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April 1, 2008
HOT VID LINKS
Volcom Warehouse via Strange Notes
Tampa Pro via FKD Bearings
Dominican Republic: Parts 1 & 2 via PlanB
Best Trick at Tamp Pro via Silver Trucks
Tampa Pro via FKD Bearings
Dominican Republic: Parts 1 & 2 via PlanB
Best Trick at Tamp Pro via Silver Trucks
SHECKLER ON THE BERRICS
The Berrics have a new battle commander today and his name is Ryan Sheckler.
April 8, 2008
PODCAST: MARCH RECAP
Not only did we just give you the full Carbondale extra from KOTR 2004, but we have also updated our podcast with a March recap, featuring: P-Stone's trip Down Under with Chet Childress and Tony Trujillo, Vox in AZ, and Slaughter at the Opera. There's also a Skate Rock trailer hyping the upcoming tour. Download it to your computer or put it on your iWhatever.
April 3, 2008
LORD HAMILTONS MASSIVE THIGHS
Burnout's got Rowley, Rattray, and Arto with some serious tow-in tactics.
BLACK & WHITE FINALE
The final part to the Zero/Mystery Black & White tour is up over at Black Box.
C1RCA PUZZLED
The latest installment of Puzzle video mag just came out with a full section featuring the C1RCA Europe team skating in Spain.
SKATE ROCK TOUR
We came up with this tour. We invite all rippers, slags, hags, anybody... Rember Carbondale? Well, let’s get the show on the road again. We're going, are you? Let’s show the world what's really going on.
April 7, 2008
STRAIGHT OFF THE PLANE
The Vans crew lined up a sick trip to Israel with Angel Ramirez, Omar Hassan, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner and Tony Trujillo. We headed over to the new park that Hubbard and Vogt built and the locals hooked up a bbq. We all had a blast.
April 6, 2008
REAL BERRICS FOOTIE
Looks like the Real team will be featured soon at the Berrics.
PHX AM RESULTS
1. Ryan Decenzo
2. Chazz Ortiz
3. Vincent Alvarez
4. Dustin Blauvelt
5. Collin Provost BEST TRICK:
1. Robbie Brockel - 360 Ollie Bigger Flip
2. Nick Fiorini - Double Nollie Heelflip
3. Cody McEntire - Switch 360 Flip
2. Chazz Ortiz
3. Vincent Alvarez
4. Dustin Blauvelt
5. Collin Provost BEST TRICK:
1. Robbie Brockel - 360 Ollie Bigger Flip
2. Nick Fiorini - Double Nollie Heelflip
3. Cody McEntire - Switch 360 Flip
April 8, 2008
GRIND INTO THE SHALLOW
Burnout's got Arto Saari in a backyard pool grinding into the shallow end.
THRASHER ON SALE NOW—FREE MJ POSTER INSIDE!
The May Thrasher, with a free, two-sided poster inside, is on sale at newsstands and skateshops around the world today! This month features the thickest, glossiest paper we’ve ever used to print the mag (aside from THIRTEEN, which is also comin’ up quick). The wrap-up of Marc Johnson’s Skater Of The Year fest is centered around 14 final pages of the current king—check out what past SOTYs Geoff Rowley, John Cardiel, Brian Anderson, and more have to say about MJ! Daewon talks about the highlights of his year as SOTY, and Haslam, Duffel, Mariano, Silas, Duncombe, Rune, Janoski, and ’Drew all get some love for the goods they’ve thrown down over the past 12 months. We also got 13 Tranny Terrorists Under 20 for y’all; these are mini-gnarlers with big hits on every kind of ’crete. All this, plus the sweet sounds of Del, Boris, and American Steel!
Buy it up!
Buy it up!
STU-RANGE NOTES
Strange Notes posted up a video announcing Stu Graham’s entrance to the pro ranks.
April 10, 2008
VID LINKS
April 8, 2008
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Girl and Anti-Hero will be travelling up the Northwest coast together at the end of May. P-Stone's jumping in the van to bring you the web clips you crave.PHX AM CLIPS
Hammeke's buddy, Slugger, sent in some clips from the Phoenix Am contest.
April 9, 2008
CELLULAR TRANNY
Find a spot near your wireless provider and tell 'em to build a quarterpipe like this. Tony Trujillo and Angel Ramirez got free roaming charges for five minutes.
BURNOUT: FROM THE VAULT
Burnout takes it to the vault with photos found in a Fed-Ex box from 2002.
April 10, 2008
WHO THE FUCK IS JULIAN DAVIDSON?!?
April 11, 2008
DEATHWISH
Baker Boys Distribution proudly presents Deathwish skateboards. Deathwish is made up of Murderous ams, Brian “Slash” Hansen and Ramiro “Furby” Salcedo and Baker O.G.’s Jim Greco and Erik Ellington along with the Green Room Beast “Lizard King” and introducing the debut pro model from the infamous, recently incarcerated and released then re-incarcerated and re-released, blood killen, 40oz spillen, Antwuan Dixon! So be on the look out for the new promo titled “BAKER HAS A DEATHWISH” and a gang of product next month in skate shop near you!
