DC Skateboarding

New The skateboard Mag Am Article

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Not sure if you have seen the latest The Skateboard Mag. We got two riders in the Eastern Am Harvest section. Connor Champion (NC) and Evan Smith who won the Damn Am (FL). Have a great weekend!

Deck Heads Show Philadelphia PA

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Evan Smith Wind Damn Am

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Click to view Listens footage.

Click to watch his run!

The New Match is in stock and ready to ship

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Smith 2.0 Shipping Now

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Damn Am Events

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Jani Laitala cover of The Skateboard Mag

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Check out Jani Laitala (European DC rider) on the latest cover of The Skateboard Mag for July.

Jimmy Astleford TWS Daily Grind

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Wes Cramer in the TWS Am Issue

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Wes rocking the Gatsby.

Evan Smith in Skateboarder

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Evan is wearing the Belmare.

Lil Wayne is at it again!

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Devine Sequence TWS 9 Frames

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Product Ready to Ship May 2008

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Mesh 3 Year Anniversary!

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DCSkateboarding.TV Is LIVE!!!!

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Video Premiere on Feb 23rd

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Click to view PJ on the cover of the Skateboard Mag

DC WELCOMES PJ LADD TO ITS SKATEBOARDING TEAM

Vista, CA - January 29, 2008
After months of speculation on Internet message boards, DC is proud to welcome professional skateboarder, PJ Ladd to the team. He exploded onto the skateboard scene in 2002 with the release of his mind-blowing part in "Wonderful Horrible Life," and won the first pro contest he ever entered.

DC Co-founder Ken Block said, "I couldn't be happier to have PJ join the DC team. His skateboarding speaks for itself and he makes the DC team even more dynamic. I look forward to what DC and PJ can accomplish together."

"To me, DC has always represented the best," said PJ.
I skated in DC's a lot when I was younger and I have always been hyped on their whole deal. I am excited to be a part of the DC team."

In addition to representing DC footwear and apparel, PJ also rides for Plan B Skateboards, Hubba Wheels, Venture Trucks, Diamond Supply Co., and Jessup Griptape.

Be sure to look for PJ's March Skateboard Mag cover
as well as his welcome ads in The Skateboard Mag, Transworld Skateboarding, Thrasher, Skateboarder
and Slap magazines. You can also check out his latest footage at DCskateboarding.tv.

More Information

For more information please contact Cristina Kown on
+1 760 597 2560. or email ckown@dcshoes.com

Ollie Contest at ASR

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Greatest Trade Show Party on Earth

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INTRODUCING RYAN GALLANT’S FIRST SIGNATURE SHOE

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Check the dcshoes.com Minisite for Details!

For Spring 2008 DC is proud to release Ryan Gallant’s very first signature shoe. Check out the new minisite at dcshoes.com for the story on Ryan and his pro shoe, including a short podcast video, a gallery with a few skate photos of Ryan, and, of course, info on the shoe.

As with every DC signature shoe, the design and development process of The Gallant was left entirely to the rider. Ryan worked with DC footwear designers to create his ideal skate shoe using the Manteca, a classic DC model, as a base for his design. Ryan said, “I just wanted a plain skate shoe that didn’t blow out and that didn’t feel like a thick sock after a day. I’ve skated in the Manteca and Avatar, so that’s what I talked about when making this shoe… then I just wanted everything thinned out—I like a thin shoe.”

Ryan went on to help develop Super Suede+™ for use as a durable upper material on his shoe. The material is an improvement of DC’s revolutionary Super Suede™, this version further reinforced to prevent blowouts. About Super Suede+™ Ryan noted, “…every kickflip feels grippy and on point. I’ll kickflip a lot of shoes and the stitching will be all peeled back, then there’s the complete blowout… [this material] is tough and lasts."

The black colorway of Gallant's shoe. As far as colors expect a basic black upper / white cupsole combination, a staplecolorway for Ryan, as well as a green/black/white combination.

Rounding out the Spring 2008 Ryan Gallant project is a t-shirt with custom artwork (which is also featured on the shoe’s insole), and, because Ryan wears New Era caps so much, two signature hats. Ryan is the first DC team rider to get a signature hat and tee.

