The five best competitive skateboarders in the world had yet to compete against each other at one time this year, that was until last Tuesday. That’s the news I was greeted by upon arriving at a top-secret airplane hanger somewhere in Los Angeles, straight from the mouth of the man himself, Street League founder, Rod Dyrdek.
It was early, about 10:45 AM; that’s early in the skate world, Drydek had already been there for some time and was hyped. He was in his standard DC hat with matching Street League shirt, and you know he had his bling. I hadn’t even been there five minutes when he … Details
Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Teahupoo, boasts a venue largely considered one of the most dangerous waves on the planet, and with solid swells projected and the added pressure of the mid-year ASP field reduction, this season’s Billabong Pro Teahupoo is turning into one of the heaviest events in history.
Culminating the first half of the 2010 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Teahupoo will be the final opportunity for the ASP Top 45 to secure the results needed to finish in the Top 32 on the ASP World Title rankings. Following the event in Tahiti, only the Top 32 ranked surfers will … Details
Last Sunday there was a bit of an uproar at the 2010 Maloof Money Cup OC. The unbeatable Chris Cole was supposedly beaten by the kid with dreadlocks as long as his body, Nyjah Huston, but in the end still finished atop the leader board. The dread heads of the skateboard world were beside themselves, booing as loud as they could. How un-rasta of them. Anyway, Cole collected another $100,000 check courtesy of the Maloof brothers, and Nyjah once again went home with second.
If you remember the first Maloof, just about the exact same thing happen. The only difference is it was Paul Rodriguez who brought home first place to people asking what about Nyjah?  … Details