Tracker rider Greg Harbour will be featured in the new 1031 video, Get Bent.  Here is the link to the commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuUFJtNVTBc&feature=related

Bill has been on the road for the last month with Mike V’s Glory Bound tour.  As you can imagine, all the shreddage has brewed up quite a stench on the American Nomad.  In this clip, they make him take a shower.  Good work Bill.  You held out as long as you could.

Jason Barr and Old Dirty Brummet have been up in BC shredding it up for Josh Evin.  This back noseblunt slide is at the Slocan Park.  FYI, the bowl at the Slocan park is one of the best ever.  Go skate it!   More to come on Barr and Brums adventure soon.

Tracker guys out in force at the We Are Skateboarders premiere in Venice.
Ward and Brummet put some schralp time in on the ramp. Lester even popped in for an appearance. Jeff pretty much shut the ramp down. This heela-monster on the vert wall was one of many rediculous things to go down. The film was pretty damn awesome too. There are a bunch of other premieres this next month. Check it out for sure.                       photo by Kimathi

Gerold Vallie has gone back to his roots and jumped back on board the Tracker train.  Welcome back Garold.

JTMR recorded this song about the oil spill in one take, complete with freestyled lyrics. lets make it viral!

Didn’t they blow the rig th

That’s right, John Reeves is once again taking it to the streets with Tracker Trucks beneath his feet. It’s only fitting that a true street skating pioneer would choose to represent a company with as much experience as he has. John and Tracker go way back, and now are set to go way forward. Welcome back John.

Greg Fountain has been putting his art skills to good use. He painted these one of a kind Trackers with realistic flames. They will go to the first place winner of the Cook Street Skate Contest held in Sioux City Iowa in 2 weeks. This is one of the biggest skate events in the Midwest, Last year over 700 folks attended.

Greg Fountain may actually be THE BONELESS ONE! Check out this blaster.

Greg Fountain made it out to Minneapolis for the Top Shop event at the 3rd Lair. Here is a pic of him breaking in the new vert ramp with a frontside invert.

Tracker life timer member Jon Nixon wears his loyalty on his shoulder with pride. Jon has been riding Trackers for 24 years. Hell yeah, Jon. Here’s to 24 more!

Tracker Trucks Commercial from Jordan Fountain on Vimeo.

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Well, someone from North America had to step it up and give the Brasilians a run for thier money at the Oi Vert Jam in Rio de Janeiro this year. Adam Taylor was that man! Keep up the work Adam. Congrats.

” The Granddaddy of all Skateparks”, Kona Skatepark in Jacksonville FL hosted once again the Florida Bowl Riders Cup. Lester was ripping the Masters, In the Pro division Greg Fountain made the finals the first day, Sky Siljed Made the finals the second day. This was a World Cup of Skateboarding event. Kona and Tracker have both been around since the mid 70’s. Good things last.

Lester, Sky, and Mik Mulhall were all representing Tracker at the Bondi Beach Bowl-O-Rama. Mik even managed to take 3rd in the Masters. Rest assured, all were ripping though. Thanks Lester for the pic.

The 1031 tour wrapped up and everyone survived. Tracker rider Greg Harbour sent me over a few random pics from the trip. Check em.

Tracker Life Time Team Member Bill Danforth is on tour with 1031 Skateboards and Landshark Wheels.
Along on the tour is fellow Tracker riders Greg Fountain and Greg Harbour. They are now dodging snow storms on the east coast. 16 demos and over 7000 miles. From San Diego to Houston to Boston to Ohio and more. Check out the 1031 site to follow the tour and check some pics and vid.

Tracker rider Jeff Ward has some recent web trash up on Typical Culture. check it out.

Tracker rider Sky Siljeg is on the move this winter. He is leaving the cold and coming down to Cali later this month. After that, he will be heading down to Australia for the Vans Bowl-O-Rama concrete series. Check out www.wcsk8.com for coverage of the events.

Greg Fountain reps Tracker in his “who’s hot” featured in Skateboarder Magazine. Congrats Greg on the coverage and on a mean Andrecht.

The La Costa Boys Reunion was this weekend, and to no surprise, almost everyone was riding Trackers. This pic is of Tracker co-founders Dave Dominy and Larry Balma. They started Tracker in 1975! That’s right, 35 years coming up soon and we’ve got big things in the works. Go to the Transworld site and check out the rest of the pics.  Click on the pic for the link.

New Tracker rider Norman Woods has been pretty heavily on the shred lately, and his new Mag Minute is the the proof in the pudding. Check it out. Yeah Norman!

