Nick looks great on a skateboard. And from the # of portrait shots in this short interview. FKD must think he looks great off of it as well.

Red Bull is bringing their Manny Mania Am Contest Tour to Portland this week for events this Thursday June 25th and Friday June 26th. The event Thursday will be here at The Dept. and is an open invitational manual contest. Skaters will be competing for a very limited # of slots for the invitation only main event Friday at Pioneer Courthouse Square. The Thursday contest will be starting at 4PM so show up a little early if you’re planning to enter. ALSO, IF YOU’RE UNDER 18 YOU NEED TO HAVE A PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGN A LIABILITY RELEASE WAIVER. WITHOUT A WAIVER SIGNED YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SKATE!! HAVE MOM OR DAD DROP YOU OFF OR EVEN BETTER STAY AND CHEER YOU ON!

Here’s the schedule for the Friday event:

Red Bull Manny Mania Schedule - Friday:
Athlete Registration :: 10:00-11:00am
Open Practice :: 11:00-12:30pm
Judges/Athlete Meeting :: 12:30-12:50pm
Heat 1 Practice :: 12:50-1:00pm
Heat 1 :: 1:00-1:20pm
(Heat 2-6 :: 1:30 - 3:50pm)
Finals Practice :: 3:50-4:30pm
Finals :: 4:30-5:00pm
Awards :: 5:15pm

*Each heat will get 10 minutes of practice and 20 minutes of competition. There will be 6 skateboarders per heat, 1 advances to the finals.

Following the Finals Friday night will be the Burnside Mixed Mania Art Show at Nemo Design.

The Art Show will run 7-11 PM
Nemo is located at 1875 SE Belmont.

SEE YOU THURSDAY @ THE DEPT. AND FRIDAY @ PIONEER COURTHOUSE SQUARE!!

Check Red Bull Skateboarding for more info.

Garric just got a bunch of his photos up on a website that probably has a tiny bit more traffic than The Dept.

Tyler’s a tastemaker. He’s got that “it” quality. You have it or you don’t.

(photo from Crailtap)

$10 says this was on the clock.

Bledsoe gets slow-moed in Euro.

Alright, Listen Up!! This is serious and stuff. A few months ago, fellow skateboard brother Taylor Appelo was the victim of a brutal assault and beating at a MAX stop in Portland. You may have seen it on the news. Taylor is the brother of a real good friend of The Dept. Devin Appelo. Taylor had some very serious injuries from this attack and unfortunately was left with some monster medical bills due to being uninsured. Devin and Willis hit us up to host a benefit bowl contest and it’s going down this Saturday June 13th. Here’s where you come in. The whole point of this contest is to raise some cash. This is no time to be a tightwad. There is going to be some unbelievable bowl shredding going down and you need to either be a part of it or see it firsthand. There is going to be a $20 entry fee to enter the contest. That gets you entry and 2 raffle tickets for a serious product raffle that includes goods from all of the companies listed on the flier, as well as some that aren’t. Chances are you’re leaving with something. Also, there will be a $5 donation fee to get into the bowl room to check the contest. This gets you in as well as gets you a raffle ticket for some loot. We know times are tough but chances are you’ve got $5 you can scrounge up that will benefit Taylor a lot more than just getting you a few more bean burritos or PBRs.. Again, every cent of this $ is going to help out a guy that was in the wrong place at the wrong time and could’ve been any one of us. Make it a point to come down to The Dept. this Saturday and get involved!!

Very special thanks go to: Creature Skateboards, Jivaro Wheels, Dakine, Indy, Volcom, Bones, Grenade, Vox Footwear, Nike SB, Circa Footwear, Shrunken Head Skateshop, and Cal’s Pharmacy.

(Devin photo courtesy of Joe Hammeke)

Yeah Z!! Yeah Craig!!

The Dept. will be premiering the new video “Debacle” from Nike SB on Friday June 12th @ 8PM. This vid focuses on the ams and includes full parts from Justin Brock, Daryl Angel, Shane O’Neill, David Clark and the complete annihilator that is Grant Taylor. The whole thing was shot in HD and features some handiwork of The Dept.’s own Tyler Brown. Nike SB always hooks it up proper so make sure to check this premiere.

Ed Benedict Skatepark “Official” Grand Opening is this Saturday. The Tribute guys are going to be there shredding and handing out some loot. Make sure to check the Tread Lightly features conceptualized and designed by the brains behind The Dept. Dan Garland.

Warped deck trade-ins and Bunk Beds..they got it all!!

Check out Bledsoe’s summer plans.

PQuist has a sick sequence right here.

Congratulations Elliott!! Five Hundo. You truly are P-Towns most extreme double set champion!!
C. Nichols, there’s always next time..

It’s Grube’s birthday today. You can finally drop the “w” from tween.

Pretty sure that also means you gotta quit watching Hannah Montana now Miles..

Sure, the majority of you are checking out Koston wearing some red shoes with swooshes on the side. Some others are probably noticing that everyone in the photo is more than likely tweeting. Focus your gaze just to the left of the thumbs down sign being tossed out and what do you see? Does that dude look eerily similar to a certain someone who may or may not have transplanted down south recently in search of skate stardom?

Photo swiped from Boil the Ocean

“I’ll never wash that shoulder again.”

You probably should though.

You know Lance took a shot as well.

Joe D. tried to play it one-on-one.

This crew may actually be on the “E” List. Does it go down that far?

This thing looks like it got out of hand real quick..See for yourself.

WINNER.

A few months ago a bunch of the dudes you always see lurking around the park finally got sick of skating the same course all the time and decided it was time to switch it up. For a lot of them, aggressive inlining is their real first love but if you look around it’s pretty hard to find anywhere that carries rollerblades anymore. Undaunted, they went out and followed their hearts. Powersliding is what resulted.

Davies was especially gifted at it. If you’ve seen the dude skate you know the style is flawless. That transferred effortlessly to Powersliding..

These guys are evangelists of a sort and left this morning for LA to keep spreading the word. Here’s a few photos:

The most unbelievable part of this photo: Lance and McCloud made a 6AM flight.

More than likely a joke about race going down right now..

No caption needed..

G. RAY. Getting press.

Bledsoe, board next spring.

Banginest Skatepark Bang Yoselves:Gabe Luna and Sebo Walker.
Sebo, that switch fs flip and nollie bs flip may be 2 of the best ever done.
Yeah Gabe, nothing wrong with a few tricks in the final montage either.
Congratulations guys.