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Fuel TV is getting ready to deliver a live HD webcast of the Vans Downtown Showdown this Saturday, September 26th from 4:30pm - 9:30pm PST. $85,000 is up for grabs on the streets of the world-renowned Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA where Girl, Toy Machine, Creature, Black Label, Sk8Mafia, Blind, Flip, Zoo York, and Foundation will be in the mix.

Perhaps one big reason to watch the skate action is that one lucky viewer is going to drive home a new Mitsubishi whip! Captain & Casey will co-anchor the webcast and the SPoT boys are doing the play-by-play live on the scene. Tune in…you might win.

Black Label, Adio Footwear, and Surfride skate shop put together a little
BBQ on Sunday September 20th to celebrate Chris Troy going pro! Burgers,
dogs, beers, and skateboarding was on the menu for Chris, his friends, and
some lucky kids at the Leucadia skate park where Chris grew up.
Click here to see the video.

Chet Childress’s part from the new Black Label video ‘God Save the Label’ is
now officially online and the entire video is available in shops now on DVD.
You can see Chet’s part at over here.

Both Jack Olson (street) and Clay Kreiner (vert) came out on top at the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Finals, held in conjunction with the Dew Tour’s Toyota Challenge in Salt Lake City last weekend. With their wins, they’ve each earned spots in the Dew Tour’s PlayStation Pro in Orlando, Florida on October 15th-18th, to compete against the pros. Remember, this is how Chaz Ortiz went from flow to pro just two years ago. Congrats and good luck dudes!

Skate Park Finals
1. Jack Olson
2. Raymond Macken
3. Brendon Villanueva
4. Alex Longcamp
5. Tyson Bowerbank
6. CJ Dixon
7. Chase Webb
8. Alec Majerus
9. Ryan Thompson
10. Caedyn Curto
11. Anthony Estrada
12. Aaron Collier

Skate Vert Finals
1. Clay Kreiner
2. Dalton Dern
3. Sammy Schoonderwoerd
4. Brian Kucharski
5. Jimmy Wilkins
6. Joey Hamlisch
7. Jordan Price
8. Zane ... Read more »

IASC has posted an online ballot for many of skateboarding’s legends and greats which will be inducted to the first annual Skateboarding Hall of Fame at the IASC, Go Skateboarding Foundation Fundraiser to be held October 24, 2009 at the Vans Skatepark in Orange, CA. Cast your votes to nominate one influential skateboarder from each decade right here.

Starting in the NorthEast, Eastern Boarder is running an event called King of the Worm. What is King of the Worm? It’s a scavenger hunt type contest in which you use your skate skills and city knowledge to earn points for your team. The team with the most point’s (and video proof) at the end of the week wins. It’s just like Thrasher’s King of the Road except it’s in Worcester and you can actually do it. The Eastern Boarder Site has more on the rules.

New Jersey’s Garden SK8 is hosting two days of amateur contests. All ages are welcome to compete in the street, mini, and bowl contests. Bring your own food…and they’ll grill it for you.

PITCREW hosts the ES Game of Skate in Fredrick, MD. 2pm signup, 3pm start time. Check the Game of Skate site or Call 301-698-1813 for more info.

Check out this clip of Saskatchewan skaters making proper use of skateboard down time.

Rack ‘em.

On July 30th, DC hosted an exclusive event featuring Peanut Butter Wolf at
The Standard, Downtown LA to kick off The Gold Standard 2009. In attendance
were over 300 industry influencers, including DC athletes Nick Dompierre,
Chad Cagy, Jolene Van Vugt, Ikka Backstrom, Kimmy Fasani, Aaron Bittner, and
Corey Bohan who made an appearance with Audrina Patridge.

Conceived by DC, The Gold Standard 2009 is a hosted hotel takeover held
during the 2009 Summer X Games, developed as a tribute to DC’s X Games
athletes over the past 15 years. DC, along with event partners Monster
Energy, Codemasters’ DiRT 2, New Era and presenting media partners FUEL TV
and TransWorld Media will occupy all 12 floors of the swanky hotel in the
heart of Los Angeles.

For the second year FUEL TV joined The Gold Standard 2009, bringing The
Daily Habit, a half-hour daily interview and variety show, on location to
the rooftop of The Standard Downtown LA where ... Read more »

There was a time not long ago when East Coast skaters dreamed of moving West to California for either temporary or permanent residence to beat the cold and to be in the heart of the skate world. Now, it seems, the best getaway may be Portland, Oregon.

Today’s Wall Street Journal online has a feature story on Portland’s grand design to have a ‘skatepark system’ which, by the time it’s completed in 2020, will include 19 parks throughout the city.