ZERED INTERVIEW
ISRAEL 3: EURO EXPLOSION
The Euro gap at the park got worked by Tony Trujillo and a whole slew of the locals.
April 14, 2008
LIKE CHILI TO A BABY
Burnout gets the royal tour of South America from Argentina's other Diego, The Butcher.
SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER
Angel Ramirez, Tony Trujillo, Andrew Allen, Omar Hassan, Chris Pfanner, and ol’ bean foot Hammeke got a piece of the school while off for the summer.
April 15, 2008
CHILE DOGGIN'
Burnout goes demo day in Chile with Barnett, Layton, and the Butcher.
EAST COAST SEWER TOUR
Strange Notes has over five minutes of footage from the East Coast Sewer Tour featuring: David Gravette, Lizard King, Alex Horn, Darren Navarrette, Peter Hewitt, and more.
VERT-HOUSE
Tony Hawk and the other Birdhouse vert dogs put out a little trailer of them 'gettin wild'.
SOCK & DESTROY
Take a look inside our online store; we just got some new socks in with the Thrasher logo across the back, and the Skate and Destroy logo on the top of the foot. Fits Sizes 8-13. Remember, all orders over $100 get free shipping with the code: PQGRG77. Oh yeah baby, get some!April 16, 2008
THE FINAL FRONTIER
The Chile trip hit a slight snag for Burnout when Nick was unexpectedly sucked into the outer reaches of the universe.
MEGA DANNY COVERAGE
Double your pleasure with Danny Way coverage as he reflects on the old days with Jake Rosenburg, and teaches Scheckler how to leap the Mega-Gap.
LIVING LEDGE
MC Money Bump & Dj T-bird mix it up for the ledge technicians in Ashdod. Check Andrew Allen, Omar Hassan, Tony Trujillo, Hammknuckle, Jamie Hart, Chris Pfanner, and the locals going to work.
CREATURE: GET IN THE VAN
April 17, 2008
ZERO EUROS
Peter Molec and Fabian Verhaeghe from the European Zero team stopped by their TF and got some footage. Do you think they know the Zero handshake?
VOX DEMOS IN LA
Vox will be doing a demo in Culver City and Simi Valley this weekend fully equipped with a bbq full of hot dogs until they run out. GANG'S ALL HERE
Looks like Duffel and the Nuge joined Burnout and the Toy Machiners in Chile.
April 18, 2008
VOLCOM IN PHX
Our friends at Volcom have a little video of Louie Lopez, Collin Provost and Cody Mcentire shredding it up in Arizona.
DOS ESCALONS
Argentina gets a taste of Billy Marks’ two-stair assault in Burnout.
April 21, 2008
REAL BERRICS FOOTAGE
Real Skateboards becomes the fourth member of the Berrics.
April 22, 2008
LIFE OF PAIN
We're really gearin' up for the upcoming Skate Rock tour, and have dedicated a page just for that purpose. It has an MP3 player with all the songs from the upcoming CD, Down For Life, videos such as Bad Shit's "Hell Ride," and regular updates once we get on the road from each stop. This shit's gonna explode, so jump on board if you can! The caravan begins May 1st in Vegas.
April 18, 2008
BBQ BLOWOUT
Our buddy Almoog built a mini ramp in his backyard and Jamie Hart threw down for some food and bevies. Then the crew of Tony Trujillo, Angel Ramirez, Omar Hassan, Andrew Allen, Avi Luzia, and Benny dismantled the new layer.
April 21, 2008
ARGENTINA AMORES
Burnout comes at you with a crowd of maniacs in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
ASHDOD ACTION
Tony Trujillo and Chris Pfanner hit the streets of Ashdod and the Knuckle creeps back in with a method launch.
BLEDSOE ON ETNIES
DAY ON THE RANGE
DC posted up a typical day in the streets with Lindsey Robertson, Greg Myers, Ryan Gallant, and Ryan Smith.
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April 22, 2008
VOX DEMOS
I went down to LA to check out the Hot Dogs and Hot Moves of the Vox team as they demo'd Culver City and Simi Valley. Look for a video recap on Friday.
THE WHITE CITY
Above the city lurks a white city, and Andrew Allen, Tony Trujillo, Chris Pfanner, and Angel Ramirez checked out the pyramid.
SILENCIO
Burnout takes a look at some of the quieter times in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
FAUSTO APPRECIATION DAY
It's been two years since we lost him. Go skate your ass off, tilt back a brew, or whatever it is you do to celebrate the legacy of someone as influential as Fausto Vitello-R.I.P. April 23, 2008
RAIDING ARIZONA
Black Label's got some new footage for you to peep featuring: Vince Del Valle, Peter Raffin, Tyler Mumma, Ethan Fitzpatrick, and Jimmy the Greek.
