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Better Wheels to Offer Custom Printed Wheels  Better Skateboarding Wheels is coming out with a new system where you can have any picture you want printed on their skateboard wheels! This is a crazy time to be a skater - combine this with the companies who will print your own pictures on skateboard decks, and you can pretty much have a completely customized skateboard deck! Ride up at the park with your face on your wheels, on your deck, on your shirt, and ... well, on your head. That might be a bit much. Or how about giving your buddy a set of wheels with his name on em? Pretty sweet. Or, give everyone you know wheels with YOUR face on them! Again, I'm back at shameless self promotion... It's fun!
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Posted on 14 May 2012 | 3:17 pm
Skateboarding Summer Camps Offer Training, Experience and Fun  Summer is right around the corner - why not make this summer be the one that you check out a professional summer skateboarding camp? They can be great ways to get away, have some fun, make new friends and most of all to get personal and professional skateboarding instruction!
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Posted on 11 May 2012 | 5:30 pm
Book About the First Skatepark in Afganistan to Come Out This Summer  Being a skater can sometimes feel like being an outcast. In Afganistan, a group called Skateistan has been teaching skateboarding to young kids in the middle of war, religious conflict and oppression. Here you can find girls who must disguise themselves as boys. You can find pain, heart ache and loss. And in the middle of all of that? You can find this group of amazing people working with the local kids to bring hope, joy and life.
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Posted on 8 May 2012 | 12:02 pm
2012 IASC Summit - Skateboarding Companies Meet to Plan and Celebrate One week until the
International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) presents the 2012
IASC Skateboarding Summit on May 10-11. The IASC Skateboarding Summit is a two-day
event that gives the leaders in skateboarding ... Read Full Post
Posted on 3 May 2012 | 11:05 am
Top 10 Best Pro Skater Interviews  Pro skaters are often the face and voice of skateboarding. So, what do they have to say?! Over the years I've collected a good amount of pro skater interviews, and today I put together a list of the best. Check out the top 10 pro skateboarder interviews, and see what the pros have to say about their lives, skateboarding, the future, and anything else on their minds.
Posted on 30 April 2012 | 3:37 pm
Setting Up a Slide Deck  Sliding can be one of the most enjoyable facets of downhill skateboarding. Few things simulate the feeling of slashing a wave or throwing an edge into deep powder like sliding can. Besides the fun, there's utility: a well-placed slide in a moment of danger can save your life. One of the best things about sliding is that so much can be done with a simple deck, some hard wheels and bearings that can take a beating. From a technical standpoint, there are some basics for tuning your board setup that I'll cover here. So, get your deck we'll do a few tweakers and it'll be time to screech on the street. Read Setting Up a Slide Deck!
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Posted on 26 April 2012 | 9:45 pm
On the Road with Paul Rodriguez Like film making? Want to work with P-Rod, and get famous? AT&T is looking for a young,
talented, and unusually creative skateboarding filmmaker (between the ages of 18-24)
to help ... Read Full Post
Posted on 24 April 2012 | 4:03 pm
Skateboarding World Records List UPDATED  The Skateboarding World Records list has been updated with some new in! Skateboarding is packed full of opportunities to set and/or break world records, and it is innovative and inventive enough that people are setting records all the time. If you know of another record that should be added to this list, let me know!
Posted on 19 April 2012 | 8:29 pm
Rob Dyrdek's Wild Grinders Comedy Cartoon About to Debut  Rob Dyrdek's Wild Riders is now going to be a full fledged cartoon! I guess it was inevitable - the toys have done well, and are pretty cool. Plus, Dyrdek seems to come out with a new show every year and a half, and so it's about time! The first episode comes out April 27th, a little less than two weeks.
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Posted on 14 April 2012 | 8:20 pm
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Whats Hot in Skateboards
Tony Hawk Image Gallery X Games VIII tricks - Tony Hawk Photo Gallery - see images and pictures of the famous pro skateboarder Tony Hawk, doing vert tricks at the X Games, headhsots and more. Take a look at this gallery of Tony Hawk photographs to see pictures and more of professional skateboarder tony hawk.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:02 am
What Are Basic Tricks? : What Are The Basic Skateboarding Tricks? : What is easy and hard in skateboarding varies wildly from
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:02 am
X Games: Skateboarding Rules A detailed description of the X Games skateboarding events, the goals of each event, how the events are scored, and the equipment specs used. The X Games are one of the years biggest skateboarding events, organised by World Cup Skateboarding.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:02 am
How to Indy on a Skateboard The Indy Grab is probably the easiest grab trick in skateboarding, and the most common grab in both skateboarding and snowboarding. The Indy grab can be done in both vert and street skateboarding, but you usually see it done on ramps. Learn how to Indy grab on your skateboard on both vert ramps and mini ramps.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:02 am
Best Skateboard Pads List Best Skateboard Pads List - A List of the Best Skateboard Pads to Buy. Skateboard pads are not a fun place for a skater to spend money. Most skaters don't like to wear them, but skateboard pads can save you from injury that can keep you off your skateboard! Plus, wearing skateboard pads can help you feel more confident when skating. Regardless, if you are skateboarding on ramps of any large size, whether you think it looks cool or not, I would highly recommend wearing pads!
