“The 28th Annual Legendary Banked Slalom” held at Mt. Baker, Washington was once again an epic experience. I had gone for the first time last year and swore that I would return to this monumental event. Plus having downtown Seattle to hang out in before the short trip to Mt. Baker is perfect. It’s a great city for nightlife, skateboard scene and kick ass bars and restaurants. So after a day of hanging in the city we were ready to head up to Baker. Only a 3 hour drive from Seattle with my buddy Jake Hanson of Coal Headwear who was our amazing host! Thank you Coal Crew and C3 for everything and the rad demo gear. My good friends Craig Wetherby of “The Good Life” and #snowgods joined us on our journey. The race is always cool to check out. You get to see all the legends you looked up to, current shredders you have known and all the little up and coming rippers. But when you have Mt. Baker as the backdrop for this amazing race it’s hard but to not just go shred the mountain…so we did! Have fun checking out all my photos. It’s more than I would normally post but this is “The Bank Slalom”. Click read more for pics…

Praxis | X-Large shoe release party was awesome and the shoe was the highlight of this party! NYC local DJ’s Smoke LES and TJ Mizell owned the crow while Sailor Jerry and PBR kept it live till late night.
Thanks again to my fellow RC columnist and co host Alex Corporan.
Thank you CCS, Skullcandy Headphones, Praxis Footwear, X-Large Clothing, Pabst Blue Ribbon, White Rabbit Bar, Sailor Jerry Rum, SHUT Skateboardsand the DJ’s for killing it!
Photo’s By Peter Pabon, click read more to peep pics!

Fashion “weak” is in the air and on the waves. Ben Watts photos and Channel Island Surfboards party Presented by MADE Fashion Week was amazing as always. Thank you MILK crew. Personally I would be sorta distracted shredding on these boards. Be sure to cop your own…they are only $3,000.
Peep pics after the jump.

FREE Holiday mixtape from The Mehrathon doods up in Canada Eh! The Mixtape is a collection of influential skateboard music from the early and mid 90’s. Assembled by DJ Cosmo, the mixtape aims at taking listeners back to an underground time in skateboarding and hip hop music where big pants and philly blunts were the norm… With interviews and shout-outs from some of yesterdays OGs and today’s skateboard rippers, this is a must-listen-to. Featuring: Chad Muska, Gino Iannucci, Shane Heyl, Jim Greco, Jeff Pang, Quim Cardona, Raven Tershy, John Montessi, Nick Diamond and many others…

Tony Manfre in Hawaii. Filmed and Edited in 24 hours by Chad Heronemus Photography. Tony Manfre skates the legendary Wallows, A’ala skatepark, and downtown Honolulu. Featuring the song “The Rightful Organizer” by Lee Perry.

“Skateboarding Works” closing party was huge success! I would like to extend a big thank you too Erica, Paris, Andrew and Panda Bar NYC Crew. Saturday Night in the Lower East was the scene for a long night that was extended cause of day light savings. Bomb Lager & Bear Flag wines kept the steady bar going, art gallery, skater crowd psyched while enjoying the exhibit. Check out some of my photo’s from the party after the Jump.

Nice work Slap Mag! Always been a fan of thinking outside the “Car”.

The GT Pro Performer Brings Back Memories. When I was 12 years old I witnessed this amazing frame. At the time I was racing on a Schwinn Predator which was a sick bike as well but no match for the GT Pro! It was the GT Pro and the Quadangle that the top racers were psyched on, and then came the Hutch but that’s another story. So thanks to the good people at GT for bringing this dope masterpiece back into existence. GT even hooked up the next generation with a kids version as well. If you are a fan of this old school throwback revival you will appreciate this clip. Thank you once again to MFA for the re-introduction to this classic and timeless dirt racing machine!

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Merry Christmas And Happy New Year From GIVIN!!! One of Givin’s riders Forest Bailey came home for the holiday’s to spend some well deserved time resting & relaxing with Frends and Family. Hopefully we can catch him on the hill during his break up here at Stratton Mountain. Rumor on the hill today was that Forest was out jibbing the 20 inch powder storm he brought home with him from the west.

Gallery 
nine5 
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pleased 
to 
present 
Manifest 
Destiny, 
an 
exhibition
 of
 new
 works 
by 
Steve 
Ellis this 

Thursday,
 December
 9th, 2010 from
 7
pm to
 9
pm. The Exhibition 
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 2010.