Shaun White, 22, the champion snowboarder and skateboarder known for his shock of curly red hair, does not know the meaning of off-season. After winning the slopestyle and superpipe at the Winter X Games last month in Aspen, Colo., he came to New York to compete in the Red Bull Snowscrapers event on Feb. 5. (NBC will broadcast it at 5 p.m. Eastern on Sunday.) Though Snowscrapers took place on a specially built 90-foot-high ramp in East River Park, it was business as usual for White…Â More info
Tacoma police on Thursday were investigating how a 16-year-old skateboarder was seriously injured Wednesday night while riding in Point Defiance Park.
Investigators have learned that the Tacoma teen and some friends were driving around Five Mile Drive in two cars about 6:30 p.m., about an hour after the park closed. The skateboarding boy was holding on to one of the cars, police spokesman Mark Fulghum said…. More info
Rob Dyrdek had all the friends and assorted folks out for a episode two release party at his Fantasy Factory. Now, I’ve never actually heard of an episode two release party before, but I am not going to complain. I assume it was some sort of conflict with the release of the Alien Video.
In any case, the Fantasy Factory is pretty epic. As you may have seen, there’s a house in there, where he does business and has a studio. There’s the skate park, his cousin, a massive skateboard (that some poor soul had to grip with stacks and stacks of grip sheets), a trampoline, a foam pit with a…Â More info
Living on Treasure Island, George Graef sees just about everything going on on the Lake. So when he saw this bicycle skimming across the waves, he wasn’t necessarily surprised, but he did pause to take a picture. “The inventiveness of Canyon Lake water ski enthusiasts is something to admire,†he says.Â
According to Al Van Beenen, who often is involved as a boat driver when something unusual is taking place on the water, Mike Murphy and Tony Klarich are behind the latest contraption…Â More info