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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the film, Dusters California is stoked to announce the release of the Endless Summer cruiser and longboard. Both feature original Endless Summer art by John Van Hamersveld, Slant trucks, Dusters wheels, ABEC-7 bearings, inlaid bottle opener and laser-etched logo. dusterscalifornia.com
learn new moves and improve your skateboarding skills to land sick combos. Play with your friends using the new online multiplayer mode or challenge skaters from all over the world using the online leaderboards. Complete achievements, gain experience and upgrade your favorite skater. Concrete Wave is proud to be one of the brands featured in the game. ratrodstudios.com
INFINITY ZERO Infinity Zero is back with a brand new bearing cleaner! This new, more travel-sized cleaner promises to removes rust from bearings and increase speed with no soaking required. The cleaner can be purchased in retail stores or online at infinityzero.us.
THIRD KIND
Light up your board with Third Kind. Third Kind skate lights is an ultra-bright LED kit that easily mounts to any skateboard. Rugged, water-resistant, rechargeable and safe, its compact design is shredder-proofed for all skating, whether cruising, bombing, airing or boardsliding. Third Kind is designed by skaters for skaters to blaze a new trail in skateboarding. The kit comes complete with battery, charger and your choice of red, green, blue or pink 20” LED strip, cuttable every 2”. thirdkindbeyond.com
SKATEBOARD PARTY 2
SKATE THE CAPE SHRED FESTIVAL 2 Faceplant Boardriders Longboard Company and WheelRZ Longboard Wheel Company hosted their second annual Skate the Cape Shred Festival on November 9-10, 2013, in the scenic and historic Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware. This unique event made use of the paved paths that run throughout the park’s World War forts, ammo bunkers and artillery. Skate the Cape is an event meant to bring riders together from all over to compete, push each other and hang out overnight on the State Park’s campgrounds, making for good vibes all around. Red Bull and Liquid Boardshop of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, helped out to make this two-day event run smoothly, and Idyllic Clothing helped out with the event logo and T-shirts. Day one was the 2.75 Enduro Push Race that went around the park’s path, with ups and downs, twists and turns through the pines and dunes. That afternoon’s downhill event had a hard right that kept riders in check when they were cruising down the main dune from Fort Miles. Day two started with the slalom race, which was followed by the slide jam, in which riders had to showcase serious style in order to make it to the spectator-judged finals. Skate the Cape truly brings out the best in its riders, and the groms especially were throwing down in the slide jam this year. Be sure to make it to the Skate the Cape Shred Festival 3 in November 2014, as it is planned to be bigger and better.
CLUTCH Clutch has put together a team in Southern California. They also found a guy with a camera. With Elias Angulos filming Alex Newton, Ben Arcia, Joe Gutkowski, Steven Prall and Chris Buono, they will be showcasing their wealthy plebe style of skating and living. Check out the Clutch Skateboards Team page on YouTube.
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN King of the Photo: Alex Mof Mountain turned out to be one of eastern Canada’s larger longboard festivals this year. Despite the cold weather on Halloween weekend, riders traveled from as far as Penticton, BC and Halifax to camp out and jam out for the weekend of madness. The event was hosted at Camp Fortune ski resort in Chelsea, Quebec. If two days of racing on a closed road of more than 75 km/h weren't enough, the lodge was rented all weekend for the after-party, and the venue also had an indoor mini ramp, onsite camping and bonfires. Read the full recap on our CW blog, and be sure to check out the event next year. Open: Francis Coté-Tremblay Niko Desmarais Dexter Manning David Despatie Ladies: Amateur: Cassandra Duchesne Alexis Bernier Kalie Racine Gabriel Lagueux Mioche Michelle Ryan Mckey Amie-Anne Sheppard Samuel Blais Brianna Drodge
HAMBORG ON TV MIDS
Skateboard Party 2 brings all the fun of skateboarding to your mobile device, allowing you to ride in eight completely unique locations. Jump on your board,
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Over a month of hard partying and even harder skating, Team Mids is crowdsourcing funds and kicking off the tour at the Burke Family Picnic in Vermont and making our way down the East Coast to Asheville, then across the country and into Canada to get bricked in your local bars and slay your favorite mountain roads. midsforlife.com
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Congratulations to Pete Hamborg of Hamboards, who wound up on both Shark Tank and The Queen Latifah Show. From left: Four of the five Hamborg brothers, Robert Herjavec of Shark Tank, Queen Latifah, Pete Hamborg and his wife, Kathy.