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Knock. Knock.
Who’s there?
Nyjah.
Nyjah who?
Nyjah Huston!

By now you already know, or should. Nyjah has so far this year won, Tampa Am, the K.R.E.A.M Puerto Rico Contest, Ams Getting Paid and he just got 4th at the Canadian Open up against all the heavy hitters. Whats it called in sports? A Grand Slam? Is there one of those for skateboarding? Because if there is, I think he just got one.

Colt Cannon, Tosh Townend, Jake Rupp, Brent Atchley, and Mike Vallely just returned from a 2 week Europe tour. Tosh decided to stay and hopped a train to Barcelona. We’re in the midst of getting an apartment in Barcelona for the month of December, so if you’re out there we’ll probably bump into you on La Rambla.

Element and Elemental Awareness are combining forces for a tour up the west coast from Oct 13 – 24. Two contests will be held for the local kids, one at Frontline in Woodland, CA (Nyjahs families park) and The Department of Skateboarding in Salem, OR. Come out and skate with Tony Tave, Brent Atchley, Levi Brown, Darren Harper, and Dallas Rockvam. Check out www.elementalawareness.com for more info about the tour and what EA is all about.

Mike Vallely is doing another Man Vs Skatepark tour in November, kicking it off in his home state of New Jersey on the 5th. He’ll hit 12 cities throughout the tour and will also be doing some musical and spoken word performances. Check www.mikevallely.com for confirmed dates and more info on the tour. Bam Margera just celebrated his 26th birthday in London, and Jeremy Wray just celebrated his 1- year anniversary with his wife Carissa. Congrats to Jake Rupp who’s wedding went off without a hitch. Draped in hemp, Rupp drank organic beers and ate Indian food with 125 close friends and family on his wedding day.

Element Footwear is up and running. Shoes will hit the shelves in January. The team right now consists of Mike Vallely, Brent Atchley, Jake Rupp, Dallas Rockvam and some others that will be announced later.

That wraps it up for this installment of Currents. If you have any questions email me at dewitt@elementskateboards.com or go to www.elementskateboards.com.

Ryan DeWitt
Team Manager
Element Skateboards

Margera, Bam

Atchley, Brent

Cannon, Colt

Rockvam, Dallas

Harper, Darren

Rupp, Jake

Wray, Jeremy

Brown, Levi

Vallely, Mike

Tave, Tony

Townend, Tosh