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I’ve been really busy lately, and haven’t been able to get much done on the site. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been following the skate scene and watching some videos. I just caught this video of Jason Dill skating what looks to be a temporary skatepark. The terrain is nothing special, but it’s amazing what someone like Dill can do with even the most basic ramps and grind box.

I was in the mood for something old school. I think it was all the Maloof Money Cup I watched this weekend, and I wanted to remember what skateboarding was once like. This video clip is from the 1980 movie Skateboard Madness. Growing up in the 80′s I’m not sure how I missed this movie, but maybe it really is as hokey as the reviews make it out to be. Apparently there is a claymation rat and a claymation hippie skating a concrete pool which doesn’t sound hokey but awesome. It also has one of my favorite comics Phil Hartman as the narrator.

Source: Demon Factory, IMDB, Amazon

The first day of the 2010 Maloof Money Cup is over, the results are in, and as expected the skating was awesome. Paul Rodriguez ended the day in first place, however I wouldn’t count out Torey Pudwill, Chris Cole or quite a few others at this point. All three were landing some amazing tricks, but more importantly were making sure they hit everything in the park. It was a hot day, and you could see the skaters getting pretty exhausted as the competition went on. The heat didn’t stop them from finishing the day off with the best trick contest on the Tech Deck manny ledge in the center of the park. I guarantee the guys will be happy to get some rest tonight, but there is still one more day of skating for the top 12 from todays contest. Also the amateur contest is set to start at 11 am, so set your alarm and be ready for a full day of kick ass skating.

Best Trick Winner: Torey Pudwill

Day One: Street Jam Results:

1. Paul Rodriguez
2. Torey Pudwill
3. Chris Cole
4. Bastien Salabanzi
5. Peter Ramondetta
6. Sean Malto
7. Keegan Sauder
8. Ryan Decenzo
9. Greg Lutzka
10. David Gonzalez
11. Caswell Berry
12. Sierra Fellars
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13. Billy Marks
14. Eli Reeve
15. Shane O’Neil
16. Dennis Busenitz
17. Chris Pfanner
18. Alex Olson
19. Nick Dompierre
20. Chris Haslam

Sources: Maloof Money Cup, Fuel TV, Skate and Annoy

I have to admit, I love this video part by Richie Jackson in Transworld’s “And Now.” This guy is on a whole different level. He’s doing caspers off of walls, flip tricks between odd shaped bars, power slides into board slides, board slides across chain link fences, a nose/tail slide down an escalator and other far out stuff. Oh ya, and he looks like Captain Jack Sparrow in this skateboarding video mind-fuck. What else can I say besides click play and enjoy.

Source: Transworld

Zac2595 hit his first handrail, went nuts, posted the video on YouTube, and now it’s made its way into Oliver Barton’s Top 5 YouTube Videos Of The Week. I remember the excitement the first time I landed a boardslide. Overcoming the fear of hitting a rail, especially down some stairs, isn’t to be taken lightly; you need to commit yourself or risk injury. For me it was a totally new feeling I hadn’t had on my skateboard, and I knew I had to come back for more. It’s that rush that keeps us skating, and you can see it in this kids eyes at 25 seconds into the video. Congratulations on your boardslide, keep skating, and keep wearing your helmet.

Source: Transworld

Mike Vallely included some clips from the Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party in his video yesterday, and that monster board slide from Jeff Grosso got me thinking that the site was missing some vert and pool video clips. I found this 9 minute clip over at Thrasher Magazine from the ‘party’, and in addition to being the nicest video I could find, it has clips of most of the skateboarders who were there.

The video has multiple legends in skateboarding like Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi, Omar Hassan, and Lance Mountain to some of the younger guys like Bob Burnquist, Bucky Lasek, and Rune Glifberg. As you can see everyone skated awesome except for Bob Burnquist who took a nasty spill (that first step is a doozy). Not only was the skating great and the energy amazing out there, but I still can’t get over the fact that quite a few of these guys are older than I am. I guess when it comes to skateboarding you can never start too young, and once you start you can never quit.

Source: Thrasher Magazine

If you haven’t been to Mike Vallely’s website recently you’ve been missing out on his weekly video uploads titled “Mondays With Mike V”. This Monday brings us episode #6 which starts out with Mike’s daughter playing some Iron Man on the guitar. I have to say Lucy is very cool, but I can’t figure out why she pronounces her last name Valley. Maybe she just skips over the third ‘L” because she is too cool for extra syllables.

As for Mike, in addition to being a cool dad and great skater, he is also a very entertaining guy. He doesn’t seem to hold anything back as evidenced by his joke about his delicious weiner (not my words, but his) or when skating. In addition to Mike Vallely, Ben Raybourn appears in this weeks episode skating the private ramp at Vans corporate office with Mike, and then followed by a sweet pool sessions where Jeff Grosso pulls off a monster board slide you just have to see. So far I’m loving Monday’s with Mike V.

Source: Mike Vallely

Nike has a new ad campaign which boasts that the air in their shoes is collected from the fine athletes who wear those same shoes. I know, it sounds ridiculous, but I really like how they pulled this all together. Personally, I have always wondered exactly where all that air was coming from. All this time I imagined a special air factory located high on a mountain top in some remote part of the world. I guess I was wrong on that.

As for the P-Rod fans, there is no need to worry, they haven’t forgotten to collect his air for your Nike SBs. Check out the video of Paul Rodriguez skating with his respirator backpack, and next time you skate your Nike shoes don’t forget you have a little piece of P-Rod with you.

The Vans Sun Diego AM Slam skateboard contest series has officially begun and it looks like it will be a great time. This last weekend people showed up to Belmont Skate Park in San Diego for the first stop in the six part series. One thing that makes this particular event interesting to watch is the amount of variety they have from pros like Greg Lutzka and Chris Cole all the way down to the super talented 13 and under. Although there is prize money associated with the contest the event is more about the heart of skateboarding, having fun. There are still five more events scheduled in this contest series so if you are in California and hoping to check it out, or compete, head over to Sun Diego’s event page.

Source: Transworld, Sun Diego

There seems to be a lot of hate directed at Arizona right now.  It’s pretty understandable considering the nutty Arizona immigration law (sb1070) which somehow found its way into existence. There are even some people calling for boycotts, and it feels like the Martin Luther King day incident all over again.   Rather than talk about all the crap coming out of Arizona let’s talk about Marty Murawski who grew up skating in Arizona.  Not too long ago Marty was picked up by a British skateboard company, Blueprint.  The folks at Blueprint have been working on a video called “Make Friends With The Coulour Blue” (notice how I spelled ‘color’ like an English person), which premiered in April.

All I have to say about Marty is that this guy can manual. I’m amazed it took this long before he got picked up for sponsorship, but it looks like Blueprint has a good eye for skateboarders. Some folks are saying Marty Murawski is like Kerry Getz with a twist, which I’m sure any skateboarder would be happy to take as compliment. Expect to see lots of great things from Marty in the future regardless of any sort of boycotts you hear about.