HOT VID LINKS
D. GONZ ON VOLCOM
Volcom has added David Gonzalez to their army.
RED SEA DITCH BITCH
Traveled down to the Red Sea, where Avi showed us this sick-ass ditch. Chris Pfanner, Angel Ramirez, Omar Hassan, Andrew Allen, and Tony Trujillo rode the rough walls.
April 24, 2008
ALTAMONT TEAM GROWS
Altamont welcomes Justin "Figgy" Figueroa and Brian "Slash" Hansen to their squad in video form.
TODOS HAMMERS
Duffel shreds some lawn down in South America and Burnout is there to catch all the action.
WATER WORLD
When water parks can't afford to fill up the tanks, the land sharks attack and get to sample the slides. Tony Trujillo, Angel Ramirez, Avi Luzia, Andrew Allen, Jamie Hart, the Knuckle, and Omar Hassan all got a piece of the action.
REDA'S ROAD TO DLX
Reda and Berra start their journey up to SF to visit DLX, on the Berrics.
RED BLUFF & REDDING
The request emails have been pouring in from bands and cities that want in on the Skate Rock tour, and today it's official. We’ve now added Red Bluff and Redding as an official stop. April 25, 2008
VOX HOT MOVES
Just a reminder: Today at 4pm PST we'll have the Vox Hot Moves and Hot Dogs video up, from last weekend's SoCal demos.
April 24, 2008
ALI SENTENCED
Skate Daily reports sadly that Ali Boulala has been ordered to serve a minimum two year sentence for the tragic motorcycle crash that critically injured himself and killed Shane Cross last year.
April 25, 2008
DUDES, DUDES, DUDES
DVS uses Jimmy Cao and Kenny Hoyle to hype up their upcoming Dudes, Dudes, Dudes video.
CRACK!
Burnout is still in Argentina where Billy Marks goes for some of that Rodney Mullen shit.
HOLY JERUSALEM!
Angel Ramirez, Andrew Allen, Avi Luzia, Tony Trujillo, Gili, Omar Hassan, Chris Pfanner, and Jamie Hart head to one of the holiest places on earth to skate an amazing quarterpipe tucked away in the hills.
DANAVA INTERVIEW
Eric Shea's got a new music interview with Danava. No band since Deep Purple has sounded so space truckingly awesome. KILGORE VIDEO
Jordon, Sean Guitierrez, and the Kilgore boys just added a video on the Skate Rock page. Check out just a glimpse of what the tour is going to be like.
BACHINSKY INTERVIEW
City Skateboards has an interview with Dave Bachinsky with a little video clip and info about the premiere date of the City video.YE OLE MILEY
A sunny day with neither wind nor rangers. Just add Brad Cromer, Jake Donnelly, and Giovanni, and you've got a good recipe for fun.
HOT DOGS AND HOT MOVES
The Vox team brought me along for some fun in the LA sun. Here's the results of two demos, eight skaters, and one band named Heavy Cessna.
April 28, 2008
RANCHO GRANDE
Burnout goes to Diego's ranch for a birthday bbq on their last day in Argentina.
SKATE ROCK HEATIN' UP
The show gets on the road Wednesday. We’re driving out to Vegas to start this up on Thursday and then heading towards Fresno the following day. We got a full day off Friday, so if you got spots anywhere from Vegas to Fresno, hit us up and we might drop by. Also, there's gonna be cash and products for best trick, who can bring the first pizza, or whatever Jake decides is appropriate for each town, so come out and be a part of this. It's gonna be insane!
FROM THE CRYPT
In the early '90s, before OG De Souza, this guy Bill Storey came to SF and ripped hard.
ALL HAIL CARDIEL
With all the Cardiel hoopla in the media these days, we decided to dig through the old vid stash to bring you some of the highlights of the gnarliest skater of all time. This is our take on “All Hail Cardiel.” This shit is for reals; John, we love you! This shit will never be played out AHHHHHH!!!
—Jake Phelps and the Thrasher mafia
—Jake Phelps and the Thrasher mafia
WIN A ZOO YORK COMPLETE
Jump on the messageboard and enter the photo hunt for Harold Hunter photos. The winner gets a complete skateboard from Zoo York. Game on!
DLX DEMO IN MARTINEZ
The BBQ kept going all day as Busenitz, Speyer, the Body, and Tony Trujillo heated up the park.
DERBY BBQ
The weather was hot and Derby Park heated up with some sick skating from Raven, Mikey, Peterson, Bailey, Rabron, and a bunch of others.
April 29, 2008
HOT LINKS
Steven Reeves has a Movin' Up via Strange Notes.
IN DA STORE
Spring is finally here, and with it comes a