Congrats to Vincent Luevanos who took first place at the MAKE IT COUNT National Contest series, making him the newest Element flow rider! Watch the video to see outstanding skating from skaters all across the US. All entrants won contests over the past year to earn their trip to skate camp and a shot at sponsorship!

Check out some footage from the Fantasy cup on Transworld where Element Riders George Evans, Matt Fink, Jimmy Lannon and others took first place!

Check out the new Travel Well collection of boards just released! The collection features five unique shapes created by Chuck Hults and Rodney Smith. See the Travel Well boards and learn more about each model by clicking here!

The Element Europe team is on the road in Basque Country, filming for their upcomign full length film, Travel Well. Visit the AV blog to track their progress and watch clips from the trip.

Mike V kicks off the Battle at the Berrics 2 with a match against Chris Cole! They've also got a pre-game interview up there.

As MAKE IT COUNT nears closer to completion, some more out takes have been released, click to check them out:
Muska Gets on Element
Behind the scenes with Chad Tim Tim

Congrats to Element Europe rider Madars Apse who landed the cover and a full interview in the new Kingpin magazine! Cruise the Kingpin site and you'll find gems liek this interview with Lucien Clarke.

Follow Madars, Lucien and the rest of the Element Europe team via the Element Audio Visual blog, where Yves Marchon updates the progress of their upcoming film, Travel Well.

Check out the Go Skate Day page where you can see photos from three of the Flat-Bar-B-Que events that went down across the nation! Click here to see photos from Cali, Kentucky and Colorado!

Kona Skatepark put on a contest this past weekend called the Fantasy Cup where teams of 5 threw down on different obstacles for cash prizes. Congrats to Jimmy Lannon, Matt Fink, George Evans and more who made up the Element team.

Element rider Patrick Ryan shreds the Channel Street park in this episode of Element TV. Anyone who has skated there knows this park in San Pedro, CA is no joke. Watch out for Patrick, little dude with big things to come!

Element Canada's Bobby De Keyzer has been holding it down in Whitby, Ontario for some time now, check out his team page that has just been released with photos, video and more.

Two winners will join TOMS+ELEMENT for a shoe and skateboard drop in the Valley of 1000 Hills outside of Durban, South Africa in October 2009. The group will hand place matched pairs of TOMS Shoes on children’s feet and will also personally give matched Element skateboards. Explore the area's most intriguing neighborhoods, attractions and activities. You will experience the joys of giving and the harsh realities of life that many of the children experience - it's a trip of a lifetime. Click here for more info and how to enter!

Element’s sends it’s sincerest condolence's out to the family and friends of Eric Ruwadi. May Eric rest in peace.

Visit the MAKE IT COUNT blog for a sampling of behind-the-scenes photos shot by Element Advocate, Amber B, who’s been following us along, documenting our documentary. Stay tuned for for an insider’s perspective into making MAKE IT COUNT, including entire photo collections from various shoots. And expect to see even more familiar faces along the way.

The last stop on the Make It Count contest series took place at the Ambassador Skate Plaza in Los Angeles, CA and was off the hook! Click here to watch a video from the event with some great skating. Michael Fiti and Vincent Luevanos join winners from across the country next week at Element YMCA Skate Camp, where they'll compete for Element flow sponsorship!

Check out the SLAP + Element Go Skateboarding Day photo contest where the winner will get a nice package of Element gear. Get all the details on the SLAP site.

Stevie Williams and Donny Barley, two iconic Element pros from different generations, met randomly for the first time at the world renowned LOVE Park. Check out the video on the Make It Count Blog!

Congrats to Collin Provost who took Best Overall honors at Back to the Banks contest in NYC! Check out Collin starting at :40 in this video from Razor Sharp, also check out a video on TWS site, along with photo gallery with Muska in the mix.

The Atlanta skate scene has been blowing up over the last year or so, and along with that atlantahatesus.com has been delivering a constant stream of great videos. One native Floridian that has relocated to ATL is Element flow rider Matt Fink, check out this clip, and thanks to AtlantaHatesUs.com!

The first quadrant is picked and Mike V has Reda to thank for bypassing the field and going straight to the top for the first match up in Battle at the Berrics 2, see who he drew.

Check out Mike V and his band Revolution Mother tonight at Club Denim in Anaheim, Ca. The show is free and they'll be playing music from their forthcoming Rollin with the Mutha album.

Also, check out The Hangover in theaters this weekend, Revolution Mother has a song featured in the movie as well as a small cameo from Mike V.

In this out take from MAKE IT COUNT - The Element Story, Jeremy Wray talks about filming for the World Tour video, using the death lens for the first time, and more. Click here to watch!

Element's Marc Falkenstien is featured on ESPN.com with a photo gallery. Featured in the gallery are Element riders Mike V, Levi Brown, Collin Provost and Element Europe's Jo Lorenz and Guillaume click here to check it out!

Head over to the SLAP site where they have released a Brian Gaberman Portfolio complete with photos and an audio interview, amazing stuff!

Congrats to Element Canada's Brandon Del Bianco who has the cover of the new SBC magazine, Summer 2009 issue! Click here to check it out!

On August 1st, 2009, Element will release MAKE IT COUNT - The Element Story. Leading up to the release, the blog will be updated with out takes, archived footage, and more. The full feature will release online, for free on the Element site. Watch the trailer and check back for more posts coming very soon!

A new Canadian skate mag just dropped that's "putting the SKAT back into skateboarding." The well done mag with a humours touch can be found all over Canada, if you don't live there check out Hugo Balek's full interview here. Also, they have a contest where you can win a package of Element product, visit the King Shit site for that and much more.

Skate4Cancer, run by Element Advocate Rob Dyer, has been nominated for the Myspace Impact Awards! Please take a few minutes to log in and cast your vote to show your support for Skate4Cancer. Be sure to login to MySpace first or your vote won't make it in.

Congrats to B. Wyland of Plainfield, IL and Morgan Moore of Statesville, NC who won the Power to the Planet contest. They will both receive a big package from all sorts of eco-friendly companies including Element, TOMS, Guayaki, Laughing Giraffe, Honest Tea, Amazing Grass and more.

Also, check out a recap with photos of all the events that went down across North America on Earth Day last month

The people have spoken and voted Mike V into the Battle at the Berrics 2! Check out the full list here.

The Element Shoes team is hard at work on SOLE, releasing Fall 2009. The crew came together to make this New Mexico spot skateable. NO stranger to heat, Levi Brown got his, check it out Dam It!

The Maloof wild card votes are in and you will be able to see Mike Vallely in this summers Maloof Money Cup, see the list here!
In other Mike V news, his band Revolution Mother has just released a couple new songs, have a listen here. Catch them on tour this summer, and a whole new album July 7th.

Congrats to Bucky Lasek who took first at the Pro-Tec Pool Party, beating out an impressive list of rippers on one of the hardest to skate bowls out there. Watch Bucky footage from the contest over on Fuel's site.

Chad Muska and Elemental Awareness welcomed skaters from all boroughs of NYC and beyond into the Bronx for a stop on the Make It Count National Contest Series. NYC is always full of life and personality, and when packed into the tight Throggs Neck Skate Park it made for an entertaining afternoon. Congrats to Max Bluestein that took the scholarship to skate camp, where he will compete on June 21st for Element flow sponsorship!
Click here to check out the video!

Elemental Awareness and Sambazon Acai have teamed up to provide a free week at Element YMCA Skate Camp. Click here to find out how you can enter.

Furni Creations and Don Pendleton have teamed up to create two very unique alarm clocks to benefit EA. Each clock is hand made out of wood that comes from a 200 year old barn in the Swiss Alps. Once the clocks were finished, Skateboard Artist, Don Pendleton painted some of his stylistic signature art on them for a one of a kind look. All proceeds benefit Elemental Awareness.
Click here to visit the auction site for Clock 1.
Click here to visit the auction site for Clock 2.
Click here to see some pictures of the clocks.

Head over to Element filmer Ricki Bedenbaugh's site, Keep On Pushin, to get the latest How to... this time he shows the proper way to fix a ledge with liquid nails. Click here to visit site.

Bucky Lasek has been all in the mix lately, check out a few links below, and catch him on Fuel's live coverage of the Pool Party contest this weekend!
Interview on Fuel: Bucky Q&A
Build A Bowl: On site at Bucky's
Live Coverage: Pro-Tec Pool Party Sat, May 16th

Click here and help vote Mike V into the Maloof Money Cup, last day to vote is tomorrow!

Element Europe pro Michael Mackrodt jsut dropped a full length part in "Translations," a very well done video by Patrik Wallner. Check out his part and visit Patrik's site!
Watch Michael Mackrodt's part
Visit visualtraveling.com

Over on Active's site, Mike Vallely took some time out of his busy schedule to answer some of the questions that you wrote in and asked him. Check out the video to see if your question made the cut.

Element Advocate Todd Francis and Element Founder/President Johnny Schillereff visited Belmont Army in the Chicago area recently. Check out photos of Todd's mural here or on Flickr, and re-live some of the days events via Johnny Schillereff's on Flickre like this one.

Bam Margera visited Vancouver and Whistler, BC this past weekend, attending the West 49 Platinum Club Awards, and holding signings throughout the weekend. Check out all the pics below.
Photo Gallery: Bam in BC
Photos on Flickr: Bam in BC

Levi Brown was welcomed to the Element Pro team with a great party in Tempe, AZ. Spirits were at an all time high as the Element Team, Phoenix locals and Levi's family and friends partied into the night. Congrats Levi!
Photo Gallery from Event
Photos on Flickr
Thrasher Coverage

We are proud to introduce the newest Element pro, Levi Brown. Our relationship with Levi began at Element YMCA Skate Camp and has flourished from there. He’s skated hard and gained a great amount of recognition, humbly boasting a style all his own along the way. Levi truly embodies everything Element is about and we are pleased to have him on the pro roster!
VIDEO: LEVI WELCOME
BOARDS: LEVI PRO BOARDS
INTERVIEW: ESPN INTERVIEW

Cast your vote for Mike Vallely as a wild card in this summers Maloof Money Cup! Darrell Stanton, Lacey Baker, Bucky Lasek and Vanessa Torres will also be shredding throughout the weekend. Go Vote!

Ricki Bedenbaugh reports from the road with another likes/dislikes, this time with Element Team Manager Ryan DeWitt.

Element's founder & President Johnny Schillereff hit the road to give thanks to shops in the Chicago area. Check out local ripper Chris D'agostino from FA Skate. Happy Birthday Chris! Get regular updates and follow Johnny's everymove on his personal twitter here.

Element Advocate Todd Francis is at Belmont Army near Chicago doing a mural on a wall, check out the artwork progressing via Element Founder and President Johnny Schillereff's twitter.

Check out the Element Audio Visual blog where Ricki Bedenbaugh reports from the Southwest with Gaberman likes/dislikes, photos from Albuquerque and on the other side of the world Element Europe's Michael Mackrodt shares some of his photos from China.

Head over to the Element Rewards page, where you can enter to win a Bam + Kat Von D board autographed by both! You can also check out the rewards store that recently had a few new products added. Element rewards is free!

Check out Brent Atchley ripping at the recent "Nontest" that went down at Burnside. Via SkateDaily.

Head over to The Berrics to cast your vote for who you'd like to see compete at "Battle at the Berrics 2." Darrell Stanton, Levi Brown, Mike V and Ray Barbee are all on the ballot!

Thanks to everyone who came out to over 30 locations on Earth Day to Pick Up the Parks with Element. Check out pics and clips:
Photos from San Pedro
Photos from Cochrane AB in the snow!
Photos from Satellite Beach, FL
Photos from Belleville, ON
Photos from Brossard, QC
Rained on our parade in NYC
Graffiti removal in Saubion, France
Bro Cam in Hampstead, NC

Enter to win a huge earth friendly package from Element and ton of great partners including Toms shoes, Guayaki, Laughing Giraffe, Honest Tea and Amazing Grass!

In celebration of Earth Day Element will be all over facilitating Pick Up the Parks where you will be rewarded for making a positive difference at your local skatepark.

Check out photos from Element Europe where they cleaned up some terrible graffiti in Saubion, France!

