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Now entering its third year, the Rockstar Energy Open continues to bring together the next generation of skateboarding phenoms, world-class legends, and the music shaping today’s youth culture for a free, three-day celebration built in partnership with Rockstar Energy to Live Loud™. The event features Men’s and Women’s Street and Park competitions, live music, art, food, culture and community, creating one of the most unique action sports festivals in North America.
“Subculture is everything to us. The relationship between music and skating continues to be as important as ever. We are really looking forward to playing the Rockstar Energy Open. See you this summer,” said Andrew Fisher of Basement.
“Rockstar Energy Drink has always been rooted in culture and doesn’t chase trends,” said Steve Mateus, Senior Director of Sports and Music at Rockstar Energy. “The bands playing this year's Rockstar Energy Open are writing the soundtrack for a new generation, and that's exactly where we want to be. Skateboarding has always evolved alongside music, and artists like Basement, Hot Mulligan, Angel Du$t and Pup represent the energy, authenticity and creativity that continue to push both cultures forward.”
"From the skaters to the music to the city itself, this weekend is about going big, showcasing the heart of skateboarding and celebrating summer with music, competition and community, " said Kemp Curley, managing partner, C375. "Portland has embraced our event in an incredible way, and we're excited to return for year three with an even bigger vision. The addition of these incredible artists further reinforces what makes the Rockstar Energy Open such a special experience."
Rockstar Energy Open is free and open to the public, with VIP upgrade options available for a fee. In addition to skateboarding competitions and live music, fans can explore local skate shops, food trucks, exclusive merch and interactive sponsor activations – all in a dynamic, festival-style setting. The event features Men’s and Women’s Park and Street competitions with more than 50 top skateboarders from around the globe, including Rockstar Energy athletes Keegan Palmer, Paige Heyn, Chris Joslin and the inaugural Men’s Street champion Lazer Crawford; as well as Olympic medalists such as Tom Schaar and Sky Brown.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge is set to decide at a hearing that opens Tuesday whether there is enough evidence to put singer D4vd on trial in the killing and dismemberment of a 14-year-old girl that authorities said had threatened to expose their relationship.
Prosecutors have said the evidence will show that 21-year-old D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, brought Celeste Rivas Hernandez to the Hollywood Hills house he was renting, stabbed her multiple times then cut apart her body in his garage using chain saws.
The preliminary hearing in Los Angeles is expected to last about four days and will look much like an abbreviated trial. There is no jury. Judge Charlaine Olmedo will decide whether the prosecution offered enough evidence to demonstrate probable cause to proceed to trial.
It will be the first public presentation of evidence against Burke, who was arrested in April and pleaded not guilty to murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and unlawful mutilation of human remains. His attorney, Blair Berk, has said Burke is not responsible for Rivas Hernandez's death.
The defendant, who has been held without bail in a jail near the courthouse since his arrest, will appear in court in his jail clothes, after the judge rejected a request that he be able to wear a suit as is usually allowed at a jury trial. No cameras will be allowed in the courtroom.
Soon after his arrest, prosecutors filed a memo, which the defense unsuccessfully tried to have sealed, outlining what their evidence would show at this hearing.
The filing said Burke met Rivas Hernandez when she was 11, began sexually abusing her when she was 13 and he was 18, and killed her when she threatened to report him.
She was reported missing multiple times in the years before her death, and prosecutors said they have evidence she was with Burke for long stretches, including a trip to Texas where she met his family. Detectives had contacted him about her, but authorities say he lied and said he had only met her once and didn't know she was a minor. Prosecutors said they have sexual text messages and photos the two exchanged.
A court filing said he sent a car to pick her up on the night of April 23, 2025, from her hometown of Lake Elsinore, California, some 80 miles (129 km) outside of Los Angeles. The two exchanged messages until she arrived at his Hollywood home, after which her phone went dead.
“Knowing he had to silence the victim before she ruined his music career as she had threatened, very soon after her arrival at his home, defendant stabbed the victim to death multiple times and stood by while she bled out,” the document said.
Prosecutors said they have records showing Burke ordered chain saws and wading pools that he used to dismember her body in his garage, and that her DNA was found there on blood stains discovered when police served a search warrant.
They said he then drove around for months with the body in the trunk. About four months after her death, her decomposing body was found in the Tesla registered to Burke that had been towed from the Hollywood Hills in September.
Prosecutors said the car was parked around the corner from his house, and surveillance video will show he was the last person to drive it.
It's not entirely clear why it took seven more months to arrest Burke — though uncooperative witnesses had to be subpoenaed and the final autopsy report showing she was stabbed was not released until December.
The defense has not publicly provided its version of events.
Preliminary hearings like this one serve a similar function to that of grand jury proceedings. Prosecutors generally present only as much evidence as they think they need to, and witnesses are kept to a minimum — mostly police and other investigators. For defense attorneys, it can provide ways to explore potential weaknesses in witness testimony that they can exploit at a trial.
D4vd began making music for YouTube he created of the video game Fortnite when he was a teenager.
The songs he wrote and recorded on his phone were a blend of indie rock, R&B and lo-fi pop. The music made him a phenomenon on TikTok, Instagram, Soundcloud and Spotify, where his top songs, including his 2022 breakthrough “Romantic Homicide,” have more than a billion plays. In 2023, he released two EPs and opened for SZA on tour.
He performed at last year's Coachella music festival just a few weeks before prosecutors said Rivas Hernandez was killed, and his album was released. Five months later, he was on tour promoting it in when the body was discovered.
FILE - D4vd appears at Variety's Power of Young Hollywood in Los Angeles on Aug. 8, 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, is arraigned in Los Angeles, April 20, 2026, on charges of killing a 14-year-old girl whose dismembered body was found in his car. (Ted Soqui/Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - A makeshift Memorial for Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who was killed and found inside a vehicle owned by singer D4vd, is placed outside her home in Lake Elsinore, Calif., on April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)
FILE - A makeshift memorial for Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found inside a vehicle owned by singer D4vd, is displayed outside her home in Lake Elsinore, Calif., on April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
