First off – the key to making any product more desirable, is to make it smaller. Just ask the guy who invented Tech Decks. But somewhere just above that is an adorable skateboard that you can actually ride. In middle school, I would make my mom buy the teeny-tiny plastic boards from Santee Alley and [...]
Why are people always trying to make fashion, art, and skateboarding hang out? Do orinthology and scrimshaw have this problem? Maybe I’m just hating because the opening for this jam-packed exhibition—which Metallica announced on their website just last week—is invitation-only. Juxtapoz posted this exclusive preview to hold over the hoi-polloi until Monday, when it opens [...]
from the Cinefamily newsletter: “Like so many other facets of underground teen street culture (video arcades, drag racing, hip-hop), skateboarding was destined to eventually become grist for the mainstream Hollywood mill — but no other film came close to showing off just how much amazing fun it could actually be than Thrashin’. In his first [...]
“Long before Deathbowl to Downtown there was another documentary about skating in New York City called Apple Juice. I don’t want to sound like a sentimental fag or anything, but this video is about as special as they come in Skate History Land. It captures the day to day life of skating in New York [...]
This makes me happier than almost getting mowed down by a 15 year old girl who’s reading and skateboarding at the same time (which… happened). In a union of two different spheres of nerdom, The Exploratorium in SF is currently hosting an exhibition on the physics of skateboarding, inviting several DLX riders to demonstrate on [...]
Okay, enough fashion stuff. Onto more important things, like dicking around and getting paid. Everyone’s favorite ol’ sloppy-chinned barney (or maybe just mine) Gavin McInnes, is doing sketch comedy for Off The Wall TV. A shredder he is not, but comedy seems a promising field for him. Check it out. FYI, if this makes you [...]
I have a secret love for freestyle skating, and Spanish dreamboat Kilian Martin breaks it down Gene Kelly style in this possibly cheesy, but gorgeous video for Man About Town. Watch it here and swoon… -christina
Tonight! Our dear homie Don Nguyen (aka The Nuge) is taking it to the next level with his first-ever pro shoe, and you need to go, because I can’t! Grab a free drink, hear good tunes, extend your audulations, and proceed to blackout. Congrats, Nuge! -christina
I know there’s quite a few skateboarders-cum-photographers out there, but it’s a completely natural progression; like the model-cum-designer or actor-cum-jerkoff. So don’t hate on Alex Olson for being a burgeoning photographer on top of being a sometime model and all-the-time shredder with a sexy dad (sorry, had to say it). Dazed Digital has a nice [...]
via Color Magazine: “From a generation of skaters that possessed the ability to create on and off the board, Tony flows from a long tradition that goes back to Neil Blender, Gonz, GSD, Todd Swank and others. Who unknowingly created a genera in skate culture by doing what came natural.” Click here to read the [...]
The videos from this year’s TWS Skate & Create competition are up. The Adidas team (featuring the near-and-dear to my heart Mark Gonzales) totally crushed with their arty light and color concept, but I have to give it to Director Ty Evans and Lakai for making a video in the beautiful, epic vein of Fully [...]
“Photographer Glen E. Friedman, whose work we featured in a four-part Boing Boing TV series back in 2009, is best known for documenting early Dogtown skateboard culture in the late 1970s and the hip-hop and punk scenes of the ’80s and ’90s. His subjects have included the likes of Jay Adams and Tony Alva; Run-DMC, [...]
There’s an awesome video interview with skateboarding icon, Fucking Awesome co-founder, and all-around cool barney dude Jason Dill on Defrag – a website with lots of cool stuff in Japanese, definitely worth poking around. watch the video here
“Full Bleed, the photo book chronicling NYC skate culture, is the feature of the latest Epicly Later’d episode. Listen to the likes of Alex Corporan, Ivory Serra, Andre Razo, Patrick O’Dell, and Peter Bici talk about the book, as well as the development of the skate scene in New York over the last 30+ Years.” [...]
Daily Film Blog features John Bradford’s affecting photos of skaters doing skater things like flying through the air, getting hurt, and showing off their art collections. Click the link for more. (Skateboardermag.com’s Daily Film Blog)
“Winners of Fuel TV’s million dollar short film contest, Corey Adams and Alex Craig have created a satirical indictment of our logo-laden, consumerist culture which is equal parts comedy and fable, and 100% just plain weird. Take the 1971 Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, set it at the enigmatic headquarters of the world’s most [...]
Slow Loris video #1 is here. Brought to you by Steve Green. Enjoy!
