On February 15, 2008 Wasserman Media Group, LLC took over administrative control of the Skateboard.com domain and recently posted the following jump page on both its 411vm.com and Skateboard.com sites saying that the two sites will “soon be one.”
Skateboard.com was one of the first skateboarding sites on the web and was originally registered by Tum Yeto’s Tod Swank and partners on June 4, 1996. For a while it was a mailorder site and then slowly evolved into a content and user generated content site covering skateboarding. But it never gained all that much traction in either form.
Now, it is part of WMG’s Sportsnet.com family which also includes: motocross.com, surfspot.com, 411vm.com, freeskier site newschoolers.com, and the offical P Rod, Jereme Rogers and TK community sk8site.com. Follow the jump for the official press release.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SKATEBOARD.COM RE-LAUNCHES PROVIDING THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR THE SKATEBOARD COMMUNITY
Los Angeles, CA – March 31, 2008: A new Skateboard.com launches today providing an online community for a growing number of skateboarding enthusiasts across the globe. Skateboard.com along with Surfspot.com, Motocross.com, and Newschoolers.com are part of Sportnet, a Wasserman Media Group company.
The new Skateboard.com provides a dynamic destination for skaters and covers the most recognized riders such as Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez, Jereme Rogers and Greg Lutzka. Registered users can express themselves and promote their local scenes through photos and videos as well share tricks, news, expertise and opinions with other skaters via the online community. Sportnet’s 411VM will provide specialty content including exclusive interviews, product guides, rider profiles, contest and industry event coverage, and archived footage from their extensive library. Skateboard.com combines a mix of features for skate enthusiasts including live events such as the 2008 Vans Downtown Showdown and VOD webcasts of this year’s Tampa Am and Tampa Pro, a “Sponsor Me” section, the latest news, giveaways, trick tips, and event calendars .
Log on now to Skateboard.com and join our growing community.
About Sportnet
Sportnet is a network of sports-related websites supported by a world-class marketing and sales agency and wide-reaching online and offline distribution. Sportnet destinations are built for sports athletes, participants and fans worldwide, and showcase a wide range of content including exclusive editorial, live event webcasts and community experiences. Partners include leagues, sanctioning bodies, TV networks, producers, directors and individual athletes. Sportnet is owned by Wasserman Media Group.
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