Congrats to Drake Flores who was the overall winner at the Austin, TX stop in the "Make It Count" contest series, click here to watch the video. Drake will join 14 pre-qualified others at week one of skate camp and compete for Element flow sponsorship. Thanks to Capital Skatepark, The District and everyone that came out and ripped!
VIDEO | FULL RESULTS
REMAINING CONTEST SERIES DATES

Head over to the Element AV blog where Europe filmer Yves Marchon delivers more video clips and photos from their current trip, currently in Macao. The crew is filming for the upcoming full length "Travel Well" video.

Element teamed up with Furnace skate for a Demo, Beach Clean Up and SkateBook signing. Darrell, Mike V, Patrick Ryan and many more ripped the course on a beautiful Southern California day. Thanks to everyone that came out for another great event! Check some photos from event here.

Two big events this weekend! On Saturday, Elemental Awareness continues their Make It Count contest series with a stop in Austin, TX with Levi Brown on hand to help judge. On On Sunday, Element and Furnace team up in Seal Beach, CA for a pier side demo and beach clean up, followed by a Mike V signing at the shop down the road.

Check out a photo of Brent Atchley on the ESPN Zoom Gallery. Element Advocate and photographer gives you the back story on the photo too. Gaberman x Atchley = incredible things.

Check outthe Element AV filming blog where you'll find some clips and photos of the Element Europe team as they travel through China working on their full length video.

Chad Tim Tim, Darrell Stanton, Levi Brown and Mike V are hard at work on SOLE, the Element Shoes video. Check out this clip of Tim Tim in the clutch.

As New York Week continues on Fuel TV this week, Chad Muska and Bam Margera will appear on Fuel's Daily Habit!
Tuesday - 4/14 - Chad Muska photo
Friday - 4/17 - Bam Margera photo

The 2009 summer is coming up quick and camp is filling up even quicker. Check out the new Skate Camp reel with new footage. Visit skatecamp.org to reserve your spot. Camp kicks off June 21 with a full celebration, contest, film premiere and more. Mike V, Darrell Stanton, Tony Tave, Chad Tim Tim and Levi Brown will all be on hand session 1, be there!

Join Element at over 20 locations across the continent to Pick Up The Parks on Earth Day. Wednesday April 22nd. Element will be on hand with bio-degradable trash bags to clean up your local park and rewarding those who take the extra steps in making it a great place to skate!

Check out Get Creepy the un-cropped version of Collin Provost's kickflip. as seen in Thrasher, shot by Kyle Camarillo.

Mike V's band, Revolution Mother just got signed to Ferret records, a big step for the band, congrats guys! Check them out on the Ferret site, and to see where you can see them play click here.

Come back May 1st to find out who the newest Element pro is!

Element Advocate Mike Kershnar just did a tee for Juxtapoz, Check it out and grab one for yourself here.

Furnace in Seal Beach was the spot to be last night for the release of the Element Tim Tim + Furnace shoe! The LBC crew met up at Cherry Park for a session and BBQ to start off the day, then headed off to the shop to party into the night. A great crew and great scene deserves a great shoe, Element was proud to deliver the goods! Check out the photos.
Slideshow of Tim Tim + Furnace release
Photos on Flickr

Cruise over to Furnace in Long Beach tomorrow night, Saturday, April 4th for the release of the Tim Tim x Furnace Shoe. Free drinks and good times will be had. Element riders Chad Tim Tim, Darrell Stanton and more on hand.

Check out the always amazing works of Chad Eaton at the Hibbleton Gallery in Fullerton, CA. His works will be up April 3 - May 3, stop by and you won't be disappointed.

Follow Element Founder and President on Twitter! “I've been fascinated by the twitter phenomenon and thought if people are interested, what a cool way to connect to Element and myself by seeing it straight from the source. I've got a feeling it's going to be entertaining”

Element contributing filmer Travis Adams just released an independent project called "Tha Mustard Connection" that features his Phoenix and Finnish friends. Amongst a hole video of great skating are Element's Levi Brown and Jesse Plumb. This week Element TV brings you both these clips, to buy the video and see more clips visit the mustard site. By purchasing this video you are supporting local skateboarding and independent film making.
LEVI BROWN IN THA MUSTARD CONNECTION
JESSE PLUMB IN THA MUSTARD CONNECTION

Latin Nation has recognized Vanessa for her accomplishments as the first X Games gold medalist for Womens street ever. Click here to watch a short documentary on Vanessa and her growth through Element.

The 7th stop on the Make it Count National Contest Series went down this past weekend in the Central Valley town of Delano, CA. More than 500 skaters showed up for the days events. The excitement was at an all time high with tons of local skaters in attendance. Congrats goes out to Michael Ruiz for winning Best overall and a Scholarship to Element YMCA Skate Camp where he will compete with the other event winners for a year sponsorship by Element Skateboards. Click here to see the photos from the event.

Pick up a new issue of Inked Magazine and inside you'll find a full six page article on Mike V called "King of the Road," or check out the Inked website to see the article.

Levi will be signing autographs and skating at the Desert Vista Park, in Fountain Hills, AZ in conjunction with Industrial Ride Shop and the Town of Fountain Hills. Click here for the flyer.

SkateBook.tv's commwars provides you with a button for your blogs, social networking sites, etc. Generate the most clicks and win the prize! Check it out.

Element is heading to the city of Delano this Saturday to host a skate contest at the Delano skatepark. Click here to check out the flyer.

The Elemental Awareness National Contest series continued in Long Beach, CA. Props to Dylan Witkan who won the 14-17 division and will be competing for Element flow sponsorship this summer at Element YMCA Skate Camp. Props also to Justin Dryson and Ajax who took first place in the other divisions, all around another great event! Click here to check out some photos from the event.

Element was on hand at the Clash At Clairmont III this last weekend helping raise money Grind for Life and participating in a great event! Check out some photos from the event here.

What board revolutionized skateboarding in the early 90's.. Thrasher's Phelper has the answer.

Check out the trailer for SOLE, the new Element Shoes video! The video features Chad Tim Tim, Darrell Stanton, Levi Brown and Mike Vallely and will release this Fall.

The Element Shoes team is busy in the streets on the daily right now filming for SOLE, putting in everything they've got. Check back this Friday the 13th for the official SOLE trailer featuring Chad Tim Tim, Darrell Stanton, Levi Brown and Mike V.

Check out a profile on Element flow rider and all terrain ripper Zach Miller over on the Active site. You can catch Zach skating the Clash at Clairmont III this weekend!

Tony Tave's 'Day In the Life' gets going in the right direction in part two on the Transworld site, click here to watch.

Saturday March 7th Mike Vallely will be at SkateLab in Simi Valley, CA singing the new Made 4 Skate books. More Element team riders will also be on hand skating the park!

Sunday, March 8th Elemental Awareness hosts a skate contest at the El Dorado park in Long Beach, CA. Tim Tim, Darrell and others will be on hand to help judge. Free food and drinks, only $5 entry.

Elemental Awareness along with Levi Brown and friends headed out to the Arizona desert to take part in Winter Count. The main reason for attending is to participate in the workshops and activities, but our crew brought their own craft, building obstacles in the barren lands and skating. Check it all out in Episode 122 of Element TV!

Brochures for the 2009 Element YMCA Skate Camp have just arrived! If you went to camp last year, you will receive one soon, if you'd like to request one please send an email with your shipping address to:
media@elementskateboards.com

Chad Tim Tim was invited to the Redemption Battle at the Berrics where he pulled one of the best in the biz to battle against, click here to see Tim Tim's match.

Mike V is busy man with many commitments.. he's recently dropped them all to focus SOLEly on working on the new Element Shoes Video, and will be featured alongside Chad Tim Tim, Darrell Stanton and Levi Brown. The video is entitled SOLE, and will be available Fall 2009. Click the link above to view photos as Mike begins to go to work!

Join the Element Rewards Search+Win and you'll be automatically entered to win a Chad Muska signed Element board! Search+Win is free, anyone can join and provides search results from Google and Ask, check it out!

Mike V photos from Skatebook Signing at Active
Collin Provost Staying Gold

Congrats to Bucky Lasek who took first at the Bowl-A-Rama contest held at Bondi Beach in Australia. Click here for the full results.

The Element Shoes team is busy working on SOLE, a new video coming Fall 2009 featuring Chad Tim Tim, Darrell Stanton and Levi Brown. Check out some clips of these three in this episode of Element TV.

Element riders Collin Provost, Chris Senn and Aussie Corbin Harris were all in the recent Bowl-A-Rama contest out in Wellington, New Zealand. The Element crew finished 6th, 7th, 8th and and can be seen ripping in this video. You can also view results here.

Catch Mike Vallely at Active Rancho Cucamonga tomorrow, Friday the 19th dor a SkateBook signing and launch ramp jam. Mike V has the cover of the new SkateBook as well as an amazing feature on his days with World.

Check out Northwest ripper and Element flow rider Sebo Walker who is featured in Mag Minute over at The Skateboard Mag site.

Element flow rider Tony Karr won a fun contest hosted by the "I Heart Skateboarding" crew in Los Angeles this past Valentines Saturday.Click here to check out footage from the event including Tony, the always entertaining winner of the event.

Active invites you to ask Mike V questions and also gives you the chance to win a Element package. Click here to check out the flyer.

Props to those who won Mike V Skatebooks.. contest closed! Winners: Antonio Garcia, Vivian Hoang, Dave Williams, Tim H, Tony Ricardson, James Gldosh, Markus Grohmann, Chris Scott, Hans and Patti!

Win a copy of the new SkateBook featuring Mike Vallely cover and article! Mike Vallely has traveled all corners of North America over the last 20 plus years... First ten people to send in a photo of you and Mike win a copy of the new SkateBook! Email submissions to: media@elementskateboards.com
*limited to North America entrants

Element Europe rider Lucien Clarke recently had a full interview in Kingpin Magazine, click here to check it out. Lucien has been making a name for himself in Europe over the last coupel years and is currently filming for the upcoming full length release from Element Europe "Travel Well." Watch Lucien and the rest of the Europe team in the teaser.

Element contributing filmer Travis Adams is set to release his newest video "The Mustard Connection" this Friday, February 13th in Phoenix. The video features Element riders Levi Brown, Jesse Plumb and Pirkka Pollari. Click here to check out the flyer.

ESPN Action Sports released an article called "10 Reasons to Pay Attention to Skateboarding." In there you'll find Darrell Stanton and Chad Muska both recognized for their contributions to skateboarding, click the links to check it out.

Element is proud to be a main sponsor of the most comprehensive book dedicated to the history of skateboard shoes. Made for Skate, an illustrated history of skateboard footwear, tells the tale behind the shoes that carried skateboarding through its colorful history. A limited run of 1000 copies of this book with the special Element cover are also available. For more info visit the Made For Skate site.

Mike V has so much going on you should head over to his site where you can find the latest including a Revolution Mother show, Online interviews, Ducks coverage, videos and much more.

Lacey Baker was on hand at the Berrics for Ellington's party, she threw down some tricks like this nollie heel, and was rewarded with some cash. For all the pics visit the Skateboard Mag's site.

With a recent full interview in Transworld, and a major role in a #1 movie, Mike V is definitely not coming up short in the media coverage department. Check out another full interview with photos on the 5ones site.

Check out Collin Provost and Nick Garcia rip a secret new park in Southern California in this weeks Element TV clip.

Pick up the new Skateboarder mag to see Element riders Levi Brown and Jimmy Lannon face off, Also catch Collin Provost during a Volcom SoCal tour. Last issue Tony Tave discussed his In N Outs, and Nick Garcia was hot. Mag is at skate shops now, peep their site for the latest.

As soon as the credits started rolling at last weeks Alien premiere Element rider Tony Karr was already out front skating, eS cameras caught a little footage of this. You'll be hearing aboout this kid a lot in '09.

Element Am Lacey Baker rips, no doubt about it. This past weekend she was honored at the Damn Am Awards, winning "Skates like a dude" but also earing major respect of her peers through the course of the last year. You rule Lacey!

The Element Australia team recently took 5 riders, a filmer, photographer, an adventurous outlook, a few Suburu's and the promise of fresh spots into Queensland. Click here to check out the video, which was also followed up with a full article in the Skateboarders Journal. Video features Jack Fardell, Corbin Harris, Phillip Marshall and more.

