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Juice
Sound, Surf and Skateboard Magazine Turns 10
The magazine that calls itself "corporate skateboarding's
worst nightmare" has completed its first decade of publication.
"We're the last of the underground mags. Why? Because we
skateboard and we care," says editor Murph. "Juice
Magazine *
is the only magazine that’s worth a sh*t and I support it
completely." -Duane
Peters *.
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Philadelphia
Skateboard Politics Continue To Unfold
The Philadelphia
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bureaucracy is at it again, and has rendered skatespot Dilworth
Plaza largely unskateable through the $6,500 installation of
"cleats and metal discs to railings and benches". "As a message to
young people, it's not a good thing", stated Scott Kip of the Skateboard
Advocacy Network *.
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Skateboard
News Grab Bag: Gravity Games, Slam City Jam, Rye Airfield's Ramp
Camp, and Atomic Warthog Russian Magazine
Updates about the Gravity
Games *,
the Slam
City Jam *,
Rye
Airfield *'s
Ramp Camp, and an upcoming russian magazine, Atomic Warthog. (Full
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Skateboard
Pro Ryan Sheckler Nominated for Laureus Award
Fourteen year-old pro skateboarder Ryan
Sheckler *
has been nominated for "one of the world's most prestigious honors
in sports, The Laureus World Sports Award." He is also reportedly
the youngest professional skateboarder to ever win a pro street
competition, at the age of 13. (Full
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Stacy
Peralta Skateboard Double Sought For Lords Of Dogtown
Columbia Pictures and the producers of "the Lords
of Dogtown *"
are seeking a "Stacy
Peralta *
skate double to start immediately". "We are looking
for a great skater who is familiar with Stacy's style
and can mimic it," says Associate Producer Canada
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Gordon. (Full Article)
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Casting
for Lords of Dogtown Skateboard Movie, 3/20
There will be a General Open Casting Call for all ages and
genders on Saturday 3/20, at VFW Post 1746, from 11AM-4PM, at 1032
east South Street in Long Beach, CA 90806. Producers are
apparently seeking a variety of types of actors to fill smaller
roles. (Full
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"Lords
Of Dogtown" Skateboard Movie to Follow "Dogtown and Z-Boys"
Casting is partly complete for "Lords
of Dogtown *,"
the fictional take on Stacy
Peralta *'s"Dogtown
and Z-Boys *".
The film is to follow a group of surfers who were instrumental in
starting the skateboard movement in Venice/Santa Monica (Dogtown)
in the 1970s. The cast is to include Nikki Reed ("Thirteen"),
Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch ("The Girl Next Door") Victor Rasuk
("Raising Victor Vargas") and John Robinson ("Elephant"), who will
reportedly play Stacy Peralta. (Full
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Savier
Exits Skateboard Shoe Business
Savier
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a Portland,
Oregon *-based
shoes, bags, and apparel company targeting the skateboard
demographic, has announced plans to discontinue its current
business. Nike *
was known to be a stakeholder in Savier. (Full
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