboards

admin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:34:39 +0000

In the tradition of pairing contrasts in order to create new mediums of expression, ISM: a community project presents, “SK8OLOGY: fine art on skateboards” an exhibition that combines skateboard counter culture with the world of fine art.

On Saturday August 23, 2008, at 7 p.m. the ISM: gallery will be hosting an exhibition showcasing over 100 creative deck canvases from some of today’s most exciting artists and professional skaters. Contributions from Jason Lee, Mike Shinoda, Chris Pastras, Steve Caballero,Danny Gonzalez, and Nathan Pratt will be displayed: along with pieces from Audrey Kawasaki, Aaron Jasinski, Blaine
Fontana, Brian Viveros and Joshua Clay.

Contributing artists and professional skaters are donating their creative deck canvases to raise awareness and resources in an effort to support Now That You Know, a non-profit organization that helps provide ambitious girls from developing countries a secure environment for learning and growth.
Proceeds will also contribute to benefiting the youth of our society through the artistic enrichment of our community.

The ISM: gallery has blank skateboard decks for those who wish to contribute. The decks have been donated by Deck Display who will also be preparing the exhibit at the ISM: gallery. The deadline for artwork is July 26th. The ISM: gallery is located in the Koo’s Art Center at 540 East
Broadway in Long Beach.

The exhibit will be on display at the ISM: gallery for one month before it travels to San Diego in September. While in San Diego, SK8OLOGY will be displayed in the Action Sports Retailer (ASR) Trade Show. An inventive art show like SK8OLOGY is one that should not be missed.

Radically Extreme The Danny Way

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:04:51 +0000

Here is a little background information about Danny Way. Danny went pro in 1989 at the age of 15 and was a child prodigy. To this day he is well known for his technical innovation and for paving the way of skateboarding over-sized structures.

In addition to being the only person to ever leap from a helicopter onto a vert ramp on a skateboard, Way has also set and broken six world records. He currently holds the world records for highest air out of a quarterpipe at 23-feet, 6-inches, and distance on a skateboard at 79-feet. He set the last record in 2004 at X Games X with officials from Guinness World Record on-hand.

Danny has had some personal setbacks and they come along with the job. Some of those setbacks include a broken neck in 1994, a dislocated shoulder, and injuries requiring seven surgeries between 1999 and 2002. Way has continually proven his athletic skills as well as his dedication to the progression of his sport. Highly regarded within the action sports community as a pioneer and a visionary, Danny has repeatedly challenged the limitations set by other athletes and himself, breaking his own records when no one else could.

Danny Way Bomb Drops from Helicopter into a Half pipe
In 1997 Danny Way broke the world record for highest air at 16 feet 6 inches. Then after he broke that record, he bomb-dropped out of a hovering helicopter into the same monstrous ramp just for fun.

Danny Way Jumps the Great Wall of China
Danny Way already held the world records for distance (24 meters / 79 feet) and unaided height (7.14 meters / 23.5 feet) while skateboarding, but that wasn’t enough. Today, Danny Way set a new world record. Danny Way is the first person to leap the wall without a motor vehicle and land successfully.

Danny Way Bomb Drops From The Fender Stratocaster atop the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas
On April 6, pro skateboarder Danny Way smashed the “Bomb Drop” world record by freefalling 28 feet from the Fender Stratocaster guitar atop the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas onto a ramp below.

Key Facts of the world record jump:
-Freefall World Record – measured and confirmed by Guinness Book of World Records: 28’/8.53m
-Height of drop-in spot on guitar: 78’/23.77m;
-Height of the landing ramp 56’/17.1m. Width of landing ramp 24’/7.27m; Flat bottom 64’/19.4m;
-Height of quarterpipe 27’/8.2m; Width of quarterpipe 48’/14.54m.
-Previous record 12’ 3.6” held by Adil Dyani.

Skatespot The Hook

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:44:28 +0000

This place is bitchen but you have to hop a fence to get there and its a pretty stiff fine if you get caught. Isn’t that the case when you jump any fence and trespass to skateboard? Its kind of the price you pay sometimes. Go check out The Hook if you can find it as it is a great skatespot.

Ogi De Souza

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:07:54 +0000

Ogi De Souza HAD POLIO AND SKATES SITTING WITH HIS LEGGS CROSSED HOLDING ON TO THE BOARD WITH HIS HANDS . THE CRAZY THING ABOUT IT IS THAT HE DOES THE SAME TRICKS SITTING DOWN THAT EVERYONE ELSE DOES STANDING UP ! HERE IS A VIDEO CLIP OF HIM SKATEBOARDING IN THE LATIN XGAMES.

