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SKATE NEWS

The 5th annual Bowl-A-Rama at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia wrapped up last weekend. Bucky Lasek took top honors once again, and Steve Cab took it home for the masters. Here are the full results, and stay tuned to skateboarding.com for photos and video of the event.
Pros
1. Bucky Lasek ($10,000)
2. Omar Hassan ($5,000)
3. Nathan Beck ($,3000)
4. Renton Millar ($2,000)
5. Benji Galloway ($1,000)
6. Bob Burnquist ($900)
7. Jurgen Horrwarth ($800)
8. Tim Johnson ($700)
9. Jackson Pilz ($600)
10. Sergie Ventura ($500)

Masters
1. Steve Caballero ($2,000)
2. Nicky Guerrero ($1,100)
3. Mike Mulhall ($700)
4. Kevin Staab ($400)
5. Pat Ngoho
6. Lester Kasai

Tags: australia, bondi, bowl a rama, Bucky, Lasek, Steve Cab, sydney

SKATE NEWS

Element is working on an a shoe video featuring Levi, Darrell and Tim Tim. Here is its first little leak.

SKATE NEWS

The Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation, in conjunction with the City of Los Angeles and CKE Restaurants, Inc., will host the grand opening for the Lafayette Park Safe Spot Skate Spot on February 24, 2009. Professional Skateboarder and MTV star Rob Dyrdek will be on hand to open the new street skateboarding spot developed through his foundation. Following the opening ceremony, the DC Skate Team will hold a skateboard demo and the new skate spot will then be opened to the public to skate. The Lafayette Safe Spot, Skate Spot was developed in partnership with Newline Skate Parks and California Skate Parks. At just over 7,000 square feet of skateable terrain, the spot will contain ledges, benches and stairs that flow through the park’s natural landscape.

The Safe Spot, Skate Spot is a program developed by The Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation to support legal and safe skate spots for communities interested in developing skateable areas for their skateboarders. Based from the skate plaza concept, the Safe Spot, Skate Spot program will provide an alternative option for communities to develop real street skating terrain given limited budgets or space restrictions. The Lafayette location is the first Safe Spot, Skate Spot to be developed under the Foundation’s new program.

WHEN: February 24, 2009, 3:30pm
Rain Date: March 3, 2009, 3:30pm
2:00pm - Media Check in begins
2:30pm - Media Tours begin

WHERE: Lafayette Multipurpose Community Center
625 South Lafayette Park Place
Los Angeles, CA 90057
(North west corner of the park near the intersection of Commonwealth and Wilshire) WHO:
Rob Dyrdek, Professional Skateboarder, Star of MTV’s “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory” and Founder of The Rob Dyrdek/DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation
Andrew Pudzer, CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc.
DC Skate Team: Colin McKay, Ryan Smith, Lindsey Robertson, PJ Ladd, Greg Myers, Marquise Henry, Wes Kremer, Josh Kalis

TONY TAVE

To say Tony Tave has had a successful skateboarding career would be an understatement. Not even a quarter century old, Tave has already achieved the dream of becoming a homeowner thanks to some really amazing video parts over the past few years. Most people Tony’s age are still in school, living with their parents or sharing a shitty apartment with some friends trying to make ends meet. Tave on the other hand, along with his huge crew of friends and teammates, is taking over the suburbs and giving a new definition to the American dream, much to the dismay of his neighbors.

How many times have you thought to yourself “If I hit the jackpot, I would just buy an insane house and have all my friends move in and do whatever we wanted whenever we wanted”? Tony Tave and all his homies show you what happens when dreams come true and skateboarders transform a quiet San Clemente cul de sac into the epicenter of skating and partying.

Take a look into the not so normal life of Tave and his buddies, but dont get too sucked in, you may never make it out.

SKATE NEWS

Games of SKATE seem to be pretty hot right now, so Vans went ahead and claimed one of their own. Both skate parks in Orange, CA and Orlando, FL will be hosting the “Man, I Need Vans Game of S.K.A.T.E.” on Saturday, February 21st at 3pm.

