If you were unable to make it out to the Catalina Island Classics this year, do not fret! Abec 11 Wheels wrapped up the entire weekend in an action-packed 8-minute recap. Click play, and enjoy.
Arbor Skateboards just released this edit featuring team rider Ed Garner rippin’ it up in the hills of SoCal. Ed sure knows how to navigate some particularly chunderous pavement! From Maryland and residing in Pennsylvania, Ed is known as a top freerider on the East Coast. He joined the Arbor team only a few months ago, and is already …
The Mt. Tabor Downhill Challenge is back for its fourth round! This year’s Challenge will take place on July 26th in Portland, Oregon. If you’re planning on being in the area (or would like to plan on it!) take a look at the info below (direct from event organizer Billy Meiners), the video above, and …
Here at Wheelbase, we believe in growing community and supporting our fellow skater’s in their efforts to make cool shit for other skaters. This article is tribute paid to the rider-owned and -operated apparel brands within our corner of skateboarding. illdownhill, Yeehaw, and Push Culture Apparel are three examples of clothing companies creating quality gear …
This beastly clip found its way to our inbox this morning, and boy are we glad it did! This edit features Landyachtz Skateboards crew/homies Billy Meiners, Wolfgang Coleman, and Graeme Hystad doin’ their loke-dawg thing somewhere in the Canadian un-wilderness. We’re fully stoked on Billy’s camera-work for this edit (‘cept that one botched clip… Biillyyyyy!) and the …
Landyachtz Skateboards brought us this recap—and quite a thorough one at that!—for the weekend of Danger Bay 13. It’s basically got everything we could ever want to see in a recap: downhill skateboarding, downhill skateboarding bails, downhill skateboarding bails in slow motion, drawn out slides (both toe- and heel-side), Wolfgang Coleman in his undies, slow motion …
Arbor Skateboards released this raw run featuring team rider Ed Garner as a pseudo-teaser for Ed’s upcoming edit. As seen in this clip, Ed skates fast and he’s got a clean style about him! If this says anything about what we’ll be seeing with the upcoming edit, it’s gonna be rad.
Steven Vera, team rider for Bustin Boards, is up to some pretty rad things as of late. He was just in California for a month with the Orangatang Crew, in NYC with Seth, and more recently he made it out to Philly to work on an edit with Jon Sevik of Crazy Tac0. We’re stoked with the filming and over …
Everyday, skaters set goals to explore new moves, equipment, techniques, and terrain; and you can bet that the majority of those who accomplish such goals have at least some sort of roadmap and general plan for accomplishing them. That being said, we must all take into account the very real and tangible power of unforeseen …
Central Mass Longboard Festival is back for round five! The event will be taking place in the lovely little town of Harvard, MA, located 25-miles west-northwest of Boston. After attending last year’s festival per the request of our friend (and event organizer) Mike Girard, we are more-than-stoked to make it back for this year’s event! To get …
Wolfgang Coleman of Landyachtz Longboards will be taking over the brand’s Twitter account for the duration of Attack of Danger Bay 13, happening this weekend May 17th-21st. Take a gander at the video above for the scoop, along with some goofballin’ between Wolfgang and event organizer Bricin “Striker” Lyons! For tips on how to get to Danger Bay 13, …
Volante Wheels has officially announced Nick Ronzani as the newest member of their crew. Or is it that Volante Wheels is the newest member of the Nick Ronzani club? Either way, Nick kills it on all types of boards and we’re stoked to see him getting the attention he deserves! Keep it up, Radzani! We’re stoked to officially …
Push Culture Apparel’s News Desk is lookin’ particularly rad for the month of April! Brian Davenport and crew were kind enough to feature our first-ever Print Edition (“Issue One” to be precise) alongside a whole bunch of other radness from within our community, and for that we are truly grateful! If you have yet to catch a glimpse …
French Patrol just dropped this edit of Laurent Perigault and Alexandra Kubiak Ho-Chi doing some rad stuff on longerboards. The soundtrack is (1) basically hilarious and (2) raises the question: Which is it actually? Where is the line drawn? Is it longboarding? Or is it skateboarding? Or is it all just alternaboarding and we’re giving names to things …
After a handful of GIF- and text-based posts, I’ve come to terms with the fact that I simply prefer to make videos. Sure, I enjoy making the endlessly-looping animations and getting a little wild with words, but I miss being on board myself. To make a GIF I set up the tripod, hit record, and …
In celebration of their new deck, the TMKF, Comet Skateboards released this edit featuring a handful of their shreddiest riders doing their thing from either coast! Shout-out to Big Dave for the weirdo-beardo, and to the rest of the dudes (Nick Ronzani, Big Dave, Wild Boar, Eric Jensen, and Nick Ketner) for the rad skating!
The Keep On Tuckin’ 2014 tour is back again this summer for the third year in a row! (Fun Fact: the first year of the tour was alternately titled: Up North, Down Hills) Wheelbase Magazine, Muir Skate, and a elite crew of other radical brands (to be announced shortly) are hosting this West Coast skateboarding adventure beginning in Southern California and rambling on up …
The crew at Push Culture Apparel has helped to organized a series of races across the East Coast this summer and it’s called the “PC Cup“. They’ve gone the extra mile and made it a “package” deal complete with registration to all events, along with a specialized goodie bag for all entrants. Take a look below …
We’re always stoked to see a new Raw Run from Blood Orange pop up on our News Feed, and today we’re double stoked: This one features #WheelbaseFam homie, and skilled artist, Alicia Fillback! Alicia’s got style and speed, a combination that makes for a radical Raw Run experience!
Good news for all you racers out there with your name on this not-so-long list: You get to register for Pikes Peak Downhill right now! Registration for “priority riders” is now open via the IDF website. If your name is not on the list, you’re just gonna have to wait until June 7th to claim your spot. …
This year’s 2014 Catalina Island Classic was good times as usual. This event is one of our favorite races of the year. Shit, it’s held on an island off the coast of Southern California: warm sun, refreshing ocean beaches, deliciously strong beverages, and a backdrop of awe-inspiring scenery. Hell yeah! And that’s not even mentioning …
The third and final episode of Rayne Longboards’ All The Pinche Way Tour video series has found its way on to the YouTube machine. This one’s got a whole lot more skating than the other two, which is just what we hoped for!
William Royce of Bustin Boards has been spending some time out in California over the past few months and met up with Max Dubler to film this crispy raw run on a tasty hill in Southern California. It’s (1) rad and (2) a nice change of pace to see Will’s east coast flavor thrown into this run on this …
Welcome to On Board, Wheelbase Magazine’s video-centric rider interview endeavor! For the first iteration of this on-going series, we’re sitting down with “Big Dave” Tanacci of the Sunset Sliders! The idea behind On Board is simple: We pull riders away from the crowd at social gatherings and grill them with some particularly personal questions. If …
Jed Kenny and Stephen Hayes each found themselves in the line of danger at South Africa’s 2014 Urban Descent downhill skateboarding race. David Beare shared this with us via our Facebook page and we thought you may like to see it as well. . . Or perhaps you wouldn’t like to see it? There’s some pretty serious impact …