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Evan Doherty skates the Monster ramp with PLG Evan Doherty skates the Monster ramp There are times in the life that are priceless. One of those is my first meeting with Evan Doherty… A couple of days before the Ams Combi Pool Classic, I was taking random pictures at Vans. I was not really paying attention to the people around me: I was rather concentrated on focusing and trying to get the best

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Its on!!!! Malmö Ultra Bowl 4, Stapelbäddsparken 17-19 august 2012. Pro, Masters, Girl street, Superramp demo/contest, Malmö festival ohh yeah!!!

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Jeff Grosso Loveletters to Skateboarding: Tom Goholsky Part 2

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OLD MAN APPRECIATION BOWL JAM If you are an old man and you still skate, listen up!! The Old Man Appreciation Bowl jam is scheduled at Skatepark of Tampa on Tuesday, February 21, courtesy of Creature Skateboards. I was told there will be free beer, pizza and skateboarding. The session lasts from 5pm-9pm, with the bowl jam starting at 7:30pm.

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Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art Once dubbed as “an entire sub-culture emerging from a once-taboo pastime, made-up of individuals who value creativity and freedom of expression”; skateboarding has entered art galleries a long time ago; especially since the first Dogtown-Bulldog boards were painted by Wes Humpston, in the late 70’s. Since then, the two words skate + art have commingled to

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Bowl-A-Rama Wellington 2012 The contest down under in the land of New Zealand also know as Bowl A Rama is over. Pedro Barros easily landed at the 1st place of the Pros and Pat Ngoho was crowned first amoung the Masters. To get more information about the contest, Go to the WCS website. Watch the video of the contest on the left. Bowl A Rama Pro Results 1 Pedro Barros 2 Kevin Kowalky 3 Kalani

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Six Pack with Ryan Reyes Six Pack with Ryan Reyes at Bondi Beach Skatepark (a sixer of Fosters and $35) for Independent Trucks Ryan Reyes has led an interesting skateboarding life: he lived in the skate industry Mecca of Southern California for years but it took a random move to Arizona for Reyes' talents to really begin to get noticed. Steady ripping for years, Reyes languished on the Black

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Mitchie Brusco Kickflip Indy Skateboard Trick Tip

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Video Vert Attack 6 Malmo Sweden

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Salba just turned 49 Steve Alba Birthday Video Steve Alba was already there when the Pipeline skatepark at Upland was built. At the time, he was actually not only one of the masters of the park but helped define vert skateboarding as we know it today (along with a couple of other things – he is also credited to be one of the first to bring punk-rock to skateboarding). If you see him skating

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The construction of the bowl just started Australian Open Beach Bowl at Bondi HURLEY and BILLABONG are sponsoring the Australian Open of Surfing which is having a skate bowl riding comp on February 16th to 19th as part of the festivities. The Beach Bowl Comp will have Pedro Barros, Renton Millar, Grant Taylor, Rune Glifberg, Curren Caples, Jack Fardell, Bucky Lasek and Bob Burnquest, among

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Last week was the premiere of the most anticipated video from the Bones Brigade Documentary

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Wellington Bowl-a-Rama bowl riding 2012 countdown and official 2011 video Wellington Bowl-a-Rama bowl riding 2012 countdown BOWL-A-RAMA Wellington is presenting some of the best bowl riders in the world, competing in the finest bowl in New Zealand, on the iconic Wellington harbor. The Wellington Bowl-a-Rama will be taking place February 8th through the 11th, 2012 at the Waitangi Skate Park on

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The Obstacle at the 104 in Paris THE OBSTACLE is skate event / art / music (skart) organized by Adidas Skateboarding to be held this week-end at 104. The event is featuring Lucas Puig, Silas Baxter-Neal, Mark Gonzales, Benny Fairfax, Nestor Judkins, Lem Villemin, Seb Daurel, Vivien Feil, Mathias Zwick, a concert with Hair (Born Bad) and Team Ghost (Disque Primeur) + dJ's and Nicolas Hellvice

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Sam Beckett's stateside session at the Monster Energy / DC Ramp Sam Beckett's stateside session at the Monster Energy / DC Ramp. Monster Energy Skateboarding's Sam Beckett spent a little time at the Monster Energy/DC Ramp recently before returning home to the UK after a long contest season. With tricks like this you are gonna be seeing a lot more of Sam! Sam is considered one of the UK's top

