As part of the "ALL ABOARD" tour we are doing a skateboarding demo in Mexicali Mexico this weekend. We love the skateboarders in Mexico! Nothing but great times and great skating!
Struggle Pro RUBEN NAJERA recently got an interview in True Sk8board magazine check out the article below.
Ruben Najera's signature Pro T-shirt by 6 Starz clothing hits stores this weekend!
DRISCOLLS is throwing a huge release party/skate contest/event in honor of the release and one of the first official shops carrying the line. It's free to go to and enter so don't miss it. Support and get one of Ruben's shirts while your there to! We at Struggle donated some product to go towards the raffle and contest!
The QUESTION supplies signature hardware is officially out!
Choose between:
DIEGO NAJERA "Flamin Reds" or RUBEN NAJERA "Deep Purples"
Available at finer skate shops throughout the world.
Also we would like to welcome James DeVera from El Centro,Ca and Beto Luna from San Diego,Ca to the RDT team on Struggle Skateboards. They both did extremely well in the recent STRUGGLE AM 2011 contest Also a well deserved victory to team SKATABILITY from New York! They won our KING OF THE WORLD contest! And are now destined to be immortalized onto their very own custom STRUGGLE skateboard deck graphic which is available for Pre-Order as we speak!
Click Image to Pre-Order it.
And lastly our very own RDT rider Tom Alexander shot this awesome Struggle commercial! Tom has been ripping it big time on his skateboard we are always stoked to have Tom a part of our squad!
Be sure to enter RUBEN NAJERA's Twitter contest! Its free to enter and pretty darn easy to win! Click the image below for the full details!
twitter.com/rubennajera
This is one of our longest news posts ever! So much has been going on lately it's been crazy!
First off and starting with a bang. STRUGGLE skateboards Am DIEGO NAJERA officially has a FKD bearings TRIPLE THREAT video commercial feature. 360 flip crooks? Wasn't that the big banger in Street Dreams the movie? Diego did it on this massive ledge in less than 3 tries!
Diego also landed the cover of the RedBull video from the Triple Set contest they threw in Del Mar recently. Check out the epic photo! And video following it. As far as the contest went Diego killed it and we feel he got robbed from the win. We shit you not Diego did a 360 flip nosegrind on the round rail during the contest! How did that not get ranked top 3?
Here is 1 of many videos on the contest Check the bottom of the page for some more.
Diego at 1:13
On a side note of unfortunate events DIEGO NAJERA recently suffered a broken arm while getting some footage in San Diego,Ca. It is confirmed that he will need some plates put into his arm which just goes to show how bad the break was. Diego is one of the gnarliest skateboarders to ever step foot on a board. We wish him the best and a speedy recovery. His part in the "SWORN" video is going to be mind exploding!
STRUGGLE skateboards Pro RUBEN NAJERA took 1st Place in the ACTIVE Huntington Beach, Ca Game Of Skate last month! Going head to head in flatground battles against Orange County's finest flatground skateboarders is no easy task so big ups to Ruben for the victory!
RUBEN got the cover shot and a great quote in the article of the story!
Next up we are proud to announce the first ever "KING OF THE WORLD" contest! Due to popular demand from our Imperial Valley Rally contest and requests from Struggle fans all over the world we are doing a rally contest that anyone anywhere in the world can enter. This ones for all of you out there! Peep the flyer for the full details. You requested it and we made it happen.
Also check out the Wristband giveaway we got going on right now with an online board order! Don't miss out this is a limited time offer.
Our ad features STRUGGLE skateboards Flow rider IF FELDMAN.
If also came out on top at a recent NEFF game of skate here he is via the NEFF site giving STRUGGLE skateboards some exposure!
And yet another STRUGGLE skateboards Flow rider has been killing it in contests as well.
CHASE BARNEY currently graces the cover of our current SUMMER 2011 catalogue.
He also took top honors in a skate contest in Lakeside recently. Big ups Chase!
