Posts Tagged ‘USA’
Lee Bender and the American Health System
October 13th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Not everything in skateboarding is all about fun. Real life will continue to follow us and that’s why you should watch the following video. Lee Bender – former pro skater – talks in this moving video about his problems with him being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and the costs which despite comparatively good coverage have him facing over $36,000 in debt for treatment over the last 18 months. Austin Considine created the series which got me thinking again – time to hit the skate park tonight!
Faces of American Health Care, Part 2: Former Pro Skater, Lee Bender from austin considine on Vimeo.
Volcom’s Australia skate team hit the States
August 13th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Come see what Shane Azar, Jack Fardell, Kieren Reilly, Joe Pease, Andrew Mapstone and Jake Duncombe are up to on a 10-day tour of California.
Tampa Pro 2009 contest infos
March 16th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
One of the biggest skateboard contests of the year will be taking place this upcoming weekend in Tampa, Florida with $100,000 in the prize purse for the top pro skaters from around the world.
Friday, March 20th 2009
- 9am – Doors Open
- Tickets are $5 & available at Skatepark of Tampa the day of
- Open Pro Street & Vert Practice all day
- 12pm – Team Manager/Industry VIP Street Contest
- 3pm – Am Vert Contest
- Two, 45-second runs, best counts
- Top 10 advance to Finals
- Finals
- Three, 45-second runs, best counts
- 10pm – Doors Close
Friday Night
- Czar
- 1420 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City
- Free with Plastic Skatepark Wristband
- Girls free with any Skatepark Wristband
- Doors 10:30pm
- 18 & Up
Saturday, March 21st 2009
- 9am – Doors Open
- Tickets are $15 & available at Skatepark of Tampa & skateparkoftampa.com
- 11am – Pro Vert Contest
- 12-minute jams with five skaters each
- One intro run
- Top six advance to Finals
- Finals
- 20-minute jam
- One intro run
- Street Qualifiers Immediately Following
- Three skaters per heat (four if necessary)
- One, one-minute intro run
- Counts for 25% of score
- Three-minute jam (four if four skaters)
- Counts for 75% of score
- Top 24 advance to Semi-Finals to join previous Pro winners
- Top two Golden Tickets go straight to Finals
- 8pm – Doors Close
Saturday Night
- Ghostface & Raekwon @ The RITZ Ybor
- Skatepark of Tampa & Nike SB Present Tampa Pro Contest Party w/ Ghostface & Raekwon
- Special Guests – The BASIQS, DJ Sandman, & DJ Mega
- The RITZ Ybor, 1503 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City, 813-621-6793
- All Ages
- Tickets – $15
- Doors 8pm
- Available here and at Ticket Master
Sunday, March 22nd 2009
- 9am – Doors Open
- Tickets are $15 & available at Skatepark of Tampa & skateparkoftampa.com
- 12pm – Pro Street Semi-Finals
- Three skaters per heat
- One, one-minute intro run
- Counts for 25% of score
- Three-minute jam
- Counts for 75% of score
- Top 10 advance to Finals to join Golden Ticket winners
- Moat Race
- Pro Street Finals
- Format same as Semi-Finals, but four-minute jam instead of three
- Silver Trucks Best Trick on Tech Center
- Giant Product Toss
- 6pm (approx.) – Awards
- Doors Close
Sunday Night
- 8pm – Contest After Party at Rock N Sports Bar
- Upstairs Centro Ybor
- 2 for 1 drafts
- 10% off food ALL WEEK with Skatepark plastic wristband
Can an indoor skate park be any bigger?
March 5th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Just found this almost ridiculous video clip over on Transworld showing Corey Duffel, Brandon Biebel, Matt Miller, Blue, Taylor Bingaman, and more top skaters having a test session in the brand new EPIC skate park in Rocklin, California.
This park is first of all indoor – but once you watch the video you won’t believe it. It is just plain and simply huge! Definitely one for the list if you are heading for the States and like indoor parks – insane!
Alien Workshop’s Mind Field premiere dates
January 25th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Alien Workshop’s latest video release “Mind Field” is going to be hitting the premiere screens starting this week in the USA, Canada and Australia. I just copied the entire graphic instead of wasting my time typing it all nicely for Uncle Google – smart ehh?
