Writer: Doug Quimby The year is coming to an end and Thrasher Magazine has announced that the Skater of the Year for 2018 is Tyshawn Jones! This year has been a great year for skateboarding and I’ve really noticed how much the sport has progressed. Ledge and rail tricks have been getting more technical, and people keep throwing themselves down
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Street Plant Brand released a Jerry Garcia themed skateboard yesterday. The skateboard is inspired by Jerry Garcia’s famous Tiger Guitar that he used from 1979 to 1995. Mike Vallely, owner of Street Plant Brand said, “my reverence for Jerry Garcia is without end. I find wholeness, harmony, freedom, and radiance in his music, filling me with optimism, love, and hope”.
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Professional skateboarder Jamie Thomas has started his very own skateboarding podcast called “Thrill Of It All.” The Youtube based podcast focuses around a specific pro skater each week with the first episode kicking off with a bang. Skateboarding legend Chad Muska who also is a close friend of Thomas was the first guest. At the beginning, Jamie Thomas introduces the
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Mirth Films presents the 2018 Lake George Skate Plaza Summer Skateboarding Competition! This year’s summer competition will be held on Saturday July 21st and will have various types of skateboarding events including Best Run, Best Trick, Game of S.K.A.T.E. and High Ollie. The cost to enter the competition is 20 dollars and will give you entry into all the contests. Prizes will be
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If you’re a skater then you probably know how good a skating brand new deck is. You pop higher, your getting your tricks down, and then all of a sudden you bail or slip out and your board goes flying straight into a ledge or a rail. Now your nose or tail has a chip in it. But you keep
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On Saturday July 21st, Mirth Films will be holding a skateboarding competition at the Lake George Skate Plaza located in the Charles R. Wood Park in the beautiful town of Lake George, New York. If you’re a skater we’ll be having a Jam Style Competition, Best Trick, High Ollie, and Games of S.K.A.T.E. If you aren’t a skater come down
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Writer: Doug Quimby Since Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater in the late 1990’s, skateboarding video games have been a great way to get skateboarding out into the world. The Tony Hawk Series created by Neversoft and Activision were all amazing games. My favorites were American Wasteland and Underground. At that time they felt like the most real a skateboarding game could
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Doug Quimby provides some advice to quickly shake off that rust for skating season!
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Writer: Doug Quimby Skateboarding. If you ask any skater how they got into it they’ll probably have a story along the lines of seeing someone skateboarding down the road and then this thought pops into their head, I want to do that to. You finally get that skateboard you’ve been asking for and you realize that it’s not as easy
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In the past decade, Upstate New York has seen quite a number of skateparks built, especially an increase in public skateparks. With skateboarding growing bigger and bigger each year, the demand for places to skate is on the rise. We have compiled list of the top skateparks in Upstate, New York that we recommend that you make a trip to
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