I am no expert but I agree with others that the black links to the left with blue letters are an eyesore and need to be toned down or changed, my only other constructive criticism is that the front page below where it has the join us box on the left and under where you have Ad on the right looks very empty, when the page first loads it looks full on each side and very impressive but then when you scroll down it gives the appearance that you have run out of content or that it just looks empty on each side giving a feeling of void, other than those two issues I say the page looks great and well done.

Another idea for you is that when my younger brother was big into skating the guys always liked watching videos of wipeouts or whatever they call it when you crash and those always seem to get the most attention so you might post a video link on the first page of a wipeout or something like that because people are sure to play that video because it’s an attention getter and causes people to say longer.

I also think the other poster had a good idea about promoting your site, I also remember my brother who at the time was like 13 would go to skateboard shops and buy T-shirts with cool logos and graphics and they would throw in stickers although they usually ended up on the wall or books and not his prized boards.