At fist we thought this was a joke. Aren’t the Catholics in enough trouble with kids already? But it’s not. Australia’s Friar Gabriel M. Cortes is for real according to a story on Catholic.com.
In addition to his missionary work, Friar Gabriel is involved in community efforts with the local government, the Shire of Toodyay. He serves on the Crime Prevention Committee as well as a committee to design and build local skate parks.
While it’s beginning to feel a little like “new site Monday” around here we can’t skip this one. The International Association of Skateboard Companies has finally updated their website and it’s definitely worth a second look for those who quit visiting the site years ago.
Created by JL Productions the newly redesigned site showcases IASC premium members like never before! With an emphasis on the latest headlines affecting skateboarding and an all inclusive calendar with industry events, consumer events, and trade shows all available in one place. As the new site develops it will be a true resource for the skateboarding community and IASC members.
It’s nice that an organization representing skateboarding finally has an up-to-date site.
The Legoland California theme park in Carlsbad, California is in the process of building a five-acre waterpark. With all the features they’re building it looks like it might be a pretty epic skate destination until they turn the water on in June 2010 . . we’re just saying.
From the placings in the Ultimate Boarder events it appeared to be a six way tie between Chad Shetler, Mike Morrissey, Kristian Philips, Bryce Young, and Aaron Astorga but after some tie-breaking and taking “highest placing” into account the win was split between last year’s winner Chad Shetler and Mike Morrisey. They both scored a first, a thirteenth, and a twenty-second in the three events and ended up splitting the $30,000 prize purse.
“It’s an honor to share the stage with Mike and compete alongside these other highly talented athletes,” said Chad Shetler. “I was humbled to win the event last year and it means a lot being able to repeat my performance.”
For all the times we’ve heard about people skating long distances, only a few have skateboarded across the United States. Boulder, Colorado’s Rael Saltman Oswald wants to be one of them after reportedly being inspired by the film Forrest Gump.
The good news: he’s not trying to raise money for anything. He’s simply trying to remind everyone how great it would be to have a bike trail across America specifically built for non-motorized forms of transportation.
The Cemetery of Reason is conceived as a mid-career retrospective of the American artist Ed Templeton. The The exhibition tells the story of a pro skateboarder, a photographer, a drawer, a painter, etc. A story which, although it focuses on his own life and those of the people around him, transcends the autobiographical and exposes social and societal phenomena unhesitatingly but without pointing a finger. . . The Cemetery of Reason takes the form of a whirlwind of photos, sculptures, drawings and paintings. In some cases, images are clustered by subject and reveal certain phenomena or events, but not in an imperative manner.
It seems like one of those obvious things, but according to a new report published in the Social Psychological and Personality Science being in the presence of attractive women made male skateboarders attempt more difficult tricks, according to a post on the Chronicle of Higher Learning.
The study also found that the men had higher testosterone levels in the presence of the attractive woman, which, the authors theorize, may have led them to take more risks, presumably to impress her.
Sounds like it might not be a bad idea to take some heaters along on your next skate filming outing. Click the link to download the entire article in a PDF.
Alien Workshop has a new marketing coordinator. His name is Jeff Dickson and Chris Carter is very excited to have him on board.
Jeff’s years of industry experience, knowledge and passion for skateboarding made him the perfect fit for the job. We are excited to have such a capable and proven person join our team and look forward to working with Jeff.
Paul Rodriguez got off to a pretty rough start in the 2010 Tampa Pro today. After falling all over the course on his first run of the day he finally drew his fingers across his throat and threw in the towel with 15 seconds to go. Maybe that was a good thing, because after those first run fumbles he put together a perfect run that got him into the finals. He was unstoppable the rest of the day. Nyjah Huston and Keegan Sauder made a run at it, but it wasn’t enough to stop P-Rod.
It seems like one of those obvious things, but according to a new report published in the 
