Skateboarder Magazine’s inaugural Make-A-Wish Foundation Benefit Skate Jam presented by DC Shoes goes down this this Saturday, April 17, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hollenbeck Skate Plaza in Los Angeles, California.
On site there will also be raffles, giveaways, music, autographs and street-fair style booths hosted by industry-leading skate brands including, but not limited to DC Shoes, Volcom, Analog, DVS, Nike SB and Adio, raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and giving back to the children of Los Angeles County. There will also be an after party at Royal Claytons English Pub beginning at 8:00 p.m. where everyone can gather for some grub after a long day at the Plaza.
As Skate & Annoy’s Kilwag pointed out today, Justin Bieber the “prepubescent pop star” can ollie higher than he can. We agree. But what he failed to point out is that Bieber also has impeccable taste in footwear. . .
\Tomorrow night (April 15, 2010) Shaun White will unveil his new footwear line for Target Stores at a Midtown Manhattan shindig, according to a story in the New York Times.
The shoes, scheduled to arrive at Target on July 11, will accompany the 2010 version of the Shaun White clothing line that Target sells. The apparel is scheduled to arrive at Target in early August.
Tax day is likely the perfect time to unleash $34.99 shoes on the American public. Wonder how all the skate shoe companies feel about this?
The new issue of King Shitarrived yesterday (who said print was dead) and it’s loaded full of the stuff we’ve come to expect from our friends North of the Border.
Dave Carnie rants about why he has no cell phone, Dan Watson interviews guys who actually (rather than figuratively) “gay off” with skate shoes, comedian Zack Galafanakis sports a big rubber cock from the future, and Chis Nieratko asks a bunch of underage skaters if their moms and/or sisters are hot. You know, the usual.
And yet, it is still compelling. This issue was guest art directed by Altamont’sMark “Fos” Foster of Heroin and Landscape fame and that’s Matt Berger heel flipping some industrial products on the cover. . . Ask for a copy at your local skate shop.
British pro skater Tony da Silva (pictured on the right) is 29 years old yet when he recently got a warning for skating where he shouldn’t the Manchester City Council sent a letter to his parents, according to a story in the Telegraph.
The letter addressed to them, detailed their son’s behaviour and warned he could be fined £500. . . It read: “The parent is usually best placed to decide the most appropriate course of action. . . “An early, positive response ensures that most young people spoken to about their behaviour do not come to further attention.”
In da Silva’s case were guessing the letter came a little too late.
Other than the results we’ve typed out below, that’s close to everything we need to know about two days in the desert.
1. Ishod Wair
2. Curren Caples
3. CJ Dixon
4. Jaws Homoki
5. Oscar Meza
6. Robbie Brockel
7. Luis De Los Reyes
8. Matt Berger
9. Taylor Smith
10. Diego Najera
11. Alex Majerus
12. Theotis Beasley
Celebrity racers: Champ Keanu Reeves, Adrian Brody, Christian Slater, and Tony Hawk.
Every so often, while cruising I-5 we see a black, tinted-out 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 (on rims) coming up behind us at speed and as we casually glance over to see who is blowing past we swear the driver looks an awful lot like Tony Hawk. We have similar thoughts each time a small jet swoops down past the skatepark for a landing at McClellan-Palomar Airport. Now, after reading this story in Motortrend we realize that at least on the freeway, it is Tony.
Hawk had to think for about what he’d rate his SRT8 on a scale of 1 to 10. “Boy, that’s a good question,” Hawk replies, and contemplates for just a nano-second. “I’d give it an 8 just because it’s not meant to be a sports car the way that I use it. But I have kids, so I have to make a compromise with the type of car that I drive,” he chuckles. He does enjoy the Jeep’s full power capability when he’s alone.
According to a video interview on Forbes.com titled Skateboarder’s MillionsRob Dyrdek brought in $75 million in revenue from sales and endorsements in 2009. But he didn’t do it like other “big name athletes” he did it himself.
This empire isn’t like a Tony Hawk empire or a traditional big name athlete empire where they do their sport and then everything around them is sort of is put in place for them through their managers and agents and all this stuff,” Dyrdek tells Forbes. “This is a singular world that is sort of based off my skateboarding lifestyle and not me as a professional athlete.”
Was that a little slag thrown T. Hawk’s way? Looks like Rob is coming up. He did have this little note that he learned from Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson: “When you do everything yourself you’re a millionaire. When you hire great people to do everything for you you’re a billionaire.”
