IMPERIAL VALLEY RALLY 2013

RUBEN NAJERA's "C4YOURSELF" 2013 PRO SKATE TOUR

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RUBEN NAJERA's "C4YOURSELF" 2013 PRO SKATE TOUR!

This tour is going to be off the hook and turned into a tour dvd which will be included FREE with his new pro board in May! Come on out and support Ruben at this event or any of the other 5 Tour stops that are up ahead in the near future! Great product , Skateboarding,  and amazing times and memories! Event takes place at Driscolls in El Centro,Ca be there loyal Struggle brothers and sisters!

THANKSGIVING SPECIAL+OC GAME OF SKATE 2012

Also for the 2nd year we are doing the OC game of S.K.A.T.E. peep the details below !

K.O.T.W. 2012 results

‎29 teams signed up by the deadline from all around the world.
Below are the top 6 KING OF THE WORLD winners! 
1st Place: 760 STREET SKATERS with (9,670 points) El Centro,CA
2nd Place: LOSERS with (9,200 points) Rancho Santa Margarita,CA
3rd Place: HOLTVILLE with ( 8,790 points) Holtivlle,CA

4th Place: SKATABILITY with (8,720 points) Schenectady,NY
5th Place: LAG SQUAD with (8,600 points) Mission Viejo,CA
6th Place: ADA with (5,330 points) Calexico,CA

KING OF THE WORLD 2012!

JUNE 2012

First off we are holding an official GO SKATEBOARDING DAY event in El Centro,Ca for the entire Imperial Valley! Make sure to be there it is going to be off the hook! 

Also we sponsored the latest SKIDMARK skateboard magazine release party/contest/concert. Check out the amazing video below!

In team news Struggle Skateboards team rider Diego Najera just filmed a Bangin for the Berrics so keep checking their site to peep it it should go up any day now. And as for our Flow/RDT team we want to give a shout out to our top 5 most on point rippers of the past 3 months. Isaac Awan, If Feldman, Tom Alexander, Zachary Lazar, and our top performer Jamie Higginbottom!

Lastly for all of you designers and talented artists out there we have the perfect contest for you! And its absolutely free to enter as well!  Check the flyer below for the full details. 

APRIL 2012

RUBEN NAJERA got the front cover of SKIDMARK skateboard magazine! The March/April 2012 issue! Get it at your finer local skateboard shop now!

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BUY IT HERE!

Also Phoenix Am was earlier this month and DIEGO NAJERA killed it for Struggle Skateboards! Way to go Diego we are proud of you! He also got some amazing coverage on the CCS website. 

They showcased him in this video below, watch the carnage for your own eyes!

And back to Struggle Skateboard Pro RUBEN NAJERA in which he was featured on the back cover of SKIDMARK skateboard magazine as well with this super tech sequence ad! You can also find this ad in the March 2012 issue of AMBI'ANCE magazine as well. Ruben also has a full interview in the exact same issue. 

Also catch Ruben in this review video he worked on with TRICKY WRENCH! From the looks of it this skateboard 6 in 1 tool looks pretty awesome!

The SWORN video is still underway but we promise will come out not to long into this year. Also we have an all RDT/FLOW rider promo called "For The People" coming out sometime in the summer. Stay tuned good friends!

ORANGE COUNTY GAME OF SKATE 2012 and the SKIDMARK Skateboard Magazine Release event!

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FREESTYLE skateboarding competition and HIGH OLLIE contest!

JANUARY 2012

The NEW Struggle Skateboards goods are in. Including the release of our Struggle Wheels line!

Check our dealers section for a full list of current retailers. If you don't have a Struggle dealer near you we have an online shop you can get every Struggle product imaginable. CLICK HERE!

On a side not we are building a Struggle wheel team so if any of you out there are interested get a set of Struggle wheels and show us what you can do on them. We are accepting sponsor me videos as we speak!

On the back of our current catalogues you can find a Struggle ad for our flow rider Derrick Hite!

It is 2012 and we are running a lot of advertisements this year. We are starting off the year big.

The following is another you will find on the www.Puerta29.com website. Which is a 100% skateboarding based website out of Mexico!

We featured Struggle RDT rider Nick Quines in the ad.

Also speaking of Mexico we will have a booth and some of our riders will be doing a skateboard demo alongside the Dekline footwear team in Mexicali Mexico on February 25th. So if your in the area you wont want to miss it. It is all possible thanks to GRAFF ZONE!

In team news Struggle Skateboards Pro rider RUBEN NAJERA is officially riding for PURITY ORGANIC juices and starts off the year starring in their first commercial! Check it out below.

Ruben also was the featured guest on the SPEEL IT SHOW recently! Check it out below!

Struggle skateboards flow rider Chase Barney killed it recently and got 2nd in the King of the Ams contest! Way to go Chase!

We also have a new international RDT rider addition Zach Lazar from Ontario, Canada. Welcome aboard.

And now we leave you all with a team portrait shot of just a portion of our team.

(Left to right) Anthony Propps, Jamie Higgenbottom, Nick Quines, Ruben Najera, Diego Najera, and Raul Cruz. Photo by John Weaver.

UPDATE # 43

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.

http://truesk8boardmag.com/ruben-najera/20025/

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!

STRUGGLE AM 2011

Email us to sign up early and reserve your spot in the contest. Also sign up early and get some exposure with your name listed on our website!

struggleskateboards@hotmail.com or info@struggleskateboards.com

UPDATE #42

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!

And lastly check out his feature on The Street Team Magazine!

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.

Diego at 1:03

Diego on the news in San Diego.

He is the first skater to pop up.

UPDATE # 41

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!

PROGRAMME skate & sound

2495 E. Chapman Ave.

Fullerton, Ca 92831

UPDATE #40

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.

UPDATE #39

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!

UPDATE #38

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

UPDATE #37

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!

The HIJINX! from Percy Riveros on Vimeo.

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.

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!