Here's a little video of a few of our friends skating the new set up at Innerspace. Beat by Red Head Steve!

INNERSPACE REMODEL

The Contest at Seatac last Friday was awesome!  There were lots of people and tons of free stuff for everybody that showed up.  Jason Singler took first in the Sponsored Category and here he is busting a 360 flip over the pyramid!  Josh Mcloughlin got first in the 11-15 Category and I don't know the rest but it was a good one.  Thanks to 35th South and the City of Seatac.

Here's Josh Mcloughlin busting a front board during the Seatac Comp.

Check out Crailtap.com. Stefan Janoski is rocking a manik shirt...

It's been a minute since Pic of the Week so here's a recent shot of Josh Anderson doing a Sugarcane through the kink!

The day has finally arrived!  The Grand Opening of the new Sea Sk8 will be taking place on Saturday, July 11th from 11-4pm!  Don't miss this celebration with music and skateboarding along with tons of free stuff!

This has been a good month for local videos.  The first premiere was "Smells Like Tacoma"!  This is the first full length video to ever come out of Tacoma and it's produced by Dan Heassler II.  The video contains footage collected over 8 years between Seattle and Tacoma and San Diego featuring skateboarding from Robo Repp, Aaron Johnson and Joe McLellan just to name a few.  The video has Tyrone Olson's best part I've ever seen and some classic Steve Olson footy as well!  Hopefully "Smells Like Tacoma" will be in shops soon!

Reilly Schlitt's "Psycho Skate" Video is finally out and it premiered with the Innerspace Video a couple of weeks ago.  It features full parts from Michael Patterson, Brandon Taylor, Tyler Dubois, Max Lovelace and plenty of others and it's put together in a hilarious manner!  You can get "Psycho Skate" at your local shop!

SEATTLE CENTER SKATE PARK GRAND OPENING

Seattle, Washington (June 22, 2009) – Skate Like a Girl presents Bite This!, an
all-ages family friendly skateboarding weekend at Seattle’s premier food and
beverage showcase: The Comcast Bite of Seattle presented by Emerald Queen
Casino (www.biteofseattle.com).  
Bite This!
Grab your food and Bite This!  The Bite of Seattle is the first festival in Seattle to
host a weekend of skateboarding in the brand new Seattle Center Skate Park.  
Skate Like a Girl in partnership with the local skateboard community.  Community
and skateboard industry providing prizes and programming include: Manik
Skateboards, Snowboard Connection, 35th N, Innerspace, Skatebarn, Evo,
Bellevue Skateparks, Parents for Skate Parks, and Seattle Skate Park Advisory
Committee.
Programming will consist of free open skates, clinics, demos, and small contests.  
Plus plenty of great giveaways courtesy of event sponsors.  The weekend will be
broken into three themes: Friday is for the ladies, Saturday is for everyone and
Sunday is Family Day.
Demos!
Whether you are new to skateboarding, or an old pro, come munch on food while
watching the pros skate the new Seattle Center skateboard park.  Talented
female skaters Amy Caron (X-Games Medalist), Alex White (featured in Getting
Nowhere Faster), Tamara Drybrough (top female skater in Canada, placed 2nd in
2008 Chicks Flip Out), Esther Godoy (Australia), Kristin Ebeling and other gals
will perform.
Additionally local shop skaters from Manik, Bellevue Skatepark, Snowboard
Connection, and 35th N will be featured!
 

35th Ave is having a contest on June 26th at 7pm. It will be held at Valley Ridge Skatepark (Seatac) William Memorial. 4644 S. 188th. See the flyer for more details.

Mikey Burton dislocated his shoulder recently. In his down time he's been considering other forms of extreme. Looks like he might "take it down under" after his recovery.

Innerspace has been remodeled and it opens back up today (Friday).  The park has a whole new look and it should be awesome!  Check out Keiran Martin, Mr. Wil and Chris Cloud as the retire the old Innerspace SPACE CADETS

The Nike SB Ams and some other Nike heads came out for the Seattle Debacle Premiere on Monday! The video is chalked full of pure debauchery. Be sure to snag a copy at your local shop!

MORE PHOTOS

The Battle at the Berrics is the most highly anticipated contest since All City Showdown 3!  Check the line-up, it's amazing.  There's a bracket board at GOODS so go sign up!  Here's marshall's bid.

Here's a recap of the enjoi demo that took place in Puyallup.  Chris Jameson won the Zumiez Best Foot Forward Contest and I think that means they're flying him somewhere.  Check out the ENJOI demo and check out CHRIS JAMESON on skateboarding.com!

Check out this bigflip from Josh Anderson. Its amazing!!! Bigflip

Sunday June 21st is National Go Skateboarding Day and Sno-Con is holding their 3rd Annual Hill Bomb!  This has been a good one in the past and I'm sure it will be even better this year!  Begins at 1:30 at Cal Anderson Park at 11th and Pine!

Goods is offering a free Manik skateboard to anyone with information on this hideous new tag at the Plaza. If you have information email it to bellevueskatepark@gmail.com or call the Bellevue Indoor Skate Park at (425)452-2722.

On Saturday June 20th, Sno Con is hosting the Es Game of S-K-A-T-E at Snowboard Connection at 263 Yale Ave North starting at 3 pm.  See you there!

