Nominees Announced For The 14th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards Presented By New Era

Jan. 19, 2012 - PRLog -- Carlsbad, CA – TransWorld SKATEboarding, the world's largest skateboarding media outlet, delivering quality skateboarding content for 30 years, announces the nominees for the 14th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards Presented by New Era. The winners will be announced during the premiere live event on February 16, 2012 in Hollywood, CA.

This year's awards show will be honoring skateboarding's top riders and videos, presenting nine awards to professional skateboarders in the categories of Best Rookie, Best Street Skater, Best Transition Skater, Best Team, Best Video, Best Video Part, New Era Readers' Choice, TWS Legend Award and the Eric Stricker Memorial Award. The winners will be handpicked by TransWorld SKATEbaording's editorial staff, with its readers voting for the New Era Readers' Choice Award.

Directly following the awards, TransWorld SKATEboarding will premiere its 24th video, The Cinematographer Project, a film produced by John Holland, featuring 15 of the world's best skateboarding cinematographers, including TransWorld SKATEboarding.com's up-and-coming pick.



The official nominees for this year's awards are:

BEST ROOKIE

Tom Asta, Ishod Wair, Wes Kremer

BEST VIDEO PART

Nyjah Huston (Rise & Shine), Grant Taylor (SB Chronicles Vol. 1), Dennis Busenitz (Since Day One)

BEST VIDEO

The Sk8mafia Video, Since Day One, SB Chronicles Vol. 1

BEST TEAM

Real, Sk8mafia, Expedition

BEST STREET SKATER

Brandon Westgate, Dennis Busenitz, Nyjah Huston

BEST TRANSITION SKATER

Raven Tershy, Grant Taylor, Alex Perelson

The New Era Readers' Choice nominees, TWS Legend and Eric Stricker Memorial Awards recipients will be announced at a later date. The 14th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards Presented by New Era is proud to be supported by additional sponsors including Red Bull and KRÜ 82 Vodka.

For special referral rate room accommodations (booked between February 13-17), please contact The Hollywood Roosevelt at 1-800-950-7667 and request the TransWorld SKATEboarding room rates. These rooms are limited and rates are based on availability.

For more information on TransWorld SKATEboarding and the awards show, go to www.skateboarding.com.

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About TransWorld SKATEboarding

Transworld SKATEboarding has been the largest, most respected skateboarding media outlet in the world for 30 years. Known widely by its mantra, skate & create, TransWorld SKATEboarding offers its audience an inside look at the skateboarding culture through its magazines, videos and website. TransWorld SKATEboarding can be found online at www.skateboarding.com and is published by TransWorld Media, the world’s leading action sports media company. TransWorld is a division of the Bonnier Corporation. Bonnier Corporation (www.bonniercorp.com) is one of the largest consumer-publishing groups in America and the leading media company serving passionate, highly engaged audiences through more than 50 special-interest magazines and related multimedia projects and events. Bonnier Corp. is the US division of the Bonnier Group (bonnier.com), a 200-year-old family-owned media group based in Sweden with business operations in 25 countries.