Skateboarding is not a sport. According to some of the biggest names in skateboarding, like Mark Appleyard and Frank Gerwer, skateboarding is not even an “extreme sport.” Skateboarding is an art, a subculture and a world of its own. It possesses many of the same traits as any sport or pastime but the tie that [...]

Krooked skateboards is racing with the mind blowing product of genius, Avatar, directed by our very own James Cameron with the release of its first trailer with perfect 3D effects for the fans all over. The video has been designed to attract all those who happen to be fond of skateboarding.
The locations picked out for [...]

The girls of Hubba skateboarding wheels are smoking hot. Some of the images below have even been deleted from myspace. Tom or whoever the hell runs MySpace is scared of a titty. Are we going to make a new profile?? F#%K NO!! Would any of you really want to see a G-rated Hubba page? Didn’t [...]

Danny Way, Tony Hawk, Tony Alva and Bruce Logan were inducted in the International Association of Skateboard Companies’ (IASC) first Skateboarding Hall of Fame ceremony. The four skateboarders are, were and will be influential on skateboarding’s progression and, fittingly so, were the first to receive this great honor.

Skatelab in Simi Valley, CA houses the Skateboarding [...]

Collin Provost has been on the scene for quite some time but you might not have really noticed him until just recently. In the past year and a half, Provost has gone from the little super grom that we first took notice of in the Element Twigs video, “Tricks.” For those that missed that little [...]

Skate decks eventually see its life shortened by snapping, cracking and/or wearing out. Purchasing new decks is a never ending cycle and this was evident by the tower of old decks that were reaching to the ceiling of my room.
We can’t throw away these decks because they hold sentimental meanings to us. I looked at [...]

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, skateboarding was almost dead. At this time, the title ‘professional skateboarder’ was little more than a formality, and not very many pro’s could make a living through the sport alone. Not surprisingly, all contests, demonstrations, videos, and companies were underground, and far from mainstream. Magazines throughout the 1970s [...]

These are vintage cal streets trucks with green clay wheels. By the 1960’s, some advances in roller skate design led to the appearance of clay wheels. These were an improvement over metal wheels, but not by much. [...]

In the 1920’s they made these three wheeled stamped metal devices with pedal car like wheels. Usually sold in pairs with a pair of poles to mimic cross country skiing. They feature a heel cup and some kind of adjustable metal toe clip deal. This thing had no way of steering so it looked like [...]

I kind of think of myself of somewhat of a ninja. I will go ahead and leave that up to you to decide.