In celebration of the first anniversary of the East York Skate Park, skateboarders will get the chance to showcase their talent to the community on Saturday, June 14. According to Nick Pierre, the team manager of the East York Skate boarding team, the skate park located within Stan Wadlow Park (Woodbine and Cosburn avenues) was built to provide the growing number of skaters with a safe place to skate.  “It is a place where they are free with no fear of being kicked out or harassed.” Pierre said.
Source: Inside Toronto. For the full story, click here.

It’s exciting! It’s fun! It’s a dare to be the best! It’s Canada’s biggest action sports competition of 2008! The Commons Park in Halifax is the location for this weekend of non-stop thrills, and the field is wide open for guys and girls to be nationally ranked among the best in Canadian extreme sports. June 6th through the 8th is the golden opportunity you’ve been waiting for as the Canadian Freestyle Challenge hosts three qualifying rounds Canada-wide, with the national championship as the ultimate prize. That’s right, the Halifax event gives open class competitors a chance to compete for national champ in freestyle motocross, BMX, and skateboarding qualifying events.
Source: Telegraph Journal. For the full story, click here.

The Maloof Money Cup is the premier showcase for professional skateboarding in 2008. This three-day festival, and WCS sanctioned U.S. Skateboarding Championship, will take place July 11-13, 2008 at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California, during the opening weekend of the OC Fair. Including three professional U.S. Championship Competitions Men’s and Women’s Pro Street, and Men’s Pro Vert - and the U.S. Amateur Championships, the Maloof Money Cup boasts the largest purse in the history of professional skateboarding with over $450,000 in prize money, while setting the benchmark at each prize level.
Source: Centre Daily Times. For the full story, click here.

Our Camp is very happy indeed to announce the return of ‘Skate Afternoons’ at the Summer Snowboard Camp in Les2Alpes.
Tamsin has agreed to come back for a second year of skate coaching and she’ll bring some equipment for you girls to use too. She has also agreed to be the ‘Our Camp Blog Co-Ordinator’ as she did such a good job of it last summer. This blog will be posted on the Our Camp news page and on Nollie.tv, Coolermag.com, Whitelines.com, Sukmag.com and snow.fall-line-media.com (Document Snowboard Mag).
If you wonder how everyone got on last year please have a look at the Summer Camp Blog entries: http://www.ekawear.com/oc/?p=175

This year;s camp only has 5 more spaces left so let us know asap if you want a spot!

The cost is 599 British pounds and includes:
* Snowboard coaching everyday in small groups
* Skate coaching every day and other activities are offered too (swimming, luge, golf, sunbathing….list is endless in Les2Alpes!)
* Hotel accommodation with 3 meals (packed lunch) http://www.labelletoile.com
* Lift pass (6 days, which allows you free access to other activities in town)
* Video analysis (with DVD for sale of week’s footage edited into rider sections)
* Yoga/Stretch sessions
* Goodie bag and much more!

When looking at travel please try to get to Grenoble and then there are transfer busses up to Les2Alpes until 6:00 p.m. Flights are available from RyanAir http://www.ryanair.com and trains come to Grenoble with EuroStar http://www.eurostar.com.

Let us know if you have any questions, we are happy to help.
Kind Regards, The Our Camp Team.

Southern California is set to host the premiere all-female action sports competition when the 2nd Annual S3 Supergirl Jam hits Huntington Beach on July 25 – 27 in conjunction with the 2008 Honda U.S. Open of Surfing. More than 100 of the world’s top female professionals in surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding will compete in the S3 Supergirl Jam, an event that combines all three sports into one venue over three days.
Source: Transworld Business. For the full story, click here.

Before Lyn-Z Adams was old enough to vote, she had won 10 medals in the sport’s most prestigious events: the ESPN X Games, Gravity Games and Vans Triple Crown. The former competitive surfer ruled the women’s vert, park and street disciplines and looked to be on track to become the female equivalent of Tony Hawk.
Source: USA Today. For the full story, click here.

Southern California is set to host the premier all-female action sports competition when the 2nd Annual S3 Supergirl Jam hits Huntington Beach on July 25-27 in conjunction with the 2008 Honda U.S. Open of Surfing. More than 100 of the world’s top female professionals in surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding will compete in the S3 Supergirl Jam, an event that combines all three sports into one venue over three days.
Source: ASA Entertainment. For the full story, click here.

All times listed are Pacific Time (PT)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
*** STAPLES Center is not open to the public until 4 p.m. ***
*** The Home Depot Center is open to the public 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. ***
2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.     Skateboard Street Women’s Final    Event Deck at LA Live **
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.    Moto X Racing Men’s & Women’s Seeding    The Home Depot Center Click here to read the rest of the article →

ESPN X Games is returning for a fifth year in Los Angeles and welcomes a new event -BMX Freestyle Street -as well as the return of Men’s and Women’s Surfing. X Games 14 will take place July 31 -August 3 at The Home Depot Center and STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, and surfing will be in Puerto Escondido, Mexico for a fourth year from July 7 -11. Fourteen hours of live X Games programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC -all showcased in high definition -will be aired July 31 -August 3, as well as on ESPN International, EXPN.com, ESPN Classic, ESPN360.com, SportsCenter and ESPN2’s X Center. Click here to read the rest of the article →

Ladies
1. Mimi Knoop $4,000
2. Julie Kindstrand $2,500
3. Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins $1,000
4. Allysha Bergado $650
5. Amelia Brodka $350
6. Elise Dabby $100
7. Holly Lyons $100
8. Lea Taylor $100
9. Cressey Rice $100
10. Heidi Fitzgerald $100 Click here to read the rest of the article →