SOTW 4-28-08: The Challenge

SOTW 4-28-08: The Challenge

This week’s Shot of the Week is from Damienhialation, and it’s called the challenge. Dan told the kids that whoever grinded off his dollar could have it. He’s a giver. Yeah great, but did they get the beer too? I mean, by kids I assume he means freshly turned 21 year olds. Check out the […]

Colin Bane - Fuel

Vert is still dead/not dead

Colin Bane over at Fuel TV has an argument against putting professional vert skating on life support. In his post titled Vert. Alive and thriving? Colin compiles some upcoming professional events and media exposure highlighting vert skating. I wouldn’t mention this, except I don’t want want to let anyone down, seeing as how we can’t […]

Fuze Challenge

Wisconsin boy destroys Dutch kickflip dominance, cigars and coffee next.

Remember the pasty faced Dutch kid with the vaguely effeminate first name that set a new consecutive kickflip record? Yeah, me either. There’s a new kickflip champion in town. He’s 13 year old Zach Kral, and he hails from Waterford, Wisconsin. Like James Brown, he hit it and quit it at 1200. On Saturday, 4-5-08, […]

X Games vert

Vert in X Games is undead

Apparently the anguished cries of old men everywhere resonated in the halls of ESPN. EXPN.com reports: ESPN has decided to continue its 13-year tradition of vert competitions at this year’s X Games. Over the past month ESPN has engaged in many conversations with the X Games BMX and Skateboard vert athletes in an attempt to […]

PDX Death Race 2008

Giant, Giant Slalom

More on one of those other communities I heard rumors of. This video is an event called the PDX Death Race 2008. PDX is the ID for Portland’s airport, for those of you outside the area. No, the race wasn’t a the airport, that would be kind of flat, you know? This was a downhill […]

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Friday T&A on SnA: Cocoa Beach

Well, not really. Lance Robson sent in a link to more coverage of the 2008 Florida Bowl Riders Cup at Cocoa Beach via his photo set on Flickr. Top down that’s Benji Galloway (Yeah Benji coverage!) Donovan Rice, and Jesse Martinez. And yes, Hooters was an official sponsor, something I learned on Tim Ebaugh’s slide […]

Florida Bowl Riders Cup

Florida Bowl Riders

According to Addikt Skateboards, the Florida Bowl Riders Cup went down like this: 1) Benji Galloway 2) Morgan Burgess 3) Jimmy The Greek 4) Donovan Rice We don’t have those photos, but we do have two from the Masters division, sent in by Tito.

Art Godoy choked by a security guard

SOTW 12-31-07: Art Godoy choked by a security guard

Hell, I think this is Art Steve Art. I can tell them apart now but back then… This was from an NSA sanctioned vert and street contest held outdoors in Indianapolis Indiana. It was either 1988 0r 1989, I can’t remember. The Godoys had a reputation for being trouble makers, so I thought it would […]

kickflip record

Pasty faced Dutch kid with vaguely effeminate first name sets new consecutive kickflip record

Laurens Groenveld 566 consecutive kickflips beats the old world record of 563 held by someone who has already been long forgotten. He did the last 26 on a borrowed board after breaking a kingpin. All this while just trying to qualify for the Dutch leg of the Krux Kickflip Challenge. So says the guys in […]