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EARTHWING WHEELSEarthwing has justreleased a 62 mmwheel called theSuperball. The highlyabrasion resistant,high rebound natureof this particular formula fits right in with thedemands of sliding. Available in 62mm “Slide A”,65mm 78A, and 72mm 78a. earthwingskate-boards.com

GFH BOARDSGFH have teamed up withKhiro to create a unique 85Adurometer bushing. Thesegreen bushings are made exclusively forGFH. Gfhboards.com

SMADuring the ASR, SMA held an outdoorbarbecue at the Washington StreetSkate Park in San Diego. Owner SkipEnglblom performed duties as the chefand cooked hotdogs and hamburgersfor everyone with an appetite. In othernews, SMA has welcomed back JesseMartinez and Mark Jones and honorarySMA guest pro rider Pat Ngoho to theteam. Another pro added to SMA isMarco Gomez from Bogota, Colombiawho is now living in Los Angeles.smaskateboards.com

CHICAGOChicagolongboards.comis a small shop run byJulian Nicks. Their goalis to provide customerswith the opportunity to create their own deck, how-ever mild or wild they want. They are constantly try-ing out new concepts, so if you have a concept fora deck, and need a capable builder to put your ideaon wheels, then send them your requests. [email protected]

BUTTONS HAWAIIButtons Hawaiiis a companybased off of thelegendary But-tons Kaluhiokalani who single handedly changedthe shortboard surf revolution in the late 70’s andearly 80’s. He also had a huge affect on skate-boarding. There are 12 models from 29.5” to 60.”buttonshawaii.com.

DREGSDregs have just introduced anumber of new decks along withnew wheels This is only a smallsample of the new product. Pic-tured is the Classic D 70mm off-set wheel and 46” Pirate long-board.Dregsskateboards.com

OLD MAN ARMYSince its beginning, Old ManArmy has been uniting 30 to lif-ers. (Some have never left theboard and some who found theirway back). With a grassrootsmagazine, a spankin’ new lineupof decks, and over 2000 years ofon board experience in their

forums, you need to check out OLDMANARMY.comNot in the game for fame, but making a name justthe same.

MOTIONMotion went back to the drawingboard and transformed the almightyBigFish into a flying fish for 2007.With this new honeycomb/ fiber-glass board weighing just under 2 pounds. It’s justa bit stiffer than the former BigFish, but still has thepowerful EZ-FLEX. [email protected]

C-11The C-11 Scriber’smain feature is itstrucks. By adjustingthe “degree pointer”one can effectivelychange the kingpinangle. The angles areadjustable in 10 degree increments which offers therider a large range of styles in the one truck. TheScriber trucks have performed well in tight slalomand have also been ridden up to 60 mph. The C-11is arguably the most tunable skateboard in theworld. Grombiz.com

HONEY SKATEBOARDSHandcrafted in California,Honey Skate-boards favorsquality crafts-manship over mass pro-duction. Carefully inlayed patterns are mirrored onthe top and bottom of the boards, laminated withfive core layers of hard maple, then finished with abarefoot-friendly clear grip to let the beauty of thewood shine through. There are a choice of five mod-els: 27” Flashback, 36” Hybrid, 40” Pintail , 40”Carver, and 43” Cruiser. honeyskateboards.com

SECTOR 9Sector 9 introduced their Bamboo lineof skateboards almost two years ago andthe response has been very positive.Secrets is the latest addition to theirfour board line of bamboo skates. This40” board is 100% bamboo andcomes set up with 9” GullwingAlpines and 70m/78a Bamboowheels. It comes with a mild con-cave and a classic surf shapeswallow tail. The Bamboo Line ofskateboards was created as an alter-native to the maple boards. Sector9.com

LONGBOARD HAVENA new Toronto based website has just started up.Longboard Haven is aimed simply to make those

NOTEWORTHYP R O D U C T S , P E O P L E , E V E N T S

FUEGOFuego Longboards was started by‘tap’ a retired tattoo artist and skate-boarder, as a family run, positive,uplifting skateboard and longboardcompany. Fuego’s products representtheir respect, love, and devotion totheir father Jah Almighty, His music‘reggae’, and skating with the sum ofthese as a way of life. The productsmix old school shapes, sizes, and reg-gae inspired graphics with contempo-rary features. fuegolongboards.com

MICRO MINI RAMPThe Railslide Micro Mini Ramp is manufactured by the Irish skater ownedcompany, Railslide. At just 16ft long, 6ftwide and 2ft high, it’s a very cool ramp tohave almost any place of the house. It isalso one of the mostcompetitively pricedmini-ramps in theworld. It retails for $895and this includes shipping. railslide.com.

