The dates for the 2010 Florida Bowlriders have formally been announced, courtesy of Martin Ramos of Kona Skatepark. Kona skatepark is going to be providing a base of operations with free camping grounds at the park. As always, bands, barbecues and bonfires are on the itinerary. Be on the lookout at Kona’s site for more info about what to expect.

Matt Miller is now on Expedition and has a welcome video to prove it.

IRVINE, Calif. — The Maloof Money Cup skateboarding competition is expanding to New York City this year.

Joe and Gavin Maloof, who own the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, said Tuesday they will hold Maloof Money Cup New York June 5-6 at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, featuring street skateboarding competition. The winner will earn $100,000.

The Maloofs have agreed to donate the $1.8 million, world-class skate park they will build for the competition to the city of New York through the City Parks and Recreation Department’s “Adopt-A-Park” program. Joe Maloof said the cost of the skate park will be defrayed by contributions from sponsors Vans and Monster Energy.

The Maloof Money Cup will return to Southern California for the third straight year, featuring street and vert competition, from Aug. 4-8 at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.

“I always felt the most important thing was to start in California, where it was born,” Joe Maloof said. “We’ll always stay in Orange County and the L.A. area. That will always be No. 1. However, we needed to get an East Coast presence. It’s a privilege to get into New York. It’s not easy to have an event in New York.”

The New York competition will include a wild-card contest to give local skaters the opportunity to compete against the top pros in the industry. Pro skaters Chris Cole and Geoff Rowley, New York skating icon Steve Rodriguez and Joe Ciaglia of California Skateparks will lead the design of the street course. The New York prize purse is nearly $250,000.

The Maloof Money Cup Orange County will expand to five days.

Invited pros include defending champions Cole in the street competition and Alex Perelson in vert. The 18-year-old Perelson won last year’s vert after becoming just the fourth person to land a 900 during a competition.

The Maloof Money Cup Orange County pays out nearly $500,000 in cash and prizes, with $100,000 going to the street winner and $75,000 to the vert winner.

Maloof said the competition will expand to South Africa in 2011.

“I think this thing has evolved from a small skateboarding camp to a major skateboarding event,” Maloof said. “It’s going to expand opportunities for skateboarding around the world.”

The Associated Press

The second part of Real’s Spring catalog is now live with a video of Peter Ramondetta filmed and edited by Dan Wolfe.

Mike V’s new band, Mike Vallely / By The Sword debuts this Friday night February 12 @ 2HeadedHorse. Playing a Black Flag tribute set including such Flag classics as: Nervous Breakdown, I’ve Had It, Jealous Again, Six Pack, My War and others. The night will be complimented with art by JRF and DJ sets by Shepard Fairey. The show is all-ages, (21 and over [with ID] to drink) and will cost you $5 at the door.

The full version of “This is Qatar” is finally made available. The documentary style skateboarding video was produced by Ivan Jimenez and filmed by Enrique Mayor, documenting Nike’s Spanish team, being headlined by skaters Dani Lopez, Dani Rubio, Dani Lebron, Juan Algora and Adrian Del Campo.

This is Qatar (english subtitles) from Enrique Mayor on Vimeo.

With 62 mini videos under their belts you know to expect quality from WiSkate. From goofing off to getting down, WiSkate never disappoints.

All Emerican Royalty had gathered at downtown LA’s Wurstküche to celebrate the Emerica-turned-Altamont brand manager’s 36th birthday. In addition, and unbeknownst to many, he’d be presented with his first Emerica pro-model shoe, designed in secret and months in the making…

Commit or Quit is a skateboard video by Ricky Lester and Nathan Glenn. Both Ricky and Nathan have always dreamed of making a full length skateboard film and they won’t stop until it happens. The film has been in progress throughout 09 and is still in progress of being filmed but will be coming soon!

Throwaway of the Day 2/6/10 - Max Catasus from Bodhi Films on Vimeo.

Check out a new part from Element Australia’s Phillip Marshall in “No Strings Attached.”