System Of A Down

The official website of System Of A Down. systemofadown.com Search * Related
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SkateBrake

An actual braking system for skateboards. Evolutionary! Also sells land luges and longboards *. From Cardiff California *. www.skatebrake.com Search * Related
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Tony Hawk: Skateboarder and Cultural Icon

This article, reprinted from the Boston Globe *, gives a brief overview of Tony's skateboard career. Tony's career has taken him from 12-year-old Bones Brigade * rookie to 14-year old pro, through the skateboard industry doldrums to the mega-limelight of today's Warped Tours *, X-Games *, and skateboard video games. Even through this all, Tony Hawk * is clearly one of skateboarding's most positive and lasting role models, and we all owe him for that. Now if we could just stop the ads... (extract: ...spent most of his preteen years scarfing down ice cream, watching cartoons, and burning his...grungy soundtrack, it created a skateboard star system. Tony Hawk, simply the best athlete of...Madison Avenue, is by all accounts as down-to-earth as the slightly insecure 12...) (Full Article) Search *
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This Snowskate's Got Railz

RAILZ is introducing a line of snowskates that use "standard skateboard trucks * with four skis instead of wheels *." On each side of each of the 4 ski assemblies are Stainless Steel carving rails. Since the skis sit on traditional skateboard trucks you can "lean the board and it turns in that direction". (extract: ...it turns in that direction". The RAILZ system is offered as an assembled short board...46" cruiser "intended for bombing and carving down anything from packed snow-covered streets to...) (Full Article) Search *
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Tony Alva interview with Heckler Magazine, 1995

Tony Alva * interviewed by John Baccigaluppi of Heckler *, covering topics as diverse as cars, rock stars, skaters, Tony's style and musical history, more. With photos and videos. As Tony puts it, "Defy authority. Don't let people tell you how to run your life. ... Your Dharma is your purpose in life. You can't stray from that when you find it. Skateboarding is my Dharma, the center of my universe." (extract: ...T.A. calling you back. I'm down to do the interview. I'm out...later Chris Carnel and myself were driving down the I-5 in a rented dark...ditch at high speed, landing half way down the the 12 foot wall. Watching Tony...we were driving through the LA Freeway system, more details of Tony's contribution to...how his boards are selling, we go down to the basement where the offices...) (Full Article) Search *
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The Pros And Cons of X-Games

As Tony Hawk * sums up, "The prize money for the events hardly reflects the amount of money generated by the industry right now. It's not just ESPN *. All over, the sponsorship dollars are not distributed the way they should be." And that's not all... It's big business manipulating a counter-culture all over again. (extract: ...bands pumping through the arena's sound system. Prepubescent kids seeking autographs from skate gods...) (Full Article) Search *
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Skateboard News Grab Bag: Gravity Games, Slam City Jam, Rye Airfield's Ramp Camp, and Atomic Warthog Russian Magazine

Updates about the Gravity Games *, the Slam City Jam *, Rye Airfield *'s Ramp Camp, and an upcoming russian magazine, Atomic Warthog. (extract: ...one on one coaching, the Softrucks skateboard system, games, contests, prizes and a visiting guest...) (Full Article) Search *
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Powell Team Update, April 2003

Powell * update mentioning skaters including Steve Caballero *, Pat Channita *, Jon Comer *, Moses Itkonen *, Rodney Jones *, Danny Wainwright *, Tony Manfre *, Tyler Hansen *, Silas Baxter-Neal *, Oliver Buchanan *, Jordan Hoffart *, Animal Chin *, and others. (extract: ...Thai Kitchen in Eugene, OR and throwing down tons of sick tricks at the new...) (Full Article) Search *
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The Skateboard, The City, and Socio-Spatial Censorship

Here Architect Iain Borden * discusses "skateboarding and socio-spatial censorship in the late twentieth century city" in his article "An Affirmation of Urban Life." Says Iain: "Cities are always places of contestation and contradiction, conflict and counter-cultural engagements. ... But of course cities are also places of power, and the contradiction between homogenization and fragmentation of urban space is continuously fought over, as urban managers of all kinds ... seek to dictate the character of social space. The urban practice of skateboarding is one such area which they seek to control." (extract: ...the next spot and keep breaking it down.' (12) Legislation and authority are there to...) (Full Article) Search *
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