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The Second Annual Eric Koston Invitational Golf Tournament happened this past Tuesday, July 8th at Sierra LakesGolf Course in Fontana, CA. The event had a ton f special guests such as; Eric Koston, John Cardiel, Scott Johnston, Rick Howard, Mike Carroll, Tim Gavin, Frank Gerwer, Adrian Lopez, Rob Welsh, Guy Mariano, Ryan Bobier, and more. The guys played the 18 holes to raise money to benefit the charity of Eric Koston’s choice, the Ojai Skatepark. Everyone from Ogio to Dwindle came out to the tournament and played for the cause. The team with the best score of the day was TheSkateboardMag’s Team featuring, none other than, Eric Koston. Check out the photos and we will let you know when other sites have posted their photos from the day as well. Thanks to everyone who helped make this tournament a success for the second year in a row.

All Photos: Erica Yary

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Last Sunday July 8th, the Girl Skateboards and Chocolate Skateboards Teams came out to three Active’s in one day to do signings. The first stop of the day was Brea Active, the second was San Dimas Active and the third and final stop was Rancho Cucamonga Active. Hundreds of Girl and Chocolate fans came out to the stops throughout the day to meet Eric Koston, Guy Mariano, Devine Calloway, Daniel Castillo, Mike Carroll, Rick Howard, Kenny Anderson, Justin Eldridge, Chris Roberts, Mike Mo Capaldi, Vincent Alvarez, Jeron Wilson and Marc Johnson. The guys were giving out free boards and product to people all day and by the end of the hours and hours of signings the guys headed back to their homes. Thanks to everyone involved in the signing, the stores for promoting, Corey and Luke for setting up and breaking down and to the Girl and Chocolate skateboards Camp for making this happen for us!

All Photos: Erica Yary

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Mike Mo Capaldi had a party thrown for him last week at Simi Valley Skate Lab. Matix Clothing was celebrating Mike Mo turning pro and a launch of Mike Mo signature products made by Matix. Check out the photos!

All Photos: Erica Yary

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The Grand Finale was almost cut short when we showed up to Fontana Skatepark and realized that taking the proper precautions, by getting a permit to hold an event, means that cops decide to poach on the event. The skatepark had at least 2 or more cops present at all times which means that there was no skateboarding without helmets. Luckily an Active employee brought 15 helments from our headquarters and saved the day. We let the guys who wanted to throw down have a helmet so that the show could go on! Neurotoxin was once again rocking out and the crowd was not let down by the hot dogs, rock and roll, and free stuff! Thanks to Alphanumeric for showing up, all of this years sponsors and everyone who stuck around at Fontana for the event. See you next year!

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Tons of East Los Angeles locals came out to Belevdere Skatepark to skate and show us how they so in East Los! These kids were rippers and we held a few best trick contests and let the locals decide who the winners were going to be. Check out the photos for now. We are going to be posting a video highlighting all of the Hot Dogs and Hessians stops soon!

Photos: Erica Yary

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For the third consecutive year, Active, DC and Alien Workshop have joined forces to bring the biggest go Skateboarding Day event we could get together to the DC Skate Plaza in Kettering, Ohio. Alien Workshop and DC Shoes Riders; Josh Kalis, Rob Dyrdek, Dylan Rieder, Ryan Smith, Lindsey Robertson and Evan Smith were all on the front lines. The guys skated with the couple thousand locals that came out and signed autographs as well as snapped a bunch of photos all day long. The line to get an autograph from Rob Dyrdek, Dylan Rider and Josh Kalis was about a mile long and after 3 hours of signing the guys had to cut it off. We held four best trick contests and a huge product toss once the contests were over. One local in particular came to the event and dominated just about every best trick contest we held, Nick the Brick. Thanks to everyone who came out to the event and everyone at DC, AWS and everyone celebrated skateboarding and Go Skateboarding Day with us!

All Photos: Erica Yary

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The Winners of the night include:

BEST ROOKIE
Silas Baxter-Neal

BEST STREET
Guy Mariano

BEST TEAM
Habitat

BEST VIDEO
Lakai, Fully Flared

BEST TWO VIDEO PARTS
Stefan Janoski, Inhabitants & Nothing But The Truth

BEST TRANSITION
Dan Drehobl

BEST VIDEO PART
Guy Mariano, Lakai, Fully Flared

TWS READERS’ CHOICE
Guy Mariano

TWS LEGEND
Tony Hawk

(more…)

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This past Wednesday June 11th, we headed out to the Pala Skatepark and the Black Box guys met up with us there. Mystery, Zero, Fallen, and Slave team riders came out to skate with the locals and the hessians for the afternoon as well as give out a bunch of free product. A few guys who came out were Ryan Bobier, Brian Slash Hansen, Jon Goemann, Jay Thorpe, Brandon Luera, and Pete Eldridge.The band Neurotoxin rocked out while we held our best trick bowl contest that went off.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the event and to all the sponsors of the event and once again a huge THANK YOU to Black Box for showing up with the posse and skating it up!

