Most of you have already seen a grip of images and videos of this year’s Spring Marhill Freeride on either facebook, youtube, or vimeo; but what you haven’t seen yet are the pics from inside the helicopter cockpit. Thanks to Deano, the event organizer; and Louis Pilloni of Sector 9 & SkateHouseMedia, I was blessed …
We at Wheelbase are firm believers in thinking differently, globally, and skating as many types of skateboards and terrain as we can. Comet Skateboards represent a similar ethos, and they do it with heaps of style, humanity, and epicness . Read below to check out what they have going on for 2011 and beyond: “Comet …
Good day Skateboarders! The 2011 season is well underway with some highlight events already taking place and the start of the IGSA South America and Danger Bay 10 only a few short weeks away. This season, Rayne Longboards is proud to welcome Marisa Nunez to the team! Marisa has been progressing her shredding for the …
It’s one in the freaking morning but I’m still hella juiced from today’s radicalities. Deano, the MHFR event organizer, presented Louie Pilloni and myself with the opportunity of taking a two-hour helicopter ride over Maryhill this afternoon to shoot video and photos of the freeride. I’m still taking pause and trippin’ on how critical of …
This was so unexpected, yet now that it’s happened it totally makes sense. What a truly landmark sponsorship! Everybody here at Wheelbase is stoked to see a sick East Coast brand like Earthwing step-to-the-plate and back such a killer and potentially dominating skateboarder mustache. Sometimes skateboarding is not skateboarding—in this case that’s a good thing.
Welcome to the first-ever Wheelbase Challenge! After a bit of ponderin’, ganderin’, and head-scratchin’; we decided to start things off with a photography challenge so that skaters from all over the universe could send in their mostest buttery skate shots, win some prizes, and have their photos posted on the site. When it’s all said …
Here’s a little vid from the recent “Major Stok’em III” downhill race held in New Jersey a week or two ago. Our homie Max Meyers won the thing and if you watch this video you can see there were more than a few dudes goinn’ for it. But the main reason we’re posting this one …
Fernando Yuppie is a seventeen year old Brazilian ripper. He comes from a serious legacy of Brazilian shredders. His father, Sergio Yuppie, is one of the pioneers of the sliding genre and has passed those skills on to his son. Fernando has taken his father’s teachings and is pushing his skating further and further. I …
Our friends from Spain just sent in this event they are having on May 22 in Madridejos, Spain. Looks to be a pretty sweet ditch/spillway event that is to include some banked slalom and an open expression session as well. I’m uni-lingual so I can’t understand most of what is on their event page (I’m …
$2900 in Cash to the winners ofthe 3rd Annual Skateboard Race in Britannia Beach, BC Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - April 11th 2011 – The community of Britannia Beach, UNKLE.ca and all of the fantastic volunteers are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Downhill Skateboard Race in Britannia Beach, BC on May 27, 28 and …
I turned sixteen recently and for my birthday I wanted to take two of my best friends down to beautiful Laguna Beach for the weekend. So we mobbed on down there one Thursday afternoon, with my dad driving most of the way. Little did we know the shit-storm that was about to come down on …
Yep, the brilliant bureaucrats of Laguna Beach, CA have unanimously agreed to ban skateboarding on eight roads, all skateboarding at nighttime, and institute a speed-limit of 25MpH throughout. If you’re wondering if this will be inforced, the answer is a big YES, and it will be done very diligently—the cops in Laguna are very thorough. …
Lee, from Vancouver’s Unkle.ca just sent us this little vid. It is of Josh Weisfeld and himself shredding on an epic Maui run that is paved with volcanic aggregate. From what they say, the volcanic rock in the pavement makes it super grippy and helps in holding some speedy lines. Anyway, thanks for sending this …
On a day not too long ago, in a damp and gloomy oak forest, I was treading up-stream in a babbling brook; lost and searching with a skateboard under arm, a helmet on my head, and gloves fitted to my hands. While on this journey I met a woman in a cave nestled underneath a …
On the surface, an outlaw race is just another race. Riders move from point A to point B, somebody wins, and blah-de-da-blah—the race is over. But the rad thing about skateboarders is that we’re creative by nature and always find a way to turn the mundane into the epic. Outlaw races are a perfect example …
Ian Lovett, on behalf of the New York Times, posted an article on Friday responding to the ongoing battle between downhill skateboarders and the general public of Laguna Beach. Some interesting points here, but 90% same-old-same-old. It’s still worth a read if only to get a general feel for how people see downhill from the …
The boys over at Rayne just sent us their team’s 2011 event map & calendar. This badboy has over fifty different events listed, from all over the globe. Sweetness! If you’re looking into going to some rad races, slide jams, or freerides in 2011; this map & calender is a great resource. Click on the …
Wheelbase Magazine has teamed up with SkateHouseMedia to shed light on the most commonly debated topics in longboard skateboarding. With the online network today it’s easy to get misdirected or lost in the flood of information. Now you can jump straight to a reliable source. Every month Wheelbase Magazine will bring you exclusive SkateHouseMedia content …