This fall BET will be airing a new reality show titled Being Terry Kennedy. The show reportedly follows TK around as he “becomes a mogul in skateboarding” and conquers “so much through that like music, fashion and actually being a family rooted person through it all,” according to an interview with the Atlanta Post.
One of the Northwest’s best indoor skateparks, the Department of Skateboarding is closed today, August 16, 2010 after eight and a half years in operation. Here’s what the Dept had to say about it:
As you may or may not have already heard, the building that The Dept. and Cal’s Pharmacy have occupied for the last 9 years was sold a few months ago. The new building owners weren’t going to immediately occupy the building and were able to allow the park to remain open but beginning next month will have to start some re-modeling work to re-purpose the space and need to have the course removed to do so. Work on the course removal will begin next week so this Sunday August 15th will be the last day the park will be open to skate. [NOTE: CAL’S PHARMACY WILL REMAIN OPEN..ONLY THE DEPT. IS CLOSING]
Guess it’s back out into the rain for the lot of you.
We’re not really sure how Bryson Lovett’s Vertrax motorized skateboard is supposed to work, nor how or where a rider would stand on it, but as a work of rolling art, it looks pretty cool. All that is except for the tail light.
Drew Dezort picked up top money on the $10,000 Crossroads Best Trick quarterpipe, Nick Garcia backside nose blunted his way to $1,200 on the rainbow, and Sasha Daily nabbed $2,500 on the rail. For his work on the rail Kechaud Johnson (frontside feeble above) got $250 and David Loy picked up $500 for being the first to get all the kinks.
Follow the jump for Jamie Thomas’ hand-written notes on everything that went down. [click to continue…]
While we sort out our thoughts on the fall ASR/ Class/ Crossroads/ Sacred Craft aggregation of trade showshere are some photos from Friday, August 13, 2010.
San Diego’s Aldrin Garcia won his second Grind For Life High Ollie Challenge on Friday, August 14, 2010 on the floor of the Action Sports Retailer Show in San Diego, California. Garcia was the only skater to clear 44 inches (four inches higher than his 2008 winning jump).
After winning Garcia made a couple attempts at the world record. While he easily cleared 46 inches and landed on his wheel, he had to put a hand down so it did not count. After two more tries the time ran out on the event and Garcia walked with his $1,000 cash prize.
Every year Volcom chooses a theme and sticks to it for the entire trade show season. They’ve done hippies, hillbillies, and this year they raved it up with Volcom Techno Beach.
This clip is only one minute long. By the time the 2010 Fall Action Sports Retailer Show closes on Sunday, August 15, 2010 Volcom employees will have relived this minute 1,380 times. And then they will get to do it all again at Surf Expo next month, and at SIA in Janaury 2011. How’s that for dedication to the brand?
Mossimo has done it. Jean Paul Gaultier, too. Even Shaun White has done a deal with Target. Now Paul Rodriguez is taking money from the discount retailer, too. And to make it more real, he’s tied this deal to his childhood.
“I grew up right across the street from a Target and have many memories of skating over to the store as a kid,” said Paul. “I’ve always loved their brand and am excited about the relationship and potential of what we can do together.”
But more than anything, we’re guessing Paul loves that massive paycheck that only a multi-national discount retailing sponsor can provide. Wonder what products his name will go on first. . . we’re guessing they’ll do the entire Shaun White line with new P-Rod graphics.