PRESSURE DROPPressure Drop is stoked to announce the arrival oftheir first plywood/formica deck. The RD - 42 modelfeatures a 12mm birch plywood with a black formi-ca bottom, 9 ¾” x 42” dimensions, and a generousconcave. Pressure Drop is also proud to announceABQ local Chris Miller has been added to the RaceTeam. pressuredroplongboards.com.

ARBORArbor have justintroduced TheBogart. It’s achopped down,stringer-style mini, with a fat, functional shape andtight wheelbase for poaching any street walker’sline. Arborsports.com

JBOARDZWith a desire tobring surfers backinto skatingJboardz offers asmall line of long-board decks —“The Spear” and“Big Spear.”Designed for carv-ing smooth power-ful turns- with asweet bit of flex. These boards feel, ride, and, withtheir look, reflect the spirit of surfing. jboardz.com

KAHUNAAt Surf Expothis September,Kahuna Cre-ations releasedseveral new boards. The Neo Fish and Retro Fishhave a mild concave and springy camber shapeand come with the classic Kahuna tropical sand asgrip. Also new is the Magma longboard with aunique top graphic. Kahunacreations.com


hard-to-snag parts easier to find, easier to get yourhands. lbhaven.com

REVOLVER BEARINGS & ZEBRA TRUCKSThe Revolver RRT 9-Ball Ceramicbearings distributethe pressure equallyto create a barrier againstmicroscopic flat spotting insidethe races that can steal speed and per-formance. The T-Inserts combinedwith their unique spacer allowsthese bearings to be tighteneddown which means no wheel slagfrom side to side and also keeps bear-ings in perfect alignment with the trucks. InterstateZebra Trucks incorporate style, performance, and alight-weight truck without compromising strength. Amedium tension bushing and a strong easy toadjust kingpin make Interstate trucks a mid rangepricepoint alternative. If you’re interested in sellingtheir products contact [email protected] skate-vault.com

TUNNEL Tunnel has added acouple of new SoftRocks to the line-up.The soft blue 75As areexcellent for rough surfaces, and the Old Schoolamber are a great all-around wheel for longboardsand cruisers. Tunnel has also released the MarshallCoben Cruiser. Hailing from Santa Monica, Cobenwas best known for his amazing high jump skills in

the seventies. His mini-deck, shapedby Tunnel founder Mitch Haake, is26” by 8”, 7-ply maple pressed inCalifornia. The deck features a silkscreened graphic on the bottom and

a die-cut grip for the top. tunnelskate-boards.com

INSECTInsect is proud announce a new,streamlined look for the entire lineup oflongboards, slalom, and speedboards.They are using a newly engineeredfiberglass construction technique thatresults in decks that are slightly thinnerand lighter weight (nearly 1/2lb insome cases), all while retaining thesuper-responsive flex. Decks and com-pletes are available online and at selectskate shops worldwide. insectskate-boards.com

SKATERBUILTJake Piasecki is known to many a

skater as one of the gnarliest of themodern-day vert gladiators. Skater-built wanted to commend Jake forhis poolriding and vert efforts by

producing a new wheel to Jake’sexact specs. The Jake Piaseckiwheels are 60mm tall, 40mm wide,and made with Skaterbuilt’s exclu-sive “Naturally-White” urethane in

99a hardness. skaterbuilt.com

FLEXDEX

Flexdex emailed us to tell us they have come upwith a new material for their boards. This new black-colored ingredient will apparently make the newboards lighter, faster and flexier than their prede-cessors. flexdex.com

CONSPIRACY Conspiracy Skateboards has a newDVD: “Saikou” (pronounced Psy-cho) and it is the result of a vastcollection of some of the best con-crete and DIY spots from aroundthe country. Saikou includesfootage from the infamous FallenWarehouse Death Bowl, the Ore-gon Trifecta, and the Conspiracy Crew’s northwest-ern tour. Conspiracyboards.com

TOES ON THE NOSEToes on the Nose hasexpanded into thehard goods marketoffering longboards k a t e b o a r d s .360Incorporated, theexclusive manufac-ture and distributorof Toes on the NoseLongboards have been making longboard surf-boards and skateboards since the early 90s. Thereare twelve models currently available ranging from7.75” x 36” up to 9.5” x 44.” toesonthenose.com

