Bad News Dept: Montreal's Top Challenge is Cancelled. The '08 edition of this multidisciplinary event has been cancelled, according to event organizers, who reported,"A new comitee to protect the Parc du Mont-Royal has convinced the city to stop allowing permits for events that last more than 24 hours..."
This reduces the major events for '08, leaving only Munnsville for large, East Coast races.
You've seen him in the forums, dreaming of home-built wheels and bushings, hole-sawing crates of wheels, then revealing his wheel molds, home-built, Black Mamba wheels and now...bushings. Check out what Zak Maytum has for Silverfish:
VENOM Bushings
The Next Wave in Performance
If you check the forums regularly, you have probably seen some of my urethane creations. The only difference this time, is now they can be yours! They Go on sale at Midnight on Saturday, Jan 12. For those of you that don’t know, these beauties are being poured by hand in the workshop of yours truly (Zak “T.V.A.R.” Maytum). I have been working long chemical filled hours for weeks now to come up with the formula and shapes that are going into production. They feature an unheard of, incredibly high rebound urethane that gives them ride that you must feel to believe!
They are currently available in Orange (85a) and Blue (78a). Though there will be a 93a Version available soon. The colors are fully fluorescent and glow brilliantly in natural light. Especialy at dusk! Currently under the feet of many top racers including K-Rimes, Dubester, Martin Reaves, and Joe Mclaren, these babies will be a new benchmark in the performance world. Every bushing is molded with a dish in the top to accommodate spherical bearing precision trucks. More info on the next page...
San Diego, CA (January 8, 2008) – Flexdex Performance Skateboards is pleased to announce the exclusive signing of Bobby Martinez and Carissa Moore to create their signature model performance skateboards under the ENZO Skate brand. The new skateboards will be personally designed by these athletes – performance skateboards that bring the feeling of a wave or mountain to the street. Bobby and Carissa are stoked to get involved in every aspect of the design – shape, hardware and suspension, wheels and bearings, and graphic design – to offer the best possible ride to boarders worldwide. ENZO Skate decks by Flexdex will be produced using the latest unbreakable composite plastics.
ENZO Skate is a National Sponsor of the NSSA honoring the system that developed these athletes. ENZO Skate is also a sponsor of WaveWatch.com.
Design and production will begin in February 2008 with shipments May 1, 2008. ENZO Skate products will be distributed worldwide.
Flexdex Performance Skateboards, formed in 1995, has designed and produced performance skateboards with Kelly Slater, Wingnut, Tim Curran, Kalani Robb, Jim Rippey, Surf Diva, Cara-Beth Burnside, The Warped Tour, and X-Games.
About Flexdex Flexdex products are produced by Flexdex, LLC in San Diego, CA. Flexdex® material is an engineered unlaminated fiberglass composite utilizing 6 different resins and fiberglass. Our boards will never delam, break, or die…ever. 30% more energy is transmitted to the wheels than wood decks. Our decks flex and twist with torque - turning sharper and accelerating through each turn. A flexdex® absorbs road vibrations - you can skate longer and harder. You tilt a wood deck to turn it. You DRIVE and CARVE a flexdex®. The harder you drive, the tighter you carve.
Flexdex, LLC. 5535 Ruffin Rd. Suite F San Diego, CA 92123 ph 858-278-6900 / fax 858-974-4975 www.flexdex.com
Jeff Tatum sent this one in from the Pool King World Headquarters...
Pool King is in the Deep End
Deep End skate decks is proud to debut its first production deck. This Greg Fountain signature deck also features tattoo art by Greg Fountain. Greg has been a Pool King team rider for three years now and has been a big part of bringing the Pool King name to light. Over the last few years, Greg has been ripping contests all over the U.S. under amateur status while getting the notoriety of a pro appearing frequently in magazines, on T.V, national demos, prominent websites and ads for major skate companies.
Greg Fountain, photo by MRZ
When Pool King opened its Deep End division, it was a no-brainer as to who would design the first Deep End deck. Who says you have to be a pro to have a signature model? When it comes to skating, Greg has always done things his way and, when it comes to making skateboards, Pool King always has done the same. So, when it comes to Deep End, the tradition will carry on of not following the status quo but creating it.
Lush Longboards have made some tweaks to their Revolution downhill deck following another summer of trips to the mountains - here's some details.
Another year of racing and freeriding, and Jojo had some changes to make to his Revolution topmount - so we made them. Still ultra-light and stiff as before, we've widened the nose and extended the tail cutouts back a little for more room for quick weight shifts in fast, twisty downhill courses, and extra confidence with rider foot placement. The deck has a little more concave now too, and keeps the adjustable wheelbase from the previous version so you can dial the deck in for different courses. It's a 100% racer designed and racer improved hill bomber, perfect for a rider who needs that surfy topmount feeling with extra grip in corners. This deck likes to go fast... and it'll let you drift corners one-footed in a chicken suit too.
The long-awaited project from the House of Balma is ready for retailers to order and sell before Christmas. It’s the latest “Randal-Killer” truck, the FasTrack, by Tracker Trucks. Take a look at these California-made beauties: 7” hangers, 50-degree pivot angles, an offset axle for “flipped hanger” utility and the largest OEM bushings of any cast aluminum longboard truck: the Stimulator III’s. Set for an MSRP around $50.00/set, they’ll be available at the more proactive retailers within 10 days, and even earlier to a lucky few.
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