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And skates Cherry Park in this video

Just days after the birth of Rowley’s son, Rex West Rowley, he made some time to blow off some steam and part of my face in an attempt to teach me about his new shoe, The Rowley SPV (in stores now), and his idea of fun with mountain lions. Rowley is and always will be one of the sickest skaters ever and one of my favorites. And as you see here, he’s also a serious bad ass – Chris Nieratko

In Part 1 of The Collaboratory, Vans Syndicate teams up with east coast skateboard pioneer, Rodney Smith, best known for starting up Shut Skateboards with Bruno Musso back in the 80′s and more recently, Zoo York. Some of the original Shut crew describes Rodney and what he meant to many people during the rise of east coast skateboarding. Also, get a lesson in “Rodney speak!”

Nieratko ask the team during a recent demo to give you the date.

Featuring Rowley, TNT, Dollin, D-Lu, Alva, Gilbert, Keegan, Langi, Curren and more.

Demo tomorrow in Wilmington, Delaware tomorrow with Anthony Van Engelen, Johnny Layton, Keegan Sauder, Gilbert Crockett, Elijah Berle, Daniel Lutheran and (special guest) Jason Dill! Pitcrew on Monday!

Vans’ new Rowley [SPV] commercial featuring Geoff Rowley and Tony Alva is now live and available for viewing right here.

We have the best video recap of Maloof NYC that includes tons of rump shaking.

Check out Skateboarder Magazine’s highlight video from this past weekend’s Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party. Non-stop rippage ensued.

The Vans Pro Tec Pool Party went off this weekend. Check out the final results and few pictures inside. And check back later this week for our full video recap.

The Pipeline skatepark in Upland, California produced its share of legends. Steve Alba and the Combi pool are two of the most famous. In this first loveletter to the Badlands, Grosso meets up with “Screaming Lord Salba” and gets the history of the park direct from the source.

Jamie Thomas, Daniel Lutheran and Daniel Shimizu travel through the southwest.