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Sidewalk is back with another Through The Eyes Of online. This time with Blueprint’s Neil Smith. Spend a day with Smithy as he shows you around his abode, partakes in a bit of remote control car racing, and hits up various London spots with Karim and Jak Pietryga.



Catch up with PLG showing you a pretty spicy vert lip trick. Courtesy of Osiris.

Osiris: PLG Switch 270 K-Grind to Fakie Trick Tip

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PLG Switch 270 K-Grind to Fakie Trick Tip

Last night in San Francisco, California, Nike SB threw a rager for Omar Salazar and his new shoe. It was held at the Mezzanine club and had a fantastic outer space theme: the catering was done by martians, the photos of Omar on the walls were in 3-D, and psychedelic bands like Earthless rocked the crowd. Nike SB has a sweet micro site where you can learn more about the shoe, and we have a nice write up and photo gallery here.
Photos by Chris Ray.




CCS recently spent a day in New York City with team rider Brandon Westgate. Gates took them to the Zoo York headquarters to peek at his new Institute line before popping into the CCS offices to check out his catalog cover and new ad that drop this spring.
Check the vid and enter to Win a Westgate Prize Package.



DC Shoes announces it’s South East Tour featuring Nick Dompierre, Lindsey Robertson, Marquise Henry, Matt Miller, Evan Smith and Wes Kremer. Tour starts Monday, March 15 at Westside in Florida and ending in North Carolina at Vertical Urge. Check the tour stops and if you’re near-by, drop by and skate with DC Team riders, and get some stuff signed and get free stuff.
For more infor check out DC’s 7Zine.







Check out the newly-revamped éS website at eSskateboarding.com. New team, new times, new domain and a fresh push forward.
The new éS Skateboarding website features:

• Mike Anderson interview (Behind the Ad)
• Mike Anderson video part (2 minutes)
• New Team and bios
• éS in Denver (Fall 2010 catalog shoot)
• éS team interviews in 5 parts (QuéStion Time)
• éSpanol Tour documentary (3 Part - 20 minute video)
• Spring 2010 products (In stores now)
• Simplified format
• Daily news updates
• Exclusive éS website features updated regularly

From skating the shop handrail in an ad to a full-on skate contest, a simple idea grew into the FTC For The Cash contest, held last week in San Francisco. With some of the best skaters there for the one-day-only invitational best trick contest, a massive crowd of legends and skateboarding’s best looked on. The skating went down entirely in the shop with the crowd out back watching live on TV screens. When it was all done, Peter Ramondetta came away with first place and $5000, Ishod Wair got second and $3000, and Evan Smith took home third place and $1000. At the end, they took it all down and had the shop running like normal the next day.
(photos by Ando)






Target announced today that it will debut of a new line of skate-inspired Shaun White footwear, in addition to his exclusive apparel line and video game. The footwear line will hit stores this fall.
Target announced today that it will debut of a new line of skate-inspired Shaun White footwear, in addition to his exclusive apparel line and video game. The footwear line will hit stores this fall. More info on Shaun White can be found at TWSnow.com.
“MINNEAPOLIS (March 8, 2010) – Target announces today the launch of Shaun White Shoes, an exclusive collection, which will debut nationwide in early fall 2010.  An expansion of Target’s strong relationship with Shaun White, the line will feature skate-inspired shoes for boys and young men.

“Over the past eight years, we have had the chance to work with Shaun on a variety of different projects, including his apparel line, video game and philanthropic partnership with Target House,” said Troy Michels, Target Lifestyle Marketing.  “We are proud to continue this partnership with the addition of Shaun White Shoes.”
The collection of shoes will be designed by Shaun in collaboration with his brother, Jesse, and will feature styles influenced by the professional skateboarder’s lifestyle.
“It’s been a lot of fun working with Target for the past few years on my clothing line,” said Shaun.  “I’m excited to have the opportunity to bring some authentic skate shoes into the mix.”
Starting this fall, Target guests can find Shaun White Shoes alongside Shaun’s clothing and the exclusive version of his video game, Shaun White Snowboarding, at Target stores nationwide and on Target.com.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,740 stores in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education. Today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week.”
More info on Shaun White
More info on Shaun White’s skate shoe line

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CCS recently spent a day in New York City with team rider Brandon Westgate. Gates took them to the Zoo York headquarters to peek at his new Institute line before popping into the CCS offices to check out his catalog cover and new ad that drop this spring.
Check the vid and enter to Win a Westgate Prize Package.