Black Box dist hosted the "Crossroads Retail Show" yesterday. Head over to TWS site to get a virtual walk though, kicked off by Element's Ryan Kingman and Ryan DeWitt.

Element flow rider Tony Karr took his first big tour this past summer with the eS team. They've made a video of their tour and Karr has plenty of footy in it. To spot Tony, look for tie dye, poofy hair and odd tricks that make him one of a kind. Or reference his flow footy part first.

Head over to TWS site to watch a video of Element flow rider George Evans, courtesy of Clyde Singleton. Props George!

Catch Mike V in the current #1 movie in america, Paul Blart: Mall Cop. For more info and all sorts of videos, check out Mike's site!

Pick up a copy of the new Transworld where you'll find a full Mike V interview complete with photos from some recent trips. Yeah, Mike!

Element TV ends the first week of the new year with a video edited by Bam Margera, featuring Bam and friends, from their recent trip to Barcelona. Click here to watch!

Artist Steven Harrington, creator of the new "Our Mountain" series, has just released a new site complete with new works, video and much more. Click here to view his site.

Check out Brent Atchley on the recently revamped SLAP site. Brent is featured in the Foto Feature section, where you can enlarge, print and more.

Check out the Element contest just released from COLOR magazine where you can win a big Element prize pack! Todd Francis illustrated. Fill in the thought bubble for this Todd Francis illustrated graphic to win. The top five entrants will also receive a year’s subscription to Color. Click here to learn more and enter.

The Mike V edition of Skatebook is hitting your local skateshop any day now! Skatebook is a quarterly, 350 page, hard bound, coffee table book featuring skateboarding’s most iconic personalities, moments, events, eras, brands and the culture as a whole. The fourth edition has a huge chapter focusing on Mike’s career. Skatebook is giving away Mike’s personally ridden autographed Element setup as seen on the spine of Skatebook to one lucky person who completes the Skatebook ‘08 feedback survey.

Element Europe is proud to release the teaser for 'Travel Well,' a full-length video coming Fall 2009. The teaser introduces Madars Apse and Phil Zwijsen and features the rest of the Element Europe team including full parts from Pirkka Pollari and Michael Mackrodt. Click here to watch the video.

Head over to Thrasher where they've released an exclusive interview with Darrell Stanton. Click here to view.

The Elemental Awareness crew headed out to MIA Skatepark in Miami, Florida for a stop on the National Contest Series. Flow riders Matt Fink and George Evans helped judge this this contest packed with great skating, check out the video. Thanks to Ed, Chris and everyone that came out and ripped!

Mike V appeared on the Spike TV Video Game Awards Show hosted by Jack Black. Kevin James joined Mike V and did a skit to promote Paul Blart: Mall Cop in which he has a supporting role along side Kevin. Check this clip on Mike's site.

Calling all Floridians to the Power to the Planet skate contest this Saturday, December 13 at MIA skatepark in greater Miami, FL. Contest is only $5 when you bring a canned food item to donate. Jimmy Lannon and Matt Fink will be on hand to help judge, and the winner will get a free ride across the country to Element YMCA Skate Camp this summer, to compete for Element sponsorship. Visit Event Calendar for more.

A couple Mike Vallely interviews from both sides of the spectrum just realeased, one from Antics, and another from Destroy Babylon, check them out.
In other Mike V news he will be doing a skit with Kevin James and then presenting an award at the Spike TV Video Game awards this coming Sunday. The show is hosted by Jack Black and airs live on Spike TV and on their site.

The people have spoken, and we congratulate Nick Garcia, who has won the Element Flow Footy contest! Nick comes to Element representing Furnace skate shop and Long Beach, CA. Check out a re-edit of his part with some new tricks, keep killing it Nick!

The biggest Am skate contest of the year went down this last weekend, and Lacey Baker became the first girl in Tampa Am history to make it to the semi's, congrats! "Girls don't get judged any different in any of our events, especially Tampa Am. That could be why there has never been a girl that made the cut to Sunday in Tampa. Lacey Baker changed that today. She killed it - noseslide back 270 out down the hubba, hard flipped the stairs, 360 flip the hip, and more." Results here.

Our friends over at TOMS shoes have put a goal in front of themselves to give away 30,000 pairs of shoes to children in need this holiday season. Check out the video here! For every pair of shoes you buy, Toms gives a pair to a child in person, one for one.

Check out this video of Element Am Collin Provost killing it in AZ alongside his Volcom friends.

Element Israel opened their doors up and put on a contest where everyone skated the mini ramp flat bars and terrain around the site. Click here to check out a photo gallery from the event.

A handful of Element Canada riders are featured in the video contest put on by COLOR magazine and Red Bull called "Shoot to Thrill." Check out all three of these well filmed pieces with some great skating:
Team Toronto feat. Brandon Del Bianco
Team Montreal feat. Hugo Balek
Team Ottawafeat. Dave Nolan

The Element shoes team is hard at work on the upcoming full length video. Track some recent progress on the Bedenblog thanks to filmer Ricki the Dude. Levi jacks his hand, and op to win a Tim Tim signed board are just two of the gems on the Bedenblog.

Element TV brings you a double dose from Arizona for Thanksgiving weekend. First we have a report from the Elemental Awareness National Contest Series that went down in Peoria, AZ. Second, young Element riders Collin Provost, Nick Garcia and Tony Karr have some fun at another perfect park in the greater Phoenix area.

Element Artist and Advocate Todd Francis was recently interviewed by the Stereo collective and you can watch his video here. Whenever Todd speaks you're sure to get a good dose of sarcastic humor sure to please.

Check out Bam Margera and his train wreck buddy Brandon Novak on on Fuel TV's "Daily Habit" tonight. Find out the latest on Bam, see a performance from one of his favorite bands and with both Bam and Novak involved there is sure to be some hi-jinx as well.

Head over to The Berrics to check out a little clip featuring Lacey Baker. Keep killin' it Lacey!

Join Element riders, Industrial Rideshop, and Elemental Awareness this Saturday for an event at the Peoria park. Enter a Best Trick contest where the overall winner will get a trip to Element YMCA Skate Camp. Tave, Tim Tim, Levi, Collin and others will be on hand skating the park as well. Bring a canned food item and get free entry and a prize, person that brings the most gets a big package! Click here to check out the flyer and here for events calendar.

The Element Canada team took a recent trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia hitting a contest, a brand new park and some street spots along the way. Click here to watch
Brandon Delbianco, Dave Nolan, Hugo Balek, Mike Mains and young ripper Bobby De Keyzer in Element TV episode #110.

Coming this Christmas, Bam gathers up the crew for a hi-jinx filled mission to find out "Where the #$&% is Santa?" Along with Novak, Gee, Bam has also recruited Geoff Rowley, Mark Appleyard, Kerry Getz, Donny Barley, Nick Dompierre, Ricky Oyola, HIM, The 69 Eyez, Hanoi Rocks, and the Dudesons. Check out the TWS site to watch the trailer.

The Transworld site continues to expand it's content and with "Hometown" brings you to Mike V's Edison, NJ. Click here to check out the article with historic photos and video.

Fuel TV's "Built to Shred" show recently premiered the episode filmed at Element YMCA Skate Camp. Head over to Hulu to watch the full episode now playing. Thanks to Jeff, Dave and Greenwald for making it happen!

Join Element and Element Team Riders Saturday, Nov 15th, at Jacks Surfboards in Irvine, CA and Ohana Surf & Skate, in Galveston, TX for another Flat Bar B-Que! At both events you'll find free food, Skate Jam and Best Trick Contests. Winner takes home the Element Flat Bar!

Element's trip to Shanghai has come to a close and a final post including a video clip and photo gallery has been uploaded. Click here to watch a couple of lines from Chad Tim Tim, and then view a final gallery with photos wrapping up the trip. On the trip is Tony Tave, Darrell Stanton, Chad Tim Tim, Levi Brown and Collin Provost.

A few months back we announced a board series release featuring artwork by Kat Von D. With each board came a chance to win that graphic tattooed by Kat von D. Lucky Lexi from Florida came out this weekend to claim her prize and was welcomed by Bam, Kat, Mike V and others, where the party carried over to Active Westwood. Click here to see a photo gallery from the days events.

Continue to follow Element through China with via more photos uploaded from the recent days on tour. Patches of rain gave everyone a chance to rest over the last couple days, but the adventure continued. Click here to check out the third photo gallery in the continued log of coverage.

Along with the photos posted from the trip we've asked you to write us some questions we can answer from on tour. We've chosen the first few to respond to, click here to check out responses from Tave, Darrell, Tim Tim, Levi and Collin.

The Element team is in Shanghai, China for the next week and you can follow them along their journey. A new photo gallery has been uploaded, click here to check it out!

Last week Element Advocate and artist Mike Kershnar had an art show in Oceanside, CA called "Totems." Click here to see photos from the show.

Vote today! Final videos released are Tony Karr in the heart of L.A. by way of Stix, and Matt Fink killin it in the ATL repping Ruin. Watch the six flow riders videos in the Element Flow Footy contest and vote for your favorite video, and also the real election!

Follow the Element team on their trip to Shanghai, China. View photos, email the team and more by clicking here. Darrell Stanton, Chad Tim Tim, Tony Tave, Levi Brown and Collin Provost will be shredding Shanghai November 1-12.

The diverse group of Element Advocates can be seen doing great things around the globe this Halloween and through the weekend. Check out these events:
Amber B: Colette Window/Show - Paris, France
Mike Kershnar: Totems art Show - Oceanside, CA
Rob Dyer: Skate 4 Cancer Wrap UP - Halifax, Canada
In related news there is also a Halloween themed skate contest in London, on Saturday.

Last month Element Advocate and artist Todd Francis had an amazing show up in San Francisco called "New and Used." We posted a photo gallery from the event shortly after, and now we've seen a new wave of coverage, check it out!
VIDEO + ARTICLE on SLAP
SHOW PHOTO GALLERY
ARTICLE on EXPN

The second batch of Flow Footy riders are released! John Demar representing the OC by way of Active rideshop, and Morgan Cope shows why Technique has his back out in Salt Lake City. Watch The six flow riders videos in the Element Flow Footy contest and vote for your favorite video. Your vote counts November 4th at elementskateboards.com!

The Element team headed to two Active locations for signings. Mike V, Tony Tave, Collin Provost, Jeremy Wray and more were on hand to meet and greet. Click here to check out photos from the packed signing at Active Temecula...

Congrats to Collin Provost and flow rider John Demar who both ripped in today's Volcom Damn Am qualifiers and made their way to the semi's on Sunday! Tune in to Skateboard.com Sunday to check them out all the way live via the webcast!

The annual Keep-A-Breast Art show/auction is going on now! Check out the piece from Element Advocate Mike Kershnar and other items, great art for a great cause!

Head over to EXPN.com where they've just released an front page article and video interview with Chad Muska. Click here for the article and here for the video. Yeah Muska!

Your vote counts November 4th at elementskateboards.com! Watch The six flow riders videos in the Element Flow Footy contest and vote for your favorite video. The first two videos for the Flow Footy contest released are from Nick Garcia by way of Furnace skate shop in Long Beach, and Jesse Plumb, repping Freedom in Arizona. Two new videos are released every week, vote Nov. 4th!

Catch the Element team this Saturday at Active, two locations! Mike V, Tony Tave, Darrell Stanton, Collin Provost and more will be on hand at Norco and Temecula locations. Stop by for free poster, get some autographs and Element prizes throughout the day. Check the Event Calendar for more info.

A new Element video featuring Chad Tim Tim, Levi Brown and the Element shoes team is in the works. Element filmer Ricki Bedenbaugh has been updating his blog with photos from many of their missions, click here to see photos and keep up on the progress of the video!

Congrats to Element Advocate Dallas Oberholzer who won the South Africa Bowlriders contest! The contest took place at the Wave House in Durban. For more on Dallas check out his advocate profile page.

Check out the latest issue of "Inked" magazine where Bam is on the cover! Also in the mag is an interview with more photos, you can read the full feature here. Text was done by Chris Nieratko, so you know its going to be good.

Props to Element Canada rider Hugo Balek who graces the cover of French Canadian mag Expose! Hugo backs up the cover with a full interview with plenty of bangers as well. Congrats Hugo!

