This past summer the Comet Skateboards crew embarked on the Brucin’ USA tour in order to provoke the stoke across the country of the US of A. In the final episode—Part 3—of this road trippin’ recap, Eric Jensen, Brian Peck, and Kody Noble cruised on to California for some sunshine and skateboarding. Also, Matt Bo filmed the whole thing and …
Testing Jet Skateboards “Super Banger” Deck: We hit one of our neighborhood runs overlooking the vast Port of Los Angeles. Features: The Jet Skateboards “Super Banger” is 34.3” long and 9.6” wide featuring a 22.″ to 23.5″ adjustable wheelbase, ¼ drop, flares, ample wheelwells, and it is constructed in the USA with 7-plies of Canadian maple. …
. . . And we love it! Our particular favorite clip from Loaded Boards‘ & Orangatang Wheels‘ collective YouTube Channel can be seen above. The following clip is also hilarious and features some of the crew gettin’ goofy. And this last one may be the most appropriate example of what’s actually happening here: (Peep the poster in …
The Longbeard is a collaborative longboard born from the idea that skateboarding thrives when focused on community, creativity, and collaboration. Bustin Boards makes a range of quality skateboards, so of course we were more than happy to help design a radical Bustin deck when the opportunity presented itself. Together with Bustin’s experience in producing all types of quality skateboards, months of extensive …
This past summer the Comet Skateboards crew embarked on the Brucin’ USA tour in order to provoke the stoke across the country of the US of A. In Part 2 of this road trippin’ recap (BTW, this is a three parter, to be released on Fridays), Eric Jensen, Anthony Flis, Nick Ketner, Big Dave, Nick Ronzani and James Tracey rolled down …
Testing DB Longboards “Diamondback” Deck: We hit a couple local hills and a few other crustable-bustable, local spots in order to see what this board was made of. Features: The DB Longboards “Diamondback” is a long double-kick skateboard measuring in at 36.3″ in length and just under 9.5″ in width. It features a 21.75″ wheelbase with …
They say “you can get anything you want in New York City”. It’s quite the enticing and inviting message! (Who wouldn’t want to at least visit the city after hearing such a thing?!) At its roots, I feel this statement true, but that it mostly applies to desirables contained within our plane of existence: “physical things” …
“Sk8 Session” is a new series from Abec 11 focusing on the who’s, what’s, and why’s of their extended skate crew. This edit found it’s way into our eye sockets and we’re digging the message it holds! There are great aspects across all forms of skateboarding and these dudes get it. We’re fully stoked to see …
The Longbeard is a radically super-sized, collaboratively-designed biggerboard intended for use as a hill shralper, sidewalk surfer, or even as an elegant wall-hanger— should one feel so inclined! - Team Longbeard The Longbeard is a collaborative longboard born from the idea that skateboarding thrives when focused on community, creativity, and collaboration. Bustin Boards makes a range of …
This past summer the Comet Skateboards crew embarked on the Brucin’ USA tour in order to provoke the stoke across the country of the US of A. In Part 1 of this road trippin’ recap (BTW, this is a three parter, to be released on Fridays), Eric Jensen, Anthony Flis, Nick Ketner, Jared Henry and Nino Almazon pile in a …
Caliber Truck Co. is continuing their Random Thoughts series with episode numero dos featuring Alicia Fillback & Carmen Shafer. This edit’s got just the right mix of fun and skating to get us stoked to get out and skate ourselves! Thanks for the stoke, ladies!
Click the image above to check out the video at the official event website! Riviera Skateboards and Daddies Board Shop have teamed up for what appears to be a kick-ass downhill skateboarding race with a huge cash prize, featuring some of the hottest names in downhill skateboarding. There’s only one catch: The race is being …
Loaded Boards has released a new edit in celebration of their latest graphical re-design for what has become their flagship model, the Dervish Sama. A Dervish Adrift covers the gang’s trip up the coast to Morro Bay and is full of the OG-type Loaded vibes and a plethora of sidewalk surfing awesomeness, with some additional pizzazz …
In the upcoming week, Caliber Truck Co., Arbor Skateboards, and Blood Orange will be hosting screenings for their new film GRADE. If you want to see it before the rest of the world, get yourself to one of these skate shops! If you’re not on the West Coast, get yourself there and then get yourself to the screenings! …
The King of Kona, 2015 event is back and happening January, 8th - 11th, 2015. We are please as punch to be the presenting media sponsors yet again this year and we can’t wait to get down to Jacksonville, Florida to skate the legendary Kona Skatepark for four days straight and with so many of our homies. This year’s …
Captured & Released is a column by David Marano featuring those who explore the connection between skating and surfing. Featured rider: Justin Reynolds.
PHOTOS Austin Michels WORDS Nathan Bailey Firstly, I’d like to quickly introduce myself before I tell what went down in “corntown”, Ohio. My name is Nathan Bailey and I am a downhill skater from West Virginia. West by god (what we locals call West Virginia) may be wild and wonderful, but it lacks a downhill …
Caliber Truck Co. has teamed up with Arbor Skateboards and Blood Orange to produce an epic, full-length downhill skateboarding film known simply as GRADE. What we’re seeing here is just the trailer, but we wish it were so much more! We are ready for the full sha-bang, dudes! Bring it on!* We’re fired up on the list of riders …
Testing Bustin Boards’ “Bruno PRO” Skateboard Deck: We hit up some local spots, mild hills, and a decently-sized mini ramp to see what this board is all about. Features: Bustin’s “Bruno Pro” deck measures in at 33.6″ in length and roughly 8.5″ in width. It features a 16.3″ wheelbase with both new school and old …
If you like music ‘n’ longboarding. . . We’ve got just the thing for you! It’s a new track titled On My Longboard by spoken word artist Stoney S Babe! Watch, enjoy, and bob your head with a friend!
WORDS & PHOTOS Marcus Bandy The 2nd annual Angie’s Curves downhill skateboard race, held back on September 12-14th near Pala, California, was most definitely the hottest and fasterest race I’ve ever witnessed. With speeds of up to 69 mph and air temps hovering at 110 degree during the day, the race was intense, both literally …
Every Friday in the month of November we will be giving away 2 packs of RDVX Griptape via our Wheelbase Facebook page. All you need to do is “like” the Wheelbase & RDVX Facebook pages and then fill out the simple form so we can contact you if you are chosen as one of our …
WORDS & PHOTOS Marcus Bandy The event feature in our latest Wheelbase Print Edition: Issue Two, released last month on October 1st, covers the second-annual Pikes Peak Downhill, 2014 race held back on September 5, 6, 7th in Colorado. Our Pikes Peak Downhill printed feature includes 8-pages of the best photos we could capture (me & Isaac Cogdill), …