Greetings from the road! We here at Wheelbase News have packed our bags and are heading South to the beautiful state of North Carolina are hoping to put our wheels down on some old spots as well as some that have yet to be discovered! Getting on the road and seeing new locations using your …
Skateboarding is a gift that is meant to be shared with the masses and our good homies at Kebbek Skateboards are firm believers in this founding principle of our art. Plans for a massive skateboard donation began bouncing back and forth between a few key members of the Kebbek family and soon there was action …
WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTO A. Mazon Affilatestein The topic of this week’s Action Now column is simple: There’s a whole bunch of fake-ass “longboard Review” websites out there these days and many of them are so SEO heavy that all three Fat Boys sitting on top of two sweaty walruses while eating a basket of McChubbles couldn’t even …
WORDS & PHOTOS Jake Grove Welcome to another edition of Tried & True! Tried & True is a monthly collection of skate gear that we’ve tested ourselves and found to exceed our standards here at Wheelbase. We will continue releasing these collections each month and including in them the newest and most innovative products we …
Long Beach, California – August 23, 2016. Wheelbase Magazine is proud to announce Khaleeq Alfred as our new Photo Editor. Khaleeq is one of the coolest cats we know and his passion for skateboarding, as well as his years of experience traveling and shooting downhill rippers and a wide cast of skaters in NYC has provided …
As skateboarding continues to mature, there is a tangible history unfolding as the number of generations from the original pioneers continues to grow year by year. Many of the individuals or brands that are now aged enough to be considered historic are not heavily involved in todays skateboarding scene but there have been those few …
If you are reading this then you have securely locked into the latest Weekly Wrap-up and were successful in avoiding any cyber carnage along your journey here. As it pertains to skateboarding, falling is a intricate part of learning as well as an instant reminder of the sanctity of this life. With each new concrete …
It’s a familiar sensation. A protracted return to the world around me, cradled by my hammock’s synthetic material. I gently swayed above the cracked white paint of the bleachers below. Pulling myself upright was enough to expose me to the morning sun. Its intensity rudely forced recognition of the previous nights descent into vice. …
Words & Photos: Jake Grove You know you’re in for a rad day of skating and shooting when you get a call from the Rad Train Conductor, Jimmy Riha… San Diego is home to countless all around amazing skate spots, and an abundance of steezy shredders to shralp them up! Living in the …
Although the actual event has come and gone, there is no reason that you cannot continue to relive all of the fun that was Central Mass 7 vicariously via video clips while also earning your self the chance at winning some cash money and/or rad prizes. Wheelbase Mag and the homies who put on Central …
We here at Wheelbase are always down for a good ol’ roll around in the hay Right when you started to think your old pals at Wheelbase had forgotten about their duty to supply the shred nation with a scheduled break down of events that have been transpiring within our ranks, we come back hard …
Bustin Boards just released their new video titled William Royce: Skate Everything. Filmed and edited by the legendary skateboard filmmaker Brett Novak and featuring all-around ripper William Royce. This new feature also has a couple follow-car clips from our friend Alberto “Perropro” Alepuz, so the skater-created level on this vid is topping the charts. Radical! To say the least, this video …
Words Marcus Bandy Photos Khaleeq Alfred The third and final day of Central Mass 7 was the slide jam and downhill street course events. The lit was lit as per usual this year and like clockwork many of the attendees went ham the previous night and so day three began a bit slow, as sleep-depraved skaters trickle in …
Words Marcus Bandy Photos Khaleeq Alfred Yeah. . . so. . . day 2 of Central Mass 7 was Fire-ing!!! This year’s race & freeride saw more skaters ripping the hill than any of the previous 6 years of the event, and although it rained a few times during the day, it was chill, and …
WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTOS Khaleeq Alfred Central Mass is an epic skate event that lasts for three days and is held annually in a quiet (usually) hamlet in central Massachusetts called Harvard. This year marks the seventh iteration of this skate everything event and includes a miniramp jam, a downhill race/ freeride, as well as an epic slidejam …