Two Long boards, Two Short boards, Three Skaters, One Surfer and Hurricane Bill…

[photo]

What an interesting way to ride out the storm.

Skate Radio Tagged: hurricane longboard shortboard skateboarder surfer

Rail Slide Fail, Big Splash Skateboarder Bail

Sometimes you can hide a a bad bust as a busted move. Other times… well, your just doing it wrong.

Skate Radio Tagged: fail gif railslide skateboarder

The 19-year-old pro skateboarder shared some info about the importance of milk, saying, “You don’t have to be an elite athlete, or doing a sport. Milk is good. It’s protein, it’s calcium, it get’s your strong and ready for whatever you want to tackle.” ~Ryan Sheckler

Ryan Sheckler Got Milk? Behind The Scenes

Ryan Sheckler Got Milk Advertisement

Heavy Boxes: Drew Dezort

Drew Dezort is on the Adio Flow team and he got hooked up for being a narly skateboarder.

Dropping in on a skateboard is the technique a skateboarder uses to enter a skatepark or bowl. When learning how to skateboard, this is one of the most difficult skills to master. This video breaks down the skills and shows you how. Learn how to get over the fear of a drop in and how to drop into a ramp on your skateboard from an expert in this free instructional video on skateboarding tricks.

Joe Maloof

Joe Maloof, the owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and the Palms Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, is not a skateboarder.

The successful 53-year-old businessman tried the sport once as a kid growing up in Albuquerque, N.M., in the late 1960s. The way he tells it, he tried rolling down a cement ramp into a parking garage, hit a drainage grate, went flying through the air and badly skinned his face.

“That’s the last time I ever got on a skateboard. I took up tennis after that,” Maloof said.

Although Maloof’s skateboarding talent is questionable at best, it’s hard to question his business acumen.

When the mogul sees an opportunity, he pounces on it, and that’s just how the Maloof Money Cup skateboarding competition was born last year at the Orange County Fair.

Billed as the tournament with the biggest prize pool in the sport — roughly $450,000 in total prize money, of which $100,000 goes to the winner of the street competition — it’s coming back for a second year, July 10 to 12.

Riding around in a car and looking out the window, Maloof said he was taken aback by the amount of kids skateboarding in the streets, and that’s where the idea was hatched.

Pierre Senizergues

His partner in the venture, Etnies skateboard merchandise company founder Pierre Senizergues, says Maloof’s observation is more than just an anecdote.

More kids skateboard these days than play baseball, according to Senizergues.

“I always had this dream that some day it would happen — that skateboarding would become popular,” Senizergues said in his thick French accent.

Senizergues started down the path of success in the skateboarding industry after he began to get noticed after winning two world championships, but he wasn’t always working in a meticulously kept office complex.

He moved to America from Paris and for a while was homeless. He began doing skateboard tricks on the boardwalk at Venice Beach for tips.

So in the same way that Maloof comes at the sport as an eager, energetic dilettante, Senizergues has stuck with it his whole life, through the thinnest and thickest of times.

Before last year’s inaugural event, both men were nervous. What if nobody showed up? What if skaters viewed the competition as a corporate money-making ploy?

“I was really worried. I didn’t know what to expect,” Maloof said.

But their fears were put to rest when the tournament exceeded their expectations and drew 20,000 spectators and an estimated 200,000 people walking through the rows of booths they set up for vendors to sell skateboarding merchandise.

Senizergues attributes the success to Maloof’s willingness to default to skateboarding experts on the design of the course and layout of the competition, instead of insisting on his own way.

As a European expatriate, Senizergues was blown away that it was covered on national television for one hour Sunday at noon, right before coverage of the Tour de France bike race.

Despite being a relative newcomer to skateboarding, Maloof said he has “never had more fun,” even likening the tournament to sitting in the stands as his Sacramento Kings fought the Lakers in epic playoff matchups during the Kings’ glory days in the early part of the decade.

This year’s competition features Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez, Eric Koston, Andrew Reynolds and many other pros.

Tournament officials released the street course layout earlier this week, with elements such as park benches, planters, staircases and a bunch of other features that skateboarders love to use for tricks.

There will also be a vert competition — where skaters launch off the ends of two opposing ramps and do stunts — for a $75,000 first prize and a new car.

Maloof and Senizergues expect this year’s competition to be even more popular than last year’s and want to keep it going for years to come.

On Sunday, April 27th Ryan Sheckler a professional skateboarder, handed over the keys to his pimped out 2003 Range Rover to Drake Kemper. He raised almost $40,000 for the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. Ryan also anted to congratulate the runners up, Camryn Hanna and Sean Pawelec who each raised over 30,000. Your response to this cause was amazing said Sheckler, thank you to everyone who articipated, you raised over $200,000 for CCRF.

Ryan Sheckler donated his 2003 Range Rover to Children’s Cancer Research Fund (CCRF) to encourage and motivate people to raise money for CCRF. From January 8th through April 10th, 2008 participants had the chance to enter to win Ryan’s Ranger Rover by raising the most funds for this cause.

Ryan presented the Range Rover to Drake Kemper who raises the most money for CCRF at their annual 5k RUN/WALK on April 27th, 2008. Kemper raised the most loot out of everybody and that amount was $37,793 to be exact.Sheckler said that cancer has affected our family and so many of our loved ones. We want to help make a difference and raise funds to find a cure.

“Ryan Sheckler is an authorized, unpaid spokesperson for Children’s Cancer Research Fund and is not compensated in any way. 100% of money raised goes to Children’s Cancer Research Fund.”

Way to go Ryan you are a true hero with a big heart!

In the event that you would really like to escape from everything and yet still take part in skateboarding just because it is something that you really enjoy doing, why not considered taking a skateboarding holiday? Whether you realize it or not, skateboarding holidays can really be lots of fun, because they are created with the skater in thoughts and you may even be able to meet more people that are like-minded as you are. There are several different places that you can choose from, so in situation where you are searching for a skateboarding holiday, you shouldn’t be disappointed. Below, you will find the absolute best places to go in order to take a skateboarding holiday.

Even though there are several different places that you can choose from to take your skateboarding holiday, there are several places which are considered to be better than others. So, within this paragraph, you will learn about some of the best destinations for your skateboarding holiday and hopefully, they will help you to make a final decision which is going to be more appealing to you.

1) America- As a skateboarder, if you desire to visit some of the absolute best skate parks that are located within America, you are going to be a little spoilt when it comes to choices. The reason for this is the fact that there are several skate parks that are available and because of this, locating the best ones is going to be a little difficult. With California, a really good choice would be the ever-so-popular Simi Valley Skate Lab. At this skatepark, there are several challenges that await your appearance and you are sure to meet some like minded people here. If you are looking for a really good skate park that has some excellent outside skateboarding options, you may want to check out Diamond Bar Skate Park. Within Florida, you can also find some outstanding skate parks and one of your best bets would be the Lakeland Adair Skate Park. In a situation where you are going on your skateboarding holiday with some people that aren’t into skateboarding as you are, they will be pleased to know that here; there is also a picnic area, a scenic park and a football field. Another really good choice would be the Tampa Skate Park and it offers some really great options for indoor skating that you may choose from.

2) Australia- In the event that you are open to traveling a little farther in order to take your skateboarding holiday, Australia is also known to boast some excellent skate parks. Melbourne’s Riverslide Skate Park is among the best and it is also known to boast a concrete surface that is polished with lots of different skating features. There are lots of people that flock here to test out all of their skating skills.

Above all else, all that matters is that there are several skate parts that are available for you to choose from when taking your skateboarding holiday.