Zumiez announces the 2012 12-stop Couch Tour including Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, SLC, Denver, San Antonio, Houston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, West Nyack, Chicago, and the finals June 26 in Minneapolis.
Joining Zumiez Couch Tour for the 6th year in a row is the Zumiez Best Foot Forward Am Contest Series 2012 Presented by Bones Bearings. Best Foot Forward is a jam format contest for up and coming skaters looking for their own share. Each event includes a local open qualifier for the first 20 skaters to pre-register online at www.zumiezbestfootforward.com. The top am skater from each of the Best Foot Forward contest stops will get an all expense paid trip to the Zumiez Couch Tour’s final stop in Bloomington, MN, to compete in the Best Foot Forward Finals on June 26th, 2012.
Power House Productions is an artist-run neighborhood-based nonprofit organization. Their mission is to develop and implement creative neighborhood stabilization strategies to revitalize and inspire the community. Their current project, RideIt Sculpture Park, is a do-it-yourself style skatepark built by skateboarders. The goal of the park is to create a space where neighborhood kids and adults can meet, play, create, build and exercise.
The premiere of the Danny Way movie Waiting for Lightning is already in the distant past, but we just saw this Red Carpet Interview video from The Skateboard Mag on SkateDaily.com and we have to say that Fabian Alomar a.k.a. Frank Hurts is the best on-camera interviewer in action sports and it’s no wonder he’s working in Hollywood. He is that good.
In this clip he interviews: Danny Way, Colin McKay, Rob Dyrdek, Ryan Sheckler, Jason Lee, Ken Block, WFL director Jake Rosenberg, Christian Hosoi, Peter Smolik, and Brandon Turner. Not a bad list.
“Duffel has been a key part in the success of TransWorld SKATEboarding as we’ve most recently embarked on our 30th year in existence,” said Editor In Chief Skin Phillips. Duffel was first hired on at TransWorld SKATEboarding back in September 2010. He joined the team with an extensive skateboarding background and impressive writing skills, contributing to TransWorld SKATEboarding in addition to various national and international lifestyle publications including The Huffington Post, Color Magazine, Huck Magazine, Lifelounge, and more. Duffel’s scholastic acheivements most notably include graduating Magna Cum Laude from UCLA with a BA in Philosophy.
Attention skate media workers: The Swoosh would like to invite one of you to live in Portland, Oregon and “act as editor-in-chief for Nike Skateboarding’s interactive voice through digital Brand and Social channels, leading, creating, producing, editing and curating content and conversations for all online and digital experiences and engagement.”
Here’s all you need in the way of experience:
Must have at least 12 years of senior-level editorial experience in a global print and/or digital skateboarding outlet.
Must have at least 12 years of hands-on experience creating top-level written, photographic and video assets for skateboarding and culture audiences.
Must have at least 12 years experience with copy and photo/video editing.
Must have at least five years of experience producing content for digital and social communities.
Must have at least three years of experience executing content posts on social media and/or community forum sites in skateboarding.
Must demonstrate strong ties with established skateboard industry media, athletes, managers and content producers.
If you’re one of the six people in the world who can honestly answer yes to all of the above (or are a really great liar) click the link to apply.
[Editors’ Update: Things may not be as the seem. Read the comment for another angle which makes much more sense.]
All the NorCal skate heavies were out in Monterey California for the Road Rider Invitational downhill at Laguna Seca. Jamie Hart,Don Bostick, John Hutson, Rick Blackheart, Mofo, Randy Katen, Tim Piumarta, Jack Smith, Jeff Kendall, George Powell and Rich Novak. . . and more.
Check the video from Thrasher and then click the link for the straight scoop from Strange Notes.
The day will include a tour led by exhibition curator Elizabeth Gordon and professional skateboarding demonstrations on the half pipe mini skate ramp, which has been designed and built by Spohn Ranch Skateparks. Opening festivities are included in the price of regular admission. For those who can’t make it to the opening event, fret not—the exhibit will be at the SDMoM until September 9.
“Mike is the perfect person to capture the spirit of Dime,” says Haney, “with his rebellious ‘stand up for your family and by your friends’ attitude and always shooting straight from the heart. Mike and Dime are two peas in a pod—rock stars and legends in two different realms, but not so different…entwined with the same ferocious intensity and presence in each of their performances and, at the same time, they both bear the most genuine of gentle hearts… I am very honored to have Elephant Brand Skateboards represent another passion of Darrell’s—skating!”
If you liked Pantera, you’ll love this board apparently.
Walker Ryan shares the word on college (UCSD’s 50 spots), professional skateboarding, and life in general. Watch it and learn. And get ready for part two, because this is only part one.
