Those wacky Australian gearheads at V8 Supercars built a little skateboard for Tony Hawk to ride. While the above photo could be classified as one of the downsides of celebrity life, (via Makezine), we’ve seen no evidence of Tony riding it (wisdom on his part we’re guessing)
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After seeing his qualifying runs it is doubtful that anyone was surprised by the final results at the 2010 Tampa Am as Elijah Berle rolled through this run. Ishod Wair finished second, Jon Cosentino finished third, and Kevin Romar was fourth. For the entire final results, click the link or follow the jump for Ishod’s run.
[Link: Skate Park Of Tampa]
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Last night (December 4, 2010) on the top floor of downtown Los Angeles’ iconic Cooper Building the International Association of Skateboard Companies brought the skateboard industry together to honor six skateboarders and two industry titans in their second annual Skateboarding Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Those honored included: Torger Johnson, Stacy Peralta, Steve Caballero, Eric Koston, Bob Burnquist, Patti McGee, CR Stecyk, and Larry Stevenson.
For everyone who has grown up in skateboarding this night was packed with emotion. It would be easy for those who were not in the room to be cynical about a group of old skateboarders getting all dewey eyed over each other, but as we looked around and saw a room filled with skate heros, living legends, and those most responsible for making skateboarding what it is today we were dumb-founded.
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We’d rather watch it live online, but if we’re forced to wait it’s good to know it’s something worth waiting for like this 2010 Tampa Am qualification run from Ishod Wair on December 3, 2010.
For more video from Friday, follow the jump of click here for full SPoT coverage of Friday plus the 2010 Damn Am Awards presentation.
[Link: SPoT via Lowcard]
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After 18 months in the making Skullcandy kicked off the launch of their new Mix Master Mike Headphone with a party at the expansive My House, on the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and N. La Brea in the heart of Hollywood, California last night (December 2, 2010).
This is just a little of the amazing set Mix Master Mike kicked down to the packed house. Follow the jump for some photos.
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The former publisher of Transworld Skateboarding Magazine has jumped back in the action media game with a new title for the other team. Source Interlink’s Action Sport Group/Grind Networks announced last night that Jamey Stone is their new director of marketing. Stone will reportedly “oversee and direct the group’s marketing initiatives and business development operations.”
“Working for the ASG / Grind Networks is a huge honor,” said Stone, who grew up in Oceanside, Calif., surfing up to the professional level and skateboarding in the underground San Diego skate scene. He lives there still today with his wife and two children. “Growing up reading SURFER, SURFING and SkateBoarder, I never imagined that I would now be a part of this amazing family. I am very excited about all of the great things on deck for ASG / Grind Networks and look forward to adding to an already amazing legacy.”
We’re glad to see one of the most authentic, hardworking guys in skateboarding media back on board.
Strangely, this news comes on the heels of another departure at Bonnier Corp’s Transworld Media. Former Transworld Senior Marketing Director Vipe Desai left the company on Tuesday November 30, 2010 to pursue another opportunity after being at the company since April 26, 2010.
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It is that time of year again. For those wondering why no on in the skateboard industry is returning their emails or getting that stuff that promised out, it’s because they’re all at the Skate Park of Tampa for what has become one of the most important contests in skateboarding—the 17th Annual Tampa Am (December 2-5, 2010).
We were planning on watching the event online live, but it would appear that we’re out of luck, according to post on the SPoT website but there will be “tape delay” coverage.
Fuel TV that usually does the live webcast had some budget cuts and can’t do it this year. Colin Clark, Joe Pelham, and I [Rob Meronek] are all going to not go straight to the bar right after the Contest each night and instead go straight to our offices to put together the video coverage and photos from the day to post right away on the site. Sounds like just the thing you’d want to do after already working a 12 hour day. I’ll take it, though. I appreciate every minute of this good time that counts as hard work. After that, we will go to the bar. Thanks for checking out the site and Tampa Am this week..
So tune in to the Skate Park of Tampa website each evening for the latest updates from the event and follow the jump for the full event schedule.
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The “do a documentary about yourself” virus seems to be turning into a epidemic. In the past it appeared that documentarians would select a person, event, or topic and create a documentary with or without cooperation of the subject. These days it seems that the best way to turn up a career is to create a documentary about yourself. Count in the Bones Brigade on the turning up the heat on the past.
On Monday, November 29th at Los Angeles International Airport, seven individuals that have had an extreme influence on skateboarding sat down to discuss work on a documentary of their experience. They met at the Encounter restaurant in the middle of the airport to begin work on this monumental film. . . Stacy wrote, “Those skaters known as the Bones Brigade are now old enough to take a look back. At a time in the 80’s when many people were mourning the second death of skateboarding, the Bones Brigade through passion, drive, creativity and a surprising sense of teamwork redefined the sport for their time and the future”.
People write autobiographies all the time, so there’s really no reason for us to be down on Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Rodney Mullen, Tommy Guerrero and Stacy Peralta for making a film about how great they were, because it’s true—they were great. We’d just appreciate it more if someone else was saying it.
[Link: Powell-Peralta]
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Chuckbuddies may be the perfect snowboard finger toys. They seem to stomp landings, never get haired, and come in eight colors. But they’re not cheap. Each Chuckbuddies action figure costs €21.99 ($28 each plus $6.50 shipping). On the other hand, we could buy three Chuckbuddies for the price of one Vail lift ticket.
[Link: Chuckbuddies via Methodmag.com]
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Vimeo says this clip was uploaded 17 days ago so that means, we’re about two weeks behind. Good thing it’s never too late to revel in the wisdom of the Lizard King—especially when it comes to snowboarding. Click here for part one of this interview.
[Link: Updown via Radcollector]
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