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12-year-old Tom Schaar lands 1080
A 12-year-old boy added a new page to the history books of skateboarding this week, pulling off the first 1080, a three-rotation aerial maneuver that has eluded the world's best for the past half-decade.
OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY: Surprise honour for skateboarder
A teenage skateboarder will be one of the Olympic torchbearers when the 2012 relay comes through Trowbridge in May.
Skateboard Inventor, Larry Stevenson Dies at 81
In 1963, Larry Stevenson started Makaha skateboard company to mass-produce his surfboard shaped skateboard design. The unique shape offered a better ride on the concrete wave. Makaha was one of the first skateboard companies that adopted...
Laguna skateboarders talk road safety
LAGUNA BEACH – More than 70 downhill skateboarders and supporters of the sport met Saturday in Bluebird Park to address concerns from the community after a 60-day hiatus on expanding the ban on the sport was agreed upon by the Laguna Beach City Council.
Rocky Heights Eighth-Grader Launches His Own Longboarding Company
Frustrated by the lack of affordably-priced longboard decks, one Rocky Heights Middle School student decided to remedy the problem by starting his own company. FlowJoe Longboards is the brainchild of 13-year-old entrepreneur Ryan Nickell.
NYC Skateboarding in the 1960's
Shot by Bill Eppridge back in the 1960s for LIFE magazine, these black and white images depict both kids and adults skateboarding around New York...
The ZBoard hands-free electric skateboard
Laying claim to being the "world's first weight-sensing electric skateboard," the ZBoard delivers up to 400 watts of motor power via a simple, lean-and-go interface.
ZBoardShop.com
First Look at 'True Skate' from Developer True Axis
Besides Illusion Labs' Touchgrind [$4.99/HD] and a fairly solid port of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 [99¢], the skateboarding genre hasn't seen a whole lot of love on the App Store.
Teen goes back into ice for his skateboard
A schoolboy who fell into a frozen river trying to save his skateboard has admitted it was 'stupid' thing to do.
Epic: trio skateboards 1600km [1000mi] through driest desert on earth
Dog attacks, sickness and three days eating nothing but biscuits were not going to deter a New Zealand trio from being the first to skate through the driest desert on earth.
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Skate & Create: CREATURE SKATEBOARDS
New part of TWS competition named: Skate and Create 2012, presented by Creature skateboards. Enjoy!
Link to more TWS Skate & Create 2012 videos: Skate & Create 2012
Local: Evren Ozan
This video of Evren Ozan is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. There are no tricky camera angles or manipulated exposure settings to make it look like Evren is skating fast, no arty intro, no glide track shots or pans, and only one standup slide.
Eight-Year-Old Evan Doherty: A Glimpse into Skateboarding's Future
It's too early to tell. But when eight-year-olds from the Midwest are pulling 540's on man-sized vert ramps, and captivating the attention of the sport's legends, it appears that the future of vert skating is in good hands.
The Silverfish Longboarding Skateboard Board Bag
Silverfish Longboarding.com, in cooperation with Decent Hardware, has brought back the hardest-working board bag longboarding has ever known. The new 'fish bag has some pretty cool updates from our original that we hope you'll enjoy.
Electronic skateboards take to SF streets
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Skateboards are borrowing technology from the modern electric car. Appearing on the streets of San Francisco is recent months, the newest ones use the same batteries and are computer controlled.
Top Electric Skateboard Brands
Door 33 Indoor Skatepark Hosts NSSL
Eleven teams from The National Scholastic Skateboarding League (NSSL) came together at Door 33 on Friday night, an inconspicuous warehouse located behind Quiksilver's corporate office in Huntington Beach, California. The event marked the first public event to take place at the invite only indoor Skatepark.
More info @ National Scholastic Skateboarding League
Skate Mental Spring 2012 Catalog
Another hilarious catalog brought to you by Skate Mental
Check out their new Spring 2012 catalog @ SkateMental.com
Tony Hawk's full-part dry spell ends
Tony Hawk's full-part dry-spell came to an end recently as his newly minted YouTube venture, Ride Channel, dropped a 2 1/2-minute edit that's racked up more than 125,000 views so far.
The Skateboarder’s Journal…a long time coming
The “magic rolling board” has taken me across America and to Europe, and connected me to friends from throughout the world. It has brought incredible joy, inflicted the pain of injury, and comforted my spirit.
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Best Video Part Nominees: A Closer Look
With the TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards presented by New Era just around the corner, we compiled a closer look at the nominees’ 2011 year to give you some insight on why they got the nod from the TransWorld staff (and you, for the New Era Readers’ Choice Award).
[Techsliding: Dont Stop] video
John Kreutter laying down some sick moves.
Film/Edit: Jon Sevik
Song: Foster the People - Dont Stop ( The Fat Rat Remix)
Concrete Wave Pocket Mag for iPad and iPhone
Concrete Wave has an APP for that, CWMag covers the worlds of longboarding, downhill, slalom and freeriding. Whether you bomb hills or commute with a skateboard, take CWMag on the road with you.
Bondo introduces Single-Use tubs
Bondo figured out what we’ve been doing with their product and have introduced a new single-use tub so you don’t have to lug around an entire bucket to every spot. Check out their press release and a little staff pontification on the matter here.