The Abec 11 Amber Flashbacks is a 70mm side-set, freeride-oriented wheel and is available in a single hardness of 81a. The Testing: In order to test the Abec 11 “Amber Flashbacks“ we slid and spun our way around the hills of Upper Manhattan. Pros: The combination of this wheel’s offset core and sturdy lips makes them a slide machine. Our …
You’ve seen the 1,435 Instagram posts, the 864 Facebook updates and that one photo everyone shared around on Reddit; now see the actual footage itself! It’s finally here! James Kelly filmed by the crew at Arbor Skateboards via a Red Camera doing some Downhill Skateboarding. This beast features some grandiose SoCal scenery, rad skating and some filthy slow-mo of The American Dream …
Blood Orange Griptape is a heavy-duty, super-course griptape available is 7 colors. The Testing: In order to test the Blood Orange Griptape we hit some fun spots all over the hood. Pros: This tape has some serious traction and grip, and performs best at speed and when kicking out slides. We also appreciated the range of …
Among the earliest clips to arise from Teutonia 2013 comes this kinda-but-not-quite-raw-run from the crew at MuirSkate Longboard Shop. Come along with El Beasto, Max Ballesteros and Douglas Dalua as they go really, really fast down a really, really big hill. This edit’s got just what you’d expect to come off a MuirSkate helmet cam, too. If you’ve ever wondered …
The crew at Comet Skateboards has been hard at work crafting a new form of construction for a select few decks in their lineup. This “Air-Frame” Construction came to fruition by way of collaboration with the Paul Schmitt and is able to create a deck that is 25% lighter and more responsive than the original. Mr. Liam Morgan was lucky …
Gullwing Truck Co. has uploaded “The Charger 2: Part 2” for your viewing pleasure. If you’re down with some hand-held, wind-whipping, follow-cam downhill skateboarding action, you’re in for a treat. Gullwing Army members AJ Haiby, Daniel Luna and Tim Del are the riders featured in this edit and it appears that James Kelly and Jimmy Riha had a hand in the filming. Fun times on the slopes …
The Artist Formerly Known as Tiger Lily—the Yvonne Byers—got some face time with the California Bonzing lens! Yvonne has her own shape coming out for the Bonzing lineup, and this edit is a demonstration of what it’s all about! We’ve been a fan of Ms. Byers since whenever it was we first met her. She skates …
Fans of jazz-like freestyle expression and dance moves on skateboards rejoice! Paris Truck Co. has added Lotfi Lamaali to their team! In addition to what could basically be the raddest name we’ve ever heard, this fella’s got himself a bag of moves for many a flip-doodler to be jealous of. We’re stoked for everyone involved and look forward to the radness …
If you’re going to release an edit for an event nearly a month after it’s taken place, you’d better make sure it’s worth the wait. The media crew at MuirSkate Longboard Shop has done just that! Their 2013 Broadway Bomb edit captured a pretty solid “essence” of NYC from the west coast crew’s perspective and brings on entertainment …
And just like that, seemingly out-of-the-blue yet somehow fulfilling a whole bunch of skate-related fantasies you didn’t know you had, your new favorite hashtagskateeverything video was born. Now, here’s what else you need to know in a quick-hit type o’ style. The skater: Billy Bones. The location: Probably the PNW. Looks like Burnside Skate Park, Vancouver …
Our amigo Liam Morgan got himself a little bit of textual action via the Los Angeles Times multimedia outlet/site. Check out the link below for the interview along with some behind-the-scenes info on the filming of Blood Orange’s “Raw Run Vol. 2” (seen above) as well as an official, better-late-than-never shout-out to Liam’s favorite downhill-skateboard-oriented-online-skate-rag! (Us!) The video caused quite …
Ain’t no better way to kick off your weekend of skating than by being inspired by another rider who shares a similar taste in skateboarding. It’s OK if you don’t like to throw yourself over walls above sidewalks or get twitchy-stylin’ at 40, but Jared Henry does just that in his latest (perhaps greatest?) edit for Comet …