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Chula Vista Skatepark was the second stop of 2008 Hot Dogs & Hessians. Even though it was sweltering outside Chula Vista locals showed up to skate in the heat, eat some hot dogs, and get some free stuff from the Hessians. Steve Clare from KR3W and Supra came out to the event and hooked everyone up with free stickers and product. Pistol Pistol also made the trek out to Chula Vista to perform at the event which was great again! Thanks again to Zero, Mystery, Boost Mobile, Red Bull and Thrasher for making this event bigger and better.

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Hot Dogs and Hessians at SkateLab in Simi Valley went off. After cooking up a hundred or so hot dogs, the hessians made their way inside for a live performance by the band Pistol Pistol. While Pistol Pistol was playing we held our best trick contests and the bodies were hittin the floor. After the intense best trick contests the winners were given a limited edition Hot Dogs & Hessians Ogio backpack, decks from Mystery and Stereo, Zero wheels and more! Even a few of the Stereo Team Riders came out to the event like Danny Supa, Clint Peterson and more!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the event and to the Stereo Team and Crew for showing up. a HUGE thanks to Ogio, Mystery, Fallen, Zero and Thrasher for hooking the skaters of So Cal up!! Thanks to Todd at SkateLab for allowing us to have an event at the amazing SkateLab.

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The Foundation skateboards team came out from far and wide for a two-stop signing extravaganza. The first of the two stops was Temecula Active and Chino Hills Active was the second stop. Both had great turnouts and everyone had their Foundation decks and gear ready to get signed. Thanks to Don Nguyen, Corey Duffel, Gareth Stehr, Abdias Rivera and the rest of the FOSKO crew, including Eric and Barker, for coming out to the signings and making them happen for us.

Photos: Erica Yary

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The Deathwish skateboards team came out to Active Chino Hills on it’s Grand Opening Day to sign autographs for the skateboarders of Chino Hills. The crowd was huge and the line for autographs wrapped around the building. Erik Ellington, Jim Greco, and Brian Hansen, aka Slash, all showed up to greet the masses as well as give out Deathwish boards and swag. After signing for three hours the guys headed back out to LA. Thanks to Deathwish, Sam, and Matt for making the first ever Deathwish team signing a success. Deathwish boards and gear will be available soon so make sure you keep checking back!

Check out skateboard.com’s coverage of the event!

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The Ambiguous Clothing Team came out to the OC for a two stop signing. The first stop was at Irvine Active and the second stop was at Mission Viejo. Ambiguous fans were graced by the presence of Ragdoll, Matt Ball, Sammy Baptista, Jeff Lenoce, Active team rider Braydon Szafranski and new Ambiguous Team addition, Peter Watkins.

Thanks to everyone from Ambiguous for making this happen for us! Check outAmbiguous’ coverage of the event.

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The Plan B Demo went off like a bomb. The demo was so massive and there were so many people there that it got shut down a couple hours early. People came from far and wide to see Paul Rodriguez, Ryan Sheckler, Jereme Rogers, Danny Way, Colin McKay, and PJ Ladd skate the street course in the 100+ degree weather. The skateboarding was amazing for the time it lasted, we will have a video up later this week. The Plan B team attempted to sign for the crowd, but it was too crazy for everyone to get an autograph and people were swarming P Rod, Sheckler and the rest of the crew. The guys stuck around and signed for a while while they still could, but the demo had to get shut down due to it’s magnitude. Fuel TV was there covering the event for The Weekly Update as well as for The Daily Habit. The shows should be airing soon and we will let you know when you can check them out.

Thanks to the entire Plan B Team, Sean Hayes, everyone from Active who worked and helped out inside and outside of the store and helped to make this demo a huge success.

All Photos: Erica Yary

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Here are some flicks from the Kr3W Team Signings that were held this past weekend at Active Long Beach and Active Valencia. Hundreds of KR3W fand came out to each stop to meet the entire KR3W team including; Jim Greco, Terry Kennedy, Erik Ellington, Evan Hernandez, Antwuan Dixon, the newest KR3W rider, Lizard King, and more!

KR3W posted up a bunch of photos from the day as well so check them out!

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