SKATE NEWS

Zero's scribbled claim, "New Video 'Strange World' In Progress" is not an outright fabrication. In fact, it will be out this fall. Deadline: deux fortnights. Look it up imaginary reader.Zero

Tiger
It will feature the jester pants and/or red suit of Garrett Hill, Lil' Baby Jamie Tancowny, Cycloptual Meleshinski, poetry-reading Rattray, Mr. Benjamin Gilley, last-part Cole, the fine female stylings of Marisa and Elissa, Keegan "Kegstand" Sauder, Murderface Brockman and, yes, the illustrious Chief, as well as all the other talented flow guys around.Maybe even some of these Euro guys, who I'm certain will soon drop that qualifier, and become "the European guy who's ripping all of America's spots". Ahhhh.

Courtesy Santa Cruz

Flo Marfaing & Alex Carolino Boards From The Santa Cruz "Save Us" Series
A little while back, Santa Cruz Skateboards released a series of boards entitled, "The Save Us" series, created by NHS resident artist, Lucas Musgrave. The series features different species that are on the verge of extinction and when all 6 pro boards are stacked atop each other, they form a giant mural depicting an ill-ass jungle scene of epic proportions. This mural comes entirely layed out on the large poster that's shrink-wrapped with each deck. The best part of this entire thing is, for every "Save Us" series deck sold, Santa Cruz Skateboards donates $1 to various Wildlife Conservation groups actively involved in efforts to save the animals featured on each deck from becoming extinct. A noble cause indeed. This past summer, NHS main man, Jeff Kendall was kind enough to send me a couple boards from the series to ride. I received boards from two ex-Seek riders, Alex Carolino and Flo Marfaing. The Carolino features a nice rounded shape and the Marfaing a more tapered, pin-like shape. Both decks come with Santa Cruz' signature PowerPly deck construction, aiding in strength and pop without excessive weight. Each PowerPly deck comes equipped with a "PowerWarranty," insuring your purchase against delamination due to workmanship for up to 120 days of its purchase. Not bad. The Carolino measured in at 7.75 X 31.4 and the Marfaing at a bit thinner at, 7.7 X 31.25. I took a break from my usual 8 inch or wider tank and skated both decks back to back. Both boards have medium kicks and a middle-of-the road concave that was noticeable under my feet without feeling overbearing. Each board was light and crammed with a sh*tload of pop that took a long-ass time to diminish. To be honest, I had a tough time determining when I needed to set up a new board. Despite excessive wear to these bitches, they still skated well, seemingly breaking in over time. These boards are stiff and give off minimal flex without flattening out completely over time. I've always backed Santa Cruz. But after riding some PowerPly's, I'm backing Santa Cruz even harder.

DC is back at it with their global “King” series. The ruckus is going down again at the world-famous Lockwood Elementary School and Belmont High spots with 10 Grand in prize money. If you remember, Vincent Alvarez won first and second in last year’s DCKOLA… and he’s doing quite well for himself now. Click the flyer and keep reading for more info and get what’s yours.

DC’S KING OF SERIES RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES
AMATEUR SKATEBOARDING CONTEST TO BE HELD AT LOCKWOOD ELEMENTARY AND BELMONT HIGH OCTOBER 18th

Vista, CA… The DC King of Series returns to Los Angeles on October 18th, 2008 to host the city’s biggest un-sponsored amateur street skating contest. Look for the city’s best ams to battle for the prestigious DC King of Los Angeles title at Lockwood Ave Elementary and Belmont High’s well-known spots.

This year, the contest will feature an invite-only list of 50 skateboarders from around the city. DC team members Rob Dyrdek, Colin McKay, PJ Ladd, Lindsey Robertson, Ryan Smith, Greg Myers and Wes Kremer will help judge and award over $10,000 in cash and prizes during the one-day event.

DC first took over LA’s best skate spots just over one year ago, with the DC team on hand to search out the best un-sponsored talent in the city. The DC King of Series began in New York in 2006 with events across its five boroughs, and then traveled the globe finding the best ams in LA, Barcelona and most recently, Sao Paulo.

All the latest on DC King of Los Angeles–invited riders, locations, contest details, videos, photos, results—can be found at dcskateboarding.tv The DC King of Los Angeles event is produced by SPoTlight Productions.

