And now from the “huck your kid” vault comes this stunner from 8 year old Evan Doherty from Greenwood, Missouri. Looks like Big E can handle himself quite well on the vert ramp. . .
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They did it with Thalia Surf Shop in Laguna Beach and now Vans has teamed up with DQM (aka Dave’s Quality Meat) in SOHO for another retail collab. Last night (September 15, 2011) Vans celebrated the opening with a few “hundred friends and family.”
Located at 93 Grand, the Vans DQM General is Vans’ first store in Manhattan and the co-branded project with local skate and streetwear purveyor DQM is the first of a kind in the United States for Vans. Expect to find the newest cut & sew and accessories from DQM, the latest from Vans across several lines including our Classics, California, Surf, OTW, Skate and Vault collections and a nice selection of boards, wheels and trucks – all in a setting that beautifully nods to SOHO’s unique heritage and personality.
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Tired of having to carry your skateboard and your briefcase into business meetings? It would appear that former University of South Florida astro physics student Alexi Novitzky has the solution. According to a story on ABC Action News it’s called “The Skatecase.”
“You open this one up and you look inside,” he said showing us the Skatecase. It’s half skateboard and half briefcase. “You can fit two composition books deep in there as well as many pencils.”
Novitzky obviously needs to get together with Valet My Skate inventor Tom Piszkin for a skatecase lock. You can’t just leave those things lying around.
[Link: ABC Action News]
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The Tony Hawk Foundation announced today that The Black Keys will be headling the 2011 Stand Up For Skateparks benefit at Ron Burkle’s Green Acres Estate in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, October 2, 2011.
The Black Keys join an impressive list of supporters of the Tony Hawk Foundation. DaGeDar Presents Stand Up For Skateparks is Co-Chaired by Tony Hawk and fellow THF Board Member and skate legend Mike Vallely, with other notable supporters including Andre Agassi, Michael “Flea” Balzary, Ron Burkle, Chantal and Stephen Cloobeck, Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Dempsey, Jon Favreau, Perry Farrell, Leeza Gibbons, Brian Austin Green, Robin and Danny Greenspun, Ben Harper, Mat Hoffman, Terry Kennedy, Anthony Kiedis, Bobby Kotick, Chuck Liddell, Howie Mandel, Sal Masekela, Lance Mountain, Andrew and Trina Pascal, Andrew Reynolds, David Spade, Bill Walton, and Shaun White.
Sounds like a great crew of people to hang out with (if you’re into that kind of thing). Click here to purchase tickets. The most economical are $400 each, but the $20,000 package looks a little more plus. Follow the jump for more info. [click to continue…]
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As if winning the Street League Championships in New Jersey on Saturday, August 27, 2011 weren’t enough, Sean Malto also walked away with this $50,000, diamond encrusted Nixon 51-30. It goes a little like this:
The customized watch was designed as a collaborative effort between Street League founder Rob Dyrdek and Nixon. The custom 51-30 features a Swiss made movement, stainless steel case and band, custom engraved case back and bezel complete with sapphire crystal. The watch showcases 963 total diamonds on the case, band and dial, making it truly extravagant and unique.
Not that anyone expected it, but there is no shame in Street League it appears. Follow the jump for more details. [click to continue…]
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Taxas Department of Public Safety Trooper Justin Stohler reportedly hit and killed a 14-year-old boy with his patrol car early Wednesday morning (September 14, 2011), according to a story on Chron.com.
Investigators say a Central Texas boy who died after being struck by a Texas trooper’s vehicle had been on a skateboard. . . College Station police say 14-year-old Mark Harding Jr. died following the accident around 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Our thoughts are with Harding’s family and friends.
[Link: Chron.com]
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Watching this Todd Falcon clip (which is promo’d as “the first new Todd Falcon footage in 5 years) reminds us of the stereotypic movements of the Fossa at the San Diego Zoo. Locked in a small cage for far too long the Fossa simply runs through a series of motions over, and over, and over. Kind of like Todd’s primo double flips.
Two questions (from the sea of questions that wash over us while watching this video): Why can’t Mr. Falcon simple roll up into Primo without stepping off every time? And doesn’t stepping off the board and flipping it around kind of negate the whole “34 in a row” claim?
[Link via Skatedaily]
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On Saturday, September 10, 2011 “hundreds of longboarders” donned white dress shirts and ties and bombed through the streets of Toronto, Canada, as part of a “board meeting,” according to a story in the Toronto Star.
Pedestrians stopped to take pictures and several drivers honked in support of the event. . . A dozen police officers on bicycles followed the group to “keep the peace and make sure everyone’s safe,” said Staff Sgt. Andy Norrie, adding that skateboarding on roads is “technically illegal.” . . The organizers didn’t apply for a permit or give police any notice. “At this point, we’re not in a position to arrest hundreds of people,” Norrie said. . . Early estimates showed at least 300 skateboarders took part, he said, adding that more came later. Event organizers pegged attendance at 900.
Apparently, event founder Mike McGown and his crew skipped Go Skateboarding Day because it wasn’t Go Longboarding Day. Semantics ruin everything.
[Link: Toronto Star]
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For those of you who didn’t watch a lick of the Caffeinated Corn Syrup Tour Salt Lake City here are the bullet points: Ryan Decenzo slayed the street course and Shaun White lost the vert contest. If you’d like a little more detail than that follow the jump for the results. [click to continue…]
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Not only is the Tony Hawk Foundation continuing with its mission to help build permanent skateboard parks around the United States, now the organization is also providing helmets and skateboards to by used by kids visiting the skateboard parks.
The Donate A Skate helmet-and-board program distributes skateboards and helmets to youth in communities where the foundation has helped to open a skatepark. With the goal of encouraging young skaters to use the skateparks safely, and to reach those youth whose families could not otherwise afford the equipment, to-date the foundation has distributed over 400 helmets and 200 skateboards to youth at skateparks that received Tony Hawk Foundation grants.
If you would like to help Tony get helmets and skateboards on the kids who need them most, then please click here and make a donation to the tonyhawkfoundation.org. For more information, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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