UPDATE #36

For those of you that participated in our last game of skate at GODS GANG we got another one coming up this month by popular demand. Its the REVENGE Game of Skate! With redemption entries and none of the past winners can enter the contest. As a matter of fact we are having them judge this time around. So lets see who the NEW winner is this time around! Its going to be awesome!

Also the day before that we will be doing a skateboarding demo in Brawley,CA alongside some of the top car show groups in the world! Come on by check out the skating an donate a toy! We will be present handing out and donating product for the kids.

Also for everyone out there asking what the ideal sponsor me video should look like is. Check out Angel Marins below! Represented Struggle in his footage! Skated the decks showed us his commitment and completely ripped!

Also RDT rider Isaac Awan threw down a fakie tre flip trick tip check it out!

UPDATE #35

So much has happened since our last update.

Struggle Skateboards Pro RUBEN NAJERA's Pro SCOFF signature laces got reviewed and featured by the legendary world famous GRIMCITY. Check it out! See the review at 9:09

Also Ruben's Scoff commercial got released and is viewable NOW!

Get a taste of epic tech tricks to come from Ruben.

Ruben also just got back from Houston Texas with younger brother and Struggle Am Diego Najera. They were at the Es Game of Skate world championships at the Make A Wish event at South Side skatepark.
Check the video below as Ruben makes an appearance alongside many other well known famous skateboard industry professionals. Ruben comes out at 5:41

And speaking of the Es game of Skate finals. Struggle Skateboards Am DIEGO NAJERA got 2nd in the world championships. Diego was the current world title holder and even though he missed defending it by a single trick we are absolutely proud of him. Great job Diego! Diego also killed it in the best trick contest check out Transworlds coverage below to see him throw down a steezy Tre bomb off the stair set. Diego's trick is viewable at 2:37

Also in team news we wish RDT rider Angel Marin some get well soon vibes. He was subject to a hit and run on purpose recently and we hope justice gets brought to the individuals who hurt our him. Get well soon my Angel.

RDT rider Steven Breeding has a "Day in the life" video out! Check it out its rad!

UPDATE #34

RUBEN NAJERA lands the cover of the Imperial Valley Press Sports page! Click on the link below for the full article via www.ivpressonline.com
CLICK HERE

As the article states you can find Ruben on every POWERBAR 5 bar energy box in stores around the world! Which is the equivalent of landing the cover of a Wheaties box pretty much. You can find his featured packaging at your local Rite Aid or Wal Mart and just about every other store that carries the 5 bar boxes.

Younger brother and Struggle Skateboards feature Am DIEGO NAJERA got 1st place at the DC shoes street league Am contest at Lafayette skate plaza in Los Angeles. Below you can see him featured on the DC shoes website news page. Click image for more photos. See if you can spot the Struggle decks in the background!

CLICK HERE

Also we would like to welcome new RDT rider Steven Breeding to the squad. Already Steven has come through with some sweet footage representing the decks. He is also currently shooting a show pilot for MTV! Big ups to Breeding for doing it big!

10 Tricks with new Struggle Skateboards RDT rider Steven Breeding from San Diego,Ca.

We got a full list of events to come very soon so stay tuned!

UPDATE #33

STRUGGLE skateboards Pro rider RUBEN NAJERA lands the cover of LEGITIMATE skateboard magazine! Issue #2 September 2010 ! There is a full interview in the mag.

And not only did Ruben get the cover, he also got the back cover as well with a full page SCOFF skateboarding ad! Ruben also has the cover page of the newly launched www.legitimatemag.com

Ruben also got featured on the world famous MIRAMAR longboards website with a full interview showcase! Most definitely check it out because its a good read!

Also in the same issue you will find the 1st ever Struggle Skateboards two page spread ad.

Featuring Struggle Am DIEGO NAJERA advertising the new SWORN video.

And in the New Horizons section of the magazine you will find Struggle Skateboards RDT rider If Feldman as well!

Also in magazine news we got a Struggle Product Review in the newest issue of LOWCARD magazine.

Issue #35 ! Shoutouts to LOWCARD for the hookup! Thanks guys!

