Lion City Skaters

Ray Tait

2012-06-04T12:39:00.000+08:00

Fantastic edit here from 14 year old Ray.

Epicly Later'd: Arto Saari

2012-06-04T02:18:00.000+08:00

Part 1 & 2 here.

Photo of the Week

2012-05-31T14:59:00.000+08:00

Fach with a wallride @ Henderson Waves

Photography by Milky

60FPS: NIZAR HASHIM

2012-05-30T13:59:00.000+08:00

Nizar Hashim known as Ja at Bukit Kiara or Mont Kiara Skatepark, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Current Sponsors: Krookz, Thieves, Hom Hom, DC Shoes MY, WAS Watch.

Singapore in X Games Asia 2012

2012-05-29T22:55:00.000+08:00

Farris, Feroze and Firdaus representing Singapore in the street and vert skateboarding during the X-Games Asia 2012 held in Shanghai, China.

Skateboarding Is Life (Short Film)

2012-05-29T21:40:00.000+08:00

By Mark Ak

"Skateboarding is Life", a short documentary type film that i started producing around a month ago and definitely the most fun to work on. All of that was because I get to try out new things that I never actually tried before in film making. Though there were some challenges in the making, like especially when trying to record myself talking. It was weird hearing myself talk but yea, still fun trying it out! Well the clips I used in this film are mostly shot from my everyday skate session with my friends all over from Labuan & KK. Some of the clips I used were from 3 years ago when i was just starting to mess around with the digital camera, and yea, that's when i start to go onto film.

So pretty much, "Skateboarding Is Life" is a short film about how the skateboarding culture could change a persons' way of living life, and definitely in a good way! Basically also about how it changed mine, how it brought me into video making and stuff like that. So just check em out! Also since it's like my first time working on this type of film, tell me what you guys think and I hope you guys dig it! Oh and also not to forget, I wanna say thank you to everyone that supported and helped me out on making this film. Can't thank you guys enough, so yea, that's it.. Skateboarding is Life!

Dylan Rieder Interview

2012-05-28T17:53:00.001+08:00

Has Monster made a run for you? How come you’re not riding for some fantastic energy drink company?

Fuck. You couldn’t pay me a million dollars to wear one of those logos on my forehead. Their shit is fucked. It’s cool for those guys; they make a lot of money. I despise logos and I think it’s contractual if you sign up for one of those things that every time you’re on your board you have to have one of their logos near or on your body; it’s kind of retarded. They make little stickers that look like your shirt tags and you’re supposed to put them on you. It’s retarded. I don’t understand the Nascar outfit. The whole racecar uniform shit just blows my mind. But all those dudes are rich now so kudos to them.

How did you end up in Street League? You’re the oddball. You’re not doing push ups, you’re not plugged into the wall. How did it happen and do you enjoy yourself?

Yeah, it’s alright. Dyrdek is my boy, Workshop and all. Maybe he just wanted another Workshop rider. He called me and asked me if I wanted to do it. Why not? It’s extra dough in my pocket. I’m normally not too fond of the whole contest circuit thing but I got a mortgage now. You got to think about the extra pennies that can help pay the gas bill. I don’t mind it. It is what it is. You show up, you bail a couple times and then you go home. I’m not in it to win it. Under the circumstances it’s not even physically possible because everybody can do everything every try and I’m not that technical of a person. But it’s fun. I don’t lose sleep over it at night, that’s for sure. I don’t have a trick list like some of those dudes do. They know how much each trick is worth point-wise and I’ll see people pull out their little trickometer and if they’re doing bad, it’s fucked up, they’ll figure out what trick they need to do. It’s so far beyond not skateboarding. And every time somebody lands a trick it’s like they’re at the Olympics, right away they look up at the scoreboard to see how many points they got.

Winning is everything, Dylan.

Winning is everything. Winning contests is the most important thing to your career ever. But Street League hooks up all those dudes; it’s great. I mean, Nyjah was winning all those things and I don’t even think he had a shoe sponsor.