Band check-out : Sirhan Sirhan
January 11th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Sirhan Sirhan are a three man band out of San Diego, California sporting a mixture of screamo vocals, punk and metal riffs and basically quic and dirty lyrics. It definitely is not music for those of you out there hoping to snap your fingers to a beat or something silly like that (how did I come up with that sentence??).
Basically what these guys are up to is noise rock and just last year they came out with their debut album with 11 tracks entitled “Blood” which is in my opinion and eye and ear opener – something to listen to and different than most of the generic pop/punk/metal bands sprouting out of the ground everyday. Oh, and by the way a little history lesson for all of us: Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was the guy convicted for assassinating Robert Kennedy, thus changing history itself in the USA massively – are they trying to tell us something? Get the record/CD, it’s more than worth it!
- Sirhan Sirhan band website
- Sirhan Sirhan on MySpace.com
Vans Downtown Showdown 2008 this weekend!
October 9th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Last year’s Vans Downtown Showdown contest was even rad to watch just as a video, that’s a contest I would have loved to watched in person. The Creature helmet structure was insane and the harm it caused to some of the skaters was more than impressive.
The 2008 Vans Downtown Showdown is going down Saturday, October 11th 2008 from 4pm to 11pm on the back lot of Paramount Studios in Hollywood. Foundation, Habitat, Creature, Girl, Blind, Element, Toy Machine and Black Label will all be competitng at this year’s DTSD. And again there is a live webcast for the event so bookmark this page for that day:
- Live webcast of the Vans Downtown Showdown 2008
- Video highlights from the 2007 event
VOX Footwear ‘F*#CK THIS TOUR!’ underway!
July 23rd, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
ahhh, and again a couple of days late but I can’t help it if they don’t send me the info right? VOX Footwear is on tour right now in the States with Dan Drehobl, Jt Aultz, Peter Watkins, David Gravette and new rider Tyler Surrey.
Check out the tour dates below…and keep up-to-date on the VOX website
Baker Skateboards with a website and tour
July 11th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
I don’t know how long this took but it doesn’t really matter: Baker Skateboards has gone from a screensaver page to a full-fledged website which is straight to the point. Nice graphics, easy navigation with a blog / news section as well so no getting lost on this site. I personally like the horizontal scrollable deck area which gives me a quick overview of all of their boards without having to click around.
For all of you over in the States, here are the dates of the Baker Deathwish Tour which gets started July 14th!
The Baker Deathwish Tour dates
July 14 Cowtown, Phoenix, Arizona
July 16 Beach Zone, Albuquerque, New Mexico
July 18 Arockalypse, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 19 The Board Shop, Tulsa, Oklahoma
July 21 Escapist, Kansas City, Missouri
July 22 Classic Boards, Springfield, Missouri
July 23 Infinity, St. Louis, Missouri
July 25 Uprise, Chicago, Illinois
July 27 Subsect, Des Moines, Iowa
July 28 Precision, Lincoln, Nebraska
July 30 Milosport, Salt Lake City, Utah
August 2 Pharmacy, Las Vegas, Nevada
Show your underwear,get fined or even jail time!
July 10th, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
Okay, let’s get this straight first. I’ve never been a fan of the so-called fashion with the saggy pant look. What’s that? You see these guys all over the place with their jeans, trousers, pants – whatever you call the piece of clothing covering human legs – hanging almost below their butt. I never got how that can be comfortable, pulling up your trousers all the time after doing a trick and showing everybody your underwear. Looks a bit dumb to me but hey, I don’t have to follow them fashion victims now do I?
The Chief of Police in Flint, Michigan, USA – ironically called Mr David Dicks – believes “it’s a national nuisance. It is indecent and thus it is indecent exposure, which has been on the books for years.”
On June 27, the chief issued a departmental memorandum telling officers: “This immoral self expression goes beyond freedom of expression.”
Believe it or not, you can get warned, receive a fine up to $500 dollars or even up to 93 days in prison!!! Better watch out – maybe they’ll add this the the three strike system. If you’ve been convicted twice before and they catch you showing part of your underwear, you get a life sentence! Yeah, what a great idea, get all of those people off the streets.
So beware you “evil” gangster types, here’s a little chart so you can practice how to wear you trousers correctly…what a piece of crap, another useless law for you.
August 27, 2010: Ricardo Batista
August 22, 2010: Jonas Wedelstädt
August 21, 2010: bill Danforth
