pro skater parade

I thought that the intro for EA’s new Skate game was pretty cool. Sort of a Spike Jonez style spoof like the Sabotage video.
Still haven’t played the game but it looks sweet. You can watch the video in High Def at GameTrailers.

Is skateboarding really a crime?
A quick list of 8 myths about skateboarding and skaters:
1 ) Pro skaters land all of their tricks.
Absolutely false. If you are not falling, you are not learning anything new. Even Rodney Mullen, Eric Kosten eat some concrete once in a while. Actually, I bet they take more slams than the [...]

concrete x 3

Check out this slick video featuring footage from the 2007 Oregon Trifecta.

Concrete Summer Camp

Any skate lovin’ kid would be stoked to go to a skatepark summer camp. This one goes to Newburg, Aumsville, Waldport, Newport, Astoris, all over the freakin’ place. Go Grommets, Go!
…Nice Ollie over the crenelation in Waldport at the end.

Spread the SK8 Love
This is a great mini-documentary about the spirit of skateboarding. Very well edited, artsy-fartsy footage, thoughful comments, and some killer skating.
All sorts of guys in this clip, mostly from the Bay area, I think: Diego Bucchieri, Ewan Bowman, Steve Caballero, Alex Castaneda, Shawn Connolly, Lance Dawes, Kyle Demers, Ian Ginoza, Dan Drehobl, [...]