Vans Bowl-A-Rama NYC 2012, October 4-6

The Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC will commence tomorrow, October 4th.  The Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ is a “week dedicated to celebrating art, music and true skateboard culture”. The series of events starts with a celebration of the Steve Caballero Half Cab Shoe at the House of Vans in Brooklyn. 

On Saturday, October 6th, the world's best skaters will come to face off in the most epic bowl competition to hit the east coast.  You'll have the opportunity to  see  PROS  (Pedro Barros, Kalani David, Bucky Lasek, Greyson Fletcher and Zach Miller, Dannie Carlsen and Sam Becket)  and the MASTERS  (Pat Ngoho, Sergie Ventura, Steve Caballero, Nicky Guerrero, Eric Nash, Christian Hosoi and Chris Miller) compete for their share of the ultimate $55,000 prize.  The competition is from 9am - 6pm at Hudson River Park’s Pier 62 Skate Park.

Check out the full schedule below and go to Vans BOWL-A-RAMA™ NYC see the  full lineup of skaters and the festival details.  Guess what? All events are FREE!

Vans BOWL-A-RAMA NYC, 2012

See you there! This event is will be totally dope!

Female Boarder On Cover of LIFE, 1965

LIFE has recently been going through their archives and  highlighting events of cultural importance from past decades. In the 1960's , LIFE reported on the "craze and menace of skateboards" to contemporary America. The fact that LIFE chose to spotlight skateboarding as one these cultural elements along with other key moments (i.e, civil rights, the Kennedy years) demonstrates it's impact on our society. Surprisingly,female surfer and skateboarder pioneer Pat McGee was featured on the cover of the May 14,1965 issue. The almost half-century old issue also features McGee skating barefoot at the 1965 National Skateboarding Championships. In 2010, Pat was the first female inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame. Seeing McGee featured on the cover of this issue is a  remarkable reminder of the importance of women to skateboarding. Though, female athletes in skateboarding and other sports still lack equal rights, it is evident that their roots are so deep in the sport it can never be replaced.

Source: Time, 1965

Source: Time,1965

Read more: http://life.time.com/culture/life-goes-skateboarding/#ixzz1nk2RYUMX

Rihanna Skateboarding?

Hey Black Skater Chick Fam. Sorry, but I could not resist sharing this vintage picture (haha) of Rihanna from 2008. Who would've thought the Bajan Pop Princess was learning how to "kick push." Her stance looks fine. Let's hope she still practices.