Skate 4 Homies Lands in Dresden, Germany!

Skate 4 Homies landed in Dresden, Germany last month - or at least one of our shirts did!  


We had some family members traveling to Germany to see the Women's World Cup games and they happened to take along some S4H T-shirts to give to any skateboarders they saw.  


Unfortunately- the streets in Dresden were mostly cobblestone so there weren't any skaters out in the streets. 


Finally they found the local skatepark where they met Sasha.  He is was a sport and put the shirt on right then and there for a photo opp! 

Thanks Sasha! Now we have at least one homey in Germany! 

"Here is the photo of Sasha, a young skateboarder in Dresden, who was skating in a local park when we spotted him and gave him a Skate 4 Homies T-shirt."

Pioneer Day - Jordan River Clean Up Project

Skate 4 Homies wants everyone to give back to their community this Pioneer Day (Sunday, July 24th...for those of you not from Utah). 


Why?... Because S4H is teaming up with The Maloof Money Cup Road Tour to help clean up the Jordan River Parkway!

We are encouraging everyone/anyone to meet at the Skate Park on 900 South 900 West at noon on Sunday.

Here it is, just in case you forgot what the 9th & 9th park looked like.

We will be walking over to the Jordan River Parkway and picking up the trash and pulling weeds. The more people that come the faster it will go. Please help us reach our goal of 400 people!

Here's our very own Jordan River...pretty bad huh?

Photo Courtesy of Amy O'Connor-Deseret News

Don't forget Vitamin Water will be there to keep everyone hydrated! 

 Oh yeah it's B.Y.O.G (Bring Your Own Gloves)

Help keep our city clean! Hope to see you all out there!

Todd Builds Skullcandy's 4th of July Parade Float!

Our very own Todd Ingersoll was invited to build Skullcandy's 4th of July float! The party wagon was designed to be a halfpipe that could hold 50 kids and a DJ set. We all know Todd's built hundreds of halfpipes but this was definitely his first one on wheels.

Besides some last minute panicking the parade was a success and the people of Park City we're red, white, and blue in the liver. If you've never spent the 4th of July in Park City than you should be reevaluating yourself as an American.

Take a look on what you missed out on...

Todd wears many hats. This hat happens to build floats.

Skullcandy's party wheels

Todd being 'merican

Skullcandy posterchildren 

Big trucks and flatbeds...pretty American. Next year we're trying to get Gravedigger to pull the float.

You're supposed to wave 

The Skullcandy DJ pipe was boomin for miles

The halfpipeless flatbed


Skate 4 Homies would like to than everyone at Skullcandy for giving us this opportunity and being so rad.

Here's to bein Merican 

National Go Skate Day @ The Skate 4 Homies Warehouse

If you're ever looking for a reason to party, remember.... June 21st gives you three of them. It marks National Go Skateboarding Day, the first day of summer, and the longest day of the year. 

But Skate4Homies wasn't looking for a reason to party. They were counting down the days to party. 

The Skate4Homies warehouse was the place to be on this year's Go Skate Day. It was a flash mobbin, bbqing, cool tunin, skateboardingin, transworld premieringin kinda day. 

And Jim Rad took some pictures to prove it...

The masterminds. Todd and Kyle waiting for the party to arrive

Max Pain and the Groovies showing the people how to rock 

Local rippers meeting in the secret location, pre-skate mob.

No room for cars. SLC skaters ruled the street as they skate towards the Skate4Homies Warehouse.

SLC Trib even caught wind of the skate mob...check it out!

No need for a permit. The skate force is strong with you Salt Lake City.

Trick of the day: Quarter pipe kickflip to wall.
(Official props pending til I figure out the rider's name)

CoCo sending the YüR tunnel.  Be sure to check out YüR Designs on Facebook.

The YüR Designs crew was there killin it all day. And don't sleep on their art.
Tell YüR mother you know what you want for YüR birthday!

Todd giving a skateboarding history lesson on the new five stair. 

Oh the Skate 4 Homies wedge?... child's play to Eric Plummer.

Skate4Homies would like to thank all the bands that played! Dar K Seas, MaxPain AndThe Groovies, Lily E. Gray, The Spins, and Shame & Scandal. 
An enormous thank you goes to Kyle Wilcox, Kristen E. Rupert, Eric Poulson, and Jim Rad for making Go Skate Day 2011 one to remember.
Thank you to Kenny Payne at Technique Skateshop and Paul Bundy at Popwar. We'd also like to thank Lars Reber from Dizm, and the guys at Yur Designs for donating gear for our raffle. 

