Skateboarding Articles and Event Coverage
The Best Week in Skateboarding: Copenhagen Open
Monday, July 24, 2017
Our Insta story for the first 48 hours gives you a bit of an idea on why everyone, including us, has been referring to Copenhagen Open as the best week in skateboarding for nearly a decade now.
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Marinela Demos on the West Coast
Monday, July 17, 2017
As you know, Marinela has been backing what we're up to in skateboarding here for a couple years now. They helped us expand the Grind for Life Series across the country this year with two new stops in Californa. While we were out there, we did some demos at a couple stores with Ish and Dilo out there shredding for the locals in between snack sampling.
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Vans Park Series at Vancouver
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Pedro's been denied by Canadian Customs in the past, so this year when he was let through for the first time, he had some pent up energy to release on Hastings, and man did it release.
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Recap: Grind for Life Series at Huntington Beach Presented by Marinela
Monday, July 3, 2017
The Grind for Life Series expands across the country this year. Huntington Beach was our first stop ever in California.
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#SHMF for Go Skateboarding Day: A Growing Backyard Scene with Family and Friends in Tampa
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
This year on Go Skateboarding Day, we decided to make a day tour of a few of these spots. When was the last time you went to three backyard spots in one afternoon all within skating distance? That was our day.
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Recap: Grind for Life Series at Houston Presented by Marinela
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
The Grind for Life Series expands across the country this year. Houston at Southside was our first stop ever in Texas. Chaz and Nate got the recap in photos and video below.
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Road Life on The #BoardrBus
Monday, June 19, 2017
From New York City for The Boardr Am to Knoxville and Houston for Grind for Life and on to California for more stops and events, The #BoardrBus gets the miles in during the summer. Downtime between cities is the best view of America you're going to see. Chaz has some photos from this year's cross country adventure.
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Harold Hunter Day 2017
Monday, June 19, 2017
We helped organize the day for one of the greats, Harold Hunter, in NYC the day after The Boardr Am at LES.
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Recap: Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela at Knoxville
Monday, June 12, 2017
Stop number five is in the books for the 2017 season of Grind for Life. Next up is Houston this weekend! The Boardr Bus is driving straight from there to Texas as we speak. Thanks to everyone who skated at this stop. Nate has a video recap and Chaz has photos here.
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The Boardr Am at NYC
Monday, June 5, 2017
The first stop of The Boardr Am for 2017 is in the books with Jereme Knibbs taking first at this one with one of his best looking park tricks: a frontside half Cab flip into the quarter. Check that along with his full run that did it including highlights of the best of the day from our filmer, Trap Nate.
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Malmo for Vans Park Series and Skateboard Tourism
Friday, May 26, 2017
On this stop for the Vans Park Series at Malmo, we had some extra time to go street skating and sample some of the amazing spots that are everywhere in this modern architecture city.
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Work and Lurk in Detroit for Red Bull Hart Lines
Friday, May 12, 2017
Our entire crew was in Detroit this weekend to help run things behind the scenes with Red Bull Hart Lines. We made some time to get a good dose of Detroit DIY while we were here.
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Recap: Grind for Life Series at Fort Lauderdale Presented by Marinela
Monday, May 8, 2017
The Grind for Life Series is a national series of contests for all ages and skills levels in both street and bowl. This was the fourth stop of the year at Fort Lauderdale. Next one is June 10 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Scenes from Free Skateboarding at HQ on Weekdays
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Noon to 5pm on weekdays, our private indoor skateboarding facility is wide open and free for public ripping. Staff Photographer Chaz Miley has a few from the daily ripping going down here.
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Recap: Grind for Life Series at Sarasota Presented by Marinela
Monday, April 17, 2017
Thanks to everyone that came to the third stop of the year at Payne Skatepark in Sarasota, Florida. Nate, Joe, and Chaz have a full recap of the day for you here.
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Recap: Vans Park Series at Serra Negra
Monday, April 10, 2017
Serra Nega, Brazil was the second Global Qualifiers stop of the season where Pedro blew the trees out of the jungle in all three of his runs. Any one of his first three runs in the Finals could have been the first place run. Pedro was unstoppable in Brazil again.
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The Boardr HQ Construction Update
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Here's the latest on what The Boardr HQ is looking like after we just ripped out the mini-ramp. Phase one is done with the bowled in corner and bank ramp. Watch for more soon. Come skate for free weekdays from noon to 5pm!
