Jul 31
2008

X Games Street Skate Elimination

Whoa, Koston didn’t make it to the finals! And Duffel sits at the bottom 20. Here’s the elimination results:
1 Ryan Sheckler
2 Paul Rodriguez
3 Greg Lutzka
4 Rodolfo Ramos
5 Jereme Rogers
6 Adam Dyet
7 Nyjah Huston
8 Darrell Stanton
9 Sean Malto
10 Sierra Fellers
11 Leo Romero
12 Nick Dompierre
13 Mark Appleyard
14 Eric Koston
15 [...]

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Jul 31
2008

X Games Big Air Final Results

Damn, the shit was intense. Friends competing against friends, and roomates against roomates. But in the end all’s well and ends well. Burnquist dropped in for a switch backside ollie over the 70-foot gap, to indy 360 on the quarterpipe earning him a first place finish with a score of 96.00. Mad props to Jake Brown for coming in hot and holding it down in the bronze, showing he is still crazy as ever, slam or no slam. Throwing down a backside no-grab 360 to an 18- feet-eight-inch high mctwist [...]

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Jul 31
2008

X Games Skateboard Big Air Finals

San Diego is a major hub for skateboarding, no surprise here when almost all the Big Air competitors are reppin’ the whale’s vagina.
Birthday boy Andy Macdonald and young gun Adam Taylor move on from today’s Skateboard Big Air Selection Session to compete in tonight’s finals against four of the world’s top skaters. Last year’s medalists Burnquist, Brown and Gagnon (gold, silver and bronze, respectively) are automatically qualified for tonight’s event.
Danny Way, three-time consecutive Big Air gold medalist (in X Games 10, 11,12), was pre-qualified for the final last year at [...]

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Jul 31
2008

X Games 14 2008

Well just weeks after the “world’s greatest skateboard competition” we now have the highly anticipated X Games. So much crazy skating to be seen and heard. With Jake Brown’s return, Chris Cole going for the trifecta, and the women’s street going on with out the awesome Lacey Baker–the young shredder has a bad ankle injury, all the skate events should be pretty damn exciting. Check back here for some photos and recap of the event, and peep the ESPN Skate Blog for non-stop coverage.
Can’t make it to the X Games? [...]

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Jul 31
2008

Jake Brown on Fire

Jake Brown will be battling that Mega Ramp again today after his crazy fall at last year’s X Games. But watch out, coming back with a fire to ride, he’ll also have some fire on his wheels. No joke yo, Jakey will be riding some Spitfires as the newest member to their bad ass roster. Yeeeeah boi!
Check out all the live action here.

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Jul 31
2008

North by North Park

San Diego is just full of good local music and venues. Checkout this mini South by Southwest (SXSW) taking place through out North Park and such. This Saturday, August 2nd, is the first annual North by North Park. It’s an all day music conference and festival! You can check out a variety of music workshops happening all day long at the Lafayette Hotel with numerous industry professionals. Then onto the banger Saturday night. With over 100 bands playing at 15 different bars around the North Park/University Heights/Adams Avenue area, the [...]

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Jul 31
2008

Walkmen Pre-Release new Album for $5

Even more music for less! The Walkmen have pre-released their new album with all the proceeds going to charity until their official U.S. release on August 19. These hip New Yorkers are selling their new goods, “You & Me” exclusively via AmieStreet.com for $5! The entire amount of each album sold will go towards cancer research. Cheap, quality music that does a good deed, can’t beat that now. Get the goods quick and for more info on this kind deed, click here.

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Jul 31
2008

Rare Rolling Stones Photo Exhibit

If you’re in the San Francisco area between now and August 30, you need to check out this sic Rolling Stones photography exhibit. Just like the Morrisson Hotel Galleries, the San Francisco Art Exchange showcases some sic rock n’ roll photographyl. Beggars to Exiles: The Photography of Michael Cooper & Dominique Tarlé – An Exhibition of Rare Images of The Rolling Stones 1966-1971 features many previously unseen images of the legendary band mates. The photos show a behind the scenes intimacy that can only be captured by those within their [...]

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Jul 31
2008

ESPN Action Sports Network

It just seems like everyone is getting in on the action sports industry big time now! With new corpo partnerships and rich business men now trying to cash in on the scene, especially skateboarding, action sports continues to grow. ESPN is re-branding its online home for action sports.The site will become ESPN Action Sports this fall as part of a new multimedia initiative that will also mark the launch of the ESPN Action Sports Network – a group of interconnected sites, including sport-specific vertical sites from ESPN (ex: ESPN Skate) [...]

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Jul 31
2008

Demons in the Attic

Check out these creepy goods sure to deliver some epic skating. Split presents “Demons In The Attic,” a short film by Split Clothing staring: Corey Duffel, Jason Adams, Don Nguyen, JT Aultz, Terell Robinson, Sean Eaton and Sid Melvin. The video drops November 2008, and premieres on a crazy Halloween.
Check out the eerie trailer below.

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