Since the first skateboard, kids have all tried something similar. We used an old inner tube as a strap to help us jump, Skyhooks used plastic, and Paul Hackett used velcro “Suspenders” to air out of a pool for his September 1977 cover of Skateboarder Magazine. Now, Kevin Rains, a father who doesn’t skateboard, has come up with his own kind of ollie cheaters called Krainkn, according to a story on Business News Daily.
After researching existing products and even registered patents, Rains, who was working in the mortgage business at the time, discovered there was nothing out there like what he had in mind. Rains envisioned a set of handles that would attach to the skateboard or snowboard with flexible tubing and allow the user to hold onto something while learning to maintain their balance.
Why is it that bad skateboarding ideas just keep reappearing year after year after year? Sometimes it’s just so sad. Especially when it’s on Kickstarterand no one is funding.
Ronald Weekley Jr., a skateboarder from Venice, California is claiming that police beat him after he was already pinned to the ground, according to a story on KTLA.com. He was stopped by police for reportedly “riding his skateboard against traffic.”
Weekley said he was skateboarding in front of his home Saturday afternoon when Los Angeles police officers detained him and threw him to the ground. . . “I turned around to two cops running directly at me and throwing me on the ground, putting my arms behind my back and tying my legs to my arms and telling me I was resisting arrest,” Weekly recalled.
As is the case with most everyone who is beaten by police, Weekley was charged and jailed for “resisting arrest.” Luckily, it was all caught on video. Follow the jump to see the entire cellphone video and see first hand how hard police officer work to keep the public from recording their actions.
Rather than bringing other skaters to the Weekend Buzz set Jereme Rogers brings Justin Beiber video girl and pop singerJennifer Jayleen Martinez to talk all things Jereme. He has a lot of explaining to do, and truthfully Jereme gets through some of his most “media spectacles” by blaming them on the mushroom plant. But this is only Part 1. Part 2 is next week.
Unbeknownst to us Peter King, the pro surfer, former MTV personality, and photographer, is back in the TV hosting game with a reality show for the Outdoor Channel called Project Dominion.
Along with co-host MMA fighter Jamie Toney, and Dennis Deutsch, PK reportedly goes along on hunting and fishing trips and then comes back to tell us all about it. As much as we love watching PK on camera, we’re not sure we’re going to be able to sit through much of this. Check it out yourself.
Chainsaw Productions’Shaun Palmer documentary The Miserable Champion is finally available on DVD and shipping, according to a story on Pinkbike.com.
The Miserable Champion is a shocking portrait of one of the most notorious athletes of all-time, action sports’ hero Shaun Palmer. 7 Sports, 7 Times World Champion, 6 X-Games Gold, 38 Elite Victories, 117 Tour Podiums and ESPY 2006 “Action Sports Athlete of the Year”. USA Today asks the question “Is This The World’s Greatest Athlete?”
This episode without a doubt will lure you in and make you smile as we tackle our first build of the season combining Abel fly reels and Signal snowboards for the ultimate catch and release adventure on the Mt. Hood glacier with pro snowboarder Kazu Kokubo and Yusaku Horii!
This also marks the beginning of a new partnership between Signal Snowboards and the Network A Youtube channel. For more on that, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Will Smith’s latest money making scheme (his son Jaden) puts down a small bit of skateboarding skills in his newest video Pumped up Kicks (Like Me). filmed entirely at The Skatelabin Simi Valley, California. And yes, that was Chris Cole and Theotis Beasley all over the place. Nothing like keeping the family business rolling.