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April Fools: Tim is Not Moving To Tampa, BoardrLine is a Joke
Saturday, April 1, 2017
We hope you got a laugh out of our Skateline joke.
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Tampa Pro Weekend
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Staff Photographer Chaz Miley was in Tampa during Tampa Pro week while most of the #BoardrBoys where in Australia running the Vans Park Series down there. He's got a few photos from the Contest and people stopping by The Boardr HQ.
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Recap: GFL at Zephyrhills Presented by Marinela
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
The second stop of the season is in the books for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela. Thanks to all 154 of you that entered, and the 54 of you that skated GFL for the first time. We hope you had as good of a time as we did.
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Vans Park Series at Manly, Australia
Thursday, March 2, 2017
We're stacking photos and results here from the weekend from the first stop of the Vans Park Series.
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Tampa Pro 2017 Photo Dump
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Our staff photographer Chaz Miley has a truckload of photography from Tampa Pro.
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Recap: GFL at New Smyrna Presented by Marinela
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
The Grind for Life Series is a national, all ages and skills series benefiting the Grind for Life Organization, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that assists cancer patients with travel expenses. This year's first stop was in New Smyrna, Florida where 144 entries went down in 14 divisions in bowl and street skateboarding.
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Tim O'Connor's Big Weekend in Tampa
Friday, February 10, 2017
For no reason other than to have a big weekend, Tim came to Tampa and had a big weekend. We showed him around Tampa and our local hood, Seminole Heights aka #SHMF, where impersonating security guards and skateboard coaching went down, among other recreation as seen here.
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This Week at The Boardr HQ
Thursday, February 2, 2017
It's free and open skating weekdays from noon to 5pm here at The Boardr HQ. We're at 4611 North Hale Avenue near the Bucs Stadium in Tampa. Staff Photographer Chaz has a few snaps from the week here.
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Friday Night at The Boardr
Monday, January 23, 2017
Randoms from Staff Photographer Chaz Miley on a Friday after work where we also showed the Welcome "Fetish" video.
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A New Kicker at the Airport DIY Spot
Saturday, January 14, 2017
The Airport DIY spot got a kickstart a while back when we used the DLX Build funds to put in some work there. We recently put in a kicker to join up the two uneven slabs.
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The Boardr 2016 Skateboarding Year in Review
Friday, December 30, 2016
Scotty The Body Conley takes us through a year in review on all the stuff that went down in our skateboarding adventures here at The Boardr. Thanks for being there and backing what we're up to. We'll see you in your town in 2017!
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Recap: Grind for Life Annual Awards at The Boardr HQ
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Every year, we crunch the numbers from all the stops at the Grind for Life Series to get the top skaters in each division. We also pick a few random and fun awards for standouts during the year.
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Recap: The Boardr BBQ at the Dream Driveway
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Every year while Tampa Am brings all our global friends into town, we have a private party at the #DreamDriveway. It seems to get less and less private each year, but it's all good. Thanks to everyone that showed up for an afternoon of food, friends, skateboarding, and a view of Tampa that most visitors don't get to see.
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Recap: Timeline Film Festival at The Boardr HQ
Sunday, November 20, 2016
The Compound Collective is a Florida based group showcasing creative individuals and their work, featuring independent skateboard filmmakers and photographers. Thanks to Theories for the exclusive edit and product for a fun Best Trick Contest before the films started and thanks to all the filmers and photographers with work in the show.
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#BoardrBoys Road Trip to Boston
Monday, November 14, 2016
We stacked the #BoardrBus with the crew and rolled to Boston for Innoskate at MIT. The Boardr Staff Photographer Chaz Miley has a story to tell through his photos here.
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Texas Skate Jam Benefiting Make-A-Wish
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
#BoardrBoys Tim O'Connor and Jason Rothmeyer were the small crew at this one where we donated event services for the cause at Southside Skatepark. This one is 20 years deep and is skateboarding's longest running charity event. Thanks for having us be a part of it!
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Recap: Grind for Life at Lakeland Presented by adidas
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
There were 162 total entries with 69 of those being skaters new to the Grind for Life Series. Many of you also skated your first contest ever with us. All those good times plus contributing to the Grind for Life cause of battling cancer? What a Saturday. Thanks to everyone that was a part of it.
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Skateboarding at MIT: Innoskate Cambridge
Monday, October 31, 2016
MIT was host to this stop of Innoskate where Vans also joined in to participate in the skateboarding innovation that Innoskate is all about.
