Absolute Distribution has picked up the plastic fantastic Penny skateboards and is releasing them August 15, 2011 in North and South America. Follow the jump for all the official details. [click to continue…]
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Apparently, Disney’s little extreme-TV faux sporting show went down over the weekend in Los Angeles and reportedly ended up a little like this: Shaun White won vert, Nyjah Huston won street (of course), Raven Tershy dominated the park, Silas Baxter-Neal won the video street contest, Marisa Dal Santo won women’s street, Ryan Decenzo won the Game of Skate, and Bob Burnquist stomped big air.
Follow the jump for the extended results. [click to continue…]
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[Link via Street League]
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This video showed up on Youtube earlier this month titled “Skaters Save Two Babies From Locked Car,” however, the truth is the skaters were completely unable to break the windows on a small SUV with their skateboards. Nice try though, right? It took one hulking, shirtless, guy with a metal barricade to do the damage (on the second try). Obviously, no one had a broken spark plug.
[Link via Mediaite]
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At San Diego, California’s PetCo Park on Friday, August 19, 2011 Tony Hawk will show the world why he spent so much time skateboarding during his high school years as he throws the first pitch as the Padres take on the Florida Marlins at 7:05 PM.
The first 5,000 fans to purchase their tickets through the special Tony Hawk Foundation offer at www.padres.com/tonyhawk will receive a limited edition Tony Hawk bobblehead. Tickets through the offer start as low as $15.50. A portion of the ticket proceeds will benefit the Tony Hawk Foundation.
Haven’t been to a baseball game in years? Maybe this is the one. . . follow the jump for all the details. [click to continue…]
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Jaws finally gets his signature Birdhouse skateboard. Congrats.
[Link: Thrasher Magazine]
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We’re still not that big into the X Games in general, but that didn’t stop us for voting for Billy Marks in the “Real Street” competition. He was up against Brandon Westgate and it was a close but that closer got us. Click here to vote. The winner will be announced July 30, 2011 by Tony Hawk and Chris Pastras.
[Link: ESPN Real Street via The Skateboard Mag]
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Action sports can make a difference. For more information on Adaptive Action Sports click the link and get with the program.
[Link: Adaptive Action Sports]
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Lakai Footwear fans no longer need worry that they’ll lose all their style points when they kick off their shoes, thanks to a new collab with Stance. The new Stance socks keep the Lakai groove flowing no matter what. According to Club Mumble the new Performance color-way arrives in stores August 1, 2011.
[Link: Stance via Club Mumble]
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ESPN has been kind enough to post the entire Street League Glendale, Arizona stop for our viewing please. If you missed it on Sunday, it is well worth watching. Nyjah is unstoppable. Part 1 is above, click here for Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.
[Link: ESPN Action]
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