Right on, another big contest just went down over the weekend in Amsterdam sponsored by Volcom. $15,000 bucks as prize money, the first and second placing skaters get a plane ticket to next year’s Tampa AM 2008 contest and the top 12 skaters are automatically qualified. And here are the results - the contest was [...]

With a great mix of hardcore, southern rock and punk rock, the Cancer Bats are a great discovery for me. I just heard about them touring with Rise Against right now and I already love their sound. It is a perfect mix of the music I love and you should give them a try. Their current [...]

Next weekend the people and companies dealing with skateboarding for whatever reason will be converging on Frankfurt for the summer Bright tradeshow (July 27. - 29th). Yet again a pool contest (sponsored by Boardstein Magazine) will be held during the exhibition with 2000 Euros up for grabs. Just making it easy for myself today: for [...]

Ohhhh yeah, this one looks damn fun to skate. It is supposedly nothing for beginners, starting at 1,80 meter and going up to 3,30 meters and everything has vert on it. Don’t forget to take a helmet cause you have to wear one and I think it is a smart idea to do so…we all [...]

I just came across this bad news which could be changed to good if the skaters (you have to be a British citizen to help out!) help out by signing this online petition. Here what the organisers against tearing down the park have to say: “Hello to you all and thanks for taking time out to [...]

This coming Saturday, July 21st, you should try to get yourself to Hamburg, Germany if you can to witness some of the scene’s best artists taking part in an all day skateboard art session for a great cause - to help support the Flora Skatepark in the Schanze area of Hamburg. The concrete self-made bowl [...]

Getting over to England looking for some news I came across the Hastings Skate Comp on July 29th. The contest is sponsored by quite a few companies and it sounds more like a big party / session than a straight on contest which always means fun. A fancy dress contest is being held so jump [...]

Oh noooo, how stupid can it get??? Well, this will be a real short post but you have to take a look at this website which has the sub-title ” How To Do Just About Everything” (eHow.net). Okay, fair enough, people making websites try [...]