Slider: Maxim Facéplanto. Photo: Gentry Phication.
Goodbye 2015; bring it on, 2016!!! Welcome to our latest Weekly Wrap-Up news collection for Dec 19, 2024 - Jan 1, 2025. It’s a double whammy so fasten your seatbelts (or sit back in your comfy regular seat) and enjoy our latest skate-news collection:
Kicking things off this week we have one of Ontario Canada‘s best kept secrets: the rolling paths of the off-season golf course. The Escarpments Surfers and The Skate Invader crew bring the heat in this new edit featuring skaters: John Barnet, Dexter Manning, Matt King, David Jackson, Logan Whyatt, Brady Brown, Tim Smith, Shawn Thomas Prier, Cindy Zhou, Mathew Noseworthy, Jesse Martin, Eric Mroz and Andrew Flanagan.
The Brian” Chubbs” Courtright transcends time and space in search of excellent downhill shredding in this new Chubbernaut pro model release video from Bombsquad.
Australia‘s and Landyachtz‘s very own Adam Yates mobbing down a run in the Gold Coast with speed!
Welcome to the new Garageland podcast/audio-thingy by Mike Vallely of Street Plant Brand Skateboards. These should prove to be v very fun!
Video of the week #1: Shaun Ross | EXTRAS
By Gullwing Trucks
Video of the week #2: Espana Longboard Tour: Barcelona.
By Original Skateboards
Event News:
Bayou Battle: January 8-10, 2016 Register NOW!
We are less than 2 weeks away, and the anticipation for the Carve Skateshop & Landyachtz NoBull Bayou Battle event in Houston is so thick we can taste it. As we approach the 3 day event, which is celebrating skating and uniting scenes throughout the U.S. we couldn’t help but notice how the event has broken some ground in supporting the women of skateboarding. We are excited to announce that we have secured a loft for all the female riders sponsored by BoardLife out of Austin & Denver. This 4000 square foot MTV Crib style pad will provide free lodging for all those female riders making their venture to race. As well the Bayou Battle has posted an epic first prize to the winner of the womens garage race which is a a 5 night vacation including airfare to the Punta Cana resort in the Dominican Republic for 2, donated by CheapCaribbean.com. And not to worry guys if you win you’ll get a new set of custom NJK leathers and a fat check for $4000. Well we guess its true when they say everything in Texas is bigger. Greg Noble (Bayou Battle event organizer & mega garage sharper!)
Instagram pic of the week #1:
@sunsetsliders “PSA: don’t hate one box while climbing in to another! Pave your own wave!”
Photo: Anonymous
Instagram pic of the week #2:
@calibertrucks “@petermarkgraf with a stylish nose manual above the wall on the LA river.”
Photo: @theduster22
Rider/ Industry News:
2015 was a wild ride for many skaters and brands in this corner of rollerboarding. We just caught wind that Resource Distribution went out of business (home of Paris Trucks, Riviera, Timeship Racing, Project Hardware, Divine Wheels, and formally, many other brands in the past such as Roger Skateboards, Teenage Runaway, Elephant Brand, Five Mile, and a few more). It sounds like some of the brands will live on elsewhere, while others are now kaput. We wish the best to all involved and look forward to seeing all that the washing tides of 2016 brings.
#WheelbaseFam Specific news:
Our 22-minute full-length video from our 2015 Keep on Tuckin’ tour is now live and available for sharing on Youtube:
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