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  • An Interview with Yorkatron

    An Interview with Yorkatron

    So Yorkatron, when is the TURF website ready? Turf global website will be up in a few weeks… What’s the secret to fakie frontside crooks? You seem to have mastered that 10 years ahead of everyone else. There are no secrets, just a lot of practice. This one’s for the old Skerds…what did you say after you nollie flip into that bank in your MOUSE part? I said “Yeah, I’m the fucking best!” because I did a shitty nollie flip.

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  • “Your going to jail, bitch!” The Johnny Tang interview

    “Your going to jail, bitch!” The Johnny Tang interview

    Johnny-Tang-interview Originally from Toronto, Johnny relocated to China about 5 years ago. He’s the Nike SB China team manager. Unlike many fat and old TM’s, Johnny still rips and rides for FLY skateshop, Gift skateboards, Nike Sha-Bi and Cart wheels. Johnny’s greatly missed in Toronto, but you can see why he doesn’t plan on leaving Shanghai any time soon, 70 cent 1.5L beers aside. Nike SB is prounounced  “Nike Sha-Bi” in China, which apparently means “Nike Pussy” (not as in

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  • Leo Lopes 037

    Leo Lopes 037

    Leo Lopes XV Ollies Leo Lopes snaps 2 quick ollies at Praça XV in Rio de Janeiro and thoroughly impresses a solvent sniffing local. Don’t try this at home, kids… Leo was a pro skater for ages, now he’s getting a lot of recognition creating custom furniture out of skateboards. You can contact him at leocarecaskt@gmail.com for more information about his art

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  • Double grab spiderman wall plant=good (boa), board to the face=bad (mau)

    Double grab spiderman wall plant=good (boa), board to the face=bad (mau)

    jonatas This is Jonatas doing 2 kinds of crazy shit, sort of a yin and yang effect if you please. Good versus Bad, Boa versus Mau, whatever language you put it, it’s pretty hefty on the gnar-gnar sauce. Filmed in Rio de Janeiro, specifically a spot called “Galpao” in Nova Iguacu

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  • Ademar “Luquinhas” Lucas

    Ademar “Luquinhas” Lucas

    Luquinhas is an extremely gifted person and very humble at the same time, which can be a rare thing. I’ve never heard anyone say a bad thing about him, and if you get to meet him you’ll know doubt understand why. The guy just radiates good vibes, so expect big things because he’s way younger than you and he has more tricks than the biggest Putaria in Brasil….. So, lets start with the typical questions…name, age, sponsors? Ademar Lucas aka

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  • Dork Trick Tips #6: Airwalks. Big up yo self Tony Hawk!

    Dork Trick Tips #6: Airwalks. Big up yo self Tony Hawk!

    dork-trick-tips-airwalk So there seems to be a lot of talk about what is and what isn’t a dork trick nowadays…. I guarantee you 10 years ago if you did an airwalk, you would get beat down by thugs wearing Osiris D3′s. Now, it seems they’re in style again and I have to agree that it’s a pretty gnarly trick, especially when dudes like Lizard King do them down Wallenberg in San Francisco. So maybe it’s a dork trick, maybe it

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  • Mongo? Hell No!

    Mongo? Hell No!

    Bruno Lopes @ Monumento Bruninho Lopes goes switch at Monumento, centro Rio de Janeiro. He can do switch tre shuvits too. I’ll save that for the next clip though

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  • Rafael Gomes, Barra de Tijuca bowl

    Rafael Gomes, Barra de Tijuca bowl

    rafael-gomes-bowl While filming for the first Avuatauba video in Rio de Janeiro, I ended up with a ton of footage that I’ve been meaning to put up. Here’s Brazilian pro Rafael Gomes warming up at the bowl right beside the classic street spot, Praca de

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