The DVS Council on Skateboarding Welfare announced today a bailout plan that aims to boost the morale of skateboarders nationwide. Recent studies indicate that skateboarders too are vulnerable during economic downturns – often citing razor tails, pressure cracks, and coned wheels as signs of the times. In addition, many skaters are now experiencing an overall lack of funds for post session sodas, chips, and candy – a snacking deficit DVS Skateboard Welfare Chairman Tim Gavin says must end immediately.

DVS’ proposed bailout plan aims to offset these economic hardships by delivering a healthy package of tour footage from DVS’ summer skate trips “A skateboard Bailout Plan of this magnitude is exactly what is needed during these difficult times,” says Gavin.

The Bailout Package includes footage from DVS tours including the Scandinavian Scandilous tour, the Eh To Z tour through Canada, and the Freaks and Greeks tour to Greece.

The DVS Bailout Package is being headed up by a long list of highly experienced committee members including: , Lucien Clarke, Jeron Wilson, Russ Milligan, Kerry Getz, Bryan Wherry, and Chico Brenes.

Come out and meet Daewon Song, Jeron Wilson, Jimmy Cao, Chico Brenes, and Torey Pudwill and ask them how you can grow up to be as good of skaters as them.  Or you can ask Jimmy or Torey how it feels to be grown men in a boys body.  Check out the flyer. 

I haven’t seen the movie yet but Torey Pudwill kind of looks like James Franco from “The Pineapple Express”.  Kind of.  Well both of them are stoners (I think) and both are very talented at what they do.  Franco at potraying a weed dealer and Torey at skating.  But instead of running away from goons, Pudwill is shredding pretty hard.

DVS has dedicated a special area to new pro skater Torey Pudwill with several interesting links to his life.  You can check out some baby pictures, a very young Skating Torey, and a dope segment featuring “A Week With Torey”.  Man this guys rips.  Must be fun to be that good.

Yeah that’s right, after a string of amazing video parts and awe inspired skateboarding, Torey Pudwill has been promoted to Pro Skater.  Daewon Song, Almost Model Reda and the rest of the Almost team welcomed him by inviting Torey to a staff meeting to critique a new board graphic, and to his surprise, was greeted with his first pro model. 

Paul, Daewon, Reda, Luis and myself brought him into a meeting telling him we needed him to check out some new board graphics that the guys had been working on and we surprised him with his very own pro board. Torey is not only an amazing skater but an equally awesome dude.

 So congrats Torey and we cant say anything more than keep doing what your doing.

I personally haven’t had a chance to check out the entire thing but I wanted to go to what I thought would be the best video parts based on the little teasers the Dudes slowly leaked over the past couple of months.  And I’m thinking Torey Pudwill’s part probably was the best since it closed the show.  It’s a really good part  but I have yet to see Daewon.

[See post to watch QuickTime movie]