And below we have a photo of the 3 winners of the latest STRUGGLE AM 2010 contest.

Chase Barney 1st place 12 and under

Raul Cruz 1st place 13-17

and Jordan Mourning 18-over winner.

Chase Barney is also the newest Flow rider on Struggle Skateboards!

Welcome to the team Chase!

And we would like to welcome Chip Reiber from Colorado, and Angel Marin from California as the newest inductees to the RDT Struggle Skateboards team! Way to go guys! Welcome aboard!

The SWORN video is still in progress and got pushed a bit back due to team changes, song possession difficulties, and the overall last minute switch from our standard camera to the new HD camera that we have recently been using. The video is getting better and bigger each and every day and to all of you that have pre- ordered it we have not forgotten about you. We have something special and bonus for you so stay tuned. As for any of you interested in Pre-ordering the video get at us through email or keep checking our online shop to get your hands on that Pre- order of the video.

Thanks everyone and keep the shredding going!

-zed

Struggle Skateboards

UPDATE #33

We were recently featured in the Transworld Business Buyers guide and 2010 Market Report article. Check it out and click the image above for the full article to see us alongside all the existing top skate brands in the world. We are in the top 30!!!!

Struggle Skateboards AM DIEGO NAJERA wins the VENICE Es Game of Skate stop! CLICK HERE to see the coverage.

He also got busy with some tricks afterwards at the nearby Venice Skatepark.

Tricks were filmed by Es footwear filmer Bucky.

New Struggle RDT rider Andrei Archer sent over a rad trick tip of a nollie front foot flip check it out!

Andrei's How To: Nollie Front Foot Flip from Percy Riveros on Vimeo.

The following is the IMPERIAL VALLEY 2010 winners video! Team AMA from Calexico,CA.

Also POWERBAR posted up an interview with Struggle Skateboards Pro rider RUBEN NAJERA on their website regarding skateparks. CHECK IT OUT!

Also the STRUGGLE AM 2010 has officially been announced and above it the flyer. Pre-registration has begun. Contact us if your interested in entering already to get that discount.

struggleskateboards@hotmail.com

UPDATE #32

STRUGGLE SKATEBOARDS IMPERIAL VALLEY RALLY RESULTS: TOP 5

1st Place: AMA (Alex,Manuel,Armando) Calexico,CA ---3,270 points---

2nd Place: GTA (Willie,Raul,Taven) El Centro,CA ---2,830 points---

3rd Place: LOS FLASHITOS (Jose Luis,Christian,Andres) El Centro,CA ---2,160 points---

4th Place: PSYCHO (Leo,Chan,Keiffer) Calipatria,CA ---2,080 points---

5th Place: KILLER SLUGS (Eddie,Eduardo,Brian) El Centro,CA ---1,500 points---

The point standings where close and out of 20 teams that signed up above are the top 5. They all truly shined in the contest and did exceptionally well. Good job to all 5 of you teams and congratulations to team AMA from Calexico,CA.

On Go Skateboarding Day we had a kickflip challenge in Holtville,CA. Holtville local KEVIN took the 1st place win with 75 consecutive kickflips. 2nd place went to Alex from Calexico,CA with 25 kickflips. And 3rd place went to Ryan from Niland,CA with 23 kickflips.

Also our final installment of the Struggle Skateboards "APPETIZER" promo video went up yesterday. Check it out below. It consists of throw away extra footage clips we had laying around. Enjoy! And PRE ORDER your copy of "SWORN" now!!!

Also we would like to welcome Andrei Archer to the RDT squad here at Struggle. Andrei is from Tampa,Florida and has been representing Struggle for a good while out there. Be on the lookout for him shredding throughout the gator state! Check out video of him below representing!

Also Struggle Am Diego Najera got 1st Place at the PYRO Go Skateboarding Day contest in Mexicali. And Struggle RDT rider got 2nd Place in another contest in Mexicali the week prior. Congrats to both for their great contest results.

We will have photos of the Imperial Valley Rally and kickflip contest winners up soon in our "PHOTOS" section of our Struggle Skateboards site so check it frequently.

