Posted on 14 December 2008
In a world where most skateboard photographers are looking for the action shot to sell to their magazine of choice, we thought some different images of just the skateboard itself or an image with part of the skaters body would be a different approach. This post is simply called “Images Of Skateboards“.
Tags: Images Of Skateboards, skateboard, skateboards
Posted on 24 November 2008
Most of the time when you go to skateboard at your local public spot you will encounter a no skateboarding sign of some sort. Most of them are pretty standard but people have started to get pretty creative with regard to getting their message across. Here are some of the best no skateboarding and pro [...]
Tags: No Skateboarding, skateboard, Skateboarding, skateboarding signs
Posted on 17 November 2008
A little about the introduction for the Ride The Sky video from Fallen Shoes
With a song of the same name as the video, what more could you possibly ask for in an intro? Set into motion by the use of some fantastic time lapse cloud shots, the intro lets you know exactly why you picked [...]
Tags: BRIAN 'SLASH' HANSEN, Chris Cole, fallen shoes, GILBERT CROCKETT, JAMES HARDY, jamie thomas, JOSH HARMONY, Ride The Sky, Tommy Sandoval, TONY CERVANTES
Posted on 03 October 2008
The Lakai Shoes team is coming out to Active Ride Shop in Temecula Fully Flared and ready to sign autographs for the die hard fans out there! Featuring: Eric Koston, Mike Mo Capaldi, Mike Carroll, Guy Mariano, Rick Howard, and Marc Johnson. Come on out and check it out on October 4th.
Tags: active, active ride shop, Eric Koston, Fully Flared, Lakai shoes, temecula
Posted on 24 September 2008
Skateistan is Afghanistan’s first dedicated co-educational skateboarding school. The school engages with the growing numbers of urbanised youth in Afghanistan through skateboarding and provides new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction and education. Waheed Ullah, a scruffy Kabul shoeshine boy, had never heard of skateboarding, let alone tried it. Then one evening he put down his tin [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, skateboard, Skateboarding
Posted on 30 August 2008
Here are 5 random skateboard deck collections from the 80’s. In the 80’s the plywood ramp and streetstyle revitalized skateboarding just as the urethane wheel had revitalized the sport in the 70’s. Forced to take an underground, do-it-yourself attitude, skaters began to create their own wooden skate ramps in backyards and empty lots and turn [...]
Tags: Classic Skateboard Deck, skateboard, skateboard deck, skateboard deck collection, skateboard deck collector
Posted on 25 August 2008
The wear free tires of a black sedan with government plates pulled into a street side parking spot. If you were a judgmental person, you would wonder what the hell the car was doing here. The first sense that was intoxicated was auditory, taken over by rock music and the distant cry of police sirens [...]
Tags: Barrack Obama, McCain, Ralph Nader, skateboard
Posted on 12 August 2008
Shaun White is just a genuinely nice guy, one who can crack a joke about anal lube as unselfconsciously as the next dude. If he’s going to buy a car, it’s going to be one of the fastest models on the planet; if he decides to take up guitar, it’s going to be a Gibson [...]
Tags: Shaun White, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Winter Olympics
Posted on 10 August 2008
When venturing across country in a car, there are a few things that are important to remember. First off, never try to do it without cup holders. Between the endless barrage of coffee and other non-alcoholic beverages, you’ll need this fine item. If your car, like mine was made before cup holders were invented, you [...]
Tags: Aumsville Skatepark, Burnside Skatepark, Holly Farm Skatepark, Lincoln City Skatepark, Oregon Skateparks, Tigard Skatepark
Posted on 25 July 2008
A NO TRESPASSING SIGN hangs on a chain in front of Rob Dyrdek’s Hollywood Hills home like a blunter, more imposing version of a velvet rope. As I approach, Dyrdek happens to be on his way down the front stairs that lead to the street He squints, cocks his head, and looks me in the [...]
Tags: Big Black, dc shoes, Rob Dyrdek, Skate Plaza, Skateboarding