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
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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!

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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/

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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!

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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
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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.


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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.

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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
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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.


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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.

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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
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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.

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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.