Mental Beach.

Wait, who are the coaches and who are the campers?

Check out this little clip of Paul Rodriguez at Skatecamp.

PQ-Tank Top Tre.

Seven and a half minutes of your life you’ll never get back.

B Roll.

The official release of the music video Johnny Le made for Bay Area Hip Hopper Kero One just went up yesterday. Look for the cameo appearances by Darin Casler and Thuggy. Looks great Johnny.

G. Ray getting some more photo love.

The Habitat dudes are going to be stopping through to shred The Dept. this Sunday around 5. If you ever wanted to skate side by side with the reigning Skater of the Year than this is your chance. You need to be here.

Peep the new vid.

RIGHT HERE. This contest blows up every year. Maybe it’s the hot dogs. Anyway, congratulations to the winners..and the losers.

HP threw together a little video of Beibel and Guy Mariano stopping by SkateCamp last week. These guys are the coolest dudes and always go above and beyond to skate and hang out with everyone. Here’s some other coverage of their visit, as well as what Beebs had to say. Thanks to Brandon, Guy, Anne and everyone at Podium for always looking out for The Dept.

DAAAAAYYUUUM!!

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)