Category: Skateboarding

Sole Tech (home of Etnies, Es, Emerica, Altamont and Thirty Two) are proud to announce their acquisition of the UK distribution outfit A Four.

By securing this deal, riders and businesses can work directly instead of passing through various middlemen (the bane of most companies, their riders and the distributors), and run an even better service. A Four Distribution are one of the UK’s best, with some of the coolest people on board to deal with in the UK, now watch them get even better…

In related news, Etnies are about to release a collaboration shoe with fables London skateshop Slam City Skates to celebrate the two business’ 20 years of operation.

Click here to see them on the Slam site.

Just so you know, the second annual Vans Downtown Showdown took place at paramount Studios, Los Angeles.

The particularity of this comp is that various teams design the obstacles- one of which was a mini version of Danny Way’s mega ramp set-up rainbow rail and all!

In any case, the Girl team reigned supreme and took top honours as the Team winners, whilst team rider Rick McCrank took top spot for the pros. Real‘s Nick Dompierre won the amateur part of the comp and pocketed a sweet $5000.

The Aussie bad boy crew that is Hoon have to add a new face to the pub crawl: Lyonnais skater Julien ‘Jutix’ Viallet. Jutix is a serious ATV that likes to skate fast with flawless style to boot.

Expect to see this kid whipping his cock out and thrashing about with Hoon Wheels from now on!

For a bit of footy click here.

If you want to see some good skating, eat great food and meet gorgeous women, we suggest you try and make it to the Etnies European Open in Rome, Italy, on October 6th to 8th and watch the cream of European skate talent battle it out for €20,000!

For all travel, accommodation, prize etc.. info click here or here.

I don’t know if we mentioned this a while ago, but one of the most stylish companies out of San Francisco looks like it’s back for round 2 – Rasa Libre!

Despite the new website still being under construction, we still managed to get a sneak peek at the Fall catalogue, and as per usual the goods look very good indeed!

If Ol’ Dirty Harold was still around, you know he’d be rocking one of these.

Zoo York are set to drop a limited edition Harold Hunter New Era fitted cap.

www.zooyork.com

As the sun sets a little earlier every day and the moisture in the air gathers strength each month, the chaps over at Puzzle have decided to keep you from topping yourself by uploading shed loads of their best footage on YouTube.

Everything from classic Bastien Salabanzi and Flo Marfaing profiles, to Globe Global Assault comps; expect a lot of dropped jaws.

www.puzzlevideo.com

It wasn’t long before the skills started paying bills again for Danilo Cerezini, and this time its Blind that saw the light.

Blind must be stoked on their new rider, in fact all their riders because if you click here you can try and win 1 of 3 Ronnie Creager decks, whilst over here you can win a year’s supply of Jake Duncombe pro models!

Oh, and did we mention that Blind are filming for a new video? Well now you know.

www.blindreaper.com

Regular claimed the first win, and then the Goofy squad came back the following year to take revenge, but come October 20-22 the Lake Forest Skatepark will settle this battle once and for all with the 3rd Annual Etnies Goofy vs Regular comp.

Here’s what’ll be going on over the weekend:

Team Goofy has appointed Dave Swift, editor-in-chief of The Skateboard Mag, as their captain, while the Regulars appointed SLAP Magazine’s Mark Whiteley and Joe Brook as co-captains. Each team captain will choose five skaters worthy to go right to the finals, while the rest of the riders must endure Saturday’s Qualifiers to make the cut. Ten per team will qualify on Saturday and fifteen skaters from each team will then compete in the finals on Sunday.

Sanctioned by the World Cup of Skateboarding, etnies GvR has invited more than 100 of the top professional skateboarders from around the world to compete for the $70,000 purse and supreme stance braggin’ rights. Invitees include 2005 GvR MVP’s Ronnie Creager (Goofy) and Chris Cole (Regular), Ryan Sheckler, Bastien Salabanzi, Andrew Reynolds, Nyjah Huston, Rodrigo TX, Colt Cannon, Jereme Rogers, Mark Appleyard and many more.

A highlight of the weekend will be a special performance by the Beastie Boys immediately following the contest at 8 p.m. on Saturday night.

What I’ve always wondered is what happens if someone skates switch..?