X Games 2001 SKATEBOARD STREET FULL COMP: X GAMES THROWBACK

Twenty years ago today, on August 11, 2001, X Games held its first Skateboard Street competition at City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And it was mayhem. Imagine the scenario: across a busy downtown street from Love Park, Philadelphia’s City Hall was already a go-to destination for street skaters. And with the addition of a few banked landings that created new lines, X Games took to the streets for the very first time. Featured skaters include Kerry Getz, Eric Koston, Kareem Campbell, Kyle Berard, Chris Senn, Ricky Oyola, Rick McCrank, Josh Kalis and some impromptu MC’ing from Jason Ellis.

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TRAFFIC SKATEBOARDS BEHIND THE “RICK’S PICKS” BOARD SERIES

Theories of Atlantis caught up with Ricky Oyola and original Traffic Skateboards graphic designer, Mike Stein, to discuss the story behind the new “Rick’s Picks” graphic series. Influenced by Ricky’s history of east coast skateboarding, the Traffic guys reimagined some of Rick’s most memorable graphics over the years as all new pro boards for the modern Traffic team. Stein and Ricky share stories and insights into the graphics and their inspiration.

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STATIC ALMUNI SECTION FROM STATIC IV

Montage from the “Static IV” video, 2014, featuring a collection of skaters who all had full parts in previous Static projects from the past including Forrest Kirby and Paul Zitzer from Static; Kenny Reed, Ricky Oyola and Bobby Puleo from Static II and Pat Stiener, Olly Todd, Danny Renaud and Tony Manfre from Static III. Brought to you by Theories of Atlantis.

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RAW TAPES EPISODE #10 BARCELONA

The next episode of Raw Tapes catches up with the Static II crew just as their London trip wraps up and they move south to Barcelona. This new episode features a gaggle of rippers including: Bobby Puleo, Toby Shaul, Kenny Reed, Paul Shier, Kenny Hughes, Justin Strubing, Donny Barley and Ricky Oyola.

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Lair Mobb Presents “Blazed” 2013

Lair Mobb’s full length video featuring Jereme Rogers, Ricky Oyola, Abdias Rivera, Jahmal Williams, Charlie Wilkins, T-MAC, Doug Moore, Joel Meinholz, Fritz Mead, Fred Gall, Erki Munday, the 5-boro Team, JJ Colon, TJ Schick, Jason Klotz, Mike Powley, Jim Grant, Josh Arnold, Keven Hammond, T-Ruz, Jeff Barnes, Little Joey, Rain Man Tim, Timberlake, Joel, Matt Spence, and Alex Maldonado.

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Lair MOBB 2013 “Blazed” Teaser -Film by Michael Cirelli

Lair Mobb’s Blazed teaser dropping 9/30/2013 featuring Jereme Rogers, Ricky Oyola, Abdias Rivera, Jahmal Williams, Charlie Wilkins, T-MAC, Doug Moore, Joel Meinholz, Fritz Mead, Fred Gall, Erki Munday, the 5-boro Team, JJ Colon, TJ Schick, Jason Klotz, Mike Powley, Jim Grant, Josh Arnold, Keven Hammond, T-Ruz, Jeff Barnes, Little Joey, Rain Man Tim, Timberlake, Joel, Matt Spence, and Alexander Maldonado.

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