When Mikey Taylor left etnies in February word got around pretty quickly where he was going. Now it’s official. Mikey Taylor is on DC Shoes.
“Signing Mikey to the DC skate team is a great step forward as we continue our push to be the most sought-after skate-driven action sports brand,” said Anton Nistl, DC’s President. “Mikey’s ambition, abilities and attitude make him a great addition to the DC family.” . . A California native, Mikey is known for his ability to skate all types of skate spots with an easy and polished style.
Santa Cruz Skateboards has created a special, limited edition skateboard deck with proceeds going to Jacob’s Heart, an organization that works to improve the quality of life for children with cancer, according to a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
The deck is emblazoned with an updated rendition of the company’s large “screaming hand” logo in the color purple. The graphic has long been one of the company’s best sellers, NHS owner Rich Novak (pictured right with Lucas Musgrave) said. . . About 500 decks have been made and shipped to stores across the country. The company said 150 have sold so far.
This clip showed up in our email box this afternoon. It was from Skate Daily’s Bryce Kanights and it included this note:
I wanted to let all of you know that Straight Trippin’, a video pilot which we had originally shot and produced to pitch to Fuel TV and a few other media outlets has been posted on SKATEDAILY.net today. This project has been sitting on our hard drives for a little over two years now and we felt it was time to put it out to the public. Really, what good is a piece of entertaining video when nobody gets to enjoy and share it?
The evening, hosted by Epicly Later’d’s, Patrick O’Dell, was part of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art’scurrent showArt In The Streets. An audience of more than 500 packed into the theater for a series of skate video montages broken down by decade (80s, 90s and 00s). Between each decade Ty Evans, Rick Howard, Aaron Meza, Greg Hunt, Tobin Yelland, Stacy Peralta, Lance Mountain, Spike Jonze, and Ed Templeton would take the stage and answer questions and discuss the skateboard filmmaking process.
Few have been more mired in the skateboarding industry than Alien Workshop founder Chris Carter. Last night (April 26, 2011) at the IASC Skateboarding SummitShop-Eat-Surf.com’s Tiffany Montgomery interviewed Chris. It was only the second interview he has ever given. Chris tells the whole story of his start in skateboarding, founding Alien Workshop, selling the business to Burton, and how he’s working to keep the brand relevant in a changing market.
It is long (over an hour) but if you care about skateboarding you should watch it.
[Editors’ Note: it only took us eight minutes to realize the table and chairs were ruining the shot. It gets better at the nine minute mark. Sorry.]
For the third year friends and family of skateboarder Van Wastell gathered to remember his life, according to a post on Strange Notes.
This past weekend was the 3rd Annual Memorial Van Jam in Arvada Colorado. Dave Tuck hosted it once again at his house with a bbq and backyard pool session. The Wastell family and a ton of friends of Van’s showed up. The rain held of for the whole day and everyone had a good time.
