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
March 7, 2010: austin hughes
March 7, 2010: TNT Skateboarding
March 6, 2010: alex
March 2, 2010: adrianne conner
