Oi! MegaRampa Brazil Skate Contest

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

While you and the rest of the country are about to freeze your arses off because winter is just around the corner, the people of Sao Paulo Brazil (and Los Angeles) are living it up with some of the most beautiful weather around.  You may not have known this but them ...

Danny Way Breaks Two Vertebrae in MegaRamp Crash

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Danny Way has crashed on the MegaRamp while performing in Brazil for an event.  SkateDaily found the report from Brazil, where Bob Burnquist, Way and others were in town for a contest going down this weekend. As you can see in the video below, Way didn't land cleanly after clearing the ...

The Eco Friendly Guide To Making A Skateboard

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

  Skateboarding which is a multi billion-dollar business and requires finite recourses needs to evolve its industry if it wants to be ahead of the game.  While sports like snowboarding, and surfing, and HEELY, are taking advantage of today’s innovative technology, skateboarding is content with using the same old boring wood ...

Valter Vale’s Mega Ramp Mega Experience

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Often times most athletes should stick to what they know best.  Their transition into a different sport can hinder the development of their careers.  Just look at Jordan going into baseball.  He could have easily won at least one more championship.  Or in the case of Oscar De La Hoya.  ...

Skate Vert Shocker: PLG Wins PlayStation Pro Finals & Dew Cup

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

PLG in the finals.  cr. AST It was supposed to be easy for Bucky -- he was first in the points standing and needed a first or second-place finish (depending on where everyone else placed) to win his third Dew Cup.  Instead, he fell and ended up in last place, opening ...

Danny Way & Bob Burnquist’s Band

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

When Bob Burnquist was sitting down over a decade ago watching Danny Way and Colin McCay as wet behind the ears teenagers on Plan B’s very influential first video “The Questionable Video”, I highly doubt he ever imagined he would be in a band with one of his idols. ...

Andy Macdonald Wins Skate Vert at Toyota Challenge

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Skate Vert podium.  cr. John Swenson It took four years but Andy Macdonald has finally won an AST Dew Tour event, taking the Skate Vert finals at the Toyota Challenge in SLC on Sunday. Macdonald edged Pierre-Luc Gagnon by a quarter-point to take the win, throwing a monkey wrench into the Dew ...

Bob Burnquist Wins Skate Vert at Wendy’s Invitational

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

[flv]http://www.lat34.org/video/WI_08/VNR_SKB_Vert.flv[/flv] Pierre-Luc Gagnon found some redemption Saturday at the Wendy's Invitational in Portland OR, after a tough showing last month in Cleveland's Right Guard Open but it was veteran Bob Burnquist who ended up taking the top spot.  AST Dew Cup points leader Bucky Lasek had a tough day, coming in ...

Big Air Battle Comes Down To Bob Burnquist’s Big Switch

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Last year the world could stop talking about the Skateboard Big Air contest because of Jake Brown's incredible slam.  This year, the conversation will be about the battle between Brown, Danny Way and Bob Burnquist for the title with Burnquist making an amazing comeback to win on the final run ...

Shaun White Back on Top at Right Guard Open

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

   Shaun White | cr. AST Shaun White followed up a strong second-place finish at last week's Maloof Money Cup with a win today at the 2008 Right Guard Open in Cleveland, the second stop of the AST Dew Tour. White fell on his first run but scored a 90.25 on his second ...