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Chet Childress is pro for Heroin Skateboards

It’s official. Heroin Skateboards has yet another new pro rider today and it’s Luda Crooks! Fos has been working his magic in California and has snapped up the king of all party airs today.

Talking to ESPN on how this happened, Chet Childress says: “I don’t know, it just did. Shimizu kind of said something to me. I didn’t know what I was doing. I got offers to ride for some random stuff and then I talked to Fos (owner of Heroin) and it just seemed like a real cool thing — and I dig Fos’ art. The board should be out soon and I’m going to be filming a video part, which I’m psyched about doing again and again and again. The main thing about this is that I’m re-stoked. I spent a couple months not really bummed on skateboarding but not really that motivated. I was skating, I love skating but I didn’t care about any of the other stuff and this got me fired up to do a couple more things before I disappear into this dumb world.”

Heroin welcomed Danny Shimizu last month. As Burnley’s finest moves forward across the pond, who do you think could be next to join the ranks?

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Nike SB skate Taiwan

Justin Brock, Youness Amrani and Wieger Van Wageningen traveled to Taiwan with Nike SB’s European riders Marek Zaprazny and Daniel Lebron. They got down to it alright, watch this.

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Lance Mountain’s Digging in Barcelona

Flip’s Lance Mountain flew over to Barcelona to help dig out an old 70’s skatepark that was buried for years. Share the joy after the mammoth work that went down here.

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Eric Koston: Mr. Control It All

Eric Koston, Sean Malto and Justin Brock all act in the latest advert for the Swoosh.

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Alex Olson officially joins Nike SB

It’s official. Alex Olson has jumped ship from Vans and joined Nike Skateboarding footwear and apparel. Talking to ESPN this week, Olson speaks on how it all came about:

“Basically I was unhappy with Vans six month prior to me signing with Nike. My contract had been up but I just hadn’t signed my new contract. I had some questions about my contract and they said, “Why don’t you come down and we’ll talk?” I hated going down to Vans, I don’t like going down to Orange County. I think when my contract was up I asked Brian Anderson if he could just ask if there was any possibility of me riding for Nike. Robin [Fleming] had left Vans and I felt like a loner on the team and it wasn’t making me motivated to skate. Six months passed and I still hadn’t signed my contract and then Hunter [Mu] called me and asked if my contract was up and I said, “Yeah.” Nike offered me an apparel and shoe contract and the timing was right and I was stoked to sign a contract with Nike.”

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New Omar Salazar footage

Omar Salazar features in this short film to promote his new shoe. Find some great skating at the back end of this clip.

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New Neil Smith pro footage for Blueprint

Blueprint Skateboards have released a fresh video edit today featuring Neil Smith.

Watch this footage from Essex’ finest that is Edit of the Week here and look out for his pro model in your local skate shop this month.

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Chris Jones Crayon Skateboards retrospective edit

Chris Jones celebrates his pro status at Crayon Skateboards this morning with a pro retrospective video edit.

This is the 3rd in a series of video look backs featuring Dan Wileman, Chris Jones and Korahn Gayle – click the red links to watch the others.

Chris’ section from the Highbrow video has also been released to web this weekend so scroll down for a double whammy of Welsh goodness from Mike O’Shea.

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Jerome Campbell Nike SB Texture tour edit in Sicily

Blueprint’s Jerome Campbell features alongside Mauro Caruso, Marco Lambertucci, Luca Doneddu, Luca Crestani and Jacopo Carozzi in this Nike SB Texture tour edit filmed whilst traveling to Sicily.

If you have never visited this amazing country then you will not have discovered the amazing food on offer as it’s up there with the best in the world. If you do get a chance to wake up there morning, then start your day with a granita as your life will never be the same again.