CHRIS RAY: Fully Flared Was A Dream Come True | X GAMES PODCAST

You might recognize the name Chris Ray as a behind-the-scenes name on X Games Real Street. In fact, Chris has more than a few medals to his name as the filmer/editor/producer for #RealStreet segments. But this year, Chris stepped out from behind the camera to judge X Games Real Street Best Trick. And as we all know, judging an outlet like skateboarding is sometimes harder than doing the tricks themselves. Chris handled it like a champ, then sat down to go over his favorite video projects and inspirations from years of skate trips. Did you know Chris worked on “Fully Flared?” All that and more, in answered in this video.

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Corey Duffel – Stop And Chat | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

We Stop And Chat with Corey Duffel to discuss breaking his femur through his pelvis, slipping out on a bag of Doritos and tweaking his knee, reviewing some of his gnarliest slams and makes, his current board setup, his disappearing cookies, having two broken arms while on tour in Australia, trying not to over-impress when first getting sponsored and much more!

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SALBA SHREDS, GARGANTUAN DITCHES AND TARANTULAS! Screaming Vlog #8 | Santa Cruz Skateboards

In Screaming Vlog #8 the SC crew hits Salba’s local park for a session that gets FIRED UP and then Eman breaks off to skate a MASSIVE ditch. Ever seen a Tarantula in the wild? Who is getting excited for Til The End Vol 5? We won’t lie… we think you’re going to like it. We’ve got Steve Alba, Eric Dressen, Emmanuel Guzman, Henry Gartland, and new SC AM Brian ODwyer in the mix with Team Manager Eric Palozzolo filming for TTEV5.

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Skatelite Traxion Technology

For the last several years Skatelite has been testing various material throughout skate parks that provide a diverse amount of attendance, dust, and climate. Through this lengthy and rigorous testing phase, Skatelite has developed a product with honeycomb shapes embedded into the material which reduces friction between the skate wheel and the ramp surface. This technology allows you a more reliable grip when you need it, and the control you’d want to slide out or revert.

Skatelite Traxion will be replacing the previous Skatelite Indoor material. The added benefit to this material is that if you do not want the textured application, you can flip the material over and install the standard mill finish that they have always offered. (Patent Pending)

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Pro Skater Micky Papa Unboxes a Truck Full of Skate Features | Dew Tour Unboxed Presented by TikTok

This year, with most events on pause, Dew Tour created a way to bring the excitement right to the skaters’ doorstep. Along with TikTok, Dew Tour produced a truckload of skate features, literally. In Unboxed, a loaded-up truck will hand-deliver these items to some of your favorite pro skateboarders. Once delivered, the pros will unbox the truck and have the chance to set up the features any way they like for endless creative possibilities.

Find out what’s in the truck for the first episode featuring Micky Papa and friends. Then, stay tuned for the full skate edit to see how the features got used, all the tricks that went down, as well as more episodes to come, right here on DewTour.com.

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BEAGLE Tapes: Episode 50 – Andrew Reynolds, Justin “Figgy” Figueroa and Furby

The Wilshire Financial Tower was built in 1962. This structure is commonly referred to by skateboarders as the WIlshire 10 or Wilshire 15. The building received a Merit Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1963. The entrance has an 88 foot wide forecourt framed by one story wings. The lobby features a four-section colored mosaic glass mural by Gyorgy Kepes, 12 feet high and totaling 57 feet in length. Welton David Beckett’s architectural firm designed this building. Interestingly, the architectural firm also designed some very interesting buildings and structures that are relevant to skateboard culture. His firm also designed the World’s Fair project in 1964, to NY skaters this is know as “Flushing Meadows”. Another famous skate spot designed by Welton Beckett’s firm is the Chase Tower in Phoenix, AZ. This pot is know as the “Bank Banks”, made famous by Chad Muska and Colby Carter. The firm also designed the Capitol Records building located in Hollywood, CA.

Anyways, let’s get down to brass tax. In pursuit of the completing the “Bake and Destroy” video which was available as a free DVD in every copy of December 2012 Thrasher Magazine. The BAKER skateboards team was in crunch time to get the final clips for the video. Warming up at the Wilshire 10 stair, Justin “Figgy” Figueroa switch backside lipslides the set and avoids oncoming traffic. Andrew Reynolds gets half Cab noseslide, while Michael Burnett documents with a photography sequence. Migrating to the big boy side, a young Franky Villani performs a coping dance with a feeble-to-50-50 and then considers a 50-50 to manual. Figgy, pursing the premeditated switch backside 50-50, get what he came there for. A cold blooded reptile (Lizard Kind) feeds off the heat of the make.

The next day, in San Pedro, CA, Furby nollie kickflips a fatty to flatty between the pam tree field goal. It’s good… Circa 2011 – BEAGLE

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