Look for Ryan Gallant’s signature shoe exclusively in skate shops beginning just after the New Year, and stay tuned to the DC Newsclip in the coming weeks for more info. For now, follow this link to see the minisite at dcshoes.com for video, photos, and the story on the shoe.

Skateshop Shootout

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Friday December 7th 2007
Thanks to Josh Kalis for coming out to the event.

The DC skateboarding director, brand managers and embarked on a trip to freezing cold Detroit Michigan to host the first Skateshop Shootout at Landslide Skatepark. I had visited Detroit on past tours and it was usually during the summertime, but for some reason every time ago there with DC it's in the freezing called. Regardless, my experiences there where just as fun.

The day before the contest we cruised around the Detroit area checking out some skate shops and going and having an amazing stake dinner at an almost abandoned restaurant. There was no one on the streets of Greek Town because the weather was so *%$@ cold! Bob Reynolds coming from North Carolina was definitely not happy about the climate. After dinner we headed to the Greek Town Casino where I lost 100 dollars and so did Bob. Heavyset walked away with a 175 dollars and our man Bookworm was destroying the crap tables and walked away with over 300 dollars. I had never seen any body go on such a huge winning streak before. I definitely wish I were playing craps instead of Black Jack. In the casino they have live entertainment with a bunch of people singing and dancing on stage. In the bathroom we heard this old man saying under his breath "oh lord, that child can't sing". It was the funniest thing all night.

Brian and Bookworm organized this contest with the local skate shops from the Detroit metropolitan area. 7 teams with 4 skaters each entered to claim the rights to be the winner of the first Skateshop Shootout. The contest was broken down into 4 heats with one skater from each team skating for 10 minutes. The skaters were rated one through seven and after four heats the team with the least amount of points was the winner.

Welcome Bob Reynolds to the brand manager team!

Hockey/skateboarding hybrid

The winner of the best trick (heel bs 5-0) and 80-gig ipod personalized by DC skateboarding.

Congratulations to Landslide the host and no winners of the first skate shop shootout. Winning a custom trophy by Heavyset, huge box of product and 80 gigabyte ipod customize by DC skateboarding.

Congratulations to Modern who came in 2nd place. Winning a custom trophy by Heavyset and mad product.

Congratulations to Plus skate shop coming in 3rd. winning a custom trophy by Heavyset and mad product.

Heavy found his long lost brother in Michigan. It turns out that him and T-minus were separated at birth, heavy settling in Ohio and T-minus in Flushing Queens!

After the contest we headed back to Greek Town to have a not so good meal.

Thank you for the skateboard community of Detroit for your hospitality and participation in the first skate shop should out.

Skateshop Shootout

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Skateshops competing for the bragging rights to the Skateshop Shootout contest held at a Landslide Skatepark in Michigan.

Click to view large poster:
Competing shops:
Modern
Corkys
TWC
South Street
Premier
Plus
Skater’s Advocate
Detroit City Skateboards
W3
Pogo

Friday, December 7th 2007. Practice starts at 5:00p.m. Contest starts at 7:00p.m.

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Check out the new JK7!

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DC Skateboarding Summer 2008

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DC Spring 2008

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Rolling for Dollars

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Friday Sept 14th
Cash, Prizes, Food, Music
Mesh Skatepark Inc.
881 West Warren Ave. Units B+C
Longwood, FL 32750

Contact: Simon for further details.

King of Barcelona

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Contest is from 9/1-15
www.dckingof.com for updates.

Continuum Contest, March 10th

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KONY Video

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Click King of New York logo to view the KONY video

Malto's Skateboarder Cover

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You can say it again, the boy is on fire!

Just in case you forgot his TWS cover for the King Of New York article, here it is.

Wil Wayne Make It Rain

2007-02-26T07:49:00.000-08:00

I've been meaning to put together a blog for my accounts and then I figured why not do it for everyone. We can use this as our forum to update everyone on our program, to see what everyone else is doing in the country. So, anything your shops have going on, please feel free to post them here. Any images I suggest opening a photobucket account and resizing all images to 400 pixels wide. That way this blog will have a pretty standard and manageable appearance.

And now ladies and gentleman, Lil Wayne (not for skateboarding, but good for shits and giggles).