Street League Stop #3 Reminder

Jul 14,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

It’s coming like a thunder storm, nothing can stop it.

Street League 2012’s third stop is in Glendale, Arizona this weekend – July 14-15. Nyjah Huston has already proven himself to be the Top Dog of Street Skating after taking 3 out of 4 competitions last year (2011) in the Street League Series winning hundreds of thousands of dollars at such a young age, and this year has already reminded the world why he gets paid to skateboard by winning the first 2 competitions. Stop 3 is ready to start and you can be pretty sure Nyjah is mentally prepared. Can anyone beat this kid??

Ryan Sheckler, Chaz Ortiz, Sean Malto, Chris Cole, Paul Rodriquez – are you out there??

Who can stop the Nyjah Train?

Only one way to find out, ESPN…

Stop three: July 14-15
Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, Ariz.
Live on ESPN2, July 15, 7:00 p.m. ET

Championship: August 26
Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.
Live on ESPN2, August 26, 5:00 p.m. ET

Watch the highlights from Stop 2 – Ontario, California

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Bones Brigade Documentary At The Rio

Jul 11,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

Growing up as a skateboarder for majority of my lifetime (since 1986), I was a huge fan of the original Powell Peralta Team known simply as the Bones Brigade. Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Steve Cabellero, Mike McGill and Tommy Guerrero. These 5 guys set a standard back in the 1980’s for skateboarding with their unique styles, amazing vert skills, and ability to land everything they tried. And when they added Freestyle Master/inventer of most flatground tricks we do today, Rodney Mullen, the world was changed forever. My favorite video from back in the original days with the Bones Brigade was definitely The Search for Animal Chin, giving us all one of the most historic photos of all time – Lance, Tony, McGill and Cab all doing handplants at the same time on the same spine – insane. That movie taught a lot of people to search for their inner selves and express it through skateboarding. Stacy Peralta and George Powell – thank you for creating a company that was all about the love for the sport and bringing us some of the most amazing people to look up to back then. With Powell Peralta as still one of the top companies in the industry, I can’t wait to see what memories they share with us in this video.

Sunday, July 15^th, 2012 will be a busy day for skaters in the Lower Mainland:

Bowl Series at Griffin Park

Another Event a Kensington Park

And the Bones Brigade Video Premiere

What a great place to live…

Another Online Video Contest

Jun 27,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

This looks like a really fun experience for anyone to participate in, just make a skate video maximum 3 minutes long, upload to Youtube and submit to Lucky. Simple.

You have from July 1^st – July 31^st to submit which is plenty of time to film a 3 minute part. Majority of the kids around here now a days could film a 3 minute part in 3 minutes…

I like that it’s called Canada’s First Online Contest, but it’s unfortunately not. But that’s okay, this is going to be one of the new styles we are all going to see constantly popping up in the future. I like the online contest versions because it gives everyone a fair chance to get some exposure.

I guess we’ll be getting some of the same competitors entering this one as “Show Up Mike”. I think I’ll even be entering a video myself.

Better start filming.

Visit

www.luckysurfandskate.com

for more details.

Volcom – Wild in the Parks 2012

Jun 21,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

It’s that time of year again. The annual Volcom Contests have begun. Be ready for the Railside Contest in Port Coquitlam coming up fast – June 30^th. Who’s gonna be there, I don’t know. I would assume that Mickey Papa will be kickin’ around, and I’m hoping that Dominic Devries will be competing. Both of those guys destroy that place. I guess the only way to see who’s in it is to show up.

Registration starts at 11am and the contest ends when it’s over.

