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Since the premiere of the Mystery video, Jimmy Carlin is back to work filming for the Osiris video. Check out these 2 clips.Watch Video

There was plenty of activity on the sand at Lowers to make up for the long lulls in the lineup. For five days every summer the NSSA Nationals invade SoCal’s most rippable A-frame. This premier event brings the top kids from the East Coast, Hawaii, and California as well as all the sideshow antics that accompany them. Pranks like zip-tie the door while your buddy is in the Port-O-Potty and games such as Trestles Hold ‘em, whiffle ball and foosball go side by side with every grom’s dream - an NSSA title. Add in smoking barbeques, snow cones, energy drinks, as well as a sideline of parents that rivals any state soccer final and you have this bizarre circus of top-shelf amateur surfing.

New Am rider and home run derby champion, Nate Rex, at the Lower Trestle NSSA National Chapionships Contest.

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New Am rider and home run derby champion, Nate Rex

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The Zero/Mystery tour is in full swing. Rattray, Hill, Brockman, and Carlin are all along for the ride. If you are lucky to have a stop near you, do whatever you can to make it. For full tour schedule and photos from the tour vist the Blackbox site.

Brockman bs nosegrind Photo: Aaron Smith

Whoooooo, Summer is here and the fights are crazy hot! For the first time ever The UFC drew blood in Ireland with Rich Franklin vs Yushin and Forrest Grifffin vs Hector Ramirez holding it down. Both Franklin and Grifffin fought extremely calculated fights and earned their slot
on all of the judges cards.

Here is the results of the rest of the card:

• Rich Franklin Wins by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round
• Forrest Griffin Wins by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round
• Jason MacDonald Wins by Technical Knock Out at 3:18 in the 2nd round
• Tyson Griffin Wins by Split Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round
• Ed Herman Wins by Submission at 2:25 in the 2nd round by rear naked choke
• Marcus Davis Wins by Knock Out at 1:15 in the 1st round
• Eddie Sanchez Wins by Technical Knock Out at 0:32 in the 2nd round .
• Dustin Hazelett Wins by Submission at 2:50 in the 1st round by D’arce choke.

Moving on to the much anticipated Pro Elite | Strike Force event Frank Shamrock vs Phil Baroni headlined the card with Cung Le vs Tony Frkland co headlining. Cung Le MMA’s newest standout used every trick in the book to hammer down the hard hitting Tony Frykland. Withexplosive side, axe, roundhouse and push kicks, Cung put on a clinc on how to really “kick someones ass” It was the side liver kick that eventually TKO’d Frykland in the third round. The 20,000 people in attendance went bananas when the the main event unfolded, the old guard vs new guard. Frank Shamrock the former UFC champion retired in 1999 only to come back and demolish everything in front of him.first it was Ceaser Gracie then Renzo Gracie and finally Phil Baroni. Even with a torn ACL Shamrock brutalized for two round until he put him to sleep with a rear naked choke.

Last but not least the TUF 5 fight

OF COURSE!!!! Hawaii prodigy BJ Penn annihilated Jens Pulver making him look like a first time student in his MMA class. Showing that he could either armbar, triangle or choke him out at will!! Awesome fight!