The ever-expanding Ashbury team just got another am-dition. Watch Louie Lopez’s welcome video below with a guest appearance from Theotis Beasley.


ERGO WELCOMES CHAD BARTIE TO ITS TEAM
ERGO is proud to welcome Gold Coast native, Encinitas transplant, and skate veteran, Chad Bartie, to its team.
“Chad is an amazing skateboarder to watch – we are psyched on his style and know that his versatility and creative energy will have an incredible impact on our program,” says ERGO VP of Marketing, Pete DiSpirito.
Bartie will prove to serve as a catalyst in raising the bar for the rest of the ERGO team with more than a decade as a professional skateboarder under his belt.  His attitude is also inspirational as he humbly says that his biggest career accomplishment was having turned his passion, skateboarding, into a living.



You can’t keep Skate Sauce CEO Amrit Jain out of the editing studio. Here are three new and not-so-new edits for you to spend some time on:
Screwed n chopped ft. Jimmy Cao, Jamie Palmore, Vincent Alvarez & Friends:




The new independent video from San Diego’s Cameron Sanchez, OVERdose, is public and FREE on its website, overdoseskate.com. Check it out to see full parts from Spencer Nuzzi, Taylor Shuffield, Chris Henry, Alex Pedrosa, Taylor Orman, and more.





Check Anthony Shetler breaking down the Game Of SKATE he’s doing with Solstice Skateshop.




Autobahn Wheel Company is proud to welcome Daniel Espinoza to its team.





Catch Dan Murphy, Nick Merlino, new guy Elijah Berle and more. Details below.
Foundation site.






Flip is very happy to announce that Ali is being released from jail on March 12th! Stay tuned form more Ali updates coming soon. Check Ali’s new Extremely Sorry trailer right here.





Here’s your chance to ask Andrew Reynolds that burning questions you’ve always wanted to. Go here, and fire away. Also, scroll down to catch a brand profile with Andrew and Justin Regan at Altamont.

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Our friends at DVS and almost blessed us with this clip of the ever-unfadeable Daewon Song “dorking around” at the DVS skatepark. Good lord, if this is dorking, what’s he got in the can for the almost video? Prepare to have your face melted.
Filmed & edited by Jon Fitisemanu.



The full-length video of the Creature and Sk8mafia boys in paradise jumped off yesterday, and there were a grip of sequences, too. But we just had too much good stuff. Here’s another batch of sequences of David Gravette, Wes Kremer, and Marius Syvanen at the Black Pearl skatepark in Grand Cayman.
Photos by Blair Alley

David Gravette, one foot transfer.

Wes Kremer, wallie to feeble grind.

Marius Syvanen, nollie crooked grind.

David Gravette, kickflip footplant.

Gravette, footplant fakie.

Marius, backside 180 fakie five-0.

Gravette, wallride to spine grind.

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Our homey and contributing photographer Yoon Sul (if you can’t remeber his work, here’s a little reminder) has just launched his new Web site with all kinds of photographic goodness. Don’t be a dickhead and go check it out.




Two very cool skate films are being shown this weekend in San Diego:
The new Chris Mulhern video, THIS TIME TOMORROW, makes it’s debut in San Diego this SUNDAY evening at 7pm at the Blue Foot Bar. Screening will begin promptly at 7pm and then play once or twice more over the course of the evening. Starring Curtis Rapp, Rory Milanes, Steph Morgan, Dave Caddo, Lucien Clarke, Devon Connell, and Jimmy McDonald. It’s a bar so it’s 21+, but it is a free screening. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT SKATEBOARD FILM MAKING!
MONDAY March 8th at the downtown public library, it’s a free screening of BEAUTIFUL LOSERS starring Ed Templeton, Thomas Campbell, Aaron Rose, Chris Johanson, Shepard Fairey, Jo Jackson, Barry McGee, Mike Mills, Geoff Mcfetridge and others. This is an all ages event. free and open to the public.
In the 3rd floor screening room. This screening is in conjunction with the library’s ongoing MONDAY night movie series that has been running since 1984.





