Eureka Skate Shop Trick of the Day - Double Kick Flip!

Eureka Skate Shop Trick of the Day - Double Kick Flip!

Alan just visited Eureka Skate Park today and showed us one of his latest tricks. Enjoy!

Eureka Skate Shop Skateboarding Remix Vol 1 (HD)

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNEXlQGdidA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

720 Double Flip

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rliGAB67D4o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Best trick ever. 720 Flip!

STREET LEAGUE LAS VEGAS

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab3l9wgFQIs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Lucky Syphanthong
Phone 707-954-2070
email: lucky@luckystarrealty.com
www.luckystarrrealty.com
www.luckystarrealty.net

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Nike SB P-Rod Demo In Harlem

This week, Paul Rodgriguez aka P-Rod did a demo in Harlem to promote P-Rod's new skate shoe from Nike. Check out the skating from P-Rod, Eric Koston, Ishod Wair, Theotis Beasley and more at the Nike SB demo in Harlem this week.

Go Skateboarding Day 2010 with Big T

Brandon Costa at the Eureka Skate Park

Brandon Costa was at the Eureka Skate Park today and here is some of the footage we got. We are in the process of filming a full video part of Brandon skating in and around Humboldt County so be on the look out.

Eureka Skate Shop Presents: Trick of The Day- 360 Flip to Fakie w/Thaksinh

Eureka Skate Shop presents: Trick of the Day with Thaksinh. Watch Thaksinh as he effortlessly performs a 360 flip fakie on the bank.

Eureka Skate Shop Presents..Thaksinh Skateboarding

Check out Thaksinh skateboarding in Humboldt County, San Francisco, Seattle, Medford, Grants Pass, Willits, Eureka, Arcata and other parts of the West Coast.

Eureka Skate Shop Presents-Humboldt Streets III.wmv

Eureka Skate Shop presents...Humboldt Streets Part III. Enjoy watching local skaters in the streets of Humboldt and local skate parks including the Arcata Skate Park and more. Thanks to all the skaters to showed off their skills in this video.

New Edit of Humboldt County Skateboarding from Local Skaters

Check out the New Edit of Humboldt County Skateboarding from local skaters. Enjoy!!

Check out Nick Tucker's Nice Steeze as he Shows you how to Nollie Inward Heelflip

Nick Tucker showing you how to properly do a Nollie Inward Heelflip. He has styles for miles!

Eureka Skate Park Description from City of Eureka Website

Here is a descriptoin of the Eureka Skate Park as described in the Eureka City Website (http://www.ci.eureka.ca.gov/depts/pw/parks/skate_park.asp)

The Eureka Skate Park is located at Cooper Gulch at 8th & "R" Streets (end of 8th Street off of Myrtle Avenue). The 12,000 square foot skate park contains something for all skaters including bowls and street features. The largest bowl includes a 10 foot overt pocket with two more eight foot pockets and 6 foot hips. Connected to it is an 8 foot open ended square with round corners. All of the larger bowls have pool coping.

A 4 foot mini bowl cascades down to 6 feet, and wraps around to the 8 foot square. These feature galvanized metal coping with a metal edged banked extension in the mini bowl that shares the decking with the square bowl.

The top of the park features a 3 foot rounded wall that drops into a flat section with two grind bars which wash into a 5 foot quarter bank that has metal coping and decking, creating a set back ledge alongside the mini. The bowls are surrounded by ledges with metal corners. Adjacent to the 6 foot quarter bank are two sets of stairs with handrails.

Cory Kennedy skates the new Seattle Center park

This skatepark in Seattle was ripped by Corey Kennedy. Check out this footage of Corey skating at this park from a few months ago. The tricks were intense but also technical and Corey made it fun!

Colt Backside 5.0 at Eureka Skate Park

Check out this video of a local up and coming skateboarder by the name
of Colt. This is a very smooth and nicely executed backside 5.0 grind
riding up the ramp and popping onto the ledge.

A new skate video section is being put together by this weekend and
will be uploaded soon.

Meanwhile, have fun skateboarding and enjoy the nice weather!

P-Rod Killing it at the Culver City Skatepark! All in one day!

P-Rod aka Paul Rodriguez of Plan B Skateboards and Nike SB recently stopped by the Culver City Skatepark. Check out this footage of him killing it.

Maloof Money Cup is set in NYC this Year and will Leave the Skatepark this Time

As reported in SkateDaily.net,this year the Maloof brothers will build and leave the skatepark this year. Here is the report:

The Maloof Money Cup has released a comprehensive design for the 16,000 square-foot skate plaza that will reside permanently at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York. You can view the rendering and additional info via the TWSkateboarding site.

The design of the skate plaza to replace the park’s deteriorating Astral Fountain was conceptualized by Chris Cole, Geoff Rowley NYC skate legend Steve Rodriguez and Joe Ciaglia, president of California Skateparks and it looks solid with replicas of several NY street spots. And even though it will undoubtedly become a huge attraction for skateboarders and NYC Parks & Recreation Department’s “Adopt-a-Park” program for years to come, the flow of this plaza appears to funnel down into one central area and not in other non-linear directions. That’s just our opinion, but then again, Leo Romero can help to change that can’t he?

