July 2006
 August 01, 2006
ELEMENT YMCA SKATE CAMP WITH LEVI BROWN |
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| Element rider Levi Brown and friends headed up to Element YMCA Skate Camp last week. Click here to check out photos from the visit that includes lots of skating along with many of the other activities available at camp. Check it out! |
July 31, 2006
CHRIS SENN & COLLIN PROVOST PLACE TOP TEN AT MAMMOTH INVITATIONAL |
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| Element riders headed up to Mammoth Lakes, CA for a pro contest last weekend. Chris Senn placed 6th while Collin Provost took 10th and had a some fun on the Fishtales board along the way. Brent Atchley skated well throughout the weekend as well. Watch a video including all three riders and for full results click here. |
July 28, 2006
DALLAS ROCKVAM & COLLIN PROVOST ROAD TRIP SPOTLIGHT |
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| Element Am's Dallas Rockvam and Collin Provost recently returned from a trip up through California and the Northwest with Vancouver as the main destination. Thrasher photographer and trip manager Nick Scurich documented their travels and you can see sequences of both Collin and Dallas along with a tour blog on the Thrasher web site, check it out! |
July 24, 2006
ELEMENT EUROPE RIDER RUBEN RODRIGUES TAKES FIRST AT DAMN AM AMSTERDAM |
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| Congratulations to Element Europe rider Ruben Rodrigues who took first place at the inaugural edition of the Damn Am contest on European soil. The contest took plce at in Amsterdam and included a healthy list of power am’s from all around the world. Ruben had 2 perfect runs in a row racking up all the contest points with style, pop and speed. Element Europe rider Bas Janssen took a very honorable 6th place skating more stylish than ever. For additional coverage visit the Damn Am site. |
July 22, 2006
AU. RIDERS TAKE 'SSBSTS' TO NEW MAG |
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| Bam deemed it simply ‘SSBSTS’ in a CKY video, now Sydney based team rider Willy Ackerman takes the Switch Stance Back Tail to the cover of new Australian magazine Skateboarding 'Prohibited.' On the inside fellow Aussie rider Josh Rio also finds a switch back tail, this one over a water gap. |
July 21, 2006
ELEMENT TEAM SIGNING IN COSTA MESA, CA |
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| Element will be holding a team signing August 2nd in Costa Mesa, CA, click here to check out the flyer. Riders expected to attend include Mike Vallely, Tosh Townend, Brent Atchley & Nyjah Huston. The event will take place at Beachworks, inside South Coast Plaza, from 3pm-5pm. Come by to get an autograph, free poster, and have a chance to win prizes. |
July 20, 2006
EVELIEN BOUILLIART EUROPEAN CONTEST RUN |
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| Element Europe rider Evelien Bouilliart has been tearing up the European contest scene this summer. She has been placing high in all contests entered, even taking home prize money in mens divisions when the wonens isn’t offered. Check out this video clip from the Mystic Cup contest in Prague. Evelien continues her summer contest skating at the X-Games in Los Angeles August 4-5th. Congrats to Evelien on al her recent accomplishments. |
July 19, 2006
ELEMENT VIDEO EDITING CLASS AT STANFORD A SUCCESS |
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| Element Skateboards and The Digital Media Academy at Stanford University recently teamed up for the first ever skateboarding video production camp. Students spent a week learning both filming and editing techniques from the pros. Element family members Colt Cannon and Ray Barbee gave the novice filmers something to shoot at the Sunnyvale Skate Park in beautiful Sunnyvale, CA. Ray also helped out further by performing a guitar solo for the students to use on their soundtrack and did a live performance in the classroom. Element Skateboards’ veteran camp director, Dave Metty, said this was one of the most rewarding experiences of his 15 years of running camps. Camper Nate Theis excitedly claims he learned his new-found filming and Final Cut / Pretty Film editing skills in just one week. Check out Nate’s clip with skating from Colt & Ray. |
July 18, 2006
COLT CANNON BACKYARD RAMP CONTEST WINNERS |
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| This past weekend Colt Cannon hosted a mini ramp contest in his own backyard with help from Elemental Awareness and Overload skate shop. Many crowded the deck and backyard for the two division contest. Congrats to Cayden Riebe who took first place in the 13& Under division, he won a Colt custom complete AND a scholarship to Element YMCA Skate Camp. In the 14&Up division Aric Sanders took first place along with a years supply of Element Decks amongst a wealth of other product. Congrats to these winners and thanks to everyone that came out for this unique contest. |