ONEOne is about pushingthe creative and tech-nical levels of skate-boarding, by taking afreestyle approach toones skating. Theteam is made up of JJ O’Donnell, Matt Henry, Shan-non Sexton, and AJ Kohn. Be on the look out fortheir logo, hand painted, artist and Performance Tipseries. oneskateboardco.com and perfor-mancesk8.com

BOARD PUSHERBoardPusher offers on-demand printingof custom skateboards with no minimumquantities, and hosts a skateboardingand snowboarding pic forum which isopen to public submissions.They arenow offering an assortment of old schoolshapes. Boardpusher.com

PRO DESIGNED PADSWild Bill over at Pro Designed informs

us that wrist guards are now on salefor $25.00 a pair – while supplies

last. Prodesigned.com

F13Danny Creadon andthe folks down at F13 continue to inno-vate. They have re-launched their website and addednew info for customdesigning. They arealso starting to uti-lize carbon fiber,maple, birch, formi-ca, to create a spectacular beamed concave deck.factory13.org

NAVIGATOR TRUCK CO.Recreated from the ground up,Navigators newly redesignedtrucks are hand molded then dig-itized into an animated programto smooth out any imperfec-tions left behind. The truckfeatures a new pivot for con-sistent turning and rebound.Navigators are cast with thehighest 356 aircraft gradealuminum. They are manu-factured in the USA and “guaranteed for life.” Sizesrange from 127mm, 133mm and 137mm. In theworks is a Ben Schroeder designed 9” hanger.navigatortrucks.com

ALPHASKATEForged from hardenedchrome vanadium steel,the Alpha tool isincredibly strong. It’sonly 3” long yet itextends to nearly 4 1/2” .. It has 3/8”,1/2”, and 9/16” wrenches, a1/2” socket, both Phillipsand Allen screwdrivers,and even a grip tape file. TheAlpha also can be carried onyour key chain. In a bid to eliminate wheelbite,Alphaskate have also developed a newly designedtruck. The truck has a hidden pair of adjustablewheel bite screws to eliminate wheel bite. Alpha hasa 5.0” truck for street and a 6.5” truck for cruisingor longboarding. Tel: (650) 533-7952 oralphaskate.com

PURE UNLIMITEDPure Unlimited is anew skate and surfcompany foundedby Pete Lugo andBelinda Lagos onthe belief in Ameri-can made productsand PURE hardcoreskateboarding, andsurfing. They arecurrently offering7.5”, 7.75” and8.0” boards. Soon to be released are models withwidths of 7.625” and 8.25”. The Pure team is NeilMetzner, Udo Lingman, Marc Jefferson, and RobertJohnson. pureunlimited.com

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NITRO BEARINGSNitro Bearings welcomes three-time OverallWorld Slalom Racing Champion, JasonMitchell to the team. Jason rode the NitroCeramics to the 1st place in many races in2006 and has designed a new ceramicwhich bear his nick name: The Racer X nitrobear-ings.com

JONES SODAWe don’t normallycover soda or any type of bev-erage, but this time, we couldn’t resist. Way to go,Scott Starr.

LANIKAI

Lanikai produce boards and accessories for girls.Longboards and pool boards tried and tested byVicky, Charlotte, Kristie, Hannah and Tori whom skateand own Lanikai. Three of the girls are sponsored byLush Longboards in the UK already but really felt thefive of them could combine to create something extraspecial. For more info and photos visitmyspace.com/lanikaiskateboards. Trade enquiriescall YDNA Surf & Skate 44 1202 555 455.

OLD MAN JAM

The Old Man Jam was held at Brooklyn’s Owl’s HeadPark on Saturday September 9th. The turnout wasrepresented by skaters of all ages. Those who“looked” 30 or older were given free “Old Man Jam”t-shirts and tons of other great giveaways were raf-fled off by the event host, JJ Rudisill. The mainaction was in the Wally Holliday-built pool. Allen-town, Pennsylvania’s John Babiarz was likely theoldest skater at the event, proudly holding up hisAARP at one point. “JohnnyB” was also the luckyrecipient of a Wes Humpston-signed 44” Bulldoglongboard. Skaters enjoyed the all day snake sessionin the pool, which was highlighted with lots of grinds,some big airs, and a few good slams. All participantswere left hobbling away with big smiles and hopesthat this event becomes an annual gathering.

