This Is not a GVK this is a video to win me a new camera. First trick is frontside ollies. Now go vote for it at Subpublic Bacon Knockout video contest, Daddy needs new Camera. – Love Grover.

This month’s Sponsor Luv post for Bacon Skateboards – Bacon has teamed up with the skateboard site Subpublic.com to give away a really freaking nice video camera, but you have to do some work. The Bacon team will name a trick and then you have to submit a video of yourself doing the trick, then everyone gets to vote on who makes it to the next round. Everyone that votes has a chance to win one of several decks though. Official details for the competition are here. Catch the first round challenge after the jump.

If you are going to be in Hollywood on June 12th, here’s your chance to win two tickets to the 11th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards, courtesy of the online skateshop called Gnarled. Let’s get this straight, we’re not sending you to Hollwood. Instead, Gnarled.com will send you two tickets to get in the door. All you have to do is leave a comment in this post about how much you love TransWorld SKATEboarding, and the funniest one will win. Contest ends at midnight, Pacific time on June 5th. Winner will be chosen by… my wife.

So there’s a contest series that is half snowboarding , half skateboarding, set across three nonconsecutive days. I’m not sure how it works, but apparently they’ve been doing it for 11 years already. The whole thing takes place on Mount Hood, and the first day is June 12th. The skateboarding events are going down at the Windells facilities, and Bonfire Snow is the other main sposnor. Flyer and bonus shot of Steve Reeves after the jump.

It may have been pen for months already, but the Ed Benedict grand opening celebration is this Saturday, May 30th. 1:15 PM Ceremony: Commissioner Saltzman, Commissioner Fish, PP&R Director Zari Santner 1:30 PM Adidas/Tribute Skateboards Skate Jam 2:00 PM Best Trick Competition 2:30 PM PP&R Skate Jam Invitational (grades K-8 and 9-12)

I haven’t been reading my Google alerts, but a little birdy (Thanks Matt Beasley) told me that Etnies GvR and the Soul Bowl contents have been cancelled this year thanks to the lame economy. That’s OK, because the 5th annual Vans Protec Pool Party will be shown live on Fuel TV. The Combi Bowl contest purse is $90,000! Fuel TV has some promotional interviews with some of the pros getting ready for the contest, such as Bucky Lasek, Rune Glifberg and the often entertaining Steve Olson on How to Judge a Clusterfuck. Live HD Webcast. May 16th, 1-9 PM, Pacific Standard time. Whet your whistle with this trailer.

The second installment (See part one) in the trifecta series. This was a great contest. Skateboarding is not a sport but this was real competition. This was also the best run of the series. It has become a regular thing we all look forward to during the dog days of summer. Hope to see yall there. We will leave the light on and keep the damn raccoon out my truck. Out Grover.

JF Fullum sent me some pics of the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in a while, outside of the hole in Mark’s back yard. It’s a giant chocolate skateboard that his mother gave him for Easter, and mind you, he’s a grown man now, but I’m just jealous. It came from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. so I guess I can cut my mom some slack.

There’s an old 70’s snakerun park in the Het Hulsbeek recreation park located in Oldenzaal, Netherlands. For the past handful of years they’ve been holding an annual contest series there called “Oerend Hard” that looks like it’s more of a weekend festival of skateboarding and fun than a strict contest. Events typically include a standard downhill race, boardercross, jump ramp, best trick, and something you never, ever see anymore, the two man catamaran. The Netherlands Skateboard Federation, or Skateboard Federatie Nederlandis trying to have the park designated as a national historical monument, if for no other reason than they claim it is essentially the last preserved skatepark in Europe from the 70’s that is still in widespread use. I know there are still some 70’s skatepark remnants in the U.K., so perhaps the key phrase is “widespread use.” I don’t think the park is in any eminent danger of being destroyed, they are just being proactive about it. Check out the press release presentation that includes photos through the years, including the construction. It made the news, but I can’t understand a word they are saying, and it’s buried in a long video. I did find a nice video run…

We’re checking in again on the status of the revival of the Capitola Classic. The idea has gained some momentum, but with the tanking of the economy, organizers aren’t sure how well the event would be attended, or even of what type of event to hold. It looks like the city is tentatively on board though. The Capitola Classic was be one of the premier downhill events of the 70’s and late 80’s, probably second only to Signal Hill. (Ok, I have to cop to pure speculation here, having never attended either event…) The Capitola Classic also has the recognition of being one of the first “streetsyle” contests. I have to guess the event would be well attended. Economy woes? Those downhill and slalom guys live in their own bubble anyway. I guess Maryhill is the Capitola Classic of today, but I think the downhill community would get behind the event at least once. And who knows, maybe even Thrasher would get behind it once more for Fausto’s sake. The image at top is from the October 1981 issue of Thrasher. You can get Capitola Classic updates on Twitter. While we’re doing downhill, you can listen to/read this NPR story…