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The Sidewinder Sesh Pool with Ben Raybourn, Willis Kimbel and Taylor Bingaman Last time there was a Ben Raybourn video on the internet it was bogus and was removed from You-Tube thanks to powerful censorship. This time we can hope that the video is legit since it’s coming from The Skateboard magazine… A couple of weeks ago, pictures from this sesh were floated on FB, now the video is alive… The

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Steven Pineiro on a Tiny Penny Demon Seed welcomes Steven Piñeiro Steven and Juan Piñeiro were discovered By Dave Duncan in The 2009 Florida Bowl Riders Cup. After that, he invited them to continue the WCS tour... Both of them like to say that Dave Duncan is “like our God Father in SkateBoarding he introduced us to the big leagues!!” And in the big leagues theyare. Steven was sponsored by

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Hurley Australian Bowlriding Championships The Hurley Australian Bowl-riding Championships went down over the weekend, with Renton Millar edging out Jack Fardell to take the Pro Final, Mick Mulhall topping the Masters, Poppy Olsen winning the Girls Division and Ben Kay taking out the Dew Am Jam.Here's the wrap-up and results. Music By Red Ink: facebook.com/redinkmusic After a triumphant day

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Waiting For Lightening Trailer with Danny Way Waiting For Lightning, with Danny Way, has been accepted to the South By Southwest Film Festival From the producers of STEP INTO LIQUID, comes WAITING FOR LIGHTNING, the story of a young boy from a broken home in Vista, CA, whose passion for skateboarding would one day bring him and his creation, a ramp of prodigious and dangerous proportions,

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A free, world-class Vans skate park is very close to making a home in Huntington Beach.That would be a very good news since Vans lost a lease just a couple of weeks ago in Florida and had to close the local skatepark. Huntington Beach Council members at a special meeting on Friday approved a lease agreement with VF Outdoor Inc. to construct a 50,000-square-foot park on nearly three acres at

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Greyson Fletcher, Evan "Big E" Doherty and Austin Poynter at the Ams Combi Pool Classic 2012 Greyson Fletcher, Evan “Big E” Doherty and Austin Poynter at the Combi. Greyson Fletcher, Evan “Big E” Doherty and Austin Poynter are sponsored by Osiris, hence the three of them in this video from the Ams Combi Pool Classic 2012. On top of that each has a completely distinctive style. Greyson Fletcher

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Bones Brigade: An Unexpected Journey In an era when videos killed the radio stars and MTV was only playing music videos (how odd!!) the incredible tricks performed by the skateboarders in the Bones Brigade videos of Stacy Peralta revolutionized the sport and helped launch Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Cab and others into stardom. The Bones Brigade were a super talented group of teenagers with

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Love Letters to The Jersey Devil: Tom Groholski Love Letters to The Jersey Devil: Tom Groholski The newest episode of Jeff Grosso's Love Letters to Skateboarding focus in on one of the the best to come out of the East Coast in the 80s: Tom Groholski. See video on the left. Tom Groholski is a true skater in the purest form riding for the love of it. His ability to flow smooth solid lines in

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Bowl A Rama Wellington 2011 Bowl-A-Rama bowl contest Wellington, New Zealand The annual Bowl-A-Rama skateboard contest returns to Wellington with the same folks that brought the Australian Skateboarding Championships in Newcastle (Australia) last week. This year Bowl-A-rama will take place February 8th through the 12th at the Waitangi Skatepark on Cable Street. Bowl-A-Rama is not only the

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Jeff Hedges in 1989 in the Streets On Fire Video Jeff Hedges: Post Malmo Vert Sesh interview!! Jeff Hedges is part of the big vert revival. He was already there in the 80’s rippin’ when the legendary Street Of Fire video came out (where he had a great part) and he’s been back into the vert circuit for a couple of years now. There was not a lot of parks in the late 80’s so vert was really for

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The ABC Hurley Bowl Championships. Photo by Nigel Dawes ABC Hurley Australian Bowl Riding Championships During the week-end, the ABC Hurley Australian Bowl Championships took place in Newcastle, Australia. isTia.Tv has published yesterday an exclusive coverage of the contest by Kim Andison and Nigel Dawes, two local reporters dedicated to surfing and skateboarding in Australia and

