SLAP would like to offer our congratulations to Wade Speyer on the birth of his son, Hensley Speyer! Can't go wrong with a name like that.

We just dropped a quick look at some of New York City's finest underground shredders who are keeping the streets hot: Luke Malaney, Black Dave Willis, Yaje Popson, Dan Forkin and Brian Clarke, each with photos and a video part.

Check out Steve Caballerro's blog!  You can keep up with all of Cab's latest happenings, peep out his friends, and all kinds of cool stuff.

After mastering nearly everything, is Dave Carnie moving on from skateboard journalism for greener pastures? Greener like lettuce and avocado and stuff?

Can't get enough of The Kid? We like him too. Tiltmode has an extended edit of his miniramp session from Bonus Round ready for viewing.

SLAP editor-in-chief Mark Whiteley has a photo book coming out through Gingko Press right now, and there's lots of news around it: the SLAP feature showing photos from the book plus audio versions of the captions for each photo, AND a special code to get 20% OFF THE BOOK for SLAP readers only! Famed skate world artist Don Pendleton also interviewed Mark for a feature at Level Mag- more photos from the book and a lengthy interview. If you're in SF on Thursday 10/15 check out the book release show at Fecal Face Gallery. Finally, Mark had a show for the book in Tokyo last week- check some blog evidence here and here.

Volcom has a their big Damn Am contest happening next week, with finalists headed to Tampa Am!