Keep skating SLC, it looks good on you.

Torey Pudwill's Big Bang!!!!

Good luck keeping your jaw closed while watching this one....

Torey Pudwill's Big Bang

Maloof Money Cup NY - Mission Complete!

Stick a fork in it, the 2011 NY Maloof Money Cup is a wrap! The S4H Skate Valet was a success and the contest was unreal. If you haven't seen it yet be sure to catch a rerun on FUELTV or visit the website for highlights 

A few highlights...

• The S4H "Free Skate Valet" parked 174 skateboards!
• 24 people thought we were giving out "Free Skate Wallets"
• Greg Lutzka is $160,000 richer
• Todd, Byron, and Kilay spent a total of 83 hours in a rental car (but only 1 speeding ticket).
• Todd was interviewed on MTV News
• Joe C of California Skateparks wants to build a new feature for the S4H Warehouse!!!

Shout out to all the security guards keepin the derelicts in check

Routine cavity search

Better believe that Mike Rogers and Grind For Life was there spinnin the swag wheel.

Skullcandy booth killin it as always.

The Interactive Skatepark brought to you by Maloof, Vans, and Skate 4 Homies.

Kids who came to the event were able to skate features built by CA skateparks for free!

There's some pretty serious talent in NY

Everyone's favorite MC, Eric Isenberg.
Looking forward to having Dakota (left), Eric (right), and the rest of the crew in SLC this July.


 

The little bit of the contest we actually had time to watch. Geoff Rowley and California Skateparks killed it this year with their park design.

 

Shout out to Active team manager Corey Cady. Well equipped with mustache and megaphone.

Chris, Todd, and Anthony Johnson graphic. Thanks for all the help Chris!

Todd fanboying on Caswell Berry.

The Money Cup was a great opportunity for us to help out the kids while spreading word of our cause. 

S4H wants to thank Ryan Morrow, Kilay, Chris, Brook, Eric, Ted, Dakota and the entire Money Cup staff.  If I'm forgetting anyone...blame it on the good time. 

See you guys in DC!!!

Our Booth @ Maloof

We've been running around trying to help get the interactive park set up and now it's time... Day 1 of the Maloof Money Cup!!  We've got our booth set up and we're ready to valet park some skateboards!  We're also ready to tell everyone about Skate 4 Homies Foundation and our mission.  Come see us!!

Thank you to our homies for helping out!!
From left: Brook, Byron, Todd (our Founder), Kilay, Ted

Gates opened at 10:00 a.m. and by 11:00 we already had about 30 skateboards valet parked at our booth! Stoked that people are coming over to check out what we're doing!

There's still a lot more to come.  This is only Day 1 and it goes ALL day! If you want to watch the action you can- tune in to Fuel TV or watch the webcast online.  

TCB With Skate 4 Homies! (TCB = Takin' Care of Bizness)

Today Skate 4 Homies took care of some business... what did you do?

Here is a quick rundown of what we did today.

We got into New York City this morning at about 4:00 am. or so... right before the sun came up.  Whenever I get to New York first thing in the morning I always tell myself I'll rest up and relax, but I never do... I can't because I'm too excited!


So I tried to rest my eyes in the car for a bit when we rolled up to the World's Fair but that didn't last so Kilay and I set out for an early morning skate.  We grabbed some coffee and cruised around.  It was pretty amazing actually!


Later this morning we went over to the Cup Park where we met up with Ryan.  He's the grand master of the park and helping all the vendors get loaded in and set up. We asked what he had going on and if he needed help with anything- turns out he did!







We told Ryan to put us to work and it actually turned out to be a lot of fun.  We helped set up a bunch of picnic tables and tents for the booths and met a lot of the people that help make the Maloof Money Cup go down.






While we were setting up the tables we happened to see Steve Van Doren and got to meet him.  That was great and we told him how excited we are for the Vans Warped Tour in Utah in August.


There was a practice session today. We saw some people skate some sick lines during practice- this competition is going to be unreal!  Really can't believe we are here!!  The people at SkatePunk.Com posted some footy here.

There's also an interactive skate park at the Money Cup with a bunch of moveable stuff that was built by Joe C. from California Skate Parks.  It's actually a really big area so we helped with that.  We're gonna go back bright and early to help finish up.

It's almost as if Todd never left Salt Lake- he's still got that drill in hand!
When is he not putting together something to skate?