Check out the smoothest of the Frenchman, JB Gillet, with his new Gold Wheels commercial.

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Our friends at DVS and almost blessed us with this clip of the ever-unfadeable Daewon Song “dorking around” at the DVS skatepark. Good lord, if this is dorking, what’s he got in the can for the almost video? Prepare to have your face melted.
Filmed & edited by Jon Fitisemanu.




Omar, Paul Rodriguez, Stefan Janoski, BA, Justin Brock, Grant Taylor, and more will be in Sacramento, California on Sunday, March 7th for a demo celebrating Omar’s Nike SB shoe at the B Street Skatepark. Check out the attached flyer for all the details.
Shoe preview photos in the Gear Blog here.






Elwood officially welcomes Dan Plunkett to the team with this video.





LRG’s first full-length video is set to premiere March 31 in L.A., California. Peep the trailer right here.





The Tiltmode Army put up a remix of Halba’s Bonus Round part on the TMA site.





Peep the flier below for info on the Lurk Hard premiere going down March 6 in Sacramento, California, and again on March 12 in San Francisco.





IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, March 5TH, 2010: Billabong International Limited today announced it has entered an exclusive 10-year agreement to license the California-based skateboard brand Plan B. Plan B will operate out of the Element headquarters in Irvine, CA

Element’s Founder and President Johnny Schillereff said “The Billabong group’s unwavering support has helped Element blaze the trails we’ve always dreamed of. Plan B is iconic and deep within the fabric of skateboarding and we couldn’t be happier to unite with them.

Professional skateboarders and team riders Danny Way and Colin McKay will continue to ride for and own Plan B Skateboards. Vice President Tom Jones will continue to oversee the brand and team which includes Paul Rodriguez, Ryan Sheckler, PJ Ladd and Pat Duffy.

We are very excited to bring the Plan B family to The Billabong group and form this new skate distribution group with Element,” says Colin McKay. “Billabong and Element clearly understand brand building. Danny, the team and I couldn’t be happier with the opportunity to leverage their strengths and help Plan B reach its full potential.”

Element and Plan B products will be available through Branch Skateboarding Distribution. For dealer inquires and general information please call:

Branch Skateboarding Distribution

1(866) 927-5283

branchdistribution.com

All the Krüe members of oceaNSide have been heavily updating the site. There are tons of goods to check out on this site. If you want peep it.
here is the lastest installment of Krue’s digi cam video that turned legit HOOD LIFE. NSKRUE.COM




Find some old school 3D glasses, look what’s coming this summer—KROOK3D. Check out the first trailer with Mike Anderson right now.

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This month’s Roger Of The Month are Tim and Eric (of Beez fame). Doesn’t make sense? Doesn’t have to. Check the video below.

Peter Raffin is the newest recruit on Osiris. Check out his welcome video below.


We caught up with Black Label’s East Coast beast on our NorCal Tour. Find out what’s next for Ben, especially what book he’ll read next!
Filmed & edited by Chris Thiessen.


The Converse enclave has its very own skatepark. See Cons riders Eli, Angel, Kenny, Anthony, Raymond, young Tom and friends roll in the wooden monstrosity. Click on the picture below to see the shredding.



Globe just posted a remix of Mark Appleyard’s old Digital part. Take a walk down memory lane and check it out.



This Thursday, Stereo unveils some of the first returns from Raymond Molinar’s recently completed RV tour through Arizona, New Mexico, and Las Vegas. The first rewards come in the form of Ben Gore battling a bump to bar Sammy Baca brought the crew to on the outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada. You’re in a tight spot, Amigo.