SIEGRIST ON FIREOn August 19 and 20 of 2006, the third race of theFrench downhill championship was held at theIzoard Pass in the French Alps. The course was 2

kilometers long, with alot of turns and itoffered some spectacu-lar views. The race wasorganized by the CND,Commission NationaleDescente who super-vise all the Frenchraces. It was also aregional IGSA event. In stand-up, MartinSiegrist dominated. Formore info go to izoard.net and descente.fr. Speakingof IGSA, the world championships were held inScheid Switzerland this year. The road was one ofthe most challenging in the history of downhill skat-ing. It was very steep and technical and favoredlightweight riders. Over 200 competitors from 20countries showed up to race. The winner in downhillstand up once again was Martin Siegrist.

JAY BOY BOOK LAUNCH

The book launch for “Jay Boy” was held on Satur-day, September 9th. Over 200 people met up at SanDiego’s Basic Bar. There were a number of notableguests including Jay’s wife, Alisha, their new daugh-ter, Venice and Jay’s son, Seven. Jay’s step-father,Kent Sherwood was on-hand to sign books. Othernotable guests included, Paul Constantineau,Nathan Pratt, Wes Humpston, Dave Hackett, SteveOlson, Denis Schufeldt and Mr. Bennett. Specialthanks goes out to the event sponsors – MichaelEarly of Pool King Skateboards, Mark and DebraZenter of Z Sports Distribution, Buddy and TraciCarr of Tailtap.com, Greg Matson of Z Flex and theBasic Bar, who provided a great environment alongwith some terrific pizza. “Jay Boy” features imagesof California during the 1960’s and early 70’s. Thephotos were taken by Kent Sherwood and recentlycaptioned by Jay Adams. The book was edited byGlen E. Friedman and is co-publishing venturebetween Concrete Wave Editions and Pool KingSkateboards. It is available via tailtap.com

THE 4TH ANNUAL TORONTO BOARD MEETINGBy Nick PourgoutzidisThis year, I was lucky enough to witness my firstBoard Meeting. As I kicked into the parking lot I wasin awe at the mass of riders converging. All were

dressed in collared shirts, with ties to match. A fewhad full-on executive attire. After a few proud (andquite ecstatic) words from Matticus, the newlyappointed guide of this growing tour, 148 long-boarders took to the streets. As we approached thefirst hill in our ride, the adrenaline in the crowdbegan to pump and the cheers became louder.Passers by gawked in amazement at the dozensupon dozens of bobbing and weaving heads thatpoured into the street, asking “what is this FOR?”

AMERICAN NOMAD BOARD MEETING

The 2006 American Nomad board meeting tookplace over September 23rd & 24th in South Wind-sor, Connecticut. Bill Danforth and Jay Kelly con-ducted break out sessions at Connecticut’s morefavorable skate spots, demonstrating new productsby way of old techniques and creating much-need-ed stoke in southern New England. Barking dogsand pool coping could be heard throughout theneighborhood as Bill Danforth, Fred Smith andscores of others enjoyed watching skaters fromacross the east give a clinic in miniramp ripping,body slams, and deck heckling.

SLAC PASKAPOODOWNHILL RODEOThe first annual PaskapooDownhill Rodeo, an inter-national downhill race puton by the Speedboard &Longboard Association ofCalgary on Aug. 26th wasa surprising success. Thecontest was hosted at Cal-gary’s Canada Olympic

Park (formerly Paskapoo) was put together in just acouple months. The inaugural event went off bigwith a huge crowd of spectators and an internation-al line-up of racers who took on the steep windingcourse with no holds barred. The electronic micro-chip timing system employed worked perfectly cap-turing racer’s individual times and leaving no ques-tion in qualifying.

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next day after the 8.3 mile Cross town race was wonby John Huey. Ditch shuttles ran all afternoon, andthe Awards Party was held on the patio of Kelly’sBrew Pub with good food, draft beer and TONS ofprizes for everyone.

Men’s All Around (calculated from 9 events)1 Ryan Ricker 165 points2 Will Brunson 157 points (tie!) 3 Andrew Mercado 130 4 John Rogers 129.25 5 John Huey 127.5

Women’s All Around1. Isa Ruiz 126 points 2. Judith Rogers 90 points 3. Claire Bartlett 72 points Complete results at TimeShipRacing.com

2006 SANDIA ALL AROUND CHALLENGE — A PARTICIPANT’S PERSPECTIVEWords by Jeff TatumFor the last few years now I’ve been drooling overphotos of the flood control ditches in New Mexico.One of the Pool King team members that I manage,Starr Adams, lives in Cerrillos and he’s wanted meto visit for some time. When I heard about the Time-ship Sandia All Around Challenge I thought I’d killtwo birds with one stone and fly out there. Joe Lehmof Timeship Racing has been hosting downhill andditch contests in New Mexico for six years now.Ditches like Indian School and Rio Bravo stretcheight miles or more with bridges and tunnels to passthrough and an occasional wall ride along the way.Riding these ditches is more like surfing or snow-boarding than skating, with the goal of riding till yourlegs give out. The Timeship bank slalom contestheld in the Rio Bravo ditch was the first competitionI’ve entered in 28 years and had a blast. I compet-ed with downhill legend Will Brunson, skaters fromTexas, Dave Rogers from Colorado, who won thedownhill race held at Sandia Ski Area, Chris Millerfrom So Cal, and wicked local Ryan Ricker who wonthe overall challenge which consisted of seven sep-arate events. I have to say everyone I met and skat-ed with on this trip was way cool.