Click here to watch footage of Element riders at the Vans Downtown Showdown. Watch Chad Tim Tim, Collin Provost and flow rider Nick Garcia skate the always creatively designed obstacles.

Lots of stuff going on this weekend in Southern California. Catch Element riders, advocates and family all over.
SAT: Mike V, Tave, Provost and more at Downtown Showdown live webcast here
SAT: Element Advocate Lisa Solberg Art Show
SAT: R.A.D for a free Burrito at any Cali Chipotle and ASEC
FRI: Element Family member Douglas Miles Art show

Element Canada rider Derek Swaim recently released a great part in "The Sophomore Jinx." Thanks to video directors Ben Stoddard and Dave Ehrenreich we are able to bring it to you as the Element TV Episode of the week!

Mike V is always keeping his digital media up to date, and he just launched an all new web site. Be one of the first to preview Mike V projects and adventures, like last nights appearance on Love Line. Youc an also venture into the historic past of Mike, and use it as a gateway to full build outs on on everything from MySpace to MyBerrics.

Props to all the Element riders the ripped at the Etnies GvR contest! Lacey Baker took 2nd in the ladies division with proper tre flips like this. Darrell placed top ten on the goofy side of things, killing it as usual. See all the results here.

Element Advocates/Artists Todd Francis and Don Pendleton have pu ton some amazing art shows recently. "New and Used" was Todd Francis' show up in SF last weekend while Don Pendleton paraded around Europe, even finding himself inside a gallery window in Italy, check out the photos!
Gallery: Todd Francis "New and Used" in SF
Gallery: Don Pendleton Europe Art Show Tour

Check out an interview with Darrell Stanton about his experience at Bam's house while filming the "Bams Or Bust" video, click here to check it out!

The full feature of "Bams Or Bust" is live, click here to watch!

Canada's largest online news source recognizes Element Advocate and Skate4Cancer activist Rob Dyer on their homepage today, its the second feature. Be one of 10 million and view the article today. Yeah Rob!
MSN/SYMPATICO (feature #2)
ARTICLE LINK
SKATE4CANCER MYSPACE

Click here to check out photos from the Element Harvest Festival that went down in Torrance, CA and included the likes of Mike V, Bucky, Darrell, Provost and many more, 15 riders in total! Beachworks presented the event filled with an Elemental Awareness AM contest, Element team demo, signing and much more. Props to Reo Yumiba who won the contest and a free trip to Element YMCA Skate camp in '09. Also, much thanks to Inside the Outdoors and South Coast Farms for their participation!

Watch Darrell Stanton as he previews Volcom's new video "All Days Roll Into One" over on there site.

Element artist and Advocate Todd Francis is having an art show in SF tomorrow, Friday the 26th at called "New And Used." On display and up for sale are his original legendary drawings of some of the most notable board graphics in the last ten years or so. If you have the chance to check it out we heavily encourage it, its great stuff. Click here for the flyer.

On Saturday, come join us in Torrance, CA at the Element Harvest Festival presented by Beachworks. The event includes a Element team demo, signing and Am skate contest and much more. Mike V, Darrell, Tim Tim, Bucky and lots more will be skating, singing and hanging out through the day, come check it out!

Technique Skate Shop's "SK801" video took top honors in the Element AV Awards for Best Skate Shop Video. Click to watch Sam Hubble's part from "SK801," it's quite amazing. Props to Kyle Wilcox, who filmed and edited the video, for more on Technique skate shop visit their site.

Check out the new Kingpinmagazine where you'll find a ton of Element Europe coverage including Janne Saario interview, Phil Zwijsen interview and a handful of others with some great photos. Even Element family member Cody Hager has an article with some pre-opening camp photos.
Janne Saario interview: 1 | 2 | 3
Phil Zwijsen interview: 1 | 2 | 3
Cody Hager at Camp: 1 | 2
More Element Europe: Pirkka | Mackrodt

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Darrell/Volcom trip: http://volcom.com/news/article.asp?sid=&articleID=2924

PHOTO: THE DUDE X ATL X SKATE DAILY
Element filmer Ricki the dude Bedenbaugh has been in Atlanta for the last week plus filming for an upcoming video. During the week, he shot this photo at a spot in the cuts, and its made it was way to Skate Daily's"Weekly Image." While on SkateDaily, also check out the review of PUSH construction. For more photos from Ricki in Atlanta, visit the dude's blog.

Join Mike V in Souther California this weekend for medley of events. On Saturday, along with band Revolution Mother he'll be playing a show in Long Beach. Sunday, he's in Huntington Beach for a signing and viewing of a new DRIVE episode. On Monday, tune into Fuel TV as Mike will be appearing as the guest for The Daily Habit.
Click here to See Flyers and more info on the event calendar.

Chad Muska made the move to NYC at the beginning of the summer and has been loving it out there. Check out some photos from a day that photographer Shad recently spent with him.


Check out some photos from a day

Nyjah Huston's truck sponsor Silver recently took a trip out to Barcelona and made of video of their stay, sign up and check out his part mid-way through the video. Nyjah continues to progress and impress, good stuff Ny!

sign up and check out his part mid-way through the video

The first night at Bam's, Collin Provost was up all night on a high fructose, caffeine and sugar bender, click here to see the proof. After everyone else was fast asleep, he snuck out to the barn for a solo mission with the microphones turned off, as to not wake anyone. Click here to watch his session and watch the full Bams Or Bust video at elementskateboards.com on October 1st.

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The Element team is currently in Atlanta filming for an upcoming video. Check out a few pics from the road of Darrell Stanton, Levi Brown, Brent Atchley and Jimmy Lannon.

Check out this hilarious clip of Mike V responding to texts on a recent visit to The Berrics.

on a recent visit to The Berrics

After going through over 1,000 entries, submitted from around the globe, the 2008 Element AV Awards winners have been announced! Click here to see who won, and their works!

Click here to see who won, and their works



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We've always got a lot of contests going on here at elementskateboards.com. From the monthly community winner, giveaways, and even secret contests like the one that you have to watch HavocTV to enter. Here are some winners from last month, congrats!
Don Pendleton Video: K. Conley | Pierce City, MO
Don Pendleton Video: L. Gordon | Greenville, AL
August Community: A. Warren Green | Canton, MI
August HavocTV: C. Manansala | Rio Vista, CA

Element Australia is giving away $1,000 this weekend at their "Peace by Piece" contest at the Frankston Skate Park. Click here to check out the flyer!

The Elemental Awareness Future Nature Am contest series continues this Sunday at the El Dorado park in Long Beach, CA. Click here to check out the flyer for all the info. Element riders Darrell Stanton and Chad Tim Tim expected to be on hand as well.

March 8th marked the second annual Clash at Clairemont. Held at the Caliremont YMCA Skatepark, pro's put on a demo to benefit the YMCA skatepark and support the Grind For Life cause. Hundreds of people crowded the event, watched skating from a medley of skaters including Element's Patrick Ryan. Fans got autographs from skaters including Element riders Bucky Lasek, Karen Jones and Zac Miller among others. Thanks to PacSun, the Mission Valley YMCA and everyone that came out and showed their support.

The Skateboard Mag is always good at providing a wide range of talent from the seasoned vets to the un-heard-of's. In the new issue, #49, check out Element flow rider Aaron Lee who has a nice double spread in the Hawaii Loc's article. The article spotlights the locals that hold it down in Hawaii and we're proud to have Aaron as one of them, congrats!

Mike Vallely and Levi Brown arrived today in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mike, Levi and crew are filming for Drive Season 3. Check back for updates and photos from their travels over the next week.

Congrats to Element Pro Bucky Lasek who took first place at the 4th annual Vans Bowl-A-Rama! Props also due to young Element Australia rider Corbin Harris who placed tenth amongst the seasoned vets. The contest takes place at the Bondi Beach bowl in Australia. Check out skatedaily.net for complete results.

Element is proud to announce the release of the Old Bones series by artist and Element Advocate, Todd Francis. The three board series features models from Bam Margera, Chad Muska, and Mike Vallely. Watch a video about Todd Francis and the series in Element TV Episode #68.

There's also a very special opportunity to enter and win the original artwork from the Mike Vallely Old Bones deck along with a complete Mike V board. Click here to enter.

Bam Margera and the Jackass crew managed to take over MTV all day today and into tomorrow, check out 24 hours of hi-jinx on MTV until Noon Sunday. If that isn't enough for you, jackassworld.com has relaunched their web site full of good or er bad stuff, however you want to look at it.

Mike V is the featured guest and will be jamming with his band, Revolution Mother tonight on Tom Green's television show, "Tom Green's House Tonight." Also appearing will be Rob Dyrdek. Here are the details:
Feb 22, 6:00 pm PST, 9:00 pm EST. Watch live on the web at www.tomgreen.com. The show also airs on regular television in Houston, Phoenix, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Vegas and nationwide in Canada on the Comedy Network. Call in live with your questions: 323-845-9976. Or Skype: tomgreenlive.

Mike Vallely with his band Revolution Mother are performing at Kat Von D's MusInk Fest this Sunday, February 24th at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Check out the MusInk site for more info. Get tatted and rock out.

Check out these new lines from Element Europe and Element Australia in stores now!
EUROPE MENS SPRING '08
AUSTRALIA MENS WINTER '08
EUROPE GIRLS SPRING '08
AUSTRALIA GIRLS WINTER '08

There are a lot of Element Events coming up, click the links below for info on each. You can always visit the event calendar as well. Hope to see you at an Element event soon!
TEAM SIGNING - MARCH 7TH - PALM DESERT, CA
TEAM DEMO+SIGNING - MARCH 8TH - PHOENIX, AZ
AM CONTEST - MARCH 8TH - CHULA VISTA, CA
CLASH AT CLAIREMONT - MARCH 8TH - SAN DIEGO, CA
AM CONTEST - MARCH 16TH - LONG BEACH, CA

Element riders Collin Provost and Chris Senn are in Wellington, New Zealand for Oakley's "Bowl-A-Rama." 411VM.com has coverage of the event, check it out for more video and photos.

We waited for Mike V to get back from his US tour with band Revolution Mother to pick the winner of the contest, and here it is. Winner of the Mike V pro shoe and personalized autographed poster is J. Moore of Dallas, TX, congrats!

The current contest is for a Darrell pro shoe, click here to enter.

Element TV Episode #67 features Element riders Tosh Townend and Josh Rio along with flow ripper Jesse Plumb. The crew skates Pecos Park in Phoenix, AZ on a very recent trip out to the Southwest. Click here to watch.

Element rider Justin Schulte has been popping up in a handful of media sources lately. In the new Transworld Schulte has a sequence of sorts in a unique article titled "Seeing Double." In Skateboarder Schulte has a double spread "Howl." Lastly, see a new full part from Justin in the newest 411VM, watch a trailer for it here and ask for it in your local shop. Good stuff Schulte!

This past weekend the 'Human Resource' art show opened in Costa Mesa, CA.
Check out photos from the art show featuring Element artists Craig Metzger, Randy Laybourne, Ryan Stucky, Aaron Martinez, Todd Francis, Filipa Da Silva, Trevor Girard and Chad Eaton. The show runs February 9th - March 2nd, stop through and check it out!

Check out Kat Von D's show 'LA Ink' tomorrow night, Tuesday Feb. 12th where she gets a mini ramp built in her shop and invites Bam, Mike V and Muska over to skate. The episode is called 'Skate Ramp' and airs at 10/9c, click here for the full schedule. Is there a Kat Von D Element series in the works? Quite possible.

This weeks episode of Element TV is a medley of clips from the Element Australia team. Riders featured include Australian pro Josh Rio along with Ams Jack Crook and Pedro Day. All riders team pages have been updated with photos, video and bio as well, check it out!

Elemental Awareness visited an after school program in South Central Los Angeles yesterday run by long time E.A. activist P.J. Harris. The program was in need of some new completes so E.A family along with Element riders brought the boards and had a roll with the kids, click here to watch a few video clips from the afternoon featuring Element Australia pro Josh Rio and Elemental Awareness instructors Cody and Jared Hager.

If you are in Southern California this Saturday check out the 'Human Resource' art show featuring Element artists Craig Metzger, Randy Laybourne, Ryan Stucky, Aaron Martinez, Todd Francis, Filipa Da Silva, Trevor Girard and Chad Eaton. The opening reception is Saturday February, 9th from 7pm-10pm at the Artery Gallery in Costa Mesa, Ca. More info on the event calendar. The show runs February 9th - March 2nd.