UPDATE #31

For all of you interested in getting a new Struggle deck now is the perfect time! We got a summer special going on in which you can get some FREE griptape with your order as long as you send in the code "FREE-G". Our Special ad offer features our RDT rider Tom Alexander doing a stylish airwalk.

And with Go Skateboarding Day coming up we are going to be the only ones in the Imperial Valley doing an official Go skate day event. Its going down in Holtville,CA at 4:00pm. There will be a kickflip challenge, a BBQ, and we will announce the winners of the Imperial Valley Rally event as well. So come on out and skate with us. We will be throwing out lots of prizes, doing raffles, and hanging out with all of the skateboarders that want to come out!

TEAM NEWS
-AM-
DIEGO NAJERA got the back cover of our newest Struggle Skateboards catalogue. Front Blunt on a rail in Arizona. Big ups to Diego for pulling it off and landing the feature photo.

Also feel free to check out his interview in SEPTICORE magazine. Click the image below to get a more detailed view of the full two page spread interview.

Diego's APPETIZER part also just came out! And the final installment is done as well and will be posted up the second Diego's part has been up for two weeks. Check the skills below!

STRUGGLE SKATEBOARDS APPETIZER PROMO PART 6 of 7 DIEGO NAJERA from Struggle Skateboards on Vimeo.

You can also find Diego on the new DRISCOLLS team roster banner/poster that just released. Struggle skateboards riders RUBEN NAJERA and RAUL CRUZ can be found on it as well!

UPDATE #30

Imperial Valley Rally 2010 is here and its time for you to get your team together! If you happen to live in the Imperial Valley you are about to embark on one of the most entertaining contests you have ever skated it!  And if your not from the Imperial Valley we will have another contest coming up soon that you can enter no matter where you live in the world! 

RUBEN NAJERA got his first official Pro signature lace ad for SCOFF skateboarding. Check it out below. It is featured in the June 2010 issue of LEGITIMATE skateboard magazine.

Also below check out the newest installment of the Appetizer Promo series. A full RUBEN NAJERA promo/throwaway footage part. Enjoy! 

And last but not least. Struggle Skateboards Am DIEGO NAJERA got feature listed amongst all the pros in the past Sun Diego Am Slam contest on their flyer and actually skated in the contest against the likes of Chris Cole ,Greg Lutzka, and various other heavy hitters. Check out the video below the flyer.  

You can spot Diego at 4:23.

UPDATE #29

Struggle Skateboards Am DIEGO NAJERA landed the cover of SEPTICORE magazine! The photo was taken by our very own Pro rider Ruben Najera as well. And yes that is Struggle RDT rider Isaac Awan in the bottom corner filming. You can expect to see this trick and many more hammers from Diego in the upcoming Struggle Skateboards video "SWORN". Go out and demand SEPTICORE magazine in your shop, and if you happen to see a copy around you be sure to snag one for yourself and check out Diegos full page spread interview inside. Diego has also officially added DRISCOLLS as his shop sponsor. 

Also Struggle Skateboards Pro RUBEN NAJERA's "Vacation" deck got reviewed over at the popular BASIL and SPICE's website. CLICK HERE!!!! To read the review.

And Ruben also went out and got some rad first point perspective view footage with his EPIC action sports camera. Definetly a unique new way to get skate clips which really show foot positioning well to!

 And check out his Taildevil mini part as well! Nothing like sparking up the streets and having some fun on your skateboard!

And DRISCOLL's is officially Rubens shop sponsor now and word is that a full length video is in the works as well!

And our very own G ROCKA won the iStandard Producer showcase in Los Angeles. He rocked the Struggle Koi shirt the whole way through. He also scored an interview on their website check it out HERE!!!!
Way to go G ROCKA way to represent Struggle!

RDT rider Raul Cruz has added DRISCOLLS as his shop sponsor. 

Also we would like to wish well to our pro riders Anthony Johnson and Tyrone Olson on their future endeavors. They were awesome team riders and as a tribute below you can watch Anthony's video part for the Appetizer promo which happens to be number 4 of a 7 part series. Maybe we will get a Tyrone part together as well? We hope so.



