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Matt Houghton's Column

Matt Houghton’s the founder of Push.ca. Before that, he was the editorial director of SBC Media and the editor of Snowboard Canada Magazine for 10 years. Matt was also a founding editor for SBC Skateboard Magazine and the editor of Vehicle Magazine.
The DC King of Montreal: Totally Legit
Posted On Mon, Aug 23 2010 4:05 PM
Legitimacy is everything in skateboarding. Contests, therefore, have always been at odds with skateboarding's core values. If skating, street skating in particular, is about bucking rules and convention, then the organization and structure required to run a contest strikes at the heart of the legit-factor so vital to skateboarding... (more)

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New Identity: Brad Hainschwang
Posted On Fri, Jul 09 2010 12:18 PM
Every skateboard scene should be lucky enough to have a Brad Hainschwang to call their own. As part of the TLG crew (aka: "The Lovely Gentlemen"), Brad and his friends are ambassadors of good skate karma. They support, judge and run contests, events, demos and parties all over the Greater Toronto Area with one underlying... (more)

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Billabong Damn Am 2009
Posted On Sat, Sep 19 2009 9:03 PM
If a skate contest in Vancouver without rain is considered a victory, then day one of the Billabong Damn Am was a downright triumph. The sun shone, hot dogs were grilled, and plenty of gnarliness went down at the Bonsor skatepark. A big crowd formed by mid-afternoon, with a who's-who of Van City skaters and industry heads... (more)

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Building a Better Skatepark with Jim Barnum
Posted On Fri, May 08 2009 4:28 PM
You'll find few people with more genuine love for skating than Jim Barnum. Of course you'll also find few people willing to admit to seeing the movie Marley and Me , let alone saying it caused them to question their accomplishments in life... but that's what makes Barnum so damn cool: he's the real deal, through... (more)

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Scott Pommier: Start with a Healthy Breakfast
Posted On Fri, Feb 13 2009 1:12 AM
[Disclaimer: For this who read a previous blog post I wrote on Push about Scott, this introduction may sound eerily familiar. And it should: I've cribbed the entire thing from my own blog. So if you've already read it, scroll down to the Q&A.] I've had the pleasure -- as cliche as it may sound -- of knowing Scott... (more)

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Mini-Ramp To Go
Posted On Wed, Nov 19 2008 4:16 PM
Have you ever shown up at a skate contest, event or party, seen a mini-ramp that seemingly appeared from thin air, and wondered just where in hell it came from? Probably not: you likely just skated it, or watched someone else skate it, and thought nothing more of it. But for those in the events business, there's a hard way... (more)

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