Skateboarding Articles and Event Coverage
Chopping Up The Boardr Ledge
Friday, August 7, 2020
This ledge was the first thing we put in our warehouse back in 2014. Today we hacked it up to change things up a bit.
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RECAP: Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela at Lakeland
Monday, July 27, 2020
With full social distancing and all CDC guidelines, #GFLSeries Presented by Marinela had a stop at Lakeland Skatepark. Check photos and video coverage here.
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Considerations When Running a Digital Skateboarding Event
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
As usual when trying something new, we learned quite a bit when we decided to try a new digital format for our events. Here are some tips to consider if you're thinking of doing it yourself.
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RECAP: Digital Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela at Lakeland
Thursday, July 2, 2020
With all the constraints of today, instead of having an in-person event, we decided to designate a skatepark and give everyone a few weeks to get their best run filmed and submitted. Everything else was like a normal contest: judging, prizes, divisions, etc.
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Introducing The Boardr Bodcast with Scotty The Body Conley
Friday, June 5, 2020
Our host for The Boardr Bodcast is Scotty Conley, aka The Body. You can find him generally every two weeks with a new episode. It's a variety of guests, from pro skateboarders you know and love, to influential locals from the scene, to random business topics and behind the scenes stuff on our jobs here.
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GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Tampa, Special Social Distancing Edition
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Keeping in mind all the proper safety precautions, we ran this scaled back Social Distancing Edition of GFL Series here in The Boardr Headquarters with a limit of just six people per division. Check the video recap, photos, and results here.
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Stag at The Boardr HQ Presented by Marinela
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
#StagAtTheBoardr Presented by Marinela was an experimental street contest at HQ involving 10 ripping locals each getting a 20 minute solo time block to put together an edit.
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Office Crew in the Streets
Monday, May 4, 2020
Thanks to Scott Bentley and some other locals in the Seminole Heights area of Tampa, these barriers at a random roadblock have been made skateable.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Zephyrhills
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
The GFL Series is a US national series of street and bowl contests that leads to the Annual Awards at the end of the year in Tampa.
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Copper Run at Coppertail Brewery
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Coppertail Brewing had us on board to help with a ripping line contest in their parking lot.
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A Tour of The Boardr Store and Facilities in Tampa
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
The Boardr is located at 4611 North Hale Avenue in Tampa near the Bucs Stadium. We're 10 minutes from the airport and downtown Tampa. Our facilities include a retail store space, a warehouse with regularly updated skateboarding obstacles, and connected office spaces.
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Tampa Bro Presented by Bro Style
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Every year to kick off Tampa Pro, we welcome all our friends in town from around the world to join us at Ryan Clements' house also known as the Dream Driveway.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at New Smyrna
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Thanks to all 140 of you that entered Grind for Life this weekend in New Smyrna. We've got the video and photos recap below.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at St. Pete
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The first stop of the year for the #GFLSeries Presented by Marinela kicked off in St. Pete this weekend. Check photos and video below.
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Recap: Red Bull Mind the Gap 2019
Thursday, December 12, 2019
We returned to the street gap at Poplar in downtown Atlanta for another Red Bull Mind the Gap this weekend.
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Recap: The Boardr BBQ at the Dream Driveway.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Our headquarters are in Tampa, so every year during the week of Tampa Am, we invite key industry friends and skaters over to the Dream Driveway at Ryan Clements' house.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Tampa
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
The GFL Series is a US national series of street and bowl contests. Tampa, Florida at The Boardr Headquarters was the last stop of 2019 where the Annual Awards also went down.
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Recap: Best Trick at The Boardr HQ .
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Thanks to everyone that stopped by for our $2,000 Best Trick at The Boardr and Jean-Luc's video premiere of Absolute Value. Check out some photos and video here.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Rye, New Hampshire
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Photos and video from the Hot Wheels Junior Series stop at Rye, New Hampshire.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Houston
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Houston, Texas was the ninth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Woodward, Pennsylvania
Sunday, September 29, 2019
Photos and video from the Hot Wheels Junior Series stop at Woodward, Pennsylvania.
