UPDATE #20

DON'T FORGET THAT PRE REGISTRATION IS ALMOST CLOSE TO AN END!

If you haven't signed up yet you can do so through our CONTEST page.
Or contact your local Struggle rider and get yourself enrolled in the biggest and most important Am competition the Imperial Valley has ever had. Here is the current roster of competitors already confirmed to ride the contest.

12 and Under
EDDIE GAYTAN / Age 12/ El Centro,CA
RAUL CRUZ / Age 12/ El Centro,CA

SAMMY CARREON / Age 12/ El Centro,CA
ERNIE FLORES / Age 12 / El Centro, CA

13 to 17
JOSEPH BEENE/14/ El Centro,CA

GIANN PULIDO/ 17/ Holtville, CA
STEVE PEREZ/ 13/ Holtville,CA

MARCUS BATTRAW/ 15/ Holtville,CA
CHRISTIAN ZAZUETA/ 14/ El Centro,CA

18 and Up
FLIPPY ZENDEJAS/ 18/ Imperial,CA

JAMIE HIGGINBOTTOM/18/ Holtville,CA
WILLIE LOPEZ/ 18/ El Centro,CA

RYAN PEREZ/ 18/ Niland,CA

contact us here is you want to sign up. Time is running out!

struggleskateboards@hotmail.com

Also coverage of our WEST COASTIN tour can be found in the new issue of SEPTICORE magazine. Peep the header on the magazine cover. LEGIT!!

And if you happen to live in the wonderful state of Pennsylvania be sure to be at the Helter Skelter contest at UNDERWOOD Skatepark the greatest indoor skatepark in the world! We are sponsoring a contest there on the 24th of this month. Be there!!!

TEAM NEWS
-PRO-

ANTHONY JOHNSON's pro board is finally out and its in super limited Laker styled colorway. There will only be a few of these until we swap them for the original intended white and purple colorway so get on it and get yourself one for sure.

-RDT-

Just recruited Thomas Alexander from Bethesda, Maryland. This little grom ripper has alot of heart and has been repping Struggle skateboards for a good while now. Welcome to the RDT squadron kid. Well deserved.

UPDATE #19

THE FIRST EVER STRUGGLE AM contest is here! This is the Imperial Valleys biggest AM contest EVER! Anyone that is unsponsored can enter. If you dont live in the Imperial Valley and still want to try and get in on the contest feel free. Its open to all unsponsored skateboarders out there. Pre register to get in cheaper and gaurantee yourself a FREE shirt! We will have a subsite up soon which will have ever entrant listed as they enlist themselves into the contest throughout time. To pre register get at us through our email. STRUGGLESKATEBOARDS@HOTMAIL.COM


Shoutouts to Matt Sochin in Ohio representing the Struggle. Homie has one leg and shreds harder than anyone. In life you can do anything you set your mind to!


SHOUTOUTS to THEOTIS BEASLEY for giving us a shotout in the ALTAMONT SXSW tour video! And we dug your Struggle part Theotis. It was off the hook! Check the video HERE!



TEAM NEWS
-PRO-

TYRONE OLSON has finished up his part for tactical manual 2. And is busy doing a few skateboarding demos over on the East Coast at the moment.

RUBEN NAJERA has a SNEAUX shoes ad in the new THRASHER magazine September 2009 issue to be exact.

ANTHONY JOHNSONs new pro board is just about to drop soon. If you havent pre ordered his deck get on it homies!


-AM-
DIEGO NAJERA took 1st place at the recent SUN DIEGO AM SLAM contest in Clairemont.Representing that Struggle all day everyday! Diego won $500.00 cash on the spot!
We also just got Diego into the Volcom DAMN AM contest. Its official Diego Najera is a DAMN AM contestant representing Struggle Skateboards. And the first skateboarder from the Imperial Valley ever to make his way into DAMN AM. If he qualifies top 12 he is gauranteed a spot into TAMPA AM. So lets wish him luck.

CHECK OUT TRANSWORLDS COVERAGE BY CLICKING HERE!

-RDT-
Struggle Rider development rider Isaac Awan just got the nod to be featured as a character in the new STRUGGLE SUNDAYS season 2. His intro is being shot as we speak. Malachi Riddle has been rifeling footage and killing it over in Blissfield,MI. Johnny Whitehead has been touring with Doug Brown on the Skate Straight program getting the word out! And If Feldman has been getting busy with some ripping in Oregon.