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Southbound and Down III at The Boardr HQ
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Bikes, boards, and PBR beers took over HQ for the third year at Southbound and Down.
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#BoardrBoys Evening at Lakeland Skatepark
Friday, October 21, 2016
We gathered up the crew and headed to Lakeland Skatepark to prep for the upcoming Grind for Life Contest here on November 5th. It's going to be a fun one here. As usual, if you've never skated a Grind for Life Contest before, your first one is free. Just show up on site and we'll get you in there. Below are some photos Chaz snapped.
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Friday Afternoon at The Boardr HQ
Saturday, October 15, 2016
We're open to the public for free skating from noon to 5pm on weekdays. Friday afternoon is a good one here. Come join us. Check out a sample from The Boardr Staff Photographer, Chaz Miley.
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Crowdfund Your Skateboarding Career
Sunday, October 9, 2016
What if there was a funding option similar to GoFundMe on every skater profile on TheBoardr.com? Today we are launching that feature.
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An Afternoon with the #BoardrBoys in Tampa
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The Boardr Staff Photographer, Chaz Miley, rolled through downtown Tampa and Ybor City recently while Felipe Gustavo was in town.
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Recap: Grind for Life at Bradenton
Monday, October 3, 2016
Another stop in the Grind for Life series wraps up at Bradenton. Chaz has the snaps and HiDefJoe has the video coming soon. Thanks again to everyone for the support stop after stop.
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Chaz in the Streets
Monday, September 26, 2016
The Boardr Staff Photographer, Chaz Miley, shoots in the streets whenever there's not a big skateboard shindig going down on the weekends. Here's a nice collection spanning recent times.
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#BoardrBoys Day Off: No Contest, No Skateboarding, No Shirts
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
In all this globetrotting doing all these skateboarding shindigs, the days off to explore are pretty amazing. Sometimes the best ones happen right here in our own country, 'Merica.
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Recap: Grind for Life at Knoxville Presented by adidas
Monday, September 12, 2016
The #BoardrBus filled with #BoardrBoys went Knoxville this weekend for another stop of the Grind for Life Series.
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Frontside Grind Tuesdays With the Old Skateboarders
Friday, September 2, 2016
The last Tuesday of every month is Frontside Grind Tuesdays, where we reserve the 5pm to 9pm time slot for those over 30. It's free as usual, along with free skating for everyone from noon to 5pm every weekday at The Boardr HQ here in Tampa.
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Friday at The Boardr HQ
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Our indoor, private facility in Tampa is wide open for free skating for the public on weekdays from noon to 5pm. Stop by and join us. Here are a few snaps from The Boardr Staff Photographer, Chaz Miley.
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Recap: Vans Pro Skate Park Series World Championships at Malmo
Sunday, August 21, 2016
After four stops around the world to determine which Challengers would meet the pre-seeded Select Pros in the Vans Pro Skate Park Series, we had our 20 top skaters set for the first ever World Championships of park terrain skateboarding. What a show that was.
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Recap: Copenhagen Open
Saturday, August 13, 2016
This counts as work? Yep, one of the best skateboarding shindigs year after year is in Copenhagen, Denmark, and we're hyped to be back for another year helping to organize the chaos behind the scenes.
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Recap: Vans Pro Skate Park Series at Huntington Beach
Monday, August 1, 2016
Photos and video from the last Qualifiers stop of the Vans Pro Skate Park Series. Top qualifiers to go Malmo for the World Championships.
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Who's Winning the Instagram World Championships of Skateboarding?
Friday, July 22, 2016
Some people pretend to be too cool for contests, but just about everyone skates the biggest contest ever: Instagram. How many likes? Views? Followers? It's the new rat race and skateboarding sure isn't immune. Kind of sad in a way, but whatever. I'm here to report the numbers on it just for fun, curiosity, and conversation.
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Vans Pro Skate Park Series at Vancouver
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
17 year old Ivan Federico from Italy destroyed it in Vancouver to take the win at this stop.
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Randoms from The Boardr Staff Photographer, Chaz Miley
Friday, July 1, 2016
Every now and then, Chaz digs through his archives and takes us back.
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#BoardrBoys Episode 12: Jamie Foy and Crew in Montreal
Friday, July 1, 2016
On an afternoon off work, the #BoardrBoys hit the streets of Montreal.