 

The RVCA team is heading East bound and down this month. Catch them at the dates and shops below.




Thunder has a new video up today. Check it out Mikey Taylor Knows Frontside Crooks.

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Peter Raffin is the newest recruit on Osiris. Check out his welcome video below.

The Converse enclave has its very own skatepark. See Cons riders Eli, Angel, Kenny, Anthony, Raymond, young Tom and friends roll in the wooden monstrosity. Click on the picture below to see the shredding.

Unseen slams and tons of makes. Check out David Gonzalez’s new video trailer on the Flip site.



That’s the hot word from L.A. via Brandon Biebel’s Twitter. Check the proof right here.




Before I knew Sid Melvin, the only thing I figured Bakersfield currently had going for it was the plethora of snow cone stands they’ve got around the city in the summer time. Since meeting Sid, my mind’s changed. It’s quite possible the city coerced Santa Cruz into turning Sid pro because they had nothing else to brag about since their big “country boom” a billion years ago or the rise of KORN. Regardless, Sid’s earned it and now has the most punk rock name in skateboarding… on skateboards. Here’s to turning pro Sid!
First off, I hear you have a sensitive stomach… Any good pooping stories?
I have a sensitive stomach?
Yeah that’s the word on the street.
I don’t know if I necessarily have a sensitive stomach, but I am pretty prone to getting food poisoning at least once a year. I try to stay away from the sketchy looking spots.
What about when you were with the dudes from Girl?
Oh yeah, that was one of those times—bad bagel sandwich in the morning that erupted on the way to a shop signing for the Girl and Chocolate guys, which I just happened to tag along for. I believe [Mike] Carroll got a nice picture of it and Rick [Howard] threw a banana peel at me, so that was pretty tight.
Where’d you go? You just hopped out of the van real fast?
We pretty much got off at the only stop that had nothing around and we just pulled into a parking lot. I found a nice bush.
Jesus…
Yup.
How’d you get the nickname Sid?
I used to be a shop rat. Just go to the skate shop, hang out all day, and wait for people to get off to go skate with. Devine [Calloway] used to work there, so I’d bug them to let him off early. The manager and one of the other dudes that worked at the shop were like, “He looks like someone, he looks like someone…” All of a sudden it was just like, “Sid! He looks like Sid from Toy Story!” I used to rock the Zero t-shirt. I had a shaved head and braces, so that pretty much stuck. I started working for the shop and [whenever] they introduced me, they were like, “Oh, this is Sid,” so I just didn’t fight it. It was easier than trying to correct everyone after the fact.
How’d your going pro party come about?
Santa Cruz said, “Yeah, you need to come up. We’re gonna have a shop signing this Friday at 6:30.” I thought, damn that’s pretty late for a signing. So when I was heading over there, the parking lot outside wasn’t super full and there weren’t a lot of kids waiting outside. I was like, damn this is kind of a weak shop signing. When I walked in, [Justing] Strubing and [Emmanual Guzman] said, “Come over here, you’re late.” I got over there and was third in line. Strubing signs a board, Emmanual signs a board, then some kid shows up wearing a Creature mask and said, “Sign this board,” in a deep voice. I’m signing the board and he pulls the top board away, and it was my board. I was just standing there, like what the hell. And then he pulled the mask off and it was Alex Moul. I started looking around and noticed there were people from Bakersfield at the shop.
So it was a huge surprise party?
Yeah it was like, Ta Da, you’re pro.
They even got your wife out there right?
Yeah, my wife came. A couple of the homies came. It was just super weird. Everyone was looking at me. I’m not really that type of dude to be like, yeah check me out, ya know. I was just awkward and weird. I was super happy, but more in shock than anything. It still hasn’t hit me. I still feel weird about it.
You had a little celebratory BBQ with all your friends last weekend right?
Yeah, once again, invited for the random Sunday BBQ and everyone showed up. We had a mini ramp sesh, BBQ’d it up with a bunch of burgers and stuff. It was awesome.
Sid’s 5 Trick Fix
What went down? I heard rumors of big pressure flip airs.
We were trying to scoop some fatties. My friend Derek—he’s a pressure flip guy. He wants to take on Nate Sherwood because he thinks he has all terrain. If [Nate] hears about this, I think he has my number. I can get a hold of Derek so they can have a battle. [laughs]
Who are you getting shoes from nowadays?
I was getting Deklines for a while. I dunno. I hurt my elbow and didn’t really talk to anybody for a while. And then Stacy Lowery called me up randomly. I’ve known Stacy for a while now just from being on Santa Cruz. He was just like, “Can I send you some shoes?” What am I gonna say — don’t send me anything, leave me alone? No. So I was like, “Yeah for sure, send me some shoes.” They were surprisingly really good. So now I’m getting Duffs.
You’ll never leave Bakersfield. What’s so great about that shit hole anyways?
I’m definitely not going anywhere. I’m stuck up here with a house, a wife, and two dogs. I’m probably going to be here a while, to say the least. It’s pretty much just too cheap to leave. I’m right in the middle of everywhere. Pretty much 4 hours to SF and 4 hours to SD. The weather’s shit though.
You named your dog Brixton. Now that you’re pro, are you gonna have a kid and name it after another sponsor?
[Laughs] That was purely coincidence. I had a part in naming the dog, but some other people did too. But yeah, if I do have a kid, I think I’m gonna go with Doogan Xavier Melvin, or something random like that. Something so he can get beat up in school.
What about Santa Cruz Melvin?
Yeah sure. If they wanna pay for the name. Send him a check every month – we might be able to work somethin out.
What are the pros and cons of having a sweet mustache?
Pros… You look awesome. That’s probably number one. Good conversation piece. Those are the two main ones. Cons… It sucks eating. Everything gets in it. You’re always chewing on it. It gets pretty gross after skating. You gotta wash your face a little more often. That’s pretty much it.
Every time I see you, you’re doing some technological crap on your iPhone or computer, or you’re drinking beer. Are those your two big hobbies outside of skateboarding?
Yeah, the iPhone and computer stuff has kind of become more than a hobby. I help my friends out at their computer shop. I’ve always kinda been into that. I don’t mess with the PCs - only the Mac stuff. And then drinking, that’s pretty much just to pass the time until I can go skateboarding next.
How many headshots do you get on average per Counter Strike game?
I don’t know, I’ve never played Counter Strike, but if you’re talking about Call of Duty… It’s just another thing to do when I’m drinking and passing the time.
I heard you were pro, isn’t that what this interview’s about?
[Laughs] I’m not that good. I’m actually pretty medium.
But you have the headset you talk through right?
Yeah I do that. But that’s more for my roommate’s sake so he doesn’t hear me playing it super late at night.
Anything else you want to say regarding turning pro?
Thanks for everyone who has supported me with skateboarding and let me do this as a job or whatever you wanna call it. All my sponsors, my wife for putting up with it, my mom and grandma for putting up with it, and all the friends for the good times pretty much.
Don’t pull a Mike Rusczyk and retire the year after turning pro.
I’ll try not to. I’ll ride this thing out as long as possible.


