Next weekend, atop New Design High School, a showdown of epic proportions is scheduled to go down. Sponsored by some of the biggest companies in skateboarding, the Roof Top Rampage even features a prize of 3g’s for the best trick! You could take that shit and start your own skate team! For a taste of things to come, check out runmygame.com and be sure and show out on the 14th.

So you’ve heard the news and now you got the blues. Tell us about it. But not for too long cause we making moves. We have another banger of an issue on the way, and we’ll still be giving you ups on the web side of things so walk with us. This ain’t over by a long shot. In the meantime, check out two pieces on two different rappers from two very different times. From issue 42 we have our Killer Mike feature and from issue 50, Kid Cudi. Two dope MC’s who both graced the stage for our 50th issue release party. Get familiar (again).

Courtesy of Jackassworld Check out some footy of Jake Brown’s first time on the mega ramp since that monumental fall at the last X-Games. The kid stays in the picture.

Unlike the little homie who sells Jordans at your local Footlocker, skate shop workers are usually able to use their kicks for what they were meant for.  Check out some footy from a couple of Jersey shops competing at the recent Shields Skatepark Showdown.

These days, Red Bull is powering a lot more than last minute cramming sessions and bachelorette parties. They’ve amasssed a pretty sick skate team, who will be putting on a demo this Saturday in Sayersville. If you make it out, tell ‘em Mass Appeal sent ya. It won’t get you (or us) anything, but at least they’ll know you’re down with the kings. Also brought to you by the most underrated little skateshop in the tri-state area, NJ Skateshop.

Chris Pastras is known by gallery crowds solely as a visual artist and Jason Lee is certainly known to most as Earl Hickey, the repentant television thief, but those who have an affinity for wheels mounted under planks of wood, know that the duo is actually doubling as Stereo Sound Agents 547 & o470. (more »)

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While it came as no surprise to many that the X-games killed the vert skating event following a meeting directly regarding it, a few people (most notably vert skaters) are not too happy about it…to the point of a proposed boycott.

This Thursday, April 10th it goes down! We haven’t had a proper release in some months so all that built up tension is guaranteed to splash [a good time] all over everyone. Grammy award winner Killer Mike will be rocking, as well as Kid Cudi. Treats and Sureshot on the whizzeels. Open Bar from 10-11. Rebel NYC 251 West 30th Street (btn 7th and 8th Ave). RSVP to rsvp@massappealmag.com. Come get some.

In all the collabos with his counterpart in kush, Method Man, it’s pretty obvious that Redman’s got plenty of love for Staten Island. So much so, that Reggie Noble has opened a new lifestyle store in the forgotten borough, The Richmond Hood Company. The store is slangin’ sneakers, clothes, skateboards and hopefully action figures of the funk doc himself. Richmond is also putting on a raffle where the first place winner can bring home any pair of sneakers from the store, once a month, for the rest of ‘08! That means no more reason to keep rocking them scufftowns. You can sign up for the raffle HERE.