I haven’t had a television in my apartment for a couple of years now, I brush up on current events on reliable internet sources here and there instead. When I was in Israel, my family and many of my friends reached out to me asking if I was safe, if I was paying attention to …
Downhill skateboard racing finds its origins right here in Long Beach, CA, back in 1975 on Signal Hill at the “Signal Hill Speed Run”. I am extremely proud of this fact as Long Beach is my home, my birthplace and the birthplace of Wheelbase Magazine. It’s been almost 40 years since downhill’s founding fathers—pioneers such …
Teutonia is just around the bend! Lee Cation dropped this raw run in our inbox and we are decidedly mega-jelly that we aren’t able to make it out to Brazil with the rest of the riders. In regards to the raw run at hand, Lee said, “Next weekend Brazil will host the fastest race in the world with …
Riviera Skateboards’ has just released (like, just now, as we’re typing this) a full-length edit featuring their team riders (aka “Specialists”) Kody Noble, Amanda Powell and Brent “Dubes” Dubendorf. The footage comes from the past few years they’ve spent researching and testing their new downhill-oriented lineup. The footage is rad and the vibes are fun. Sit back, grab a …
The Skate Invaders family/collective/street-gang is rad. Fun edits, solid skating, smiles all around. Peter K. and Zach N. of the Skate Invaders family have both acquired the same deck, Comet Skateboards’ Marcus Bandy Guest Model—a favorite around these parts, with good reason—and are putting it to use in a handful of different scenarios. We would like to thank the two …
A stack of particularly rad skating clips? We’re intrigued… Go on. Kicktails? We like. Twin Shadow sound track? Our news dude is stoked. Wheelbase tee all up in there? We’re stoked! Wait. Is that the Sean Kolvenbach gettin’ weird and growling like a tiger whilst shaking a poor, defenseless tree? It is! Awesome. (Could this get any better?!) Is that …
As long as I’ve been bombing hills and going to events the main form of competition has been classic downhill racing. It’s only in the last couple of years that slide jams, slope style, and boardercross have started to attract more attention and bigger prizes. As I write this, two of my teammates and good …
Casey Morrow loves skateboarding. (And we love Casey Morrow!) From the looks of it, skateboarding loves him, too… ‘Cause why else would he stick around after faceplanting in to a spiked fence? Casey is at the forefront of the #SkateEverything movement and a #Leader in the Pacific Northwest community. Casey is rad, his skating is …
Comet Skateboards and their faithful crew are back at it with Part Two of their DCDC Tour edit featuring Anthony Flis, Eric Jensen, Jared Henry, Dave Tannaci, Nick Ronzani, Nino Almazon, Brian Peck, Nick Ketner, & Will Seal. This edit has got us stoked! Not only are these dudes skating all the things (and skating them well …
The Bustin Boards “BG DK” is an 8-ply, 10″ wide, 41.5″ long, symmetrical double kick. It features a slight W-Concave, wheel well flares, CNC’d wheel wells and a few wheelbase options. The Testing: In order to test this board, Tom and Marcus skated some west coast hills and nearby steep descents. Pros: The BG DK is …
Billy Bones is a rad skateboarder and also quite the character, so it makes perfect sense that he would host Landyachtz Longboards‘ New York City slash Broadway Bomb recap. In addition to some skateboarding trickery, the Landyachtz crew took part in some extreme tourism, aggressive sticker slappage, chitchat with Johnny Law, and even called some old people …
If you’ve never had the pleasure of skating the hills of Laguna, lemme lay it out for you: They’re gnarly and are pretty much filled with danger around every turn. (Hence the “Danger Riders”.) If you’re new to the hills, they’ll be overwhelming and you’ll probably kook it up for a long time before you get …
My first skate-related encounter with the streets of New York City took place a little over two years ago, in mid-October of 2011. The MuirSkate crew and I ventured out here to take part in the unofficially annual “skateboard pride parade”. It was late-morning and just as soon as we touched down at JFK we …