Congrats to Lawrence Ervin of Cerritos, CA who won the recent board design contest. Click here to check out his board submitted on imeem in conjunction with the release of Lupe Fiasco's new album, "The Cool." Also see this board in the next issue of Vapors. Lawrence will get a box of his designed board and Lupe will get some to skate as well, congrats Lawrence!

Today is the Presidentail Primary election, dubbed 'Super Tuesday." Get out there and make your vote count. If you aren't registered to vote now is a good time to be started. For links to register to vote, election coverage and faq, check out the Element Make it Count page.

The dates for the upcoming Elemental Awareness Future Nature AM contest series have been announced. The contest series is five Southern California events, Chula Vista, Long Beach, Simi Valley, Delano and the last being a finals in Orange, CA. At each contest, winners receive large prize packs, are eligible to win a scholarship to Element YMCA Skate Camp and given a ticket to the finals. Winners in all three divisions at the finals win a years supply of Element Decks! Check out the flyer, all the dates in the event calendar, hope to see you there!

Element is proud to announce the new elementskateboards.com site. Along with a complete new look site features include allnew Team pages, Element TV, Advocates, Collections , Mobile and much more. Darrell Stanton's first Element pro shoe is among the product spotlights. Watch Darrell's new commercial, check out the shoe and enter to win a collection that includes shoe & board. Begin exploring the new site.

Bam Margera met up with the Element Europe team and travelled to Barcelona for the 'Bread & Butter' trade show. During the week Element put on a team signing, a party with Don Pendleton painting live, Flat bar-b-que, and more. Check out all the coverage below!
BAM AND TEAM IN BARCELONA PHOTO GALLERY
GUILLAUME MOOCQUIN AND JULIEN BENOLIEL VIDEO
BAM MARGERA IN BARCELONA VIDEO
ELEMENT PARTY PHOTO GALLERY BY H MAGAZINE

During a recent visit to Spain for the Bread & Butter trade show Bam appeared on 'Buena Fuente' TV show. You can watch the show here which includes a scenario they set up to clothesline him, if you don't speak spanish you can skip to the 6:00 mark in the vid.

More coverage from Bam and the Bread & Butter trade show will be posted tomorrow.

The Element crew headed up to Big Bear, CA for a photo shoot recently. We called friends at The Block and they hooked up some rooms for us. We played pool in the lobby, played Playstation in our rooms, and hit some of the local establishments with their friendly staff. Here are some photos from our stay with team riders Brent Atchley, Chad Tim Tim and Levi Brown. Thanks to everyone at The Block and Boost Mobile for having us, if you ever need a place to stay in Big Bear its the place to be, visit The Block site for more info.

Mike Vallely is on the road with his band Revolution Mother crossing the country. The band is playing shows daily as well as squezzing in other stops along the way. There is an autograph signing in Florence, KY at Ollie's this Saturday, February 2nd. Click here for all the dates, follow Mike V along the way vis his MySpace blog complete with photos.

Element held a Flat-Bar-B-Q contest in Frankfurt, Germany in conjunction with the Bright trade show, one of Europe's premiere gatherings of the skate industry.Click here to check out video from the contest where Efe Elver won with a hardflip back tail!

There was also a bowl contest where Guillaume Mocquin shredded the quick and quirky transitions, finishing in 4th place. Click here to check out the footy from that eventt.

Congrats to Element Europe rider Ruben Rodrigues who took 2nd place at the Globe Metz Masters! Click here to check out his footage from the contest. To watch the complete video from the event click here.

Click here to watch this weeks clip featuring Element flow rider John Demar. An Irvine, CA local, he often skates with Collin Provost and has been progressing rapidly over the last year. Hopefully we'll be seeing much more of him soon.

Check out this video on the Active site from Mike V's 'Charge the Parks' event a week back. The video covers the days events with stops at two parks including skating from Mike V and local rippers.

Mike V is on tour with his band Revolution Mother right now. The Element van has been covering a ton of ground with shows nearly every night. Check out Mike V's blog for photos from his travels thus far. Mike has all the dates of where he will be next on his site and MySpace.

Check out this recently released video covering the Milan, Italy stop on Mike V's Europe tour from late '07. The video features skating from the demo and a nice interview. While there you can browse over 150 Mike V videos!

Tony Tave has a nice switch back tail as 'Active's Clip of the Day.' Click here to check it out!

Element Canada rider Brandon Del Bianco is featured with an exclusive full part in Weekly Web Clip #63 . To couple the release of the video part SBC released an interview with photos on their site, check it out.

Mike Vallely is hitting the road again with his band Revolution Mother. They will be opening for Tiger Army on a nearly month long tour. Check out Mike V's site for all the dates!

Element Pro Chad Muska has just opened a new store in Los Angeles called 'Factory 413.' Muska puts everything he's got into his projects and Factory 413 is no exception. If you are in L.A. swing by and check it out. Factory 413 is located at 413 S. Fairfax in Los Angeles. Click here for a nice interview with Muska at the TWS site. Congrats on another job well done Muska!

If you are in the Central Florida tomorrow, Wednesday, January 9th, come by and skate with Tosh Townend. Tosh will be in Satellite Beach at the Skate Park from 4:00 PM 'til 6:00 PM. Come by, have a skate, get an autograph and win some Element prizes!

Over the holiday break Element riders met up for a session at the Malibu skate park. Mike Vallely, Tosh Townend, Levi Brown, Collin Provost, Lacey Baker and flow rider Jesse Plumb all came out, click here to check out the footy in Weekly Web Clip #62.

Pick up the new Skateboard Mag where you'll find coverage of Element riders. Nyjah Huston has a double spread to open the 'Goofy Against the World' article, followed shortly after by Collin Provost. The mag is full of fine flicks and articles, check it out in stores now and for all the latest in the skate world visit their site.

Elemental Awareness held the 5th annual Paint-A-Deck-Get-A-Deck event in South Central Los Angeles this past week at the Salvation Army Community Center. Element family including artists Todd Francis, Brooke Reidt and Mike Kershnar along with team riders Chad tim Tim and Tosh Townend were on hand to pass out blank decks that kids then painted on. The kids completed their works with the help of the Element folks and then had a great board that they could ride, give for a holiday gift, or hang on their wall. Some of the best efforts were also rewarded with boards, hats and more. Elemental Awareness thanks PSStix for donating the blanks, all the Element family that came out, and PJ & Andre at the community center for making this another great event. Click here to check out the photo gallery.

On Saturday, January 12th, Active and Element present: “Charge the parks with Mike V”! 2 events in Corona, CA where Mike V will present one person with a prize package for ripping the hardest at each park! We’ll be blasting music from Revolution Mother’s latest CD to ignite the session. Free gear from Element and Active, come out and skate!

Huber Skatepark / 1-2:30 pm / Corona, CA
Harada Skatepark / 3-5pm / Corona, CA

Winter has set its foot firmly in most parts of the US, but Southern California is an exception. Element rider Collin Provost who lives in Huntington Beach takes advantage of the sunny skies and warm temps skating the days away. Check out Weekly Web Clip #61 with some recent footy of Collin Provost.

Congrats to Element rider Michael Mackrodt who has the cover of this months Dutch mag 'Monster Skateboard Magazine.' Mackrodt Mackrodt also has a full interview in the issue. Here is another peekw at the article, check out their site for more info on the mag.

Bam Margera and friends are back at it again with Jackass 2.5, click here to check the trailer and more. Jackass 2.5 releases on February 9th, but you can seemingly watch it for free early if your willing to download some software, click here to check it out.

Check out Element riders in recent mags:
Brent Atchley - SLAP Jan.
Tosh Townend - SLAP Dec.
Darrell Stanton - SLAP Dec.
Levi Brown - ºS MAg issue 46
Nyjah Huston - ºS Mag Issue 45
Levi Brown - ºS MAg issue 45
Future Nature Tour - ºS Mag issue 46
Lucien Clarke - Sugar

Congrats to the two winners of the 'Mountain' boards, online contest.
Adam Lewis • North Bend, WA
S. Cooper • Chattanooga, TN

Mike V hit the road this last weekend getting Season 3 of the acclaimed 'Drive' show underway. Mike and crew headed to Lake Havasu City, AZ where he found a thriving skate scene with powerful motivation. Through recent tragic events parents and skaters have come together to lobby for an improved skate park to facilitate the communities needs. Mike skated with the kids, got to know the locals, and over only a couple days has stolen the heart of the town. Mike is featured today on the front page of the local paper. Even at dinner folks showed love. Mike heads home tomorrow after an enjoyable stay, many thanks go out to the city and it's skate scene. More reports from the road as the Drive crew films over the coming months.

Element riders Levi Brown and Tosh Townend joined up with Elemental Awareness supporters Dallas Rockvam, Dylan Christopher and Mat Luciani for a tour through the Southwest. The groups travels are documented including stops in Phoenix, White River Apache Reservation, San Carlos Reservation, Albuquerque and Sioux City. Check out the Future Nature Tour '07 AV Feature with video, preview of the article in ºSkateboard Mag and a tour blog with photos.

Elemental Awareness hosted the 4th Annual Holiday Game of S.K.A.T.E. last night in Yorba Linda, Ca. The turnout was bigger than ever with over 70 skaters entering the contest and many more on hand to cheer them on. Check out a photo gallery from the event here. Congrats to Matt Lemond who took 1st place and a grip of Element product. Last years champ Brent Allen was just behind in 2nd and Robbie Jepson in third. Everyone that made the simi-finals took home an element board and more. Thanks to everyone that came out and ripped!

Last night (Dec. 5), Mike V along with Bam Margera and Chad Muska had the pleasure of breaking in Kat Von D's new mini ramp which she had built inside of her tattoo studio, High Voltage in Hollywood, CA. The skating and short Vains Of Jenna performance was all filmed for an upcoming episode of season two of LA Ink. We'll be sure to let you know when it's going to air. Could there also a Element/Kat Von D project in the works?

Three notable art shows open this Friday in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and Long Beach. Stop through if you are in the area, all are sure to not disappoint:

Element contributing artists Chad Eaton
and Trevor Girard
Group Show - Long Beach, CA

Element contributing artist Mike Kershnar in Santa Cruz, CA
Mike Kershnar - 'Neo-Folk'

Element family member Jesse Hotchkiss In LA:
Jesse Hotchkiss - 'Greener Grass'

Elemental Awareness will be hosting the 4th annual 'Holiday Game of S.K.A.T.E.' this thursday in Yorba Linda, CA. Click here for location details and come on by to have some fun and win Element product.

Mike V has been hitting the road hard with his band Revolution Mother. You can catch them for free today at Cal State Fullerton's Becker Amphitheatre. You can also catch them in Santa Ana, CA tomorrow night, for info on those shows and for all of Mike V's appearances and shows check out his web site. You can see Revolution Mother videos along with a huge selection of other Vallely videos on his YouTube page, check it out!

Check out some footy of Element flow rider Matt Fink in this weeks web clip. Matt is from Jacksonville, Fl and has been killing it recently, check it out!

Congrats to K. Anderson of New York, NY who won the 'Sticker' package that includes board shoe and hoodie!

Congrats to the winners of the new 'Tony Hawks Proving Ground' game featuring Bam Margera, Mike Vallely, Nyjah Huston & Vanessa Torres!
S. Manoff • Ellicott City, MD / P. Llams • Ruskin, FL
M. Brooks • Auburn, WA / L. Gonzalez • Chula Vista, CA / A. Capo • Boca Raton, FL / C. willey • Wellborn, FL / M. siracusano • whitestone, NY / J. Gildea • South RiverNJ / M. Donovan • Andover, NJ / J. Campbell • Fairmont, MN / M. Brooks • Auburn WA / J. Gildea • South River NJ / D. Rodberg • Kingman, AZ / R. Arif • Sachse, TX / S. Pruitt • Whittier. CA / K. Laroche • Bowie, MA / T. Bock • Seattle, WA

Element Europe riders Michael Mackrodt and Jo Lorenz recently visited Cyprus for a demo and some street skating, footage from the quick venture is available via weekly web clip #57. Thanks to ThreeSixty Skate Shop for the invite and building a thriving scene!

