Osiris To Launch The Aftermath Tour January 25, 2000

Osiris will be launching The Aftermath Tour starting May 5, 2000 through June 2, 2000, Osiris's entire pro and am team will be on the road hitting major cities around the U.S. The skate demos will be held at a local shop and/or skatepark. Along with the demo there will be a live D.J. who will be spinning cuts and giving product away. After the demo, Osiris will be hosting an after party featuring live D.J.'s.

Some of the cities tentatively scheduled on the tour include: Pheonix, Albuquerque, Dallas, New York, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco. Keep logging onto www.skateboarding.com for the official schedule.

1st Annual Pro Bash Final Results January 24, 2000 Utopia Skatepark North Carolina January

Street Top Ten 1. Kyle Berard 2. Mike Carroll 3. Jesse Paez 4. Caine Gayle 5. Justin Strubing 6. Mike Peterson 7. Jim Gagne 8. Chet Childress 9. Mike Sinclair 10. Brian Patch

Vert Top Ten 1. Brian Howard 2. Mike Frazier 3. Neal Hendrix 4. Mike Crum 5. Anthony Furlong 6. Matt Dove 7. Sergie Ventura 8. Brian Patch 9. Phil Hajal 10. Jay Stevason

Accel Rolls Through First Team Tour January 20, 2000

The Accel Wheel Team recently completed it's first team tour through the Southwest United States. All were present (Chad Bartie, Rob Gonzales, Kristian Svitak, Stacy Lowery, Steffan Attardo, Joey Pulsifer, Mike Vallely, Danny Montoya) except Chet Childress who was home in North Carolina nursing a broken ankle. The team did demos along the way and attended the Make A Wish benefit in Houston, Texas.

In other Accel Wheel news, they will be be launching it's new City Series Wheels. These wheels are softer for rolling over urban terrain more smoothly but retain the performance and slideability desired by todays skaters. Check out a set at your local shops soon.

New Backpacks by Apollo px

ApolloPX is a new skate backpack company. Its first line will be available this fall, and will be promoted by a strong pro team: Neal Mims, Chad Fernandez, Forrest Kirby, Mathias Ringstrom, and Chad Knight, with more to follow. For more information, check out its Web site at www.apollopx.com

Yet another shoe company?

Lakai Limited Footwear Announced it's Team on January 10. They announced that they had aquired Rick Howard, Mike Carroll, Cairo Foster, Scott Johnston, Rob Welsh, Anthony Poppalardo, and Jeff Lenoce. According to the press release " Lakai's foundation will contribute further inspiration to footwear and skateboarding." Like we haven't heard that one before! Look for Lakai Limited Footwear product to be available April 1, 2000.

Ben Pappas To Be Sentenced For Importing Cocaine

Former World Skateboarding Champion Ben Pappas has been charged with importing cocaine.

Ben Pappas, 21, of the Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, will be sentenced next week. December 20, 1999

Pappas was found at Melbourne Airport in June this year with about 100 grams of cocaine concealed in his shoes. He told the court he began using marijuana at 13 years old, and that he first tried cocaine at 15 and by the time he was 18 it had become part of his diet.

The court was told Pappas was an exceptionally talented skateboarder and began travelling to the United States from the age of 14, largely unsupervised, with his older brother, Tas.

At one stage the pair was ranked one and two in the world.


News At Powell

Steve Caballero has added Pro-Tec to his list of sponsors and will be sporting his own signature helmet. Word on the street is that CAB will be releasing a collectible, action figure along with three other pros.

Pat Channita went on a tour to Argentina and Paraguay with Reef Brazil Shoes and is the WCS 1999 street champion.

Jason Ellis is happily married and the wedding was a beautiful success. Jason did some demos with Colin McKay and Andy Mac during January in his home country of Australia

Willi Santos Gets G-Shocked

G-SHOCK, manufacturer of the Toughest Watch in the World(tm), are about to try and con us all into buying there fancy watches by going athlete-specific with the launch of three signature models to add to their collection. The G-SHOCK skate team features Steve Caballero, Omar Hassan and Willy Santos.

Real Skateboards

The Real Skateboards team, which includes Keith Hufnagel, Max Schaff, Matt Field, Cairo Foster, Mat O'Brien, and new amateurs Damian Bravo and J.T. Aultz have been filming with Bay Area photographer Gabe Morford for a new Real video. The video will available sometime early 2000.

Pritchard Vs Dainton Film

All you need to know is that poor old Matthew Ryan(videographer of Enter the Dragon & Four Wheel Dragons) has the unfortunate task of seeing which of our two daring stuntmen will be victorious. This film will be more bar room brawl than Mullen Vs Daewon. Out sometime late 2000. Visit thestimulus for more info.

Bedtime reading

Dysfunctional is a 210-page soft-back collection of some of the most notorious-and some obscure-images from skateboarding's past and present. Magazine spreads, photos, ads, board graphics, zines, and anything to which skateboarders have laid their talents were game for this brash collage of skateboarding-inspired works. The book is published by London's Booth Clibborn Editions, and is available through major book chains, museum stores, and web dealers like amazon.com for about 30 bucks. For more information, check out Booth Clibborn's Web site at
www.booth-clibborn-editions.co.uk

Foundation's full team has a Nervous Breakdown

Nervous Breakdown is the title of their new video. Foundations current team consists of Ethan Fowler, Toebee Parkhurst, Omar Salazar, Greg Gardner, Jon West, Daniel Shimizu, Judd Hertzler and New Team Riders complete Foundation Demolition Crew! Tony Da Silva from Wallingford, CT, Judd Hertzler from Groton, CT, Daniel Shimizu from Rosemead, CA, Omar Salazar from Sacramento, CA, and Toebee Parkhurst from Maine. Beware Global Domination is Eminent!

Also recently announced that Justin Strubing is there newest pro. Justin is a long-time Northern California ripper, and heir to the SkateWorks empire. Strubing is a versatile skater, equally at home in bowls, ramps, street...you name it and he'll skate it .