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.

Skateboarding mega-star, Ryan Sheckler, gave back to his community this past Saturday when he invited nearly fifty autistic children to his private skate training facility in Orange County, CA.

It was all for TACA's Ante Up For Autism weekend, and the demo was a collaboration between the Sheckler Foundation and A.Skate.

As reported by Brittany Levine in the OC Register:

About 50 autistic children were treated to skateboarding lessons Saturday at pro skater Ryan Sheckler's private indoor skate park in San Clemente during a clinic presented by the A.skate Foundation.

Crys Worley, a 28-year-old mother of two, founded nonprofit A.skate a few years ago after getting her 7-year-old to try skateboarding. Her fiancé owns a skateboard shop, and the first time they took her son Sasha to a skate park, they noticed he seemed more relaxed.

Peter Karvonen of Birmingham, Ala., a volunteer for A.skate, gets a hug from Haley Brozek, 6, of Huntington Beach during A.skate's skateboarding clinic, held with the help of the Sheckler Foundation and Upper Class Label. The clinic was held at pro skateboarder Ryan Sheckler's private skate facility in San Clemente.

A.skate operates on the idea that the repetitive motions of skateboarding help calm symptoms of autism. The organization's events are free for the participants and their families and are supported by fundraisers.

People with autism, which is caused by brain abnormalities, often experience distress when routines change. They feel they must perform repeated movements and usually have communication problems. Children often prefer to play by themselves.

Click here for full story.


Right: Peter Karvonen of Birmingham, Ala., a volunteer for A.skate, gets a hug from Haley Brozek, 6, of Huntington Beach. Photo: David Bro via the OC Register.

For the past few months Paul Rodriguez and Plan B had been filming for a video section. They've had to deal with the schedule of one of the busiest skateboarders in the game: Street League contest, Nike tours, Dew Tour contests, Mountain Dew art projects, Maloof Money Cups, etc.

In between all that P-Rod and filmer/editor, Nigel Alexander, were able to put together a banger of a part featuring what the LA raised skateboarder does best; skates the street. No judges, portable bank ramps, instant scoring, hip-hop hype men, or anything like that. Just Paul and what he grew up doing and still loves to do more than anything...Skate The Streets.

"Me, Myself & I" is available on iTunes for a minor charge (to make sure the creative minds behind it can pay their rent this month, just cough up a couple bucks). Below is a trailer, so check out the tease then cruise over to Steve Jobs' music store buy a copy.

Paul Rodriguez has had a hell of a year so far:  1st at the Tampa Pro, 2nd at Maloof NYC, a nationally televised Mountain Dew commercial and a ton of media exposure in between.  Along the way filmer/editor extraordinaire, Nigel Alexander has been there to capture most of it.  So, check out P.Rod in the year 2010:

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: