SK8RATS Summer WA Trip 2019

SK8RATS went back up to WA to see Cory and the fam for a few weeks, Travis snagged a flight and tagged along! Featuring Travis Harrison, Caden Smith, Willa Bukauskaite, Corey Greengage, Shane Martin, Shane Auckland, Chris Jameson, Caleb Babcok, Trevor Clark, Sean Motaghedi, Mike Lind, Kyle Babcock, Jake Shumaker, Kristin Ebeling, Derek Lever, Casey Geldermann, Merritt Harburg and Joey McAdams.

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Sketchy Tank’s Sketchy-Moji Series – Creature

The Sketchy Tank “Sketchy-Moji’s” Saga continues! This time updated with pros Gravette, Martinez, Russell and Graham being paired with a new batch of Sketchy Tanks’ cynical, yet cute reaper emoji’s on a split (and now faded!) colored veneer. You can spot this deck from a mile away and we love that. The only way this deck could look better is when it’s under your feet being thrashed. Get one stat.

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KMHD x TKF

In collaboration with their favorite station KMHD Jazz radio. Featuring some of the team, but this one puts some well deserved emphasis on our northwest flow guys. Filmed and edited by Jerry Rojas. Additional filming by Micah Garcia, Alex Cooper, Seth Haupt, Josh Anderson, Chris Swoboda, Liam Trainor, and Yuji Ishibashi. Featuring Josh Anderson, Lance Chapin, Ty Johnson, Aidan Olmstead, James Alby, Andrew Gray, Daichi Ishibashi, Kyle Nickoshie, Ian Foreman, Tino Rincon, Trevor Clark, and Tameron Eaglehorse.

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DC SHOES: SKATE URBANISM, CREATING THE CITY OF THE FUTURE

In his hometown of Bordeaux, France, DC Euro team rider Leo Valls had the same problems that every skateboarder around the world deals with on a daily basis—skate-stoppers, knobs, defensive architecture, cops, angry pedestrians, traffic, and everything else that comes with skating in a city center. But, Leo had ambitious vision that brought together skaters, artists and city officials working as one to redefine the role of skateboarding in the city of the future.

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What Really Happens At A Skate Contest – Red Bull

It is genuinely unbelievable how many things can go wrong while running a skate contest. Spilt-drink slipouts. What time’s my run? The police are here. Where’s the judge? Someone in the crowd has fainted. I think I missed my run. Can my brother get a wristband? Lost boards. What time’s my run, again?

We mic’d up some of the skaters involved in the Vans Park Series stop in Chelles, France and the Red Bull Bowl Rippers in Marsielle for backstage antics and crapshoots from the platform of two back-to-back skate events during summer in Europe.

Press play to get an inside scoop on what really happens at a skate contest!

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Ridiculous Skateboards At Skate And Imaginate With Orange Man And Gnardo

If you’re not familiar with Orange Man AKA Abe Dubin, then you must hate fun. Abe rides for the wonderfully whacky, Fancy Lad skateboards and is a wizard with a jigsaw and wheels. He has built/modified every type of skateboard known to man and skated impossible spots with his custom creations. Abe teamed up with his pal, Gnardo to spread the word of insane creativity and building your own wild shit. Check out what they came up with at their event in Seattle last month.

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Nine Club EXPERIENCE #63 – Miles Silvas on Primitive, Tyler Surrey, Matt Tomasello

We discuss “Lotties Skateshop Must Be Stopped” Video, Clash At Clairemont, Pocket: Northbound, Miles Silvas on Primitive, Nine One Seven #2, Matt Tomasello in “Rodney Mullen on Bath Salts: Round Three”, Maurio McCoy True Grit: From humble beginnings to the world stage, Tyler Surrey “Expat” part, Jonny Giger’s part and a deep dive into the YouTube world, picking a winner for last weeks raffle of the New Balance Numeric package, this weeks raffle is a limited Skater XL board and a early release of the Skater XL game!

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