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Maloof NYC Revisited

With Maloof Money Cup Orange County just around the corner (check Geoff Rowley’s walkthrough here), we thought we’d refresh you with June’s New York City extravaganza to get you warmed up. Sure Chris Cole took home the big check (Finals video), but don’t forget Torey Pudwill’s Best Trick… continue reading

SK8MAFIA Saturday: July 10, 2010

Jamie Palmore, Jimmy Cao, Dorian Gray, Kellen James, Larelle Gray, Nick Tucker, Jayme Stone, Walker Ryan, and Billy Antonio spend their Sk8mafia Saturday getting a quick sesh at the Oceanside Melba Bishop skatepark then hit up some random San Diego street… continue reading

Darkstar Hallelujah Commercial

Did you know Ryan Decenzo rides his boards backwards? True story. Darkstar put together this commercial you’ll find in the bonus of the Hallelujah DVD with some gnarly new footage and Ryan explaining his backwards techniques. Hallelujah will be in your local skate shop later this… continue reading

5 Trick Fix

5 Trick Feast on these 5 from Aaron Bablia, Tom Karangelov, Justin Peters, Alex Valdez, and Trevor McClung (as seen in his Check Out in our August 2010 issue). Check out more 5 Trick Fixes right… continue reading

TransWorld Skatepark Break In Session

The TransWorld Skatepark is here! To help us break her in, Chris Cole, Chris Haslam, Wes Kremer, Tyler Surrey, and Jordan Hoffart came by to put the first scuff marks on our ledges, rails, pool coping, and hubbas. As you can expect, you’ll be seeing a lot more footy from this place. Who do you… continue reading

Blind Sunday Fundays #19

Blind sundayKevin Romar, Filipe Ortiz, and Jake Duncombe are havin’ some fun at one of L.A.’s fantastic free public skate plazas to a classic Weezer jam. See what the Blind team is up to next at Blindskateboards.com and at twitter.com/MRVISE. Stay up on Blind’s Facebook… continue reading

Amsterdam Am 2010 Finals & Best Trick

Am 2010 AMSTERDAMN AM FINAL VIDEO AND RESULTS! The fifth annual Volcom Amsterdamn am just finished up yesterday in Amsterdam. Tiago Lemos Soares from Brazil, who took the golden ticket on Saturday, had some of the most insane tricks to be put in a contest run. Alec Majerus had a flawless first… continue reading

Skate Nerd Coming Soon

A new skate trivia game show from skateboarding.com is coming to you soon. The first episode pits Girl men Rick Howard and Mike Carroll against each other. Who will dominate in Skate Nerd supremacy? Find out soon! Skate… continue reading

RDS Hallelujah Commercial

Red Dragon Ryan Decenzo put down some gnarly hammers in Hallelujah. RDS came through with this commercial you’ll find in the Bonus of the Hallelujah DVD—a full, brand new Paul Trep part! Enjoy. RDS Hallelujah… continue reading

Elements Road To Skate Camp Tour Video

Elements Skate CampIt’s summer and that means it’s time for Element Skate Camp to kick into gear. To get the summer started, Chad Tim Tim, Levi Brown, Julian Davidson, Nick Garcia, Patrick Ryan, Vincent Luevanos and Boo Johnson hit the road from LA and headed north for Skate Camp. The crew took… continue reading

Element Make It Count Contest Finals

The finalist of the Element Make It Count contest series met in the mountains of Sequoia National Forest at Element Skate Camp this past weekend. The contest was divided into three parts. Each part was held on a different part of the camp, 2 being street courses and one being mini ramp. At the… continue reading

Paul Rodriguez & Don Pendleton Green Label Art Collaboration

Filmed by Blair Alley, edited by Chris ThiessenWe were invited up to Los Angeles recently to film some behind the scenes for a Green Label Art commercial starring Paul Rodriguez and Don Pendleton. We even got a few words from them after the shoot. The GLA Shop Series program for Mountain Dew is a… continue reading

Hallelujah Trailer

TransWorld SKATEboarding presents a new film by Jon Holland and Chris Ray starring Ryan Decenzo, Pete Eldridge, Taylor Bingaman, Tyler Bledsoe, and Torey Pudwill. Hallelujah, coming Summer 2010…. continue reading

Readers Choice, 12th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards

Sean Malto, Chris Cole, and Lizard King were this years runners for the Readers Choice Award. The readers have spoken, and Lizard King is this years… continue reading

