Who’s ready to go fast, hit coping, carve asphalt, and/or pop a curb-cut booster? If you said yes to any of these questions then your weekend is sure to be hype as hell! Speaking of hype, here’s our latest Wheelbase Weekly Wrap-Up for May 23th - May 29th, 2015. First off we have this rad […]
Skateboarding is fun! You know we’re hella down with it, and have been since day-one. Shit, Skateboarding is Fun is written right on the spine of our latest print magazine! Anyway, the Sk8 Trip Distribution crew (Abec 11 & Jet Skateboards) have just released this rad video featuring Jim Gray & Avery Crowl vibing off of the “skate everything”, […]
VIDEO, PHOTOS & WORDS Ali Mehraban When it comes to translating the skateboarding experience to another medium, the clearest form is video. Photos can still convey the grandeur of it all, but only a video can show the consecutive moments exactly as it happened. My videos have come a long way from filming with a Flip camera, […]
Dayum! It’s Friday already!?! Yessiree! And welcome to our lastest Wheelbase Weekly Wrap-Up for May 16th - May 22th, 2015. We’ve whipped/cooked/huntered-and-gatherered this news collection from the skate community so you don’t have to. This week’s collection features a plentitude of videos, rider news, gossip, pics, event updates & recaps, product launchings, and more video, […]
WORDS Marcus Bandy JOURNAL NOTE 1: Ithaca, New York is really green right now—hella vibrant! The Spring is visible in every thing and every one; bright colors and contented smiles adorn each visage, bough, and hillock far and wide. Ithaca Skate Jam, 2015 – Event Recap Video: JOURNAL NOTE 2: I’m here for the fourth annual Comet Skateboards’ presented […]
Happy Friday, y’all! As skaters from the craters of the couch potaters, we would like to cordially welcome you to our lastest Wheelbase Weekly Wrap-Up for May 9th - May 15th. A grip of videos and other such infos have been released this past week, so let’s get to all of it directly: First off, our […]
WORDS Greg Noble PHOTOS Erick Barrandey VIDEO Kyle Ramsey The Texas race scene has certainly made its mark over the past few years with continued progression of both talented riders and killer events. The monumental leaps that the Texas racing scene has made over the past few years can be traced back to its outlaw spirit and a few […]
After one week of open registration, Central Mass 6 already has over 125 riders signed up with more flowing in every day. The official promo video has just dropped, and is intended to fill-you-in on all of the major event details for 2015. Just like last year, it keeps the theme of Trailer Park Boys, unnecessary […]
Dear Jamie, After experiencing some real skate events this past year, I have realized that things can get a little rowdy. Could you give us some tips in morning recovery tactics for those times when you are camping or not in the comfort of your home, like at skate events? Thanks. - Jesse ____________________ Hey […]
This just in from Louis Pillioni and the Sector 9 crew: The 2015 Angie’s Curves event is canceled due to a property ownership change on the hill. Bummer! That being said, the press release below hints at some other rad events that may be in the works and coming our way soon enough. We’ll definitely […]
Welcome to our latest Weekly Wrap-Up news post. If you’re not already aware, these wrap-ups are collected news posts from the previous week’s radness. Videos, pics, gossip, event updates, and general reminders of going-ons in the all-boarding skate scene. Anyway, we got some rad shit for you to peep, so please peep and then get […]
WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTOS David Ruano & Aaron Hollebeke Wheelbase Headquarters is located directly across the slice of Pacific that seperates Santa Catalina Island from Southern California’s mainland. For the past four years our crew has hopped on the Catalina Island Express ferry out of Long Beach—with hundred of other grinning downhill skateboard enthusiasts—and floated […]
On May 7th at 8pm EDT (that means right now, homies!), registration for the 6th annual Central Mass Skate Festival goes LIVE to the public via http://skatecentralMA.com/registration! Like last year, we expect registration to sell out, so we strongly recommend you register before it is too late! Register Now Central Mass 6 welcomes a wide variety of […]
WORDS Pete Eubank ART Kris Haro What motivates you to ride your skateboard? Personally, I’ve always tried to emulate the Soul Surfer—an approach to skating which follows a passion for the ride itself, cherishes the process of learning new things, and engages in the never-ending quest for that “perfect ride”. These days, it seems as if many in the […]
WORDS John Kreutter PHOTOS Spencer Flaherty When I was younger I was very fortunate to have gotten into skating in an area with a rad community of people who were motivated and active. Lansdowne Skatepark is one of the earliest established skate parks still standing in Maryland. It’s pretty much one massive ditch with a bunch […]
Good evening and happy Friday, y’all! It’s definitely a bit late at night to be releasing this Weekly Wrap-Up for April 25 - May 1, 2024 , but we’ve been getting our guys and girls over to an island to skate a race and to party. So there’s that. Anyway, this week has been a busy […]
We are live streaming from the Catalina Island Classic IV event starting today at 2:30P.M. PST via the new live-streaming app called Periscope. All ya have to do is download the Periscope app on your iPhone or other iOS device, follow us (wheelbasemag), and then sit back and watch our live streaming from this year’s Catalina […]