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O'Meally courtesy of Quiksilver

"Do you think this would look good in the gallery?" Alex Olson scopes a potential gallery piece. Kickflip.
Not only is Alex Olson unique in that he is the first son of a former pro skateboarder (Steve Olson) to go pro himself or in his style-oriented, flowing approach to skateboarding, but he just curated a show at the Quicksilver/Autumn pop-up shop/gallery. Noah Johnson caught up with him to learn more about the show, how it came about and Alex's current take on skating. See it here

XTREME SINGAPORE 2009 RESULTS

SKATEBOARD Final

Champion Juraimi( Singapore )BACK 2 BACK Sponsor rider

1st runner up Weerayut ( THAILAND ),

2nd runner up Padin ( MALAYSIA ).

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Stereo skateboards has just announced the addition of two new riders. Pro Raymond Molinar and am Tony Karr have joined the team where they'll be welcomed by the current Stereo roster including pros Clint Peterson, Danny Supa and Benny Fairfax as well as legends Jason Lee, Chris Pastras, Chris Miller, Matt Rodriguez and ams Josiah Gatlyn, Ben Gore, Dyson Ramones and John Lupfer.

In the new catalogue which announces the new riders, notably absent from the Stereo roster are longtime riders Olly Todd and Danny Renaud.

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The good folks at enjoi skateboards have welcomed a new addition to their fun loving and orange ad having family. Brittain's Ben Raemers is the new am on the team bringing solid all-terrain skills to the table and a creative style to boot. Raemers is also riding for Duffs shoes (so you know he's Louie Barletta approved), Volcom and independent.

Raemers joins Louie, Clark Hassler, Cairo Foster, Jose Rojo, Wieger Van Wageningen, Caswell Berry, Jerry Hsu and Nestor Judkins on the enjoi team. All of the enjoi riders have tricks or full parts in the Tiltmode "Bonus Round" video. And Raemers has a welcome to the team video that you can view in the new online catalogue. Take a minute to get to know Ben Raemers.

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Here’s the official winning video entry for Skate & Create II from etnies. See the photos from The Legend Of Boxton Square in our October issue and for more photos and videos from 2009’s Skate & Create contest, click HERE.

Intro by Terry Snyder, etnies Art Director
We aired out a lot of ideas leading up to S&C, but it was Mike Manzoori’s dream sequence storyboard filled with a cardboard city that had us sold. It fit what we wanted to do visually—the photos and video would be equally striking, and it was “do-able.” The props were lightweight, mostly recycled, the unknown obstacles could be styled to match our set, the video had a beginning, middle, and end, and it was guaranteed to be unique. The stage was set.

Enter Sean Malto… the perfect person to carry out the lighthearted storyline. The story actually starts at TransWorld’s warehouse when he receives a package and finds himself getting sucked into Boxton Square, a cardboard dream city full of places to skate. It was a labor of love for all of us, and it shows through in the photos and video. We couldn’t have asked for a better video director and crew, photographer, set designers, support staff, or team of skateboarders. Everyone ripped.

etnies Teamriders: MVP Sean Malto, Kyle Leeper, Mikey Taylor, Tyler Bledsoe, Davis Torgerson
Directed and Edited by Mike Manzoori
Concept and Creative Direction by Sharon Tomlin
Supervising Art Director Terry Synder

XTREME SINGAPORE 2009 DAY 2

XTREME SINGAPORE 2009 DAY 2.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SKATE COMPETITION .SINGAPORE.

XTREME SKATE PARK OFFICIALLY OPENED.

SINGAPORE: The new S$8 million extreme sports facility at the East Coast Park has officially opened for daredevils to hone their skills on wheels.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the Xtreme SkatePark and the inaugural extreme championship on Saturday.

80 participants from seven countries in the region are taking part in the two-day competition from August 29 to 30.

The skatepark located at the East Coast Park's energy zone is Singapore's first and only international standard competition facility.

And it is the result of an idea put up by young people during a consultation exercise in 2004.

Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said: "This also represents a transformation of our attitudes as Singaporeans. We used to be very risk-averse. If anything goes wrong, we look for someone to blame.

"This is part of a transformation of attitudes that in life you choose the level of risks you are happy with. Pursue your dreams and go all out and do your best. This also shows the coming of age for sports in Singapore."

The government said it would provide the necessary infrastructure to help Singaporeans realise their interests and talent.

