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Vicious Griptape Team Rider Cameron Frazier has been around North America for the past year skating everything from street to downhill and every freeride and slide jam in between. One thing he can count on wherever he’s skating, is keeping his feet where he wants them to be.

Cameron is also Sponsored by Rayne Longboards and Gulf Coast Skate Shop. Watch for him in your comment and be sure to ask him for some stickers!

Vicious Team Rider William Royce is kind of our go to guy for skate-diversity… some people talk about Skate Everything, William really dos. On a recent trip, Will hit up legendary Kona Skatepark and was an absolute beast on his Bustin Custom Boards. Feast your eyes on some of this…

Vicious Team Rider Patrick Switzer is over in the Philippines hanging out, skating with friends, playing tourist and winning races!

Photo: My Life On Board

In the 1st leg of the 3rd Visayan Longboarding Trilogy hundreds of spectators gathered to watch the world’s number 1 downhill lonboarding athlete Patrick Switzer, shreds the most amazing downhill race course in the Philippines. According to My Life On Board this leg has a total of 19 turns, 2 of which were the most technical turns in the whole Trilogy. Patrick was up against a total of 76 racers registered for the race, including Rayne sponsored rider Gerard Cancio.

Here are the result of the 3rd VLT 1st leg race:
Champion-Patrick Switzer
1st-Dandoy Tongco
2nd-Tito Sumicad
3rd-Gerard Cancio

In the deepest and darkest regions of the woods, you may stumble upon the most mysterious and ancient of plants… Vicious Team Rider Ethan Cochard and Boomtowner Carmen Shafer team up to “Spread the Gnarlege“ on Flat Top Plant!

After 3 years of dedication to Fullbag Skateboards, franchise rider and reigning IGSA World Series Champion has made the incredible switch to Rayne Longboards, adding one of the worlds top Board companies to his list of 2012 major sponsors, including Triple 8 and NOS Energy Drinks.

From Patricks Facebook Page:

“Jumping from coast to coast to the Rayne Longboards team. An open armed incredibly sincere thanks to Fullbag Skateboards for all the support over the last three years. FULLBAG DUDE!!”

Check out the Longboard media world for interviews with Patrick Switzer and get a close up of his new Vandal, custom NJK Leathers and custom Triple 8 Helmet.

Skate Slate – Changes: An interview with Patrick Switzer

Wheelbase – Roster hoppin Patrick Switzer now rides or Rayne

Push Culture News – April News Desk

We know how amazing Patrick is and we are stoked to see Patrick join the Rayne team. Congrats to Patrick and Rayne, all the best for 2012 and beyond!

Vicious Team Rider William Royce spent some time hitting this sick ditch while he was in Puerto Rico for the Guajataka DH 6. Check out some of the highlights and go Skate Everything!

Firstly I would like to say that I am stoked to be on the Vicious team and representing the awesome grip I use on all my boards! This season is going to be very exciting.

Earlier this month a night time race was held under a full moon. About 50 people showed up in deep San Diego to race chinese style down some empty home developments.

Once everyone was signed up and ready to go, peeps walked to the top and got underway. There were 3 heats of 15 people. The top finishers move on from each heat, bumping out more riders each round. The road is about 30-35 mph, straight and dimly lit by some street lights, the challenge is to dodge the many manholes that you seem to hit every single time.

Varying skill levels showed up, but this equalizer of a hill made for some very interesting racing. There would be more pictures but they all came out blurry!

After 4-5 rounds of tucking hard in the dark with a tinted visor on, I managed to make it to the finals. I had to race Jimmy Riha, and Duke Degan to lock it in. I stuck to my game plan and pulled a win!! I was stoked but had to celebrate quietly because the surrounding houses at the bottom are testy and would have called the cops.

Im thankful to all the people who made the race happen, and for everyone that came out. I hope to see more night races pop up because they are a ton of fun.

- Max

Words by the venerable John Barnet:

The Icetastic event took place on Sunday Feb. 26th in Toronto. The Winters are long and cold and icy so to beat the winter we decided to have a super serious race on and Ice track. The plan was to put staples into your wheels and a push around the ice track. You could do whatever you wanted, some people tried some more aggressive techniques with their wheels and there were lots of different ideas on what would work. A group showed up to brave the cold and take part in the ridiculousness including the one and only Patrick Switzer. People really wanted a chance to race Mr. Switzer on a longboard. Despite some problems from the ice track officials who were not so stoked on us shredding skateboard there, the event was a success, still trying to figure out why they didn’t like us Ice skating. Everyone had a blast and is really hoping we can fit another one in this year. The event will become and annual event hopefully with some additional stops.

Check out some of the ice wheel innovation and fun:

Thanks and stoke to John Barnet, Jonathan Nuss, everyone involved in the event and Onterrible for being so damn fun!

Vicious Team rider Jonas Richter from Brasil was in Florida for the 2012 King of Clermont. So was Push Culture News. Check out the recap of this great Florida (yes, they have some hills!) event and check out Jonas WINNING the Junior Finals!!

I f*cking love Longboarding! It takes me on adventures to places I would have never dreamed of visiting. Recently, I took a break from my studies at the University of South Florida. I hoped on a plane with my fellow Floridian shredders and headed 2 hours down to my favorite skate event in the world! Guajataka Downhill in Quebradillas Puerto Rico, I have been going to this event since 2009 and every year it gets bigger. The plane was packed with skaters it was a non-stop party the entire flight. I’m surprised we made it there without an incident.

I got everyone to cheers for my camera as we start off our skatcation at the airport bar. The random guy on the far left bought me a drink right when I got there.

Every year we get the hook up from my Puerto Rican mother Juanita. She lets us stay in her guest house for hella cheap and in return we try not to completely destroy the place. The event weekend is a legitimate a downhill festival with skating events Saturday and Sunday accompanied by large concerts Friday, Saturday and Sunday night.  There are a few thousand people at each show and the vibe is always good. Cultura Profetica a world famous Puerto Rican reggae band has headlined the concert for the last two years.

Solomon Lang from Bern and Bustin boards gets his dance on in the middle of the concert crowd.

A lot can be said about the friendliness of the Puerto Rican culture. Noishh(Gnarly Puerto Rican shredder)  and I kicking it at one of the concert nights.

Guajataka downhill is not a race for skaters it’s a race for spectators all 10,000 of them. There are no official practice runs. There will always be people walking on the race course in your way during heats. Someone will always be sticking a camera too far out in the tightest corner while you try to take the inside line. You never can tell what time your race heat will even be. Its super hectic on race day and this year there was more competition than ever before. The course itself is tops out around 40mph/70k. It starts out with a long straight into a right to left chicane that spits you into a maryhill type 180 degree sweeping turn, this ends in 35mph/60k tuck-draft war down a long straight to the finish.

Vicious team rider Jonas Richter taking the sharpest/fastest turn in the course. Most people wrecked here.

F*ck this sh*t, I’m walking. One of the many slams in the grom heats.

This is the final Corner of the race, with a junior heat coming through.

Iguanas are everywhere, so we caught one.

The next day after the race was over we went to the middle of the island and skated some supper fun runs. The countryside is beautiful.

Hugh and Tannie Ripping the Guajataka lake run.

Yes, you can skate that. I got to spend about an hour skating the ditch, video coming soon.

All in all it was one hell of a trip. I can’t wait to go back next year.

JAHBLESS