UPATE: view video coverage here!

The Vans Downtown Showdown 2009 will feature top Pro and Am teams on team designed obstacles, held at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California.

5th Annual Downtown Showdown!

When: Saturday, September 26 at 5 pm (doors open at 4 pm)

Where: Paramount Studios Back Lot

Prize Purse: $85,000 in cash and prizes for individual and team winners

Girl, Flip, Blind, Creature, Black Label, Foundation, Toy Machine, SK8 Mafia, and Zoo York

Ray’s board is signed, sealed, delivered and looking oh so pretty up in the Fall catalogue. Meanwhile, young Tony has already got his first ad in the hamper and is cracking on what is sure to be an awesome/endearing introduction video to be uploaded live here soon. Stay tuned.

The Matix crew will be heading to the Northeast this September. The “Recession Session Tour” will feauter this all-star line up of rippers: Marc Johnson, Mike Mo Capaldi, Brandon Biebel, Torey Pudwill, Jeron Wilson, Jesus Fernandez and Marty Murawski.

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Round 16 – Björn Berchtenbreiter shows a Nollie Inward Heelflip X-Foot
Welcome in Round 16 – This time Björn Berchtenbreiter out of germany shows you how a Nollie Inward Heelflip X-Foot work.

Means to you: find a piece of flat ground, do your Nollie Inward Heelflip X-Foot with as much style as possible, film it and upload it at www.king-of-skate.com. The most stylish copied Nollie Inward Heelflip X-Foot will win this nice iDeck.de Package including three customized skatedecks, which you can design on your own – total value about 240,- EUR! Good luck!

iDeck – Customized Skateboards
It is simple and almost that cheap than your favourite skateboard. Enter www.ideck.de and build up your own skatedeck with your own graphics – kind like your own „pro-model“. You can choose out of different Shapes, solid 7ply canadian maple construction, super glue technology, digital photoprints and fast delivery!
Go and get your personal customized dream skatedeck at www.ideck.de!

Nollie Inward Heelflip X-Foot

Winner round 15: AnhJyn Chau
AnhJyn is 18 years old out of Germany and could win his 4th round at King of S.K.A.T.E. Here is the videoproof:

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GENERAL INFOS:

This summer is going to be one giant worldwide session!
Every week one of your favorite Pros will present a trick you have to imitate within seven days on a piece of flat ground. Once you have sticked and filmed the trick you have to upload it as video file to the King of S.K.A.T.E platform. Needless to say that you should try to copy the trick with as much style as possible in order to get as many judging points as possible in the worldwide ranking. Because in every single round – that means every week – the most gnarly and styled trick will be rewarded with a massive stuff package.

We will make you rich and famous!
He who will be the last man standing, wins 2.500,- EUR cash and global coverage like interviews and other publications at all of our mediapartners worldwide.

Sign up now for free!
You can join this global online Game of S.K.A.T.E event until round 5. Get your free account at www.king-of-skate.com now!

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Update: check out the video coverage!

KR3W has a stinky little surprise directly after the best trick contest! More details soon.

With the release of Disposable - A History of Skateboard Art in 2004, author Sean Cliver made a brilliant attempt to artfully catalog every important skateboard deck ever released. In the process, he created a classic, but was left feeling less than satisfied. Ever the completist, the gaping omissions in the first book gnawed at him and drove him to compile the ultimate encyclopedia of skateboard decks. While Disposable was beautiful, capturing the essence of the aesthetic, The Disposable Skateboard Bible sets out to be the ultimate guide.

The author’s industry insider status (mesmerized by his first visit to a skate shop in 1986, Sean landed his first job as a designer at Powell-Peralta in 1989) allows him to guide readers through the culture and experience, the art and the mania of the skateboard graphics world with authority and expertise. While the boards take center stage, fascinating vignettes and recollections by an A-list of skateboarding personalities are included–from Tony Hawk to Mike Vallely, Mark Gonzales to Mark “Gator” Rogowski, Steve Caballero to Stacy Peralta and more.

The Disposable Skateboard Bible provides old geezers with an endless amount of fond memories of iconic and obscure deck graphics from the 1960s through the ’90s. It also provides a very educational glance into skateboarding’s creative past for the youth of today. Sections include “Heart of Darknesss” and “Collect and Preserve” on the fine art of skateboard collecting, “Skatelab Museum,” deck galleries that stretch from 1960 to 2000, “Bulldog Skates,” “The Freestyle Ghetto,” “Prototypes,” “Once Were Riders” featuring infamous ridden skateboards, and “To Sign or Not to Sign” regarding the pros and cons of autographed pro models. Buy a copy today at Disposable or Amazon.

Don’t miss The Disposable Skateboard Bible book launch party on Thursday, September 10, 2009 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Huf, 410 N. Fairfax, Los Angeles, California. Buy a copy of the book and get it signed by the author, and enjoy some free vodka while you’re at it!

World Industries announced today that Anthony Shetler is the newest member of the team. Here’s the official press release:

“COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA – (September 1, 2009) World Industries adds Anthony Shetler to the team. Anthony joins the World family as the brands newest pro to endorse World Industries skateboards and footwear. With a successful amateur career behind him World Industries is excited to partner with Shetler and release a pro model board out Holiday 2009 and hopes of adding a Shetler signature color way shoe out early 2010.

Anthony Shetler, “It feels rad to be apart of a company that has been in business for 20 plus years and helped to start all this raw street skating.”

“I’ve know Anthony for a while and I’m really excited to work with him. He’s been killing it for years and I am glad that his first board will be with World.” – Charlie Thomas, World Industries Team Manager.

World Industries founded in 1987 by professional skateboarders Steve Rocco and Rodney Mullen, has been attributed as a brand that had a major role in re-defining skateboarding into a street based activity, which in turn drove skateboarding’s massive growth through the 1990’s and 2000’s.”

The LRG crew is touring the Pacific Northwest.

The Arnette crew is packing up the whip and getting ready to hit the road for the first-ever Arnette All-Day Antics Skate Series.

Kicking off on September 5th at Willy’s Workshop (PQ) in San Diego, Arnette team riders Willy Santos and Danny Supa will put on a demo, host a game of S.K.A.T.E., sign autographs and hook-up the crowd with tons of free gear. All the antics get underway at 11am, so be sure to stop by if you’re in the neighborhood.

After Willy’s Workshop (PQ) is a wrap, the crew will head north for three more All-Day Antics events spread out over a six-week period. All events will run from 11am to 2pm and feature plenty of fine shredding by Willy and Danny.

“We’re fired up for the Arnette All-Day Antics Skate Series,” says Arnette Brand Manager, Joe Freitag. “We’ve partnered with some great retailers, stacked up a bunch of prizes, pulled out the big guns with Willy and Danny–all to get kids excited about skateboarding. It’s going to be a lot of fun!”

Flip Skateboard’s highly anticipated video, Extremely Sorry is set to premiere on September 16th in Orange County with US and world wide premieres after that.