Also we got the annual IMPERIAL VALLEY RALLY contest coming up! Stay tuned and find out when to sign up. Its FREE for all to enter. We leave you below with video from our latest contest the STRUGGLE SHOWDOWN 2010. Giant thank you to all that came out! And big ups to Alex Pineda for winning himself a sponsorship with us.

And for those of you living in San Diego County we got two new dealers. Buffalo Exchange in Pacific Beach carries the Struggle apparel and the legendary Mcgills Skateshop carries Struggle decks. We printed one more of Anthony Johnsons Pro model Salt lake Scenic deck and got it into Mcgills. Whoever buys that board and gets me a photo of them with the board and receipt gets another FREE deck on us! This is not a joke! Lets see who is down for a free deck! Get at me through email.  struggleskateboards@hotmail.com

BUFFALO EXCHANGE
Pacific Beach
1007 Garnet Avenue
SAN DIEGO, CA 92109

MCGILLS SKATESHOP
335 South Coast Hwy Suite S. 
ENCINITAS, CA 92024

UPDATE #28

The Struggle showdown is going down this weekend and its going to be bigger than ever! See you there! One of the biggest product tosses in Imperial Valley history will go down so get there.

TEAM NEWS
-PRO-
RUBEN NAJERA got featured in an interview up on BOARD JOY's website. Board Joy is like Ebay but for everything having to do with extreme board sports. Pretty legit! Click the image below to get taken directly to the interview on the website. Be sure to browse the site as well. Maybe sell some goods as well.

Ruben is also featured in a full page ad for GLAMOUR KILLS clothing in the newest issue of Transworld Skateboarding May 2010 issue. Get your copy today and peep Rubens full page ad located in the back end of the magazine next to Transworld's Hallelujah video ad.




ANTHONY JOHNSON gave us word in that he is at work for his own television show! Sounds pretty rad Anthony cant wait to check it out. For sure there will be some other Struggle rider cameos featured on the show! Struggle represent! Oh and Anthonys board is officially in stock and up for sale on the Struggle website get it HERE!

-AM-
DIEGO NAJERA got 10th out of 159 of the worlds top Am skateboarders at the recent PHOENIX AM contest! This is an amazing achievement and we are proud of him. Good job Diego your killing it. He also got featured in 2 video montages on The Skateboard Mag's website. Check them out below.
Diego @ 2:05 with a Nollie Kickflip(click below)
http://theskateboardmag.com/watch/phoenix-am-day-1-qualifiers/

Diego @ 2:19 with a Switch bigspin heelflip(click image above or link below)
http://theskateboardmag.com/watch/phoenix-am-day-2-finals/

-FLOW-

Mariano Valenzuela and the rest of the RDT squad have their full parts up in the latest installment of the appetizer promo. Check it out below!

-RDT-
Raul Cruz got a photo of his featured in the latest issue of Legitimate Skateboard magazine. Holding up some dollar bills. It was featured in a Struggle Skateboards WILD IN THE VALLEY article that was featured in the magazine.

If Feldman sent us over a sweet trick tip on him showing you how to do proper Nollie kickflips check it out!

Also featured in the latest issue of Legitimate Skateboard magazine was an ad for our SWORN video which got the back cover of the first issue of Legitimate.

We are also going to be accepting Pre-Orders for the SWORN video soon so get at us if you want to save yourself a copy already!

UPDATE #27

The final results of the recent Struggle Skateboards "Battle of the crews" contest are up. It was such a close competition every team in the competition did exceptionally well. Thanks to all that came out.

TEAM NEWS
-PRO-

TYRONE OLSON just got back from Tampa Pro representing Struggle Skateboards in full effect. Tyrone placed 46th out of the 82 street qualifiers. Super stoked for Tyrone and glad to have him repping us in the contests. Tyrone's new Struggle pro deck comes out in April as well. The Wisconsin Beer Badger deck will be up for Pre-Order very soon so stay tuned! here is some video of Tyrone at practice before Tampa Pro 2010 you can spot him at :40 seconds.


