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The living legend Tony Alva will be hosting 'An Evening With Alva', on UK Surf & Skate expo's Line-Up stage, presented by Yeti. This will be an up close and personal talk with Tony, who will dip into ...

Ozzy Osbourne recently teamed with Dogtown Skates for the Ozzy x Dogtown collection of boards and apparel to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the metal legend's Diary of a Madman album. Now, fans ...

Lords of Dogtown is an odd, disorienting commodity — a fictional version of a documentary (Dogtown and Z-Boys) about the birth of skateboarding in 1970s Venice, California, that was written by the man ...

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