The winner of each age division (2 divisions: 6 - 13 and 14+) wins a year’s supply of Vans shoes (12 pair). Registration starts at 12:00pm the day of the contest and there is no additional entry fee other than the regular price to skate! Limited spots available so show up early for registration. Visit www.vans.com for more information.

Foundation Skateboards announces the launch of their new site. "It's about f**king time!," states Foundation founder, Tod Swank. We dumbed it down making it simpler to use with less useless crap that nobody cares about. Blog, videos, team riders, product and links. That's about it buddy. See what the F posse is doing everyday. See the newest gear. Styled after crappy skate zines, raw, ripped, and worn. Get on that shit.

www.SkateboardingFoundation.com
About Tod Swank and Foundation Skateboards
Tod Swank is a skate rat from the 80's generation. Growing up skating Del Mar Skate Ranch in Del Mar, CA. He went on to be a Senior staff photographer and writer for Transworld Skateboarding Magazine. This along side being an amateur skater. Had a short stint as a struggling pro. Traveled extensively through the US, Canada and greater Europe. Meeting skaters and making lifelong friends. In 1989 he started Foundation Skateboards under the urging of famed industry upstart, Steve Rocco, who started World Industries among other companies. Foundation struggled to gain it's place in the skateboarding community and grew extensively through the nineties with success. Spawning off other companies with other skateboarders. Most prominently Toy Machine with Ed Templeton, Zero with Jamie Thomas and in house brands Pig Wheels and Ruckus Trucks. And more recently Dekline Footwear. Foundation has a epic roster of professional riders that has ridden for the company. Including the current line up with Corey Duffel heading up the posse.

Tod strived always for Foundation to be the skateboarders skateboard company. To serve the common skateboarder and the skateboarding community with premium quality skateboards. To be creative and to have fun.
Celebrating 20 years June 2009. When your at the bottom at least you know which way is up.
Keep on rolling.www.SkateboardingFoundation.com

SKATE NEWS

For the third consecutive year, DVS Shoes and the Copenhagen Skatepark have teamed up to produce one of Europe’s fastest growing contest events—the CPH Pro. Boasting one of the largest prize purses in Europe, this year’s contest is set to take place on June 26, 27, and 28.

Once again the best pro skateboarders from around the world will converge on Copenhagen, Denmark for a weekend of heated pro competition on an all new course—great food, free beer, and tons of good times. Save the date!

For more info and updates:
www.myspace.com/cphpro
www.facebook.com/cphpro

Deck Sizing Guide

SKBSG Deck Sizing Guide

(rough guidelines for selecting the appropriate size skateboard deck)

Kids sizes vary a lot with each year of age, so taking a big average is hard. Especially when worldwide statistics are lumped together. Choose your size where you fit in best. SKBSG

These guidelines matter less and less with age, because when kids start getting stronger around 13 years old, their strength and skill will overcome the usual limitations associated with being small. Deck size then becomes more a matter of preference, depending on your type of skateboarding.SKBSG.

Since the wheelbase mostly dictates the quickness and ease of movement of a deck, the overall length of the board is probably the biggest factor in choosing the right deck. Your natural stance over that wheelbase, as well as the leverage you can muster, correlate largely with your height. All too often, kids ride oversized boards, looking like they're doing the splits, and work way too hard just to raise the front truck.

The mid-sizes, minis and micros have proportionately smaller widths and concaves, which are tailored to give them the same basic feel across the deck as the big kids feel riding normal size decks.

full size mid size mini micro
Deck Size:
7.4" x 30.8" or bigger Deck Size:
7.3" x 29" Deck Size:
7" x 28" Deck Size:
6.5" x 27.2"
6.75" x 27.6"
Height:
5'3" (~160cm)
or bigger Height:
4'5" - 5'2"
(~130cm - 160cm) Height:
3'5" - 4'4"
(~102cm - 130cm) Height:
under 3'4"
(~102cm)
Age Range:
13 years or older Age Range:
9 - 12 years old Age Range:
6 - 8 years old Age Range:
5 years or younger
Shoe Size:
9 and up Shoe Size:
7 - 8 Shoe Size:
4 - 6 Shoe Size:
3 or smaller