Given that more than half of the skaters in a lot of recent contest Finals here in the U.S. and around the world have been from Brazil, I can't say I'm very surprised to learn that the newest addition to the DC King Of... contest series will be held in São Paulo. The DC King of New York, King of...

This is just so, so, strange. Enjoy: ...

Full press release below. Basically all you need to know is that Billabong now owns Sector 9. Thankfully they have a track record of not destroying the brands they buy so if anything this is good news. Expect to see an expanded clothing line from Sector 9 and the potential for a flagship store somew...

Yeah no joke. I had been hearing that Iron Horse was going to more or less pull out of the core market for some time now. What I didn't expect was that they would make this decision before the end of the 2008 season. Oddly enough Iron Horse plans to continue to sell high end frames and completes thr...

Looks like there's going to be a nice little jam taking place at the Brooklyn Banks on July 19th and 20th. Building on the sucessful Thrasbike Jam that took place in California a few months back Atomlab, Black Market and a smattering of other sponsors have teamed up with locals like Anson Wellington...

I mention this largely because goddamn you just would not believe how many Sector 9 longboards I see around here now that I live in Colorado: Billabong International bought Sector 9 and Gullwing Trucks. Here's a news story from the Herald Sun in Australia if you're interested in that kind of stuf...

Stacy Peralta is no stranger to making a good documentary, just take a look at Lords of Dogtown, I'm not talking about the super slick Hollywood version that Heath Ledger was in, but the gritty documentary that made the Z-Boys a household name, that why I'm so excited to check out his latest flick M...