Dogtown Rumble

The Odd Squad Car Club held their third Dogtown Rumble car show this past Sunday at Venice Beach. Officially called "Dogtown Rumble 3", the prvious show was Dogtown Rumble Duece held back in May. It took place in the beach parking lot off North Venice Boulevard and was open to pretty much all types of classic vehicles. No judging taking place, it was more of a laid back car meet for clubs and individuals to show off their vehicles.

This is just a portion of the photos taken, there are many more. Over 200 photos from this month and the Dogtown Rumble Duece, including shots of engines and interiors. Visit the Dogtown Rumble Photo Gallery to see all the photos.



Don't forget the Ocean Park Classic Car Nights. The next one is Tuesday, July 21. :

Snap The Gap

Dashawn Jordan

Snap The Gap presented by Supra went down outside the Agenda Trade Show on Wednesday. It was a tricks-for-cash contest, with $2500 in cash being given out. Tricks were done over a a replica street gap that CA Skateparks built outside the Long Beach Convention Center.

With the distance of the gap set at 8-feet, the contest got under way. Skaters started charging the gap, every trick landed by someone earned some cash.

Dane Vaughn







After a good twenty or so minutes, a lot of cash was given out and it was time to start the longest ollie part of the contest started. The was widen to 12-feet, then 14-feet, then 15-feet. When it got to 16-feet, only two skaters were able to clear it, Quel Haddox and Dashawn Jordan.

Transworlds Top 5
These skaters score an extra $100 each ontop of of the cash they already grab for the tricks they landed.
1. Dane Vaughn: Frontside flip, kickflip nose manual, switch backside heelflip, switch inward heelflip, nollie 360 flip, kickflip manual 180 out, 14-foot kickflip.
2. TJ Rogers: Switch bigspin, switch frontside 360, nollie backside heelflip, nollie heelflip.
3. Nick Merlino: Switch kickflip, nollie kickflip.
4. Blake Carpenter: Switch 360 flip first try.
5. Mason Silva: Backside 360 ollie.


More photos in The Agenda Photo Gallery

Vintage Skate Stuff: 1987 Hosoi Autograph

Part 4 of a look into a collection of various skateboarding memorabilia from the late 1980s and early 1990s.


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This is a photocopied picture of Christian Hosoi that was given out at a Jimmy'Z demo at Val Surf in North Hollywood, CA back in the summer of 1987. It's from a Jimmy'z ad that was in one of the skate magazines, Val surf put their business card on it and made photocopies of it to give out. These were given out for Hosoi to autograph. Hosoi did sign this one, and as with most of his autographs back then, he added the year. After being proudly displayed for awhile, this photo ended up stashed in a Thrasher Magazine that was tossed in a box with other old skate mags and stored away for two decades.

Ended up finding this when pulling out the old collection of skate magazines a few weeks ago. Brought it to the Agenda Trade Show to show to Christian. Caught him outside and he immediately recognized the shot.



"Backside 360 Judo Air!", he said, "My signature sure has changed a bit since then." as he updated the old photo with a new autograph and the current date.

Hopefully, I'll have him sign this photo again in another 20 years.

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Previous entries:
Part 1: Vintage Skate Magazines, Catalogs, & Newsletters Overview
Part 2: California Cheap Skates Catalog
Part 3: H-Street Newsletters