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Vans Park Series World Championships 2019
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Check the recap from the VPS World Championships in Utah.
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Vans Showdown at Huntington Beach
Monday, September 9, 2019
Coverage of the Vans Showdown at Huntington Beach.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at San Luis Obispo
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
San Luis Obispo, California was the eighth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Tahoe
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Photos and video from the Hot Wheels Junior Series stop at Woodward Tahoe.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Los Angeles
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Los Angeles, California was the seventh stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street.
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Vans Park Series France
Thursday, August 8, 2019
This week in Paris is the Vans Park Series Europa Regionals and the Pro Tour. We've got a few photos from Paulo Macedo and results from the weekend below.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Ann Arbor
Monday, July 15, 2019
Ann Arbor, Michigan was the sixth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, this stop in association with the Dave Tuck Jam, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street.
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The Boardr Am at Huntington Beach
Monday, July 8, 2019
The Boardr Am at Huntington Beach is a wrap where Jhancarlos Gonzalez came out on top in the 2/5/4 Format for the Finals. He’s going all expenses paid to Empire Open in Montreal.
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Recap: The Boardr Am at NYC
Thursday, June 6, 2019
The second stop of The Boardr Am Series was in NYC this weekend. Check the recap and results here.
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Judging Categories - New in The Boardr Live Actions Sports Scoring App
Friday, May 31, 2019
Check it out! We've recently added the ability for event organizers to have their judges record scores based on their event's judging criteria categories.
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Recap: Hot Wheels Junior Series at Phoenix, Arizona.
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Check out a few photos from the Phoenix stop with full results below.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Phoenix
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Phoenix, Arizona was the fifth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street.
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Recap: The Boardr Am at Atlanta
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
The Boardr Am at Atlanta is a wrap where Jalen Willis came out on top in the Finals. He’s going all expenses paid to Empire Open in Montreal for the Season Finals with a $20,000 purse.
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Vans BMX Pro Cup Australia
Monday, April 29, 2019
Photography and video from the Vans BMX Pro Cup in Australia
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Fort Lauderdale
Monday, April 15, 2019
Fort Lauderdale was our fourth stop where Ramp 48 hosted. Check photos and video below.
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Vans Park Series Oceania Regionals
Friday, April 12, 2019
Check out Andrew Mapstone's photos from the Contest.
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Recap: Hot Wheels Junior Series at Huntington Beach
Monday, April 8, 2019
The second year of the Hot Wheels Junior Series Built by Woodward kicked off at Huntington Beach, California last weekend where we had 78 BMX entries and 161 skateboarding entries. Thanks to all the families that made a weekend of it.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at New Smyrna
Monday, March 18, 2019
New Smyrna was the third stop of the year for the GFL Series Presented by Marinela. Check our recap photos and video below. Next stop: Fort Lauderdale on April 13.
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Tampa Pro 2019
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Our staff photographer Chaz was at Tampa Pro all weekend.
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Tampa Bro 2019 at the Dream Driveway Presented by Bro Style
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Every year while everyone's in town for Tampa Pro, we have a private gathering of friends and family at the Dream Driveway. Take a look at some photos and a video recap here.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Zephyrhills
Monday, February 25, 2019
Zephyrhills was the second stop of the year for the GFL Series Presented by Marinela. Check our recap photos and video below. Next stop: New Smyrna on March 16.
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How to Run a Skateboarding Event - A Detailed Roadmap
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Before we started The Boardr years ago, we ran events with Skatepark of Tampa for nearly two decades. We're still trying to improve everything we're doing, including evolving along with skateboarding and staying true to core values.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at St. Pete
Monday, February 4, 2019
Thanks to all 217 of you that entered GFL Series Presented by Marinela this weekend. That’s the most we’ve ever had at one stop. Full results are below along with a photo and video recap.
