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AUGUST 2011 NEWS COASTAL CARNAGE FOOTAGE - Super heated sessions went down at Huntington Beach during the Coastal Carnage event hosted by Converse, and here’s some footage to prove it. The Carnage ramp, expertly built by the Speerco Crew, had lines drawn from clamshells Read More

APRIL 2010 NEWS LURE OF THE SWAMP - Book signing and Art Show featuring the art of Lindsey Kuhn on Thursday, April 22, 2010 from 7-10pm at the Juice Gallery - 319 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA. Lindsey Kuhn has a new book out through SWAMP Publishing. Lindsey has been Read More

NOVEMBER 2008 NEWS TONY ALVA and RICHARD VILLA III INVITE YOU TO THE... TOTALLY BITCHIN' NIGHT OF THE DEAD! Come and celebrate the Day of the Dead. Alva Los Angeles is haunted by the dead and 1980s. with all 80's theme music, clothing and costumes. Saturday Nov 1, 2008 Read More

OCTOBER 2008 NEWS FLORIDA NEWS - Jerry Lukas and Charlie Crank are starting up a new company. More on that soon. In the meantime, they've been hittin some fun pools. Here's Greek slaying one. BAKER HAS A DEATHWISH TOUR 2008 - Sunday October 26th at Eastern Skateboard Read More

SEPTEMBER 2008 NEWS FDR UPDATE - The Sean Miller memorial vert ramp at FDR is getting a much needed overhaul. Thanks Carlos! A stand-alone peanut pool is also in the works. Buy a benefit shirt to help the project along. 15 bucks. Email Bryan Lathrop at bryan@fdrskatepark.org Read More

AUGUST 2008 NEWS NORTHWEST ACTION http://www.sleestak.net TONY HAWK FOUNDATION - Applications for Fall 2008 Tony Hawk Foundation skatepark grants can be accessed after August 15 via the Foundation's Web site at www.tonyhawkfoundation.org. Applications must be completed Read More

JULY 2008 NEWS JULIAN WILSON CLAIMS ASP GRADE-4 NIKE 6.0 PIER PRESSURE PRESENTED BY JACK'S TITLE - Julian Wilson (Coolum, AUS) proved to be the form surfer of the day, claiming victory at the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade-4 Nike 6.0 Pier Pressure Read More

JUNE 2008 NEWS SICKNESS - All shallow - Photo Courtesy: Delgado GRINDLINE NEWS - Monk just finished another of his timeless creations in Galveston TX, topped with 250 blocks of pool coping and a sick mini/street zone. Grand Opening for the Galveston Skatepark is Read More

APRIL 2008 NEWS ROCKERS - A photographic installation by Bob Gruen opens April 24, 2008 at Morrison Hotel Gallery - Bowery, New York, NY. www.morrisonhotelgallery.com INDEPENDENT TRUCK CO. 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR - May 23- July 4, 2008 - featuring Steve Alba, Adam Alfaro, Read More

AUGUST 2007 NEWS SKATE CONTEST - The 2nd Annual Owl's Head Skatepark Old Man Jam @ Bay Ridge Brooklyn, NYC is set for Saturday August 25, 2007 from 11am to 6pm. Helmet Required. Rain Date August 26th. For info email bossman@funhouseskateboards.com. JAY ADAMS UPDATE Read More

JULY 2007 NEWS EAST COAST RAMP DESIGNS - The latest effort from East Coast Ramp Designs. Located in Clinton, ON. only 2 hours from Detroit. Baltic birch layer, tile, Fed stone diamond tread bull nose, death box, 6' deep (Sorry, low ceilings). Smooth and fast! Skadusshh! Read More

MAY 2007 NEWS SKATOPIA BOWLBASH XII - JUNE 29-30 - FULL MOON PARTY - Donate for more concrete at skatopia.org or mail in your donation to: SKATOPIA CRETE FUND 34961 Hutton Rd Rutland, OH 45775 LEGENDARY SKATEBOARDERS AND EAST LA YOUTH DEDICATE SECOND DEEPEST SKATE Read More

MARCH 2007 NEWS SANTA CRUZ SKATEBOARDS 'V-DAY' VIDEO PREMIERE PARTY @ THE BLANK CLUB - There was simply no better venue for Santa Cruz to host the Veterans Division 'V-Day' Video Premiere than Corey O'Brien's Blank Club in San Jose. Plug in Ray Stevens II's band, skate Read More

DECEMBER 2006 NEWS HANGER BOWL FOREVER! BEN SCHROEDER NEWS - Ben Schroeder is currently in the field in East L.A. doing the construction administration of the build of a one million-dollar skatepark. Ben has put into the design a skateplaza, Ten foot Vert pool with Read More

OCTOBER 2006 NEWS Check out the Telluride skatepark building process at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uqp-abX5EQ. BRAZIL POOL CONTESTS - A series of pool contests are being planned in Brazil starting April 8th in the Guaratingeta keyhole in Sao Paulo. Followed by Read More

MAY 2006 NEWS SAVE TRESTLES - If Surfers Do Not Save Trestles, Who Will? The water quality, sandbar sedimentation, and glorious sense of place of Trestles are threatened by an ill-planned toll road highway that would parallel (not just cross) the largely pristine San Read More

APRIL 2006 NEWS FAUSTO VITELLO R.I.P. THE KING IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE KING... DANNY WAY SETS WORLD RECORD - On April 6, internationally renowned pro skateboarder Danny Way (www.dannyway.com) smashed the Bomb Drop world record by freefalling 28 feet from the Fender Read More

FEBRUARY 2006 NEWS SUPER BOWL CONTEST - Feb 4th, 2006 - Bill Danforth hosted the American Nomad Super Bowl Contest at Modern Skate Park located at Fountain Walk Mall in Novi, MI 48377. 1st place $1000 cash. Advanced Division. Benji Galloway took 1st place, Brandon Martin Read More