ShareThe president of the Baltimore police union, Robert Cherry, lashed out at the city’s police commissioner who today fired the police offer who three years ago berated a 14-year-old skateboarder at the Inner Harbor. The incident was capture on video and posted to YouTube (video posted on earlier blog). A police disciplinary panel had acquitted officer [...]

ShareA new YouTube video shows Justin Bieber skateboarding with Rob Dyrdek and landing a 180 ollie. Justin Bieber visited the Street League Training Facility which is owned by Rob Dyrdek and managed to do a pretty weak 180 ollie of Greg Lutzka, Terry Kennedy and Rob Dyrdek. A new YouTube video shows Bieber skateboarding with [...]

ShareIt’s bad enough when you slam to the pavement while trying to land a trick, but getting cracked up side your head by your board as an exclamation point to your fall is a sign that maybe you should be doing something else with your free time. Oh, and there’s no moaning in skateboarding.

ShareThe short film “Cannonball” artfully follows a group of skaters in search of newly empty pools behind foreclosed homes in and around the arid sprawl of Fresno other inland California suburbs that have been blighted by the housing collapse and ensuing recession. It has some NSFW language, but it’s undeniably powerful—and a poignant meditation on [...]

ShareHere is how the ad for the Red Bull Manny Mania contest was filmed. It went down in Toronto and it went down like this.  Two large 18-wheeler semi-trucks pulled up at the Yonge-Dundas intersection followed by a mini-van with a secured flat roof that served as a mid-drop landing pad. Once all three vehicles [...]

Skitching is the act of hitching a ride by holding on to a motor vehicle while riding on a skateboard. The skitched vehicle can either be aware of their load or unaware. Michael J. Fox can be seen skitching in the 1985 film Back to the Future, as can Michael Beck in the 1980 film Xanadu and Christian Slater in the 1989 film Gleaming the Cube.

SharePale Horse is a brilliant designer! I think the 7 deck skate totem pretty much speaks for itself. If you’re not sure if you want all 7 decks, Pale Horse has condensed it down to a single-deck version. Pale Horse presented a one-night only exhibit, entitled “Splinters and Papercuts,” showcasing new wood and paper engravings, [...]