-AM-

DIEGO NAJERA is featured in our latest ad in TRANSWORLD skateboarding. Which is the April 2010 issue. You can find it on shelves as we speak and its available pretty much everywhere magazines are sold.

-RDT-

If Feldman sent us in some new footage of him shredding on his Struggle deck check it out below.

Also be sure to check out our APPETIZER PROMO!! Which is out as we speak. Every two weeks we will be releasing a new part to the video. Two parts have already been released within the last month. Both the FRIENDS section and the RDT struggle riders part 1 section have been released so be sure to check them both out. Its a FREE video for all to see and it counts down towards the full length "SWORN" DVD which will be released in late May early June of 2010. Below are the first two parts. There will be 5 total videos in the APPETIZER series so be sure to check them all out!
PART 1 of 5.

PART 2 of 5.

UPDATE #26

email us at struggleskateboards@hotmail.com
for all pre-sign ups!

Also we will be doing a skateboarding demo in Mexicali, Mexico on the 21st of March at Rio Nuevo Skatepark!


You can also now buy STRUGGLE skateboards product exclusively at PYRO SKATESHOP in Mexicali,Mexico. PYRO is our exclusive dealer in Mexico! Below is the address.

PYRO CLOTHING & SKATEBOARDS
BLVD. BENITO JUAREZ 1973-4
RESIDENCIAS
MEXICALI, B.C.
www.myspace.com/pyromxl


Also if you happen to live in the rad state of Florida you can purchase Struggle product from our new shop dealer there.
TREASURE COAST SK8 SHOP
741 SEBASTIAN BLVD. #2
SEBASTIAN, FL 32958
Be sure to check them out if you happen to be around the city of Sebastian and the friendly staff at Treasure Coast will take care of all our Struggle product and skate needs.

UPDATE #25

TEAM NEWS
-PRO-
TYRONE OLSON
Has a new board graphic done and will be out by April of 2010 at the latest. You might even see it out sooner. Pre order of his new deck will be available within the next few weeks. You can check it out by going to our product page section of our website.

RUBEN NAJERA's Pro signature shoe lace for Scoff is in stores NOW! You can purchase one online as well HERE.

Scoff also put out a limited edition Ruben Najera T-shirt. There are only 12 made so get your rare one of a kind shirt today. It features an embossed gold mantis graphic and every shirt is numbered. Tons of detail and you can get them at the SCOFF SHOP.

Ruben also has a Pro signature Griptape sheet for CLEVER griptape out as well! Clever griptape is Ruben's new griptape sponsor. Ruben will have an entire line of signature sheets coming out for Clever. Below is the first one of 4 to come.

Check out the Clever griptape website HERE.
Also Ruben added EPIC action video cameras to his list of sponsors. They make some pretty rad cameras that you can use to capture some amazing intense action shots with.

ANTHONY JOHNSON has a new board coming out as well and will be up for pre sale within the next few weeks. Also his current pro model is available in a new colorway of white/purple. Get yours today before they are all out. Also a while back we had a Anthony Johnson best trick contest in which you could win a FREE Struggle deck. Alex Kaliannan with a blunt to feeble tail revert on a quarter pipe. Alex is from Orange County and below is the video of his winning trick.


-AM-
DIEGO NAJERA has the newest cover of Septicore magazine which will be out soon. He also has a full interview in the magazine. We will post the cover when the magazine hits news stands. He also has some coverage in the new issue of Legitimate Skateboard magazine. He is featured with an Am spotlight interview. Diego has also been added as the first Am on the Scoff skateboarding team. And at the moment Diego is busy training for Phoenix Am 2010. That's right our boy Diego is going to be representing Struggle Skateboards at Phoenix Am.

-RDT-
Raul Cruz won the best trick competition at the Scoff event at Driscolls. The event was for Ruben Najera's Pro signature shoe lace release. Scoff held a best trick contest on a mysterious ramp and the winner got to keep the entire thing. Raul took first place honors and this awesome pyramid box. Congrats little man. Raul also left with a stack of cash at the Struggle Dollar Hollar competition.

