P-Rod Scores Close Win at Right Guard Open Skate Park Finals; Ryan Sheckler Injured

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

If there is any doubt that Paul Rodriguez is taking his skating seriously this season, it was gone Saturday after he clinched the Skate Park finals at the AST Dew Tour's Right Guard Open.  The win follows his Maloof Money Cup victory of last week. While P-Rod's win was huge, two ...

Ryan Sheckler Clarifies ESPN Article; Talks About “Life of Ryan”

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Sheckler after winning the 2007 Right Guard Open. cr. Lat34/ Michael Nakonachny Ryan Sheckler is in Cleveland for the Right Guard Open, where he plans to compete tomorrow in the skate park finals despite having a broken elbow.  While there, he answered some questions for the AST and clarified some comments ...

Ryan Sheckler: ESPN Cover Boy

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

In 2006 it was Shaun White who found himself on the cover of ESPN the Magazine representing action sports as the X Games were around the corner.  This year, White's an afterthought and MTV reality star (and sometimes skateboarder) Ryan Sheckler got the honor. The article is called “Just Another Lonely ...

P-Rod, PLG Win Big at Maloof Money Cup

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

There were 540s and 720s galore on Sunday afternoon in Orange County as ten of the top vert skaters in the world battled for the Carl's Jr. US Men's Pro Vert title and a $75K first-place payout at the Maloof Money Cup in Costa Mesa, CA. When it was ...

Ryan Sheckler Breaks His Arm; Will Continue to Compete

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Apparently Ryan Sheckler has broken his arm mere days before the Maloof Money Cup takes place.  The Cup will feature skateboarding's largest payout -- more than $100K for the winner of the street competition alone -- and despite his injury Sheckler will still show up. Skateboard.com, which will be webcasting the ...

Maloof Money Cup This Weekend

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

For all you Southern Californians, remember that the biggest prize in skateboarding history, The Maloof Money Cup is coming up this weekend in the city of Orange. PRELIMINARIES Friday, July 11 • 8:00 pm Friday evening preliminaries include 24 skaters. Three heats of eight skaters each receive two 10-minute jams, with a three-minute ...

Philanthropist Ryan Sheckler To Host Celebrity Golf Tourney

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Ryan Sheckler is kicking up his charity efforts with a new golf tourney that will take place on July 29. The Ryan Sheckler X Games Celebrity Skins Classic will raise money for a number of charities, including Road2Recovery and Wings For Life. Sheckler's own Ryan Sheckler Foundation was set up ...

Saturday’s AST Action: The Official Recap

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Skate Park top Three (Ortiz, Sheckler, R-Rod) | cr. George Crosland (Snowboard-Revolution Blog) The second day of the Panasonic Open in Baltimore came to a close Saturday and keeping in the spirit of Go Skateboarding Day both skate finals appropriately took place. In Skate Park, which got a rare weekend ...

Sheckler Still the AST’s Man in Baltimore

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Ryan Sheckler - Baltimore 2008 - cr. AST Three-time AST Dew Cup champ Ryan Sheckler is on his way to number four after winning the season-opener of the AST Dew Tour in Baltimore. Paul Rodriguez was a surprising second while rookie Chaz Ortiz lived up to the hype and finished ...

Andrew Reynolds The Newest Addition To Nixon

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

What do Bob Burnquist, Tony Hawk (Hawk Man-X), Rick McCrank, Colin McKay, P-Rod, Ryan Sheckler, and Danny Way all have in common with Baker boss man Andrew Reynolds besides being totally gnarly???  Well for the pat two years or so the Nixon team has not voted any new member to ...