Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Tony Hawk will be hosting an East Coast Benefit in the swankiest place in the area. No it’s not Chilis, but in the Hamptons. The objective of the benefit is to provide low-income communities with nice slick skate parks that they can be proud of. Hawk Man X will be ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Here are few random stories to check out as you start your week.
Jackassworld wants your help.
Learn about the debut of the New York Surf Film Festival.
Baltimore-based Interstate has its predictions of who will make the open qualifiers in Skate Street of this week's AST Dew Tour.
Tony Hawk counts down to ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Friday the 13th was anything but a bad omen for Girl/Lakai skater Guy Mariano who swept the three categories he was nominated in, including Best Street, TWS Readers' Choice and Best Video Part for Lakai's "Fully Flared". Mariano also shared in "Fully Flared's" Best Video win but his team ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
When you’re main competitor has endorsement deals with Coldplay, that kid from that Brittney Spears movie “Crossroads”, and the Neptunes, you may need to rethink your business plan and do something revolutionary. Well T-Mobile did just that and got the Hawk Man X to do a collaboration with their very ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
I’m not really into checking out men’s bodies not am I really into fitness, but when I think about some of the fittest and strongest guys I know in America, there are two people that pop into my mind. First is my 8th grade physical education teacher Mr. Shiomoto. He’s a 5’7” ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Wow, this guy has it all. Video games, books, instructional videos, waterslides, and Chia Pets. Sorry -- no Chia Pet, but soon, hopefully. Now Tony Hawk can now add roller coaster to his long list of endorsements, actually his fourth roller coaster. The latest Tony Hawk’s ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Maybe about eight years ago, I followed the championship run of a blind guy named Eddie on my favorite TV quiz show "Jeopardy." He was able to win five shows in a row and made it to the Tournament of Champions. Eddie was given a little audible sounding ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
There are two events that are capable of giving me a nosebleed. I’ve got a problem with the heat. One year I went to Coachella which is the music festival in Indio. I made the mistake of going out there in the morning and was out in ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Some of my favorite reading comes from history books that tell the stories of how things came to be. Like for instance the story of John Zachary DeLorean and his struggling tale of an automobile company that inspired the “Back To The Future” time machine.
Or how about Fabio Lanzoni ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Its great to see how long a way skateboarding has come. I remember the days when skateboarding at the Vons parking lot got you a ticket and confrontations with people like Officer Rivieri were the norm. The days when kids would have nowhere to skate so they ...
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