This is hands-down the best slam video on the interwebs right now! So hot! Soon to be seen on Longboardism, Skate Slate, SkateHouseMedia, and a Facebook wall near you. Boom! Stay tuned for our feature article covering The Kings Of Clermont event. It’s dropping later this week—words and photos by Wheelbase correspondent Shawn Tseng. “The best …
Mark Short and I (Will Edgecombe) took a skate pilgrimage to Brazil in late 2011, and were hosted by Sergio Yuppie and his family. Over the course of 4 weeks, illuminated by the vivid Santa Catarina sunshine, I had the opportunity to document a bit of his skateboard building process.
Check out this sick video of the 1977 Catalina Classic Downhill Skateboard Race. Definitely some epic short-shorts, sweet tube socks, and radical downhill action of yesteryear; all going down on some small-ass skateboards. Rumor has it that certain “powers that be” within our industry are working, as we speak, to revive the Catalina Classic Race for …
Kaya, of Comet Skateboards just sent us these rad images of the almost-finished, new Wheelbase/Comet Challenge board. Hooty, hoo! We are so freakin’ stoked right now!
The Rip City Skate homies of Portland, OR are always doing rad things and supporting the shred scene. These two event series (Switchback & NW Slopestyle) are no exception to the extent of Rip City Skate’s pure raditude. The events are being held on a bi-monthly basis and the second round is going down on …
We just received the above photo from a skater who recently obtained one of our Wheelbase Shadow Shooter tees. On the surface, it’s just an amateur image of some college kid standing in his dorm room, and from the looks of his pants, waiting for an eminent flood of some sort. He, he, he! But …
Okee doekee, this is the slammin’-est race video out right now. SLO is killing-it with their new 2012 Santa Gnarbara video. The editor of this is. . . a ballin’-ass dopedog! We’re not even sure what that means, but the point is: we are feelin’ this shit right here! Peep it.
We’ve been wanting to throw a Wheelbase event for a very long time now, and have had this dope spot in San Pedro all sussed out for when the time was right—it was just a matter of picking the ideal moment when everybody would be in town and up for a day’s session. The recent …
There are some rad videos dropping this week and this is one of them for sure. Our homie Justen Ortiz of Landyachtz proffered this little slice-of-shred and raised our stoke level by 120%. If you’ve never hear of the Giant’s Head Freeride, get with it. If you get the chance to actually be a part …
The Wheelbase crew attended the Agenda Trade Show held in Long Beach, CA a couple weeks back. We got our lurk on pretty hard with Canadian, Matt “McLovin‘” Livingston of S&J. We had a great time throwing the proverbial shakka and just generally broing down as much as we could. We chilled with a broad …
This is happening—Team Wheelbase & The Sunset Sliders will be there to spread the shred—you should join us! Mic-check-one-two! The details be righ’ cheer:
What the . . . ? How many of these combos and tricks even have names yet? Not many—this dude is straight slaying it! (insert a wide-eyed head scratch here) Hutton Richardson is “the man” and continues to push the genera of Softwheel Freestyle (Look ma, we just made up a new term!) further and …
When I’m skating hard and pushing my personal limits alongside a group of good friends, I become really stoked. You know that radical feeling of zooming down your local slope, bangin’out all your steeziest maneuvers—It feels great! Sometimes when I’m in the zone—the times when my smile is a permanent feature of my face—I start …
Ooooo eeeeeeee! Introducing the brand spankin’ new Orangatang Balut wheel! We just received a couple sets of these strange lookin’, light-weight Balut wheels over here at Wheelbase Headquarters, and we are foaming-at-the-mouth in anticipation to shred ’em and start filming for their very own Wheelbase Product Review! Anyway, we need to go shred, so check …
. . . and here we go! Introducing the Top Ten finalists for the Wheelbase Board Graphic Challenge. Brought to you by Comet Skateboards, Divine Wheel Co., and Caliber Trucks!
Check out our latest Wheelbase Product Review for the Sector 9 “Driver” Slide Glove:
The Arbor Collective is doing big, big things, and their talented freeride skateboarding team is definitely a integral component to this forward momentum of Radical. We’ve been watching all of the Arbor “Get Elevated Tour” videos over here at Wheelbase and have gleaned some major Stoke each and every time one of these puppies goes …
Here’s a rad little video of Ethan Cochard getting nasty in the rain. Ethan rides it hard and puts it down wet in this exquisite edit welcoming him to the Vicious Grip team. For more info check this out: Vicious Blog Post - Welcome Ethan Cochard
The longboarding scene in Florida, like everywhere else in the world, is growing at a substantial rate. More and more skaters are joining the ranks and shredding their local spots on a broader range of equipment. William Royce is one of those who have always been ripping on skateboards—long or short. Up until this year, …