Starr Adams took second place in the ditchslalom youth division and Malcom Hecht took firstplace. Andrew Mercado took first in the best trick,Will Brunson won the overall ditch slalom, JamesWest Jr won the traditional slalom, Ryan E.P. tookthe trophy for the longest bowl grind, Ryan Rickertook the trophy for the cross town race and JohnRogers did the most 360’s, Starr was the youngestcontestant and I was the one of the oldest. Thethree day long contest ended with a ditch jam in theIndian School ditch where all the contestants gottogether for a just for fun session. Joe rented a cat-tle type truck to shuttle everyone back to the top ofthe ditch after each run. The true core skate men-tality of this contest and the skaters that are attract-ed to it could make it one of the most prestigiousskate events over the next few years.

KAHUNA CREATIONS – DOING WHAT THEY LOVEAn Interview with founder and owner Steve McBrideWhat is your background? I grew up in the San Fran-cisco Bay Area and when I turned 15, my familymoved to Saudi Arabia and traveled the world. Ipicked up skateboarding in Saudi Arabia, with my

brother Mike, inthe late 70’s, andlearned to surfwhile travelingworldwide. I heldseveral senior levelmarketing man-agement positionsin the high techindustry in the S.F.Bay Area. How andwhy did you startKahuna Creations?I was on a busi-ness trip to Syd-ney, Australia toconduct seminars. My head was spinning duringthe seminars because I had gotten into a car wreck.I was in a rental car in downtown traffic driving onthe left side of the road. I looked right when I shouldhave looked left and smashed into some Aussielocals. I picked myself up and drove my car with thefender half off and scraping the road and went tothe business meetings. After the meetings, I took offto Dee Why Beach, rented a surfboard, and had oneof the best sessions ever. I remember sitting on mysurfboard between sets and thought to myself that Iwas totally sick of the high tech scene, sick ofreporting to senior executives that were incompetentand sick of marketing stuff that I couldn’t care lessabout. So, it dawned on me that I wanted to dosomething that I actually love. So there, on the Aus-tralian line-up, I decided to do something different.It was downhill from there… I decided to create a

business based in what I love doing…Skate, Surf andSnow sports. After several months of creating the busi-ness plan together with my wife, DeNee, we decidedthat we wanted create a board sport company and paytribute to the Hawaiians that invented board sports inancient times. The Hawaiians invented surfing, whichis when and where all boardsports began.

DeNee cameup with thename “KahunaCreations”… therest is the begin-ning. One of themost intriguingthings I findabout your com-pany is that youproduce not onlylongboards, butsurfboards andsnowboards. Canyou tell us whythis is? I decided

to get into longboards as well as surfboard andsnowboards because I wanted to start a businessdoing the things my family and I were actuallystoked about. I figured that if I ran a business basedon everything I love, it would be successful. It is achallenge to manage each business and maintainunique designs and stay competitive in each area,but we are doing it. I am living the dream… start-ing a business with products I love and risking all tofund the venture. As long as we are doing what welove to do, it is working. What are some of the newproducts you’re bringing to market? Longboards. Wehave been working for the couple of years on devel-

hill helped insure racers were rested and ready fortheir next heat. The eight-man heats forced riders togo hard to clear the pack or suffer traffic congestionon the course’s seven corners. This also made forgreat viewing by spectators who lined the tree-linedcourse from the top to the bottom—eyes fullybugged out as racers rocketed by at speeds reach-ing 50 MPH, or worse, flew by after being ejectedoff their board. There was a fair bit of carnage onthe challenging course.

The final heat for the $5000.00 first place prizedidn’t go down until 9:30 PM with the setting sunleaving some of the course quite dark—adding towhat was already a gnarly run complete with twospeed bumps. However, the general consensusfrom riders seemed to be that it was one of the bestcourses they’d ridden in competition. The DownhillRodeo drew 67 racers from around the world.Although the top qualifier with some sizzling fastruns early on, Jim Z got shut out in the end. TheRogers brothers also made a strong showing only tobe denied in the finals. Carnage took its toll onmany riders in the all-day event.

