http://smelive.com/news/ http://smelive.com/news/surf/volcom-pro-fiji-teaser/ Ok, so we know the ASP is having wave problems right now in Brazil, but we also know they won't be having the same problems at the next stop, the Volcom Fiji Pro.  To wet our pallet Volcom has released a little trailer, check it out: Fri, 17 May 2013 15:19:03 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/surf/volcom-pro-fiji-teaser/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/brian-anderson-breaks-up-with-girl/ And another one bites the dust.  As in legends leaving their longtime deck sponsors.  First, it was Dill and AVE, and now it's Brian Anderson.  Yup, the big guy has left Girl skateboards.  
 
To remember the good old days, here's his part in "Yeah Right." Fri, 17 May 2013 11:40:08 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/brian-anderson-breaks-up-with-girl/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/kolohe-gets-higher-at-lowers/ Since Wardo calls Lowers "Myspace," and Kolohe Andino is part of the younger generation, do you think he calls it "Facebook?"  Whateves, here's Kolohe at Southern California's premier wave during the last good south swell:

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:32:15 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/kolohe-gets-higher-at-lowers/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/kyle-walker-in-color/ Here it is, we have the full “In Color” part from Kyle Walker. This guys rips the whole time. The spots he skates just aren’t normal and it seems like he has glue on his shoes because when he flips that board it suctions back to his shoes, its kind of gnarly. Now sit back and enjoy this part. 
Fri, 17 May 2013 10:31:10 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/kyle-walker-in-color/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/street-league-qualifying/ Street League at X Games kicked off today in Barcelona and it did not disappoint. It was not fun waking up at 5:45 AM this morning to watch, but it was worth it. Everyone that skated absolutely killed it and the course looks like it would be so much fun to skate.
So once again some crazy stuff went down at the competition this morning. The biggest news is that the Street League Select Series winner, Manny Santiago, has qualified in 2nd for the finals tomorrow. That is awesome for Manny; his skating was on point today. It was a total bust and a half for Ryan Sheckler though. He didn’t qualify for the finals for the second time in a row. He looked like he was well on his way there then tweaked his ankle when trying a frontside half-cab flip down the impact section.
It was awesome seeing Paul Rodriguez not only qualify for the finals but he is in first right now, and Chris Cole squeezed himself in there in eigth place. These guys weren’t in the finals in Brazil so they have something to prove at this Street League. P-Rod annihilated the impact section and skated it switch the whole time.
Ishod Wair and Shane O’neill were having some trouble in the impact section. Ishod ended up missing every trick he tried and Shane walked away with only 1 make. Unfortunately they’re not in tomorrows final. The Frenchman, Bastien Salabanzi also fell into this category. At least all of them looked like they were having the best time out there.
Other big news is that Nyjah has finally shown that he is human. He fell twice and barely qualified. It went down to the last trick for him, he needed a 5.1 to get into the finals and pulled out a 180 switch krooks on the hubba in the impact section to sneak himself in there, that sneakster. 
Here are the full results from this mornings qualifying round.
Paul Rodriguez
Manny Santiago
Torey Pudwill
Nyjah Huston
Luan Oliveira
Sean Malto
Mikey Taylor
Chris Cole
Fri, 17 May 2013 10:15:03 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/street-league-qualifying/ http://smelive.com/news/surf/tbt-dane-tiptoes-through-the-tulips/ Well, I guess we're still on that Throwback Thursdays trip, you know #TBT.  Anyway, since last year was the last year of the Nike contest at Lowers, here's a little dose of Dane tiptoeing through the tulips on his way to contest we didn't get to see this year:

