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.
Right now, there are two new clips up on the Stereo site; Clint Peterson skating at Pepe’s Auto and an extended cut of Ben Gore’s commercial that was shown on the Battle at the Berrics 2 a couple weeks ago.
With Paul’s third signature shoe arriving in stores on August 8th. Make sure to spend a little time over at the Nike SB website
where you can catch the web exclusive version of the “Today was a Good
Day” commerical and behind the scenes clips from the shoot with Kobe
Bryant, Koston, Ice Cube and Theotis Beasley.
The guys over at etnies have been kind enough to upload an entirely new part from Tyler Bledsoe. Grab a cold one and have a seat, this is one part that you won’t want to pass up.
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
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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.