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Weekend at Porpe's
Monday, February 4, 2019
Jorge aka Porpe had a few people over for that one skull crushing spectacle they put on the television every year.
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Weekend Mornings With The Boardr Babies
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Whenever we're in town on weekends, we bring our kids to HQ to have the run of the place on their choice of wheels. We've got two 5-year-olds and three 2-year-olds, plus three ageless adults.
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The Latest Backyard Ramp in Seminole Heights Belongs to Jorge
Monday, January 21, 2019
Seminole Heights is a small neighborhood in Tampa where many of us here at The Boardr live, including Ryan with the #DreamDriveway and Rob with a backyard mini. Now Jorge who lives in the neighborhood has a backyard mini, too. We broke it in on a Sunday afternoon.
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Zumiez 100K: A Wild Party in the Mountains
Monday, January 14, 2019
Every year we downhill without wheels, courtesy of Zumiez and their 100k event that gathers up all their top sales staff along with your favorite skateboarders and brands that they sell. We get to fan out like little kids meeting pros for the first time. Thanks for the good times up high, Zumiez.
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The Boardr 2018 Year End Recap
Monday, December 31, 2018
Another year, another circle around the globe on wheels. We were again lucky enough to work on some of skateboardings most fun events of the year. Below are some video highlights from Scotty and photography highlights from Chaz.
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2018 Skateboard Contest Participation Stats
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
With the year wrapping up for 2018, we ran some numbers on our own GFL Series and The Boardr Am Series participation. We also threw in a look at SPoT All Ages Contests and the Damn Am Series, both of which we used to work on six years ago before The Boardr started. And finally, we see how Cowtown's Phoenix Am and Zumiez Best Foot Forward Series has looked over the years.
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The New Boardr Live Scoring and Event Management App
Thursday, November 29, 2018
The Boardr Live is simple and instant scoring for skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX and actions sports competitions, including Olympic event formats. This article covers the latest version of the app, completely re-written for 2019.
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Recap: The Boardr BBQ at the Dream Driveway.
Monday, November 26, 2018
Every year during Tampa Am, we throw a low key party at the #DreamDriveway to kick off the weekend and welcome everyone to town. Chaz shot some photos and Nate has a video recap.
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Recap: Grind for Life Annual Awards at Presented by Marinela
Monday, November 19, 2018
Our last gathering of the year for the #GFLSeries Presented by Marinela was right here at The Boardr HQ where we recognized the best skaters in each Division and the Special Awards recipients that put a smile on our face or had a special story for the year. Thanks to everyone who was a part of it, especially all of you who went to 4 or more stops this year.
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Recap: Best Trick at The Boardr HQ Presented by Marinela
Monday, November 19, 2018
The last event of the year just went down at The Boardr Headquarters, where $2,000 was doled out for stunts going down on a new gap to box obstacle that was unveiled a minute before the contest actually started.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Lakeland
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
GFL at Lakeland, Florida was our last GFL contest stop of the year before the Annual Awards in Tampa at our Headquarters.
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Recap: Southbound and Down 5
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
This was our 5th annual melting pot of motorcycles, skateboarding, and friends at our headquarters in Tampa, Florida.
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Vans Park Series Finals in China
Sunday, October 28, 2018
We were at the Finals for the Vans Park Series in China to help organize and run another one.
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Recap: Chase Hawk's Born and Raised
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Recap of Chase Hawk's Born and Raised .
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Austin
Monday, October 15, 2018
Austin, Texas was our tenth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street. We're doing 12 across the United States this year.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Bradenton
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Bradenton, Florida was our ninth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street. We're doing 12 across the United States this year.
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Empire Am Getting Paid and The Boardr Am Season Finals
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
After three stops for the year where the winners went all expenses paid to join us for the Season Finals at Montreal, it ended up being Lucas Rabelo and Christiana Means in the top spots for 2018.
