Skateboarding

Drew Brophy x Palisades Skateboards

by The Editors on March 11, 2010

Palisades-Skate-Decks-Artwork-C-2010-Drew-BrophyPalisades Skateboards has lined up paint-pen artist Drew Brophy to design five new longboards for the Costa Mesa, California based company.

“We are very excited to be working with Drew,” Said Kurt Hurley, National Sales Manager in charge of Palisades, “he has a proven track record in this industry, his art connects with people and it sells.” . . . “As a grom, I remember making my first skateboard out of scrap wood and I had a blast riding it,” Said Brophy, “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be designing graphics for such a wide variety of boards like I am for Palisades. It makes me smile to think of the things people will be doing on them.”

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Ultimate Boarder Unites California

by The Editors on March 11, 2010

Ultimate Boarder

The triathlon of board sports, the Ultimate Boarder competition returns this weekend with surfing at Seaside Reef in the heart of SoCal’s North County San Diego. Then the whole circus heads to NorCal for snowboarding at Northstar-at-Tahoe and skateboarding at Reno’s Grand Sierra Resort. Some of those competing include:

SURF: Nathan Carroll (Haleiwa, HI), Christian Fletcher (San Clemente, Calif.), Eric McHenry (Cardiff, Calif.), Mike Morrissey (Laguna Beach, Calif.), Ricky Whitlock (Carlsbad, Calif.), Bryce Young (Angourie, AUS)

SKATE: Aaron Astorga (San Diego, Calif., 2008 Ultimate Boarder Champion), Cody and Jack Hagar (Long Beach, Calif.) Omar Hassan (Newport Beach, Calif.), Lyn-z Adams Hawkins (Cardiff, Calif., only female competitor), Chad Shetler (Dana Point, Calif., 2009 Ultimate Boarder Champion), Tosh Townend (Huntington Beach, Calif.)

SNOW: Dave Downing (Encinitas, Calif.), Zachary Leach (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Kristian Phillipp (Auckland, NZ), Shayne Pospisil (Mansquan, NJ), William “BJ” Linne (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.), Todd Richards (Encinitas, Calif.)

It all starts on Saturday March 13, 2010. For more info click the link.

[Link: Ultimate Boarder]

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P-Rod’s Game Of Skate In Sacramento

by The Editors on March 8, 2010

Paul Rodriguez was in Sacramento, California yesterday (March 7, 2010) for Nike SB’s roll out of the new Omar Salazar shoe at the 28th & B Skatepark. By 2 PM the park was packed. Close to 1,000 made it in and maybe 200 more lurked in the parking lot and peered in through the fence. Police were on the scene, the Sacramento Fire Department showed up worried that there weren’t proper exits from the park.

Amidst of all this chaos, P-Rod took time to play a game of skate with two kids who will probably remember this day forever.

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It’s Omar Salazar Sunday In Sac

by The Editors on March 6, 2010

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We’re thinking about putting a little Omar Salazar into our Sunday afternoon. Omar and Nike SB are celebrating the release of his new shoe with a demo at Sacramento, California’s 28th & B Street Skatepark from 2-4 PM on March 7, 2010.

Omar will be joined by Paul Rodriguez, Stefan Janoski, Brian Anderson, Justin Brock, Grant Taylor, Daryl Angel, David Clark, Elissa Steamer, and Brad Staba. Yeah, it’s a pretty big deal.

[Link: FTC Sac and Nike SB]

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Plan Billabong Skateboards

by The Editors on March 5, 2010

Branch LogoToday Element’s Johnny Schillereff announced that Billabong has reeled Plan B Skateboards into an “exclusive 10-year agreement” and that Plan B will be operating out of the Element headquarters in Irvine, California.

“The Billabong group’s unwavering support has helped Element blaze the trails we’ve always dreamed of,” Schillereff said. “Plan B is iconic and deep within the fabric of skateboarding and we couldn’t be happier to unite with them.”

Colin McKay agrees.

“Billabong and Element clearly understand brand building,” he said. “Danny, the team and I couldn’t be happier with the opportunity to leverage their strengths and help Plan B reach its full potential.”

