With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down Helpless people on subway trains Scream, bug-eyed, as he looks in on them He picks up a bus and he throws it back down As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town Oh, no, they say he’s …
Quality skateboarding, like quality motorcycling, is all about craft, community, and freedom. The Moto Radventure is our annual ride in celebration of this confluence. This year, the second year of the Moto Rad, we hit the road starting in Los Angeles, California. We made our way up to Santa Barbara, and ultimately, we headed back …
Apple Inc. has got themselves a new version of iMovie. But that’s not exactly all there is to it. They seem to have “caught on” to the “hip crowd” and hooked up with the real-life radical crew of Ethan Cochard, Alicia Fillback, Daniel Fissmer and Tomio Choy (along with another lovely young lady who we don’t happen to recognize) to …
The International Skateboarding Federation has released a video (an “unlisted” one at that) explaining why they feel skateboarding should be included in the Olympics and, perhaps as expected, they’re using Shaun White as one of their many selling points. Sure, skateboarding is now (and has been) accessible at all corners of the globe, so it’s very likely “the …
Whichever of y’all said the east coast doesn’t have hills was gravely mistaken. I’m not going to point any fingers, but rather I would like to submit this edit as evidence against such a drastic claim. Comet Skateboards has just released part one of their “DCDC TOUR” featuring Anthony Flis, Eric Jensen, Jared Henry, Dave Tannaci, Nick Ronzani, …
Bustin Team riders Bruno Sorondo and Toti Bicicleta and film maker Perropro were given the opportunity to explore China using only their boards (and perhaps public transport) for an entire month. This five-week trip took the crew through Shanghai, Hangzhou & Beijing which made for some excellent scenery to match the excellent skating. We could continue …
Arbor Skateboards has been going pretty hard dropping the edits lately. It is in our professional opinion that their newest edit featuring new team rider Brandon Tissen is the hardest of all, whatwith him skating everything and stuff and such. We’ve been keeping our eyes on Brandon ever since his entry into our “Skate Everything” video contest …
Is it political activism? No. Is it an effort to increase awareness for a cause? No. Is it a pride parade? No—Well, sort of—But no. It’s none of these things. It’s just skateboarding. On a particular day in October, somewhere in the numbers of 1,500-2,000 skateboarders made their way down Manhattan’s busiest thoroughfare because skateboarding. …
. . . and here we go! Introducing the Top Ten finalists for the “Vicious Package Design Challenge”. Brought to you by Wheelbase Magazine & Vicious Grip. It was a tough call for the entire Wheelbase Action Commitee in choosing from the real, real radical designs that were sent to us from all over the entire world. We received just …
Caliber Trucks has released a new edit featuring Mr. Brian “Chubbs” Cortright catching some speed in the hills of Santa Cruz. Chubbs doesn’t always get time in front of the camera—he’s often found behind it making sure things run smoothly—but we’re stoked he switched sides this time around! Chubbs has proven his tremendous board control skills to the world! …
Thus far, via this The Four Pillars of Shred series, we have pondered aspects of riding that are foundational to proper skateboarding activity. Without such cornerstones we would be lost somewhere deep in the cosmos, bumping into stars and making friends with super nebulas in the fourth dimension (doesn’t sound too shabby, actually!). But I digress; …
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” The above quote by Hunter S. Thompson might as well be the official motto for this past …
The last time Orangatang Wheels introduced a centerset freeride-oriented wheel, we mentioned that it’d be rad if the next release edit featured an element of fire. Well, folks, Otang has delivered! The introduction video for The Keanu, The Kilmer and The Cage wheels features a whole slew of epic-ness, fire included! For the pyro-fans out there, we’ve got …
The second installment of Greener Pastures Offshore features Levi Green, Kevin Bouaich & Maximilian Gradlmiller exploring the unique and varied terrain across the island. From the looks of it, this island is a downhill skateboarder’s dream. The turns are rad, the pavement is clean and the scenery behind it all is nothing short of majestic. The rad camerawork of the …
Scott “El Beasto” Lembach—head honcho at MuirSkate Longboard Shop—likes dubstep. A lot. If you’ve ever spent time around the #MuircedesVan, you know exactly what we’re talking about. He’s literally listening to blood-pumping music 24/7. It would be very unhealthy to leave all those beats bottled up inside his brain, so Scott uses physical activity as his …
Comet Skateboards just dropped this teaser edit for what appears to be an all-American-badassery-fest dubbed the “DCDC Tour”. No word has been given on the release date for the full dealio, but I’m guessing it ‘s just around the corner. (Let’s just hope they don’t tease us with eleventeen other trailers beforehand.) The tour’s edit will feature the …
Surfing has dawn patrol. Downhill skateboarding has the morning descent. Or at least that’s what the crew at Sector 9 Skateboards has taken to calling it. Brendan Davidson got his time to shine in front of Louis Pilloni’s moto-mounted camera on this first-descent raw run somewhere in the Alps. The scenery in this here clip is rad and …
East coast lokedog Ed Garner spent some time on the West Coast with the rest of the Volante Wheels crew and now has a rad edit to show for it. From what we know of Ed, he’s a pretty laid-back dude. His skating, on the other hand, is aggressive. We’re stoked to see Ed in action and …
Introducing our latest month-long, weekly Facebook giveaway featuring Landyachtz Longboards. Click the link below for a chance to win a TopSpeed deck, a fresh Landyachtz t-shirt, some Hammer Griptape, and a hefty sticker pack. We’ll be picking one lucky winner of all this stuff every Friday afternoon in the month of October. Tell the homies and …