CELL Bearings is pleased to announce the French Downhill (longboard) Championships for July 9th through the 12th being held at Peyragudes. With the international longboard scene slanting more and more toward true downhill longboard racing, the French circuit comes out swinging for the fences (and whatever else you swing for when you don't play baseball). The Bordeaux Longskate Club (one of the largest communities for longboarding in Europe) as been Commissioned by the French Federation of Roller skating to manage the event which is sure to give the U.S. Championships at Maryhill (Washington State) a true run for their money.

This coarse is rediculous and whats more, the ski area (Peyragudes ) has commited its full support to backing the Downhill Longboard Championships.
CELL Longboard Bearings are fully capable of functioning at the highest level, which is essential as estimated speeds for this corase are projected to be in excess of 60 MPH.

As the Sun so aptly reminds us "..those who would like to exercise and have a blast while doing it"... "ought to check out the serious fun of skateboarding". While they hit most things right in their article, the one thing we take issue with is the concept that skateboarding requires a higher level of coordination than many average people might expect to have. This is not the case.

While it may take above average balance, talent and determination to reach the professional level in skateboarding, having fun and getting place to place is something anyone who picks up a skateboard can expect.

As far as skateboarding specifically for exercising is concerned... go straight to the source: Chris Yandall and Skogging .
As Chris will tell you, anyone can do it although a fast skateboard bearing will clearly help the cause.

With production scheduled to complete on the first run of CELL V1 Prototype bearings set to finish in just a few weeks, the CELL website has been launched.  The new CELL site (http://www.cellskateboardbearings.com) will combine the latest internet technology; blogs, podcasts, forums and a full functional community, to provide our Riders with the best support in the skateboard industry.

After several years of in house experimentation, the first round of CELL brand skateboard bearings has entered production.  By entering the market in the prototype phase, CELL Bearings hopes to give the skate community a chance to influence the course of the skateboard industry by directly involving CELL riders in the design and development process.

The CELL Bearings V1 Prototypes are the first chance for riders to have a look at the progress we have made so far and, if they choose, provide their input to influence the direction of CELL's continued bearing developement.   The V1 Prototypes are a fantastic skateboard bearing that is only going to get better with the input of the CELL community.