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Salba talks about Pipe Riding at Upland It’s Salba day again in The Badlands! Salba is one of the best pool riders ever and even if he confesses in “Grosso Letters To Skateboarding” that Malba (lil’ bro) was once better than him, Salba has ripped more pools than anyone. Last May 18, 2011, TransWorld SKATEboarding announced Steve Alba as the recipient of the 2011 year’s Legend Award,

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Photo Fred Ferand Exclusive Coverage of the Malmö 6th Vert Attack 2012 This past Friday and Saturday in Malmö, Sweden skaters from across the globe gathered for the 6th Annual Vert Attack skate competition, a contest hosted by John Magnusson and his crew. With a vert ramp extension nicknamed The Exterminator and tons of talent on tap; it was one heck of a show. Vert skaters young and old,

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Photo Nigel Dawes ABC Hurley Australian Bowl-riding Championships 2012. Exclusive coverage for isTia.Tv by Kim Andison and Nigel Dawes. All photos and stories by Nige and Kim. Story by Kim Andison Nige and i had to be up early to make the 4hr drive to Empire Park, bar beach Newcastle - home to the first ABC (Australian bowl-riding championships). The weather man was making us uneasy, as we

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Austin Gordon landed perfectly this 540 that brought him the 3rd place over 16. Amateur Combi Pool Party results (2012) Today, the 2nd Ams Combi Pool Party took place at Vans with 2 categories: under 15 and over 16. This Amateur contest is probably one of the most interesting skate contests of the year, simply because you are not only there to witness ripping young kids and awesome new tricks,

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Malmo Vert Attack 2012 Qualifiers The qualification days of the Malmo Vert attack are done. Tomorrow is the big deal. We only have partial information and that’s not too serious (because we were not able to gather the complete results) but we decided to publish what we have anyway. Actually, there was even a post on FB from John Magnusson himself saying ”Sorry for the lack of updates here. We

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Awesomeness by Shaun White Since I use a lot the words like bowls and pool and pool rider in my emails, I used to receive a lot of ads for portable pools, or pool service or pool accessories, including filters and chemicals. What would a skateboarder do with filters and chemical is another subject… What I just received today is brand new: an ad coming from Target for Shaun White products. The ad

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Did you know there was a full Cab high top before the Half Cab? I did not know… There are also several other things I don’t know about the Half Cab and Caballero himself. So it’s always interesting to sit back and read another Cab’s interview. This time, Complex Magazine sat down with Stevie Cab to get the full story on the Half Cab and its 20th anniversary. Originally released as a mid-top

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Gold Coast Big Day Out 2012 Skateboarding. BIG DAY OUT is proud to announce the return of the Vert Ramp Skate Show to the national tour for 2012. Twenty years ago, skateboarders rolled in on a huge custom built vert ramp to the sounds of skate rock band “Village Idiots” (on what was to become known as the “Skate Stage”) marking the opening of the first ever BIG DAY OUT. The legendary

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Austin Poynter express interview - Amateur Combi Pool Party What is the future of bowlriding? Is it “trannies” like TSW calls it? What is a “tranny” rider anyway? Why is the XGames using the word “skatepark” when they talk about bowl riding? Wrong questions, probably. Better ask “who” is the future of bowlriding? Well, that’s what the good folks at WCS and Vans have in store for this coming

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Vert Attack 6 Malmö 2012 Just a few more days until this years big vertical festival, Vert Attack 6, 27th – 28th of January. This year will be better, bigger, funnier and more awesome than ever. Energized to the max! Bookmark this page cause this is where all the info regarding the contest will be gathered here. Vert Attack 6 riders Master Duane Peters USA Nicky Guerrero DK Jeff Hedges USA

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Kiko Francisco at the Venice Throwdown, November 2011. Down in the bowl, Asher Bradshaw... Ams Combi Pool party: Kiko Francisco interview The game of naming the Vans Ams Combi Pool Party winner is not easy. All those new kids on The Block have an amazing level. Even trying to foretell who will be on the podium is not easy and even if there are two divisions (over 16 and under 15) trying to

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Kevin Kowalski is an Oregon based amateur skateboarder who for the last five years has been climbing the ladder of skateboarding through media coverage and contest results, Kevin is a naturally gifted skateboarder with an inherent ability to shred whatever is put before him. His skateboarding is one of a kind, Kevin adapts quickly to new terrain with style and grace. If you see him