The Maloof Money Cup co-presented by Vans will host the world’s top professional skateboarders at the 2010 Maloof Money Cup at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens this summer from June 5th-6th, 2010.

Paul Rodriguez's Final Run from Tampa Pro 2010

Check out Paul Rodriguez's final run from Tampa Pro 2010. He was very consistent and of course, there was a lot of switch skating.

Paul Rodriguez Wins Tampa Pro!

Congratulations to Paul Rodriguez for winning Tamps Pro Contest this
weekend and taking home the grand prize of $20,000!!!

Freddie Tan should be Pro

I just discovered an up and coming Asian Skater on YouTube today, his name is Freddie Tan. He has good style, skates super fast, does crazy flip tricks in long runs and over stairs and gaps. He looks like he should be pro but he is still AM as of this writing. Check out his skating below and you will see what I mean.



Here is a more recent video part with Covert Skateshop:

Javier Sarmiento is now Skating for Sk8Mafia!

We've just received word that Javier Sariento is now riding for Sk8Mafia Skateboards. Congratulations to Javi! He has been one of the most tech innovators in street skateboarding for well over a decade.

Here is a sample video of Javier skateboarding. Enjoy!

Seatac Skatepark in South Seattle WA

Seatac Skatepark in South Seattle WA area is one of the best skateparks to skate. Although it is a little small in space, it has most of the things that any skater would want, including ramps, banks of all sizes, a pyramid with ledge, flat bar, hips, a quarter pipe with metal copping and more.

Check out a video of this park as Big T and Crew skate the park with some local skaters.

New Skate Video of Ricky Whitlow Remix

We just uploaded a new remix-skate video of Rick Whitlow. Check him out as he skates up and down the west coast.

Greg Myers: Skateboarding is Forever Video Part from DC Shoes

I just watched Greg Myers' part in his full length video part, "Skateboarding Is Forever," from DC Shoes. The video of it from YouTube is below:



This is by far one of the best video parts I've seen in a while. Greg Myers skates fast, with style, goes nar all out on stairs and handrails, as well as keeps it tech with switch front-side flips over stair gaps with rails and really high 360 Flip Hippy Jumps. The first 360 Flip Hippy Jump that starts out his video part was probably waist high.

Greg Myers is a skater to watch out for in the coming years because not only does he have a bag of tech skate tricks, he does them big, high (with super pop), and goes fast!

New Skateboard Video from Eureka Skate Shop

The Eureka Skate Shop has been really busy setting up shop and having things ready for all your orders. We are 80% of the way there. In the mean time, check out this latest skateboarding video edit from Big T Productions:

EurekaSkateShop.com YouTube Channel Is Live!

Finally, the EurekaSkateShop.com YouTube Channel, "Eureka Skate Shop Worldwide," is up and running live! Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/eurekaskateshop About 12 videos and short clips have been uploaded so far. They are skateboarding videos featuring some Humboldt County local skaters as well as cameos by some famous skaters like Jake Jones and Poncho Moler.

More uploads will feature how-to tricks, skate park features, scenes, and up-and-coming skaters in the skateboard world.

Here is a sample of an Episode called, "Streets of Humboldt," showing skaters in Humboldt County skating in and around Eureka, Arcata, Fortuna and other areas.




Have fun and enjoy the EurekaSkateShop.com YouTube Channel!

How to Krooked Grind 180 Out with Big T

Big T Krooked Grind to 180 out.



Step 1. Find a nice ledge or bench with smooth ground so you can land smooth and roll a way.
Step 2. Practice your nose slides to 180 out so you can get the motion down.
Step 3. Approach the ledge/bench like the nose slide, but aim your nose slightly above the edge of the ledge at an angle.
Step 4. Lock the Krooked Grind in place, center your weight above the board to guide yourself.
Step 5. Rotate your body to fackie and the board will follow.
Step 6. Roll away smooth! Congratulations!

You've just learned the Krooks Grind 180! Check out skate products at http://www.eurekaskateshop.com/

Skating Tour of the Eureka Skatepark in Eureka CA

Here is a tour of the Eureka Skatepark in Eureka, CA.

Skatepark of Tampa Contest

The Skatepark of Tampa Contest is coming up in March on Friday, March 12, 2010 - Sunday, March 14, 2010. Check out the link for more details.

Mike V's Do or Die Iphone Game Available!

Mike V is a great skateboarder and legend in his own right.  With his new skateboarding game "Do or Die" for the Iphone, skateboarders are now able to play him and do his cool tricks and even hop on his ride.



 The game is only $4 download from iTunes for your IPhone.  Have fun!  Thanks Mike V for developing this game!

360 Flip, by Pat Duffy

This is also a nice video on How to 360 Flip with Pat Duffy. He explains it a little different than Paul Rodriguez (P Rod) but it is still good. I like the way they filmed this video to with it's special affects and the colors they used. Check it out and let me know how you think. Remember, always have fun skateboarding!