Spice up your desktop each week with a new wallpaper. This week we’ve got Lance Mountain stalling an epic invert at Philly’s FDR park while on Flip’s Feast In The East tour. The article is in our spanking new April issue that hit subscribers and skateshops last week. The mag will be on newsstands March 9 (Biggie Smalls R.I.P.). Click on the image for the desktop-sized version, then drag to your desktop or right click to save it.

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For those of you bummed on the irrelevance of these posts (Boo and Lucien, as well), this is a work in progress. If there’s a team change, skate news story or any other thing in skateboarding that makes you ask yourself a question, whether fully skate-related or not, send your question to twshasmail@yahoo.com (subject “Skate/explain”) and I’ll try to answer it. Let’s say there’s news about Jani Laitiala, changing sponsors, but you can’t get the image of those people in the north of Finland with pointy hats and long shirt-skirts that herd reindeer all day out of your head and you want to know who they are, send in a question. If a Rasa Libre promo drops of Matt Field and he’s playing a sitar and you want to know what the hell the instrument is, I’ll try to ask him about it. If you’re puzzled by how Wieger Van Wageningen got his last name, I’ll try to figure out where it came from. Let’s say Mike Carroll had some Internet clip and you have an acid flashback about his old Vans shoe and want to find out what happened to it, send it my way. Ask away and I’ll try to track the information down from the skaters themselves and get back to you one to two times a week in SKATE/explain. Thanks.