Hit the Volcom Site for more detailed information, or to watch highlights from the events that have already happened.

http://www.volcom.com/witp/index.asp?seasonId=20

Go Skateboarding Day -Vancouver 2012

Jun 21,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

In support of Go Skateboarding Day, The awesome dudes from Vans will be feeding the troops with a waffle breakfast at the Plaza in the morning and having a bbq for the hesh dogs at Hastings in the evening, and of course there will be some sort of secret competitions around the city. I’ll be floating around shooting some photos and will have a write up article on the site within a day or two. Come out and Join in the events…

More info at
http://www.vans.com

Tony Hawk at Hastings Park – July 28th

Jun 18,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

I heard the rumours the other day, and now it’s confirmed – Tony Hawk and the Birdhouse Team will be arriving in town at the end of July and shredding Hastings Park. I remember one time Tony Hawk came to Hastings when I was there, it was back in 2001 or 2002 and he came up with the Tony Hawk Tour Bus. That was a sick day of skating, lots of awesome tricks went down. I remember getting my shirt signed by Tony and when I told him to write “Ravers Rule” he just laughed and asked me if I actually watched the video Ravers (The original Birdhouse Video from 1993). I told him it was one of my favorites.

Now over a decade later, this amazing man we refer to as a legendary skateboarder is coming back for more. Hastings, be forewarned.

The Hawk will be soaring through July 28^th.

Other names included on the Tour – Aaron “Jaws” Homoki, Willy Santos, Kevin Staab, Clint Walker, Clive Dixon, David Loy, Shaun Gregoire, Shawn Hale and Michael Davis.

Street League 2012

Jun 15,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

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Round 2 comin’ up.

Just a quick reminder that the 2^nd stop for 2012’s Street League Skateboard Contest is right around the corner. They enter the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California to see who will be the next winner. Nyjah Huston started the series off just like last year by taking home 1^st place, along with another $150,000.

All the top names will be there. Chris Cole, Ryan Sheckler, Bastien Salabanzi… Who has the balls, and the skills, to take Nyjah off the top podium??

Set your PVR Boxes to record this one, June 15^th-16^th, live on ESPN.

Tickets for the Street League DC Pro Tour Fueled by Monster Energy went on sale April 2 at streetleague.com.

Stop two: June 15-16
Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, Calif.
Live on ESPN2, June 16, 9:30 p.m.ET

Stop three: July 14-15
Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, Ariz.
Live on ESPN2, July 15, 7:00 p.m. ET

Championship: August 26
Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.
Live on ESPN2, August 26, 5:00 p.m. ET

Upcoming Events

Canada’s First Adaptive Skateboarding Comp At Bonsor Skatepark

Jun 13,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

Introducing Canada’s first adaptive skateboarding competition that will be taking place June 16th, 2012 at Bonsor skatepark! Check out the flyer below for more details…

SHOW UP MIKE – The Countdown Is On!!

Jun 10,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

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The dates have been set:

Video Submissions and voting begin on June 21^st, 2012

You will have 2 months to submit as many videos as possible, with the cut off deadline date at midnight – August 21^st.

Voting will continue until September 11^th

Winners will be announced at Hippie Mike’s Tour de Surrey’s Grand Finale at South Surrey Youth Park

September 15^th

GRAND PRIZE of

$500

** There will also be 1 winner for each skate park included that will win a Protest Skateboards T-shirt **

Don’t miss out…

Click the promo flyer in the bottom right corner for more details

Hippie Mike’s Tour De Surrey 2012

May 31,2012 / By Hippie Mike / No Comment

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Well, summer is creeping up fast on us, and the hype is on already. Lots of kids have been asking about the 9^th annual hippie mike’s tour de surrey dates and locations so here they are.

The tour de surrey series is a great event for skateboarders of all ages to come out and show their skills, and maybe even take home some prizes. As you can see from the poster, it’s quite popular with so many sponsors, which brings a solid crowd out to every event.

Hosted as a City of Surrey Event, it is well staffed and well managed.

And We raise lots of funds and food each year for the Surrey Food Bank.

Check out this clip from “The Express” on Shaw TV from last summer showcasing some of the kids at the Cloverdale Skate Park during one of the contests. The story is introduced at 1min 35seconds in.

Can’t wait to see what you guys have in store for this year.

Category : Upcoming Events