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The Maloof Money Cup, presented by etnies and Monster Energy, today unveils its much anticipated 2009 Street Course.

The course was designed by Geoff Rowley and Joe Ciaglia with design assistance from Colby Carter, Mark Waters and Pro Skaters Lance Mountain, Braydon Szafranski and Erik Ellington. It was inspired by real street spots, including the Sunset up-down corner ledge on Sunset Boulevard, the Barcelona Ledge and the Big Fours and 12-stair from Rincon in San Diego. In addition, there are near replicas of Pier 7 and the Mission “3-up-3 down” in San Francisco, as well as UC Irvine’s 6-stair hubba and rails.

The new bump-to-picnic feature was chosen by the Transworld Skateboarding staff from thousands of entries and suggestions submitted to Transworld’s web site. The winning feature was designed by Chris C. of Manalapan, New Jersey.

“What makes this contest so special is that the Maloofs are real people, they are genuine and they truly
want to make the best skate environment possible,” said MMC GM Tim McFerran. “They listen to the
skaters and ask them what they want to skate in a street course. Because of that, last year we saw a
higher caliber of skaters and tricks that you just don’t see at contests. This year, we had an overwhelming response from guys wanting to compete. All of the biggest names in the skate world, like
Paul Rodriguez and Ryan Sheckler, and guys like Marc Johnson, Mike Carroll, Bryan Herman and Silas
Baxter Neal who rarely skate contests, are competing this year.”

“It’s an awesome course,” said last year’s Street champ Paul Rodriguez. “I’m really looking forward to
skating it this year and just competing with all the amazing skaters that are in the contest. Some of
these guys haven’t competed in contests in years, so it’s going to be really cool.”
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Peter Hewitt takes home the 2009 TWS Best Transition Skater of the year award over Rune Glifberg and Matt Mumford. Congrats Peter!

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Ahh, yes. It is that time again. The day when it is virtually impossible to go to the skate park and actually get some lines in cause it is so busy. Sorry, I am being a pessimist. This is a great day to get the half-assers out on their boards. That can’t be bad, right? So to all of those out there who weren’t planning on getting a skate in on June 21st, get off your lazy duffs and “GO SKATE!”

Have a great Go Skateboarding day!

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Here is some footage from the Saints & Sinners Tour while in Chicago. The boys play down by the water, then do some serious work on a pretty fun little bowl.

Black Label Skateboards announced that they will finally be dropping the new team video “God Save The Label”. It looks to be a good video and hopefully it can spark some more interest in the Label.

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This is the last few pictures from my Alaska vacation. The first park is in Soldotna, Ak. It consisted of some metal ramps, banks, and a pyramid-ish thing. The coping was terrible. It was pipe that had been cut into a 1/3 round and pop riveted / screwed / welded on to the ramps. Really it was kind of attached at best and bounced if you hit it at an angle. Scary. It was a fun park to skate as long as you could dodge the scooter kid ripping around shirtless in sweatpants sporting a mohawk. Ahh locals, what can you say.

The second park in the pics is in Anchorage, Ak. It was a modular plastic and metal combo from Skatewave. Defintely interesting to skate on at first. I found it both slippery and scary, but fun none the less. I can see how this type of surface and system is great for the harsh elements of Alaska but I much prefer concrete. Anyway, enjoy the pics and go skate.

Alright, Listen Up!! This is serious and stuff. A few months ago, fellow skateboard brother Taylor Appelo was the victim of a brutal assault and beating at a MAX stop in Portland. You may have seen it on the news. Taylor had some very serious injuries from this attack and unfortunately was left with some monster medical bills due to being uninsured. Devin and Willis hit us up to host a benefit bowl contest and it’s going down this Saturday June 13th. Here’s where you come in. The whole point of this contest is to raise some cash. This is no time to be a tightwad. There is going to be some unbelievable bowl shredding going down and you need to either be a part of it or see it firsthand. There is going to be a $20 entry fee to enter the contest. That gets you entry and 2 raffle tickets for a serious product raffle that includes goods from all of the companies listed on the flier, as well as some that aren’t. Chances are you’re leaving with something. Also, there will be a $5 donation fee to get into the bowl room to check the contest. This gets you in as well as gets you a raffle ticket for some loot. We know times are tough but chances are you’ve got $5 you can scrounge up that will benefit Taylor a lot more than just getting you a few more bean burritos or PBRs.. Again, every cent of this $ is going to help out a guy that was in the wrong place at the wrong time and could’ve been any one of us. Make it a point to come down to The Dept. this Saturday and get involved!!

Very special thanks go to: Creature Skateboards, Jivaro Wheels, Dakine, Indy, Volcom, Bones, Grenade, Vox Footwear, Nike SB, Circa Footwear, Shrunken Head Skateshop, and Cal’s Pharmacy.