We're coming up on the 5th Annual Woodinville Skate Contest presented by the Northshore YMCA on Sunday, June 28th starting at 10:30 am.  Tons of prizes and there will be a Girl's division if enough girls show up.  If you like contests, this will be one of the larger ones this summer.  Check the flyer for details. This is the first contest of the BFC 123 Series and we'll have the rest of the calendar up shortly.

Today I'm giving myself the Pic of the Week just to show off that I had Battle Ground Skate Park all to myself on Monday at 1 pm!  This is one of the best parks in the country but it's always way too crowded to skate!  I would suggest taking the day off work or skipping school before Summer officially starts and you won't get another opportunity until Summer ends!  Photo by Suzanne Snow!

Wieger signs his name on everything he sees including lighters, chapsticks and Kleenex boxes!  Funny as hell

This was my first time emceeing a demo with Cairo Foster and he just landed himself in my top 5 gnarliest skateboarders ever!  Check the footy from the Glenhaven Zumiez Couch Tour when it comes out on www.skateboarding.com

A big Thanks goes out to Tommy and the crew from Covert in Florida. The Push Project was a great success. Thanks to everyone who came out to support too. Orlando has great breakfast brownies...

Jesse Bracewell is the newest resident to the Seattle area, migrating north from Portland. It's always nice to have a fresh face in the scene!

from n.y. with love-

these banks in the hood have been asking for some love. Terril snaps an ollie before he got the boot.

Get your dirty little hands on the newest issue of Color Magzine and check out the Seattle City Feature. Creighton Barret from Band of Horses lists his favorite spots in the city and Brayden Olson shoots photos  and writes the intro. It's at Goods!

SEATTLE, WA

"Seattle is a really big, small city with some quality humans doing radical things. The air is clean, the girls are babes, and a good chunk of the music on your iPod is from there. The skate scene is tight, hosting some of the most talented shredders that have ever graced a skateboard, the art scene is bangin’ and everyone keeps it weird. Most of the photos you are looking at are from some very radical art shows and parties over the last few years. Local artist NKO and his Free Sheep Foundation organize these speakeasy-type art venues with bands, booze, beautiful girls and, of course, completely mind blowing art. Usually the events take place in buildings that have a set date for demolition, and when the element of destruction is in the mix, things can get completely out of control. To get you non-Seattleites hip we’ve enlisted Creighton Barret from Band of Horses to compile a list of the best things in the Emerald City. If you want the golden ticket to Seattle take note! Tear out this page and glue it to your forehead, because this list is so perfectly righteous!"

Today's Pic of the Week goes out to Bobby Dodd for one of the largest backtails I've ever witnessed.  Only the video footage will tell the truth!

Watch Psycho Mike hand out cash for amazing stunts at the North End Marysville Barbecue and Skate Jam!  

PSYCHO MIKE

Check the new Beast Mode video at Inner Space with Josh Jones, Jordan Sanchez and a few other friends killing the new obsticle.

BEAST MODE

Steve G. just got his today! Thanks Dave!!!

35th Avenue in Federal Way recently released boards and tees dedicated to William Somtoa who was killed by a drunk driver in January 2009. For those who never had the priviledge to meet William, he was super positive and just fun to be around. He was a long time customer turned employee. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit William's family. The boards are very limited with graphics done by 16 year old Bobby Davis, so get yours now before they're gone!

35th Avenue

28717 Pacific Hwy S. #5 Federal Way, WA 98003

(253)839-5202

www.35thavenue.com

www.rememberwilliam.com

Manik just got some free press from Tony Vitello (City Skateboards/Hubba Wheels) on the Crail Couch! He's wearing a Manik Hat!

CHECK IT OUT

Russian George moved back to his hometown of Kostroma recently but that doesn't mean he quit skating! He shared a couple of links of him skating with the Russian Circa Team and a little skatepark montage from Kostroma.  Check these ones out!

KOSTROMA SKATEPARK MONTAGE

CIRCA RUSSIA

Today's pic of the week goes out to Mikey Burton with a Smith Grind pic from a couple of months ago. Hopefully this weather will mellow out so we can get some more pics!

DAY AT THE PARK TRAILER

Here's a video from Last Sunday's Marginal Way Benefit!   It appears they raised at least $700 that day! Congrats!  MARGE BARGE

Check out the new obstacle at Innerspace, some people can skate it, some people can't but you won't know 'til you try it!  It looks like Bean One has no troubles!

BEAN ONE SPACESHIP CAPTAIN

We cruised by the new Sea Sk8 location yesterday and Grindline started the actual skatepark pour so it looks like this 20 project will be up and running by July 15th of this year!  Do us a favor and don't go asking the workers stupid questions because it will only slow down the construction but rest assured, it's going to be a good one!

Today's pic of the week goes out to Andy Froberg with a pole jam nollie off at the "Graveyard"  We call this place the Graveyard because it has a swamp lake next to the gap and everybody's board went in the water at least once. 

Today's Pic of the Week goes to Brandon Taylor with a backsmith photo that Marshall just found in his hard drive from the end of last Summer.

check out some photos from the retrospective show a EVO. Thanks to everyone who made it happen and everyone who made it out. PHOTOS

Capitol Hill just got better!  Bravo Burrito opened up in the old KFC building on Pine and they have some of the best tacos ever!  When you get a chance, swing through and fill up!

Brayden has new photo site. check it here..... Braydenolson.com

JA got some love in the newest Transworld! It's out so get a copy! Photos by Brayden!

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