David Gonzales: Possessed To Skate

Check out the brand new Gonzales' footage, fueled by Thrasher Magazine and Volcom. You better prepare before seeing it, because this video is going to shred your mind! prepare to thrash!

Check the full video on Thrasher's official wbesite:
http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/david-gonzalez-possessed-to-skate/

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Skater of the day: Bam Margera

Known for his crazy and noisy lifestyle, Bam "The Bam" Margera has been chosen as the skater of today!

Bam, although he's first name is Brandom Cole, is maybe one of the most notorious skaters, not only for his improvements to skateboarding as a sport, but also as a television image and the representative for young generation. As it is well known by the audience, Margera also is considered, as well as Dyrdeck, one of the most charismatic riders out there, and maybe this is because he has received thousand of prizes, as well as the public recognition. hate it or love it, Margera has develop a successful career, which includes being part of the CKY stunt team, and also of the worldwide recognized extreme and silly stunts tv show, JACKASS.

Being MTV the place that has given popularity to this rider, Bam is also grateful of his sponsors, such as ELEMENT SKATEBOARD, the one that have represented him since hi was a young boy. Bam is known also for his passion to rock music, in fact his love for the metal band HIM is front of our eyes, noticeable on the several tattoos on his body. Moreover, Bam has also been part of the Tony Hawk Pro Skater videogame saga, the most popular skateboarding video game of all history. Rock music is a very important part of his life, fact that can be proved through his own recording label. Among his other sponsors, Volcom, Destructo and Electric, provide what a cool skater as Margera needs.

Hate it or love it, Bam has contributed a lot to the skateboarding scene, and he has definitely has established a pattern on what a crazy young and wild skater represents. In the meanwhile, let's keep on checking about Bam on in own 411vm profile on the 61 issue:

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Ryan Sheckler: "The Sheckler Foundation"

The little blond kid who used to win competition to competition and quickly turn into a pro, now

is focused on a original campaing which mainly deals with the improvements that skateboarding 

could provide to different kids around the planet.

Sheckler, aslo known as "Scheks", who is now 22 years old is not only one of the most famous

skateboarders on the current, but also he is very commited to the sorroundings of the sports, this is

why he founded the Sheckler Foundation. This organization, created on 2008 by the very same ex 

reality show star and his family, is mainly focused on getting money in order to help riders that

have suffered from paralizing accidents as well as serious dammages. Among the events that the

fundation organizes is the "Skate for a cause" competition, which one basically fundraise money

for charity and riders on rehab.

This year, Ryan and his crew already carry on the "skate for a cause" competition, and the results

have been more positive than they hoped. On this event the amount of money that was raised is about $87,000, profits that are destinated for charities such as the A.skate Foundation. We all know that Ryan is

not the common skater, and sometimes he has been qualified as a boomer, but we don't have to forget our roots, as Shecks did. Helped by his own sponsors (Red Bull, Etnies and Volcom) actions like these are possible, and demonstrate at the same time how real the extreme sports industry really is.

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