Well, the 2009 World Rankings were announced today and Tracker was looking pretty good.  Lester finished 1st in Masters Bowl and Sky ended up 4th in Pro Bowl.  Judging by this pic of Lester taken in Culver City today, I’d say he is still hungry for more!   So, stay tuned.

Lester and Sky were at it once again last weekend in Houston. Lester held down 3rd place in the masters division and Sky finished 11th in pro(1st in the qualifier!). For the full breakdown go to www.wcsk8.com Yeah guys, Tracker 4 life!

Collectors Box set out now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Tracker SixTrack debuted in 1979 and was the Number 1 choice of Pro Skaters worldwide. During the late 70’s, Tracker co-founder Gary Dodds prototyped a nylon baseplate that was actually lighter than the Magnesium bases. With aerial maneuvers just coming on lightness was the key. Skaters that rode their trucks tight found that there was flex in the base. Gary and Larry redesigned the nylon baseplate in the mid 80’s and the new stiffer Ultralite Base was born. As skating progressed a few skaters still found some flex in the New Vydynyte material. By the late 80’s Trackers constant R&D found the perfect Carbon Graphite Composite material. Stiff, Ultralite and Strong as Hell. Larry has dug into his historic collection and released a limited amount of these Duralite Carbon Graphite Bases.

Norman put on his first set of Tracker’s a few weeks ago just before skating DC’s King of LA street contest. He ended up winning, so needless to say, he was hyped on the trucks. Last weekend was the series finals in Chicago. Despite a bruised heel and a nasty couple sacks on the rail, he ended up in 2nd place. Norman is on a war path right now. So, keep your eyes peeled.

Lester Kasai and Darren ” Cookiehead” Jenkins were invited to the christening of Bucky Lasek’s new backyard pool last weekend. Big session, BBQ, goodtimes…check out story @ Concrete Disciples

Tracker was well represented at the 11th annual Tim Brauch Memorial Contest last weekend. Sky Siljeg got 4th in the Pro Division, Lester Kasai got 7th in Masters, and Brad Edwards got a best trick award in the pool. Nice work guys

After 35 years of Skateboard innovations, from the first wide modern truck utilizing aircraft technology to Rockit, the first stiff contoured deck lamination; Larry Balma has brought a lot to skateboarding. Today Larry is proud to announce he has merged Tracker Trucks with Pure Distribution. “I have been working on this for a while to find the right partner as I was concerned about keeping the essence of Tracker alive. I believe I have found that in Pure” said Balma. By adding Tracker to its lineup, Pure will be able to use its extended distribution network to realize the full potential of this great brand. Throughout the deal, Pure Distribution will oversee the management, sales and production of our High Quality Tracker Trucks. Larry Balma will concentrate on what he loves to do which is to envision and create the next evolution of skateboard trucks.

By adding Tracker trucks manufacturing arm, Pure Distribution will complete its existing skateboard manufacturing operation.  With its veneer factory, state of the art Woodchuck deck lamination, and urethane wheel process, Pure is poised to be the ultimate global skateboard supplier.

Max Dufour is CEO and co-founder of Pure distribution, VP marketing sales and founder of Woodchuck Inc.  Linda Prettyman will continue to lead Trackers pristine customer service arm. Jimmy Hoffer will continue managing production and quality control at Tracker trucks.  

Larry Balma is founder of Tracker Trucks, Climax Distribution and associated brands along with TransWorld Media. Over the years, Larry has pioneered the following in trucks: Tracker Fultrack, the first wide modern skateboard truck, followed by Haftrack, Midtrack, Extrack, Magnesium, Sixtrack, Racetrack, Ultralite, Vydenite, Graphite, Hawk, Quicktrack, Aggro, Streetrack, B52, Floater, E-Clip, Dart, Axis, Fastrack… and also Orion Original, Ultimate Low, and Orion Superior… what’s next?   

Adam Talyor was at the Dew tour last weekend and made in the finals to finish off 9th in the finals. Taylor had really good run. Stand out tricks were FS cab stalefish into Channel bank and half cab heel indy as per picture.

Last week, ASR was exhibiting John Hughes’s Downhill setup with 1976 Tracker trucks….a real piece of history

Bill Danforth was on tour with the Skull Skates team in Eastern Canada. Hitting all the local parks. Exposé magazine was on tour and made a tour article on the whole adventure… good times

Last Spring, Lester was in Florida for the bowlriders cup…skated really good and got 2nd. Here is some eye-candy footage of Lester in Florida.

Kevin Staab’s air in this footage is so sick…he lands just below the death box…damn

Tracker will be ASR in San Diego this weekend…if you around, stop by to check out some classic trucks and what not!… booth 2600 at the Pure distribution booth