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About DC:
Founded by Ken Block and Damon Way in 1993, DC quickly grew to a leader in performance skateboarding shoes and renowned action sports brand. Today DC stands as a global brand whose product line has expanded to include men’s, women’s and kids’ skateboarding and lifestyle shoes, apparel, snowboard boots, outerwear, and accessories.

As one of the cornerstones of its marketing strategy, DC has built a world-class team of professional skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, motocross and rally athletes that exemplify and enhance DC’s brand, develop its signature products, and support its promotional efforts. DC is a subsidiary of Quiksilver, Inc

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adidas Skateboarding & FTC Japan shoe release party in Tokyo.
Skate team joins at event, Friday October 10.

adidas Skateboarding is proud to partner with iconic skateboarding brand, FTC Japan to launch a limited edition FTC Superstar skate and apparel collaboration. This project pays tribute to San Francisco’s 1990’s Embarcadero skate scene- and the authentic heritage that both adidas and FTC celebrated there.

In conjunction with the upcoming adidas skateboarding Japan tour, the adidas Skateboarding team will be traveling through Tokyo to celebrate the event on Friday, October 10.

Join the team on tour- Dennis Busenitz, Tim O’Connor, SIlas Baxter-Neal, Lem Villemin, Benny Fairfax, Dave Bachinsky, Nestor Judkins and Vince Del Valle for a cocktail and some adidas Skateboarding gear at La Boheme- 6-2-2, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku from 22:00-29:00. The reception will feature new adidas Skateboarding product on display, music from DJ/VJ’s ; Tucker, DJ Kango, Grooveman and Nanmix.

The party marks the first time these shoes will be available .

SKATE NEWS

Tony Hawk Foundation Celebrates 5th Annual Benefit

Activision Presents Stand Up For Skateparks to support youth in low-income communities.

The Tony Hawk Foundation will host its fifth-annual benefit event, Activision Presents Stand Up For Skateparks, in Beverly Hills on Sunday, November 9, 2008. This family-centric action-sports carnival will feature a vert demo on Tony Hawk’s personal ramp with an all-star cast of BMX and skate pros, including Hawk, Shaun White, Bucky Lasek, and Andy Macdonald, plus BMX icons Mat Hoffman and Kevin Robinson. As many of them are veterans of Tony Hawk’s Boom Boom HuckJam tour, the riders are excited to be re-united to perform for the exclusive event’s 900 attendees.

Co-chaired by Tony Hawk, Lance Armstrong, Rob Dyrdek, Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mia Hamm, Dana White, Jr., Jon Favreau, Mat Hoffman, Shaun White, Robert Kotick, Bob McKnight, Scott Greenstein, and Ron Burkle, the Activision Presents Stand Up For Skateparks benefit will take place at Burkle’s expansive Green Acres estate. In addition to the vert demo, the event will include interactive activities, crafts, food, live and silent auctions, giveaways, plus a skate clinic and a special musical performance by Social Distortion.

Proceeds from Activision Presents Stand Up For Skateparks will help the Tony Hawk Foundation fulfill its mission of assisting low-income communities in the development of free, quality public skateparks. A focal point of the day’s fundraising will be the special Pledge Drive for a skatepark in the military community of Tierrasanta in San Diego, California. Many Tierrasanta youth have parents deployed overseas, and the skatepark will be a tremendous recreational opportunity and meeting place where over 2,300 military families and local civilians will come together to enjoy the benefits that a free, public skatepark offers. The son of a Navy pilot, Tony Hawk grew up in Tierrasanta, and this special Pledge Drive at Stand Up For Skateparks will kickstart the fundraising campaign for his hometown skatepark.

For more information on Stand Up For Skateparks, including tickets and sponsorship opportunities, log on to standupforskateparks.org.

A charitable, non-profit organization, the Tony Hawk Foundation was established in 2002 by its namesake, professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, to promote and provide funds for high-quality public skateparks throughout the United States—with an emphasis on the word “quality.” Since then, the Foundation has awarded $2,400,000 to 391 communities. The Foundation focuses on working with local officials and grassroots, community-based organizations that plan to hire designers and contractors with strong experience designing and building skateparks.

