by The Editors on March 18, 2010
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.
[Link: KOIN]
by The Editors on March 18, 2010
The S.M.A.K. Gallery in Gent, Belgium will be hosting a retrospective of Ed Templeton’s art April 3 to June 13, 2010 titled The Cemetery of Reason.
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.
[Link: S.M.A.K. via Huck Magazine]
by The Editors on March 16, 2010
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.
[Link: SPPS via Chronicle]
by The Editors on March 15, 2010
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.
Jeff can be reached at: Jdickson@alienworkshop.com.
by The Editors on March 14, 2010
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.
DC’s Matt Miller won best trick.
For the full result follow the link to Fuel. TV or click here to watch videos of the entire day.
[Link: Fuel.TV]
by The Editors on March 14, 2010
by The Editors on March 12, 2010
John Lucero has apparently moved Black Label Skateboards into the Blitz Distribution family according to graphic on the Blitz homepage.
Times change, and we are changing with it. We are adapting to those changes and are making the move to Blitz Distribution effective immediately. We are proud to be associated with the brands Blitz has to offer, and are looking forward to working with them. Black Label Skateboards 2010.
We won’t even hazard a guess at what this means, exactly. Any ideas? Follow the jump for the entire release.
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by The Editors on March 12, 2010
On the eve of the 2010 Tampa Pro contest writer Colin Bane interviews Skate Park of Tampa’s Rob Meronek and gets a look into the contest business that Meronek, Ryan Clements, and Brian Schaefer have stumbled into with SPoTlight Productions. Rob hints at their work for Rob Dyrdek’s upcoming Street League and discusses why their partnership with Nike works so well. It’s all up on Shop-Eat-Surf.com.
For one thing I know everyone we’ve ever dealt with at Nike is a skateboarder and is right on our level. From a regular skate rat kid perspective the things they’ve done right are backing skateboarding, making great shoes, and getting a great team. . . .But behind the scenes what they did right in the industry was to get a great staff that’s on it, bring in some actual skateboarders and then, you know, actually listen to them, let them have the reins. Nick Halkias over there is great to work with. We grew up skating with him and he used to work at the skatepark. The team manager, Hunter Muraira, actually skates, which is more than a lot of TM’s can say. He can’t kickflip very well, but he can skate. Kevin Imamura too.
There’s much more, so click the link to read the rest.
[Link: Shop Eat Surf]
by The Editors on March 12, 2010
REPOST REMINDER: Fuel TV will be streaming the 2010 Tampa Pro live on Sunday, March 14, 2010 beginning at 9 AM PST (17:00 GMT). Kind of takes all the fun out of traveling to Florida.
[Link: Fuel.tv]
by The Editors on March 12, 2010
