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Enter to win an engraved N.E.R.D. Zune and an autographed copy of the new N.E.R.D. album, Seeing Sounds.

Upload a skate video of yourself to your favorite N.E.R.D. song from their new CD Seeing Sounds. You will vote on the winner.

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Enter now to win:

• One P-Rod XXL Plan B Board - Size 7.75 (SIGNED)
• One Set P-Rod Silver S-Class Pro Trucks
• One Set Plan B Premium Urethane Wheels 52mm
• One Set FKD P-Rod Pro Signature Series Bearings
• One Sheet FKD Die-Cut Grip Tape
• One Set Silver Mounting Hardwarez
• And… Plan B, Silver trucks, FKD Bearings Stickers

Enter the P-Rod Prize Package Contest

Check out all of the hot action going down @ Red Bull Headquarters this weekend.

NHSSA Finals from 5-8pm. So Cal kids represent their High School by throwing down some mad skate in teams of three. Jam style format. Team Palisades is looking to win four in a row!!

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Go over to skateboard.com and check out the Bobby Worrest Nollie Kickflip Trick Tip Contest. Upload a video of your best nollie flip and you might win some Bobby Worrest Spitfire wheels.

Active is running a promotion with Armor For Sleep for some awesome prizes and the band was nice enough to answer some questions for us. Don’t forget to enter the contest!

Top 5 Favorite Bands:

Nirvana, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Saves The Day, At The Drive In

Top 5 Favorite Places to Play:

Starland Ballroom in NJ, The Metro in Chicago, Chain Reaction in Orange County, Irving Plaza in NYC, Emo’s in Austin

5 Things You Can’t Live on Tour Without:

My Macbook, my PSP, my ugly dolls, my Batman blanket, EZ Mac

Best Ways to Pass Time on Tour:
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Get ready for the most intense skate park tour ever! Active will host seven exclusive stops featuring best trick contests, free food, Red Bull, the skate thrash metal band Neurotoxin, and tons of free giveaways from all your favorite companies including Boosted headphones!!

Lakai and Active are giving away a Lakai Fully Flared deck series and four pairs of Lakai’s to one lucky winner! It could be you who walks away with 8 limited edition decks and four new pairs of kicks. The contest ends June 28th. Don’t waste time, enter now!

Every year we celebrate Earth Day as a day to promote awareness and appreciation for the earth’s environment. A once a year awareness day isn’t enough. Kenny Anderson wants to see what you do for the earth everyday. The person who submits the best video will win $2,500 in product from Kenny Anderson’s sponsors. (more…)

Ray Barbee! One of the nicest guys I know! The same guy who almost single handedly help the skate scene transition from neon crap/spandex to wearing jeans and ball caps! At least in my little scene. At the time the runs Ray was doing and all the no complys was out of this world. I’ve attached a little You Tube video of his 1989 part in Powell’s “Ban This”. Come check out Ray grooving with his new band at the Santa Monica Active’s WeActive! event this Saturday May 17th 2-4pm. The rest of the WESC crew will be there signing autographs. Click more for all the details!!

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Check out the action at the second stop of the NHSSA contest series. Great times and some budding talent! Contact NHSSA @ www.Sk8NHSSA.com to learn how you and your buddies can represent your high school. This things going Nation wide, so be apart of something totally skater run today. We?ll see you at Woodward West in Tehachapi Saturday May 24th!

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Win a trip to The Berrics Skate park to skate with Active Pro, Steve Berra. Sign up here, contest ends April 30th, 2008. Brought to you by Active, DVS Shoes and The Berrics.

B.Y.O.B.T. (Bring Your Own Best Trick Contest) at the Simi Valley Skatelab skatepark. Three Different Challenges on different obstacles. Winner take all in each and walk away with a box from Active. $10 park fee, bring your helmet. 42226 Valley Fair St. Simi Valley, CA 93063. (805) 578 - 0040.

REELcomp SNOW BEST TRICK - Win $1000 Cash

REELcomp.com is hosting it's first of sixteen qualifying competitions in snowboarding. The first comp is for best trick videos in which the upload period starts September 30th and goes through October 6th. The voting period starts on October 7th and goes through October 13th. The winner is decided by the users and will receive ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS and a spot on the Final Bracket!!! Be sure to check out this competition and the ongoing Skate Competitions.
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Want to win $300 worth of Altamont gear? Of course you do. Enter the Altamont contest here, winner will be selected September 28th. Good luck.

Enter to win a year’s supply of Fourstar Clothing!Submit your best skate footage and have it reviewed by the ultimate judging panel, Eric Koston. Like a modern day Ed McMahon, Koston will be awarding each potential winner a score between one and four stars, with one lucky winner taking home the grand prize. (more…)