Archive for February, 2008

The Grand Slam of Pro Skateboarding 2008 dates announced

With the first major skateboard event just wrapped up, World Cup Skateboarding has announced the schedule for the Grand Slam of Pro Skateboarding which will feature 4 events (well, really five) around the world. Here are all the details from the organisers: New for 2008, WCS announces the debut of the Grand Slam of Skateboarding. The [...]

Zoo York in bed with Jenna Jameson

It’s getting hot in here….Zoo York sure understands how to demand attention and one thing almost always works on the predominantly male audience - sex and women. Now if you were to combine those ingredients with a new skateboard deck what would be a pretty obvious possibility? Right, hook up with the queen of the [...]

PuzzleVideo January-February 2008 magazine download available

PuzzleVideo Magazine has been around for quite some time in the skateboard arena delivering quality video reports about skateboarding, skaters and the events surrounding it all from around the world. The mix is what attracts me to check into the site on a regular basis to make sure that I’m not missing out on any [...]

Stockholm skateboard contest results from February 9th

Vert skateboarding seems to be still going quite strong in Sweden as skate contests/events are being held at regular intervals at the Stockholm skatepark which has one beauty of a halfpipe and a strong following of vert fanatics, young and “old” alike. A couple of weeks ago another event was held in the ramp called [...]

Fabio Sleiman wins Worst Slam vote!

Just last week I put up 5 of the worst skateboard slam videos available online and asked for your opinion. Lots of feedback came in and with Jake Brown in my personal opinion almost walking away from a major injury and leading the poll almost the entire week, Qix and Subvert rider Fabio Sleiman overtook [...]

Heroin Skateboards celebrates 10 years of skateboarding

Heroin Skateboards is one of the UK’s longest standing skateboard companies which has supported the scene over the years, now 10 years long! To make sure that this is celebrated accordingly, a new deck series has been put together by the artists Todd Bratrud, Michael Sieben, Don Pendleton, Simon True, Gunsho and French. The new [...]

Bowl-A-Rama New Zealand won by Rune Glifberg and Lance Mountain

The Bowl-A-Rama New Zealand contest stop went off just this past weekend with top pro skaters from all over the world meeting up to rip yet another cool looking concrete pool and skate for $10,000 bucks in prize money. As the next stop is basically around the corner in Sydney next weekend, the quality of [...]

Cancer Research Jam video footage shows off UK skateboarding skills

The Cancer Research Jam took place at the end of January 2008 at the Manchester Central Skatepark with a bunch of the UK’s top skaters coverging on the park to ultimately tear it to bits! I’m not just writing that to make it sound good, make sure you sit back and watch the video, these [...]