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 [...]

ShareBombing hills is the act of riding a downhill longboard down a hill as fast as possible. Check out this longboarder charging down a hill in Hollywood with style.

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

ShareLet the contest battles begin.  And I’m not talking about skateboarders competing for obscene prize money. I’m talking about the apparent faceoff between Maloof Money Cup frontman Joe Maloof and Street League big guy Rob Dyrdek. I could be wrong, but when Maloof announced the Platinum Circuit, offering a $1,000,000 bonus to the winner of [...]

ShareA skateboarder died in Midtown early today after being struck by a garbage truck, Memphis police said. Police were called about 2:15 a.m. to Summit Street and Courtland Avenue, near Cooper and south of Union. An Allied Waste Service truck heading south on Summit turned west at Courtland, toward Cooper, and struck the victim, police said. [...]

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.

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 [...]

ShareET the Extreme Terrestrial was inspired by E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial which is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg.