Category — Pro Skaters and Sponsors

The future is here. Microsoft is trying to match the Nintendo’s Wii with their new technology call Project Natal. No cords no wires, it is a movement detection device that connects with your original Xbox 360 to gives you maximum reality while gaming. It will be like Tony Hawk’s new Ride game with your own skateboard. Endless possibilities….

Sid Melvin has paid his time with Santa Cruz and now has Pro status. Congratulations Sid! Check out his featured video on Strange Notes.

Some skaters view Mike Vallely as one of the last true old school skaters still influencing the industry today. Whether or not this is true, Mike V has been in the media’s eye since he was a teenager. Mike V was Powell-Peralta’s golden child and skated to prove everyone that this was true. Now Mike Vallely is still in the limelight doing his thing with his own iPhone App, website, blog and mag covers.

Get the full scoop by checking out Transworld Magazine’s in depth interview, Mike Vallely: A Taxonomical Guide.

The Foundation team came to visit Dan Murphy’s hometown at the Capital in North Carolina. All the brick skating you see in the clip below is at North Carolina State University, which is a great session spot. No matter where you are skating there is a bank or stair set nearby, skaters paradise. I personally love brick terrain but you know every once and a while you going to hit that one uneven brick…

Check out the video at Tum Yeto’s Website.

This Saturday, January 23rd, Geoff Rowley, Lance Mountain and other Flip riders are doing a signing at SoCal Skateshop in Mission Viejo, CA. Make sure and get there early because there’s going to be a BBQ and raffle!! BBQ starts at 12PM and signing and raffle at 1PM.

SoCal Skateshop
24002 Via Fabricante Suite 205
Mission Viejo, CA 92691

Last week, ten skate shop teams from across the country squared off on the trade show floor of Surf Expo in Orlando, Florida, for the inaugural Bangers For Bucks skate contest. Brought to you by Eastern Skateboard Supply, Hurley, Vans, Kona Skatepark and Team Pain, Surf Expo’s Bangers For Bucks contest will take place on a new and specially designed course in the heart of the skateboard section of the show.

We went down to the expo last week and these guys were killing it! I would hate to be the judge for this contest, it was trick for trick. These guys were basically all Pro’s and you could tell this by their skating.  Below is the 1st and 2nd place shops with their crew.

1st place
Progressive Skatepark — Canton, Georgia
Team Manager – Mike DeLuca
Soloman Mosley Jr.
Joey Pellegrino
Fletcher Renegar
Josh Butler
Kyle Register
Kris Markovich

2nd place
Modern Skate Shop – Michigan
Team Manager – Steve Darling
Joe “Dirt” Siemianowski
Mark Davenport
Johnny Cleary
Dustin Blauvelt
Anthony Shelter

Read More at Surf Expo…

The originator of the truck colorways, Thunder, has a whole new line this spring.  Check out the DLX Website to see all the new colorways that we will be carrying. They also have new Limited Edition Thunder Trucks for all your favorite pro team riders.  Keep checking out our Thunder Trucks at Warehouse Skateboards to find these new editions.

Fellow North Carolinan Dan Murphy joins the Foundation Pro Team. Check out his Welcome Interview at Tum Yeto…..

Don’t forget to check out Foundation Skateboards at Warehouse Skateboards!

Congratulations Luan Oliveira, you have made the  Flip Pro Team! You will be accompanied by some of the top riders of the world. Watch him receive his first signature deck.