it's serious

this wednsday. the bass player from THE SMITHS is our guest dj at needles & pins.

create-a-skate

youll see.

paul schmitt, of schmitt stix fame , and innovativeness. always on the forefront of production in our sport, is creating an all eco-friendly skateboard, . releasing it on july second at his factory in newport, . its a new dawn on the skateboard industry.
CreateAskate empowers students to learn math, science & artistry through the relevance of a skateboard.
For more Info log onto our website at http://www.CreateAskate.org

jeff king will be there unveiling his new solar powered skate assult vehicle

free pegasus

BRIAN LOTTI's latest release ,free pegasus, is a truly free skateboard film exposition in a loose storyline feel taking you through the day in the lives of a few of your favorite skateboarders having what i would call the perfect time in the perfect city (barcelona). featuring clint , cooper, and strubing, among a handful of rad spanish and southern european homies as well. after viewing this at the premier downtown. i went straight home and bought a plane ticket to spain. im not joking. this is what skateboarding feels like. lotti has captured something truly unique.

we built this city...

we built this city on ROCK AND ROLL!

MOUSTACHE OF THE WEEK!

WILD IN THE STREETS

this saturday is 2008's GO SKATEBOARDING DAY! ill be in san diego with about 10000 of my closest friends doing what we love to do.

the man of the hour

since VIDEO DAYS guy has been nothing less than stunning. all along the long and winding road taking him to fully flared and my personal fave, the berrics podcast
mr. mariano is sitting content today having swept the entire TWS awards show last night, he is holding down trophies for best street skater, best video part and the TWS readers choice award.

well done guy, i salute you.

tonight's the night...

who will make it?


Here are the official nominees for the 10th Annual Transworld SKATEboarding Awards:

BEST ROOKIE
Silas Baxter-Neal
Nick Dompierre
Shuriken Shannon

BEST STREET
Stefan Janoski
Guy Mariano
Andrew Reynolds

BEST TEAM
Girl
Habitat
Plan B

BEST VIDEO
Habitat, Inhabitants
Lakai, Fully Flared
Osiris, Feed The Need

BEST TWO VIDEO PARTS
Silas Baxter-Neal, Inhabitants & eSpecial
Corey Duffel, Feed The Need & Cataclysmic Abyss
Stefan Janoski, Inhabitants & Nothing But The Truth

BEST TRANSITION
Dan Drehobl
Jake Duncombe
Emmanuel Guzman

BEST VIDEO PART
Stefan Janoski, Habitat, Inhabitants
Guy Mariano, Lakai, Fully Flared
Omar Salazar, Nike SB, Nothing But The Truth

TWS READERS’ CHOICE
Mike Mo Capaldi
Marc Johnson
Guy Mariano

TWS LEGEND
Tony Hawk

moustache of the week!

WILL CHEVALIER WORLD BEARD CHAMPION. : king!

dead DIDDLEY

todats departure:
BO DIDDLEY, DEAD AT AGE 79


todays departure:
king of chicago's blues scene:
Mr. Diddley, who died Monday of heart failure at 79, strongly influenced British guitarists Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones as well as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page during their days in the Yardbirds.



With his black glasses and low-slung guitar, Mr. Diddley was rock's gunslinger, always moving on. His first recording on the Chess/Checker label in 1955 was the two-sided No. 1 hit on the R&B charts Bo Diddley/ I'm A Man.

On their first tour of the United Kingdom in 1963, the Rolling Stones opened for Mr. Diddley and the Everly Brothers. Soon afterward, Mick Jagger was playing both tambourine and maracas on the band's first records. The Stones' early sound was epitomized by the one-two punch of Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Their version of Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away is notable for its emphasis of the Diddley rhythm.

NEEDLES & PINS

The Beauty Bar in los angeles has the rad foresight to allow me to host this and every wednesday night and DJ and play whatever i feel like. NEEDLES & PINS im trying to keep it as soul and oldies as possible , but i cant seem to turn it out to a michael jackson pop fest a lot of the time. whatever. point is, this night is way fun... so go.

moustache of the week

Amazing!!!