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.

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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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

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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.

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Tony Hawk is the biggest name is skateboarding history and has won 74 professional skateboard contests of the past 20 years. Tony Hawk has invented 90 skateboard tricks and continues to bust through new boundaries with his million dollar vert ramp.

When Tony Hawk first started skateboarding back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, there was either vert skateboarding which was pools or freestyle skateboarding. There was no street skateboarding which dominates the industry today. Pools eventually evolved into half pipes and the very first half pipes where very hard to skate. The were made out of Plexiglas and had little or no flat bottom and no decks to stand on. You just kind of got in there and tried to hit the coping. Tony Hawk spent many a day skating the Del Mar Skate Ranch and once that closed down he ended up getting some land in Fallbrook and built a massive ramp.

His father Frank Hawk supported Tony very heavily and it must have been cool to have a dad like that. When you are a vert skateboarder pads are a necessary. You cannot bust out a 540 or even a 360 on a vert ramp for the first time with out relying on your pads to knee slide out on so you can get up and try again until you land it. Today vertical skateboarding is not very popular probably because it is so difficult. There are very few newcomers to the Vert Skateboarding scene but with the big boom of skate parks that where built over the last 10 years kids are learning to be more well rounded skateboarders and are able to hit vertical walls now in addition to hitting the rails and ledges that grace the pages of every skateboard magazine on the market. Long live vert skateboarding this is my favorite genre of skateboarding.

Skateboarding means different things to different people. Just think about it, you can think of skateboarding as technical tricks, riding on a vert ramp, or even riding a longboard. But the thing is, skateboarding is everything and so much more. When some people say skateboarding is all about adrenalin while some say it’s an easier way to get around; they mean it. This is because this meaning is true for them.

Some guys think that skateboarding is about discovery and pushing yourself to the limit. For some, it is about freedom because skateboarding brings a sense of “letting go” to them. It is definitely important to realize that every skater has his own drive. So you might wonder? What is skateboarding really all about? Actually, only you can answer that.
One thing to remember though, skaters usually think of each other as family. They understand the pain and passion that comes with skateboarding. After all, how can you become a successful skater without experiencing a few scratches now and then? Skaters also tips, tricks, and news about upcoming skating events. People who have passion for skating definitely understand the love that comes with this sport. But whatever your reason, you can definitely participate in skateboarding events such as the Go Skateboarding Day.
The Go Skateboarding Day is held annually in the 21th of June; although the exact origin of its name is unknown, many believes that it originated because of the “No Skateboarding” signs is often changed to “Go Skateboarding” by skating fans. The holiday was created by the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) in order to make skateboarding accessible to different events in major cities worldwide. Beginning its first celebration in 2004, it has then received the Special Congressional Recognition from the United States Congress because of its promotional effect for the sport.
June 21 is like any other day for many people except that they will see around 3,000 kids gather around the streets of Chicago to skate. Meanwhile, several thousand other skaters are also gathering in Love Park, Philadelphia while another thousand takes over the Venice Beach. This is the Go Skateboarding Day and the streets are alive with adrenalin and excitement.
This is definitely the time when you can have a great time with a large number of skaters. There is only a limited number of events that is as recognized as the Go Skateboarding event so skateboarding fans should not miss out on this. It can be an experience they would remember.