"Blow Stuff Up"?? Um, OK.

(Photo courtesy of www.streetsoffire.net)


Random skateboarding blog on about.com by Steve. (Who is Steve?)

(courtesy of the Skateboarding Wire)

It's the 4th of July, the day we Americans celebrate our independence, and enjoy blowing stuff up! For the rest of the world, this might just be an normal day, but there's no reason you can't blow some stuff up too! In fact, the Mystic Sk8 Cup, the best skateboarding competition in Europe, starts today. If you live someplace in Europe, you should go to Prague and see it!

For those of you in the Americas, or Africa, Asia, Australia, or even Antarctica, going to Prague might not be something you can pull off in an afternoon. So, I would welcome you in the fine American tradition of exploding something, throwing a party, and enjoying your freedoms. Even if you live in a country that has less freedom than the USA, you still have plenty of freedoms to celebrate. And if you are reading this, I'm guessing that skateboarding is one of them - so grab your board, get out there and enjoy being alive! Go Skateboarding Day might have passed, but that's no less a reason to ride your board, to throw a party, or just to enjoy the freedom to skate.

Ju-Tang on the Fleezers' website!!

Check out some footy of Julian "Ju-Tang" Etheridge on the VA Fleezers website.

Julian headed down to Florida with Fleezers' originator/genius/filmer-extraordinaire, Justin "Whitey" White, in late April. Not entirely sure about this (somebody do the research for me, would ya?), but I believe some of the footage is from Florida; some was filmed at the concrete park in Currituck, NC.

Anyway, it's SICK!!!

You can check out more of Whitey's stuff here in a short montage-style film called "Dead End" that was edited by local 757 skater, Chris Ridgeway, and produced by PEER Pressure Productions in association with 700 HPD studios. This collection of shorties (not as in "chicks"!) features many local skaters and filmers from the 757 - in fact, Shmack Skate Team skaters Julian, Lloyd Vines, and Glenn Newland are speckled throughout. Opinions may differ as far as the film in it's entirety (about 36 mins), but the skating is a true-to-life rendition of what this flatground, below-sea-level city we love has to offer. When the landscape is limited, it leads to creativity!

While searching for interesting things on the virtual highway, we stumbled across this photo of Jed Shooter in the "Most Viewed Photos" section on the Skate Perception website. If you haven't joined this forum yet, better hurry before the honeys find out....else you're just plain lame.

Mad props to photographer, Steve LaClair!

RockStar Bearings and The Shelter Skatepark team up on July 19!

Just so you know...Shmack Skate Team manager, Julian "Ju-Tang" Etheridge, and Dustin Charlton (of RockStar) go way back....as in, waaaayyyyy back!

So, if you feel the need to be in NY on the 19th, check out this event. Rod Campbell is worth the price of admission alone! Wait, it's free. Rob rips for sure, though.

For more information, click here. (Or go to http://shelterskateboarding.com)