Didn’t you get into a fight at one of them?

A fist fight? Not a physical fight, maybe a semi-verbal confrontation. What? Did you hear the Berra story?

Yup.

Haha. That dude is a kook. So Berra was standing on the course, which I don’t know why he has any business to be on the fucking course; he’s not skateboarding. He’s on this bank ramp and I had to keep skating past him and this is right when he got kicked off of Workshop, maybe a month or two after. I kept passing him and I wasn’t trying to make things awkward, I had no beefs with Berra before. Me, AVE & Dill were the catalysts of him getting kicked off, which he had heard. My whole thing with Berra getting kicked off is that he doesn’t skate. I don’t have a problem with his Scientology. My whole thing is, “You don’t fucking skate, you don’t ride for The Workshop.” We’re trying to revamp the team where it’s just fucking skate and everybody rips, everyone works hard and hits the streets every day and he wasn’t doing that. So I was like, “Yeah, kick the dude off.” So I’m skating up and down this bank ramp and he’s standing right there so I’m like, “I’m going to say what’s up to this dude.” I was like, “What up, Steve?” and he looks at me and is like, “Really? Really dude? You’re going to shake my hand?” I’m like, “Yeah, you’re standing here. I’m trying to be cordial. Really dude? You’re this butt hurt over the whole Workshop thing?” He looked at me and says, “Keep walking, bro.” He told me to keep walking. I was so blown away. That was it; it wasn’t a full screaming match. I just thought it was really immature. You got kicked off a team, we’ve all been kicked off, don’t take it personal. But I hear so many stories about him just being a little fucking bitch. It’s funny; he shuns me because I’m younger than him and then he runs into Dill and AVE and they pretty much shut him down. He’s all nice to them. He treats me like shit but he’s scared of them so he treats me like a little kid.

For the full interview click here

Walker Ryan UCSD Insights

2012-05-28T17:53:00.000+08:00

If any of you guys have plans to attend university overseas instead of a local Singaporean university, check out Walker Ryan's rundown of spots at the University of California, San Diego.

Nike Skateboarding: Taiwan trip

2012-05-26T22:26:00.000+08:00

Justin Brock, Youness Amrani, and Wieger Van Wageningen travel to Taiwan with Nike Skateboarding European destroyers Marek Zaprazny and Daniel Lebron.

Video by Dan Magee and Anthony Claravall.

Adapative Action Sports

2012-05-25T23:36:00.000+08:00

http://www.adacs.org/

Fantastic stuff

Compose a skateboard photograph

2012-05-25T03:04:00.001+08:00

Now someone go take an awesome photo for our Photo of the Week! And by the way, how cool is Michael Burnett!

Photo of the Week

2012-05-25T03:04:00.000+08:00

Oscar with a super tweaked Ollie at *SCAPE

Photography by Max

Weird is the New Cool

2012-05-24T12:48:00.000+08:00

If you are going to write a song about skateboarding then this is the way to do it! Fantastic lyrics from the band Weird Is The New Cool. Now all they need to do is add a few professional skateboarders in the music video and give it more hiphop flavor.

New manual pad @ SCAPE

2012-05-24T12:45:00.000+08:00

By Buttsackskaters

Looks like a manual pad has been added to the ramps at *SCAPE. If you are wondering why the boxes grind so well it might be because of DuckWax.

Longboard skateboarding

2012-05-23T19:54:00.000+08:00

We are speechless. Someone else leave a comment below with their opinion.

Deon Williams joins Theeve Australia

2012-05-22T22:47:00.002+08:00

A friend of mine from Melly. So sick!

Tony Hawk Talks Selling Out

2012-05-21T23:49:00.001+08:00

You can't hate on the likes of Tony Hawk, Rob Dyrdek or other professional skateboarders for making big bucks while promoting skateboarding. High5 for T-Hawk!

Origins of Penny Skateboards

2012-05-21T23:13:00.000+08:00

Enjoyed watching this video and learning a little more about the Penny brand's origins.

