Lifeblood Skateboards

Mason Merlino celebrated his 21st birthday with a good time down at the Thrasher X Cons Death Match at SXSW2013 in Austin, Texas last month. He earned some extra cash for his efforts in the CCS Best Trick event and landed a few clips in this edit. Have a look!

He’s been skating upon a solid and strong path of progression over the past two years and his skill speaks for itself. That said, Lifeblood Skateboards is honored and proud to welcome Josh Rodriguez to its team.

In this short video, Josh visited Kevin Kowalski at his very own backyard bowl (which is more like a private skatepark) to rip though an afternoon upon the challenging and unique terrain nestled along the Oregon Coast. Ready for more concrete and pool block, Josh followed up with an evening skate session at Phil Tedder’s bowl before he flew back home the next morning. This young gun is on the rise!

Although this footage was filmed close to a year ago, it captures one of the many smaller skate sessions from the first weeks after the Unheard ramp was completed. Watch Johnny Turgesen, Mark Scott, Mason Merlino and Cody Lockwood have a bit of unhinged fun on the (then) new indoor skate creation in the Northwest.