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Recap: Copenhagen Open 2018
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
We're already ready to head back. Here's some photos shot by Paulo Macedo at Copenhagen this year.
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Recap: A Day at the Collins Compound
Thursday, September 13, 2018
A Day at the Collins Compound shot by Chaz Miley.
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Recap: Vans Park Series Global Qualifiers at Malmo
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Malmo was the last Global Qualifiers stop of the year before we all head to Shanghai for the Finals.
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Recap: The Boardr Am Series at San Diego
Monday, September 10, 2018
The last stop of the year for The Boardr Am Series went down at San Diego this weekend. All the winners at each stop go all expenses paid to Am Getting Paid for the Season Finals.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Tahoe
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
The Hot Wheels Junior Series had another stop at Woodward Tahoe. Check out a few photos...
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Recap: GFL Presented by Marinela at San Luis Obispo
Monday, August 20, 2018
San Luis Obispo, California was our eighth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street. We're doing 12 across the United States this year.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Brooklyn
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
The Hot Wheels Junior Series had a stop in Brooklyn at House of Vans this weekend.
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Recap: Vans Park Series Global Qualifiers at Huntington Beach
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
We were in the sand all week helping with the Vans Park Series and another stop of the 2018 tour.
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Recap: The Boardr Am Series at Huntington Beach
Monday, July 30, 2018
Stop 2 of 3 for The Boardr Am is in the books where Lucas Rabelo ended up in the top spot here at Huntington Beach. Next up is San Diego before we all head to the Season Finals at Am Getting Paid in Montreal where a $20,000 purse is on the on the line.
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ETN's Street Fight Series Kicks Off at Firestone Ditch
Monday, July 30, 2018
We were lucky enough to be part of ETN's new series, Street Fight, where a best trick contest goes down at select real street spots. Firestone Ditch was the first of four stops.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
The Hot Wheels Junior Series had a stop in Minneapolis this weekend. Check the video recap and photos here.
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Recap: Vans Park Series Global Qualifiers at Vancouver
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Vans Park Series Global Qualifiers coverage from Vancouver.
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Chill Time in Prague and Beroun
Sunday, July 15, 2018
We were recently in Prague to help run the Grand Prix there. Dylan Perry has some samples from outside of work there.
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On the Road Through Texas
Friday, July 13, 2018
The Road Crew has crossed the country several times this year already. Staff Photographer Chaz Miley has some scenes from the road.
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Views From the Road Crew From Rye to Cleveland
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
After the Rye, New Hampshire stop for the Hot Wheels Junior Series, the Road Crew took it to Cleveland for another project there involving setup for a movie scene that required a skateboarding event. Staff Photographer Chaz Miley has some views from the trip.
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Recap: GFL Series Presented by Marinela at Ann Arbor
Monday, July 9, 2018
Ann Arbor, Michigan was our seventh stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street. We're doing 12 across the United States this year.
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On the Set of a Movie Creating a Fake Contest Scene
Monday, June 25, 2018
After the Road Crew wrapped up The Boardr Am and Harold Hunter Day in NYC, they made a quick trip over to Cleveland, Ohio to set up a full-on fake skateboard contest to be used as a scene for an upcoming Netflix Original movie entitled, 'The Last Summer.'
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Recap: GFL Presented by Marinela at Orange
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Orange, California was our sixth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street.
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Recap: Harold Hunter Day 2018
Monday, June 11, 2018
We stayed in NYC for an extra day after The Boardr Am there and helped run Harold Hunter Day for another year.
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Recap: Chase Hawk's Born and Raised at San Diego
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Photos and a video recap from Chase Hawk's Born and Raised Presented by Empire BMX in Association with Dennis Enarson and Chad Kerley at San Diego.