If Feldman and Johnny Whitehead are featured on the newest back cover of the Struggle catalogue for Spring 2010. So if you see them around and you happen to have a copy get them to autograph it for you!

Thomas Alexander will be out for a while due to a gnarly ankle injury. Check the video below. We wish him a full recovery soon.

We would also like to now welcome Irvin Jones to the RDT squad. Welcome aboard mate! Irvin resides in Conyers,GA.

Also if you have been keeping up to date with our calender you would have noticed that we have a BATTLE OF THE CREWS contest coming up. Pre Sign ups are available already so hit us up and you could get in on a part of a prize valued at $1,500!!!

UPDATE #24

TEAM NEWS
-PRO-
RUBEN NAJERA has a new Struggle Skateboards ad in the February 2010 issue of Transworld Skateboarding. He is busting his butt for the new "SWORN" video due out in March or April of 2010.

Ruben also has been featured in the first episode of a new show called "The Xchange". Ruben goes artist on artist with musician Blake Lewis discussing skateboarding and the art of beat boxing. The episode is rad and an epic beat box collaboration takes place between the two. Shout outs to Blake Lewis for spreading the word out about Struggle Skateboards through his Twitter account. Now that's a homie! The first video features the full episode and the second one shows the commercial teaser version.

Here is the commercial teaser version.

Ruben has also been blessed with his first ever PRO signature shoe lace from Scoff skateboarding! There will be a release party for the laces if I am not mistaken in El Centro,CA. So check the Scoff website for details on when you can congratulate Ruben on his accomplishment. Plus be sure to support and get a pair for yourself. The laces are indestructible.


TYRONE OLSON has a slamming part in the new appetizer promo and is pretty much done with a lot of his "SWORN" part as well. There is also a new Tyrone Olson Pro deck in the works from us. Stay tuned for some previews of it.

ANTHONY JOHNSON's official website is finally up so be sure to check it out. He will be updating it on the daily so be sure to keep an eye on it. Its in our worthy links section to the top right of this page.

-RDT-
Nick Rodriguez is featured in our new Struggle Deck/T-shirt promo ad. Be sure to take advantage of this ad promotion and get yourself that Free shirt. Limited supplies.

Also If Feldman is featured on another Struggle skateboards promo ad with another special deal see if you can find it the links are within our website. Its yet another awesome deal for all of you out there.

The 2nd annual Struggle Skateboards Dollar Hollar contest is coming quick. We want to see every skateboarder in the Imperial Valley there. Its going to be super fun,free, and history making! Without a doubt something you don't want to miss and you know you will remember it for the rest of your life. Plus FREE skate shirts to the first 50 skaters. Rock your Struggle gear and you'll get some bonus goods. And don't forget all the cash and dollar dollar bills we will be handing out for dope tricks throughout the day! Now that is something even the haters want to get up in on.

We also got the first ever Struggle Skateboards "Battle of the Crews" contest coming up also.

We will post up the date for that contest as well soon. Its basically teams of four in an all out skate park battle. One team rider in the manual/tech section. One in the tranny section. One in the Stair/Gap section. And the other handling the rail section. Best overall points from a team wins. The prize purse is going to be $1,500 for first place including the winning team in a full page article featured in Legitimate Skateboarding magazine. If your interested in getting in on the contest you can actually enter it already. Get at us here through our email struggleskateboards@hotmail.com and give us your team of four plus one extra backup rider. Entry is $30.00 pre sign up and $40.00 on the day of the event. Get in on the biggest prize purse the Imperial Valley has ever seen for a contest! EVER!

Also for those expecting the "SWORN" video out in February we would like to update you with its new March schedule for release. We will be putting out a FREE promo video in February maybe even late this January for all of you to see. It will be featured in three sectioned video chapters and seen throughout the Internet. One new section every week. It will be an Appetizer promo to hold everyone off till the main video drops later in the year. And get this its got full parts from a lot of our riders! The promo will be built up of "throwaway" footage but it will still be pretty awesome and FREE! Stay tuned for more updates on this to come including the date for the first sections release date.