August 28th – Time Square, Win $7500 in Skate Gear

by J.W.

What I really love most about skateboarding, is that I get to do it here, in New York City, where even when it rains… my board is always with me, just in case. The city streets dry fast.

Skateboarding is a time machine:

To relive old favorite things
Be utterly in the moment
To pursue something epically cool…

I appreciate the time it has given me.

Real – time – not just super great fantastic exhilarating time. Time in solitude. Time with friends. Time to get there, to do as much as I can, go as fast as I can, or take the route I want to take. It is human powered transportation, a vehicle of freedom with no restrictions. Except maybe by “the authority”, if they catch me.

No tickets required. Just a skateboard.

You throw it down, pick it up, ride the bus, cut through parks, and hop back on again with (relative) ease. No buckles or straps. No cumbersome mechanical thing that restricts where you can go or how you will get there.

I have faced fears and conquered them.

I have fears. But it’s not over yet. I will get better than this. Despite aches and pains, I am both mentally and physically fitter because of it.
There is no drug or fix to fulfill the rush of it. There is nothing thing like it. It is a reason to wake up, something to think about and analyze and fantasize about. It is a constant creative process and sometimes it is the pursuit of finding nothing in particular. A healthy obsession.

Paul Rodriguez – Tuesday, August 17th @ Rucker Park

If you haven’t seen him in person, he’s one of the most amazing skateboarders ever. GET THERE!!!!

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Some of Uptown Skate School’s Students

Instructor: Lorena Lima
Location: LES and Central Park

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It’s Coming! Seven days until Go Skateboarding Day!!!!!!

When: Monday, June 21st, 2010
Where: Everywhere. NYC Event starts at L.E.S. SkatePark at 2PM. Brooklyn crew is meeting up at Homage and skating over the bridge at 12:30. Day ends [...]

Best Class Trip EVER!
Sacramento Kings owner, Joe Maloof personally greeted the kids, talk to them about basketball, signed autographs and handed out tons VANS teeshirts, stickers and plenty of Vitamin Water.

Not only are the Maloof brothers bringing an amazing contest to New York City, but they are donating the park [...]

Queens School – PS160 takes a Class Trip to Maloof Money Cup.

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Wednesday, June 2nd – Come Skate Garden Sk8! – 4pm to 7pm
This is a fun session for the ladies. We want to meet the girls of New Jersey and nearby. Garden Sk8 will soon be host to a GRO Crew and we want you to be involved in the creation! We will skate [...]

Jordan Maxham takes the title

“This event was put on with a lot of effort from Billy Rohan, Open Road NYC and a slew of supportive sponsors. It wasn’t about big pros trying to win thousands of dollars; it was much more about bringing kids from all the skate scenes in the area together [...]

Maloof Tickets may be free, but you’ll have to work to get them.

These kids know how sick the NYC Maloof Money Cup, June 5 & 6th is going to be because they camped out – in the rain – just to get their hands on a golden ticket.

– You’re looking at the first kid [...]

New York | Buy Local Boards

Check out this crazy selection of board brands from New York provided by NYSkateboarding. Here’s a few, but you really need to check out the [...]