Active Ride Shop News

Check out the new ad featuring Active Family Jon Allie, Dan Murphy, Ryan Bobier, and Adrian Lopez. You can find this Ad in the October issues of The Skateboard Mag Transworld Skateboarding.

Active pro team rider and technical skateboarding guru Daewon Song made the cover of TWS this month for their First Annual Skate and Create Issue. Transworld Magazine is going to be putting out videos online of each of the teams who were featured in the articles. We got a sneak peak and were amazed at how great of a job everyone involved did. We will let you know when the videos are released, but for now you can admire this cover photo and go out and buy a copy of Transworld’s Skate and Create Issue!

Erik Ellington is ready to answer YOUR hard hitting questions about Deathwish skateboards and Baker skateboards. Now you get to find out what the deal is with Deathwish! Submit your questions by next Wednesday, August 20th and if your question is chosen, Erik will answer it for you. You’ll be seeing the video interview up on the Active Ride Shop News Section shortly after it is filmed next week. Start submitting your questions by commenting below!

Deathwish Skateboards are now in stock at Active Ride Shop. Deathwish is just about the hottest thing out there right now. Check out the latest pro Deathwish skateboard decks from Jim Greco, Erik Ellington, Antwuan Dixon, and the Lizard King.

Tomorrow the second annual X Games Shop challenge is going down at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Last year Active walked away with the Gold Medal and this year you can watch the action live at the Staples Center. Last year the Active Team was Torey Pudwill and Justin Figueroa aka Figgy. This year the Active team is Theotis Beasley, Justin Figueroa, David Loy (who is subbing in for Brian ‘Slash’ Hansen) and Greg Myers. The event is free and open to the public. Get to the Staples Center before Noon tomorrow to watch Active battle it out against 3 other So Cal skate shops in hopes of bringing home the second consecutive Gold Medal for Active! See you there!

A month or so ago Andrew Reynolds decided that he wanted to shoot his Ad at his house with a minimalist view of it and of himself. Atiba Jefferson and Andrew met up and Andrew’s house has numerous great settings where they could have shot the Ad, but Andrew decided to shoot it in front of his vintage piano with one of his acoustic guitars in hand. The ad is featured in TheSkateboardMag as well as Transworld. If you live under a rock and haven’t yet checked out Andrew’s band, The Goat, you should. Altamont makes The Goat gear as well so make sure you stock up.

Paul Rodriguez, signing autographs, Active Valencia. Nuff said.

Almost nuff. Be at 24175 Magic Mountain PKWY in Valencia CA on August 12th at 5:00 PM. Driving Directions

Check out the heavy hitters Neff has enlisted as the 2008 Team. Guy Mariano, Eric Koston, Terry Kennedy and Braydon Szafranski are the four guys representing the brand at the current time. Neff has a ton of new stuff you’ll be seeing at activerideshop.com as well as in Active Locations soon. Check out Neff’s website!

Enter now to win:

• One P-Rod XXL Plan B Board - Size 7.75 (SIGNED)
• One Set P-Rod Silver S-Class Pro Trucks
• One Set Plan B Premium Urethane Wheels 52mm
• One Set FKD P-Rod Pro Signature Series Bearings
• One Sheet FKD Die-Cut Grip Tape
• One Set Silver Mounting Hardwarez
• And… Plan B, Silver trucks, FKD Bearings Stickers

Enter the P-Rod Prize Package Contest

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Active Pro Team Rider Paul Rodriguez took home 1st place and a check for $100,000 thanks to his amazing skateboarding at the first ever Maloof Money Cup in Costa Mesa, CA. The event was massive and the skateboarding was of the highest caliber. The top honors could have gone to any of the top three skaters, but this is how the top skaters placed:

PRO STREET FINALS

1. Paul Rodriguez took 1st and won $100,000 and a Nixon watch worth $10K!!!

2. Nyjah Huston grabbed 2nd $40,000
3. Chris Cole 3rd $25,000
4. Ryan Sheckler 4th $15,000
5. Darrell Stanton $6,250

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Active Ams Justin Figueroa aka Figgy, Theotis Beasley, Greg Myers and Brian Hansen aka Slash competed for Active in the Red Bull Shop Challenge Qualifier Round this past Saturday night. The guys did really well and won two rounds of skate jams which gives them a place to skate in the X Games Shop Challenge. They will be competing against three other teams that qualified this year. Last year, Torey Pudwill and Justin Figueroa took home the Gold for the Active team and we’re all hoping to see a repeat! They will be skating pre-X Games Street Finals on August 2nd 2008 so if you’re going to the X Games make sure you cheer on the Active Team!

Active Am Theotis Beasley is getting serious coverage lately and to add to his coverage, The Berrics just recruited him and put up footage of him skating The Berrics. Make sure you check it out!

Our buddies over at Skateboard.com have been hooking up all kinds of rad video lately, and here is another one. This one is a quick Q&A with Active’s own, Paul Rodriguez. Enjoy.

We took some time out to find out what’s going on with Active Am, Theotis Beasley. Check it out…

Who are your Sponsors?
My Sponsors are Baker, Altamont, Thunder, Spitfire, Nike SB, Vitamin Water, and Flik Griptape.

How did you get into skating?
I got into from my cousins. He came over to my house and asked me if I wanted to skate with him and ever since that I’ve been skating all the time.

How does it feel to be a part of Altamont?
It is the best feeling. I love skating with Andrew Reynolds, Bryan Herman and the rest of the team. They take good care of me. When I got that call from Reynolds I felt so honored.

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