We really can't believe we're here!  We're stoked we got to contribute and help with the set-up today.

Still lots to do to get ready for the main event, including finishing setting up our own booth tomorrow.  Plus, we have some friends from Utah flying in to NYC tomorrow morning so we'll link up with them at some point. So awesome that they're coming out to support us and see the Money Cup!!

Oh ya, the only bad news today was my contact lens ripped... but luckily the people over at American Vision Center were able to set me up with a new pair!

Time to rest up--- deliriously tired!


-- Todd

We Made It To New York!! Next Stop Maloof Money Cup!

We drove for what feels like forever, but there's nothing like rolling into New York first thing in the morning!

Now that we're here, first things first... Kilay and I got in an early morning shred session around China Town. 

--Todd

We're On A Road To NoWhere...

This last week has been a little bit hectic for us here at Skate 4 Homies.

This art deck, created by artist Ryan Harrington, and others
can be seen on our website.

Last weekend we set up a mini skateboard park at the Urban Arts Fest. It was an arts festival celebrating local artists and performers, with proceeds benefiting Skate 4 Homies Foundation and Youth City. Needless to say, we had a lot to do to get ready for that event, including gathering about 70 old boards that were used by professional artists and those that attended the event to create works of art.  Awesome! We love using old decks for art- it helps give them a new life rather than filling up a landfill or making your mom mad because it's sitting in the garage taking up space. SO- if you have old decks, donate them to us.  We'll either refurbish them for use by the kids in our program or re-purpose them for art projects.

This week we've been gearing up for the Maloof Money Cup!  That's right! S4H got invited to debut our skate valet program at the Cup this weekend, June 4th and 5th in Queens, New York.  We couldn't be more excited! But, this is a big trip for us and it has been a little crazy around here getting ready for it.

For a while there we didn't even think we would make it because our fundraising hasn't gone as well as we had hoped, but we never give up and we fully believe in Skate 4 Homies, our mission and our program so we called upon friends and family who pitched in to help get us there.  So with their help and with the help from our intern, Byron, Skate 4 Homies is officially on the road... but not to nowhere, to the world's biggest skateboard competition!!

Todd, our founder, along with Byron, our fearless intern whom has helped us beyond words, and one of our volunteers, Kilay, are setting out to accomplish what we think is a manageable goal: spread the word about Skate 4 Homies and introduce our Skateboard Valet Parking Program.

When I helped pack the car (which is FULL to the brim and then some!) you could feel the excitement building as it started setting in that, yeah, they were on their way to the biggest skateboarding competition in the world and they aren't just going to be there watching it- they are actually going to be a part of it! So, after some last minute checking and re-checking to make sure they had everything they needed, the three of them squeezed themselves into the car and rolled out.

As they drove away I couldn't help but think of that song from The Hangover... not the "What Do Tigers Dream of Song" but the other one... "We're the three best friends that anybody could have, we're the three best friends that anyone could have, oh yes, we're the three best friends that anyone could have and we'll never ever ever ever ever leave each other..."

I guess we'll see if they're still friends after this long, cross-country road trip!

We hope to be posting more info about the trip each day so be sure to check back.  Oh, and check out our new logo on the Maloof Money Cup's website HERE.  


Our new logo was created and donated to us by Tonya Yerty. She does graphic and web design so if you need something done check her out.

-- Heidi

Did Elvis Really Have a Stinky Butt?

If you are a skateboarder and grew up during the 80's then chances are you remember the Elvis shirt from Thrasher Magazine.  This wasn't any ol' Elvis shirt it was... different.  It wasn't the idealized vision of Elvis we're used to with  swingin' hips and a microphone stand, the rocker Elvis; and it wasn't the velvet portrait Elvis, sometimes fat Elvis, either.  No, this shirt had the snarling face of Elvis framed with the words "Elvis Had a Stinky Butt."  This phrase doesn't seem too bad by today's standards, but back then, it was outrageous- outrageously funny to me at least.

I was in the 5th grade when my buddy Jason Seavey and I were reading a Thrasher Magazine during class- my buddy saw it first and then passed the mag to me.  We both started laughing. We thought it was hilarious.  So hilarious that I could not stop laughing.  I mean, my teacher was starting to get SO mad.  She started marking checks by my name and telling me to knock it off... but I couldn't.  I laughed, and I laughed and I laughed.  I laughed until they kicked me out of school for three days.  Yup, I got kicked out of school for laughing uncontrollably about Elvis having a stinky butt.

- Todd Ingersoll