You gotta give credit where it's due: this downhill format injected a lot of speed and gnarliness into the usual contest scene. Here's Raven Tershy, Nick Merlino, Alec Majerus, Kelvin Hoefler, the incredible Ryan Sheckler and many others.

Bryan Herman hits an empty path with some style to introduce his new shoe from Emerica.

Kristan Svitak held the Kill The Kool art show at the Oceanside Museum of Art last Friday celebrating the influence of 1980s skateboarding and punk rock.

This bowl has plenty of room but Brad skates so fast that he's able to hit one wall right after another. That nosegrind!

Check out all of the new gear from Santa Cruz in their catalog.

Ali Boulala lived in Lyon for many years and filmed a lot of his Flip "Sorry" video part there in '01 and '02.

Torey's abilities are so crazy that it seems he can stomp any trick he wants. He can also flip-in or flip-out or link it to another trick or do all of the above. This guy is a true board control legend.

Downtown Portland went off all weekend. Closed down the streets, built the course in one night and kicked it off with the Best Trick. Alec and Kelvin got buck!

Mike Anderson in the Converse CONS star player collaboration with Krooked skateboards.