Top Five Race Results:1. Max Erwin - Vernon, BC – $5,000 2. Danny Farmery - Seattle, Washington – $2,5003. Jody Willcock - Kimberley, BC – $1,250 4. Mike McGoldrick - Vancouver, BC – product andsponsor prizes5. Mischo Erban - Vernon, BC –product and spon-sor prizes

SLAC organizers are already hard at work makingthe Paskapoo Downhill Rodeo an annual event,however next year’s competition, which may beextended from 1-day to 3-days, in August, will alsoinclude other gravity sport competition includingluge and slalom.

SANDIA ALL AROUND CHALLENGE By Joe LehmPhoto: Rob Palmer

The 6th Annual Sandia All Around Challenge washosted by TImeShip Racing and featured 40 skaterscompeting in 9 events. First up was Banked Slalom.Then the start ramp and timing system were moved30 feet onto the ditch side bike path for the 74 coneleg crushing slalom challenge. The next morningwas the Downhill on Sandia Crest Road with manyexciting close heats. No one was surprised to seeboth of the Rogers brothers in the Pro final alongwith Ryan Ricker and David Price. The SundayJournal featured the race in a front page article witha couple of nice pictures of the finals and of DaveRogers, the winner.

Los Altos Skate Park was host to the evening’selective events: Longest Grind, Best Trick and360’s. High Jump and Ollie Jump were held the

Kahuna artist David Ray Gould(on the left) and Steve at Sep-tember's Surf Expo.

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oping a performance longboard that delivers bothdeep carving and control features and look incredi-ble. Artist, David Ray Gould, has hand painted aspectacular volcanic explosion on the top of thedeck that reflects the aggressive nature of the long-board. We debuted the new “Kahuna Magma Long-board” at Surf Expo in Orlando a few weeks ago andthe reaction surpassed our expectations. At SurfExpo, we also debuted our new Kahuna BeachBoard longboard lineup. These fish tail longboardsare built for both new riders as well as those who areexperienced longboarders who can appreciate theflexibility and carving potential of these longboards.The artwork is clean and fresh and features tropical

sand on top of the decks as grip. The feel of theseboards are unbelievable. What are some of the spe-cial features that make your longboards stand out?Each of our longboards is dialed in to deliver whatthe market is looking for. We have interviewed ridersaround North America to get real world input regard-ing both the ride and designs they are looking for.Whether riders are looking for a “grab the rail andbury the turn performance board”, a “big sweepingcarve-up-the-hill cruiser board” or a “barefoot,noserider board”, we create a board for each style.The unique signature feature of Kahuna Creations’longboards is the use of tropical beach sand as gripon top of most of our boards. Instead of using griptape, we uniquely fold sand and shells into the finishto provide a beachy feel. Our Kahuna Magma Long-board features actual black lava sand sprinkled allover the top of the deck which provides a great lookas well as gives the firmest grip.

SLAM CITY JAMThis was the first year Slam ventured into anothercity after several years since its debut in Vancouver,BC, Canada. Lack of a venue due to renovations forthe 2010 Olympics saw the 3-day event seeking anew home—it found one at Calgary’s Stampede ParkAugust 25-27. Although 20,000 people attended,this was lower than previous Slam events. It wasdefinitely a boon for Calgary skaters as well—sever-al of which did quite well in both street and vert com-petition. The event drew skaters from the US, Brazil,Mexico, France, Chile, Australia and Canada—the$100,000 USD in prize money was certainly one ofthe reasons. Of course with many teams competingstateside in the King Of The Road contest, the num-bers of competing pros was less than expected.Hawk’s Boom Boom Huck Jam vert ramp served asplatform for the weekend’s vert contests that sawRob Loriface throw down seamless runs to windespite Sandro Dias’ high-flying efforts on his lastrun. Lincoln Ueda also logged significant air-timethroughout the competition but just couldn’t stick itevery time.

With only six women entered, the Women’s vertcontest would have been a real let down if not for thehead to head contest between Brazil’s Karen Jonesand Californian Holly Lyons. The Slam street coursehosted a myriad of new ideas in-so-far-as obstaclesthat seemed to raise the bar for those competing.Most stuck to the standard elements of the terrainwith the usual moves—and in this case it paid off forriders that stuck to that formula. However, Tony Tru-jillo and Calgary’s Riley Boland’s aerial prowess andstylish flowing lines did not go unnoticed by thecrowd. Like Women’s Vert, Women’s Street was

somewhat short on riders—but that didn’t stopLacey Baker and Vanessa Torres from thrilling theassembled. Playing it somewhat safe but stickingeverything was the path to follow.