With pride and honor of the release of the new etnies/Thunder RVL Johnny Romano benefit shoe, Jim Thiebaud is giving away 12 pairs through his Twitter account. Tell Jim of your plans and effort to help someone else (big or small) in the world and you could win a complimentary pair of these awesome shoes. What’s more, Jim and Real Skateboards are giving away one Busenitz Speeder deck each day this holiday weekend. Submit your email address now.

Eric Koston and Paul Rodriguez took their talents to the pitcher’s mound to kick of a ball game in Los Angeles earlier in the week. Skateboarder Magazine’s editor, Jaime Owens has the visual proof.

odriguez took their talents to the pitcher’s mound to kick of a ball game in Los Angeles earlier in the week. Skateboarder Magazine’s editor, Jaime Owens has the visual proof.

Epicly Later’d has kicked off their new season with two of skateboarding’s lively teams… Girl and Anti Hero from last year’s Beauty and the Beast tour. Make sure to feast your eyes on part one of a ten part series.

Slap magazine continues to expand on its promise and properly steps up to deliver the multimedia goods with this in-depth web feature with Chet Childress. Loaded with stories, recipes, action flicks, video clips and laced with plenty of Luda’s art, signature style and a gallery of his photos, this piece is worth your time to absorb. Eat it up! Stay tuned for Part 3 on Friday.

The Vans squad is really psyched to have Dustin Dollin in the US, but they need some evidence that he was here this summer! If you’re game, track down Dustin, shoot a creative photo of you and him and send it into: shootyourselfwithdustin@gmail.com. You have the chance to win win a year supply of Dustin’s new shoe, the “No Skool Tre”, a digital camera, and Dustin’s I-Pod…plus more. The full details are right here. Easier said than done huh?

Spend a little time over at Skateboarder’s website and read 25 questions with Habitat’s newest recruit, Daryl Angel.

KR3W is very proud to announce that one of Canada’s finest, Spencer
Hamilton, has officially joined the ranks of the KR3W Ams, alongside Furby and Greg Myers. Listen to what some of the rides of Krew have to say about Spencer joining the team.

“Dude is impeccable! He really is.”
-Terry Kennedy

“Spencer’s the shit, Mellow kid and he KILLS it.”
-Erik Ellington

“He’s mad cool and a dope skater. He gets me hyped to skate.”
-Tom Penny

Head over to the adidas site and get the low down on Dennis’ new shoe from our friend and adidas skate shoe designer Danny Kinley as he walks through the creative process. Then see the shoe in its natural habitat…on the streets of San Francisco with Dennis DESTROYING everything in his path.

While you’re at it watch and download Diagonal, adidas European team video too. Dennis’ part is not to be missed.

Slap Magazine’s Editor Mark Whiteley took a trip along California’s central coast with a crew to skate a unique pool recently. Have a look and listen in on what they discovered. Keep on searchin’.

The combined power of Leo Romero, Justin Figueroa, Benny Fairfax, Joey Brezinski, and Bob Burnquist has been recently harnessed by Independent Truck Co. and their already mighty team of skaters. Welcome dudes!

The results are in from the 3rd annual CPH PRO which took place at the Copenhagen skatepark over the weekend. Rookie pro Torey Pudwill came up large in the finals and held off veteran challenger Eric Koston for the decisive win. T-Puds also took the top cash for Best Trick. The kid is definitely off to a good start in his paid career. Look for more photos and info from the event on the DVS skate site.

Torey 1st place Eric 2nd place

The finals of the contest is always what I look forward to and this contest was no exception. Seeing Torey and Koston go head to head in the jam session in the last heat of the finals was awesome!
In between puking Torey really laid down some amazing skating.

Here are the top 12 Finals break down

1. Torey ... Read more »

Some new rules apply as Battle of the Berrics 2 has officially begun today with this first match up between Mike Vallely and Chris Cole. Tomorrow Jamie Thomas faces off with Dennis Busenitz.

Here’s a little bit of infomercialism on your Saturday with Kyle Leeper and his newly designed dogs.Looks like a good fit with lots of function.

With his very own legit kid due to arrive on September 11th, Chris Nieratko feels awful about the possibility that he also got Mike Anderson’s girlfriend pregnant. How can this be? Just read on and it might just make a little sense to you.

Theotis Beasley has picked up another sponsor in the form of eyewear with Ashbury. Danny Gonzalez has announced his retirement from professional skateboarding due to an ongoing injury and problematic ankle. We wish you the best in your future endeavors Danny.