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Cason Kirk Photo Deckcrafters Amateur Combi Pool Party: Cason Kirk Interview Cason Kirk is from Atlantic Beach Florida and is used to competitive skateboarding since he was 12. If you Google his name, you’ll see that most of the times he lands on the podium. Among people that inspire him are Peter Hewitt, Josh Mattson, Kevin Kowalsi and Allysha Bergado… Although this one was easy: who doesn’t

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Street League presents the Best Of of our 2011 Champion, Sean Malto. Sean had a very rough and unlikely road to the Championship in New Jersey. After having knee surgery before the start of the 2011 series, he was unable to compete in the first stop in Seattle, Washington. Then, at the second stop in his hometown of Kansas City, MO, Sean came out and had a great couple days of skating –

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Street League presents the 2011 Best Of Nyjah Huston. As the youngest pro in Street League, Nyjah has won twice as many Street League contests as any other pro in the League and came out on top in 2010 as the overall champion. Nyjah Huston has had an amazing year, not only in Street League but in skateboarding and life in general. After winning the first stop of Street League 2011 in Seattle,

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Hurley Australian Bowl-riding Championships ABC 2012 This coming week end, and for the first time ever in Australia, the Australian bowl riders will have the opportunity to compete in a true ‘National’ skateboarding competition called The Hurley Australian Bowl-riding Championships (ABC™). The contest is set on January 26th-28th 2012, so, save the date. Taking place at one of the country’s most

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Raven Tershay at the US Open Coastal Carnage 2010 Raven Tershy, Grant Taylor, Alex Perelson nominated for TWS best bowl riders 2011 Transworld skateboarding, the magazine in its 30th year giving you skateboarding gossips, tips, interviews and videos has announced today the nominees for the 14th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards. The winners will be announced during the premiere live event

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Heimana Reynolds 2011 year in review video: Vans Am-Tec, Hangar Bangar, Phoenix Am. WCS Oregon bifecta, WCS Tim Brauch, Steadham Spyder Cup and 2011 WCS Am. bowl champion. Combi, Graveside, Kapolei, etc... Heimana Reynolds #1 WCS under 15 Bowl Rider interview Heimana Reynolds is the #1 WCS bowl rider for 2011; a title that he will have to keep in 2012 by working harder. It’s not that he will

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Riley Stevens at Coastal Carnage 2011 This is two minutes 20 seconds of pure bliss at undisclosed Malibu Pools and Channel Street with Elijah Berle, Robbie Russo, Ronnie Sandoval and Riley Stevens

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Heimana Reynolds 2011 has been Heimana’s year. He won important local events and he was able to travel and compete in Arizona (Phoenix AM), California (Vans AM Tec Combi, Tim Brauch Memorial), and Oregon (Oregon Tri-Fecta) to gain respect and exposure in an international field. Heimana worked extremely hard and finished by earning the #1 spot of the World Cup Skateboarding title for 15-under

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Stacy Peralta is at Sundance and Tony Hawk is in Australia but both have sent this year’s the new “Bones Brigade: An Autobiography” movie to Sundance… The Bones Brigade Documentary can be seen as an extension of the first “Dogtown and Z-Boys” documentary which was focused on the birth of Pool Riding and skateboard as we know it… Bone Bigades Documentary was premiered this week at Sundance. Both

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Aidan Dansey Ams Combi Pool Party Interview Express: Aidan Dansey On January 27th and 28th, the World Cup Skateboarding (WCS) is organizing the Amateur Combi Pool Party at Van’s Skate Park – Orange. The total prize purse for the event is $5,000. The contest is featuring the top Amateur Bowl skaters in two age divisions: 15 and under & 16 and over. All skaters are by invitation only. The list

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Evan Doherty: Small Guy, Big Dreams, Big Interview, Big E If I had been told a couple of years ago that 8 years old skaters would participate at the most prestigious bowl contest worldwide, I would have dismissed that as pure science fiction. However, the 2012 roster of the Am Combi Pool Party at Vans is including a couple of them, which makes it even more amazing and interesting. Evan

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Waiting for Lightning is a feature length documentary film about skateboarding legend Danny Way. Directed by Jacob Rosenberg, Waiting for Lightning delves into Danny's life story and the progression of the sport that he is a part of. "whatever I do is what I did last, and I've gotta do something better next!"

