“Sessions is proud to keep Tim’s spirit alive through this skateboarding contest,” said Joel Gomez, CEO of Sessions, “and we are especially happy to have vitaminwater and etnies on board this year, as well as all of our sponsors. These events are always exciting! The invitation roster tells it all for the bowl event and the up & coming Am’s for the street event are incredible. ‘Never Forget’ Tim Brauch.”
This year’s pro and invite roster is stacked. Follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
Ever wanted to lock up your skateboard to a bike rack after a roll to the store? Yeah, we never have either. But that hasn’t stopped San Diego, California inventor Tom Piszkin from coming up with the “Valet My Stick” skateboard lock, according to a story on First Coast News.
“Theaters don’t want skateboards in, restaurants don’t want skateboards in, a classroom gets cluttered with skateboards, so there are lots of places where they are starting to be restricted,” he says. . . Piszkin came up with the ideal solution. . . It’s like a bicycle cable lock, but with a loop big enough to go around the skateboard truck, or axle.
To quote the skater interviewed, “I never really actually thought about a skateboard lock.” And neither has anyone else.
In the running for irresponsible mother of the year is an Australian woman who towed her 14-year-old son behind her car until he was going so fast that he slammed hard enough to end up in the hospital, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Police said the the car made a right turn onto The Woods Circuit and the teenager became unsteady and fell onto the road. . . He was taken to St George Hospital with bruising, lacerations and soft tissue damage.
Well, at least her son didn’t die and she learned a little lesson about skateboard towing.
It’s a set of shoe style we’ve never worn, but we know there are some people who’ll be after this limited edition Supra double pack featuring the Skytop II and the Society.
The uppers on both shoes are enveloped in varying shades of solemn, grey Nubuck, trimmed with black kidskin leather accents. Each style features a never-before-seen, single wrap, white honeycomb foxing, and a grey sole. Custom sock liners read, “Never Forget,” and each comes with an NYFD inspired hang tag. Only 413 pairs of each shoe were produced, and they are sequentially numbered on the interior of each shoe. Proceeds from the Commemorative Pack will be donated to charity.
The commemorative pack will be available at Suprafootwear.com and only nine shops worldwide. Follow the jump for more info. [click to continue…]
This collection includes a three-tee collaboration series with photographer Tobin Yelland, featuring three of the artist’s photos which seek to capture skateboarding lifestyle of the early ’90s.
We’re not exactly sure this LiquidRoam electric powered skateboard is exactly built for the current economic conditions, but if you have $2,875 dollars to spend on a skateboard, this may be the one to buy.
The RoamBoard Custom adds amazing color combinations that attract all the attention on the street! Bamboo deck construction provides additional carving feedback! Featuring a 36Volt, 10 Amp-hr Li Polymer battery pack, on board charger, 4 hour charge time, 450 watt DC motor, 3 l.e.d. fuel gauge on hand controller, charge cord included.
All that and a 15 MPH top speed and 12 mile range. You listening, Rob Dyrdek?
It was a crazy day of skating (and some debatable judging calls), but Andrew “The Boss” Reynolds soldiered through to the final, marching right over a ripping Jack Curtin, Manny Santiago, and finally Ronnie Creager to charge home with $160,000 in cash.
After the contest Reynolds sounded relieved. “I’m psyched,” he said. “I just tried my best and everybody has supported me. My friends were here, my mom was here. It was a good time.”
When he was asked what he plans on doing with his money, he showed he’s always the businessman. “I really don’t know. Maybe put it somewhere. Start skateboard companies, do stuff to my house, buy toys for my daughter.”
Pro Results
1. Andrew Reynolds $160,000
2. Ronnie Creager $40,000
3. Bastien Salabanzi $10,000
4. Manny Santiago $10,000
In Brittain’s Vault episode 8, The Skateboard Mag’s Grant Brittain revisits NorCal circa 1985 with a photo of Lance Mountain at Mike Chantry’s ramp during the Terror In Tahoe contest in July of 1985.
Follow the jump for a six-part video from the contest in all its 80s glory. [click to continue…]
This year’s Tim Brauch Memorial Skateboarding Contest is going down September 24 and October 1, 2011 at Lake Cunningham, San Jose and the Scotts Valley Skatepark.
