This is the last throwaway footage for Play Date, a Midwest skate flick, due out in November or December. Stay tuned for more…
Everyone in the Midwest knows that 3rd Lair puts on the best skate contest; and every kid knows that The King of the Groms/AMs is one of the best junior contests ever. Combine the two and you have the best venue and contest in the universe.
King of the Groms/AMs has three different events: Bowl, Mini Ramp, and Street. Each event is a blast to watch but the AMs Street riders really stepped up this year. With only 4 more stops on the tour the King of the Groms/AMs Championships is right around the corner. Tune in next time. Read More
Let Gold Coast Longboards and science help you understand your skateboard.
Danny Kern and Kenny Peterson teamed up with their crew to make a skate video titled Play Date to be release this winter. There isn’t too many detail – but it should be hot. Read More
If you want to see local love go to any Working for the City Video Premiere. After what seamed like months on the road, the Working for the City crew arrived back in Minnesota from their Oregonian tour to film a fun skate/lifestyle vid titled ‘That’s So Skate Tour”. Read More
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the Vans Half Cab. In 1992 Vans released the Half Cab to respond to the demands of street skaters. In the late 1980s and early 1990s kids cut down the Vans Caballero high-tops…Vans picked up the trend and designed the Half Cab. Good on you for listening to what the kids want. Read More
If you have ever set foot on a skateboard, you need to see this movie.
Kilian Martin is a an internationally known skateboarder from Spain who has gained the admiration and support of many veteran skateboarders such as Mark Vallely and Stacy Peralta (one of the orginal Z-Boys). Peralta calls Kilian Martin one the most impressive skater he has seen in decades. With a back ground in gymnastics Killian has create a unique style of skateboarding which is complete his own. Currently, Killian has also started an new venture called Kilian Clothing. Designing retro style t-shirts and shirts.
Here’s a little chunk of knowledge to chew on; 99% of the time Corey Millett spends skating he’s rocking ear buds. What does he listen to? I have no idea, but it seems to help. Throughout the Midwest Melee’s qualifiers, semi-finals, and finals Corey put his nose to the grind stone with his Riots in. If you were Corey what would you listen to?
Here’s a little fun footage of Danny Kern, Kenny Peterson, and their friends.
If you are from the west and have ever been to Asia, you know exactly how everything seems so backwards from what your used to. There seems to be this insane feeling of organized chaos. Scooters and rickshaws and motorbikes and buses and trucks and people hauling carts and scooters and more scooters and more scooters! It’s mind bending to say the least.
With any trip to a far away land there are up’s and downs that shape the trip. Memories good and bad as a whole create and ultimately shape the experience. You learn from your mistakes and your successes, whether it be taking the wrong train, ordering food by just pointing to a random scribble on a menu, eating at an open air market with no concept of what, in, the ,hell , this strange creature you are going to eat might be and worst of all, a glass of water that will send you to the latrine (if there is one) for a few days.
Check out the teaser for “Play Date” featuring House Team riders Danny Kern and Kenny Wayne.
Legendary Lance Mountain
Learn about a side of skateboarding that you’ll never see until now. Thanks Lance!
3rd Lair Summer Series
Team rider Danny Kern represented hard at the 3rd Lair Summer Series skate contest in Little Canada! Make sure to check out the Midwest Melee at 3rd Lair August 17th-19th!
Eden Prairie Parks and Recreation staff has teamed up with Action Sports Design (Carlsbad, CA) to create a new Skate Plaza in the former skatepark location (16691 Valley View Road).
The Round Lake Skate Plaza is expected to open in early October 2012. Get pumped. Read More
