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5 Ways to Enjoy Winter Skateboarding

by Anthony Johnson I’ve noticed that the skaters who stick with it throughout the cold winters are the skaters who are ripping all the harder when spring time comes. Here are 5 tips to help you enjoy winter skating. My number one piece of advice for all of you who are living in cold, snowy, [...]

Catching up with Anthony Johnson

Skateboarding ambassador and House of Cat contributor Anthony Johnson on his new pro-model deck, life on the Struggle team, backyard riding and what the future holds. How’s skating going? Excellent. I am really stoked on all of my sponsors. A lot of fun projects coming up. The Struggle Skateboards promo vid is coming out soon [...]

Win an Anthony Johnson Skateboard!

Anthony Johnson and the fine folks at Struggle Skateboards have posted their latest challenge in the Trick of the Month contest. They want to see your best, most creative trick, skating “however and whatever you like.” So go get some footage and send in a video clip of your masterpiece. Anthony will personally review all [...]

10 Tips to Become a Sponsored Skateboarder

by Anthony Johnson 1. Find companies that fit your personality and skating style. If you have a super punk rock vibe, you probably do not want to send a sponsor-me tape to a hip-hop clothing company and vice-versa. Send your footage to companies that you relate to, and that you will be proud to represent. [...]

How Did I Get Sponsored?

by Anthony Johnson Thank you, Mari for asking this question. There are a variety of ways people get sponsored in the skateboarding world; sending in “sponsor me” tapes to companies, being seen skating by the right people at the right time, doing well in contests, having a friend hook you up with the team manager…the [...]

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