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Arto Saari has been making waves in the photo world as of late. His pictures have been showing up in magazines, at art shows and being bought for private collections. Arto has been tapped to shoot an iconic photo for Hurley of RPRT client Curren Caples and the legendary Jay Adams. The shoot will be used for Hurley ad campaigns and will be art directed by the influential C.R. Stecyk.

Nick Rozsa has agreed to terms of a multi-year deal with surf accessories leader FCS, which is also the parent company of Gorilla Grip. Nick will use their leashes, deck pads and board bags exclusively and is stoked to be a part of the elite team. Nick will have a signature deck pad out for Gorilla in early 2013.

RPRT is more than stoked to announce the addition of park god Jeremiah Smith to the BMX roster. Jeremiah is coming off an amazing year with a silver medal at X Games Asia, 4th at Summer X Games and complete dominance at the Mongoose Jam held at Camp Woodward West. RPRT couldn’t be more stoked to have ‘Miah on the squad where he will fit nicely in with DC teammate Kelly Bolton and friends Brian Kachinsky and Chad Kerley.

Welcome to the family Jeremiah!

In what was the gnarliest Coastal Carnage to date, the fans at the US Open of Surf got to witness some of the hardest charging bowl riding ever. Amidst the insanity of some of the fastest and frenzied skating seen, RPRT’s own Curren Caples used style and technical tricks to finesse his way into 3rd place. With his awesome frontside flips into the cradle and huge airs, Curren won the judges respect and the crowd’s hearts, as he is known to do. Until next year…

RPRT is partnering with a new social gaming company to place some of its skate athletes in a new iPad + Facebook social game called Skate Trash. Users will be able to purchase special characters of the following RPRT clients: Geoff Rowley, Arto Saari, David Gonzalez, Louie Lopez, Curren Caples and Erik Ellington. RPRT also helped sign Lance Mountain, Rune Glifberg and Lizard Game to also be in the game.

Avatars will be done by venerable skate artist Jimbo Phillips and the game will be available in early Fall 2012.

In one of the best ever street heats at X Games, Chad Kerley duked it out with 5 time gold medal winner Garrett Reynolds just coming up shy of the gold in his first Summer X Games appearance. With runs rife with technical tricks, Chad wowed the crowd and he and Garrett were in a tier all to themselves.

Awesome performance by the young gun. We are so proud of Chad and all the other athletes we had competing this year.

From July 8-14, Chad Kerley will be returning to his alma mater summer digs as visiting pro for the first time since filming “Camp Woodward” for Fuel TV. Chad will be on hand to ride bikes (and maybe even skate a bit) with campers and take part in some fun activities with his sponsor, Vitaminwater.

For more information on Camp Woodward please go HERE.

 

Nick Rozsa is passionate about a clean ocean. He has volunteered to take part in the 2012 Int’l Surfing Day for Surfrider Foundation. Nick will be on hand next Wednesday, June 20th at Tower 26, Santa Monica Beach to surf with supporters, clean the beach and talk to the media about the importance of keeping our waters clean.

Nick will also be in studio with Surfrider at 12:40 for their Web-A-Thon to talk with Chris Cote about his career, Homegrown, Salty Beards and clean oceans!

Please join us!!

GoPro, the world’s leader in personal POV cameras, has committed to backing RPRT BMX phenom Chad Kerley as he goes for a gold medal in X Games street. Chad is coming off a gold medal win in X Games Asia and is looking to make back to back victories.

Thanks GoPro for supporting Chad this summer!!!

Curren Caples has committed to another 2 year sponsorship with Hurley. Curren has been riding for the brand for most his life and is more than stoked to continue to wave the Hurley flag.

Curren will continue to be a two sport athlete with Hurley for skate and surf. Look for Curren at the upcoming X Games in Los Angeles!