The Tony Hawk Foundation was established by a gift from Tony Hawk. Its directors raise additional funds through events, industry donations, and continuing contributions from Tony and other entities. In addition to skateparks, the Foundation also makes donations to other children-related charities, as chosen by its Board Of Directors. For more information or to make a donation, visit the Foundation’s Web site at tonyhawkfoundation.org

SKATE NEWS

Tyler Bledsoe is quietly becoming the am to watch. Dude’s etnies ad was bonkers… as is his new Fourstar ad below. Yep, he’s officially on the squad.

Battle of the Halloween festivities! First was the Split premiere news, then the Toy Machine signing, and now (quite obviously) it’s 1031’s turn. They’re premiering their maiden video Turn Up The Hell on 10/31 over at the our favorite booze establishment, Hensley’s Flying Elephant. Keep reading for the press release…

Split’s Demons In The Attic video is premiering Halloween night at the Orange County Fairgrounds complete with bands and haunted mazes. You don’t want to miss this spooky night.

Stereo is unveiling their new promo The Agency Field Report today at high-noon (Pacific Standard Time). The video features new footage from the Stereo Sound Agents, including full-length parts from Dyson Ramones A.K.A. “Agent Aloha” and Zach Wagner A.K.A. “Agent 77.” So keep checking stereosoundagency.com

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DVS Luxe x Ray-Ban collabortion a while back. It’s time for the release, so we give you a detailed look at the sneaker and the sunglasses that were made as part of the collaboration. DVS worked on the classic Wayfarer model and gave it a nice color lining. Matching the sunglasses, they made a low top sneaker in all black in a mix of black leather and perforated leather.

Although the semi-cool Gravis and The Hundreds Black Box Collection was plastered all over the net, the Sureshot backpack pictured above is really why Gravis is still on our legit list. Besides the all-American steez, this backpack is the perfect size, shape, and is functionable enough to be cool but not nerdy–no clumsy wires hanging out of every pocket. Check detailed photos after the jump and cop this Bag of the Year nominee directly from Karmaloop.

We’ve seen sneak peeks of the Pea Coats, Bomber Jackets, and Oxford button-downs from the HUF Fall ‘08 Collection, but now you can view the whole collection in detail on HUF’s site. There’s a ton of goods you never saw before, including an array of HUF hats. Hit the “Read more” link below to view a few of our favorite pieces and then navigate through the whole collection for yourself. Remember, this is only Delivery I, there is more HUF gear on the way!

SKATE NEWS

If you want to know what it's like to collect a paycheck in exchange for having the time of your life everyday of the week, watch Element's newest online offer, Bam's Or Bust! The short but sweet video chronicles the recent stay of Element riders Darrell Stanton, Collin Provost, Mike V., Brent Atchley and Chad Tim Tim at Bam Margera's Pennsylvania compound, otherwise known as "Bamland." As expected, Jackass-style chaos ensues. Naked slip 'n' sliding, consenual black eyes, 120 MPH Lamborghini speeding, fireworks and penis-dressed four-wheeler jumping, all go down between dead serious skating at Bam's private barnyard street park and outdoor mega-ramp. Try to watch this thing on your lunch break. It's the perfect mix of piss-your-pants absurdity and solid-as-f*&k skateboarding. Actually, don't watch this at work. It will undoubtedbly bum you out as you sit at your cubicle for a mediocre paycheck as Bam and his homies make 50 times what you do for laughing and skating all day long. Sorry for that little dribble of reality people. It's only the truth. And I'll be damned if the truth didn't hurt like a sonofabitch. -Jay Riggio

Skate Coach

Yeah, Woodward's cool and all, but when was the last time you looked into some legitimate camp competition? Ok, Visalia? Yeah, Visalia's pretty cool too. But, if you truly want to roll with the big dogs, you need to straighten out that back and quit pissing like a g'damned pup. Underground skate legend, Eric Nevada, has a brand new approach to the concept of Skate Camp, and from the looks at this nationally broadcast TV spot, his unique program is off the hook! I can't wait to take a go on that Tony Hawk simulator. Big ups, Mr. Nevada...big ups to you. -Jay Riggio

G v R 2008

Regular better get off its ass and do something about this crisis. This guy's freaking out about how Melissa is eating her babies! There are particle accelerators creating massive black holes in Switzerland. There's a whole lot of horrible stuff that's been happening in Africa for years and years that few people have noticed. Oh, and Americans are going to have to pay the stock market our money. We're gonna have to get second jobs. I mean, what is this world coming to?