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:02 am
Bam Margera Headshot Bam Margera Photo Gallery - Pictures of Pro Skater Bam Margera, of Viva la Bam and Jackass on MTV. Bam Margera is one of the most famous pro skaters there is - check out these pictures and photos of Bam in this Bam Margera Photo Gallery.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:02 am
How to 5-0 Grind The 5-0 skateboard grind (pronounced "Five-Oh") is another way to grind a ledge or rail. In a 5-0, the
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:02 am
Skateboarding in the Olympics? Skateboarding as an Olympic sport has been a controversial topic for a while now - at Fall ASR 2004, IASC (the International Association of Skateboard Companies) met and part of the discussion covered the question of skateboarding in the Olympics. Should skateboarding be an Olympic sport? How wouldskateboarding as an Olympic sport change skateboarding? And should skating be called a sport at all? Read this article to hear about what was discussed, and the future of olympic skateboarding.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:02 am
Bam Margera's Face Bam Margera Photo Gallery - Pictures of Pro Skater Bam Margera, of Viva la Bam and Jackass on MTV. Bam Margera is one of the most famous pro skaters there is - check out these pictures and photos of Bam in this Bam Margera Photo Gallery.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:02 am
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Mentality Skateboards Review Mentality Skateboards Review - Clothing, Decks, Wheels, Team - Mentality Skateboards is a newer skateboard company that makes clothing, decks, wheels are more. They have an established skateboarding team, and actually make good quality gear! Skateboarding companies pop up here and there all the time, and it's rare to find a skateboard company that does well enough to stick around, let alone make good stuff that I would actually want to buy!
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:16 am
How to Ollie Off Curbs How to Ollie Off Curbs - Learn to ollie off curbs on your skateboard. Once you know how to ollie, you are probably going to want to ollie off and onto all kinds of things. That's great! The skills you'll learn here for ollying off of curbs can be used to ollie off of all kinds of things. Read these instructions on how to ollie off of curbs!
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:16 am
History of X Games A history of the X-Games, from it's beginnings in 1993 in LA to 2003's games - how the X Games evolved, the changes in action sports, from skateboarding to BMX to surfing to motocross to snowboarding and skiing, the X Games have been featuring the best in extreme sports competitions for years, hosted by ESPN (EXPN).
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:16 am
DC Shoes Logo Skateboard Logos - a gallery of logos of popular skateboard brands, good for reference, websites, MySpace backgrounds, collages, desktops, or whatever you'd like! You can see large skateboard brand logos from banners, stickers and decals.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:16 am
How To Manual on a Skateboard Learn how to manual on a skateboard - The Manual skateboarding trick is where the skateboarder balances on his or her back wheels while rolling along (something like a wheelie on a bike - read more in the Skateboarding Dictionary). The Manual is a great skateboarding trick to learn - it's different from all the regular technical flip tricks, and adds a good variety. Plus, learning to manual on your skateboard isn't all that hard - it just takes balance and lots of practice. Learn how here.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:16 am
Flowboard The Flowboard is a large skateboard-style deck with two unique trucks that each hold seven wheels fixed in an arch. The result is a skateboard that turns and flows in a different way than more traditional pin trucks with two wheels each. In fact, the feeling is so odd that you really have to try it to understand the difference. Of all the alternative skateboards that I've used, the Flowboard might be the best at re-creating the feeling of snowboarding on pavement. Read the review for more.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:16 am
Element Skateboard Logo Skateboard Logos - a gallery of logos of popular skateboard brands, good for reference, websites, MySpace backgrounds, collages, desktops, or whatever you'd like!
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:16 am
Top 10 Skate Shoes Top 10 picks for skate shoes! Read about the best shoes for skateboarding on the market, and check out some hot reviews as well. This list of the top 10 skateboarding shoes should help you with your skate shoe shopping, to make sure that you get high quality skateboarding shoes. Find out the best skateboarding shoes in this top 10 skateboarding shoes list.
Posted on 17 May 2012 | 7:16 am
Vans Skateboard Shoes Logo Skateboard Logos - a gallery of logos of popular skateboard brands, good for reference, websites, MySpace backgrounds, collages, desktops, or whatever you'd like!
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