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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

MAY 2008 NEWS 2008 PRO-TEC Pool Party - Watch it Live on the Web May 17 - The Combi sessions at the Vans Skatepark are heating up as it's time for the most anticipated bowl contest of the year. See 40 top pros, masters and ladies vie for their piece of a $90,000 purse 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

FEBRUARY 2008 NEWS TEAM PAIN starts work in Feb on their first skatepark of 2008 in St. Lucie, FL. Here's a shot of Bert Turned working on the skatepark in Antwerp. www.teampain.com. CALIFORNIA SKATEPARKS - The brand new Lake Cunningham, San Jose, CA, Skatepark was built Read More

GREGG WEAVER INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY WARREN BOLSTER   The Cadillac Kid, smooth, stylish, barefoot... What else do you need to know?  Maybe the best footage ever shot of a skateboarder skating downhill to date. Read More

JUNE 2007 NEWS THE SILVER SURFER RETURNS - 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' (2007) is due to release nationwide in June 2007. Pictured above, Doug Jones is the Silver Surfer in 20th Century Fox production. 'The enigmatic, intergalactic herald, the Silver 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

JUNE 2006 NEWS JAY ADAMS PHOTOS - Limited addition Jay Adams prints for sale. First in a series of newly discovered vintage fine art photos of Jay Adams from back in 1977 exclusively available on OG Jay Adams. A true collectors item suitable for framing. Only a limited Read More

JEFF GROSSO INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY ADAM WRIGHT and BRIAN FICK   With all of the new concrete parks being built with big pools, it's great that a guy like Jeff Grosso still skateboards after all of these years. With 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

SEPTEMBER 2004 NEWS ELI LOPEZ at PAUL REVERE: PHOTO: DAN LEVY SKATEPARK OPENING - Oct 2 - Airspeed Skateparks Press Release - 15 years of work and a dream-- Florence Skateparks is finished! Oct 2 Florence, OR Skatepark openning bbq, music, and TONS OF RIDING. The new Read More

JUICE MAGAZINE 50 JUICE MAGAZINE 50 COVER: SLOPPY SAM PHOTO: PAT MYERS INTERVIEWS: Juice Magazine Skateboarding Hall of Fame, Steve Olson, Skatopia, Mike Vallely, Ian MacKaye, Jello Biafra, Motorhead, John Doe, Bruce Fleming, East Coast Roundwall, Basic Bowl 2000, Read More

SKATOPIA SKATOPIA PHOTOS AND STORY BY ROB ERICKSON Every seventeen years the Cicada Locust emerges from the ground for a very brief but frenzied stint of noise making and pro-recreation. They live a simple life of rest and play. Very similar to the lifestyle Read More