Meanwhile, Goofy isn't helping either. They keep whining about how David Lee Roth hasn't returned to stardom, despite some of the best quotes in history. All they do is talk in circles about how Goofy is better than Regular. We need some change, like seven billion dollars worth of it, or we're gonna be in big trouble. The system is broken.

Lucky for us, the Etnies Goofy vs. Regular competition is taking place October 2nd thru 5th. Hopefully it will shine some light on the most pressing issues of our century. Then, when it's all over, we can go back to normal and not care about anything for the rest of the year. That's what we're supposed to do, right, not care about anything?—Josh Brooks

Beautiful Antihero

"Let's let bygones be bygones and play some Scrabble."

It was a chance meeting with those strays of the Antihero teaM.Friends of friends traveling with them set up the unlikely situation where our crew from Colorado, the Boulderd**ks, shared the single fire pit between neighboring campsites.

Looking back, it was one decisive move, the opening of the Scrabble boardgame that must have made us such p*ssies. Perhaps it was the confusing grid of stratified squares, the seemingly unfair point system or, more likely, the general nerdiness of the game that made Shorty hate us so badly. I think we geeked his scene; that's the only explanation I can think of.

But, with the release of the unlikely Antihero and Girl tour video, Beauty and the Beast, I don't have to dwell anymore. I can live vicariously through the Girl and Antihero team on their trip through the Northwest.

It's cathartic to see two different groups of skaters get along so well. It helps me look back on that roadtrip from a different perspective. I imagine Shorty sitting down to play a game of Scrabble with us, only to realize the joy of incorporating a 10 point J into a double word score. "Boo yah!" Shorty yells as we highfive and everyone takes a swig off of a handle of whiskey.

The 10th Annual Tim Brauch Memorial Contest.

The 10th Annual Tim Brauch Memorial Contest went down over the weekend in Scotts Valley and San Jose, CA and Skin was up there covering the havoc. Keep reading for the results, click here for our slideshow, and long live Beans!

PROS
1. Benji Galloway
2. Tim Johnson
3. Josh Sandoval
4. Sergie Ventura
5. Josh Balogh

MASTERS
1. Christian Hosoi
2. Steve Caballero
3. Duane Peters
4. Jason Parkes
5. Greg Aguilar

LADIES
1. Julie Kindstrand
2. Megan Brown
3. Annie Sullivan
4. Amiee Jay Papelera
5. Lexi Barclay

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The Skytop is the staple sneaker in Supra’s ever-expanding sneaker line. Now we have a clean image of the blue tiger stripe Skytop. This jungle sneaker is mainly made out of suede and will be available towards the end of September. Now if they only lost the tiger stripe and just did an all-suede pack…the possibilities.

Ever since Lakai dropped their epic skate vid Fully Flared they’ve been flaring out all sorts of goods. This time they take the electric pink/blue/yellow/green combo straight to their ever-popular shoe the Telford–be sure to check out the bottom of the sole, which features a colorful “blotch” pattern. This is a CCS exclusive, meaning CCS is the only retailer that carries this shoe.

The new Alphanumeric Holiday ‘08 T-Shirt Collection is now available at Robust Flavor. This season features the trademark A# pizzazz and social conscious messaging. Head over to Robust Flavor to purchase your Alpha gear now!

Dekline has teamed up with many great artists in the past, and now their teaming up with Stereo Sound Agency co-founders Jason Lee and Chris Pastras. The Barrio model (black/red/yellow) pictured above is Jason Lee’s colorway and the other is the Derby (brown/canvas). These sneakers will release at limited Dekline accounts worldwide. Head over to Dekline for more information.

There’s nothing like lacing up a pair of brand new pair of Vans, and now you can really stunt with these No Skool Mids. They come in two colorways and are CCS Exclusives–that’s right, you won’t be finding these anywhere else!

