Oh, did you see the latest Skateline with Metro’s Gary Rogers? Now you can. Might be our favorite thing on the Ride Channel. Still haven’t figured out how to watch just the stuff we want to watch. Get on that Youtube. And for a little background on Gary, check out his ESPN/Action interview.
[Link: ESPN/Action]
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No one should be surprised to learn that Nyjah Huston was once again on top of the qualifying rounds of Street League 3 from Glendale, Arizona tonight. What was sup rising was how close the top four skaters were. Only .5 of a point separated the top three.
Qualifying in second was Luan Oliveira, with some incredibly technical tricks like a Switch Frontside Flip and a Nollie Backside Flip in the Big section. Third place qualifier was Paul Rodriguez with an overall score of 33.1. Rounding out the qualifying spots were Chris Cole, Torey Pudwill and Ryan Sheckler, who all had solid days of skating
Competition continues tomorrow with the finals live on ESPN2 at 4 PM PST. For the complete official results, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Antwuan Dixon brings Pat Rumney to the Weekend Buzz table and explains why he’s trying to live the straight and narrow. “I’d don’t feel like going back to jail. It ain’t fun. It ain’t cool.” Dixon also talks about the infamous Epicly Later’d profile and his soundboard (which still makes is laugh). As always the man’s wit comes through straight on.
[Link: Ride Channel]
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Five former employees of One Distribution Co. have brought a lawsuit in Orange County, California Superior Court against the company and also named Vice President of global Brands Matt Fontana for “alleged wrongful termination, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation and failure to take effective remedial action,” according to a story in the OC Weekly. The suit reportedly claims the following:
“Fontana subjected the female employees at One Distribution to greater scrutiny, stricter standards and treated them less favorably than similarly situated males,” reads the complaint. “Fontana compelled employees to ‘pose’ for sexually prurient prospective ads and to engage in work with inappropriate sexual content, advertising crude and questionable pornographic sexual material when the customer market for their work product is children (specifically boys) from the ages of 11 to 17 (primarily skating and skateboard apparel).
Wonder how this one will play out? For the rest of the story click the link.
[Link: OC Weekly]
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Before we even noticed the X Games in Los Angeles had started they are over. And as usual there were very few surprises. Paul Rodriguez finally did it up for gold in Street over Ryan Sheckler and Nyjah Huston. Other than that, it seems like the regular X Games action cast members wrapped things up nicely.
For all the important results in one place, follow the jump. And if you want to relive it over one more time on the web (or, as in our case, view it for the first time) point and click on over to ESPN.com/Action. We’ll just leave it at that. [click to continue…]
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Ignoring for a moment the fact that very few skateboarders in the world dream of riding a skateboard down a set of stairs, Po-Chih Lai’s Stair Rover is an interesting design. Here’s what the artist Po-Chih says about it:
The piece aims to expanding the capability and possibility of extreme sports as we understand them. Inherited from our natural instincts, sliding as children and snowboarding as adults, the focus is on one of the most influential and stimulating sports – skateboading, aiming to push the boundaries further. The piece creates a groundbreaking form of sport which previously never existed and utilises the hidden energy of our cities – stairs. STAIR ROVER – the Stairboard is a product that relies on the other product – stairs, which are found easily within the human habitat, especially in cities. This is an outstanding performance reflecting where we as residents live and what we love.
Reminds us that art is what artists do.
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Tony Hawk takes up behind the scenes at the 2012 X Games street practice (yeah, apparently they’re going on) with Paul Rodriguez, Manny Santiago, Tom Remillard, Ryan Decenzo, David Loy, Mike Taylor, Lizard King, Nyjah Huston, David Gonzalez, Ryan Sheckler and all the heads.
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Nothing says tourist like a good, blinding, farmer tan and an aloha shirt. This summer collab from A Bathing Ape and Undefeated just might be the most epic Hawaiian print ever. Check the entire line at Undefeated. The summer collection goes on sale June 30, 2012.
[Link: Undefeated]
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The mountain states are set to get splattered as Lifeblood and Blood Wizard team up for a skatepark tour through Idaho, Utah, and Colorado July 6 through 16, 2012. Follow it all in the Instasphere at @blood_wizard, @toadally, @originalbk, @local_joey65.
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Duffs kicks down a little video series featuring Cooper Wilt. Titled The Pedro Files this series will “disclose more information about the enigma that is Cooper Wilt.” Okay then.
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