Tag: skate contest
Take This: 2 Tickets to Shredtopia Sk8 Contest and Concert
Janky Smooth Central Command
December 1, 2015
On Saturday, December 5th, The Shredtopia Skate Contest and Music Festival will take over the Santa Monica Pier at 1:00pm – 8:00pm CA Productions and California RampWorks are building their signature triple set street course for 30 of the best AM skaters in California, including Matt Lemond. The athletes are competing for $4K in cash prizes. Bands include: Radical Something, Jet West,MEET ME AT THE PUB, Tropical Nasty, and legendary skater, Tony Alva‘s band His Eyes Have Fangs: Judges: Felix Arguelles, Garrett Hill and Neal Mims Skate Academy (Neal Mims) MC: Chris Pastras Beer: Santa Monica Brew Works Food: Dogtown dogs, The Grilled Cheese Truck and The Albright Partners: Dogtown Skateboards, Monster Energy, U.S. Army, Verizon,ALVA | SURFCRAFT, Nectar Sunglasses, Stoked Mentoring, Stzlife andDogtown Coffee (DTC). You can enter our contest or you can Purchase Tickets Here Janky Smooth is giving away 2 tickets to one winner. Winner will be announced, Friday December 4th at 11am pacific. Contest Rules: Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Share or retweet one of our Shredtopia Giveaway posts on social media. Leave a comment here telling us about the first skateboard you have ever owned.
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Z-Flex Jay Boy Classic at Venice Skate Park May 23rd
Danny Baraz
May 21, 2015
The second annual, Z-Flex Jay Boy Classic is taking place this weekend, Saturday May 23rd at The Venice Skatepark. If you love skateboarding. nowhere on this planet captures the spirit of it’s birth quite like the Venice Skatepark. No one person captures the spirit of skateboarding quite like Jay Adams. No skate company captures the spirit of the OxGx Z-boys like Z-flex. In only the second year of the competition and the first since the untimely passing of it’s namesake in August of 2014, the Jay Boy classic features the best in amateur and professional talent. Last year’s inaugural event was witnessed by over 25,000 spectators and this year’s event should surpass that. This year’s Z-Flex Jay Boy Classic has a new format with an Unsponsored Bowl Jam, Legends Session and Invitational Cash Grab with over $5k in cash and prizes awarded to the participants of the events. Unsponsored Bowl Jam : Over $2000 in product Legends: $1000 cash Invitational : $2000 cash The schedule of the event is as follows: 9am – 10am : Competitor Registration 10am – 2pm : Unsponsored Bowl Jam 2:30 – 3pm : Legends Session 3:30 – 4:30pm: Invitational Cash Grab This event is brought
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Makaha Bowl Jam and Food Drive 2014: Charging hard at Venice Skatepark
Danny Baraz
January 4, 2015
Janky Smooth was proud to sponsor this year’s annual Makaha/Vans Bowl Jam and Food Drive at the Venice Skatepark. There is nothing like the community spirit that is displayed in Venice whenever surfing, skating and outreach are involved. The last time the neighborhood got together was for the Jay Adams Memorial which assembled all the the original, remaining Z-Boys and the next event on the schedule is National Go Skateboarding Day, scheduled for Jun 21st 2015. This years Makaha Bowl Jam was originally scheduled to take place before Xmas on December 13th to get hungry folks a helping hand before the holiday. The event had to be rescheduled for Sunday, Dec 28th due to wet concrete in the bowls which is common this time of year. Unfortunately, there are hungry people all year round so feeding them is just as important before and after the holidays. You can donate, year round at the Makaha Skateboards website. The day started at 9am with the 10 and under division. The groms charged right out of the gate and shit didn’t stop until sunset when the 16 and older heads broke off stylish, clean lines throughout the snake run and the minibowl. The
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