The Core Shralpfest is an amazing event for the surfing community put on by a fine list of sponsors. In case you didn’t know…now you do. Sign up forms are available at Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop. Make sure you come down on Saturday June 4th to support! See the Santa Cruz Patch event HERE!

Hey so it is that time of year where the GoodTimes Best Of’s come out and we need our customers support to win! Please click the image below and VOTE for Santa Cruz Skate Shop and Santa Cruz Surf Shop as best skate and surf shops for Santa Cruz County you have to vote for at least 10 items so make your choices count. Remember every time you make a purchase in our store a percentage of the sales go to Grind Out Hunger and The Core.

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Hello all of our loyal customers, team riders, friends and family.  Santa Cruz Skate Shop and Santa Cruz Surf Shop is calling on all of you to VOTE VOTE VOTE for the best Skate and Surf Shops in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop has been graced by YOU the loyal patron of our wonderful establishment year after year. Lets keep this tradition in the family by CLICK HERE to vote for your favorite Skate and Surf Shop. You  need to fill out 25 categories in order for your ballot to be counted. Thank you for all of the years supporting the best local skate and surf shop! Share this blog with a friend.

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YEWWWWWW it keeps getting better as Tarp Surfing gets nominated as Favorite Viral Video Star for 2011. You can vote everyday and we need you to NOW and EVERYDAY 1000 times !!!! Vote and then refresh and vote then hit refresh…repeat till you cannot see…

Thats right just when you thought the Skateathon was super fantabulous we went one step further and secured a 1999 Mustang 5.0 to raffle off!!! When you bring your 10 pounds of food or $10 you will get raffle tickets towards winning this awesomely divine car. Dominic Cusimano of 3D Construction has gone above and beyond for this event and Aptos Towing was kind enough to donate the car. So make sure you come down tomorrow and get some skating in and get a chance to win a car!! See you 10am tomorrow!!! Twin Lakes Church.

1999 Mustang 5.0 will go to some lucky skater today!

Rotary Interact and Grind Out Hunger 1st Annual Skateathon!

P.S DJ Tech Minds will be showing up around noon to spin some beats and make the event as festive as it can be, feel free to come in costume!

Santa Cruz local ripper Austin Smith Ford needs your vote http://innersection.tv/video/221 move him to #1. Its that easy…thank you!

Vote Austin Smith Ford into the top 5 on Innersection TV!

SC Family member Bud Freitas and filmer/editor Kyle Buthman are throwing it up for Santa Cruz! Vote for Bud’s section on Innersection TV and represent! Throw a comment up and vote, and oh yeah Bud isn’t pissed…he just says hi with his middle finger! ENJOY… click HERE or on the image below.

Surfer Bud Freitas and Filmer Kyle Buthman chop it up SC style...

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Allllllright!!! Lets do this! The Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop 1st Annual Ping Pong Challenge is quickly approaching and we want to post the house rules and give those people a chance to register online that cannot make it into the store until the day of the competition. 27 spots left as of today. Who is going to be the champ of the shop? Don’t forget even if you don’t enter you can get 25% OFF all clothing that day. Out of town…no worries there will be a LIVE STREAM the day of the event. Thanks to sponsors FRINGE, Electric Sunglasses, Rusty Clothing and SC Brand. Game bracket will be posted online as it fills in.

Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop

Ping Pong

HOUSE RULES

The house rules of Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop are as listed below. The equipment requirements are based on ITT standards and definition of those can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_tennis . No time limit per match will apply during 1^st Annual SC Ping Pong challenge.

In singles, the center lines serve no purpose, so ignore them.

Scoring
A match is played best 3 of 5 games. For each game, the first player to reach 11 points wins that game, however a game must be won by at least a two point margin.

A point is scored after each ball is put into play (not just when the server wins the point as in volleyball).

The edges of the table are part of the legal table surface, but not the sides.

Flow of the Match

Each player serves two points in a row and then switch server. However, if a score of 10-10 is reached in any game, then each server serves only one point and then the server is switched. After each game, the players switch side of the table. In the final game (ie 3rd game), the players switch side again after either player reaches 5 points.

Legal Service
The ball must rest on an open hand palm. Then it must be tossed up at least 6 inches and struck so the ball first bounces on the server’s side and then the opponent’s side.

If the serve is legal except that it touches the net, it is called a let serve. Let serves are not scored and are reserved.

Per ITT rules

The serve shall be a let if in service the ball, in passing over or around the net assembly, touches it, provided the service is otherwise good or the ball is obstructed by the receiver or his partner.

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DO YOU HAVE GAME? SC Ping Pong 1st Annual Championship

So its on like donkey kong at Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop as we issue the challenge Do you have game? Sign up for the Ping Pong event of the summer as some of the heaviest Ping Pong players line up with custom paddles and gold leaf balls (what?) to claim the 1st Annual SC Ping Pong title. $2 to sign up and 32 positions…cash prizes, product from Electric, Rusty, FRINGE and SC. All you spectators will get 25% off ALL clothing in store. Web people never fear we will be doing a LIVE STREAM for your viewing pleasure on the front page of SantaCruzBuilt.com. Stay tuned as August 5th we throw down the gauntlet and ask DO YOU HAVE GAME?

DO YOU HAVE GAME? SC Ping Pong 1st Annual Championship

Grind Out Hunger is all about feeding children through skateboarding. So when Consuelo Anthony of C3TV Skateboard Radio sent me a Tweet about endorsing a skate event in Georgia with proceeds going to feed children I was all over it. With over 1.5 million listeners worldwide, C3TV Skateboard Radio has now began what Grind Out Hunger has needed…a voice! Consuelo and her crew are truly angels as I urge you to listen and support this awesome Radio Channel. Lets get Grind Out Hunger widespread so the skateboarders of the world can help end childhood hunger! Today’s Grind Out Hunger food drive will go down Saturday June 26th from 2pm to 6pm EST at North Georgia Skateboard Center, Tunnel Hill Georgia with prizes donated from ERGO and Santa Cruz Skate Shop. Make sure to listen up LIVE or go to the site C3TV Skateboard Radio to hear Grind Out Hunger call in and discuss feeding children through skateboarding Saturday 9:15am EST. This should be a good time, thanks to C3TV Skateboarding Radio and especially Consuelo Anthony! Please check out these Georgia Foodbanks and support them there is over 1.8 million children going food insecure right now in 29 counties in Georgia!!!

C3TV Skateboard Radio hosts Grind Out Hunger event in Atlanta

Josh Copeland, Nick Copeland and Zach Copeland of C3TV Skateboard Radio