Xavier Lannesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787179894124227864.post-61896147074104063002012-01-16T21:58:00.000-08:002012-01-16T22:09:13.765-08:00

Skate and Destroy is a state of mind. For Andrew Langi, destruction comes as clean and easy as a walk in the park. Andrew Langi and friends at Woodward West Andrew Langi and some of the Flip Skateboard ams recently hit up Woodward West and tore it up. Andrew decided he wanted to skate after watching X Games on TV. He skates bowls, but also does well on street. When he started skating at age

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Jeff tatum was one of the few who skated the Ameron Pipe in 1977. The pipes were contracted by a power plant to have a half a mile of pipe going from the ocean inward and half a mile going out. This week, Jeff Grosso sits down with an eccentric Jeff Tatum, the inventor of the backside ollie (JT Air) to discuss the origins of his legit hands free skateboard stunt. Take the time to listen in

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Mason Merlino at Cayucos with a Lien Air. Mason Merlino came to Vans with good intentions and left with a nice swellbow. Born and bred in Roseburg Oregon, Mason Merlino joinend the Lifeblood squad as emerging and talented owerhouse with Italian roots and a deep bag of skateboarding stunts a while ago. Despite breaking his ankle with a quick and decisive first-try tail drop on a friend’s mini

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Ben Raybourn shredding at a secret location... Ben Raybourn had a lot of videos surfacing in the past couple of weeks. One of them was a mismatch of other videos that was removed from YouTube after it hit several thousand views (copyright infringment it seems...). Via Strangenotes, here is another Ben Raybourn for Independent Trucks getting all vertical and whatnot. Well, since it’s coming

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While Tony Hawk barely came back from India, he is already in new Zealand and Australia for the next bowl contests over there… Too bad for the grand premiere of the new Bones Brigade documentary. Tony Hawk is also just a couple of days away from launching his multimillion dollar venture called Ride Channel on You Tube... It's not every day you get to hang out with The Birdman and talk shop.

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Curren Caples, kickflip frontside air at Bondi Bowl-a-Rama Happy Birthday Curren Caples Flip’s Curren Caples celebrated his 16th birthday last week at the Vans skatepark for a fun session with Lance Mountain, Andrew Langi, Louie Lopez, David Loy, Shawn Hale, Ryan Reyes, Greyson Fletcher and more. Check out our exclusive video edit of what went down. This is actually the second birthday video

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While Stacy Peralta prepares to take “The Bones Brigade An Autobiography” documentary to Hollywood on the Mountain next week for the Sundance film festival news broke the film will be making its West Coast debut at the 26th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday, February 2. As a bonus, Cab posted this image (which strangely enough has some kind of Vision Streetwear accents

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Archer Braun during the Venice Throwdown Archer Braun: Am Combi Pool Party 2012 Express Interview Archer Braun is one the Ams that was invited this year at the Amateur Combi Pool Party set on January 28th at Vans. Since the Vans Combi series started a couple of year ago, the level drastically went up. I know you should not compare the Ams with the Pros and with the Masters but it’s pretty

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Rob Dyrdek buys back Alien Workshop Rob Dyrdek made a surprising announcement at the Zumiez $100k party last night by grabbing the mike from Alien Workshop Co-founder Chris Carter and told the hundreds of Zumiez’s employees, skaters and industry executives there that he is buying back Alien Workshop from Burton. Alien Workshop has sponsored Rob since he was 11 years old and is based in his

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Tony Hawk "Ride" channel is storming on You Tube on January 17th with a $100 million investment. R.I.P DYI Skateboarding R.I.P. skateboarding videos websites It hurts to say this, but please, watch the new video from Tony Hawk and note that on Januray 17th, skateboarding is entering a new era. Like we already forecast in a past post (5 Changes in skateboarding for 2012); January 17th marks

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Bondi Beach. Photo Max O'Rourke. The total prize winnings for the Australian Bowl Riding Championship being awarded to skateboarders top $20,000, which makes the event likely to draw skaters from around the world. Australian Bowl Riding Championship registration is open If you are a bowl-rider and you live in Australia, this concerns you! Bowl-A-Rama, the organization behind the best bowl

