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SBC Skateboard magazine’s late summer issue is about to hit shelves very soon. The cover features Vancouver’s Jordan Hoffart running a backtail while MTL’s Pierre-Luc Gagnon goes backsmith during a doubles sesh at the DC/Monster ramp in Cali. Photo: Jody Morris. In other Canadian skate mag release news, Color is set to put out issue 8.3, and they’re having a party tonight to celebrate.

Get clicky with some of this week’s highlights:

•Vancouver’s Lee Saunders is good company, and you’ll find him in an entertaining “Day In The Life” video on Push.ca. Also, Vancouver-to-Vegas-and-back-to-Van transplant Cameo Wilson shows off a day of his skating right here, and it’s impressive.

•Centre Distribution is located in North Van and they supply a grip of skate brands to retailers across Canada. Danny Marshall is a father in the biggest way because he has a daughter of his own while also managing the 48-member skate team that Centre sponsors. It’s quite the gig, and you can learn more about it right here.

•The Red Bull Manny Mania Canadian final went down under the viaduct at the plaza on July 17th, and Winnipeg’s Jamie Suppes is the guy who gets to skate the big one in NYC on August 21st. Here’s some footy from the day.

•BLVD skateshop on Commercial Drive just added the talented Nick “Nugget” Moore to their hefty shop team. Check out Nugg’s awesome “Welcome” video.

Local skateboard wheel company Momentum brought team riders Chris Haslam (Richmond), Magnus Hanson (Surrey), Morgan Smith (Toronto) and Jose Rojo (San Jose) to Peru for the next 2 weeks on a skate trip dubbed the “Yo Llama! Llama! Tour”. Follow them on Facebook and Twitter, and enjoy this tour poster by Vancouver’s Andrew Pommier.

•I highly recommend you spend the next 9 minutes watching the following skateboard destruction on the www: The new RDS commercial featuring Vancouver’s Paul Trep; Magnus Hanson’s raw footy madness, and North Delta’s Scott Decenzo in Plan B skateboards’ Vamdalism.
•Vancouver’s Paul Machnau is behind the relaunch of RedStar skateboards, and you can learn all about that right here.
•Red Bull’s Manny Mania Canadian Final goes down tomorrow at the downtown skate plaza (1:00-3:30) to determine which well-balanced roller gets to compete at the big show in NYC.
•Underworld Vancouver’s Chad Dickson and Dustin Montie are good buds and were recently hooked up with “bro-model” boards. Learn more here.
•On Tuesday, July 20th, the RVCA team will be skating at RailSide skatepark in PoCo at 3pm. Get there to check out Leo Romero, Keegan Sauder, Cory Kennedy, Austin Stephens, Julian Davidson, Nestor Judkins, David Reyes and James Hardy.

Overview of the Vans Roadblock contest on July 3rd (details below). Photo: Brian Caissie

Well, here’s a bunch of stuff that involves skateboarding in the ‘Couv…

•On Canada’s birthday, the 16th annual Metro Vancouver Bowl Series kicked off. A few photos and some commentary from the event can be found right here.
•The well-attended Vans Roadblock went down on a closed-off section of Granville on July 3rd. Hit this for full contest story/photos, and this for the video evidence.
•Gatorade’s cross-Canada skatepark “Ambush” tour will wind up here from July 9th-11th. Chaz Ortiz (Zoo York pro) will be touring 7 Metro Vancouver parks and one in Abbotsford. Click this for more details. You can follow Chaz’s progress on Twitter and learn more about Gatorade’s cross-Canada run right here.
•Wade Desarmo has unfortunately been on the injured list for the last while, but managed to film a brief (and sick) Bangin’ down at The Berrics.
•Not only can you catch Dan Redmond skating with some of the Zoo York squad, you can also catch his latest interview at SkateNewSpot.com.

•Get rollin’!

If you happen to be in Vancouver on July 7th and/or Surrey on July 8th, a contingent of the Zoo York team will be in town. Rippin’ Zoo pros Chaz Ortiz (Chicago, Illinois) and Brandon Westgate (Wareham, Massachusetts) along with Zoo flow bros Dave Willis (NYC), Robbie Pellack (Van) and Dan Redmond (Van) are doing in-stores at Underworld (1403 Granville St) and Coastal Riders (10310-152nd St/SRY), as well as some demos.

The new Kensington skatepark (Knight and 37th) is looking good-to-go, and rumours have been swirling that it’ll be open to skate this Sunday, July 4th…

Skateboarding-wise, there’s a lot going on this weekend in Vancouver. On Saturday, July 3rd at 1pm the Vans Roadblock is taking place on Granville Street, where 4 Vancouver skateshops bring a unique obstacle they built and set their respective teams loose in a best trick contest. Click here for more. Once that’s said and done, the premiere of TransWorld‘s latest flick, Hallelujah, (featuring our own Ryan Decenzo) is going down at the Vogue.

It’s about that time again, people. Canada turns 143 tomorrow, and North Vancouver’s legendary Seylynn snake run (in Seylynn Park on Hunter St – 1/2 block west of Mountain Hwy) hosts the 16th annual Bowl Series Canada Day kick-off. See you there!

Filmed by Joel Acton and edited by Dave Ehrenreich.

The July issue of Concrete Skateboarding magazine is available for free at local skateshops…Here’s a look at this issue’s web commercial featuring footage from the cover shoot. Concrete has also gone through a website upgrade – take a look right here.

Go Skateboarding Day 2010 in Vancouver. Filmed and edited by Brian Caissie.

On Monday, June 21st I made mention of Go Skateboarding Day…and as you’ll see in the above video, Vancouver wood-wheelers got organized and took to the streets critical mass style, with a little help from our efficient SkyTrain system.

Craig’s 2001 part in the 7th installment of “Skateboard Canada” – the Vancouver-based VHS video magazine series that released 10 videos from 1997 to 2002.

Vancouver’s Craig Williams is a husband, father…and a veteran pro skateboarder. The 37 year-old ripper currently rides for Skull Skates, and has travelled down quite the path to get to this point. Click here for an interview with Craig about his ongoing run as a Canadian pro.

Jamie Tancowny taking a run at downtown Vancouver’s famed “Black Double” last year on Go Skateboarding Day.

Just a reminder that today is not only the Summer Solstice (AKA the longest day of the year and official beginning of summer), it’s also Go Skateboarding Day internationally. So get out and roll! And while you’re at it, shoot a creative mobile phone photo of your GSD activities for a chance to win a grip of Emerica gear. Details here.

Be sure to head over to the Vogue Theatre (918 Granville St.) on Saturday, July 3rd at 7pm for the premiere of the highly anticipated Transworld motion picture, “Hallelujah”. Amongst the video’s ripping roster is Vancouver’s Ryan Decenzo. Admission is a mere 2 bucks with all proceeds going to the BC Children’s Hospital.

This post will lead you to a lot in terms of Vancouver-based feature skate videos that are now available for online grazing. First up is Share The Air by Kyutae Kim, which I’ve blogged about before; you can find the whole shabang right here. Next is Mike Graveline’s Simmer Down, which is web ready right here. Take some time to check these local videos out during sour weather or when you’re in full chill mode.

Cover: Mitch Barrette, 360 flip to fakie // Photo: Josh Hotz

Concrete Skateboarding – Canada’s longest-running skate publication – has released its 107th issue, just in time to help spark the summer sessions. Click here to check out previews from the feature well, then grab a free copy of this locally-produced mag at your neighbourhood skateshop.