Men’s Vert1. Rob Lorifice 2. Sandro Dias 3. Neal Hendrix Men’s Street1. Greg Lutzka 2. Chad Bartie 3. Ryan DeCenzo 4. Magnus Hanson 5. Nathan LaCosteWomen’s Vert1. Karen Jones 2. Holly Lyons 3. Vanessa TorresWomen’s Street1. Lacey Baker 2. Vanessa Torres3. Lauren Perkins

TOP CHALLENGEHeld on the final long weekend of the summer,Montreal’s Top Challenge is always a blast. Atten-dance was a little less than last year (darn rain) butthe spirits were good. The sliders got a hugeresponse from the crowd and the slalom compwent off without a hitch.

SPEEDBOARDING SLALOM1-Mischo Erban 1- Mike Cividino2- Noah Sakamoto 2- Claude Regnier3- Nathan Lang 3- Aki von GlasowSLIDE1- Chris Dahl2- Will Jolly3- Fabrice Gaëtan

Chris Miller stopped by Skate Supply in September tocheck out his limited edition deck. Next to him is Deb-bie Gordon of Fibreflex.

BICKNELL HILL “FULL MOON MADNESS” TS OUTLAWBy: Dave Heady Skaterbuilt’s Dave Hegstrom kept the spark alive forthe L.A./O.C. slalom scene by hosting an outlaw raceat Dogtown’s fast and steep Bicknell Hill on “FullMoon Thursday”, September 7th, 2006There wereplenty of skaters and onlookers that were visiblyentertained by the action. The locals even bustedout a street ramp to hurl themselves over the gateand down the hill. The new parking lamps and fullmoon provided ample lighting conditions whichmade for excellent viewing of the race-with over 100spectators lining the street and sidewalk.

As they made their way through the 6.5 ft. conespacing, it looked pretty close with Floyd Reid, AttilaAszodi, and The Carrasco Bros. all on fire. “Axe-man” Tim Kienitz stepped it up big later in the raceby starting his run in the street behind the gate-topost one of the fastest times of the race. A lot of fastracing and clean runs took place that night, but inthe end it was clear that slalom ace Mike Mayseywas in a league of his own as he ran five cones persecond CLEAN for the win! After the awards andtrophies were handed out, DT legend Skip Engblomthrew-down some extra cash for a super-tight 5.5 ft.race and Maysey easily took first place and themoney again-with Floyd not too far behind. Thanksgoes to Skaterbuilt, Khiro, SMA, PPS, and Sk8Kingsfor setting the race up and kicking down the moneyand prizes.

RESULTS:1. Mike Maysey2. Dave Carrasco3. Tim Kienitz

On October 14, about 80 racers showed up to NewYork City’s “Broadway Bomb.” This was the 4thyear of the 8.5 mile race. Pictured left to right areAdam Colton (third place), James Soliday (second)and Kaspar Spurgeon Heinrici (first).


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BOWLBASH 2006Words and Photos: Alex Post

The grand finals of Globe’s Bowlbash 2006 tookplace at Area 51, Eindhoven (The Netherlands) onOctober 15th. Area 51’s new location and perfectMU bowl appeared to be a great location. The 24qualified transition riders from Europe knew how toimpress the judges and to amuse the audience. Theriders went unbelievably fast and took a lot of risks.In the last three seconds of the final heat Andy Scottperformed a huge BS 360 over the hip which sealedhis first place status.

END RESULTS:1st Andy Scott, England2nd Ivan Rivado Alvarez, Spain3rd Alain Goikoetxea, Spain

NCDA PROMOTES HELMET USE

Initially launched in mid-2005 and run only onNcdsa.com, the five banner set promoting helmetuse via consequence-oriented animations is nowfreely available to web sites wishing to help spreadthe word. Owner/webmaster Adam Nathanson hassteadfastly promoted skateboarding safety sinceNcdsa’s launch in 1996. “It’s the senseless, easily-preventable tragedies I’ve seen posted over theyears that this campaign was designed to prevent.”says Nathanson. Download the free banners fromncdsa.com/nohelmet. Congrats on 10 years, Adam!

