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
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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!