Billabong knows better than most that skateboard hardgoods are a great loss leader for selling logo T’s, denim, and even shoes. Plus, we’re sure it’s going to help add a little more diversity to the Billabong mall stores that have been popping up here and there lately. Chalk up another win for Paul Naude.

[Link: Branch Distribution]
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Transworld Skateboarding Staffs Up

by The Editors on March 4, 2010

Ben KellyOn the heels of the news that Transworld Skateboarding scribe Ben Kelly (pictured right) was promoted to the position of editor, comes the announcement that former ESPN Skateboard blogger Josh Brooks has been hired as associate editor.
Ben Kelly rolls into the promotion after working as acting editor since the death of Transworld Skateboarding editor Eric Stricker in September 2009.

“I am honored to carry the torch for former editor and dear friend Eric Stricker, and am excited for the new challenges that lay in front of me with this transition,” said Kelly. This new role enables me to engage in new opportunities through strategic edit planning, while maintaining a strong connection to our reader through the various content projects in which I am involved.”

Josh Brooks-1Brooks, a former employee of drug maker Genentech, is apparently happy about his move to Transworld.

“It’s gone through many changes, but TransWorld SKATEboarding—started in 1983—has had a long history in skateboarding,” said Brooks. “It has always covered all facets of skating. . . . I’m honored to work with Skin Phillips, Ben Kelly and the rest of the edit crew to carry on that history, bring a new perspective to the amazing skate photos in the mag and improve the content on the web.”

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Do Or Diphone With Mike V

by The Editors on March 4, 2010

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Mike Vallely storms the iTunes store with his newest iPhone/iPod touch video game release Do Or Die from Ratrod Studio Inc.

Mike V: Do or Die focuses on Mike’s path, passions and career. It will feature an overview of his evolution as an individual and his lifelong accomplishments in the history of skateboarding. Players start from the legendary ‘Bones Brigade’ Powell-Peralta era and can improve their skills while gaining experience to unlock exclusive game content including a selection of over one hundred items to choose from. They can customize their character, board, wheels and car.

Not sure that’s enough to hook us, but we haven’t played it. Click here for Adam Sullivan’s review or check it out for yourself.

[Link: Mike V Do Or Die]

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Skateboards From The Sex Farm

by The Editors on March 2, 2010

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Is it any surprise that these apparently S&M inspired Corbus aluminum art boards were created in Seattle? As the blog Rad Collector so eloquently puts it:

Legitimate longboarders have enough to contend with without having to explain why post-apocalyptic aluminum decks for ravers and S&M autoerotic asphyxiation freaks are now hitting the market.

If these design somehow tingle your taint, then please email robin@corbusboards.info or snail mail: Box 2608 #185 2nd Ave, Seattle//WA 98121

[Link: Besportier via RadCollector]

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FTC Surveils The Haight

by The Editors on March 1, 2010

Ftc LogoFTC Skateboard Shop’s Kent Uyehara is taking part in a new Haight Ashbury Improvement Association plan to put surveillance cameras into local businesses to help police cut crime in the trendy urban neighborhood, according to a story on the SF Examiner.

Uyehara says he just wants residents, tourists and the homeless to get along. . . “We need to have a better balance if we’re going to keep this an attractive tourist attraction, a destination that’s also located in a residential neighborhood.”

Slow crime, speed business.

[Link: SF Examiner]

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Steve Berra: The One That Got Away

by The Editors on March 1, 2010

LewisJuliette Lewis says she tired of talking about her relationship with actor Brad Pitt and would rather talk about something else, according to a story on CBS42.com.

She says, “It amazes me that people are still fascinated that we went out for years. I was a teenager at the time. It’s a lifetime away. I was in my high school years and it was a wonderful, loving relationship with a fun, smart guy.Then it was over and he went on to become incredibly famous. The far more significant relationship was my marriage to an incredible pro skateboarder (Steve Berra). But no-one wants to know about that.”

Really? Seems like we know some people who would love to know about that. . .

[Link: CBS42.com]

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