I know—this news is old (3 days ago), but if you haven’t had a chance to read Katie’s side of the story, in her own words, you’re blowing it huge. Here is a link to her blog posting that graciously articulates the reasoning behind the move from Sector 9 to Landyachtz. CLICK THIS
About an hour east of San Diego lies Barrett Junction, a sparsely populated and desolate California backcountry that reminds one of a long-forgotten human legacy—not a place one naturally associates with skateboarding. The land is an undulating citadel of converging hills, rolling up and down under vast blue skies—chaparral-covered, with the random oak and peppertree …
Here is a new youtube vid featuring Venom’s Zak Maytum and the Colorado crew. It was filmed the day after the Barrett Junction race, on an undisclosed, and legendary, road in the Inland Empire of SoCal. Camera work is by Max Dubler. If ya like downhill it’s worth a peepers.
In skateboarding’s early years, deck flexiness was considered pretty groovy, but then there was a powerful shift and the culture slowly moved away from it’s surf-style roots and began developing a strong trick-based urban dimension. Most of those original flexy boards were shelved and replaced with rigid, wider boards. I’ve been skateboarding since the ‘80s, …
For those shredders living in SoCal, there is a slide jam and race this weekend (Jan 22) in San Clemente. Our buddy Trevor Watkins is putting it on and one of the judges will be a Wheelbase staffer. Neato!
Here is the second installment of the “Dynamic Duo” article I started at SkateSlate a few months back. This time around I chose two friends that have stoked my skatefire and inspired me to get better at freeriding. I met the both of them while working at Loaded last year and we’ve been friends ever …
The “American Dream” James Kelly unloaded from Loaded & Orangatang and was quickly swooped up by Arbor and Abec 11. Downhill champion Kevin Reimer is reported to have also left Orangatang. He is reported to be riding for Abec 11 as well. Damn! What an interesting start to 2011. Wheelbase wishes all involved the best. …