SkateboardDirectory.com's Skateboard Wallpaper

Cool skateboard wallpaper optimized for common monitor sizes. Choose from Guy Kampfen's clean bluntslide (photo courtesy of Lance Dalgart), the downhill * skater photo, the blue burst, or the skateboard picture for your desktop viewing pleasure. Search * Related

Stacy Peralta's Documentary Pipe Dreams

Article about the dogtown * days, the Powell *-Peralta days, and Stacy's views on Hollywood * and moviemaking. Search * Related

Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta Interviewed on SkateboardDirectory.com (Posted 7/30/2002)

Our mondo Dogtown * interview with Stacy Peralta *, Tony Alva *, and a few other East Coasters, touching on subjects including Tommy Guerrero *, Sean Penn *, Gator *, staying pure, Mark Gonzales *, Christian Hosoi *, and pool skating. Search *

Skateboard Grab Bag: New Skateparks in USA, Canada, and UK (Posted 8/4/2008)

Several new skateparks * have been announced to be completed, in development, or in planning in the USA *, Canada *, and England *. Locations include Angmering, UK *; Northbrook, Canada, St. Lucie, Florida *; West Oakland, California *; Newport, Virginia *; Little Butte, Oregon *; Whitman, Massachusetts *; Nova Scotia, Pembroke, Portage, and Saint John, Canada. Search *

Third Annual Mountain Dew Mind Games Nationals Pro Skate Tour (Posted 12/28/2001)

"Sponsored By; Mountian Dew, Slam, SMP, Banta, DOGTOWN * & Z-BOYS, Arnette, Caribee, Vita, Xbox, STA Travel, Creative Vibes & Thrustmaster's Freestyler Board." .. Winners receives a whopping $10,000 in (overall) Prize Money, plus the grand prize winner gets a trip to Los Angeles * USA *. Competition takes place Sunday 6th January 2002 *. See full article for pictures. Search *

Stacy Peralta Interviewed By SkateboardDirectory.com (Posted 7/21/2002)

We had the pleasure of interviewing Stacy on Tuesday, July 16th 2002 *, covering topics including Tony Alva *, Jay Adams *, Jim Muir *, the movie industry, the Dogtown and Z-Boys * movie, and standardizations in, and the American subculture of, skateboarding. Search *

A Performative Critique of the American City: the Urban Practice of Skateboarding, 1958-1998 (Posted 5/19/2001)

About skateboarding, cities, and urban culture. An amazing essay by Iain Borden * on the interrelationship between cities and skateboarding, in which the author seeks to "focus on the compositional and representational mode of skateboarding, to consider how it represents the city without maps, and how it speaks something of the city, without recourse to theory or texts." Quote this in your term paper and make your teacher happy. Search *

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