With the release of Lizard King’s new shoe—the Bullet—it makes you wonder what the history of the flying projectile that lends its name to the new Supra shoe is anyway. While it seems self-explanatory, bullets predated actual firearms, when they were used with slings. Lead bullets from Athens were found around 4th century BC (roughly 2400 years ago) with “Take That” written in Greek, words that would probably be one bummer of a message to get as some ill-suited “doctor” is fishing the thing out with a stick.
When firearms were developed around 1500 to 1800, bullets advanced considerably from round musket balls to conical shapes. The modern bullet is made up of a lead core covered in copper—the actual “bullet”—on top of a case that is filled with gunpowder. So, technically, just the tip (remember playing that game with your girlfriend?) is the bullet and the whole thing is formally called a cartridge.

Underneath the gunpowder, at the base of the bullet, is the primer, a small amount of shock-sensitive explosive material. When the trigger’s pulled, the hammer of the gun crushes the primer at the base of the bullet, causing it to light. The flame travels inside the case, lights the gunpowder and with nowhere for the explosion to go, it pushes the bullet out of the top, most likely, to merk up some poor soul or destroy a target. As is sometimes the case with this here column, I went to Lizard to find out what he knew about the bullet.
Lizard, you’ve got a shoe named the Bullet. Do you actually know anything about bullets?
No, not really. I mean, I know how they work.
Have you ever shot a gun?
Yeah, I’ve shot like shotguns, weird handguns…I shot an AK-47 the other day in Utah.
That pretty normal out in the desert?
Yeah, just shooting random shit, like bottles and shit. Don’t know anything about guns or bullets, but I know they’re pretty tight to shoot out in the desert. That’s about it.
A gazillion developments have been made throughout the bullet’s lifespan, but Lizard King’s Bullet—with a fan following not unlike Muska’s in the Shorty’s heyday—will definitely be the most popular design amongst skateboarders…if you don’t count Brad Staba and Brian Anderson at the shooting range.


The whole Natty Kon team is coming to Cali. Lock up your daughters.


CCS caught up with team rider Ryan Sheckler to get the lowdown on his busted foot, filming for the Plan B video, and his plans for 2010. Peep the vid and see how you can win an autographed Sheckler deck and more.





No, not that Jason Lee, TransWorld’s art director Jason Lee (check this pic for reference). Our own JLee has updated his personal Web site stuffedtongues.com. Worth a look for some stellar photogprahy and design.

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Element's Chad Tim Tim talks skate career, injuries and family life.Tags: Actionsports, Skateboard

Brian Gaberman Courtesy of Element

Tim Tim boosts a wallride from the hip while his shadow tries to catch up.

Chad Tim Tim is one of those pros roundly respected by his peers for being a genuine nice guy and flat out amazing on a skateboard. Apart from those accolades, he's somewhat elusive, though. Raising a family and living a humble life in Long Beach, Calif., Tim Tim doesn't seek out the spotlight; he usually let's his skating do the talking. But, with grips of footage logged and plenty more to come, we figured it the perfect moment for a Chad Tim Tim Face Time. Feature »

Chad Tim Tim's knowledge and love for skating is deep.Through years on board of ups and downs with sponsors, injuries, video parts and more, Tim Tim has put in work. Now, with backing from Element, he's able to take care of his family doing exactly what he's supposed to be doing: skateboarding.
Once you've spent some time with the videos, check out some lists of Tim Tim's favorite things.

