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The Tony Hawk Foundation held its fourth-annual “Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground Stand Up For Skateparks” last October 7, 2007 at the Green Acres estate in Beverly Hills. The Stand Up event has been a tradition of the Foundation as a fund-raising activity for the benefit of their project.
Many exceptional items were also displayed for […]

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Found this video about skateboarding tips and tricks - you may want to try these out to hone your skating skills further!
Click here for the “Cleanest Skateboard Tricks Ever- Cool Skateboarding Tricks!” Don’t forget to come back and let me know what you think!

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As the new year draws in (just a few hours away now!)…I’m really curious as to what you, fellow skater, plan to do or plan to accomplish for next year.
You know, something that has to do with our favorite sport, of course.
Here’s my own version of a skater’s checklist for 2008:
- do you plan […]

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This is another reason why it’s really good to be good.
The Tony Hawk Foundation, led by - well, who else - the Big Man of skateboarding himself Tony Hawk - has now raised a total of $2 Million.
The money will be used for various skate parks in low-income communities across the U.S.
Who says that […]

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It’s really good to know that there are still a lot of skateboarding clinics that put up shop here and there.
Just take the case of this new announcement from the Noosa Shire Council and Skateboarding Australia. These groups have announced that the highly popular ‘StreetWise’ skateboard clinics are rolling back to Cooroy, Peregian Beach, Sunshine […]

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Yup, I know what you’re thinking. That’s more like a REAL off-road vehicle instead of just an 800-watt offroader SKATEBOARD.
Now the question is — are electric skateboards really the answer?
How will the existence of electric skateboards change the face of skateboarding? Of games? Of competitions? Will skaters, both neophytes and professionals, like these babies? And […]

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First of all, congratulations are in order for the recent brave efforts set out by the Normal Parks and Recreation Department of Fairview town, Illinois. The said office now has plans to upgrade the Fairview skateboard park to the tune of about $75,000. The area also will get a new drinking fountain, new stairs […]

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The 2007 vert skating competition of the Pro Action Sports World Tour at Mission Beach, San Diego, has been turning heads and making a name for local amateur skaters and pros alike. The extreme sports tour, known as a smaller version of the televised X-Games made the Belmont Park parking lot its home for the […]

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