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDEYes, the holidays are upon us, and what better gift thanthe gift of a book or DVD…or a subscription to CW.Here are my choices for some great skate presents

1. The Answer is Never – Jocko Weyland & Scarred ForLife – Keith Hamm – both books were published sev-eral years ago, but they are well researched and wellwritten (they will appeal to old and new skaters alike)2. Miami Inverted – Robbie Weir & Willie Miller – greatcoming of age skate story for kids from 9 to 123. New Truths and Realities – CP Kaestner – heavyduty poetry from a Chicago skater4. Agents of Chaos DVD – Scarecrow – most skateDVD’s wish they had this much creativity. The skat-ing is as brilliant as the skits.

A NEW INSURANCE PLAN FROM CASA AND SPAUSASkateboarding has always faced a major hurdle whenit came to finding any sort of event or park insurance.At best skaters were subject to insanely high rates, orin a lot of cases just simply told, “No.” As of Nov 1st,things changed. Through the Canadian AmateurSkateboard Association (CASA), and SportsInsur-ance.com, there is now a very progressive insuranceprogram that not only will provide coverage to allaspects of skating, but will do so at a far more realisticrate. The biggest problem insurance companies hadwith skateboarding in the past, was a complete lack ofknowledge. They simply assumed that the all peopleskating were unreasonably reckless, and that the activ-ity was simply a liability nightmare. Their response wasto highball figures, and the result was that many con-tests, demos, and even parks, ran with no insurance,or just did not run at all.

CASA started working directly with the people atSportsInsurance.com and SPAUSA (Skate ParkAssociation of the USA), to put together a programthat would address the concerns of theinsurers. The result is that through CASA andSPAUSA, rates have dropped significantly. The keyto getting these rates is membership into CASA orSPAUSA). For more info on the Canadian programcontact CASA at ca-sa.ca or [email protected],for info on the U.S. program contactspausa.org .

Bruce Logan and the Godfather of skateboarding,Larry Stevenson at the launch of the new Makaha filmat the ASR show in September

SURF EXPO

The Surf Expo trade show held in Orlando has big plansfor the January event. Team Pain is extending the con-test ramp to 80 feet, and Volcom’s throwing in whop-ping $35,000 as prize money. There’s an All Girls SkateJam session on Sunday from 1-2PM.The 2006 Skate-board Hall of Fame Awards will be at Surf Expo on Fri-day at 5pm. January 11-14th, 2007. surfexpo.com

Scott Tansley getsin the zone at aSydney, Australiaoutlaw slalomevent at theAllawah BikeTrack.Photo: Bill Fonseca

SYDNEY OLD SCHOOL NITE JAMWords by Johnny the Fox

The Sydney Old School (aka S.O.S) is a growing con-cern to the powers that be, in this city. Every weekthese days you hear of (or see) their late night gath-erings. The S.O.S stage all sorts of clandestineunderground activities at these skate park vantagepoints from 'Bank Shootouts' thru to illegal fundrais-ing activities. They even stoop to stealing old com-pany logos to promote their gatherings on flyers. TheS.O.S is not the seedy riff raff you would think thatwould be associated with such activities though.They are respected members of society from doc-tors, accountants and art collectors thru to film crit-ics, firemen and national sports champions. Theiractions are as unpredictable as habitual old bowlriding skateboarders can be. In their world, there areno rules, only more bowls to be built, to be ridden,to be mastered!

On the 26th of July under the guise of "an old-school late-night fancy-dress goth-horror metal-punk night" they blatantly walked into Bondi Beachskatepark and conducted a skateboard bowl jamcontest. Dressed to scare and horrify, they skatedinto the night for trophies and prizes under themoonless sky un-harassed by local council rangerswho no doubt slept on soundly unaware nearby.

Using the latest Old School Skateboard technology, TheS.O.S had cleverly based their secret underground newsgrapevine around CHARLIEDONTSKATE.COM, the Aus-tralian old school skater’s web site. CHARLIE DONTSKATEis The S.O.S’s number one supporter and sponsor - thanksBraden, you RULE! Being in Bondi we also scored someprizes from KRACK surf/skate shop which is only 50 yardsfrom the park on the beach - thanks Tim!

Special guest judges were arranged from anotherunderground old school skate group: Naccoss andwith their arrival things got going big time. Flamingcoping lip, Ghoulish outfits and rad skateboardingensued unabated into the night. So now you have allbeen warned: travel to Sydney at your own peril but ifyou do, make sure you contact the S.O.S for the mostamount of old school fun you can get down under!

CORRECTIONS:The photo for Matt Henry was taken by Andrew Garrett.The correct email address for Vintage Boards [email protected].

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Adrian 'Errol' Jones hits the shallow end of Bondito a flaming reception.

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