110% Clothing is hosting a video clip contest ending March 1st. Send in a clip of yourself giving 110% on your scooter, motorcycle, BMX, skateboard, milking a goat, or whatever! As long as you're giving it 110%, you could win $110 worth of gear from 110% clothing! Keep video clips to 30 seconds or less for one trick or one stunt only, not a 30 second montage. Post it to the 110% Clothing Facebook page or email it to 110% Clothing at sales@hundredtenclothing.com.

Get your clips in by March 1st, 2012 and you could win! Contest open to US residents only.

Installing a Standard Compression System (SCS) clamp can be tricky if no one has shown you how to do it right. Even after you get your SCS installed, it can be challenging to get it locked down just right. When dealing with an SCS, the first and most important precaution you should keep in mind is to not let anyone that you don't trust mess with it. Often times, someone might be trying to help when they think they know what they are doing and they might accidentally wreck your $80 clamp. I don't let anyone else work on my kid's scooters not because I don't trust them, but because if I screw it up, then I have to pay for it. If someone else breaks a part, I don't want to deal with that awkward interaction of who has to pay for it.

Update 2/7/12: Our Scoot Loot online store is now open!!

We've had a lot of great comments about our Scoot Loot products the kids buying them have been very excited about them. Now we're happy to announce another product in 3 great colors. Our new lanyard features a black nylon woven backing with a satin layer on top in one of three colors: blue, grey, or purple. The satin layer has the phrase "Haters Gonna Hate - Scooters Gonna Scoot" in white repeating and separated by a yellow scooter wheel. The lower part has a lobster claw clip and it detaches from the rest of the lanyard with a buckle.

We're still working on our online store, but our Scoot Loot products are always for sale if you run into us in person. If you want to order some of our products for Christmas, send me an email at kenny@scooterdad.com and we can put together an order for you.

We've had several people ask us about ScooterDad t-shirts and it's something we'd really like to do, but it's more expensive than you might think because of bulk pricing. In order to make sure that we design t-shirts people like and want to buy, we've decided to enlist the help of our friends! That's right, you get to vote on which shirts you'd like to see us produce. Just head over to our ScooterDad Facebook page and vote! Don't forget to Like our page if you haven't already.

Cast your votes here.

Here are the t-shirt designs we are considering:

Scooter Dad Logo

Has your scooter kid been hounding you to make videos for him yet? If not, it's coming, so be prepared. Videos are a big part of the freestyle scooter culture and if your kid sticks with the sport, he's going to want to start making videos.

Until your scooter kid can throw double back flips with Dakota Schuetz and 1080s with Tyler Bonner, he's going to need a way to stand out in videos, so why not help him out with some creative filmmaking? This article and the accompanying video will outline some examples of how to use creative camera angles to make more interesting videos.

If you want to skip right to the video tutorial, you can find it at the bottom of this article.

The following is a joint press release from NW Scoot and ScooterDad regarding the 2011 NW Scoot Christmas Classic:

We must regrettably announce that we have been forced to cancel the NW Scoot Christmas Classic originally scheduled for Saturday, December 17th, 2011 at Skate Barn in Renton, WA.

Rumors have been swirling about the possibility of Skate Barn closing due to complications surrounding the lease of the building between the new buyer and the landlord. While we were hearing the rumors as well, we also kept hearing from the current owners of Skate Barn that arrangements had been made to ensure that the Christmas Classic would be good to go with the new owner. We chose not to further spread uncertain rumors by making any announcements since we were being told that our event date was secure.