WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTOS Khaleeq Alfred & Marcus Bandy I think Steve Zissou said it best: “Life is an Adventure!”. Ha ha! Yeah, that’s a Wes Anderson movie quote from The Life Aquatic. So what does that have to do with this Bustin Boards tour article? Well, everything. See, skateboarding tours, at their finest, are …
WORDS & PHOTOS Jake Grove Welcome to our third online edition of Tried & True! Tried & True is a monthly collection of skate gear we’ve tested ourselves and found to exceed our standards here at Wheelbase. We will be releasing these collections each month and including in them the newest and most innovative products …
The ultimate display of freedom is represented by skateboarding offering the operator infinite choices of how to go about executing their personal pursuit into the realm of rolling. This applies in all instances except one, the method of choice for motoring this motion; Mongo Pushing. Mongo pushing is a touchy subject because skateboarding is meant …
Words & Photos: Khaleeq Alfred Not all things go as planned. For the past three years I’ve envisioned a particular photograph, yet I hadn’t quite found the time or the right skater to take on the task with me. The composition of the photo required a handrail and a mean shredder who’d be able …
Welcome to the latest Weekly Wrap-up. Whether you call it skateboarding, skattleboarding, wiggleboarding, longbaording, wrongboarding, scooterboarding, or any other name, at the end of the day it all boils down to fun. The feeling from gliding over pavement that was never intended for rapid transit of this kind is the ultimate reward of riding and …
Words & Photos: Dan Kelly Skaters from across the country gathered to enjoy an unforgettable weekend of camping and racing at the third annual #SQURLnation Race and Freeride event in Gays Mills, Wisconsin. Despite some severe thunderstorms at the start of the weekend, there was hardly any downtime on the hill—reminding everyone why #SQURLnation …
The link that ties skating to surfing is absolutely undeniable seeing as the very roots of skateboarding were born from the doldrums between swell pulses hitting SoCal beaches back in the not so distant history. The term “Street Surfing” was not adopted for the use of skateboarders but rather dubbed by surfers who evolved out …
After all of the digital downloadin’ and movie mashin’ the time has come in the Central Mass 7 Video Editing Contest to announce the videos which where chosen to present to the public as the top tier edits that were thrown into the running. This year proved to be a bumper crop for radical entries …
You’ve seen the clips and photos that have been popping up on various social media accounts displaying amazing feats of downhill skateboarding for quite some time now which has only served to build anticipation for what the team over at Prism Skate Co. has been up too. As if to announce their full fledged arrival …
What a life style we are privileged to live as skaters. We have figured out a way to perpetuate youth and resit stresses that society has forced upon the masses by simply pushing to the store instead of walking. The seemingly obvious choice you made at one point in your life to pick up a …
Wow! So our old friend Kyle Wester, with the help of the NHS crew, just demolished the world speed record for skateboarding by reaching a speed of 89.41 mph That is so FASTTTTT! Anyway, this is BIG news, but doubly so since there’s an invite-only world record event this weekend being held up in Canada and …
Hello and howdy from the Big Apple! Sorry for the slight delay on getting the Weekly Wrap-up ready and available to you but we have been a bit pre-occupied exploring our current surroundings. Skating in big cities is something that everyone must experience with NYC being the mecca for performing the city slalom. Weather permitting, …
Although we’ve been back from Central Mass 7 for a few weeks now the stoke of skating everything for three whole days with the East Coast homies continues to linger in out 7-ply maple hearts. Well, we want to keep the residual stoke provoked so here is our official Central Mass 7 Wheelbase Video Recap. …