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Brian Patch and Dave Ruel Skateboard the Nude Bowl

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:13:54 +0000

Here is a night session at the nude bowl. This is a tough pool to skate. Check out Dave Ruel going frontside and backside around the steps at the beginning and Brian Patch doing just about everything else throughout the end of this video clip.

Here is a little History on the Nude Bowl. Located in the hills outside of Palm Springs, the Nude bowl has been a legendary skateboarding spot since the late 1970’s. The name comes from what this place used to be, a nudist camp. The buildings are now in complete ruin, but the pool is kept in perfect condition with exception to the graffiti.

It has been buried and unburied a few times to skateboard over the past 10 years for special sessions but then it got covered back up again.

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK SKATERS CARVE OUT THE SICK SWEEP AT VANS

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:28:19 +0000

The Rockstar Energy Drink skate team, Rune Glifberg,
Omar Hassan, Bucky Lasek, Lincoln Ueda, Rob Lorifice, and Sergie
Ventura charged the combi pool this year at the highly anticipated
Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party at The Block at Orange. When the dust settled, it was
Team Rockstar taking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively. Dave Duncan, Rockstar Energy
Drink skate team manager and one of the original Alva team riders, explains
this comp best when he says, “the North Shore is the proving ground for the
surf world, the combi pool is the proving ground for kateboarding”. Duncan has
been around since the beginning of the comp to see it rise to the level it has
today. Actually having helped to build and design the combi pool makes him the
skate guru on this core competition. Skaters of all ages, from groms to OG’s,
pack the Vans indoor skate park to catch some of the grimey goods up close and
personal. The Rockstar Energy drink skate team do not disappoint the crowd in
the burly jam session format, along with the rest of the world’s best skaters,
to give the skate industry their daily dose of organized chaos. This hectic
battle for lines and time in the pool is insanely charged with speed and sweat.
Just landing on US soil from Denmark, Rune won the knock down drag out, and
took home the $25,000, with an intense backside tail slide through the square
corner to shove-it out and a switch kick flip in the round bowl. Omar Hassan
followed his team mate’s lead with solid fast lines, a switch 50-50 in the square
corner, and a few lip slide roll in’s, grabbing $15,000 and landing second place.
Bucky who has been working hard on a sick new bag of tricks dazzled the crowd
and the judges with his “Guy Ritchie” or nollie flip Madonna, Mctwist’s, front
side rodeo 540’s, and backside tail slides in the square. Lasek cements the
sweep by grabbing the 3rd place spot and took home his share of the Pro-Tec
pie, a healthy $7, 500. Adding to the
Rockstar Energy Drink victory, Sergie Ventura makes Combi Bowl history with the first evertransfer from square to round over the hip.

The Top 5 Things That Are Ruining Skateboarding

admin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:11:53 +0000

1)Skateparks – There are a lot of skateparks out there that charge money. You know why these skateparks charge money? Well, its because parents think that they are paying to have their kids babysat all day like it’s a daycare or something.

2)Fashionable Skateboarders – Skateboarders are all about fashion these days. They have to get their Sunday best on to go out and skate. Why would you put on your new kicks and clothing to just go and get all dirty and sweaty and damage all of the above. Personally, I have the same gear to skate in when I go skateboarding. I might change shirts but I have the same old holy shorts, and the same old beat up shoes with duct tape on the laces from knee-sliding out of bails.

3)No Union – Skateboarders don’t have a union! Skateboarders wreck themselves, become popular, and sign their rights away and their likeness when they enter the X- Games. When they get hurt (and they will for sure) there is no health care, and the veterans that got this sport going have no pension or retirement for helping make the sport as big as it is. Chris Gentry is working on forming a union called the Pro Riders Association, but it is very hard to start a union when everybody is just looking out for themselves. This goes for the skaters and the corporate sponsors alike.

4)Shop Decks – Skate shops found out years ago that they could print their own boards for cheaper than that of the pro skaters that keep their shops open. To make it even worse, they are getting these shop decks made in china for cheap, and importing them in by the thousands and its all about profit not about supporting the sport.