And in STRUGGLE skateboards RDT team news Tom Alexander has been crushing the streets even with a cast on his leg! Check it out. I think dudes ready to break out of it. Nothing can hold down Tom!
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Lastly we got our recent Imperial Valley Rally 2011 winners Team S.O.E. (skateboarding over everything) Isaac Awan and Nick Quines. Isaac is a current RDT team rider of ours and killed it in the contest alongside Nick Quines who is now the newest member of the RDT team. Welcome to the team Nick and big ups to team S.O.E. for the win you guys deserved it.
2nd place honors went to team Holtville from Holtville,Ca. Below is Erik and Jamie who killed it in the contest as well. They did an outstanding job and racked up a ton of points.
1st place: S.O.E. (skateboarding over everything)
2nd place: Team HOLTIVLLE
3rd place: Team FS
On the same day as the IVR contest announcement we held the world famous STRUGGLE showdown game of skate contest. This year our 2 finalists were repeats of the previous year which made it super interesting. The game even got down to S.K.A.T. which was as close as you could get to a clincher. In the end RAUL CRUZ took his first victory at STRUGGLE SHOWDOWN 2011! He is the current Imperial Valley Game of Skate champion!
1st place: Raul Cruz (center)
2nd place: Alex Pineda (far right)
3rd place: Josh Valencia (far left)
On this very same day we had a spontaneous high ollie contest and Raul Ojeda took 1st place with a 6 board ollie. Jordan Johnson and Alex Pineda came close and landed top honors alongside Raul.
Here is more video on the Redbull Triple Set contest that Diego competed in.
That's right the STRUGGLE skateboards "ALL ABOARD" tour has officially got its first major stop! Its going to start off with a bang in Mexico! Mexicali B.C to be exact for our good friends over at GRAFF ZONE skateshop. Come on out and meet the Struggle skateboards team and take part in the filming of our "ALL ABOARD" tour video. Just show up and you will probably come out in the video somewhere! Be a part of history in the making!
TEAM NEWS
DIEGO NAJERA just got featured on the FKD website for the new AM SLAM video they posted up! He absolutely killed it! See for yourself.
Also RUBEN NAJERA got featured in the newest Legitiminute video feature part for LEGITIMATE skateboard magazine! Check it out!
And both RUBEN and DIEGO have full length parts alongside RDT riders Raul Cruz and Anthony Propps in the new DRISCOLLS shop video "BEAUTIFUL DISASTER".
This video is off the hook and deserves to be added to your skate video collection. If you don't live in the Imperial Valley to purchase the DVD from the store you can purchase the video from their online shop HERE!
Check out the trailer for the video below!
Struggle Skateboards Flow rider CHASE BARNEY got 1st place at a contest in Lakeside, Ca a few weeks ago. Big ups to Chase for taking the gold and representing Struggle everywhere!
We would also like to send out some good recovery vibes to our RDT rider Tom Alexander who recently broke his leg and ankle. You will be back on board soon Tom! Heal up brother!
And lastly we officially have a new Struggle shop dealer in Orange County!
First off our good friends at DRISCOLLS skateshop are finally releasing "BEAUTIFUL DISASTER" . The Premier is FRIDAY THE 13th of May 2011. That same day the video hits store shelves. Struggle team riders RUBEN NAJERA, DIEGO NAJERA, ANTHONY PROPPS, and RAUL CRUZ all have full length parts. There are also some cameos in a friends montage from Struggle RDT riders Angel Marin, Isaac Awan, and Jamie Higgenbottom. This video is ground breaking and for sure deserves to be be added to your skate video collection! It will include Bonus footage and select DVD's have FREE deck coupons hidden within them.
Also its that time of the year again! IMPERIAL VALLEY RALLY 2011. For the 5th year in a row we will be holding down the world famous skate scavenger hunt and its FREE for all to enter!
Sign up your teams now or on the day of the actual registration. Its going to be a fun one!
