To start the new year off we thought it would be a good idea to inspire our readers and what better way to do that than with Danny Way’s film, Waiting For Lightning. Our friends at iTunes hooked us up with some gift cards and now you have the chance to win them and check out the movie. Head over to our Facebook page to learn how to win.
Not sure what the release plan on these are, but it looks like DC has produced a mega ramp specific shoe for Danny Way. He’s been spotted wearing it at “Waiting for Lightning” premieres and Josh Kalis just Instagramed this image. Stay tuned for more info.
Danny Way’s ten-year-old dream of building his very own Mega ramp in his Kauai backyard, has finally become a reality. Get a look at how it came to be in this edit that features Danny Way, Colin McKay, Brian Harper, Christian Hosoi, Skin Philips, Jacob Rosenberg, J. Grant Brittian, and Jake Phelps.
Video games may have created a legion of pasty faced fat kids in America but one thing is for sure, EA Skate has had nothing but a positive benefit on the youth of today and society as a whole. After all, where else could you see a dream Danny Way once had of the perfect skatepark in Hawaii turned into skateable quasi-reality accessible from the comfort of your own home? Exactly. Paradise is available on XBOX Live and PSN for 560 MS points or $6.99.
This November is not only election month, it’s also the 20th anniversary of Danny Way being a professional skateboarder. As unbelievable as it sounds, consider he still shreds harder than 90% of dudes out there, it’s true, Danny has been a pro since ‘89, kid. To celebrate, DC is releasing a new video every day for the rest of the month, Go here to peep ‘em.
On Saturday night, the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) held their first ever ceremony to induct Tony Hawk, Tony Alva, Bruce Logan, and Danny Way into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame. In true skate fashion, the event was much less abut the inductees, who have all certainly locked in their legacy as legends, and more about the various causes and charities surrounding it including the Go Skateboarding Foundation, The Tony Hawk Foundation, Ray Underhill, the Johnny Romano Foundation, and the Patrick Kerr Foundation. Congrats dudes.
Just when you thought X Games couldn’t get any bigger – blam they hit you with X Games 3D! Starting this Friday and running only one week, this feature length 3D flick, shot on those ill Red cams, follows Shaun White, Bob Burnquist, Travis Pastrana, Danny Way, and Ricky Carmichael around as they get their X Games on. You know the 3D is gonna be sick. For a list of theaters go here or hit the X Games Facebook for all sorts of special stuff.
If you’ve been paying attention, you know DC went huge for the X Games this year with the sickest roll out of their Gold Standard program yet. Every night something was popping and the Standard Downtown was packed to the back with DC athletes and a million ways for them to be entertained from gifting suites to spa treatments. On top of that, DC athletes held it down at X with Danny Way taking gold in the Big Air Rail Jam, Chad Kagy and Dave Mirra holding down silver and bronze respectively in BMX Big Air, Ricky Carmichael and Ronnie Renner tying for gold in the Moto X Step Up, Kagy coming in again for the bronze in BMX Vert, Nate Adams taking bronze in Moto X, and Travis Pastrana knocking out a silver in Rally Car Racing. Not bad for one brand, eh? Check out a bunch of pics from the Gold Standard/DC X Games experience after the jump and don’t forget that you can peep DC week on Fuel TV’s The Daily Habit every night at 9pm EST from August 17th through the 21st.
