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

Look out guys, Almost Skateboards is coming out with the Double Impact Support! With the Double Impacts, they are using a single deck press which ensures that every deck feels exactly the same. Traditionally, Almost uses a 5 deck press resulting in a slight variation in each deck. The Original Impact Series includes 2 carbon fiber strips of discs which lay over the traditional breakage areas. With the Double Impact Models, Almost is adding a full top sheet of the same carbon fiber material on the top ply of the deck with their Resin-6 Epoxy Construction.

The idea is to have a stronger, lighter deck that will have unmatched pop and impact resistance. Check out the new Double Impact Ad below in the new Transworld April Issue. We should be getting them in any time now, so hold your horses!

Check out the trailer.  Has anyone actually played this yet?  Seems pretty realistic.

Check it out, a new way to play S.K.A.T.E using your iPhone. GOSK8 is not a virtual game, it is a new tool to physically play the Game of S.K.A.T.E. The app randomly selects tricks based on what you are skating (flatground, manual, transition, ledge) and your level (Basic, Medium, Advanced). The game currently costs $1.99 on iTunes.

Read more about this app at GoSk8 or check it out on iTunes.

“Art is what you can get away with.” – Andy Warhol

Alien Workshop is proud to introduce the initial, limited-edition collaboration offering with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. As the preeminent American artist of the 20th Century, Andy Warhol challenged the world to see art differently. This distinctive project presents a new approach to skateboard/artist collaborations by pairing unique examples of Warhol’s groundbreaking artwork with each of the ten iconoclast pro riders sponsored by Alien Workshop.

Read the full article at Alien Workshop!

Bacon Skateboards: Unheard Trailer from Bacon Skateboards.

Again for you California folks: Bacon Skateboards‘ new video, Unheard, will premiering down the coast from Oregon to California.  Checkout the premiere dates and times below.

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…

To celebrate the launch of the new Krooked 2010 online catalog and the release of Bobby Worrest’s new Krooked X Es First Blood shoes, krooked is giving away 10 of Bobby’s new Krooked Schworrest decks and 10 pairs of his new Krooked X Es shoes.  All you need to do is enter your e-mail address on the DLX Website.