Former Aussie skate filmers Ben Hazzard and Liam Stephens currently hold the number 2 paid app position in the Apple iTunes iPhone app store with their low-rez skateboarding game Stick Skater, according to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald.
We both grew up in Newcastle filming skate videos of local skaters, some of who have become world respected pro skater,” Hazzard said. . . “We modelled the skate animations on real skateboarders, and we specifically choose a particular pro skater, Jake Duncombe, who has a reputation for doing some of the best tricks.” . . Hazzard said the game allowed for many trick combinations. . . “While being a little exaggerated for entertainment purposes, they are still in touch with the progression of real skateboarding,” he said.
One of the coolest parts of the game is skating the famous spots including: the Carlsbad Gap, Hollywood High, Wilshire, and Love Park. We’re guessing this will be 99 cents well spent.
Wonder what kind of gentlemen’s agreement Tony Hawk and Shaun White have regarding video games? Because Tony’s new game Shred is rumored to possible get into a little snow and surf and Shaun’s new game Skateboarding (scheduled to arrive this fall) is not exactly a snowboard game.
Are the two monster boarding icons going head-to-head in the isles of the big box stores this Christmas? Looks probable.
It’s nice seeing the progeny of skate royalty hold things down all by themselves. Riley Hawk is obviously not suffering from Frank Sinatra Jr. disease.
The Skateboard Mag’s Animal Chan brings back all the festivities from last Saturday’s Maloof Money Cup kick off at the Maloof Family’s Palms in Las Vegas in LRKRVSN. This is one time we can confidently say the video is better than being there. Click the link for photos.
Maloof and his brother, Gavin, have staged two Maloof Money Cups in Costa Mesa, Calif., and the third is scheduled for August. They’re also preparing for the inaugural Maloof Money Cup New York set for June 5-6 in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The New York contest will feature street competition only, with the winner earning $100,000. . . Joe Maloof said sports officials from South Africa came to last summer’s Maloof Money Cup and expressed interest in holding a similar competition in their country. . . “They loved it,” said Maloof, who added that a deal was quickly worked out. . . “They’re very proud of them hosting the World Cup. It’s a big event for their country,” Maloof said. “They want South Africa to be known as a place for action sports, and for sports like that, skateboarding fits the mold.”
The event will leave Kimberley with a permanent street course and vert ramp. It appears the Maloofs are continuing to listen and do things right.
All that’s missing is some banjo music. . . and a canoe. Of course, when the game is released tomorrow (May 11, 2010) an Xbox or Playstation 3 game system and $59.99 is all you’ll need. Click here to buy it.
Next month Topps will be including some hand signed Tony Hawk trading cards in its 2010 Allen & Ginter baseball card sets, according to a story on ESPN.com.
And not only will there be autographs from Hawk — and others from the sports world — but one of Hawk’s used skateboards will be cut up with pieces of the board embedded into cards that collectors can find in packs. . . The coolest card of the bunch, though, will be a one-of-a-kind oversized “Cabinet Relic Card” that will placed atop the box of packs in one randomly selected box. That card will include the entire nameplate off Hawk’s skateboard.
Collectable it collectable, right? Gotta sell baseball cards somehow.
The San Dieguito High grad with a crazy red beard parlayed a passion for skateboarding and a knack for construction into his status as the most innovative skate-ramp designer on the planet. . . Fuel TV mines King’s mind for “Built to Shred,” a popular show that brings his ideas to life. King is filming the series’ third season, which will air in September on the action-sports network.
We all know much of the story, but it’s fun to read it all over again. You do cable TV for years and no one notices. Make on little video about trying to skateboarding on an iPad and look what happens.
If you have an expo or tradeshow that relates to anything in action sports or fashion that could potentially bring more people to the ASR Show in San Diego, please call Andy Tompkins because ASR appears to be in a synergizing mood.
The most recent addition to Summer ASR (after Class@ASR and The Crossroads) is Scott Bass’Sacred Craft surfboard expo, according to a release sent out today.
Action Sports Retailer (ASR) and Sacred Craft have agreed to stage the summer edition of the consumer surfboard expo bayside in San Diego during ASR. The one of a kind event debuts on Saturday and Sunday, August 14-15, 2010 running concurrently with ASR at the San Diego Convention Center.
Sure, why not. But you know who ASR should be really working on partnering with? Comic-Con. They’ve got real traffic. . . follow the jump for the entire release. [click to continue…]
Skate Park of Tampa’s Ryan Clements and his fiance Jenna Becker will be featured on an upcoming episode of Home & Garden TV’s Battle On The Block reality interior design show.
The show pits neighbors against each other to see who can come up with the best room. Here is how their show is being pitched:
In this episode, three families in the hip urban neighborhood of Ybor City in Tampa, FL, compete to redesign and renovate their master bedrooms. . . .Newly engaged Ryan and Jenna are desperate to create a soothing bedroom that reflects their hip style, but their bold color choices threaten to make their bedroom more zoo than Zen.
According to an email sent out to friends Ryan loves the new bedroom, but wonders how the show will turn out:
The worst was that HGTV literally ran our lives for five days (interviews, show prep, filming, etc.) and the best part is that we got an absolutely amazing, completely free master bedroom out of the deal,” he said. “This is my official disclaimer that I have no idea how we’re going to be portrayed on the show since we signed our lives away and have no control over the outcome. Jenna thinks that she’s going to be labeled as the ‘dumb blonde’ and my fear is that they’re going to make me look like a semi-retarded, anal-retentive, obsessive-compulsive, conspiracy-theorist, maniac.”
The Clements family bedroom episode airs May 15, 2010. Set your Tivos.
Former Aussie skate filmers Ben Hazzard and Liam Stephens currently hold the number 2 paid app position in the Apple iTunes iPhone app store with their low-rez skateboarding game Stick Skater, according to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald.
