How do you capture the true essence of a skateboarding legend who brought us the MegaRamp, pulled a 360 over the Great Wall of China, launched into a vert ramp from a helicopter, or dropped from the Hard Rock Hotel Guitar 82-feet above the Vegas Strip? Not sure, but we'll get our chance to find out how director Jacob Rosenberg portrays Danny Way in the new feature-length documentary "Waiting for Lightning." The highly anticipated film about the life of pioneering skateboarder Danny Way will make its debut at the SWSW Film and music fest in March.

Rosenberg and his team at Bandito Brothers have been hard at work on the biopic of Way's 20-year skate career and they recently released a preview of what fans can expect to see.



Rosenberg dropped out of high school to learn filmmaking from Plan B co-founder, the late Mike Ternasky, on landmark 1990s skate films such as "Questionable," "Virtual Reality" and "Second Hand Smoke," which featured a young Way. "His story allows us to tell a larger story about skateboarding," said Rosenberg in a release from Bandito Brothers.

The new documentary will have plenty of early teenage photos, video and audio of Way along with more recent footage and interviews from him and other legends like Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Travis Pastrana, Mat Hoffman, Ken Block and Rob Dyrdek.

In addition to the trailer for the film, they released a 2 1/2 minute edit with no skateboarding footage instead a cast of Way's most influential people in his life attempting to describe Way in one word.

T&C Surf Designs turned 40 and the boys from Plan B went to Hawaii to celebrate, skate, and cause a little bit of trouble. The boys included: P. Rod, Ryan Sheckler, PJ Ladd, Torey Pudwill, Pat Duffy, Colin McKay, Danny Way and even funny man Nick Swardson was in the mix.

In between skate demos and signings they found time for rock jumps into salt water pools, 3 wheeled scooter races, karaoke, and taking in all that beauty, that is Oahu.

Check out video below of all the shenanigans.

The second round of additions to the Skateboard Hall of Fame at the Skate Lab Park in Simi Valley, CA have been announced. So without further ado joining the likes of Tony Hawk, Bruce Logan, Tony Alava and Danny Way will be:

• Steve Caballero

• Stacey Peralta

• Eric Koston

• Torger Johnson

• Bob Burnquist

• Patty McGee (Frist woman to be inducted)

There will be a ceremony and party on December 4 at Skate Lab here's some info on that:

When

Saturday December 4, 2010 6:30 PM - 11:00 PM Pacific

Where

Cooper Building & Design Space

860 S. Los Angeles St. 11th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90014

Who

Organizer: International Association of Skateboard Companies

Contact: 949-455-1112

Cost

Registration

Pricing

Registration

$100.00

IASC Member

$75.00

December 4, 2010 at the Cooper Building and Design Space, 11th Floor Event Space.

The party will honor skateboarding icons Torger Johnson, Stacy Peralta, Steve Caballero, Eric Koston, Bob Burnquist, and the first female inductee, Patti McGee.

Autographs, memorabillia, cocktails, appetizers, art auction, and a raging good time are all to be had!

Proceeds from the event benefit the Go Skateboarding Foundation which sends kids to skatecamp on a scholarship and supports skateboarding related charities.

Tickets for skateboarding industry friends and family are $100 donation to the Go Skateboarding Foundation.

IASC Members receive a $25 discount per ticket.

*The SkateLab in Simi Valley is home of the Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum.

X Games fixture, mega ramp creator and defending Big Air Rail Jam champion, Danny Way, will not compete in the Big Air or the Big Air Rail Jam this year at X Games 16. It was the talk of the Coliseum at Wednesday's practice session and qualifying round. Way, who is one of the true warriors of skateboarding, and has overcame countless hard slams, isn't pulling out because of an injury is he? Of course not.

Then why is he not going to compete this year? Well, you came to the right place. While I was cruising around the Coliseum during Wednesday's practice I happened to run into the one and only Danny Way, and I just so happened to have a cameraman with me, so here's the answer straight from the man himself:

It's been a strange day for X Games Legends with Travis Pastrana, Dave Mirra, and Danny Way all pulling out of their respective disciplines. Way was the last to announce he wasn't going to compete in the Skate Big Air and Big Air Rail Jam. The full details are not clear, but it appears it's not due to injury.

Meanwhile, the young Brazilian rookie Pedro Barros will make his X Games debut in the Big Air Final Thursday night live on ESPN. Barros qualified 2nd today behind fellow Brazilian Edgard Pereira. In the final they'll join their fellow countryman and Big Air legend, Bob Burnquist.

Photo Courtesy of Red Bull

Elimination Results from the Skateboard Big Air competition held at the The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Calif. on July 28, 2010. The top three finishers will advance to the final to meet the prequalified Big Air medalists from X Games 15.

Name Hometown Score

1. Edgard Pereira Sao Bernardo Do Campo, Brazil 88.00

2. Pedro Barros Florianopolis, Brazil 87.33

3. Adam Taylor Cocoa Beach, Fla. 85.00

4. Andy Macdonald San Diego, Calif. 83.00

5. Elliot Sloan New York City, N.Y. 78.66

6. Lincoln Ueda Sao Paulo, Brazil 77.66

Information on all X Games events can be found on X Games.com