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Bam Margera

June 26, 2015 commander Leave a comment

Bam Margera is one of those skaters you either love or hate. How did Bam Margera rise to such popularity? Well I guess it all started when Bam met Mike Maldonado in Pennsylvania. Mike met Bam Margera at a skatepark and got Bam Margera to start skating street. As time went on, Bam Margera got sponsored. In a wise move, Bam Margera decided to quit school and move to California to pursue skateboarding (even though this is rarely a wise move). This was probably during the mid 1990s.
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Antihero Skateboards – Fucktards

June 25, 2015 commander Leave a comment

Company:

Antihero

Lot’s of San Francisco hill bombing and tranny skating. Pretty typical video for a mid-90s skate vid. Very home video style. The opening scene is pretty crazy – long-ass hill bomb in the rain.
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How To Get Sponsored – What Do Team Managers Look For?

June 25, 2015 commander Leave a comment

This article was written for skateboarders and hopefully you will figure out that elskateshop.com is a skateboard shop. After speaking with skateboarders and receiving thousands of sponsor me tapes we figured this topic needed to be addressed.
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Bootleg 3000

June 25, 2015 commander Leave a comment

This video must live on.

This is from that weird era when there were two companies: Baker and Bootleg. They had the same font in their logos. Both teams kind of had the same demeanor. It was almost like Girl and Chocolate – but it wasn’t. They were two completely different companies ran out of two different distributions.

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Big Brother – Shit

June 24, 2015 commander 2 Comments

If you want to know where Bam Margera got his “game” from you need to look no further than a skateboard video put out by Big Brother Magazine back in 1995.
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How to Choose The Right Skateboard Wheel Size

June 23, 2015 commander Leave a comment

Choosing the right wheels size for your board ain’t that hard. A lot of it comes down to how much you want to push and how high off the ground you want to be.

When it comes to street skating, I’ve always found it awkward to ride big wheels – your ollies seem sketchier with big weels and your flips become cumbersome. But that’s just me…
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How to Submit Your Skate Shop to the El Skate Shop Directory

June 20, 2015 commander Leave a comment

We’re down for small shops and we want to make sure we spread your store far and wide.

If you would like to include your shop in our directory, please email us a description about why your shop is rad. Use the contact form on the bottom right side of the page.

Please include a link to some photos of your shop.

Thanks!
– El Skate Shop