Best of Flip Skateboards TransWorld SKATEboarding Team Challenge | Dew Tour 2018

Flip Skateboards returns to the TransWorld SKATEboarding Team Challenge for their third year in a row. Although for Flip’s first time the team was unable to secure a spot on the podium. Watch the best tricks team riders Louie Lopez, Keegan Palmer, Lucas Rabelo, and Gabriel Fortunato made during the Team Challenge competition.

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Building the OC HQ Skate Park

OC RAMPS moved warehouses earlier this year and wanted to build a new skate park. The ramps consists of several mini ramps at all heights- 3ft-7ft. We included a super fun pump tract, extensions/tombstoness and best part of all….a huge stage between ramps for bands to perform or bbq during skate events. We call it the “halfpipe stage.” Watch as their skate team helps assemble the course.

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Highlights | 2018 Men’s Pro Tour Prelims – Huntington Beach | Vans Park Series

The 2018 Vans Park Series Pro Tour in Huntington Beach completed its prelim rounds earlier today to determine the final lineup for the men and women’s main event tomorrow, August 4. The VPS Men’s Pro Tour began with 18 challengers gunning for one of ten open spots in the semi-finals. Event wildcard and winner of the 2017 VPS Brazil National Championships, Luiz Francisco qualified in first, with a dominating performance. Luiz’s comfort in the park was no surprise, considering his 2017 finish in Huntington Beach earned him 2nd place on the Continental podium. Strong performances also came from the other two event wildcards, Heimana Reynolds, who earned 2nd, and Zion Wright, known for his street skating prowess, placed 6th, impressing the judges with a well-rounded run that proved he has what it takes to hang with the top-level park terrain skaters.

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Swatch Artist Profiles – Huntington Beach Bowl Artists

At every stop of the Vans Park Series unique artists from each region are curated to custom paint the park terrain. In this VPS Profile we meet the artists commissioned to paint the Huntington Beach course; Michael Hsiung from Los Angeles, Ellen Rutt from Detroit, Jack Graydon from Portland, Benjamin Marasco from Chicago, and Phil Morgan from Wales.

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