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RipTide is sponsoring the 13th Annual Broad Street Bomb in Philadelphia this Sunday, May 19th! The Broad Street Bomb is a 9 mile push race through Philadelphia. The race will commence at high noon in Hunting Park at the gazebo, and end with an awards ceremony at the FDR skatepark at Broad Street and Pattison Ave. There's an afterparty at Paines park hosted by the Philly Longboard Crew. There are 4 categories to compete in for this race, including Grom's, Women's, Men's and Master's. We've p …

The ISSA Banked Slalom World Championships, aka Ditch Slap start today in Albuquerque, NM! Banked Slalom, like regular Slalom, requires riders to pump at fast speeds around cones on the track. But instead of riding around tightly packed cones on a road, Banked Slalom usually takes place in a dry ditch, with cones on the upper edges requiring riders to fully utilize their momentum to get to the next cone! The Ditch Slap Timed Banked Slalom Race started this morning and runs till noon, w …

We are stoked to be sponsoring the Spring Slate Sesh in Provo happening tomorrow, April 13th! The Spring Slate Sesh will be held at Slate Canyon Park in Provo, Utah. This is a downhill slide jam and spotters will be required before dropping. Entrance fee is $5 which covers the price of pizza! Set up starts at 10 but riders should arrive at noon so enough food is ordered for everyone :) The Longest Slide, Highest Hippy and Best Spring Shredder will all get a RipTide Gift Certificate!&nb …

We are so stoked to be at E-Sk8 Con 2024 in Las Vegas! E-Sk8 Con is one of our favorite events and this year features 3 days of racing, connecting with the community and intense fun! We're here with some of our OEM manufacturers including M Boards - the host of E-Sk8 Con- Stooge Raceboards, Radium Performance, MetroBoards and Hoyt St! Other vendors include Waterborne Skateboards, Shoc Board Systems, Onsra, Mooney ESkate, Acedeck and Meepo, among many others. The event started ye …