July 17, 2006
NYJAH HUSTON ARTICLE IN NEW YORK TIMES! |
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| Nyjah Huston’s incredible skating in the first two Dew Tour contests have turned much more than skaters heads. Most recently Nyjah had an article run on him in the New York Times, one of the nations most prestigious news sources. Congrats again to Nyjah for his recent and continuing accomplishments. See Nyjah this summer on the rest of the stops on the Dew Tour, the X-Games, and other tour locations. For a complete list of appearances visit the summer tour calendar page. |
July 16, 2006
NYJAH HUSTON TAKES SECOND AT DEW TOUR PRO CONTEST IN DENVER! |
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| Congrats to Nyjah Huston who finished the weekend with another solid second place victory on the Dew Tour. As the contest series rolls on it seems to pick up bigger and better competition, this time Nyjah beat out a very impressive list of skaters with consistency and an undeniable high level of skating. For the complete list of standings, photos and more on Nyjah at the Dew Tour visit the contest series web site. To see this amazing performance first hand check out the TV schedule as the series is broadcast on NBC through the summer. For even more Nyjah coverage check out the lat34 web site which holds photo galleries from the tour and much more. |
July 12, 2006
LEVI BROWN GETS COVER OF SKATEBOARER MAGAZINE |
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Congrats to Element rider Levi Brown who kickflipped his way onto the cover of the new Skateboarder magazine. This gives Element riders a total of three covers this month! Skate on down to your local shop to see Levi on the cover of Skateboarder and Tony Tave on the cover of both Thrasher & The Skateboard Mag. Congrats to both Levi & Tony on their first covers!
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July 11, 2006
COLT CANNON HOSTS CONTEST ON HIS BACKYARD MINI RAMP THIS WEEKEND |
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| Colt Cannon owns a very impressive 40 ft. wide mini-ramp in the backyard of his San Diego home and this Sunday he opens the gate to all for a contest and ramp jam. The contest is presented by Elemental Awareness and the winners will receive prizes from Element Skateboards, Overload Skateshop as well as Colt’s other sponsors, all while also getting the opportunity to skate one of the bests ramps out there. Click here to check out the flyer. |
July 10, 2006
LACEY BAKER & EVELIEN BOUILLIART TAKE TOP HONORS AT MYSTIC CUP |
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| Congrats to Element riders Lacey Baker & Evelien Bouilliart who took top honors at last weekends Mystic Cup contest in Prague. Lacey, known for perfect hardlflips and style took first place and $1,000 while Evelien’s unmatched rail skills landed her a second place finish. Props to both riders on excellent skating and their continued accomplishments. |
July 07, 2006
BAM LEADS STUFF MAGAZINES LIST OF TOP 20 PEOPLE UNDER 30 |
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| Stuff Magazine's newest issue names Bam Margera one of the most powerful people under 30. In an article titled "Is Bam Margera the Luckiest Man Alive?" Bam gives a glimpse into his current Jackass movie that is set to release soon, some insight into appearances in Tony Hawk games and what exactly he believes power to be. To find it on the newsstands its the one with his name on the cover, but in case your distracted by the other material on the covers of STUFF, it looks like this, check it out! |
July 06, 2006
THRASHER COVERAGE |
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| Element riders can be seen all over recently released Thrasher Magazines. Inside the ‘Thirteen’ photo issue lies Tosh Townend with a front board. Also in Thirteen is Dallas Rockvam with a double spread feeble grind. In a recent issue Collin Provost, whose been on a tear lately, has a noseblunt into a bank photo. As mentioned last week, Tave Tave has his first Thrasher cover with a mighty switch heel. Check out all these mags at your local skate shop and visit Thrasher’s site. |
July 05, 2006
ELEMENTRIO - JOURNAL & PHOTOS |
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| The Elementrio – artists Don Pendleton, Todd Francis & Matt Irving are currently gallivanting around Europe holding a series of art shows. The first show in London went over with great success and the group is currently en route to Paris. Their shows and adventures are documented with daily reports from each of the artists, check it all out on the Elementrio portion of the site. |
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