We don’t follow and/or watch NBC/MTV’s Dew Tour, but like most of America we follow Shaun White. In Salt Lake City last weekend he whooped all the other vert dogs to win one on the Dew Tour and even landed the armadillo on his last air. The results looked like this:
1. Shaun White 94.75
2. Pierre-Luc Gagnon 90.50
3. Bucky Lasek 88.25
4 . Andy Macdonald 83.50
5 . Bob Burnquist 63.00
Not bad for a snowboarder.
[Link: Alli Sports]
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SUPRA hooks up the legendary Matt Mumford. As they say:
“Matt has been pushing the limits of professional skateboarding since he originally came from Australia over a decade ago.”
True.
[Link: Supra Footwear Company]
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In a new solo exhibition of Australian artist Shaun Gladwell’s work a Georgia Scherman Projects the cornerstone piece of the show is a video of Kevin Harris spinning 360’s titled: Portrait of a man: alive and spinning
On entering the darkened gallery, the viewer encounters two new video works. The title work for the exhibition documents Kevin Harris, a Canadian freestyle professional skateboarder, performing 360-degree spins. (This video is complemented by Composite Portrait as Boards, a display of skateboard decks leaning against the gallery wall. . .
Looks great, but when it comes to 360s and art we’re still partial to Stacy Peralta.
[Link: Canada Art]
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Last week Youtube.com began testing some live broadcasts with several different partners. In one of their tests they featured a live interview with Tony Hawk in conjunction with YoungHollywood.com and according to Techcrunch.com no one showed up.
Well, Tony Hawk just finished an appearance on Young Hollywood right now, and the number of viewers never went above 500, according to the view counter at the bottom of the player. For most of the segment, it was much less—at one point I saw 9 viewers, then 81. As a point of reference, when we livestream TechCrunch events, we often get 2,000 to 3,000 concurrent viewers, and that is without being promoted on YouTube’s homepage. So 500 viewers for Tony Hawk is really nothing.
Then again, we didn’t know Tony was going to be on. If he’d told us we could have rounded up a couple dozen more people, no problem.
[Link: TechCrunch.com]
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When a group in Amarillo, Texas tried to burn a Quran on Saturday, September 11, 2010 a local skateboarder ran through and grabbed the kerosene-soaked book and escaped, according to a story on Amarillo.com.
Jacob Isom, 23, grabbed David Grisham’s Quran when he became distracted while arguing with several residents at Sam Houston Park about the merits of burning the Islamic holy book. . . “You’re just trying to start Holy Wars,” Isom said of Grisham after he gave the book to a religious leader from the Islamic Center of Amarillo.
Isom was reportedly carrying a skateboard at the time of the action. We’re guessing it was a longboard. . .
[Link: Amarillo.com via Huffington Post]
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Tony Hawk gets Chaz Ortiz and Dancing With the Stars Louie Vito to demonstrate the new skate-snow crossover video game Tony Hawk Shred, the Swiss Army knife of video games. . . looks kind of confusing.
[Link: Just Push Start]
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Robin Leach has obviously traded his “champagne wishes and caviar dreams” in for something little more downscale as he uses his column in Las Vegas Weekly to discuss the million dollar “battle” between the Maloof Money Cup and Rob Dyrdek’s Street League.
At the center of the battle is skate sensation Chris Cole. He’s been the $100,000 winner at the Maloof events for the past three consecutive contests, but he’s signed on exclusively with Rob for the pro tour that hits our Thomas & Mack Arena on Sept. 25. Rob promises the world’s best skateboarders competing for the most prize money in history, with a real-time scoring format in which every trick counts. . . . However, Joe Maloof, who with brother Gavin runs the Sacramento Kings, and George Maloof, who runs the Palms, are now offering a $1 million cash bounty. Fans say it’s aimed at keeping Chris on their team. The first skateboarder to win four consecutive $100,000 Maloof Money Cup events gets the $1 million payday.
Never really thought we’d see the day that skateboarding would make the Lifestyles of the Rich and Vegased.
[Link: Las Vegas Weekly]
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Giovanni Reda has a new book out with Oh Wow Press titled Demigods & Cosmic Children featuring portraits of his friends and acquaintances including people like Spike Jones (above), Mark Gonzalez, and other famous and not so famous peoples.
[Reda] captures each subject sincerely, candidly portrayed and free to be vulnerable. As Reda relates to each individual, he also removes himself as a director. Without staging, he implies connectivity–his personal relationships are exposed, but ultimately the message underlines our connection to one another.
It’s all a network, right? The book is 8.75 x 12.25, 200 pages long, and costs $45.00. Buy one before they are gone.
[Link: Oh Wow via Club Mumble]
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Machotaildrop, the film directed by Corey Adams and Alex Craig after they won a Fuel.TV filmmakers contest has won the title of Best Independent Film in the LA Skate Film Festival. Flip’s Extremely Sorry won for best US film and PLANK won Best International Film.
For the rest of the winners follow the jump or visit the LA Skate Film Festival site.
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As you well know we hate reading stories like this one from The Herald-Mail:
An 8-year-old boy was in critical condition Wednesday night at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., after a skateboard accident at 440 N. Prospect St. earlier in the day, according to a Hagerstown Police Department spokesman. . . The accident occurred at about 5:45 p.m., when three juveniles were hanging onto a Jeep while riding skateboards, Sgt. Chad Woodring said late Wednesday. . . The 8-year-old boy lost his balance, and it is believed he was struck by the Jeep, Woodring said.
We also flinch every time we see pros towing into stuff while skateboarding in movies like Emerica’s Stay Gold and Nike Skateboarding’s Debacle. Sure, skateboarding is dangerous, but still . . .
[Link: The Herald-Mail]
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