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It appears so. He announced it just a little while ago on his Twitter (yes, I feel dirty, but the ESPN Skateboarding is on Twitter and following him). I just spoke to Felix Arguelles yesterday about his split with Famous Stars and Straps, but I thought it might just be a phase. As of yet, he's still not off the Plan B page , but it seems certain he will be gone soon, considering he announced he will be holding a retirement party tonight at the club Area and he is planning to release an article in The Skateboard Mag to make it completely official. I hate feeding into these things, but it's hard not to turn away. I, personally, enjoyed having him around no matter how quirky he'd get.


As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing like a good cause, so when I got this release from Etnies about a collaboration with Thunder to make an Etnies RVL and a Thunder truck colorway in order to commemorate Johnny Romano and donate to his foundation JOHNNYKICKSCANCER, I had to put it up. If you need new shoes or trucks and want to donate to a good cause, buy a pair. Read what Jim Thiebaud wrote about Johnny and the collaboration by clicking read more.

This shoe, what it stands for, and how it came about is a perfect example of the effect Johnny Romano had, and will forever have, on skateboarding.

Johnny was a 10-year-old skater form Galveston, Texas whose love of skateboarding and courageous perseverance through his battle with Leukemia captured the hearts of the entire skateboard community worldwide. He never wanted to be known as 'Johnny, the skater with Leukemia.' He was simply Johnny the skater and we all followed his journey with our hearts on our collective sleeves.
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A few months after Johnny lost his battle with Leukemia, Sean Malto and Mikey Taylor approached me with an idea to do something with Thunder and Etnies to pay tribute to Johnny, as well as raise money and awareness for the JOHNNYKICKSCANCER Foundation that the Romano family founded. The result was the etnies / Thunder RVL as well as a matching colorway Thunder truck.

Johnny may have lost his battle, but he won the war. His memory and his impact on all of us in skateboarding will live forever. Thank you to everyone who was there for the journey and thank you to everyone who keeps it going.

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It's kind of a fitting for Dennis Busenitz, when out of almost nowhere—BAM!—his new shoes are being released. I guess you could say this about any shoe release, more or less (or even say that it's not really that sudden at all), but let me live in this fantasy, since speedy and precisely sudden are words that come to mind when I think of the way Busenitz skates (anyone ever thought about calling him "Buzi"...like Uzi?).

For a guy who rides like no one else, a unique shoe makes sense and a shoe launch out in Upland, CA, at one of the most gnarly parks in southern California speaks to the fact that he really can skate pretty much anything. His shoe release and skate jam take place this Sunday June 21st, starting at 1 pm. For the details, click readmore

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This year for Go Skateboarding Day—6pm Cowtown will have everyone meet up at its downtown shop at Central and Camelback where we will begin Cowtown’s Recession Session. A night of skateboarding, pizza and fun that costs absolutely NOTHING. There will be a High Ollie Contest and a vintage jump ramp jam offering winners a chance to win a bunch of product from our sponsors, Emerica, Girl, and Fourstar.
Following the jump ramp jam there will be a premiere of TransWorld’s new video, Right Foot Forward and then the product toss will begin.

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What happens when a pro street skater with a penchant for humor and storytelling gets noticed by the world at large? How about when that same skater gets embraced by the mainstream and becomes a celebrity? Can that same skater stay true to streets that defined him? Rob Dyrdek is certainly going to try.

At nearly 35, with a pro career spanning two decades, Dyrdek has seen skateboarding go through a lot of changes. He's been in it for the ups and downs, and he's made legitimate contributions to the progression of the sport. Today he straddles two worlds: one of Hollywood fame and hit TV show fortune, the other of raw street skating -- an activity that, despite widened acceptance and mass popularity, is still outlawed in many places and frowned upon in others. With "Street Dreams" (which premieres Sunday, June 7, in New York City), Dyrdek leverages Hollywood to tell street skating's true story to a broader audience. But, as far as Dyrdek's come from the streets, does he still know them well enough to tell their story?

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Dakota Servold Comin' Up
Flow rider Dakota Servold has been sent on a different course ever since Toy Machine filmer Kevin Barnett saw him skating. When Dakota made a move from Arizona to California - a trip which he thought would be temporary - he started to skate more and more, improving bit by bit until he released this most recent video in hopes of one day becoming am for the illustrious Toy Machine.
Tags: Actionsports, Skateboard

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In case you missed the announcements via the live blog, here are the winners from the 11th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards:

BEST ROOKIE
Sean Malto

BEST STREET
Heath Kirchart

BEST TEAM
Alien Workshop

BEST VIDEO
Mind Field, Alien Workshop


BEST TRANSITION
Peter Hewitt

BEST VIDEO PART
Anthony Van Engelen, Mind Field

TWS READERS’ CHOICE
Chris Cole

TWS LEGEND
Christian Hosoi

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The good people at Ollie Pop have created a way for all shops to get involved with their Art of Sk8 contest in conjunction with the Skate Shop Showcase. The concept is simple - send in art work on any type of skate related material (skate shoe, wax, deck, etc). Art work will be donated to a charity where all auction proceeds will be given directly to the charity.


Devine Calloway: the boy with wild dread/braids, who came out of nowhere along with a slew of City Star runts, and quickly skyrocketed (along with all the rest) to become one of the emerging—almost bonafide pros. He's been a little off the radar and been in limbo at DC for quite some time. But, now that he's on Etnies, hopefully he'll be out there and a little more visible again. I'd like to see him skating more. So, to start it off, Etnies posted this introductory Three Minutes with Devine Calloway. Take a look.

