etnies is proud to announce that the etnies 2010 AM Getting Paid contest will
be held at Le TAZ skatepark in Montreal, Canada this September 24-26. AM Getting Paid was created by the
Underworld Crew in 2004, and has consistently brought out the world’s top AMs to battle it out for the overall title and a healthy paycheck.

In celebration of the event’s 6th anniversary, the etnies 2010 AM Getting Paid contest will feature a jam format in the newly built Le TAZ skatepark centrally located in downtown Montreal. Le TAZ features a 35,000 square foot indoor street course, lounges for competitors, media and VIPs, and has plenty of room to accommodate the hordes of spectators and fans expected to attend.

For the first time in the history of the event, the etnies 2010 AM Getting Paid contest will host six qualifiers across Canada to give skateboarders from all over the chance to compete for the $10,000 USD prize purse in the main event on September 24-26. The winner of each qualifier will receive a free trip to the main event, which includes hotel
accommodations and a golden ticket straight to the semi final.

2010 etnies AM Getting Paid Qualifier Events:

• Edmonton – June 19 at Callingwood Skatepark
• Winnipeg – June 26 at Forks Skatepark
• Halifax – July 10 at Commons Skatepark
• Montreal – July 24 at Le TAZ skatepark
• Toronto – August 7 at Ashbridges Bay Skatepark
• Vancouver – August 14 at Port Coquitlam Skatepark

The event is presented by Monster Energy, LRG Clothing, Arnette eyewear, Underworld Skateshop and
SBC Skateboard Magazine, with additional support from New Era, Urbanears, Coors Light, Control skateboards, Protec, Dakine, Hubba wheels, Vestal, Venture Truck Co., Push.ca, Transworld SKATEboarding, Exposé Magazine, 33mag and Dose.ca. AM Getting Paid is widely recognized as one of today’s most prestigious international
skateboarding competitions for amateurs only.

Monster Energy Presents the Underworld Game of LEDGE:

Date: Saturday, June 12th, 2010 at Strathcona Skatepark, 1043 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC.

Max 40 skaters.  $10.00 registration fee at Underworld or $15.00 the day of the event.

Cash / Prizes for the top 3 finishers.

Live DJ

Registration at 11am, Contest begins at 1pm

Monster Energy Presents the Underworld Summer Contest Series:

• June 12 - Game OF LEDGE - Strathcona
• July 3 - Vans Granville Street Road Block - Granville
• August 14 - Etnies AM Getting Paid Qualifier - Railslide
• August 27 - e's Game of SKATE - Granville
• August 28 - Lord of the Line - Granville
• September 11 - Summer End Skate Jam - Plaza
• September 17 - Billabong Damn AM - Bonsor
• September 24-26 - etnies AM Getting Paid - Le TAZ

This year we brought something new to the Grenade Games for all the people who couldn't make it but wanted to get a bit of the experience. The Remote Control video contest challenged home editors to put together a 2-5 minute video using the same basic raw materials as our editors, at the same time as us.

As the games began, we started throwing all our clips online, soon there were hundreds of them. Within the first day we got our first entry and more followed. The winner snuck in right under the deadline, or right after, I can't remember, and his high energy edit won over the judges.

Congratulations to Jon Veder and thanks to everyone who spent time putting together an edit and sent it in. See you all next year.

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Grand Finale, Savage Blade, The End and someone is going home in a new car.

The bottom half of Whistler hasn’t been getting the same kind of snow as the upper mountain this season, so the Whistler parks staff had their work cut out for them when they set out to build the course for the Grenade Games Six Grand Finale. After last years amazing version of a slopestyle, we wanted to once again bring something new to the idea of slopestyle courses. The trick is to make it fun enough to ride and exciting enough to watch. But the bottom line is that it wouldn’t be Grenade Games unless we gave everyone a thousand options of how to get wild.

the course

By the time practice was over I knew this was going to be a legendary night. People were trying next level tricks in places you’d never expect, and putting together imaginative and sketchy lines. Considering the hectic days and late nights that had already taxed competitors, it was a small miracle that there were enough riders left standing to step to the course, but in fact many had to be cut as the Invite list was longer than there was room and everyone wanted to take a swing at the 10 thousand dollar first prize.

I’ll just say this, riding without a shirt is sketchy on the rough spring slush, but dropping your droors as well is borderline psychotic. That’s just one of the many colourful words that people were using to describe Kael Hill’s performance this week. Although he may not have stood on any podiums, he took home three different 500-dollar prizes for his various antics, and more importantly made an indelible impression on everyone who watched him.