Nazly Rosli B-Roll

2012-05-21T17:49:00.001+08:00

Freshmeat

2012-05-21T17:49:00.000+08:00

Converse City Carnage Singapore

2012-05-21T17:39:00.001+08:00

Converse skateboarding presents the inaugural City Carnage Skateboarding Competition featuring international judges from Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore. This time round, Converse is adding a tone of seriousness in skateboarding. The event will represent Converse’s first ever skateboarding competition in Asia that aims to unite skaters and showcase board-riding culture in its full glory, as well as provide a spotlight for young talents in the region. Contestants from all over Asia will rip through the course to impress the international jury and the spectators. With three different categories, the battle for more than $5000 worth of prizes will definitely allow the cheering crowd to experience a non-stop show of aerials, flips, and grinds. Join us for this daylong affair with a great fusion of sporting action and live music performances by local bands at Somerset Skate Park (beside Somerset MRT) in the heart of Singapore.

CATEGORIES:

CAT 1: 12 years & below
1 minute run format per competitor.
Registration fee: SGD$10.
Open to 12 years and below.
Limit to 50 contestants.
Top 15 scorers from individual run will proceed to the final.
Top 3 scorers from the final run will be the winners of Converse 12 & below.

1st Prize : $500 Converse vouchers
2nd Prize: $300 Converse vouchers
3rd Prize : $200 Converse vouchers

CAT 2: 13 - 16 years
1 minute run format per competitor.
Registration fee: SGD$10
Open to non-sponsored skaters only.
Limit to 40 contestants.
Top 10 scorers from individual runs will proceed to the final skate jam.
Skate jam format: 5 men heat
Top 3 scorers from the final skate jam will be the winners of Converse 13-16 years category.

1st Prize : $600 Converse vouchers
2nd Prize: $400 Converse vouchers
3rd Prize : $300 Converse vouchers

CAT 3: Open
1 minute run format per competitor.
Registration fee: SGD$20.
Open to sponsored and non-sponsored skaters.
Limit to 30 contestants.
Top 10 scorers from individual run will proceed to the final skate jam.
Skate jam format: 5 men heat.
Top scorer from the final skate jam will be the winner of Converse Open category.
Winner will receive a return ticket and accomodation to Shanghai Regional Final on 16-17 June 2012.

1st Prize : Represent Singapore in Shanghai + $800 Converse vouchers + SGD $1000
2nd Prize: $600 Converse vouchers
3rd Prize : $400 Converse vouchers

Judges
Padin Musa (Malaysia) - Head Judge
Maris (Malaysia), Fanny Inong (Indonesia) and Hafiz Salleh (Singapore).

Event Run Down
1.00pm: Registration starts
1.30pm: First band performance
2.00pm: Heats 1 (12 years old and below)
2.30pm: End of heats
2.45pm: Second band performance
3.15pm: Heats 2 (13 to 16 years old)
5.30pm: End of heats
5.45pm: Heats 3 (Open)
6.30pm: End of heats
6.40pm: Third band performance
7.30pm: Short film screening
7.45pm: Open Skate Jam
8.30pm: Fourth band performance
9.00pm: Prize Presentation
10.00pm: End of event

*All competitors are to report 1 hour before the start of the category they signed up for.
*Protective gear and helmet are compulsory.
*Converse will not be responsible for any changes in the program.
*For enquiry, email info@alanticsports.com or call Nazir at 81484900.
All printed and signed forms, together with the payments are to be submitted to Converse
Orchard Central by 1 June 2012.

All registered skaters are entitled 30% off on selected skate shoes.

www.converse.com.sg/skateboarding/

Lizard King's Passion Trip

2012-05-20T23:11:00.001+08:00

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A Week in Dubai

2012-05-20T22:48:00.003+08:00

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STREET LEAGUE 2012

2012-05-19T09:53:00.000+08:00

It's Street League time! Head over to http://streetleague.com/ now and watch it live. We are!

Epicly Later'd: Arto Saari

2012-05-19T01:37:00.003+08:00