The Broadway Bomb, and annual outlaw skater race down Manahattan, ran into a little trouble yesterday (October 18, 2012) as the New York State Supreme Court handed out a “temporary restraining order” barring organizers from holding the eight-mile race that is scheduled for noon Saturday, October 20, 2012, according to a story in the NY Daily News.
City lawyers argued the annual event is an “unauthorized skateboard race” through traffic and was poised to attract more than 1,800 longboarders. . . The court ruling prompted event co-founder Ian Nichols to cancel the race “in order to avoid being prosecuted,” reads a message posted on the “Broadway Bomb” website. “Ian Nichols must officially cancel the ‘Broadway Bomb’ and relinquish all responsibility,” the message added. . . But the group also said it is planning to conduct a “flash mob” at 116th St. and Broadway at 11:50 a.m. Saturday and go ahead with the race at noon.
The threat of arrest probably won’t stop the carnage as more than 2,000 are planning on make the run, according to the Gothamist. Guess we’ll all know tomorrow. Follow the jump for a video from last year’s event.
Worried about not getting a large enough dose of Rob Dyrdek in your vein’s this holiday season? Would you like him up and rubbing all over your body? Soaking up your sweat? Massaging your feet and, keeping you sheltered from the coming storm? Fret not young fashion victim, the international skateboarding promotional celebrity sensation is dropping an entire collection of DC shoes product just in time for your mall shopping pleasure domes.
Designed exclusively by Rob Dyrdek, the collection is inspired and driven by the DC legacy of classic athletic skate heritage. Within the entire Dyrdek Collection there are two signature shoes and five mini apparel collections: The Alumni Collection, Baseline Collection, Covert Collection, Heritage Collection, and USA Collection, each with their own individual take on Rob’s signature style.
For more information (and photographic evidence) on this groundbreaking collection of Dyrdekness, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
That Northwestern footwear giant that just canned cyclist Lance Armstrong has no qualms about sponsoring another Lance participates in the digging of holes, the positioning of coping, and the subsequent distruction of said terrain. We’re glad they occasionally has their priorities straight.
Chris Nieratko nailed down new parent Jeff Grosso and managed to get maybe three parenting tips out of the man. Most of which are extremely real, just like Grosso himself.
The best part about watching Buoloco interviews is the facial expressions of people while they try to figure out what Ed is saying. Paul Rodriguez is not immune. Watch as the professional manages to stay professional in the face of nearly impossible to understand questions.
Seeing as five of Plan B’s skaters also ride for Nixon, both crews thought it would be awesome to put their heads together. The result is The Soundclash Project.
The Soundclash Project is made up of new pro model boards representing Paul Rodriguez, Torey Pudwill, Ryan Sheckler, Danny Way and Colin McKay. Each board features pre-applied custom grip tape, corresponding custom wheels and a custom color update to Nixon’s TPS (mobile speaker). This collar is now available on nixon.com/soundclash and select skate shops worldwide in limited quantities and once they sell out, they are gone forever.
Sole Tech’s Don Brown had his Insta from last night’s (October 13, 2012) Bake & Destroy premiere “riot” picked up and run in The Hollywood Reporter, not bad for a night out on the town. According to the story:
An unknown number of people attending a skateboarding movie premiere clashed with police Saturday night in Hollywood near the Vine Theater. . . . Several people identified by local media as skateboarders threw bottles at police officers, according to a report from NBC4. Twitter feeds from people on the scene described police in riot gear flanking the intersection of Hollywood Blvd. and Vine and walking toward the crowd.
So funny how the police can turn 300 people having fun into a “riot” simply by showing up in their ready to rumble suits, then again, it got the Baker Boys all over the news for free in the LA Times and newspapers all across the country. The only thing getting more coverage today was some guy jumping out of a hot air balloon.
Interesting to put what actually happened in terms of what NBC Los Angeles reported: “Angry mob of skaters” and pedestrians “running for their lives.” Just think how messed up all their other stories are?
