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Dog Town Venice Skatepark Grand Opening

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:04:10 +0000

On October 3, 2009, the veil was lifted on the skateboard heartland’s new 17,000 square foot, beach-side, skatepark. The park was designed by the Wormhoudt team. Man, I wish I coulda been there opening day. Now a reason to get back to SoCal. Enjoy this little clip:

And this one…

And how ’bout another…
Christian David Eric and Peck practice skateboard march for Grand Opening of Venice Beach Skate Plaza (WTF??)…

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Make it Count: The Element Story

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:12:49 +0000

Element released “MAKE IT COUNT — The Element Story” on August 1, 2009 which showcases the teams development—from it’s humble beginnings, to a forward thinking global brand.

The first section consisting of 3 parts is featured below. And here is a link to the second section currently on the Element web site.

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Transworld Chicago Park Jam

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:47:36 +0000

Last weekend the Osiris Team hooked up with the Enjoi Team in Chicago for the second annual Chicago Park Jam.

Here they are at Wilson skatepark blasting ollies over hot dogs (defeatinglast years record of 25 with a hefty 32.5 to be exact):

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2009 Tim Brauch Memorial Skateboard Contest

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:18:54 +0000

A Big thanks to Dan Olson for posting this sweet clip of Sergie Ventura flying out of the skull bowl at Lake Cunningham Regional Skatepark during the 11 annual Tim Brauch Memorial.

Check out the results here!

Til we find some more footage of the 11th annual, here is some from the 10th annual Enjoy!

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Memorial service for Eric Stricker

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:41:04 +0000

On Tuesday September 29th, a memorial service for Eric Stricker will take place at the Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois.

67 E. Algonquin Rd.
South Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 765-5000

Eric was an editor for TWSkateboarding Mag and passionate skater. Eric died on Thursday, Sept 24th—allegedly from a heart attack. RIP E.S.

Here is a sweet vid of Eric and friend, Sean Peterson, doing some good ol’ curb skating about a month before he passed. (Thanks for posting the Video Sean.)

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DVS Skate and Create 2009

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:05:02 +0000

DVS’s recent Skate & Create feature, Wood, is the second video masterpiece of its kind. This year, DVS took a more minimalist approach to twisting together skateboarding, art and landscape by using good ol’ wood as the vehicle. Although last years montage was truly amazing, I think this one takes the cake.

(I am sure that many hours were spent in the choreography and editing of this segment).

Enjoy!

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Vans DownTown Showdown in Torino Italy

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:39:19 +0000

Six European skate companies (Alai, Blueprint, Cliché, Element, Heroin, Trap) were invited to compete in Vans’ Euro debut of the DownTown Showdown on September 12, 2009. It was the first transatlantic Showdown and it rolled off with style. The Element team unofficially split their purse with Trap Skateboards from Hamburg Germany. Richie Löffler, pro rider for Trap said, “Sometimes politics go over skating, but then again sometimes the Skaters go over the politics.” [Classic!]

Anyhow, here is some sick footage of the teams skating 3 obstacles designed by Alai, Heroin and Cliché:

And here is some more great footage by the Alai team:

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Volcom Hosts Skate Session at the ASR tradeshow

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:43:55 +0000

This summer’s ASR show in San Diego was recently kicked off with a Volcom-hosted mini ramp jam session, courtesy of Jim Bell Skateboard Ramps. JBSR is a San Diego-based skatepark building team who specialize in wooden mini ramps. This mini looks to be quite nice!

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Steve Steadham Cup: September 19th 2009

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:04:20 +0000

Steadham is throwin’ down a skate contest in Anaheim on the 19th of September. Here is some info on that.

of course it motivated a search for some old footy of the man himself. Here is what we found:

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The Lowcard Story

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:36:49 +0000

“Make It Happen: Lowcard“, the mini documentary of the San Francisco skateboard company, Lowcard, premiered at the Skateboard Film Festival on August 14, 2009. Lowcard started out as a independent magazine in 2003 developed by Rob Collinson and is now a clothes line among other things.

…And here is some footage of the 2009 Annual Chili Bowl Contest that was created by Rob’s friend Toad. This year the event was presented by Lowcard and held at Potrero skatepark in the Mission area of SF.

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