Aloha and welcome to this weeks run down of the happenings within our community of skateboarding. As always, we aim to supply a complete and well balanced selection of stoke worthy media that showcases an unbiased viewpoint of the art form we all love. No matter how you get (upside) down, its all skateboarding so …
It is very easy to get caught up in today’s media driven age in which the sentiment of “if you didn’t get it on video, it didn’t happen” rings all to true. Nearly every single skate trip, whether it be a group of professionals or just the local skate crew getting down, is now almost …
In order for the natural progression of skateboarding to occur, the limits concerning equipment technology and the creativity of riding approach must both be constantly pushed into new uncharted territories. In today’s day and age that means combining the elements of speed and tech skating on a modified sled that is specifically designed to handle the …
Words: Wheelbase News Photos: Beauty Out of Babylon The beginning of May means many things to many different people but for some of us this time of year means simply one thing: Ditches. There has been an annual pilgrimage made by these Ditch Disciples for the past ten years to the event that has been dubbed …
Ahoy! Its time for another all hands on deck Weekly Wrap-up for May 14-20th 2016 designed to roll you through any shred desert that you may be experiencing. After you drink from these stoke springs, you are sure to be plenty hydrated to charge out on your own adventures of shreddy-fest destiny. Lets get to it! Fantasy …
Words & Photos: Thomas Richmond The 5th annual Ithaca Skate Jam returned to East Buffalo Street for another stacked day of riding skateboards, sharing stories, and flourishing smiles. At the root of the event in 2012, Ben Dub pitched a ramp into a PVC pole jam that pushed the envelope for building dimensional features in …
WORDS Pete Eubank ART Kris Haro If I asked you what the top 3 skate spots in your area are you could name them off in order, tell me why, and all your friends would agree. Those are your destination spots—the spots that dreams are made out of—the ones you’ll drive out of the way to skate …
Attack of Danger Bay, May 20th-25th After an entire year of anticipation and build-up, the time has once again rolled around for one of our communities truly legendary events to go off for the fifteenth straight year up in Pender Harbour, B.C. Of course we are talking about none other than Attack of Danger Bay …
WORDS Jake Grove PHOTOS David Ruano & Jake Grove Catalina Island is a true paradise; as it is approached from the open ocean, the shimmering water, filled with vibrant orange sea creatures, all accents the majestic cove of Avalon. The colorful town of houses and shacks lines the beach, and sits between the broad and rising mountains of …
The squad at Bonzing Skateboards are at it again with this awesome video part featuring Sean Stratmeyer. Sean is from Albuquerque, the infamous “Land of the Ditches”, and his skating is 100% a reflection that environment. Ditches, street spots and creative skating litter this video part and make for a piece that makes you want to drop everything and go skate.
Welcome to the latest and greatest Weekly Wrap-up for May 7-13 2016. We have been busy scouring the internet so that you don’t have to waste your time stuck in cyber-limbo trying to stroke your stoke donkey. This weeks batch of skate mash ups covers the full spectrum of shred and certainly holds something for any …
Valhalla Longboards just dropped their banger of a downhill flick “Kings of the Mud” and it does not disappoint. Nearly two years in the making, Kings of the Mud is a skateboarding epic made by Alex Ameen. We were able to get a few words from the man him self on what this video is all about: …
This is On Board, Wheelbase Magazine’s video-centric rider interview endeavor! For the forth episode of this on-going series, we hopped on board with Micah Green, Team rider for Sector 9 Skateboards, Gullwing Trucks and winner of the 2016 Catalina Classic. The idea behind On Board is simple: We pull riders away from the crowd at and grill them with …
Our hommies at Bonzing Skateboards just sent us their latest video “SHRED TILL YOU’RE DEAD”, featuring team rider (and Zombie dodger) Dead Fred. This video has Zombie transformations, sketchy after dark hill bombs, slappies and some high speed, small board action; pretty much everything you could ever want from a skate video. Check it out …
Landyachtz Longboards just dropped another installment of the “Skate And Explore” series, with this adventure taking them to Eastern Europe. After watching the video its easy to see why they chose this part of the world. The bobsled track alone would be worth the trip, not to mention a couple amazing high altitude mountain passes …