Jake Stults died of brain injuries resulting from a skateboard accident. He was an Oregon resident and teacher who had ties to the New York/New Jersey hardcore scene. The benefit is to help his family deal with the massive medical bills incurred while trying to save his life. Even if you didn’t know him, it’s still a good opportunity to see a great classic skate video on the big screen.

Monday, June 7, 2010. 7:00pm at the Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR. $5 at the door, plus a raffle. Details on Facebook.

Sorry for the last minute nature of the post. Today is the first annual Man Am Shred Fest at 6 Twenty One Skateshop in Livermore, Ca.

This one should be interesting to say the very least, I think it’s gonna be like Comedy Central’s “Man Show” only with a Skateboard Contest in the middle of it…yow

The Date is this Saturday (June 5th)

The contest will feature: Live Music by the WHISKEY AVENGERS, Beer, Elaborate Fanfare, All Forms of Complete Foolishness, and of course Skateboarding up the Wazoo!

The contest begins at 5 pm and will be held at the 6 Twenty One Skateshop in Livermore CA on their indoor half pipe ramp.

The event is for 21 years of age or over only, so, sorry youngsters, this one’s for the crusties…

Entry to the event is $20 dollars, which includes Contest Entry Fee as well as Ensuing Soirée

Age Divisions as follows:
21-30
31-40
41-Death (Talk about a chance for all you old bastards to shine, YIKES.)

Also:
Worst Slam
Best Boneless
Best Shotgun
Best Rolling

For further contest details, directions, or to see pictures of the ramp please check out these websites:
6 Twenty One Skateshop, Skidmark Skate Mag,Whiskey Avengers

Today is day one for the Maloof Money Cup in New York City. Last night was nuts, see yesterday’s post for details. I picked up an Eye-Fi card, which is a Wi-Fi enabled memory card for the camera, so hopefully I will be able to post pictures much closer to real time. Just a reminder that Fuel TV will be showing this event live from 2-4 PM so check it out if you can.

The Seattle Times has two articles on skateboarding, the first is an actually fairly good piece on skatepark etiquette that is filled with good advice, although it’s perplexing because I’m not sure who the audience is. I especially like the first rule, “No free day care.” Up next is the top 10 skateparks in Washington, which I can’t agree wit, but can’t disagree too strongly because I haven’t been to some of them. Bobcat?

– Thanks to John Aguilar and Heidi Randall for the tips.

Today is day zero for the Maloof Money Cup in New York City. The contest doesn’t start till tomorrow, but today there is a ribbon cutting ceremony, jam session, and two skateboard related art show openings in the city. Believe it or not, SnA was considered a legit blog by the media credentials people so I have all access passes to everything. Check out the recap of last night’s pre-Maloof party hosted by DC Shoes and, starting around 2 PM, a live blog of the days events.

I’m pretty sure we posted a picture of this ramp some time ago. It’s Chad from Small Beating. New surface, new concrete coping. Wheee! Man that looks small.

– Thanks to Theo for the tip.

…in Echo, Oregon. Thanks to Sam from Skate Oregon for this report:

Eastern Oregon continues blowing up with the little town of Echo (population 700) opening a nice little “Community Skatepark” this afternoon. Grindline made them a great 4000 square foot (?) concrete shape not dissimilar to Portland’s Gabriel Park: shallow top to hip hip deeper bowl. It is open to skateboards, inline skates, and bikes.

While not yet on the official city web page, they do have a Facebook page for the skatepark. And of course, Sam has some shots up at the granddaddy skatepark sites, SkateOregon. Now I have to go look up Echo, Oregon on Google Maps.

Here’s the official trailer for the forthcoming video game Shaun White Skateboarding.
There are some folks that think it’s going to be revolutionary, but I’m more of the mindset that developers are running out of evolutionary steps to make skateboarding video games different. Fortunately, they aren’t running out of ways to make exciting commercials. One interesting thing, it’s his first skateboarding game and he doesn’t even make an appearance in the trailer.

– Thanks to Eric Cherry for the tip.

Chuck Treece and McRad will be playing a record release party in Hollywood on june 10th at Space 15Twenty. Flyer after the jump. New record? What label? Bigger flyer after the jump.

Former Blockhead skater and artist Ron Cameron is having a solo art show titled Dismantled Hope that runs from June 9th-16th at the Encinitas, California library. The opening is Friday, June 11th from 6-9pm.