Last weekend the 7th Annual Top Shop Team Skateboard Competition went down at the 3rd Lair Skatepark in Minneapolis. Guess who won? Yep, 3rd Lair. They won the team event and their team skater Jack Olson won the individual results.
Which reminds us: we always hate it when people invite us over to their house and then proceed to kick our asses in every single game we play. It’s just not polite.
[Link: 3rd Lair via The Skateboard Mag]
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We have to admit that every time we see a bobsled track or water slide we think about doing this. Leave it to some crazy sponored Euro to make it happen.
[Link: via Jimshreds]
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Now everyone can decorate their offices and homes with skateboard decks that have been chopped into tiny little squares thanks to a company called Art Of Board, according to a post on Treehugger.com.
Using the colorful scraps from broken skateboard decks, we provide commercial and residential spaces and retailers with unique, sustainable design solutions to help them reach an audience, sell products and create a defining style or experience. . . With our roots firmly planted in the skateboard culture, we provide skaters and skate shops alike the opportunity to donate broken decks, thereby becoming of part of every project. We also donate a portion of our proceeds to the Tony Hawk Foundation, which supports youth and public skateparks.
Think of the hours that could be spent trying to figure out exactly whose deck each piece came from. . . .
[Link: Art of Board via Treehugger.com]
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Each time we see someone taking a brand new Apple product and wrecking it we’re reminded of the scene in the Steven Spielberg’s creepy movie AI where a crowd of screaming futuristic MMA fans get boners watching sad little robots being torn apart by machines.
Why does the world take so much joy in seeing “revolutionary and magical” products destroyed? Built To Shred’s Jeff King and Chad Knight probably can’t shed any light on that, but they know one thing for sure: it’s great for traffic.
[Link: Built To Shred]
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On Saturday, April 24, 2010, Shane Wallace invited a few people to Rancho Cucamonga, California for the soft-launch opening of OK Skate’s first retail showroom. It was a chance to show everyone what he and the OK Skate crew have been working on for the past six months.
Located on a frontage street near Interstate 15 just North of Interstate 10, the warehouse/ office/ showroom combo is in that strange zone between the Eastern edge of Los Angeles sprawl and the Western front of the Inland Empire. The business park that houses OK Skate is a few blocks from the nearest retail center, but signs on the upstairs windows are visible from the southbound lanes of the freeway. Commuters who continue further south can’t help but notice the large Active Ride Shop warehouse on the opposite side of the 15. The location is likely no accident, though Shane says it was chosen based on “area demographics.”
OK Skate marks Wallace’s return to retail after the Active Ride Shop bankruptcy and subsequent sale pulled the rug out from under much of the industry last March. Between greeting friends at the door, putting final tweaks on the POS system, and watching kids skate the showroom’s mini ramp, Shane had time to sneak upstairs to his office above the shop for a short interview to discuss what OK Skate is, how it came about, and what they have planned for the future.
Follow the jump for photos and the entire interview.
[Editors’ Note April 30, 2010: After reading the interview for the first time online, Shane had a few things to add. We have placed those comments at the end of the interview.]
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Club Mumble continues it’s Honoris Professio Program with a special limited edition Emerica shoe for Justin Regan. Watch to video for all the details.
[Link: Emerica and Club Mumble]
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Shane Wallace appears to have been busy these past few months. We’re not spilling all the details, but if you want to keep a little closer tabs on everything going down at OK Skate in Rancho Cucamonga, California it might not be a bad idea to follow them at @okskatecom and on facebook.
Ok Skate’s grand opening is May 8, 2010, but we’ll keep you posted.
[Link: OK Skate]
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The “Our Park” video was posted to Youtube by Hybebeast TV and explains how Nike’s plans to build a skate plaza in Tokyo’s Miyashita Park aren’t sitting well with the artists who frequent the park, nor the homeless people who live there. Check it out.
[Link: The Smoking Section via Skate & Annoy]
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This silly contraption is the G-Wheel Speedgo. From the looks of it you stand on it like a skateboard and then control the speed with a hand cable. Two things are certain: it is made in China and if you buy 51 of them they’re only $134 a piece. Still not sure that’s any kind of a deal. . .
[Link: Ali Express]
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A 33-year-old father of two 13-year-old boys and an 11-year-old girl took his kids to the Denver Skatepark on Wednesday night (April 14, 2010) and ended up getting beaten by a crowd of skateboarders, according to a story on CBS4Denver.
Police say more than two dozen skateboarders joined in the melee, striking the father with skateboards. The victim received a head injury, a fractured back vertebrae and a broken elbow.
The Denver Post has more of the story of a man known only as Dave:
After about 30 minutes Dave watched as a group chased an individual across the park. As a pursuer ran by, Dave asked: “What’s going on?” . . The man turned to Dave, cursed at him, and told him to leave. . . The words had just passed from the man’s mouth when Dave was slammed with a skateboard from behind, he said. . . “I guess just me asking was enough for them to clock me,” Dave said. . . Immediately, others joined in and started beating Dave with skateboards. A friend of Dave’s who was there tried to help him, and he also was attacked. . . The friend’s injuries were not as serious.
Dave, who told The Post he’s been “going to the skatepark for years” drove his kids home and then drove himself to Lutheran Medical Center where he was treated for his injuries.
Place is rough. No doubt.
[Link: CBS4Denver and The Denver Post]
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