7 Earl
10 Favorite skate video parts
10. John Cardiel in "Sight Unseen"
9. Matt Reason's "411 Profile"
8. Dan Drehobl in "Free Your Mind"
7. Marc Johnson in "Modus Operandi"
6. Jason Dill in "Photosynthesis"
5. Kenny Anderson in "Hot Chocolate"
4. Danny Montoya and Rob G's old "411 Profiles"
3. Anthony Van Engelen in "Mind Field"
2. Mike Carroll in "Modus Operandi"
1. Guy Mariano in "Mouse"






9 Tricks to try in SKATE
1. Frontside shove-it
2. Bigspin
3. 360 flip
4. Kickflip 5. Switch frontside shove-it
6. Nollie heelflip
7. Switch heelflip
8. Fakie 360 flip
9. Fakie bigspin

John BradfordThe man himself.

8 Best skaters from Long Beach, Calif.
1. Ron Chatman
2. Rich Colwell
3. Caesar Singh
4. Scott Kane
5. Darrell Stanton
6. Steffan Attardo
7. Justin Reynolds
8. Rob Gonzales and Danny Montoya

7 Bands/Musicians to get hyped
1. Hillsong United
2. Worship band at The Garden
3. Bob Dylan
4. Elliott Smith
5. Jeff Tweedy
6. Sea and Cake
7 Early to mid-'90s hip hop
Brian Gaberman Courtesy of ElementTim Tim dips a proper switch back Smith and takes it all the way to the parking lot.

6 Favorite places traveled
1. Australia: I love people there and the weather is nice!
2. Barcelona: Who doesn't like this place? Good food, people and skate spots.
3. New York: I love the feel of just walking around Manhattan. Lots of food too.
4. Hawaii: My family is from Kauai. I wish I could spend more time there.
5. Tokyo: The hustle and bustle there is fun. I could go in debt just buying Knick-knacks!
6. China: good people and the foods not bad!

5 Things to read
1. The Book of John from The Bible
2. Genesis from The Bible
3. Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
4. The Giver by Lois Lowry
5. The Jesus of Suburbia by Mike Erre

4 Skate essentials
1. Skateboard
2. Water
3. Food
4. Prayer

John BradfordChad locks in on a 180 nosegrind across a high Long Beach ledge.

3 Can't live withouts
1. Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit
2. My wife and daughter
3.. Family and friends

2 Other people with double last names
1. Other Tim Tims
2. You tell me! (Ed. Archbishop Desmond Tutu)

1 Funny thing heard or seen recently
1. My daughter is hilarious. Every day is a new adventure and every day she makes me laugh.
Brian Gaberman Courtesy of ElementTim Tim boosts a wallride from the hip while his shadow tries to catch up.



Thunder’s got a new video and contest up today with Alex Perelson. First check out his new video Alex Knows Madonnas and then pick your favorite shot for a chance to win one of six sets of Thunder 149 lights.

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Over at the Stick It Blog, our own Dave Chami got interviewed. Read some insightful words and peep some unseen gems from our master lensman.
Dane Burman, switch ollie.


No longer is the Palace Skateboards site just a backdrop of stars in the nights sky. They put up a short promo There Is Nothing Else with team, product and contact pages. The promo’s a departure from the grime-laden videos of Palace’s past, but filled with rad skating from Charlie Young, Olly Todd and Lucien Clarke. Click on the image below to see the newest kid on the English skate scene. Pretty trippy.

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The Deluxe crew took a day trip out to St. Helena, California to sesh its new park. Check Ishod Wair, Justin Brock, Peter Ramondetta, T-mo, Sean Gutierrez , Pat McClain and more in an extra long and very ripping edit.

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INTERSTATE BOARDSHOP SINGAPORE NEW STOCKS IN THE HOUSE.

Monday, March 1, 2010

ORIGINAL LONGBOARDS IS IN !!!!!

FREE DVD WITH EVERY LONGBOARD PURCHASE...WHILE STOCKS LAST!!!!!

ORIGINAL LONGBOARDS IS IN !!!!!

Friday, February 12, 2010

SpitFire Wheels

Thunder Trucks Instock Now!!!

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Original skateboard is coming to the store soon!!!!

THIS ARE THE FEW ORIGINAL THAT WILL BE IN SOON.