Over the next few months, the National Youth Council will be hosting a series of programmes at the Xtreme SkatePark and they include extreme sports clinics for those who want to hone their skills on extreme skating. - CNA/vm

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The Flip Extremely Sorry World Premiere is showing on September 16th, 2009 in Orange County, CA. There will also be regional premieres across the U.S. with an international video premiere world tour, following the world premiere. DVD copies will be available on sale shortly after the premiere. More info coming soon…

Check out the Extremely Sorry webpage at flipskateboards.com for video trailers and info about the soundtrack.

Geoff Rowley answered YOUR questions about Extremely Sorry here.


SHUT UP AND SKATE!
It’s official Chris Troy is the newest pro for the Label! Chris has been with Black Label since he was 14 years old and has paid his dues through blood, sweat, and tears! With a bangin’ part in the new Black Label video “God Save the Label” the choice was clear. Welcome to the pro team Chris, you earned it!
You can now see Chris’s full length part from the new Black Label video God Save the Label online at the all new blacklabelskates.com


You probably heard this story by now, but one of our fav site, wwtdd.com, has a hilarious take on it:

“Seeing bears scale walls on ladders puts us one step from living in The Golden Compass, where armored bears form an army of indestructible killing machines, but at least their discovery of this Rosetta Stone, the key to unlocking new ways to catch and eat us, was a random accident that couldn’t be avoided.

‘A bear that got stuck in a skateboard park climbed up a ladder to make its escape. The animal had been stuck in the sunken skating bowl overnight and could not get up the steep-sided concrete walls on its own. Officials in the town of Snowmass, Colorado lowered down a long ladder, which the bear walked across before heading back to the woods. The bear was uninjured by its experience.’

Well Jesus don’t teach the bears how to climb ladders! We need those walls, to separate the bears from our succulent arms and legs. What’s the second part of your plan, coat doorknobs in honey

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Anthony Acosta can skate as well as he can shoot a photo, but he chose the latter as his trade. Anthony Acosta Gallery

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Portland, OR— adidas skateboarding is pleased to welcome Pete Eldridge to the team.

With skills and style and a long history of rocking adidas, Pete Eldridge is the new addition to the adidas Skateboarding team. Pete's been on a mission recently to destroy everything in his path- including his recent Mystery video part, his performance at both Tampa Pro and the Maloof Money Cup, and his part in the adidas European video, Diagonal. There are big things in store for Pete at adidas Skateboarding, including his first signature color way shoe, dropping in 2010. It's a Pete staple, none other than the Superstar, a shoe Pete has been skating in since way back in the day. His first adidas ad is running this month in fine skate publications and a new feature just launched on the adidas skateboarding website, welcoming him to the team.

Stay tuned for more good things to come from adidas Skateboarding and Pete.

www.adidas.com/skateboarding


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If you've been wondering what the All-American man of skateboarding has been up to, check out the crail to see a video of Justin Eldridge's Slice of Life in Redondo Beach. When I watch this, I feel like I'm back in college in a nicer version of the crappy skate house I lived in. Maybe it's a stretch. I mean, a skate ramp's as good as a pool table. We had a dart board (but no darts). Tiger Woods Golf? We had Playstation, but I think we only watched movies on it. We did have a samurai sword that we would randomly stab into the walls and a double decker couch...come to think of it, our house wasn't really the same at all. But, it's always a pleasure to watch one of skateboarding's most clean-cut dudes skating. Watch him succeed—at slamdunking, videogame golf and tearing up the Sole Tech TF.

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The stars aligned when Flip Skateboards joined forces with noted music producer and premier league DJ Baron, to create a completely unique soundtrack for their hugely anticipated third video project Extremely Sorry. The soundtrack has been years in the making and features an array of musical styles to match each skater’s part in the film. Baron worked closely with film director Ewan Bowman for countless hours to score original tracks which matched each skater’s style as well as one of the film’s stars Geoff Rowley, who helped Baron connect closely to the skaters and legitimize the process with them and the skateboard industry.
“Extremely Sorry has been 4 years in the making and the most insane journey I have been on. The music was made to serve the skateboarding and the skateboarding is epic.”—Baron

Through an array of relationships, Baron, Geoff Rowley and the Flip team were able to arrange a mix of artists to provide vocals throughout the soundtrack. At the time of this press release details have yet to be released, however expect appearances for major acts in the rock, rap and punk genres.

Partnering with Volcom Entertainment to distribute and market the album, Flip feels this soundtrack will set the standard to come for skate films in the future.

To give a taste of what the soundtrack will be like, Flip has released an instrumental track from the Extremely Sorry David Gonzalez trailer for free available on the Volcom Entertainment site.

The soundtrack will be available for purchase in stores on 10/20/09.