3rd Lair Skatepark presents the 9th Annual King of the Groms, a 12 & under Skateboard Contest Series. Their will be 5 Qualifiers Contests around the country and 1 Championship Event at the 3rd Lair Skatepark in February. Regional Kings will be crowned at each qualifier stop and the National Champion King of the Groms will be crowned at the 3rd Lair SkatePark on the weekend of February 18th – 20th, 2011.

Check out www.kingofthegroms.net for more information.

THE 2010 / 2011 KING OF THE GROMS SCHEDULE:

QUALIFIER #1 – WOODWARD PA. FACILTY – SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2010
QUALIFIER #2 – WOODWARD WEST CA. FACILTY – SATURDAY, JULY 17TH, 2010
QUALIFIER #3 – 3RD LAIR GOLDEN VALLEY – OCTOBER 22ND – 24TH, 2010
QUALIFIER #4 – SKATELAB IN SIMI VALLEY, CA. – DECEMBER 10TH – 12TH, 2010
QUALIFIER #5 – PROGRESSIVE SKATEPARK – JANUARY 7TH – 9TH, 2011
CHAMPIONSHIP – 3RD LAIR GOLDEN VALLEY – FEBRUARY – 18TH – 20TH, 2011  (invite only)

Warehouse Skateboards will be a proud sponsor, so be sure to look for our banners and swag at each event.

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 Zoo York Institute is proud to announce that from July 24th-26th, the 2009 Zoo York AM Getting Paid (AGP) contest will be held at Le Taz Skatepark in Montreal, Canada.

Presented by Monster Energy, Underworld Skateshop and SBC Skateboard Magazine, with additional support from New Era, Dakine, Transworld SKATEboarding, Exposé Magazine, 33mag, and Dose.ca, AGP is widely recognized as one of today’s most prestigious international skateboarding competitions for amateurs only with a hefty prize purse of $10,000 USD. Doesn’t sound like a bad purse for some Amatuers right?
- Zooyork.com

The 2009 Maloof Money Cup had one of largest purses in the history of professional skateboarding. Who wouldn’t want a gold plated Saw-Zaw as a trophy?