So you’re staying you didn’t get invited to billionaire Ron Burkle’s Bevery Hills mansion last weekend (October 7, 2012) to hang out with celebrities, rockstars, Shaun White and Tony Hawk as part of the Stand Up For Skateparks fund raiser? We didn’t either, but Tony raised a bunch of money for the Tony Hawk Foundations apparently, and it went a little like this.
The dirty streets of Reno, Nevada is the perfect place for a premiere of the new The Bangshow video Birds of A Shitfeather. According to a post on Yobeat the complete video is showing tonight (October 12, 2012) at the Freight House. Nice to see someone in snowboarding is still keeping it dirty fresh.
Network A, one of the Youtube channels desperately in search of “traction” in action, launched an innovative “interactive” video today with Plan B Skateboards.
This online video – with over 800 viewable combinations – lets the viewer edit the footy while watching it. The video features some amazing skating from Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez and Torey Pudwill. With a history of releasing videos like “Questionable” and “Second Hand Smoke,” Plan B is known for taking skate videos to the next level, so it should be no surprise that they raised the bar again in this partnership with Network A.
Try it and see or follow the jump for all the official details. [click to continue…]
Stance has pulled up a whole new collection for winter 2012-13 and it’s all here.
Whether you’re throwing double corks in the park or destroying pillow lines in the backcountry, we’ve got your feet covered. We create socks that keep you warm, dry, and ready to rock. Yet there’s more to it than that. We also aim to blend form and function. By collaborating with our team of Punks and Poets, we craft socks as original as the riders who run them. After all, your socks should ooze with style—not sweat. At Stance, we focus on your feet so you don’t have to.
This is Boardistan story if ever there was one. Walker Ryan, Dave Bachinsky, Jimmy McDonald, Laurence Keefe, Dan Zvereff, Stas Provotorov, Gosha Konyshev, Kenny Reed and Michael Mackrodt roll off through China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan to follow the spice road with Patrik Wallner. This is just the teaser. The film premieres in Shanghai on October 12, Seoul October 19, Tokyo October 25, Bankok October 27, and Moscow on November 4, 2012.
Crazy that in this barren desert of skateboarding Skateline has become an oasis of interest. A bubbling fountain of compelling. A geyser of guffaws. Yes. That’s how bad corporate skateboarding has made things. But here comes Gary Rogers with a little more. Thanks, Gary.
Check out Dragon’s exclusive footage of one of the most talked about snow goggles in the market today, the Advanced Projects X. . . . The Advanced Projects X goggle collection is available in an array of styles and lens options, with easy lens interchangeability to adapt to varying snow conditions. These goggles all include Dragon’s exclusive Super Anti-Fog™ lens coating which eliminates fogging and increases vision.
Keep A Breast Foundationis encouraging every to send in personal messages explaining the meaning of everyone’s “I Love Boobies” wrist band. The promo is called: This Is My Pink Ribbon. Here a couple skate celebs kick down their thought, but you should share your own:
This is My Pink Ribbon is an extension of an existing online campaign. If you wear an I love Boobies! bracelet, you can participate and share your story by simply finishing the sentence: I wear my bracelet because… And tagging it on Twitter or Instagram with #ThisIsMyPinkRibbon, uploading a video response on YouTube or adding a pink i love boobies! Twibbon to your Facebook or Twitter profile photo.
Scott Blum gets his own VeeCo “individually produced part” with a little help from Seth Huot on camera and edit rig. And it all looks good. Check it now.