Mastering the Ollie

In the today's skateboard world, the ollie is one of the most essential tricks that any serious skateboarder has to learn.  If a skater is able to master the ollie, then he is well on his way to learning the other great tricks of skateboarding such as the kick flip, heel flip, ollie 180, ollie 360, and others.  A skater can stay home and play with his or hers Tony Hawk Play Station game all day, but if he or she does not go out to actually learn how to skate and do real tricks beginning with the ollie, they can never call themselves a true skateboarder.

Here are the step by step basics of Mastering the Ollie:

Step 1.  Stand like how you would normally stand, but with your back foot centered firmly on the tail end of your skateboard, and your front foot about mid-way up toward the nose of your skateboard.

Step 2.  With your arms out to balance yourself, stand on your toes (both feet) and crouch down like a crouching Tiger.  I call this the Tiger position.

Step 3.  This is the most important step.  This step should happen instantaneously and concurrently. In the same motion, press down (really hard) with your back foot (dig into the board!) and slide your front foot forward (up towards the nose of your board).  As you press down on the back foot and slide with your front foot, you should also jump up with your whole body and tuck in your knees while in the air.  As you and your board are "lifted" into the air, take a moment to breath and "sit" in the air to enjoy your trick.

Step 4.  The landing.  As you come down to Earth from your long and high flight, make sure your arms are still spread out so that your body is in control and always balanced, and lean towards the direction you are going.  When your board touches the ground, duck down and bend your knees one more time to absorb the impact (due to gravity, what goes up....must come down!).

Step 5.  Roll away smooth and smile because you did it!:)

If you have any questions on how to do an ollie or if you did not understand something, feel free to make a comment and I will respond within 24 hours.  Have fun skateboarding!

New Obama Health Insurance Proposal

New Obama health proposal would limit rate hikes http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16026/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=OMoXvgXK

Health insurance should be very important for every skateboarder
because accidents can put a skater out for several months. There is a
huge risk when anybody, even a skateboarder, attempts to live life
without health insurance. Most people have to get jobs with health
benefits just to have health coverage. For those that do have it,
congratulations. For those that don't, let's hope the government
comes up with a plan that will make individual healthcare coverage
more afordable for everyone.

Nice Sunny Day at the Eureka Skatepark

Today was a nice day to be out skateboarding at the Eureka Skatepark.
It was surprisingly nice and sunny, considering all the rain we've
been having. You have to grab that sunny day when you get the chance
and just go out and skate! It was nice to connect with the locals and
play a game of S.K.A.T.E. also.

New Skateboard Trick to Learn: 360 Flips aka Tre Flips

The 360 flip, or the 360 kick flip, or the infamous tre flip, or 3-flip is one of the most sought after flip tricks in street skateboarding. Any skateboarder who is able to master this illusive trick will be be known throughout their neighborhood as a pretty good skater. This skater is someone who has mastered the basics of skateboarding and is poised to continue to learn more difficult tricks quickly.

Being able to 360 flip on your skateboard means that you have already mastered the most basic tricks such as the ollie, kick flip, heel flip, pop-shuvit, varial flip and more.

In my opinion, P-Rod has one of the best 360 Flips in the industry.

Check Out P-Rods 360 Flip:


P-Rod is so good at Tre Flips that he does it to krooked grinds:


I remember when I did my first 360 Flip, it was one of the best days of my life. Not only because it was (and still is) a very difficult trick to learn, but I had practiced and practiced for days, weeks, and months, before even coming close to landing both feet on the top of the board and rolling away.

So to any skateboarder out there that can hang in long enough to learn and master this trick, I give you props! Congratulations! Keep skating and learning!

Street Dreams Movie

I just checked out the preview for the new skateboarding movie by Rob Dyrdek and starring Paul Rodriguez Jr., Terry Kennedy and Ryan Sheckler.  Street Dreams.  The movie looks promising.  But I still cannot find out where to obtain a copy of the DVD or where we can see the film.

Rob has been talking about this film for a long time.  Rob says that he put up his own money for this so way to go Rob! Congratulations on a job well done and for accomplishing something as big as this movie project that puts skateboarders in their own light, instead of being shown by Hollywood.

Eureka Skatepark Grand Opening!!

Finally, Eureka CA has its very own skatepark! Ever since I was younger and going to Eureka High, when I started skateboarding, I had always wised for Eureka to have its own skatepark. They did not even complete the Arcata Skatepark until my last year of high school, and that was the only park available, until now.

Since Opening Day in Late December of 2009, the Eureka Skatepark has been jammed pack with kids and skateboarders of all ages and experience levels.

The best time for me to catch any runs is at 10 o'clock in the morning when the kids have not come to the park yet. During the holidays was when it was very busy with the kids were on vacation from their school.

One unique thing about the Eureka Skatepark is that I have seen skateboarders from all over Humboldt County come and skate the park. I thought that it would only be the Eureka skaters skating this nice park, but we have skaters from all over the county and beyond.

The park is open mostly during the daylight hours and with summer quickly approaching, there will be more day light for us to keep on grinding!