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Recap: Get Rad for Ray
Monday, June 20, 2016
Get Rad for Ray is hosted by the Tony Hawk Foundation and The Boardr to celebrate the life of Ray Underhill. This year, it went down in Atlanta at Kennesaw Skatepark.
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Why is Skateboarding Contest Participation on the Decline?
Monday, June 13, 2016
Ever since I started working in the skateboarding industry, I've wondered if "real" skateboarding is growing or shrinking. The data out there isn't all that great, so all I've ever had to go on was my own when I formerly worked for Skatepark of Tampa prior to 2013. SPoT continues to do all the same things they've done, including their all ages contests. At The Boardr, we do similar ones on the Grind for Life Series, but they're spread all over Florida.
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Vans Pro Skate Park Series at Florianopolis
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Going into the last of four runs in the Finals, newcoming ripper from Italy, Ivan Federico, was far in first place. When it came time for Pedro to put it down in his final run, he nailed it. Ivan had one last chance to improve on his second place, being the last skater in the Finals. An early bail took him out and the hometown hero, Pedro Barros became the winner of the second stop of the season here in Brazil.
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#BoardrBoys Episode 10: DLX Build Project in Tampa
Thursday, June 9, 2016
We took our bucket of contributions and went straight to a local Tampa spot overlooking the Bay. After a bust, we moved it to the old reliable airport slab.
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The Boardr Am Season Finals and X Games Austin
Monday, June 6, 2016
The full crew of #BoardrBoys, both the Road Crew in the #BoardrBus and the Flight Crew in the air, descended upon Austin, Texas for the week of X Games where The Boardr Am Finals were going down. We're also running the Pro Street and Park events. Seven winners from all the stops of each of The Boardr Am Series were flown in to join five other specially invited ams. The Boardr staff photographer Chaz has a recap in photos for you.
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The #BoardrBus Road to X Games for The Boardr Am Series Finals
Thursday, June 2, 2016
The morning after the last stop in The Boardr Am Series at Tampa, we threw Marcos Montoya in the #BoardrBus and headed to Texas. Marcos won it in Tampa and was the last one from the season to get into the Finals. Staff photographer Chaz has a few snaps here from the trip.
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The Best Contest Skateboarders of Today
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
We track everything from contest results to Instagram and YouTube stats. If you like the spirit of friendly competition and numbers, here's a breakdown with the key people to watch in contest skateboarding.
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Recap: The Boardr Am at Tampa
Monday, May 30, 2016
At the 7th and final stop of The Boardr Am international amateur skateboarding series, Marcos Montoya put it together to get the top spot and earned himself a trip to X Games Austin with the #BoardrBoys Road Crew. They immediately hopped in The Boardr Bus and drove to Texas for The Boardr Am Finals. You're in for an amazing week, Marcos!
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#BoardrBoys Episode 11: Harold Hunter Day X in New York City
Thursday, May 26, 2016
This weekend after The Boardr Am at NYC, we volunteered with some event services to help out with Harold Hunter Day. It was a pleasure working with you all and being part of this special day in the City.
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#BoardrBoys Chill Time in New York City
Thursday, May 26, 2016
This weekend was The Boardr Am stop at NYC.
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Recap: The Boardr Am at New York City
Monday, May 23, 2016
Once again, it came down to the last runs in the Finals where Maurio McCoy was holding the lead. Jake Ilardi had the slight benefit of going last in the Finals from his clean sweep of the Semi-Finals and Qualifiers where he had just placed first in both. On Jake's third and final run, also the last run of the day, he put it down and edged out Maurio for the win at this stop.
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Season One of The Boardr Am, Our Full Length Show on ESPN World of X
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Check out our full length show for ESPN covering the first season of The Boardr Am, what goes into creating it, why, the experience all the winners had at X Games, and all that. This is HiDefJoe's hard work in documenting and telling the story of the rewarding work we get to do with these ams.
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Recap: The Boardr Am at Atlanta
Monday, May 9, 2016
Christian is the fifth winner of the 2015-2016 season who joins us at The Boardr Am Finals at X Games in Austin in June.
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How We Run Things Behind the Scenes at Skateboarding Contests: The Boardr Live™ Scoring App
Monday, May 2, 2016
We wrote The Boardr Live™ from the ground up using over 20 years of experience running large and small skateboarding events. Check out a full demo from start to finish if you're into that sort of thing: business processes, systems, etc. I still can't believe I get to work on stuff in skateboarding like this for a living.