5)Security Officers and Cops

Cops and Security guards hate skateboarders! Their whole mission in life is to ruin your day. Next time one of them comes up to you with an attitude and asks you to leave, just be polite and do it. They are expecting you to make some kind of smart ass comment and then they can escalate the situation. Now there are exceptions to this rule. There are security guards that will creep up and grab you, I guess it’s because they think you are going to run. I remember one time I was filming and a security guard came up and started harassing the skater I was filming. We were on a 12 set and I was lying low on the bottom to get a good angle, so the security guard didn’t see me at first. After a little harassment to the skater I walked up and asked him what the problem was. The 150 pound 21 year old Security Guard wasn’t so froggy when I walked straight up to him with all 230 pounds and explained to him that all he has to do is be polite and we will leave. If you want respect in this world you have to gain it, you don’t automatically get it because of a uniform. Especially a Security Guard uniform

The Maloof Money Cup Skateboard Competition

admin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:11:17 +0000

The Maloof Money Cup is the premier showcase for professional skateboarding in 2008. This three-day festival, and WCS sanctioned U.S. Skateboarding Championship, will take place July 11-13, 2008 at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California during the opening weekend of the OC Fair. Including three professional U.S. Championship Competitions – Men’s and Women’s Pro Street, and Men’s Pro Vert – and the U.S. Amateur Championships, the Maloof Money Cup boasts the largest purse in the history of professional skateboarding with over $450,000 in prize money, while setting the benchmark at each prize level.

Here is a picture of the 150 thousand dollar course they built that they are going to tear out after the contest is over.

Ryan Sheckler talks about the contest in this video

Find more videos like this on maloofmoneycup

Members of the Maloof Money Cup Advisory Committee:

Rob Dyrdek, Professional Skateboarder. A pro street skater since 1991, Dyrdek is star of his own MTV reality TV series, Rob and Big. The Ohio-native, began skateboarding at the age of 11, winning his first competition 24 days later and went on to turn pro by age 16. His success and accolades renewed his philanthropic endeavors, resulting in the formation of the Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation which provides funding and support toward the development of skate plazas, and the longevity of skateboarding culture.

Pierre Luc Gagnon, Professional Skateboarder. Gagnon, from Montreal, Canada, began skating in 1988, and entered his first competition in 1992. A frequent participant in the X-Games, he has 12 medals (three gold, seven silver and two bronze) in the Vert, Vert Doubled, Big Air, and Best Trick categories. He has also been victorious on the Dew Tour and in the Gravity Games.

Jake Brown, Professional Skateboarder. Brown is most famous for what commentators called the “heaviest slam they had ever seen.” Losing his balance on his final run at the Summer X Games 2007 he flew into the air, and fell about 45 feet (15 meters) onto the ramp below, and still garnered the silver medal in the event. The Australian won the silver medal in 2006 at the X Games for the Skateboard Big Air. In 2005 he was voted Vert skater of the year at the Transworld SKATEboarding poll awards show for an amazing and innovative video part in the Blind video What If?.

Don Bostick, Founder & President, World Cup Skateboarding (WCS). Bostick, a first generation skater and former pro was very involved in the 70’s and 80’s Nor Cal Skate scene. He starting organizing skateboard events to promote his skate shop, which led to taking over the reins of the National Skateboard Association from Frank Hawk in 1989. He and his wife, Danielle Bostick started World Cup Skateboarding in 1993 and are now responsible for organizing and sanctioning over 30 professional skateboarding events worldwide. Involvement in these events aided establishment of a World Ranking system for street, vert and bowl skateboarding for men and women. Don is also the Vice President of USA Skateboarding and the International Skateboard Federation. WCS is the sport organizer for the X Games and the AST Dew Tour.

Dave Duncan, Consultant, Dave Duncan Designs. Double D is known on the World Cup tour as ‘The Voice of Skateboarding’, and will be the Master of Ceremonies of the MMC. The Southern California-native now living in Huntington Beach was a sponsored amateur throughout the early 80’s, eventually turning pro in 1987 for the legendary Alva Team. It was in the 80’s that Dave began judging, announcing, building and designing for skateboard competitions. He is the owner of Dave Duncan Designs which designs, builds, advises and oversees the construction of skateboard parks, ramps, street courses and arena competitions worldwide.

Mark Waters, Consumer Events Group Manager, Sole Technology. Mark Waters has been skateboarding since the early seventies, and has worked in the skateboarding industry for 25 years. Currently the head of the events department at Sole Technology, he organizes events such as etnies Goofy Vs. Regular, the éS Game of SKATE, and Emerica’s Wild Ride and Wild in the Streets. His career highlights include stints as senior writer and photographer at Transworld Skateboarding; sales manager, marketing and team manager at TumYeto; and marketing and promotions manager at Sole Technology.

Tickets for the inaugural 2008 Maloof Money Cup are available at all Ticketmaster locations, online at ticketmaster.com, by calling (714) 740-2000 or (213) 480-3232, or at the OC Fair & Event Center Box Office at the Pacific Amphitheatre. Ticket prices range from $12.00 to $35.00, which includes OC Fair admission. The official website, www.maloofmoneycup.com, shares the competition experience with a global audience including contests, social networking, video episodes, photos, news stories, and more.

Here is a video add of the Maloof Money Cup