Zumiez Couch Tour 2010: Volcom In Dallas

The Volcom crew came through the Couch Tour and skated fast and they skated everything! Mark Appleyard and Jake Duncombe charged the obstacles and ripped apart the course. David Gonzalez got all his tricks effortlessly, like a fakie airwalk down the stairs and a kickflip front lip on the… continue reading

Burning Of The Witch In Copenhagen

Video by Blair AlleyGod dammit, Copenhagen is bananas. No permit, no police, no problem. It’s summer in Scandinavia and the people here know how to celebrate. The Burning Of The Witch contest was a combination of a Best Trick contest down the Volcom Stone double-set, then a leap of doom down a… continue reading

Fallen Skate & Create: Why James Hardy Went Baldy

VidWhen he’s not out there crushing the world beneath his skateboard to the sweet Southern sounds of Skynyrd, James Hardy’s usually keeping to himself, taking walks in the woods with his dog and other things that you’d generally equate with a more sensitive person. But, sometimes it’s being… continue reading

Kincade, Theeve, Santa Cruz, and Rohan Videos

Riley Hawk Talks Theeve Trucks Logan Kincade is at Woodward East with the Toy Machine guys. Theeve added Riley Hawk to the team. The Santa Cruz guys are on the road at the St. Helena park. Billy Rohan goes to… continue reading

Chaz Ortiz Goes Pro

Zoo York has turned their teen phenom, Chaz Ortiz,… continue reading

Skateboard Photography Workshop

For the ultimate experience in action sports and traditional portrait studio photography there is no better place than Camp Woodward. The best athletes in the world from action sports to Olympic gymnasts are on hand daily for our Digital Media campers to work with. The facilities at Camp… continue reading

Andrew Pott Turns Pro For Citystars

Citystars is proud to announce that Andrew Pott is now officially pro. He is the first addition to the professional ranks at Citystars for 2009. Andrew has been holding his own for several years now and has continuously progressed and impressed with his skills on a board. We believe that his… continue reading

Chad Knight Nearly One Eye Willy’s Himself

Thats right Chad Knight almost took his eye out skating Friday night. Here is the story from Chad himself… “On friday night I was filming at Syndrome for my “FKD rider of the week” segment in aug. I fell on a ledge that runs next to a square railing, spun around and impaled my face into the… continue reading

National Contest Finals at Skate Camp

Congrats to Vincent Luevanos who took first place at the Make It Count National Contest series, making him the newest Element flow rider! Watch the video to see outstanding skating from skaters all across the U.S. All entrants won contests over the past year to earn their trip to skate camp and a… continue reading

1031/Landshark Wheels Press Release

“Donovan Rice is on 1031 and Landshark wheels! Is that enough of a press release? Oh I guess I have to write a bunch of boring crap to try and hype this up. I guess thats how everyone else does it. Anyways, Yeah he’s on. Too bad for him! Good for us though, he cooks us steak dinners at 2 am when we… continue reading

Go Sk8 iPhone App

Go Sk8 has officially hit the market. The Go Sk8 iPhone application is a new tool to play the traditional game of skate. The developers of Go Sk8 have gone to great lengths to spice the game up by adding three different skill levels (basic, medium, advanced) and four obstacle options (ledge,… continue reading

Skate One: Propaganda Special Release

On January 23rd, 2009, Powell-Peralta hosted the Rip the Ripper Art Show. Fifty eight artists had pieces on display. The reason for the show was to celebrate The Ripper graphic. So many skaters and artists have been influenced by VCJ’s image over the years, we wanted to do something that would… continue reading

Skate Gear Catalogs 2010

Thunder’s Summer 2010 catalog is now live with an all-new design featuring new pro trucks from Malto, Herman, and Thomas, plus a video archive of all the recent Thunder videos Check out the newly added “Mike V. Knows” video and more. Over at BlackBox Distribution, Zero has released its… continue reading

Matt Miller Moves to Expedition One

Former Zoo York Am Rider has been picker up and will be making the move to Pro with Expedition One. Look for his New Deck to be in shops… continue reading

New Skate Park Finalizing in Boerne, Tx

    Skate Plaza The long awaited skate board park will begin construction on Phase 1 in January 2010. The park is located at the new community park site adjacent to Curington Elementary on Adler Road. Phase 1 will be completed in early June 2010.  Below is the 3d rendoring of the… continue reading

Transworld Announces Nominees For The 12th Annual TWS Awards

The TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards honor skateboarding’s top riders. The award winners are determined by polling more than 150 professional skateboarders worldwide, with thousands of TransWorld SKATEboarding’s readers voting for the winner of the TWS Readers’ Choice Award. This year’s… continue reading