Watch Bam Margera and Mike Vallely as they race 3000 miles around the world from London to Los Angeles in just 8 days during the Gumball 3000 rally. The video follows the riders adventure full of antics and skating, watch the trailer to the video here.

Puzzle Video Magazine released the Summer 2007 issue not too far back. Element Europe rider Pirkka Pollari was featured with a full part in that issue. Watch Pirkka's part by clicking here, or download the whole video over at the puzzle site.

Element Skateboards today announced a co-branding partnership with consumer electronic manufacturer, Vestalife, LLC., a recent winner of CES’ prestigious Innovation Design and Engineering Award. Element Skateboards and Vestalife will be working together to bring a new line of unique and innovative audio products launching with the release of the Ladybug, a new award-winning speaker dock for iPod and iPhone, featuring a 2.1 amplified speaker system, built-in subwoofer, and limited edition art from Element Skateboards top artists. The Element Skateboards & Vestalife Ladybug will be available nationwide at the beginning of 2008.

Tosh Townend joins Element Australia riders Josh Rio, Jack Crook and Pedro Day on the 'Lower Case Tour.' The team will be skating the parks and streets in Victoria, catch them in Ballart and Torquay to start. Keep an eye on the blog at skateboards.com.au to find out where they will be next.
SUN, NOV. 18 / 5PM / BALLART SKATE PARK
THU, NOV. 22 / 4PM / BLUNT SHOP / TOURQUAY

Check out VitalSkate.com where you can find part I of a three part Darrell Stanton interview. The first part takes a tour of his house with some clips from skating the El Do park, check it out on the constantly updated vital skate site.

Element was proud to be a sponsor of last weekends 'Clash of the Crews' contest that went down at MIA Skatepark in Miami, FL. Jimmy Lannon was there representing Westside in the shop battle contest. Click here to check out clips from the event including some proper Jimmy Lannon manuals. Props to the Matt Cantor and the MIA crew for putting on a great event.

Element pro Vanessa Torres is featured on the front page of the OC Register, Orange County's leading newspaper. The article continues onto page two with a lengthy report on the progression of Torres' career. You can see the whole article online here. One of the main topics in the article is her character in the new game, 'Tony Hawks Proving Ground,' which you can enter to win here.

Collin Provost and friends hit up the Santa Ana park and are featured as the weekly web clip. They had quite a bit of fun making it, click here to watch and enjoy for yourself..

This past weekend Element riders joined Elemental Awareness to host a Skate Jam in Long Beach at the Vets Community Park. Chad Tim Tim, Levi Brown, Collin Provost, Lacey baker and Patrick Ryan all came out to skate with the kids and judge a best trick contest. The fire department grilled up food for everyone, even a council man came out to take part in the festivities. Thanks to Sammy for organizing the event and all the kids that came out and ripped it up. Congrats to the winners of the best trick contests:
EVENT PHOTO GALLERY
BUMP TO BOX WINNERS:
Oliver Rivas / Lamanzo Coleman / Chris McNeaty
QUARTER PIPE WINNERS:
Juice 'Hammer City' / Chris McNeaty
SPINE WINNERS:
Ray Olson / Christian Molina

Recently Element held a Flat-Bar-B-Q in Ocean City, Maryland, Maryland in conjunction with K-Coast skate shop. The crisp Fall weather didn't deter any of the kids from coming out and participating in the Element Flat Bar Best trick and highest ollie contest. Congrats to Brian Peacock for winning the limited edition gold flat bar and Dave for winning the high ollie contest. More Flat-BBQ events coming soon nationwide!

After a plagueing back injury last year, Chad Tim Tim is fully recovered and skating great. Check out some clips of Chad over at 411VM, he's been filming a lot with Ricki The Dude Bedenbaugh, have a look.
Tim Tim at Hernandez Ledges
Tim Tim Day in the Life Part |
Tim TIm Day in the Life Part ||

This weeks clip comes fresh from Phoenix, AZ where Element rider Levi Brown and friends have been taking advantage of the perfect weather skating every day. Levi and friends hit up the Pecos Park, and with filmer Travis Adams made this web clip, check it out!

Check out Bucky Lasek on Fuel Tv today, Tuesday, November 6th. Bucky will appear on 'The Daily Habit' to bring you up to speed on his hectic schedule which includes a recent first place victory at the Dew Tour's Playstation Pro contest in Orlando. For show times and weekly lineup check out Fuel's site.

Element and Elemental Awareness are proud to sponsor a new independent film project entitled 'Sour.' The film is Directed by Nathan Gray(2nd from left), pictured here with producers and Israeli skater Edi(far left). The brief reads, "In essence, ‘Sour,’ is a film about doing the things you love with people you’re not supposed to like." The film showed as part of the Arab Film Festival and has been receiving nice reviews. Keep your eye out for this project as it becomes available on DVD soon.

Congrats to the winners of the Sketch series, these boards are in stores but will be gone soon as the new line releases in the next week! We currently have contests running for the Sticker Package and Tony Hawk game. Here's the Sketch winners:
Kim Smyth • New Lenox, IL
Angel Black • Idabel, OK
D Hansen • Fort Dodge, IA

When we released the Element Flat bar this month there was a video clip to go with it. In Chad Tim TIm's last line he does two tricks, a switch back 180 nosegrind and a nollie cab back lip. We challenged you to film one of the tricks, the first one to do it won a gold Element Flat Bar, the others an Element package. The first video from Jeff DeChesare you've gotta watch, click the links below.
First Place: Jeff DeChesare • Denville, NJ
Second Place: Jordan Manuel • Pinnacle, NC
Third Place: Brandon Humphry • Irvine, CA

Check out Fuel TV's 'Daily Habit' show tomorrow night where Chad Muska and Element founder and President Johnny Schillereff are the guests for the evening. This episode of Daily Habit premieres Thursday, November 1st at 9:00pm ET/PT and is re-telecast the Friday at 12:00am ET, 8:30am ET, and 3:00pm ET. For more info visit the Fuel site.

This week's clip features Element flow rider Joe Hook. This summer Joe began to make his name known taking first in regional Red Bull Manny Mania and éS footwear Game of SKATE. Joe recently brought his tech skills to the West Coast. Click here to check out Joe Hook's flow footy.

Canadian skate and culture mag ' Color ' released their newest issue, #5.4, which features the skate worlds best graphic designers and illustrators. Amongst those highlighted are Element's Craig Metzger, Todd Francis, Matt Irving and Don Pendleton. Along with their works, the article includes informative, sarcastic and funny interviews from all the artists, check it out.

In the new SLAP, Don Pendleton has a large feature, documenting his prolific path through skateboarding. The article invites you to "check some fine lines and words from a skater who has made a name for himself in the place where skateboarding and art become one." To compliment the article Don did a shirt for SLAP as well, pick up the shirt and the new issue here.

Mike Vallely and his band Revolution Mother have now finished up their Europe tour. One of the last stops was in Paris where Mike joined Element Europe rider Guillaume Mocquin for a demo. Click here to check out the footy and here for some photos.

Mike V is featured in the new game 'Tony Hawk's Proving Ground,' check out his commercial by clicking here. You can enter to win one of 20 of these games here!To kick off the contest we picked one early winner, congrats to:
B. Burke - Urbana, IL

This past Sunday under the Manhattan bride Elemental Awareness held the 'Big Double in Little China' contest. Tons of skaters came out to compete in the four part best trick contest, the final zone being the massive double set. Thanks to everyone that came out, skated, and supported the thriving local scene making for a great day in NYC!
Photo Gallery | Video (weekly web clip #53)

BAM, TOSH AND RIO TOUR PHOTO GALLERY
Bam Margera, Tosh Townend and Josh Rio just finished up the 'Pick Your Poison Tour" in Australia. Each stop brought out huge crowds. Check out a photo gallery documenting the tour here.

MIKE KERSHNAR GOOD MEDICINE SERIES ART SHOW PHOTO GALLERY
The Element NYC store hosted an art show featuring the works of Mike Kershnar in celebration of the 'Good Medicine' series release. The event took place Saturday night in Times Square and entertained a constant stream of folks, some of which planned to attend and others where the show caught their eye even amongst the barrage of vibraant media, and came in for a closer look. Along with the artist, Mike Kershanr, Element rider Levi Brown was on hand hanging out and even skating in front of the store. All in all a fun night in NYC for all, be on the look out for the limited release of boards in stores Nov. 1st.

MIKE V CONTINUES EUROPE TOUR
Mike V and his band Revolution Mother continue their tour through Europe. Last Friday Mike was in Czech Republic where he played a big show, did some skating and finished with an interview for Ocko, the Czech version of MTV, so if you reside in the region look out for that. The tour is just about over but here's the flyer/schedule where Mike V will be next.

Catch Brent Atchley on Saturday just outside of Detroit in Sylvan Lake at TWC this Saturday! Brent will be on hand as part of an all day skate event with bands, product giveaways and more, the event runs 11-7pm with skating from 11-2pm.

Check out a feature on Chad Muska over at ExPN where he breaks down his favorite albums of all time.

Element is holding two events in New York City this weekend. If you are in the area come on by!

Sat, October 20 - Mike Kershnar art show in support of new 'Good Medicine' Board Series, Element Times Square Store 8pm - Midnight.

Sun, October 21 - 'Big Double in Little China' - Am Best Trick Contest at the china town park, under the Manhattan Bridge, 1pm

With a years worth of Weekly Web Clips under our belt we've compiled two videos to reminisce. The first highlights all the street skating titled 'A Year In the Streets.' The second a reel, 'Transitions for Days' covers the demos, contests, tours and park skating. Have a watch and check back often for bigger and better clips over the course of the next year.

Catch Bam Margera, Tosh Townend and Australian pro Josh Rio in 4 cities starting next week. The tour runs October 16-21 and hits Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Manly. Click here for all the info!

Checkout the new SLAP magazine where you'll find a 12 page Tosh Townend interview. Tosh linked up with photographer Sean Peterson and over a series of Tuesdays throughout the world and completed a full interview. Tosh doesn't hold back in the interview, check it out at your local skate shop.

Check out this photo of Chicago native and Element flow rider John Methvin. Methvin has made a name for himself in the region and can be seen in the recent release from Uprise Skate Shop entitled 'Chicago's Finest.' See some Methvin footy from another video. The photo comes courtesy of another one of the Midwest's finest, Sam Maguire from ºSkateboard Mag, check out his ºblog.

Mike Vallely and his band Revolution Mother are currently traveling through Europe. Mike is performing with his band, doing demos and holding signings. Check some photos from a recent stop in Amsterdam courtesy of Holland's best, Marcel Veldman. Mike even made todays newspaper , get out your translator and check it out. The tour continues, if you can make it out you wont be disapointed, here's the flyer/schedule.

Element riders held it down at last weekend's 'Goofy Vs. Regular' contest that took place at the Etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest. Darrell Stanton and Nyjah Huston were 'starting five' picks who went straight to the finals. Check out this video with skate and behind the scenes footage from the weekends event. Regular footers ended up taking the title, here is the list of Element riders that participated for each team:
Goofy: Darrell Stanton, Nyjah Huston, Tony Tave, Collin Provost
Regular: Tosh Townend, Jo Lorenz, Justin Schulte, Jeremy Wray
Girls: Vanessa Torres (3rd place), Lacey Baker, Evelien Bouilliart, Leticia Buffoni.
complete results here.

In support of the recently released Element Flat Bar, we bring to a you a weekly web clip of the team testing it out. Chad Tim Tim ends the clip with a 2 trick line, take the 'Tim Tim Challenge Challenge' and if you can do either of his tricks, you can win a limited gold flat bar.

Check out the newest installment from VBSTV's Epicly Later'd that features Element pro Chris Senn. While on an Emerica tour he stopped through Grass Valley, CA to refresh on time spent there, the past, and present of his epic career. Check it out!

Element is proud to announce that Brian Gaberman is now our Staff Photographer. Gaberman has served as Senior Photographer at Skateboarder Magazine for the last handful of years and has built up quite an impressive body of work . A Connecticut native, Gaberman moved to California to live out the skateboarders dream of gaining sponsors and did so with his originality and unique style. After being featured skating in magazines and 411VM, Gaberman focused more on photography. With the same passion and creativity he had skating, he has created a portfolio second to none. The humble Gaberman won't tell you he is also revered in the contemporary fine art world, but the works on his web site make that obvious. Needless to say, we're proud to have him on board.

