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UPDATE: Wu-Tang Partners With White Castle & Impossible Burger on Vegan Slider

Back in April, White Castle unveiled its vegan option Impossible Burger with a performance by Ghostface Killah at its Bushwick location. Sounds incredible, right? The hype reignited this month with the release of RZA’s Instagram promotion prompting viewers to call 1-833-4-SLIDER to “get answers.” It may be the single greatest piece of marketing that we’ve seen this year. GZA and Ghost were also in Detroit on September 12, where GZA gave an impassioned speech to the crowd at a White Castle Impossible Burger promotional event.

“I stopped eating pork in the 70s and then beef in ‘89-’90 when I heard a record called “Beef” from KRS-One. It explained a lot of things about animals in cages being distressed and eating meat from animals under the same distress,” the “Liquid Swords” emcee proclaimed. “ [Next] I stopped eating fish, chicken, and turkey in ‘96-’97, so it was a gradual process. I [also stopped drinking] milk and [eating] sugar. I was eating tofu [veggie burgers and veggie bacon] so I thought I was eating healthy foods, but when I started learning about [all of the] additives and preservatives required for shelf life, I realized I was still eating things that weren’t healthy. [So] I focused on eating plant-based foods without all the additives.”

Last week, White Castle announced that its Impossible Burger slider will be available at all 377 locations nationwide. And the full roll-out of the Wu-Tang promotion happens on October 1.

UPDATE 11.17.18: The fourth and final episode of Wu-Tang in Space Eating Impossible Burgers dropped a few days ago. In this installment, Ghost and Gza answer more burning questions before returning to Earth. Check it out below. And for more Wu-Tang knowledge, see GZA’s appearance on Pitchfork’s Over/Under, which also dropped this week.

UPDATE 10.31.18: The Wu-Tang saga continues in Episode 3. Tune in below.

UPDATE 10.20.18: Episode 2 dropped this week, and it doesn’t disappoint. Check it out below.

UPDATE 10.5.18: The first episode of the Spike Jonze-directed Wu-Tang Impossible Sliders promo videos has been released. And it is as incredible as we anticipated it to be! Check it out below.

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Image Via White Castle

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Skater XL Drops 2022 Skatepark of Tampa Pro Course

Are you stoked for the 28th Annual 2022 Tampa Pro Contest?

So are we!

In the meantime, check out the game Skater XL‘s new map drop of the freshly updated 2022 Skatepark Of Tampa Pro Course featuring the original work of skate artist Lucas Beaufort.

It’s now available on the mod browser for all platforms.

Catch a glimpse of the course IRL in @lucas_beaufort Instagram post below.

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Meet the 2022 USA Skateboarding National Team

USA Skateboarding just announced the members of the 2022 USA Skateboarding National Team.

The crew members were chosen based on performance in international level events the year before their selection.

The team is led by Andrew Nicolaus, Men’s Head Coach; Alexis Sablone, Women’s Head Coach; and Mimi Knoop, High-Performance Director.

The skaters named to the 2022 USA Skateboarding National Team include:

Women’s Park

Bryce Wettstein
Jordan Santana
Jordyn Barratt
Minna Stess

Women’s Street

Mariah Duran
Paige Heyn
Poe Pinson
Samarria Brevard

Men’s Park

Cory Juneau
Gavin Bottger
Heimana Reynolds
Zion Wright

Men’s Street

Dashawn Jordan
Jagger Eaton
Jake Ilardi
Nyjah Huston

Team USA earned two bronzes from Cory Juneau (Park) and Jagger Eaton (Street) during its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Alexis Sablone made it to the Olympic Street finals placing fourth while Bryce Wettstein earned sixth place for Women’s Park.

In all, nine Skateboarding Olympians will return to the 2022 national team.

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Watch ‘TUANY’ Skate Video Featuring Sebastien Cao and Theo Meas

Watch Sebastien Cao and Theo Meas as they shred in the streets of South America.

The video was filmed during three months of backpacking from Mexico to Costa Rica, crossing Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Making it even more impressive (and a reason needs to come calling), “TUANY” was entirely filmed, edited, and animated using an iPhone with Theo and Sebastien doing the editing themselves (and some of the filming too).