Anthony Propps graces a two page spread ad in the new issue of Legitimate Skateboard Magazine for STRUGGLE skateboards. Its all in advertisement for our full length HD film "SWORN".
Also congrats to Struggle Am DIEGO NAJERA for getting 14th out of 160 at Phoenix Am this year.
And last but not least check out some new footage of RUBEN NAJERA setup with his EPIC HD camera. Totally gives you a different perspective on skateboarding. Killer lines and a new fresh view at skate clips!
NEW STRUGGLE DEALER IN MEXICO!
GRAFF ZONE El Caballito Blue Way G-15 MEXICALI, B.C.
This is going to be fun! Free to come on out and challenge the Struggle team on some video games! A skate demo will take place right after and anyone willing to come street skate with us afterwards is welcome!
Struggle Skateboards headquarters is officially in Orange County. We are busy getting our office and warehouse organized at the moment and filming on the SWORN video is still in progress. Effective as of March 1st, 2011 Struggle Skateboards worldwide headquarters is officially launched.
Struggle Skateboards Pro RUBEN NAJERA got the cover of the new POWERBAR triple threat bar boxes for the year 2011. We will keep you in the loop as to when it drops in stores. As for now you can find his current one in all Ralphs, Wal Mart, Target, Rite Aid, and select CVS stores throughout the United States. Check out the video below for a behind the scenes look into the photo shoot.
Also Ruben now rides for Clutch Clothing and has a pro signature T-Shirt line dropping within the next few months. He also recently moved up to Orange County.
Struggle Skateboards Am DIEGO NAJERA is now officially riding for Kontrol wheels! He is currently training for the upcoming Phoenix Am contest in April. He recently got back from the Sole Tech training grounds in Lake Forest,Ca. Check the footage below.
RDT rider Anthony Propps got down with Diego Najera at Brawley skatepark a few weeks ago.
Check out RDT rider Andrei Archer's new video part. Starts at 4:28 of the video.
RDT rider Tom Alexander sent in his newest hammers! Smooth style!
Also once again because its so rad we are posting this up again. Day in the life of Struggle RDT rider Steven Breeding. Peep it!
And for anyone living in Brawley,CA you officially have a Struggle Skateboards shop dealer in your city now. Check out:
IMPERIAL VALLEY STREETWEAR 510 D St. Suite C BRAWLEY, CA 92227 1-760-344-3804
HAPPY NEW YEARS to everyone! 2010 was a great year and 2011 will be even better! We will be updating you all with the progress on our full length "SWORN" video soon. There is a long story behind the delay on the release to the video but to sum it up the entire video is going from standard mini dv clips to full HD. So pretty much everything is getting re-filmed and one upped.
In the meantime we do have a bunch of new product out for Winter 2011. Including our new RUBEN NAJERA Design A Pro Deck contest board entry which was put into production and is on sale RIGHT NOW!!!!
The winner is TONY LEARD from TEXAS. His graphic was chosen out of hundreds to be put into production and due to the successful and awesome turnout of this contest we are going to make sure we do one every year from here on out!
Also we got a good chunk of RDT rider video updates. Check out them out below. Some fantastic skateboarding going on and big time representing.
Struggle RDT rider Ryan Herron representing shredding the parks.
Veteran Struggle RDT rider IF Feldman killing it as always!
And lastly Andrei Archer in a commercial for the new System Skateboarding video! Representing that Ruben Najera Imperial Valley pro deck!
Also RDT rider Angel Marin gets the back cover of our new Struggle Skateboards Winter 2010 catalogue. Check it out! Its just a little teaser to what is in store for the new "SWORN" video.
Hi my names Zed I update the Struggle blog and the Struggle Myspace as well. I skateboard just like the rest of the staff here at Struggle Skateboards and please feel free to leave some encouraging comments on any of the posts we do. :) I promise to keep updating you with the latest happenings associated with our company!
