Hard to believe season two of Rob Dyrdek’s Street League is almost upon us. This year sees the tour expanding by one stop, adding a couple new states and staying out of California entirely.
Stop 1: May 7 – 8th Key Arena, Seattle WA (Sunday Finals 4-6pm EST on ESPN)
Stop 2: June 11-12th Sprint Center, Kansas City MO (Sunday Finals 4-6pm EST on ESPN2)
Stop 3: July 16– 17th Jobing.com Arena, Glendale AZ (Sunday Finals 5-7pm EST on ESPN2)
Championship: August 28th Prudential Center, Newark NJ (5-7pm EST on ESPN2) [click to continue…]
Tony Hawk and friends including Agent Orange and others put on what looks like a great show at the Clairemont YMCA in San Diego, California on Saturday, March 19. It looked a little like this. . .
Richmond, Virginia based Brian Lopez is building a business by making cruiser boards out of reclaimed wood flooring from basketball courts. The company is called Glide Skateboards, according to a post on Treehugger.com.
Materials such as reclaimed floorboards are resurrected when we mill, laminate, and shape them into functional works of art. . . We believe it is time to stop depending on our mother earth for resources and to start co-depending with her for a sustainable future.
Chris Pastras and Jason Lee are proud to announce that Kyle Leeper is now on Stereo.
“We are more than proud and stoked to work with a skater who not only reminds us of our favorites from previous generations, but also one who’s actions speak louder than his words. That being said, We’ll let his welcome video speak for itself…
Appears to be, as they say in business, a “good fit.”
If you’re in Southern California this weekend and you want to support a good cause (Grind For Life), cruise on down to San Diego to the Mission Valley YMCA/Krause Family Skate and Bike Park for The Clash At Clairemont 5. The event, which is normally packed so full of people that it’s difficult to tell what is going on, will include skate demos by Tony Hawk, Andy Macdonald, Bucky Lasek, and many more; an Am Best Trick contest, a pro vert high ollie contest (figure it out), and music by OG punk rockers Agent Orange(hard to believe they’re still doing it, but they are).
A photographer who wanted to get a shot of Johnathan Washburn’s updo on the streets of Austin, Texas got a skateboard to the head, according to a story on The Smoking Gun.
According to cops, Washburn clobbered the shutterbug in the head with his skateboard after the man refused to delete the image from his camera.
Washburn is now facing felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges and is in jail with a $12,000 bail set. Not only that, but now everyone gets to see a photo of Johnathan and his lovely hair
In the last of our coverage of Tony Hawk’s most recent divorce comes news that Matty Goodman is “cool with,” Tony dating his wife, according to Radaronline.com.
In response, Goodman said:
“I know people will think it is strange but I’m totally cool with it,” Goodman told RadarOnline.com about Hawk dating his wife. . . “I had split up with Cathy over a year ago and she started dating Tony about seven months ago. . . I have a new girlfriend now and I hope Tony, Cathy and Lhoste can all be happy. . . “I texted Tony today and we are all trying our best to get along. . . Our kids are all friendly and we do not want a bad situation – people are making it a bigger deal than it is.”
Yes they are. And that sounds just like the Matty Goodman we know. Now we’re done.
This Saturday, March 19, 2011 the Los Angeles based HVW8 Gallery will host a book release party (and art show) celebrating the publication of The Art of Mark McKee, published by Random House.
The Art of Marc McKee marks the first installment of the Seen Unknown series edited by Winston Tseng, art director for Enjoi Skateboards. Tseng has worked with some of today’s most genre-defying visual artists and designers whose work extends well beyond skateboard culture. . . With Seen Unknown, Tseng unifies the diverse range of work by some of his favorite artists, putting it all in once place for readers to enjoy.
