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Current Krooked pro and former éS Footwear team rider Mike Anderson discusses the demise of his now former shoe sponsor éS, the current economic climate and what the future might hold for more core skate footwear brands. Now a father, Anderson also discusses "daddy duty" and loose plans for an upcoming...

Gamers who like to skate and skaters who like video games can compete for free skateboard decks at an online Space Invaders parody put up by Real Skateboards.

Instead of shooting at the flying monsters and warships found in the original arcade game, which was released in 1978, gamers take aim at...

HellaClips.com was launched about a year ago by skate veterans Colin McKay and Josh Kalis. The site basically offers a daily one-stop viewing experience for skateboarders who want to see the latest videos in skateboarding. Content is gathered from sites of companies, magazines, blogs and even user-submitted...

A few years ago, Los Angeles to Montana and back transplant Mark Gutterman used to get quite a bit of coverage, along with rep what seemed like an endless list of companies that disappeared from skateboarding, including Matt Mumford's company Legacy, Bueno Skateboards, 88 Footwear and Ethan Fowler's...

ESPN.com: How long have you been a professional skateboarder for? Templeton: I turned pro in 1990, so 22 years.

Wasn't your first sponsor Circle A? Yes. The freestyle skater Bob Schmeltzer lived in Huntington Beach and was starting a new company called Circle-A. I was completely un-sponsored and he...

According to the Foundation site," Dan Murphy is the only Foundation Pro to graduate college." And according to the following interview, Dan Murphy now uses that college degree to break up fights between friends and help people with relationship issues. Enter the mind of Dan Murphy.

ESPN.com: What's...

Enjoying a little downtime after delivering the second season of Jeff Grosso's "Loveletters to Skateboarding," filmmaker Coan "Buddy" Nichols found himself fishing through an archive of unpublished Super 8 footage stored on Hard Drive #18. What he reeled in is a big-guy session at the Upland Skatepark...

It is sad and scary times in the world of the skateboard industry. The economy has wrecked havoc on every sort of brand, but it seems that no one has taken as hard of a hit as endemic, core sneaker companies. And the economy is only partly to blame for their downfall. Over the past five short years,...

On a recent trip to Arizona, I hit up Massachusetts local and World Industries pro Anthony Shetler to run through a variety of topics, including a a new signature shoe from World Industries, his apparel brand dubbed All I Need, and the awkward moments that have arisen as a result of his resemblance...

ESPN.com: What have you been up to? Mallory: Just been doing a lot of skateboarding lately. I ride my bike around with my skateboard on my back and skate.

What kind of bike are we talking about? Like a pedal bike or a motorcycle? An actual pedal bike.

Road bike or fixed gear? It's a fixed gear bike.

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