Xavier Lannesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787179894124227864.post-89916529193675425122012-01-09T21:37:00.000-08:002012-01-09T21:47:33.621-08:00

Jason Dill - Pivot Fakie Vice Interviews Fucking Awesome Jason Dill Ranked as one of Transworld Magazine's "30 Most Influential Skaters Of All Time, Jason Dill is one of the most recognizable people in skateboarding both on and off his board. All of his footage has been golden and he's always had some interesting and funny things to say. With a career that's spanned the greater part of two

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Allysha Bergado, Lizzie Armanto and Nora Vasconcellos have a new blog! In the interview that Lizzie Armanto gave to isTia.Tv and just published, she said that: "You know, I’m excited about my blog. I wanna move my blog to my own website. That would be cool. It’s a thought process. Sometimes I wonder if people will read it. isTia.Tv: The question is why would you do a blog? For you? Lizzie

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Grant Taylor and friends shred SF to celebrate his election as 2011 Skater of the Year in this "SOTY Weekend" by Independent Trucks. Take the finest transition skating from the eighties, put it inside the the sketchiest modern behemoths of concrete found in skateparks today, multiply the size of the airs by two or three, then mix in one the most unique and aggressive approaches to regular

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Lizzie Armanto was twice crowned best bowl rider by the World Cup Skateboarding body. She is still ranked #1 female bowl rider in 11. One day, I asked Lizzie Armanto if I could interview her for isTia.Tv. That was eons ago. That was actually one week before the Combi Classic Pool Party at Vans early November 2011. She said “Yes” and I said “Let’s do it right after the contest”. Lizzie’s

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Amateur Combi Pool Party: list of invited skaters World Cup Skateboarding just published the list of all the amateurs selected for the next Amateur Combi Pool Party 2012: list of invited skaters. Take a look and check if your name is there... This year's Vans Amateur Combi Pool Party is set to take place January 27th and 28th, 2012 at the Vans Skate Park in Orange, California. The festivities

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Happy Birthday Curren Caples Curren Caples was born in Ventura, California, USA, on January 10, 1996, but Vans decided to float about three minutes of footage of him and his homies ripping to Celebrate Curren’s Birthday… In 2010, at age 14, Curren competed in his first summer X-Games, where he finished fourth in the Skateboard Park event. Curren Caples is sponsored by Flip Skateboards,

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Mike's Elephant Board in the 80's. That was then and this is now... Mike Vallely creates Elephant Skateboards After splitting a fourth time with Powell-Peralta Mike Vallely is launching a new brand for the fourth time. Vallely's previous attempts at creating his own brands include TV skateboards, Vallely skateboards and By The Sword skateboards. The new brand is called Elephant Brand, which is

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Stacy Peralta films Mike McGill for an early Powell Peralta film. Photo Grant Brittain courtesy Bones 5 tips to make a winning Sponsor Me skateboard video… That’s it. You think you have an awesome skateboard level and you want to be sponsored. Your next step is to do a “Sponsor Me” video and post it on You Tube. That sounds easier said than done, so here are a few tips to help you in your

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Christian Hosoi at Venice Skatepark. When he started, there was no club to go to... This guide is intended for anyone thinking of starting a new skateboard club at school. If you have always wanted to start a skateboarding club at school but were unsure how, you need to know that you will need to go through some of the questions and if you are to establish a successful new club. Step 1:

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Jeff Grosso Layback In this week’s Loveletters to Skateboarding, Grosso catches up with Allen Losi, the man who came up with the traveling Smith Grind, the Lein to Tail, the Ollie to Fakie and the No Handed Footplant. Losi ripped through three generations, one of the few guys to make the Layback Air look good. About Jeff Grosso's Loveletters To Skateboarding: Jeff Grosso has a web show called

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Austin Poynter: winner of the "over 16" at the Vans Protec Amateur Combi Pool Party 2011. Read Austin Poynter Interview on isTia.Tv. Here are the skateboarding events bound to happen in January 2012. January is a slow season for skateboarding contest but that’s just because the the start of the new year and this year 2012 is set to be better than 2011 when it comes to skateboarding. Let’s

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Hello Skater Girl by Julian Bleecker is a sure win for 2012 Five Big changes looming in the skateboarding media industry in 2012 January is usually the month when gurus launch their previsions for the New Year. Here are five trends that are bound to happen in 2012. Skateboard blogs will die out One of the first big changes will be the disappearance of hundreds of local skateboard blogs.

