Alien Workshop turned Grant Taylor pro a few months back, and for damn good reason.  Check out his part in the Nike Video Debacle.  I'm going to go ahead and claim that this kid is the next big thing.  What do you think?

North Carolina's own, Josiah Gatlyn, is now part of the roster over at Theeve Trucks as their first am.

Check out 360skate's selection of Stereo Skateboards and Theeve Trucks.

This isn't really news, unless you don't know that John Cardiel is the greatest skateboarder of all time.  Watch and learn children.

One rainy evening I decided to call up my lifetime skate homey and inform him that I was on my way over with a six pack and the new Creature DVD, Hesh Law.  He said his chick would fry up some chicken, and a mandatory man-date was set.  I got to his house and peeled the plastic off of the DVD, and the first thing that I noticed was the sick packaging.  The case looks like a book and sandwiched between the two (yes two) DVD's were several pages of photos from the Creature team.  I hadn't even cracked my first cold one and I was already impressed.  The skating in the movie is top notch, with the likes of Truman Hooker, Devin Appelo, and David Gravette getting down to business.  However, my favorite parts of the movie were definitely the Japan segment and the footage from the Ramona vert ramp.  Japan is full of insane spots, and Partanen and Maru's skating in the forgotten skate park is simply gnarly.  The vert ramp footage will blow your mind too.  If you are used to watching vert at the X-games then you are in for a pleasant suprise.  The Ramona section is raw as fuck, with Partanen, Hewitt, Hitz, Gravette, Navarette, and many others absolutely shredding.  I'll leave you with this, Hewitt Frontside Invert over the channel, with Navarette airing over (and nearly clipping) him.  The gnar factor in this film is off the charts.  One six pack and run to the store later, it was time to pop in the disc number 2.  The second disc includes Al Partanen's part, which is great, but I don't understand why it wasn't in the actual movie.  It also has Sam Hitz's "Tales of the Larb", you'll have to watch it, but it pretty much involves a beer swilling earthworm, who kinda looks like Neil Heddings, getting into adventures.  Finally, there is Creature's feature film "Blood Shed."  It involves the Creature team smoking some funny green substance, going to this pool, and getting eaten by Zombie Blood-Sluts.  "Blood Shed" kinda made me wanna have a stroke watching it, but it was definitely less corny and more believable than "Lordz of Dogtown."

Over all I would have to give Hesh Law the randomly generated score of 665.  It falls short in the music departement.  For example, Devin Appelo skates to emergency sirens and alarms, and even though his skating was sick, I wanted to fast forward.  Still, everyone who likes skateboarding needs to go pick up this DVD.  It is full of handrails, vert ramps, back yard pools, and forgotten skate parks, in other words, something for everybody.  Shout out to my buddy EJ with a couple of cameos!

Pick up a copy of Hesh Law to watch at your friend's house.  Chicken and beer not included.

Black Box Distribution (Zero, Mystery, Slave, Fallen) has a nice interview with Tommy Sandoval in which he discusses everything from cutting off his natty dread-locks, to being a proud father.  Check it out!

Head over to 360skate for the largest selection of all things Tommy Sandoval.

Deluxe has done it again with a set of high quality online catalogs.  Head over to their website to check out the Spring 2010 product lineup from Antihero, Real, Krooked, Thunder, and Spitfire. 

Check out 360skate.com for all your Deluxe needs.

--Zach Attack

Habitat Skateboards just upgraded amateur team riders Daryl Angel and Guru Khalsa to Pro status. Welcome to the "Big Leagues" fellas. Find out all you need to know about new pro riders, Angel and Khalsa, at Habitat Skateboards.

For all the core Habitat followers be sure and check out Habitat Skateboards all at 360 Skate.

If you or someone you know has the creative cinematography skills that need to be discovered then here's your chance. Transworld Skateboarding's Filmer Reel Contest is running right now but the deadline is coming up soon. So get off the couch right now, edit your clips, and submit your video by January 15, 2010.

For more information, check out TWS for entry details and the video competition you'll be up against...

Make them good because the competition is strong. Best of luck to all that participate from 360 Skate and we'll be sure to keep you posted on all the winners!

The entire 360 Skate Crew would like to give a huge thanks to Zero Skateboard's pro team for giving us this signed Thomas Skull Skate Deck Limited (now super exclusive, limited, one-of-a-kind deck) during their Zero Southeast Tour stop off. Super amped and can't wait to see you guys back here soon!

See some of the awesome randomness that went down during Zero's Southeast Tour at Black Box.

Be sure to check out Zero Skateboards all at 360 Skate!

You asked us, so here it is! Foundation welcomes North Carolinian Dan Murphy to their pro team. Check out everything you need to know about Dan and what he's been up to at Tum Yeto.

Be sure to check out Foundation Skateboards at 360 Skate!