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Recap: The Boardr Am Series at NYC
Monday, June 4, 2018
We were at LES again in New York City for the first stop of the year for The Boardr Am Series. Tyler Peterson from St. Louis ended in 1st after the dust settled in the Finals.
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Recap: Vans Park Series Global Qualifiers at Brazil
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Congrats Sakura Yosozumi and Tom Schaar on winning Womens and Mens divisions at the first Global Qualifiers stop of 2018. Sakura wrapped up her winning run with a backside noseblunt revert while Tom capped his with a big spin backside lipslide in the deep end.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Rye, New Hampshire
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Skateboarders and BMXers from all over the northeast came through Rye, New Hampshire with us for the 4th stop of the Hot Wheels Junior Series. Check out a few photos.
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Marinela Demos All Across the US
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
We do some fun Marinela demos where we set up ramps in the parking lot and sample some snacks. You're welcome to come and roll with us, too! We'll be stacking some photos and video clips from the demos here. Hit up our photographer or filmer if you want to get a clip!
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Recap: GFL Presented by Marinela at Fort Lauderdale
Monday, May 21, 2018
Fort Lauderdale, Florida was our fifth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street. We're doing 12 across the United States this year.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Zephyrhills, Florida
Monday, May 7, 2018
The Hot Wheels Junior Series came to Zephyrhills, Florida today for this stop that featured skateboarding events in bowl and street.
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Recap: #BoardrBoys Day Off in Sydney and Vans Park Series Oceania Continental Championships
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
While we were in Sydney to help run the Vans Park Series, we got some time off to push around the city and hunt for those old guy friendly spots.
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#BoardrBoys Day Off in Bogota and Vans Park Series Colombia National Championships
Saturday, April 28, 2018
We had some time to push around Bogota while we were in town to help run the Vans Park Series. Ryan Clements, Dylan Perry, and Kyle Berard were on this one.
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Recap: GFL at Houston Presented by Marinela
Monday, April 23, 2018
Houston, Texas was our fourth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street. We're doing 12 across the United States this year.
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The Boardr Live Scoring in Olympic Street League Format
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Our live and instant scoring system, The Boardr Live, used by both large and small event organizers in the skateboarding and BMX industries, now supports the Street League format that will likely be used for Olympic scoring.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Austin, Texas
Monday, April 16, 2018
The Hot Wheels Junior Series stopped at Austin, Texas this weekend for BMX.
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Recap: Hot Wheels™ Junior Series Built by Woodward at Orange, California
Friday, April 13, 2018
The first stop of this year's Hot Wheels Junior Series was at Orange, California where 220 entries in this weekend of fun BMX and Skateboarding contests went down. Check out some photos here from Chris Ortiz.
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Florida Virtual School Presents Jump the Creek Benefiting Grind for Life
Monday, April 9, 2018
Jump the Creek is a day of fun skateboarding events at Possum Creek.
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Recap: GFL at Sarasota Presented by Marinela
Monday, March 26, 2018
The third stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela is a wrap. We've got the full photo and video coverage here.
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The 5th Annual Tampa Bro Presented by Bro Style at the Dream Driveway
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Tampa Bro is a private event at the Dream Driveway in Tampa where we invite all our friends over that are in town for Tampa Pro. There were seven SOTY's in attendance. Crazy.
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Recap: GFL at New Smyrna Presented by Marinela
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
The second stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela is a wrap. Check out Trap Nate's video and Chaz's photography here.
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Recap: GFL at Zephyrhills Presented by Marinela
Monday, January 29, 2018
Zephyrhills was our first stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela. We're doing 12 across the United States this year.
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Rob's Ramp Warming in #SHMF
Monday, January 15, 2018
Seminole Heights is a small neighborhood in Tampa with a growing backyard skateboarding scene. From the #DreamDriveway to the #BagelBowl and multiple mini-ramps, Rob Meronek is now the latest to have a skateable yard. We had a few friends over to break in the ramp on a nice Sunday afternoon in Tampa.
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