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Recap: Jagger Wins The Boardr Am at Phoenix
Monday, May 2, 2016
Jagger won it in his hometown and is now joining the #BoardrBoys at X Games for The Boardr Am Finals in June. Congrats! Full results and a recap are below.
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The Boardr Global Skateboarding Rankings Report for April 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
The Boardr Global Ranks are based on skateboarder performance in competitions. We factor in all major industry events, not just our own. If you're in the spirit of friendly competition, let's take a look at how things are shaping up for 2016 so far.
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#BoardrBoys Day Off in Las Vegas
Monday, April 25, 2016
We're in town for Zappos Rideshop and had some extra time to get lost around the sinning city.
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Recap: Zappos Rideshop $20,000 Double Set Contest
Monday, April 25, 2016
For the past two years, we’ve been taking over Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas for Zappos Rideshop in Las Vegas. This year, Zappos let us have their headquarters for the day where one hour was blocked off for a best trick contest down the never before skated double set out front.
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Skate Shoes Upto 50 Percent Off, One Week Only
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
From Saturday, April 30, we've got a list of 204 different shoe colorways at upto 50% off through Saturday, May 7.
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Recap: The Boardr Am at Vista
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Tyson won The Boardr Am at Vista today! In his third run Zion Wright was sitting in first place with an 88 until Tyson Bowerbank edged him out with a 91 to take the top spot. We'll see him again this year at X Games for The Boardr Am Finals. Next stop is Phoenix on April 30. Register now online. Congrats, Tyson!
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Recap: Vans Pro Skate Park Series at Melbourne
Saturday, April 16, 2016
The first stop of the Vans Pro Skate Park Series at Melbourne was a mindblowing display of park terrain skateboarding as expected. 12 of the 15 invited pros made it to Melbourne, allowing 8 challengers into the Semi-Finals to complete the field of 20.
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Recap: Grind for Life at New Smyrna Presented by adidas
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The third stop of the Grind for Life Series Presented by adidas just went down at New Smyrna in Florida. Grind for Life is a series of all ages and skills skateboarding contests with both bowl and street divisions. The year ends in December with the Grind for Life Annual Awards at The Boardr HQ.
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April Fool's Kinda Sucked for Us at The Boardr
Thursday, March 31, 2016
How was your April Fools? Ours totally sucked.
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Recap: Grind for Life at Fort Lauderdale Presented by adidas
Monday, March 21, 2016
The second stop of the Grind for Life Series Presented by adidas just went down at Ramp 48 Skatepark in Fort Lauderdale. Grind for Life is a series of all ages and skills skateboarding contests with both bowl and street divisions. The year ends in December with the Grind for Life Annual Awards at The Boardr HQ.
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#BoardrBoys Episode 9: 4th Annual Tampa Bro Presented by Bro Style at the Dream Driveway
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Every year at this private event, we have industry friends over for a session in the Dream Driveway before things kick off with Tampa's big weekend of Tampa Pro. Thanks to everyone that stopped by.
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Who Would Have Won? Tampa Pro 2016 Judged by a Machine
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Every now and then you hear someone wonder how it would be if every trick in a skateboard contest was judged the same. That's what I'm trying to see with this nerdy Trick for Trick skateboard scoring system. Today we're going to see how results at Tampa Pro would have been different.
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Gonz Storage Space Presented by adidas
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
What a night. Thanks to everyone who came through. We've got photos and a video recap here.
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#BoardrBoys Episode 8: Felipe Gustavo in Tampa, Winning Clash of the Crews
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
In this episode of #BoardrBoys, Felipe Gustavo comes to town to roll and rip with the crew before we all team up and get it done at the Clash of the Crews Contest.
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Recap: Grind for Life at Zephyrhills Presented by adidas
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The first stop of the Grind for Life Series Presented by adidas just went down at the new Zephyrhills Skatepark in Florida. Grind for Life is a series of all ages and skills skateboarding contests with both bowl and street divisions. The year ends in December with the Grind for Life Annual Awards at The Boardr HQ.
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Recap: Frontside Grind Tuesdays, January 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
On the last Tuesday of every month, we have a free and open session for those of you aged 30+. Amateur picture taker Jared snapped a few for you here.
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The Boardr Skateboarding Cringe Compilation with DJ Khaled
Monday, January 11, 2016
Get another one of all the best gear in skateboarding from The Boardr.