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:25:04 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/surf/tbt-dane-tiptoes-through-the-tulips/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/a-dose-of-nyc/ New York City’s best am skaters came out of the woodwork for the Transworld and WeSC Come Up Tour at the famous Coleman Park in the Lower East Side. Skaters were competing to a get a chance to grace the pages of Transworld and all of them killed it. 1st place went to Andrew Valencia, 2nd place went to Steven Farmer and 3rd place went to Tyshawn Jones. Check out some of the footy. 
Thu, 16 May 2013 13:51:05 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/a-dose-of-nyc/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/a-day-at-the-park-with-aj-and-dubsy/ Lakai rider AJ McCallister and the shipping manager Dubsy were itching for a sesh so they hit up the new UBC Park the other night. Here’s some of the footage they got from the sesh. This park looks pretty legit; it has everything from ledges to rails to tranny. Looks like they had good time there. Take a look. 
Thu, 16 May 2013 11:35:08 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/a-day-at-the-park-with-aj-and-dubsy/ http://smelive.com/news/surf/dillon-perillo-mexico/ Dillon Perillo takes a trip down into deep Mexico to find himself a righthander and put down some explosive turns and critical airs. Hope he hydrated himself because this time of year Mexico is scorching hot, and so is Dylan's surfing.  Check it out:
Thu, 16 May 2013 11:25:04 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/surf/dillon-perillo-mexico/ http://smelive.com/news/surf/island-hopping-with-jay-davies/ Check out Jay Davies in the Telo Islands, putting down some man turns and some fast airs.  Check out the 3:53 of Jay Davies killing it in some playful surf.
Thu, 16 May 2013 11:19:57 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/surf/island-hopping-with-jay-davies/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/get-ready-for-street-league/ The weekend of Street League is finally here so make sure not miss one minute of it because it’s going to be really good. Just being in the city of Barcelona, one of the best cities to skate, is going to push the skaters to do their hardest tricks. The prelims on Friday and the finals are on Saturday. Here’s some footy of Ishod Wair from last year’s stops. Who are you rooting for?
Thu, 16 May 2013 11:10:46 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/get-ready-for-street-league/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/throwback-thursday-mike-mo/ Here’s this week's Throwback Thursday, Mike Mo’s part from the Forecast video. This was really the first time people got to see a part from Mike Mo and damn did this kid deliver. His style is one of the best out there and he can seriously do any trick whether it’s a super techy trick or an old school one that we usually see Koston do. Watch this, then watch his Fully Flared part, then watch his Pretty Sweet part, they just keeping getting better and better. 
Thu, 16 May 2013 10:57:10 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/throwback-thursday-mike-mo/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/let-s-skate-some-waterslides/ Skating an abandoned waterpark looks like one of the most fun things to do. Justin Brock, Dan Plunkett and couple of their buddies just found one in Atlanta and it looks they had the best time. The first thing they decide to skate looks terrifying and then they use a slide as snake run. Seriously, it looks like the best time. Take a look. 
Thu, 16 May 2013 10:41:35 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/let-s-skate-some-waterslides/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/bobby-worrest-hits-up-cherry-park/ Bobby Worrest was just at Cherry Park warming up for his sesh. Bones Bearings was there to catch some of those warm up lines. It’s also nice seeing that he rides for Huf footwear now since ES went on their little “creative hiatus” whatever the hell that means. Check it out as Bobby rips around Cherry Park. 
Thu, 16 May 2013 10:33:25 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/bobby-worrest-hits-up-cherry-park/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/blast-from-the-past/ It doesn’t matter what kind of skater you are or the kind of skating you like to watch, watching the legend, Christian Hosoi, shred a bowl is one of the raddest things to see. Christian cruised down to Lance Mountain's house for a sesh in the bowl and threw this edit together for Pro-Tec. Watch this and then go find a pool or a bowl and skate it, just make sure to pad up. 
Thu, 16 May 2013 10:13:09 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/blast-from-the-past/ http://smelive.com/news/surf/occy-interviews-slater/ What do you get when you put to legends in the same shot, and have one interview the other?  Well, here's a perfect example of what you get.  Check out Occy interviewing Kelly Slater: Wed, 15 May 2013 16:36:27 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/surf/occy-interviews-slater/ http://smelive.com/news/surf/more-from-chopes/ Here's some more footage, courtesy of Quiksilver, from this week's giant swell that turned Teahupoo into that below sea level monster that preys on the bodies of the world's best big-barrel riders.  It just unfathomable what these guys are voluntarily putting themselves inside of, and even more believable no one has died yet.  
 
Check it out: Wed, 15 May 2013 16:32:17 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/surf/more-from-chopes/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/skate-the-krew-park-with-kirby-and-stephen-lawyer/ Kirby and Stephen Lawyer just hit up the Krew Park and man they tore it apart. Both of them were doing banger after banger and were taking the most creative lines. Both of them have such good style so definitely make sure to keep an eye out for these guys. Take a look at this edit they just put together. 
Wed, 15 May 2013 11:13:13 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/skate-the-krew-park-with-kirby-and-stephen-lawyer/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/kyle-walker-teases-us/ Check out this teaser Kyle Walker just released for his upcoming part “In Color.” Just from watching this little preview, this part is going to be pretty good. Kyle has been taking the world of skating by storm over the past year so make sure to watch the full part when it premieres on Friday May 17th on the Thrasher site, its going to be a good one. Enjoy the teaser. 
Wed, 15 May 2013 10:13:51 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/kyle-walker-teases-us/ http://smelive.com/news/skate/a-pool-party-montage/ Bucky gets blunt in the Combi.  Photo: Andrew Williams 
 
Due to some technical difficulties SME is just posting our video montage of the Vans Pool Party at the Combi in Orange, CA.  The event went down last Saturday, but you know we have to be fashionably late.  
 
Anyway, in case you don't know, Bucky Lasek edged out Pedro Barros and Rune Glifberg to take the Pro division, and Chris Miller was able to hold off Steve Caballero and Christian Hasoi to win the Masters division.  
 
Check out our footage, shot and edited by Andrew Williams:

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:59:50 -0700 http://smelive.com/news/skate/a-pool-party-montage/