The 11th Annual Transworld Skateboarding Awards will go down June 12th
at the Avalon in Hollywood. The show is a who's who of skateboarding,
with your favorite pros, industry people and entertainers presenting
each award. It's like the Grammy's of our industry, just a little a
dirtier, drunker and rowdier.

It's
going to be cool to see Hasoi get the TWS Legend award, to have been
through what he has, and be back slaying pools again, it's just such a
remarkable story. Some other areas of interest are going to be: whether
or not Silas Baxter-Neal will be able to back up his Thrasher Skater of the Year honors
with a TWS Best Street award, the Readers' Choice award because "the
people" that make up skateboarding decide it, and the Best Video award
because with no Fully Flared hype-machine this year, it's not as obvious.

Stay tuned for more exclusives, because this the event is bound to go off! And the nominees are:

BEST ROOKIE
Andrew Allen
Andrew Brophy
Sean Malto

BEST STREET
Silas Baxter-Neal
Heath Kirchart
Anthony Van Engelen

BEST TEAM
Alien Workshop
Anti Hero
Toy Machine

BEST VIDEO
And Now, TransWorld
Mind Field, Alien Workshop
Ride The Sky, Fallen Footwear

BEST TRANSITION
Rune Glifberg
Peter Hewitt
Matt Mumford

BEST VIDEO PART
David Gravette, And Now
Jake Johnson, Mind Field
Anthony Van Engelen, Mind Field

TWS READERS' CHOICE
Chris Cole
Heath Kirchart
Sean Malto

TWS LEGEND
Christian Hosoi