The bi-annual brofest known as ASR is going down in SD right now and, as hard as we tried, we were sucked into it once again. This year wasn’t especially any different than any other years, still lots of dudes rolling around trying their hardest to be seen by anyone willing to look. More after the jump with a slew of pictures to keep you abreast of the art that seemed to be the theme this year.
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The world’s longest post delay here. Drove around the Mile High City after SIA and came across a pretty nice looking skatepark. More inside. Read More
Saw this article while perusing the interweb yesterday. Apparently a skatepark not too far from Valhalla HQ in Poway, CA recently implimented a thumbprint scanning entry system for people wishing to skate the Poway Skate Park. Really? A thumbprint to skate? Wow. Child predators lurk around school campuses but yet skaters have to register & give a thumbprint to skate. Hmmmmm, glad to see that California cities have their priorities straight.
How do you explain the significance of Carlsbad Skatepark? How about Carlsbad Raceway? To have them both at essentially the same location is amazing, something like having the Tate Modern next to Fenway Park only better. Looking back, it was as close to Valhalla as I could get in my teenage years. Throw in some snowboarding (in reality, all I’m doing while riding snowboards is acting like I can skate good) and BMX (which if you think about it is an offshoot of motocross anyways) and you’d have every sport I ever cared about all in one spot. There’s a lot more fun (photos, videos) and a lot less dribble (me rambling) after the jump Read More
Came across this gem a couple days ago over on BMXSociety. I worked with Andy a couple years back on the Ascape project, he did a couple rugs for us and was super cool to work with. We have some similar interests in bmx, mx and of course skateboarding / art / design. It was cool having him in on that project and interesting to read about how he got where he is today in the interview. Check it out here (the interview link is after the intro paragraph). After the jump I’ve put up some highlights Read More
New Skateboard Graphics is the book of the month for March 2010. I know what you’re thinking, another skate graphic book? Well, yes. To see why check out our mini-review here.
We’re starting off December with guns blazing. Behind the scenes, there’s a load of stuff going on which will all become evident soon. For now though, our book of the month series continues! This time around, it’s Vans: Off the Wall. One of the cooler books that we’ve checked out in a while, it definitely hit home with the 80′s skateboarder in me. Check out our mini-review here.
Is this deja vu or something? Didn’t I just write about twenty years of something not too long ago? Oh yeah, I did but it was for something entirely different. This time around, it’s for Danny Way celebrating his twentieth year as a professional skateboarder. Read More