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The Berrics Run and Gun Re-scored with a New Trick for Trick Scoring System
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
In the video and report here, I run our trick for trick scoring system through The Berrics' Run and Gun Contest. P-Rod won the internet vote. Who wins the technical trick for trick race? Check out a bit of discussion and the results I came up with as I continue to experiment with this system.
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2015 Skateboarding Year in Review with the #BoardrBoys
Thursday, December 31, 2015
The Boardr runs some of the biggest and smallest skateboarding events all around the world every year. I hope we crossed paths last year and you made it to one of our shindigs. If not, see you in 2016.
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Nike SB Dunk Ishod Wair Edition
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
This one is Ishod Wair's colorway in the classic Nike Dunk. Let's just call it the Black SOTY.
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Free Indoor Skateboarding Every Saturday 11am to 6pm: Open House Saturdays at The Boardr in Tampa
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Every Saturday from 11am to 6pm, the doors to The Boardr private TF are wide open to the public for skating. I snapped a few today while the Shaqueefa Team was here with a pop-up store. Thanks for stopping by. It was cool to see an even mix of young, old, skate vets, and noobs learning to ollie here.
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#BoardrBoys Episode 7: Camp Flog Gnaw, GFL Awards, and Skateboarding at HQ
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Tyler the Creator needed someone on point to run the skateboard shindig he set up at Camp Flog Gnaw, so he hit up the #BoardrBoys to run things. Back at home, we had the Grind for Life Annual Awards and announced a new team rider. Thanks for checking out another episode of #BoardrBoys.
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$2.4 Million Paid to Skateboarders in 2015: Statistics and Contest Earnings
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Well it sure pays to be a contest skater these days. $2.4 million in prize money was paid out at skateboarding contests in 2015. We've got a summary of that and some other numbers from our mountain of skateboarding data here at The Boardr.
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#BoardrBoys Episode 6: The Dream Driveway BBQ, Jereme Knibbs at Tampa Am, and More
Thursday, December 10, 2015
#BoardrBoys is a recap of our last few weeks in all these amazing skateboard adventures we get to be on. This time, it was a BBQ in the Dream Driveway, our boy Jereme Knibbs killing it in our hometown at Tampa Am, and a quick trip to volunteer at the Texas Skate Jam.
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Recap: Grind for Life Annual Awards at The Boardr HQ
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Thanks to adidas and everyone who supported Grind for Life all year. We have the Annual Awards at The Boardr HQ in Tampa where we recognize the top skaters in each Division along with some special awards.
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Welcome to The Boardr Team: But First, Tips from Coach Conley Skateboard Super Scout
Monday, December 7, 2015
We've been trying to figure out who to add to The Boardr Store Team and with the help of Coach Conley Skateboard Super Scout, we found him, but not before some clean up tips. Welcome to the team!
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An Innovative and Experimental Trick for Trick Skateboard Scoring System Demonstration
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
What I’m showing you today is a new technology I developed for scoring a skateboard contest. Right now, skateboard judging is 100% subjective. I want an option that makes it more objective, easier for a non-expert audience to understand, has more accountability, and of course is more fair to the skaters.
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Recap: Camp Flog Gnaw
Monday, November 16, 2015
Tyler the Creator wanted a real skateboarding contest at his real music carnival, so he hired the #BoardrBoys to get it done for another year of ripping, ferris wheels, and damn good hip hop.
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Recap: Red Curb Rampage and DC Premiere
Monday, November 16, 2015
The old guys hucked themselves sideways. Then we sat down and watched the DC video. Thanks to everyone who came by for a fun Friday night session of skateboarding at The Boardr HQ.
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Recap: The Boardr BBQ at the Dream Driveway
Friday, November 13, 2015
We can't make this a wide open public event since it's Ryan's house, but we do have a few select people over during the big Tampa Am weekend to kick it off with some food, drink, and shred at the #DreamDriveway. This year, we put up some of Jorge's year end bonus money for certain tricks, the biggest being $500 for a no grab ollie over the whole quarterpipe. It was handled! Wow, thanks everyone in town for stopping by.
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Recap: Grind for Life at Brandon
Monday, November 9, 2015
Brandon was the last stop of the year for the 2015 Grind for Life Series presented by adidas.
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Recap: Texas Skate Jam
Monday, November 9, 2015
The #BoardrBoys were in Houston this weekend donating event organization services to the annual Texas Skate Jam benefiting Make-A-Wish. This is the longest running charity event in skateboarding that's on track to raise a million dollars total.
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