http://www.skatergeek.com Skateboarding in a technological age Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:22:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This hippie skater pulls many a Hippie Flip and other EA Skate worthy moves! Some of the stuff is pretty technical and is the kind of stuff I like to do on a games console.Wall ride to handrail anyone? http://www.skatergeek.com/hippe-flips-ahoy/ It seems like the Skate it game for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii will be quite interesting. It seems to feature skating in a city destroyed by an earthquake or giant Japanese lizard monster. As we all know, even the smallest kerb causes our favorite EA Skate ... http://www.skatergeek.com/skate-it-trailers-emerge/ Kotaku have had hands-on fun with the new EA Skate It game for the Nintendo Wii at a recent Electronic Arts event.It uses the Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board as an input device (controller) to play the game, including being able to push too. There were a few niggles ... http://www.skatergeek.com/skate-it-will-use-balance-board/ I saw this over at Break.com today and thought I would share! Broken Skateboard Has Last Laugh - Watch more free videos Jerk! http://www.skatergeek.com/skate-injury/ I expect that in addition to playing games like Skate. and Tony Hawks Proving Ground that you also skate in real life?In reflection of this fact, I have launched the SkaterGeek Store which allows you to buy Skateboarding products at great prices.Head over to the store and pick yourself up ... http://www.skatergeek.com/the-skatergeek-store-is-now-open/ The press release we have ALL been waiting for has finally hit the streets in the usual EA "all - and nothing" style. Skate 2 is coming!  The facts as we know it are: Skate2 will be developed for the PS3 and Xbox 360 Skate2 is "in development" - no firm information as yet Skate ... http://www.skatergeek.com/skate-2-and-skate-it-confirmed/ The internet monster that is Kotaku is running a post that refers to a (now removed under threat of ninja-lawyer-death) mention by EA via IGN that a product called "Skate It" is in the works. Skate It will be a "spin off" game for the Nintendo DS and Wii with the ... http://www.skatergeek.com/skate-coming-to-wii-and-ds/ Got any good tips for EA Skate or any of the Tony Hawk series of games? Either leave a comment below or head over to the Contact Me link on the left and let me know! http://www.skatergeek.com/you-cant-skate-give-me-your-tips/ [youtube]L4F-7jSxPQ0[/youtube] An excellent, all out, balls to the grindstone, full speed technical smash of EA Skate action. It's a little "Hawk" at times - but great stuff! http://www.skatergeek.com/video-of-the-week-3/ I am not sure how long this offer has been on the Amazon site but you can get EA Skate and  Tony Hawk's Proving Ground for the Xbox 360 for the grand sum of £45.93 in the UK and $109.98 in the US! Considering I paid about £40 just for EA ... http://www.skatergeek.com/ea-skate-amazon-deal/