Skatemodo.com got a chance to sit down the owner of Ujamaa Boardhouse here in Durham NC (my home town) 2 days before the big grand opening of the new Durham Skatepark. Nik has been highly involved in the creation of the park, so I thought it would interesting to talk with him. They (Ujamaa Boardshop) [...]

I find Ed Templeton super interesting. His company Toy Machine consistently puts out rad graphics. Their marketing campaign has changed very little over the years, but it still manages to be fresh. If you look at a Toy Machine ad from 10 years ago, it pretty much looks the same as the ads now… except [...]

Young gun Collin Provost is officially on Toy Machine now. I’m mostly excited because that means I get to see him this weekend when they join us to open our new skatepark in Downtown Durham. Provost is now in cahoots with Josh Harmony, Diego Bucchieri, Billy Marks, Matt Bennett, Nick Trapasso, Austin Stephens, Johnny Layton [...]

I stumbled across a Converse skate video on youtube this morning. Seriously, maybe they should make their skaters actually wear their shoes. Apparently, they would rather wear Nikes and DCs… See for yourselves, here’s the vid. Social Bookmarking

How the heck did this happen? One of the biggest most popular (greatest) websites on the internet, digg.com, interviews the single most influential skateboarder in the world, and it is dribble. Boring, not even diggable. Much love to Tony, it wasn’t his fault. Here’s the interview. Social Bookmarking

Transworld Skateboarding held a contest this year called “Skate & Create”. I can’t say enough about the quality and beauty of these videos. This is a true representation of skateboarding as art. Here is the gist of it.: 4 Teams (enties, dvs, c1rca, and osiris DC), 6 people on each team, each team consisting of [...]

John Rattray claims he invented a new game that we can all play called “Glory”. He seems quite proud of this fact in the following video. Basically, two skaters play against each other. You can do any kind of trick you want. If the second skater doesn’t land the same trick, the person who set [...]

When the skateboard clothing market is saturated, where does one turn to? UNDERWEAR! At least that is what Ryan Sheckler, teenage pro skateboarder and all around ladies man, is betting on. Geeze, I thought this kid had enough money already, let someone else have a chance!! Now I’ll never get to launch my line of [...]

Girl Skateboards has no shortage of rippers, now they’ve added someone that can do a back tail, kickflip out to backside lip…. whaaaa?? That’s insane. Congrats to Cory. via Crailtap and Skatedaily.net Social Bookmarking

For those of you who thought that Mike Vallely is lame because he only does old-school trickies, I present you Mike Vallely Vs Chris Cole: Battle at the Berrics 2. The rules of the game are bent for Mike to allow him to do his wierdo tricks, but if you skip ahead to 4:10, you’ll [...]

So it is no secret, Flannel is huge, especially in the skate community. I see so much flannel at the skatepark right now that I am surprised by the lack of axes and chainsaws. On the matix website they even have a specific category under men’s tops just for flannel. I remember when cargo and [...]

We all love Steve Berra and Eric Koston, so mad props to them for picking Chris Cole for the position of “Battle Commander”. Check out his new montage at The Berrics. It is a good pallete cleanser for the new Zero video “Strange World” premiering tonight in Encinitas. If Chris Cole wasn’t enough for you, [...]

Big ups to Mike Thompson for being a skateboarding king. Enjoy. And now, he’s been hooked up, Congrats man! Social Bookmarking

Okay, so it is not nutty… but Toy Machine is doing a demo there on November 7th for the grand opening. Skaters in Durham are rejoicing… especially over that new pool in there for some reason. Social Bookmarking