SKATE NEWS

DVS is back with even more visual magic. They just posted up 5 of 15 of their new Super-8 “SHINE” commercials featuring Daewon Song, Torey Pudwill, Andrew Brophy, and Keith Hufnagel. If you’ve been living in a cave (or perhaps Alaska) over the past few months, here’s the original DVS video from the TWS Skate & Create warehouse. It just never gets old…

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SKBSG wishes all Our Dear Brothers and Sisters
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HAPPY SKATEBOARDING

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Supreme has released news regarding its latest artist-collaborated collection of skate decks. Bringing to light numerous iconic and established artists’ over the years, Christopher Wool is no exception to the mix as the Chicago-born native who’s art-world career in 1984. With 1984 becoming the year that marked his first solo show, Christopher Wool’s work is often featured in black and white primarily as his earlier works were characterized by “tightly controlled, gestural drip paintings and canvases utilizing decorative rollers on white backgrounds to produce floral and gate-like images.” Three years later, the artist would advance his style dabbling extensively into black/white stencil works with selective phrases. His consistency would lead him to showcase his art at the such venues as the Whitney Biennial 1989, Museum of Modern Art, New York, the New Museum of Art Lucerne, Switzerland, and Contemporary Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Three limited-edition skate decks designed by Christopher Wool will release on October 2nd stateside and October 4th in Japan.


Legendary skate co. Black Label brings us two new decks from longtime pro Salman Agah. The gold/black deck with the elephant is a graphic that Obey Obama giant Shepard Fairey did for Agah celebrating 20 years of the admirable Black Label elephant logo while the other deck is a graphic adapted from Jason Adams‘ “Cadillac Ranch” series of paintings. Trickling into official Black Label shops now, So Cal Skate Shop got first online dibs. Check out a detailed shot after the jump.

Wednesday kicks off the month of October and Nike SB supplies us with another stellar drop. A few shoes that we’ve seen (”Boba Fett” Dunk Hi, “Gold Rail” Dunk Low, Lance Mountain x Craig Stecyk Blazer Hi) along with a new sunny sky-colored P-Rod II (above), Blazer Low, and Tre AD. Hitting shops in the U.S. and UK now.

As the anticipation for the new Alien Workshop video Mind Field is reaching a boiling point (was slated for a Spring ‘08 release), we can at least try to cool down by viewing their new Fall/Winter ‘08 Catalog. It’s full of all your skate hardgoods like new decks, wheels, bearings as well as lots of apparel and accessories–check out the cool pillows and pillow cases. Besides their paramount skateboards, Alien is one of few skate companies that has an eye for style, so their apparel is known for being on-point. Check out the whole Alien Workshop Fall/Winter ‘08 Catalog and hold your peace a little longer as the video is set to release very soon!

SKATE NEWS

Wow, what a milestone. Since 2002, the Tony Hawk Foundation has helped low-income communities open free public skateparks, and the opening of Wasatch County’s skatepark in Heber City, Utah on July 28, 2008, marked the 300th public skatepark to receive financial assistance from the THF. For more information on this incredible park and even more incredibler achievement, keep reading for the full press release…

300th Tony Hawk Foundation Skatepark Opens

Public skatepark nonprofit organization hits milestone.

9/25/08 (Vista, CA) – The opening of the Wasatch County Skatepark in Heber City, Utah on July 28, 2008, marked the 300th public skatepark to open that received financial assistance from the Tony Hawk Foundation. Since 2002, the Foundation has been helping low-income communities develop free public skateparks, and to-date has awarded almost 400 grants to help pay for their construction, including the $5,000 grant to Wasatch County in 2007.

The Wasatch County Skatepark is a 20,000-square-foot free public park, and features a broad range of terrain types for skaters of all styles to ride, challenge themselves, and enjoy the benefits that skateboarding offers. From providing a safe place to skate, away from traffic and other dangers, to promoting a healthy, active lifestyle, the Wasatch County Skatepark is a haven for skaters in northern Utah as well as those who travel to the area to visit the acclaimed facility.

