Last weekend the Cooper Design Space in Los Angeles hosted the award ceremony for the 2010 IASC Skateboarding Hall of Fame. Eric Koston, C.R. Stecyk, Bob Burnquist, Patti McGee, Stacey Peralta, Steve Caballero, and Torger Johnson received honors while champions Lance Mountain and Steve Berra rocked the mic. They should have known that Kelly had a sweet tooth because there was no way he was going to shun this delectable gâteau des célébrités. To view more photos, click here.
This is a sweet little video edit from the boyz at DVS of Mr. Paul Shier rolling around the extremely enticing course for the Copenhagen Pro contest. Don’t just shred… Shred with Shier. Oh, and he skates the 51mm Savants.
As far as footwear brands are concerned, éS Skateboarding has one of the most impressive backgrounds and commitment to innovation. Since the brand originally launched fifteen years ago, it has seen many ups and downs, but has always managed to keep an impressive family roster and make some amazingly functional footwear. With a team like Sal Barbier, Eric Koston, Tom Penny, Mark Appleyard, Bob Burnquist, and Paul Sharpe, how could you go wrong? They recently launched a timeline website that we felt was definitely worth mentioning here. Visit skateboardingstartswith.es for a roll down mammary lane.
While the government has been preparing to launch the X-37B top secret space craft, Broadcast has been preparing to launch its own form of secret weapon: Billy Davenport. Zoom back to last weekend: the First Annual Make-A-Wish Skate Jam at Hollenbeck Skate Park. Some of the attendees were Eric Koston, Lance Mountain, Darrel Stanton, Mark Appleyard, Steve Berra, Chris Pastras, Jeremy Wray, Gareth Stehr, Danny Supa, Johnny Layton, Malcom Watson, Theotis Beasley, Andrew Pott, Levi Brown, and many others. Even P-Rod and Sheckler showed up for some interviews, but I ain’t gonna talk about those cats. The one really worth mentioning is Broadcast Am Billy Davenport. Before the contest, friends of Billy already knew that he ripped; but after the contest, he has become a household name amongst not only those who were in attendance, but also anyone who has received word of his refrigerator-high frontslide flips off the wedge, bigspin boardslides down the rail, nollie heelflips, long-arse front crooks, quick and smooth back blunts, yada yada. He was gobbling it all up like some kind of hungry cereal box mascot, and despite the aforementioned VIP list, all eyes were on Billy Davenport for most of the day. Photos are courtesy of whatever website we pulled them from (can’t remember). Thanks guys, and congrats to Billy for receiving the unprompted but well deserved Overall Ripper Award. Watch the video here.
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