SKATE COMPETITIONS

Host: Bigfoot Industries singapore
Type: Sports - Sporting Event
Network: Global
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: 9:00am - 10:00pm
Location: somerset skatepark
Street: orchard rd
City/Town: Singapore, Singapore

Phone: 90116944
Email: nazir@bfikt.com

DescriptionCategory:
( $5)Agg Inline
(Free)Junior Skateboard under 13
( $5) Rookie skateboard Division
($10)Open skateboard Division
Registration form..Interstate Boardshop and Rollerplus Skate Specialist.

0900hrs : Inline skate clinic
1030hrs : Briefing for aggressive Inline competition
1045hrs : Start of Aggressive Inline Event (30 competitors)
1130hrs : Inline Final (10 competitor)
1200hrs : Break for lunch/flea market
1205hrs : open registration for 3 catogeries
1300hrs : Competitors assemble for all catogeries
1400hrs : Rap/dance demo by XS ONE
1415hrs : Briefing for Junior Skateboard competitors (30 competitors)
1430hrs : Junior Skateboard Division
1500hrs : Junior Skateboard Division Final (10 competitors)
1510hrs : End of Junior Skateboard Division Final

1515hrs : Demo by FAKIE
1530hrs : Briefing for Rookie Category Division(50 competitors)
1540hrs : Start of Rookie Category Division
1630hrs : Rookie Category Final (15 competitors)
1645hrs : End of Rookie Category Final

1650hrs : Local music performance no.1 (CESSPIT)
1705hrs : Briefing for Open Skateboard Division (20 competitors)
1715hrs : End of music performance and start of Open Division
1815hrs : Open Skateboard Division Finals (10 competitors)
1835hrs : End of Open Skateboard Division
1900hrs : Prize giving
1930hrs : Local Music Performance 2(THE DADDIES)
2015hrs : Local Music Performance 3(FISHTANK)
2130hrs: End Of Day

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Nike Skateboarding welcomes Eric Koston to the team!

2009 is shaping up to be the busiest summer ever for Nike SB, but simply put, any time is a good time to add Eric Koston to your team.

Eric had this to say:
“Not only am I psyched to be a part of the great group of guys that makes up the Nike SB team, but I’m equally as excited to work with them creatively. I’m sure many people know that a lot of different Nike’s have been the inspiration for my shoe designs over the last 12 years, so I feel like a f—king kid in a candy store when it comes to this partnership between Nike and I.”

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It’s almost that time of the year again, Go Skateboarding Day is happening June 21 and there’re a whole lot of things to do. Dwindle will be at the Venice Beach park with pro autograph signings. Stay tuned for more GSD events.


This year’s mania has come and gone, and 2009’s Red Bull manual champ is none other than NYC local Eli Reed. Stay tuned for photos and videos from Sunday’s contest right here on skateboarding.com.

FINAL RESULTS:
1. Eli Reed $10,000.00
2. Mike Mo Capaldi $5,000.00
3. Kelly Hart $3,000.00
4. Joey Brezinski $2,500.00
5. Ronson Lambert $2,000.00
6. Stevie Williams $1,500.00
7. Florentine Marfring $1,000.00
8. Forrest Kirby $1,000.00
9. Alex Carolino $1,000.00
10. Lenny Rivas $1,000.00
11. Danny Falla $500.00
12. Jack Curtin $500.00

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Through the winter weather, the grimy neighborhoods and the rough streets, New York's skate scene still manages to unite itself and no event is bigger than Back to the Banks. Josh Brooks

The Brooklyn Bridge running team sprinted through the event with shirts commemorating Harold Hunter. "Nothing Gold Can Stay," they said, under a portrait of Harold.
The uneven bricks, the echo of rolling wheels in the imposing arches of the Brooklyn bridge, the filthy walls, the stink of urine—it's all characteristically New York. Judgments about which coast is better aside (I think they're both awesome in their own way), New York's scene is rough around the edges. In a city that contains the whole world, you get everything.

Luckily for NYC, 5Boro's Steve Rodriguez is there to bring everyone together. Rodriguez, with the help of 5Boro , Emerica , Spitfire , Volcom , Skateboarder Magazine , Red Bull , MetroPlus , World Industries , Bones and Tech Deck , drew crowds of people to the historic skate spot under the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge for the fourth annual Back to the Banks contest (considered the fifth, but Steve Rodriguez stressed that the first was not Back to the Banks, just a jam). The crowd was a beast, screaming, littering and coming and going all day. It stayed packed and all manner of human came out.
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Former Shorty's homies, Muska and Sammy Baptista. It brings back good memories to see them together. By the way, Muska came on that basket bike and got mobbed. Still peoples' favorite after all these years.

5Boro's Willy Akers took best trick on the wallride with a frontside wallride 180, frontside wallride 270, backside wallride to bluntslide on the side of the wall and a wallride nollie 360. Flip's David Gonzalez took best trick on the spine ledge with an impossible 50-50 and a frontside blunt to fakie. Willy Akers also took the bank to ledge with a tailslide on the top and a noseblunt on the top ledge (that ledge is nearly impossible to get to unless you're nuking at it). Lastly, Floridian and mere 5Boro flow kid (not for long) Chris Blake won the rail with a switchstance front blunt. Out of the whole day, Collin Provost skated the whole place the best and won the MVP for the day.

The event was beyond amazing, in that dirty New York way and after the crowd shouted in unison to get schwag and the winners were announced, kids dispersed, spreading through the city streets like tentacles of stoke.