Through grants and technical assistance, the Tony Hawk Foundation helps communities across the U.S. build free, quality, public skateparks in low-income areas to give at-risk youth access to safe, sanctioned places to skate. With over 13-million skateboarders in the U.S. and only about 2,500 skateparks nationwide, most skateboarders are forced to skate in the streets, in parking lots, and other locations where they’re often not welcome. Public skateparks provide not only a safe place for them to pursue their passion for this healthy, athletic, and creative activity, but also helps them build a sense of community.

The next deadline to submit Tony Hawk Foundation Grant Applications is October 1, 2008. Applications are currently available online at www.tonyhawkfoundation.org.

The Tony Hawk Foundation will host its Activision Presents Stand Up For Skateparks benefit in Beverly Hills, California on November 9, 2008. For more information, visit the event Web site at www.standupforskateparks.org, or contact C.C. Flashman at cc@tonyhawkfoundation.org or 760-477-2479.

A charitable, non-profit organization, the Tony Hawk Foundation was established in 2002 by its namesake, professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, to promote and provide funds for high-quality public skateparks throughout the United States—with an emphasis on the word “quality.” Since then, the Foundation has awarded $2,400,000 to 391 communities. The Foundation focuses on working with local officials and grassroots, community-based organizations that plan to hire designers and contractors with strong experience designing and building skateparks.

The Tony Hawk Foundation was established by a gift from Tony Hawk. Its directors raise additional funds through events, industry donations, and continuing contributions from Tony and other entities. In addition to skateparks, the Foundation also makes donations to other children-related charities, as chosen by its Board Of Directors. For more information or to make a donation, visit the Foundation’s Web site at www.tonyhawkfoundation.org.

SKATE NEWS

Only a few weeks before Salt Lake City hosted the Dew Tour from September 11th to 14th, the Salt Lake Valley Health Department (SLVHD) had approved health ordinance #21, an ordinance effectively curtailing a homeowners' right to a backyard ramp.

Just 10 days after the Salt Lake Valley Health Department enacted section 4.5.21 on August 7th, Nick Hale, skateboarder and Salt Lake Valley resident, received an unexpected letter informing him that he would have to tear down his miniramp. The ordinance was part of a comprehensive list of activities— fireworks, garbage collection, the use of certain types of motor vehicles and swimming pool equipment— deemed harmful to the community's hearing.

Unfortunately, Nick had just purchased nearly $3,000 worth of Skatelite to refurbish his ramp's surface.

"I was in disbelief especially since it was a noise ordinance, specifically," says Hale. "You know, I had never considered the thing (miniramp) to be noisier than a basketball hoop, swimming pool or barbeque, or any other backyard activity.

Spitfire

Mountain's On Fire
This past Saturday, it was announced that Stereo pro, Daniel Shimizu, has left the team. No word as to where he'll be heading to as far as a board sponsor is concerned, but if I was to take a wild guess, I'd say he ends up back with old teammate, Ethan Fowler at Bummer High. Again, that's just a wild guess. Don't hold me to that one.

In other team news, Lance Mountain is riding for Spitfire Wheels. Look for Lance's newest pro wheel at your local shop. And when I say "Local shop," I mean not the mall.

In the skate world, no team change is official until a press release is issued or an ad comes out featuring a newly acquired rider. Ex-Lakai rider and newly turned pro, Alex Olson is featured in Vans' newest ad, so he must be on Vans. Now that Alex has the same shoe sponsor as his pops, Steve, could a signature line of goods be in the works? If it isn't already, I'm sure it will be soon.

Fourstar

Fourstar's "A Tribe Called Mapquest" Tour

There's a bunch of new online videos that just surfaced, worth checking out. Dwindle Distribution, the father company of brands like Enjoi, Darkstar, Almost, Blind, Speed Demons and Tensor just released an amazing behind the scenes video about how they make their boards. Vox Footwear has a little "Welcome" clip of their newest am rider, Tyler Surrey. The kid is super good. Adio has a newly vamped video page of exceptional footage from some of their riders. Gino Iannucci's Epicly Later'd episode 7 is up and running.

The entire Fourstar team will hit the road this October for a coast to coast barge that's been cleverly tagged, "The Tribe Called Mapquest" Tour. The tour will include 4 separate demo stops in Arizona, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina.

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