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When Pierre-Luc Gagnon first joined the pro circuit after winning the Vans Amateur series in 1996, his peers thought he was a cocky little brat due to a seeming unwillingness to chitchat. But then a funny thing happened. He learned English. It was soon widely accepted that PLG was indeed, a down dude. Pierre grew up in Montreal, Canada where he would speak French with fellow vert shredder Max

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Tony Alva was born in 1957, in Santa Monica California. In 1968, Alva got his first surfboard and skateboard and developed a passion for surfing, skateboarding and rock-n-roll. In 1972, he joined the legendary Z-Boys skateboard team along with Jay Adams and Stacy Peralta. Alva later went on to win the Men’s World Overall Professional Skateboard Championship in 1977. In the 1980s, Tony formed

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Julz Lynn, Amee jay Papelera, Julie Westfall, Abby Zsarnay, Allysha bergado, Lizzie Armanto. Some of the best skateboarder girls of 201. Photo Chris Zsarnay Ranking skateboarders is quite difficult. Take 1,000 skaters and you’ll come up with 1,000 different opinions. World Cup Skateboarding have their own way of ranking the girls’ skateboarders: they grade all the contests and give points to

Xavier Lannesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787179894124227864.post-84664225437788091302011-12-29T12:41:00.000-08:002011-12-29T12:44:55.583-08:00

Lizzie Armanto Lizzie at Gonzo’s Yesterday, I spent the day with Lizzie Armanto. I wanted to do a special with Lizzie and Allysha together, but Allysha is at Woodward until Saturday so that sesh had to be been postponed. Lizzie Armanto is actually the best bowl rider girl worldwide. No less. She has been ranked #1 at the WCS for two years straight even though she just lost the Combi classic

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So who the F is Brad McClain? I don't know, dude. He lives in Livermore. It's just a small little town out in the cut, like an hour east away from San Francisco that saw one of the biggest rock concerts in the 80’s. Brad McClain is 20, grew up here Livermore and been hanging around there all his life. He get flow'd by Bones, Santa Cruz, Ace trucks and Pile Style Clothing. He has serious clips

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Robin Mentrup - Titus Münster Welcome-Clip. It was even rumored for quite some time, but now it is officially up and there may not be missing a fashionable clip Welcome! In this sense: "Welcome Robin, you Matz sweet! On a good time in the shop team of Munster Titus "... which have now also someone on board who can skate a bowl properly! No offense, of course, the other guys know how to go into

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Steve Martinez avoiding the dark side. Venice Beach got its name from developer Abbot Kinney, who hoped to create an American version of Venice, Italy. Shedding its past and former title of Rancho La Ballona in 1905, the new community had guidelines for building which included an architectural style inspired by the Venetian Renaissance. Two years ago, Venice got its firts world-class

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Mason Merlino Born and bred in Roseburg Oregon, Mason Merlino joins the Lifeblood squad as emerging and talented owerhouse with Italian roots and a deep bag of skateboarding stunts. Despite breaking his ankle with a quick and decisive first-try tail drop on a friend’s mini ramp during his introductory days of skating, his love for it has carried on for the past five years. And for good reason

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Ben Raybourn at Vans just a couple of days before the Protec Pool Party in 2010 Originally from Rosenberg, Texas, Ben Raybourn first got pro under Kristian Svitak's underground 1031 skateboards, eventually turning pro for them in 2009. But as the story always goes for small brands, their stars outgrow them and move onto bigger things in the limelight. Two years after 1031 made a household

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Five people around a fish bowl tonight, with Cory Juneau, another embodiment of skateboarding. Wish You Were Here...  At the end of The Lords Of Dogtown, there is this song about Syd, the dying kid with brain cancer. The real Syd for which the song was written by Pink Floyd in 1975 did not died until 2006 at the age of 60, but the song was shrouded with references to mental illness, friendship

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Josh Borden lands on the Santa Cruz team! Twenty year old Josh Borden is a college junior, born and raised in California. He's only been skating bowls for six years, but he's already placing high at contests, including, Josh took 4th place at the Damn Am 2006 Bowl Jam finals and 7th at the Pro Tec Pool Party (Orange, CA) in 2009 but he didn't do very well at his first X Games, finishing 15th in