Congrats to our winners of the Modern board! Winners get to choose between pro models from Tony Tave, Brent Atchley and Mike Vallely.
Winners:
M. Barrera • San Diego, CA
Conor Daly • Cockeysville, MD
Lawrence Cital • Plano, TX

This past weekend the Element team headed to Torrance, CA for a Team Demo, Signing and AM Contest all presented by Beachworks. Click here for a photo gallery from the event. The event started off with Elemental Awareness hosting a series of best trick contests, winners taking home element packages and the overall winner, Alec Beck was rewarded with a years supply of boards. Congrats to the winners:
overall winner: Alec Beck
handrail/stairs: Evan Edwards
pyramid: Doug DesAuhis
spine: Alec Beck

After the contest the team took center stage with a demo, click here to watch footage from the demo from the demo. The long list of Element riders skating included Tony Tave, Tosh Townend, Ray Barbee, Levi Brown, Collin Provost, Mike Barker, Vanessa Torres and flow riders Sebo Walker, Tony Carr and Patrick Ryan.

Element Artist Todd Francis had a show last week in his hometown of SF in promotion of a new signature glass. As he reports "Café Du Nord was filled with signage, pigeons, displays of the glasses and packaging, and revelers both tall (matt irving) and old (mic-e reyes). Virgil Shaw and Sonny Smith put on a whale of a show, and drink tickets vanished faster than american dollars in Iraq. All the display pigeons were stolen, all the drinks were guzzled, and even the plastic fruit got eaten. Thanks to everyone for coming, it was fun." For more on Todd and his works visit toddfrancis.com

Mike Vallely along with his band Revolution Mother begin a Europe tour today in Dublin, Ireland. Click here for the flyer, for more info visit Mike's site.

Bam Margera will be holding an autograph signing at Quiet Flight skate shop in Orlando, FL on October 1 from 3-6pm. If your in the area stop on by!

Also, check out Bam’s “Viva la Bands” tour featuring GWAR, Cradle of Filth, CKY and Vains of Jenna. Bam will be appearing at select shows, click here to get tickets.

The Element Europe team is always on the global move skating and filming for upcoming projects. This Weekly Web Clip features riders Michael Mackrodt and Bas Janssen skating spots in the U.S., Finland, Spain and Germany among other locations, check it out!

Check out footage of Lucien Clarke at last weekend's Nando Skate Jam at the London Bay Sixty 6 skatepark. If you miss his name he's in the white tee with last trick. You can also take get some trick tips from Lucien while on the Mpora site.

Element is proud to be a part of Firecracker this Friday, September 21st, where Kon and Amir will be on the wheels of steel to get the party started and keep it going. Firecracker takes place every first, third and fifth Friday of the month in the heart of LA's Chinatown and is guaranteed to be a good time.

Grand Star Lounge
943 N. Broadway @ College
Downtown, Los Angeles
9:30pm - 2am

Check out the new Weekly Web Clip to watch a video from a recent trip where Element riders met up with the newly formed Element Canada team. Also, peep the new SBC mag, issue 4 of the year, for a full article on the trip. Here is a sampling, find the mag in Canadian skate shops and in the US at book stores. If you haven't SBC before, check it out, its a good read backed with great photos you wont see anywhere else.

ºSkateboard MAG photographer Matt Price has a report back from the current Element trip where Europe riders Guillaume Mocquin and Julien Benoliel met up with Brent Atchley, Collin Provost and Levi Brown for a week in Oregon. They have been taking advantage of the nice weather skating hard all day and collecting some nice photos and footage. Here is Provost with a switch front blunt and Guillaume with a back lip.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 26th where the Element team heads to Beachworks in Torrance, CA for a AM Best Trick contest, Team Demo and Team Signing. A whole sleuth of Element riders will be on hand where you can enter (for free) Best Trick contests to win Element packages and even a years supply of Element Boards! Click here for the days schedule, hope to see you there.

Videos in the skate world have been dropping like crazy, many of these full length vids feature Element riders, check the list:
Nyjah Huston: full part in éS - 'éSpecial'
Darrell Stanton: full part in Berry Video 'Atmosphere' | featured in: Volcom - 'Let's Live'
Tosh Townend: full part in 'Sin Habits'
Chad Tim Tim: tricks in - Transworld 'Let's do This!', Listen - 'Viajeros Locos!'
Jimmy Lannon: tricks in 411VM 'Comin in Hot' (out soon)

Check out the new Weekly Web Clip which features Element flow rider Sebo Walker. Also check out the new Thraher where Sebo has a full page. Starting today Sebo joins up with Element team riders Brent Atchley, Collin Provost, Levi Brown and Element Europe riders Guillaume Mocquin and Julien Benoliel for a trip through the Pacific Northwest, stay tuned for updates from that tour.

This past Saturday Element hosted a party highlighting the preview of Darrell Stanton's first pro shoe! VIP guests received a limited edition pair of shoes, board, tee and unreleased compilation of music from Stones Throw records. The rest of the crowd celebrated with free drinks through the night, free t-shirt making via Hit-n-Run and an innovative photo booth provided by imeem. Check out all the photos from the imeem booth here, and view a photo gallery from the event here. Congrats to Darrell on his first shoe, keep your eyes peeled for the release coming to stores in the next couple months!

Congrats to Nyjah Huston who took second place in the éS game of SKATE! Nyjah won matches against Sierra Fellers, Pat Channita and Joey Brezinski sending him into a three way finals match with Mike Mo and Chris Cole. Nyjah took Cole to a 'T' in a very exciting match and finished in second place. Nyjah's efforts were rewarded with $5,000. Following the contest éS premiered their new full length promo video 'éspecial' in which Nyjah has another great part, check it out!

Congrats to winners of two recent online contests. The first was to win the 'City Slicker' jacket as featured in Bam's recent ad. The second was a 'This Is My Element' package with a DVD and deck. Remember to always use a valid email address so you can pick your size/etc when you win. Enter today to win a deck from the new 'Modern' series, in stores now!

TIME DVD & DECK WINNERS
J. Kwan • Arlington, MA
L. Giroux • Bethlehem, CT
J. Carson • Struthres, OH

BAM 'CITY SLICKER' JACKET WINNERS
N. Packer • Urbana, OH
A. Bartosiewicz •  Stamford, CT

This past weekend skateboard manufacturer extraordinaire Paul Schmitt took his Create-A-Skate program to the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA as part of the 'Festival of Children.' Tosh Townend and Levi Brown were on hand to accompany the kids through the process of making a skateboard and autograph the final product. Students included groups from Big Brothers & Sisters as well as students that signed up online. Kids that made boards also received a card for a hefty discount at Beachworks off Element accessories to make their boards complete. Check out the photo gallery from the Create-A-Skate program.

For more info on the program and how to get it into your school visit: CreateAskate.org

Element held the first 'Flat Bar-B-Que' yesterday at Active in Tustin. Although temperatures seared into the 100's many came out to skate, enter contests to win limited edition flat bars, and grub some free food. The police force decided this was way to much fun for labor day and shut the event down, but not before Peter and Dylan skated away with new Element flat bars. Tosh, Ray Barbee, Tim Tim, Levi and Barker were on hand skating it up, signing autographs and enjoying the Labor Day BBQ. Click here to check out photos from the event!

The Element team recently wrapped up an East Coast Tour, traveling from Florida to New York over the course of 2 weeks. Check out the exclusive web video available for free download featuring Nyjah Huston, Chad Muska, Chad Tim Tim, Levi Brown, Collin Provost and Jimmy Lannon!

Element Pro Tosh Townend and Element Advocate Mike Kershnar both spoke on a panel Thursday night at The Huntington Beach Art Center on "Concrete Execution: Skateboarding in the 21st century. The panel discussion delved into topics from televised skateboarding reality shows, to graphics, to D.I.Y. videos such as The Weenabago Projeckt. Tosh and Mike kept the panel lively with jokes and hijinx usually kept far from a museum panel. It's always funny to see skateboarding in a high culture arena and the local Huntington skaters in attendance definitely had their share of laughs. Thanks to Keiko and the Huntington Beach Art Center.

Element and Staf magazine worked together on creating an exhibition on customized sneakers involving many european artists but also involving the public itself. Many of our element shoes got a little facelift. The event took place in Tenerife and Las Palmas, Spain. Thanks to Juan at Staf mag for making this happen.

Come join Element riders for a ‘Flat Bar-B-Que’ on Labor Day. Skate the new Element flat bars, eat some free food, and even enter a game of s.k.a.t.e. to win a limited edition gold flat bar! The event takes place this coming Monday, Labor Day, September 3rd at Active in Tustin, CA. The event will kick off at 1PM, Element riders expected to attend include Tosh Townend, Chad Tim Tim, Levi Brown & Collin Provost. Click here for all the info, hope to see you there!

Check out Mike V on Kat Von D's #1 rated cable tv show L.A. INK! The episode debuts Tuesday night on TLC, but you will have several chances to see it. Here are the dates and times:
Aug 28, 10:00 pm / 11:00 pm
Sep 04, 9:00 pm
Sep 05, 12:00 am
Sep 30, 6:00 pm

Element YMCA Skate Camp just finished up another amazing summer! Special thanks to all the campers that attended in '07 and the staff for making a special place that much more incredible. Check out footage from a visit to camp by Nyjah Huston and his family, all of whom rip, in the AV Weekly Web Clip, enjoy!

The Element East Coast Tour is all wrapped up after a finale event at the Element Times Square store. Tosh, Nyjah, Tim Tim, Levi, Collin & Lannon held a signing that put a line around the corner waiting to meet the team. After the signing the crew hit the hot and humid streets for a final skate sesh. Click here to check out photos from the event and check back Sept. 1st for the tour video free download. Thanks to all that came out, Chopper Dave, Ryan and everyone at the NYC store for holding it down!

Element team made the last demo stop on the picturesque banks of the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, NY. Even though pre-fab, everyone killed it and impressed the locals, Collin and Nyjah provided the demo enders leaving jaws dropped. Following the demo everyone headed to TSX skate shop for a signing, welcomed by a massive line in the second story of the mall. Just as it got going Tosh Townend and his Weenabago Project rolled through making a guest appearance, instantly having security on edge. The team signed through the evening as many walked away with posters, boards and other goods. Click here to see photos from the demo and signing! Thanks to everyone that came out and Ingrid at TSX, check back for video footage Sept. 1st!

Thus far the tour has been hot and muggy, and we'd expect nothing less headed to Sayerville, NJ. Instead we were welcomed with a rain storm and temperatures in the 50's, canceling the demo. The team headed to NJ Skateshop greeted by a line around the building to get autographs. After a nice signing at the shop we were told the park had pretty much dried out, so we hit it up for a fun evening sesh with the locals. Once darkness ended the day, NJ Skateshop owner and legendary writer Chris Nieratko invited everyone over for a bbq, making it the best night of the trip thus far. Click here to see photos from the days events!Thanks to everyone that came out and the Nieratko's, this was an excellent stop even with the abnormal weather!

Recently Element Europe riders Ruben Rodrigues, Evelien Bouilliart, Guillame Mocquin and Julien Benoliel skated the European Championship in Basel, Switzerland. Congrats to Julien, who finishes off the clip with a backside blunt, he took 2nd place.Check out the footy in the Audio Visual Weekly Web Clip.

Element team made the long voyage from Atlanta, putting the next stamp on the map in Virginia Beach. Today the team held a signing in front of 17th street skate shop where the fans kept coming and coming. Click here to see photos from the event. Muska, Nyjah, Tim Tim, Levi, Collin & Lannon head to Jersey next, check out the schedule and past stops here.

Element's East Coast Tour took over the greater Atlanta area with two huge events. The day started with a signing at Ambush, that put a line around the massive building to meet riders Muska, Nyjah, Tim Tim, Collin, Levi and Jimmy. Even the mayor came out to see what the hype was about, leaving with a full smile. Mini contests were held in the parking lot for prizes as the couple hour long line dithered down. Once all set there the team headed over to Progressive Skate Park where the locals were packed in, making it the biggest demo the place has ever seen. Everyone killed it, including lesser known rippers flow rider Matt Fink and Element in-house rep on 'vacation' Jamie Walsh. Collin shut down the demo in the sauna like complex with a kickflip lip. Check out a full photo gallery from the days events and the rest of the East Coast Tour schedule here, full tour video coming Sept. 1st.