AND NEW WHEELS COMING : 3dm,retro Big Zig and Zig zag and many more. WILL UPDATE THE BLOG WHEN IT'S IN....ENJOY!!!!

Friday, January 8, 2010

Zoo York Night Series

Zoo York (Sky High series)

SGD95 with grip

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Interstate Boardshop Got a DEATHWISH

Friday, January 1, 2010

Long Board Trucks

True Longboard Control

Original longboards and trucks were designed with one thing in mind: Control. Control over your speed and control over your direction, the control you need for longboarding progression. Original longboard trucks deliver the control your longboarding has been looking for.




Weave in and out of pedestrians on the city sidewalk, pop off the curb and carve out that long downhill before zigging back onto the sidewalk to avoid on-coming traffic. Can’t get to the mountains? The control Original trucks give you can turn any slightly sloping bridge, parking garage, tennis court or flat neighborhood street into a carving longboarder’s paradise. Pump for speed and rip carves powered by longboard trucks that give you what you have always wanted. Whether you are in the city, on the flats or riding big mountain hills too steep to bomb, Control is the key.

Quick changes of direction are essential, but in longboarding control over your speed is what really makes Original special. Speed control by carving allows beginners to learn how to longboard at their own pace, while allowing advanced riders to kill it on the big stuff. Control your speed by carving, learn how to footbreak, add a pair of slide gloves and you are ready to take on just about anything. Original longboards and trucks deliver all the speed control you could want, carve out your turns and practice your balance while keeping your speed in check.

Don’t get speed wobbles! With the confidence that comes from knowing you can slow your longboard down before you get going too fast, beginners will learn how to longboard faster and experienced riders will progress more quickly.

Take control of your speed and take control of the future of your longboarding; Original Trucks will show you the way.

Original Trucks In Action.


Our trucks carve like nothing else, for proof, look no further than our "Go Longboard" video. Every longboard in this video is riding on a pair of Original longboard trucks, no exceptions. "See the difference in our deck construction and in our patented carving trucks. Watch the difference in our videos. Then ride an Original yourself and feel the difference true control can make in your longboarding."



Which Original Trucks Are You?

By using a patented single spring resistance mechanism Original longboard trucks produce a unique, powerful, carving ride that is found no-where else. Since they ride very differently from a traditional longboard truck, it is important to be sure you are picking the right Original truck for your board. We are commited to making sure each of our riders has the best possible experience on our longboard trucks.

Watch our videos, look for what you like and learn more about Original longboard trucks.


Original S6 (150mm)
Original S6 Longboard trucks are quick as lightning for the ultra tight turns you have always wanted, but never thought possible on a conventional longboard skateboard. Beginners who are working on the fundementals should take a look at the S6es to get their carves dialed on the flats or small hills before they take their longboarding to the next step on the big stuff.




Original S8 (200mm)
Original S8 Longboard trucks are the mainstay of our truck line. For hills and most terrain other than flat, the S8 200mm trucks will out-perform the S6 trucks and give the rider more confidence at speed. Longboarders switching from traditional bushing based longboard truck designs (Randal, Paris etc) should aim for the S8s, and probably heavier tension springs (red for the win), to rip right off the bat, to heck with the transition.





Original S10 (250mm)
Original S10 longboard trucks pack the carving power you need to take out the biggest hills in the world. As a bigger guy, or a little guy facing big terrain, the S10s will carry your carves and give you the skateboard confidence you need to take it to the big stuff. No other longboard truck sports such a wide hanger along with such a tight turning radius, feel the differnce the worlds widest carving trucks can make to your longboarding.

Original trucks are some of the strongest, most reliable, longboard trucks on the market. For that reason we have no problem backing them up 100% for 6 months on breakage and defects. Beyond that, Original goes the extra mile for it's longboard riders with Lifetime Mech-Support. If you EVER have a question or a problem with your trucks we are just a phone call, or an email, away, ready to answer your questions and give you the knowledge you need for longboarding progression. No worries, we have got your back, no matter where your longboard takes you.

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