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Pool skating is the most difficult, intense and revered kind of skating in the skateboard world. The steep slopes of the sides, the speed of the concrete and the strange bumps and cracks make pool skating as tricky as it is thrilling. If you want to tear up an empty pool, follow these steps to do pool skating on a skateboard. 1 - Start with the right board, preferably one that is between 8 and

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Colby Franz at Vans in July 2010 Colby Franz Colby began skateboarding at the tender age of 6 1/2 years old and as with any child, skateboarding was just a past time event at first. By age 7, his story begins: Colby took to the sport with a passion. It was apparent he had a plan right from the beginning. Learning new skateboarding tricks came fairly easy for Colby. However, learning them

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Nicole Boronat Skateboard French Champion. Marseilles 1978. Photo Loubat.  Nicole Boronat The cute skateboarder girl from Beton Hurlant To celebrate the Beton Hurlant skateboarding Exhibition in Paris, France, we are dedicating a couple of posts to French skateboarders that made what skateboarding is now. Today, Nicole Boronat... This cute girl from Paris, who at age 16 was a pro

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For the first time ever, the Australian skateboarding community is presented with the chance to compete in a true ‘Nationals’ skateboarding competition – The Hurley Australian Bowl-riding Championships (ABC™), January 26th-28th 2012. Taking place at one of the countries most progressive skateparks, Bar Beach-Empire Park Skate Park in Newcastle, the event will host an array of Australia’s best

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Tommy Guerrero named one of NPR best 50 Albums Of 2011 It’s been a very good year for Tommy Guerrero: he was just recently recognized by TransWorld as one of the 30 most influential skaters of all times, he has just finishing the new Bones Bigade movie with Stacy Peralta and the rest of the Bones Brigade (set to be released in 2012) and his last album, “Lifeboats and Follies”, was just listed a

Xavier Lannesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787179894124227864.post-88209348476169029722011-12-20T20:57:00.000-08:002011-12-21T06:28:11.621-08:00

The pool skaters and the pseudo writers are the same, in a way: we are all trying to find the best lines for our art. Pool Riders have bags full of tricks, we have bags full of words. Duane peters at Protec Pool Party 2010. Looped: Master of Disaster : Duane Peters documentary Whereas we are all waiting for the release of the next Bones movie with Stacy Peralta as the Commander In Chief,

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The people of Vans Daniel Doke Tonight, I was at Vans for a sesh on my own. Nice people other there, as usual. That’s what I like about Vans, there are always friendly bros. But since I broke my wrist in the combi, I play it safe. I still want to skate Vans in 10 years, no kiddin’. There was not so many people, but it’s easily getting crowded in the bowls and mini-ramp. So, I decided to play it

Xavier Lannesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1787179894124227864.post-15856182946701285632011-12-18T20:59:00.000-08:002011-12-20T22:27:19.529-08:00

Skateboard Vert Contest at Upland Michael  Brookman won the Vert contest at Upland The Brothers Malba have been organizing the Vert Contest at Upland for seven straight year. Like usual, the contest, which is much more like a good sesh between friends, what skateboard is in reality, was MCed by Malba who here and there left the phone to go skate a little (and won the over 30 category, in front

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The Battle at Hastings II with Rob Sluggo and Cameo Wilson. Here are just a few clips Jordan Mayfield put together on a cold day of December 2011. These are two of my favorite Skaters to watch and film, Cameo Wilson & Rob Sluggo and there is some adrenaline and action. It's a short little video and Jordan Mayfield just filmed a few clips a while back together at East Hastings Skate Park.

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 Cab at Ocean City Dew Tour in 2011. Photo Lee Leal -Embassy Dew Tour Will Return To Ocean City on August 18-19 2012 Last November 13th, we announced on isTia.Tv that Ocean City and Dew Tour were negotiating the return of the contest for 2012. Unofficial talks between Deborah Turk, the Ocean City Tourism Director and the Dew tour started a long time ago. The goal was to bring the Dew Tour

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So stoked to see that ollie has finally entered the literary world of writers, researchers, scientists, doctors… As you can see, the Merriam-Webster is looking for eaxmples… Where have you heard people talking about ollies? I wonder... Please, share your thoughts on the comment box below…

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