We are bummed that we were unable to make it out to this epic push race. We’re hoping next time around we can pull it off. From what our friends Jack Smith, Jeff Vyain, and Maribeth McHugh tell us, it was an event not soon to be forgotten. After the 188 miles and three days …
These dudes don’t ever return our calls or reply to any of our emails. Not sure why that is? We’re starting to think maybe it’s because they’ve been too busy shredding in their epic skate compound? Yeah, that’s it. Hey, when you guys get done skating in there, can ya give us a call please! …
Greetings Skaters, and welcome to the second edition of the SkateHouseMedia Mashup. We decided that this month we would discuss the topic of Crew. Crew being the group of people you kick-it with, the homies and homettes who got your back when shit goes down, and the gang of skaters you shred-the-gnar with on a …
The community response to our first Wheelbase Photog Challenge has been such a success! So far, we’ve received photo submissions from skaters on every continent (minus Antarctica of course) and from over 20 different countries. There are some really epic shots in the running thus far, and more coming in every day. If you shred-the-gnar …
So sick! It is always rad to hear of skaters pushing limits and breaking down barriers.You gotta check out this brief San Francisco Chronicle article featuring, Lloyd Kahn, a 76-year-old downhill shredder—dude is straight-up serving Ageism with a proper beat-down. Old dudes rule, and so does skateboarding! Click here to see the article: “Skateboarding keeps …
Aaron “from the block” getting hella-slammed at the Dank Slide Jam. What a trooper!—mad props to this dude for getting right the hell back up—what a G. To all you dudes and dudettes out there getting gnar like our man Aaron: Wear those helmets y’all!
From the looks of it, this video came out last month. Sometimes the rad stuff slips by undetected. This “Dormingo” video is a case in point—what smooth skating and epic camera work! Anyway, here’s is a real fun video from Otang and Loaded ambassador, Camilo Céspedes of Colombia. Enjoy.
We could tell ya that the third annual Buffalo Bill Bloodspill race brought out the World’s fastest downhill skateboarders for two days of full-throttle mayhem on the Colorado asphalt of Lookout Mountain Road, we could tell ya about how 140 racers battled it out for the glory of that coveted podium, we could use words …
As the longboarding community continues to grow on a global level, many in the industry are finding themselves in need of a bit more elbowroom. The dudes at Bustin Boards are no exception—they have grown out of their old Longboard Loft retail store location and have moved and expanded it to the Lower East Side …
Check out this Dope-ass video over at SkateHouseMedia. It’s of our homie Big Dave as he gets served a mighty blow of ‘crete at the 2011 Ditch Slap. But that ain’t the half of it—dude just dusts himself off and handles it with a smile and some serious style. Click on the image to see …
Have you seen this new article that Transworld Business just published: The Cult Of Longboard: A Look at the Other Side of Skateboarding? If not, you should definitely take a few minutes to read it over. In it, they talk about the growth of longboarding and what that means for the “skateboard industry”. The message …
We posted a preliminary news snippet of this event a while back—we were trippin’ on how crazy you’d have to be to do something like this. I mean come on—188 miles!?! Anyway, it’s all going down starting this weekend. Hats-off to all the skateboarders up for this epic challenge. We salute you! We also want …
Registration for this event is now open at: www.whistlerlongboard.com. A highly technical 1-mile race track drops 3100 feet as riders grip and drift through EIGHT (8) full 180 degree hairpins. The Olympic luge track is the fastest luge track ever built and the access road is no different. Saturday the 25th will be Freeride with …
The day after the crazy helicopter crash went down (pun intended!) at Buffalo Bill, Louis Pilloni and I were interviewed by 7 News, Denver. The best thing about the whole interview was watching Louis on national television showcasing his new mullet—a mullet that I am very proud to say I had a hand in instigating, …
A while back I got a text message from a guy named Johnny Strange. He got my number through our mutual friend Christian who told him I skate downhill. His text message said something like, “Hey Pete, this is Johnny. Christian told me you skate and I was going to hit Kanan Rd. tonight at …
Greetings from the road, Ditch Slap 2011 just went down and was a serious master-blaster of a good time!—speed, carnage, hollow eucalyptus barrels; and endless, flowing banked-runs. Everybody shredded hard, we got some great images, and also made many new friends. The full-length and in-depth Wheelbase article is on the way. In the meantime, enjoy …
Free stuff! Oh yeah! Arbor is giving away a complete Hybrid GT Skateboard! The Hybrid GT is a very versatile board and was featured in this radical video: Kody Noble Shreds The Streets Of San Francisco. Here’s how the Giveaway works: On the Arbor website, arborcollective.com, participants must make a quick comment on any news story, (participants must make …
I had a sweet intro written up for this interview, detailing how awesome Big Dave is and how much inspiration and stoke he generates by just being Dave; but after looking at the rad pics I ended up getting and after receiving Dave’s answers to my interview questions, I decided to shit-can my intro and …
This is the first chance I’ve had to get some internet access since the Buffalo Bill helicopter debacle, fiasco, or whatever you want to call it. Here’s one of the many shots I took as it happened—so gnarly I can’t even believe it actually went down. And to think, Louis Pilloni and myself where just …
One word: “Colorado and Buffalo Bill Downhill are epic!” Okay, that’s a few-couple more words than one, but it’s late, I have slight altitude sickness, and tomorrow we’re gonna do it all over again. We had so much fun freeriding today, but it ain’t over yet though; tomorrow it’s race time! Anyway, day-one of Buffalo …
UNKLE is proud to present the Whistler Longboard Festival at the Whistler Sliding Centre on the base of Blackcomb Mountain. This is a 2 Day Skateboard Race weekend set for June 25th and 26th 2011. A highly technical 1 mile race track drops over 2000 feet as riders fly through EIGHT (8) 180 degree hairpins. Saturday …
Pump Station, a spot appropriated a while ago by local riders, has played host to a number of events and gatherings, but not one of this magnitude. On the final day of April, a formidable collection of skateboarders, of an even more impressive variety of age and sizes, congregated at this spot to get down …
Skate road trips are always good times—I’m actually in LA right now waiting for our rental Dakota pick-up truck to finish getting loaded up so we can start heading into Colorado and New Mexico for Buffalo Bill, Atomic Bomb, and Ditch Slap. When you travel in such close quarters you end up getting to know …
We are more than stoked to welcome NorCal’s Caliber Truck Co. in joining the Wheelbase Movement. As many of you may already know, Caliber has been setting new standards with their killer trucks, badass downhill team, and powerful skate imagery. Caliber has some big things in the works this year (and beyond) so stay tuned …
Kody Noble is a serious shredder and a good friend of us here at Wheelbase; he’s a perfect example of the somewhat subversive Fact that Longboarding is skateboarding. Be weary of those ill-advised goons falsifying that longboarding is not skateboarding— ’cause it most definitely is Skateboarding. Anyway, if you haven’t already seen this video on …