Mike V has been going strong all summer with daily performances on the Warped Tour. Every day he does a demo on the mini ramp, his band 'Revolution Mother' performs an entire set, holds an autograph signing and even wraps it up with a Serius radio show. Check out some recent posts below of Mike V skating, Revolution Mother performances and other clips including interviews and more.
Mike V on Warped Tour
Revolution Mother - The Real Deal
Revolution Mother - Roll Tonight
Mike V Tour Dates

Element team headed to the oldest running skatepark in the world yesterday, Kona, near Jacksonville, Fl, for the second stop on the East Coast Tour. The skating space is massive and dreamlike filled with a snake run, concrete transition area, full street course, vert ramp, and much more. Muska was still nursing a harsh heal bruise from last demo but Nyjah, Levi, Collin and Jimmy all ripped it up and put on a nice demo. Check out some photos and the the rest of the east coast schedule here, tour video releasing Sept. 1st. We're off to ATL!

Throughout the X Games we ran a contest with the prize being the actual boards skated by Element riders in the contest, here ladies and gentlemen are your winners. Winners contacted via email to claim their prize, be sure when entering to always use a valid email address.
NYJAH - B. Tehrani • Manalapan, NJ
BUCKY - S.Tomlin • Chicago, IL
VANESSA - M. Brown • Hawley, PA
TAVE - C. Cassidy • Shelbyville, IA
LACEY - D. Serrano •  Los Angeles, CA

Currently you can enter to win two prizes:
Bam 'City Slicker' Jacket.
'This Is My Element' DVD & Board

Element team kicked off the East Coast Tour yesterday in Tarpon Springs, FL. The crowd at Stewy's Skatepark in Tarpon Springs, FL rushed team van when it pulled up and the excitement didn't let up from there. The team consisting of Chad Muska, Nyjah Huston, Chad Tim Tim, Levi Brown, Collin Provost and Jimmy Lannon put on a great demo for a large crowd. Once soaked from the hot & muggy conditions they headed over for an autograph signing that went deep into the evening with an array of hyped Floridians. Thanks to everyone that came out, Montessi of Westside Skateshop and Amber of Stewy's Skatepark for making it a great start to the tour. Check out the photo gallery from the event, the remaining tour schedule and more here.

A couple weeks ago the Element team consisting of Chad Muska, Chad Tim Tim, Collin Provost and Levi Brown, headed to Toronto for an Element sponsored am contest. While there they put on a demo, check out some clips from it in the weekly web clip!

Check out the newest issues of Skateboarder and The Skateboard Mag where you’ll find two well done interviews complete with photos featuring Chad Muska. The Skateboarder article is a well written piece giving an in-depth look at Muska; discussing his current projects, transition into riding for Element and all the other big questions lingering out there. Skateboarder interview is complimented with with amazing photos by Brian Gaberman. The Skateboard Mag’s ‘Interview Issue’ features Muska as well, providing more insight into Muska world. Here’s a sample from that article that is complete with great photos as well. Both are on newsstand and in skate shops around the planet, check it out!
theskateboardmag.com
skateboardermag.com

Element hosted a party last night to announce the release of the Advocate program. There are no set rules for who can become an ‘Element Advocate’ other than creativity, passion, social awareness and they advocate Element’s core values. The night kicked off with a spoken word/acoustic performance by Ishle Park. The powerful set was followed up with a Fashion show displaying the new line of clothes, DJ’d by Element pro and Advocate Chad Muska. Famed breakdancers and Advocates Dino, Tails and Energetic threw their own head spin on the fashion show adding to the entertainment. As the crowd meandered into the dining area Ray Barbee took over with a soothing set of tunes; followed with a DJ set by Odd Nosdam, Advocate and music producer of ‘This Is My Element.’ Advocates Brooke Reidt and Mike Kershnar were on hand displaying their art, while Humatarian Advocates Dallas Oberholzer and Todd Larson also had powerful displays set up, telling stories of using skateboarding as a tool to help kids build successful lives. Check out the photo gallery as everyone celebrated into the night.

Element finished up the weekend at X Games today. Bucky Lasek skated in the Mens vert, hitting his stride on the final run but just not enough to crack the top three spots. Over on the Element Mini Ramp Brent Atchley and Collin Provost continued to murder the ramp as they’ve done all weekend. Tons of photos and more available in the 'This Is My X Games' section and below.
AV Video of the day - Mini Ramp Demo

Element team has a unique 60 ft. wide mini ramp that the team has been ripping the last couple days. Long lines of fans came through to get autographs from a wide range of Element riders. The Element booth and mini has been a hot spot for fans, skaters and friends of the team. Element also held a demo before the best trick contest. Check out footage and photos!
New Element Demo/Signing Gallery!
Updated Behind the Scenes Gallery!
AV Video of the day - Element Demo


Chris Cole won last nights Element Best Trick Contest, Tony Tave held it down for Element landing some great tricks in the short span. Check it out in the AV Video of the day.
AV Video of the day - Best Trick

X Games Updates:
New Muska Gallery!
New Bucky Lasek Gallery!
New Womens Street Skate Gallery!
Updated Tony Tave Gallery
Updated 'This Is My Photos'


VANESSA,LACEY AND EVELIEN IN WOMENS STREET
Lacey Baker, Evelien Bouilliart and Vanessa Torres all stood out strong in the three zone womens contest this morning. Where one excelled another couldn't put it all together and even though they all landed some of the best stuff of the day, none were awarded medals. Good skating girls, check back later for photos and more.

X Games Updates:
Nyjah Huston photos from Skate Street
AV Video of the day
This is My X Games - Tony Tave
This Is My X Games - Vanessa Torres

Nyjah Huston skated amazingly well throughout the three heats and Tony Tave laid down some serious tricks, but the judges didn't advance either rider. Nyjah finished in tenth with a 81.83, just a fraction off the cut. Click here for complete results, check back later for photos and video here.

X Games Thirteen in Los Angeles begins tomorrow! In recent news Tony Tave has been added to the list of riders in the contest, he’ll start skating tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 2nd in the Skate Street Selection Session (Qualifiers). Chad Muska has been announced to co-host the skate events, you can hear him live on the webcasts. Element will be on-site bringing you coverage of the skate events, updated live from the Home Depot Center.
Skate Schedule
On-Site Schedule
TV Schedule

Tosh and the Weenabago Projeckt sent in this update from the road as they cross america:
“These are pics for the start of the trip and our first stop, Las Vegas. We drove all night and imediately started skating until sunrise. Then we retreated to our air-conditioned hotel rooms and caught up on our much needed sleep until the evening when the heat wasn't so murderous. The next few days were spent lurking in the casinos and skating around Vegas. Next stop, Salt Lake City, Utah.”
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Recently we’ve held a few contests that have come to a close and below are the results! Please remember to always use a valid email address when entering, winners are contacted to choose sizes/styles and confirm their shipping address, no reply, no win. Right now there are three contests going on. you can enter to win, boards ridden in this weeks X Games, a This Is My Element package, and Bam’s Jacket
as seen as in the new ad.

PICK YOUR POISION
A. Demmitt – York, PA
A. Southwood-Smith – Brooklyn, NY
J. Hebert - Port Allen, LA

DELPHI BOARD
S. Kim – Chalfont, PA
J. Tomasik - Highland Lakes, NJ
J. Hyland - Huntersville, NC

MIKE V FLANNEL
J. Mullins – Pound, VA
A. Archibeque – Albuquerque, NM
K. Witczak – Wall, NJ

If you are in the Los Angeles area Monday night, July 30th, head down to the Silent Movie Theatre for the premiere of the new video by John Berry called ‘Atmosphere.’ Element pro Darrell Stanton headlines the video full of excellent skating from Long Beach rippers including friends seen in Darrell’s ‘This Is My Element’ part, Scott Kane and Nick Trapasso.

Be on the lookout for Tosh Townend’s ‘Weenabago Project 2’ as the tour has departed from Orange County and is headed for the ultimate destination of New York City. it’s a trip sure to be full of fun, skating and hijinx. If you don’t get a chance to catch them on their trek it will be fully documented for your viewing pleasure available somewhere down the road.

Brent Atchley has been in the mix lately with some quality coverage. Check out the new Thrasher in skate shops now where you’ll find an Atchley ‘Heads’ feature complete with interview and some ill photos , pick it up to see the complete article. Bucky Lasek also has a nice spread in the same Thrasher. You can also see Brent on a Fuel TV short where he’s welcomed by Chris Pastras to take a trip around his hometown of Portland, OR, click here to check it out!

The Element sponsored Youth Movement Co-Op tour starts today in San Francisco. Brent Atchley will be on hand for a packed day of fun and activities. To get all the info on what the all the info on what the event involves click here. Next two Youth Movement events take place in Orange COunty and San Diego.

Element is presenting a contest in Toronto starting this Thursday called ‘Island of the Ams.’ The event takes place at Toronto Island Park and runs July 26-29th. The weekend features an Am Contest, Element Demo’s and Signings. Click here for all the info!!

Congrats to Bucky Lasek who took 2nd place at the Right Guard Open, the second stop on the Dew Tour. Watch some clips of Bucky by clicking here. Bucky’s next event in the busy summer is the X Games August 3rd, followed by the Panasonic Open in Portland August 16th.

The Element team kept the summer at Skate Camp going strong with another action packed week. Chad Muska, Nyjah Huston, Tosh Townend, Levi Brown, Mike Barker and Ray Barbee were all in the house for session four. Element AV staff were on hand all week to document the weeks events. Click here to check out photos and video featuring Element riders, camp staff and campers. Thanks to all the campers that made it an amazing week and the camp staff for holding it down!

It’s been a few years since there's been a best trick contest at X Games, but this year it's back. And this time, you get to decide who gets in. Cast your vote for Nyjah Huston who is amongst the list of heavy hitters!

Congrats to Element Europe rider Evelien Bouilliart who took first in the ladies division at the Mystic Cup in Prague. Lacey Baker wasn't far behind finishing with a solid third place. Great skating ladies!

Mike's autograph signing tomorrow is postponed until a later date due to a last minute Warped Tour date switch due to bad weather. A rescheduled NYC Element store signing will be announced soon. Sorry for any inconvenience. Mike will be back in NYC soon.

The Element team spent last week on the island of Oahu, celebrating the opening of a store in Waikiki and skating all over the island. One day they headed to Cholo’s bowl on the North Shore for a day of fun in the two bowls. Video includes footage from Chad Muska, Tosh Townend, Chris Senn, Kale Sandridge & Jef Hartsel along with Element’s Marketing Director Ryan Kingman and Team Mangager Ryan DeWitt, click here to check it out!

A new Tosh Townend full video part is about to drop, all leftovers from This Is My Element? Think again and get ready for another solid part from Tosh in the new SH crew video release, ‘Sin Habits.’ James ‘Shizer’ Wilschke heads the project that includes a line up of pro’s, dudes you forgot about and new rippers. Check out the premiere if you live in SoCal or ask for it in stores soon.

If your around New York City next Monday cruise through the Element Times Square store to meet Mike V and get an autograph. He’ll be on hand with his new Revolution Mother album ‘Glory Bound.’ Not going to be in NYC? Catch him on the Warped Tour.

Fuel TV was able to snag Mike V for the day during a jam packed summer, tune in to find out what he's up to. To finish off the episode Mike, along with his band, Revolution Mother rock the set. Catch Mike V all summer long on the Warped Tour where every day he'll be doing a demo on the mini ramp, playing a Revolution Mother show, signing autographs, and if that wasn't enough, doing a Sirius radio show to wrap it all up.

Bam, Muska, Tosh and Senn welcomed over a thousand visitors to the grand opening of the Element Store in Waikiki, HI. The line wrapped around the block full of autograph seekers, some left even happier with element decks, the new video 'This Is My Element' and more. The celebration continued into the night at a nearby club as DJ's Jef Hartsel and Chad Muska spun the night away while 'This Is My Element' played behind them. Thanks to everyone that came out, waited in the sun for autographs and celebrated the store opening throughout the day!