For those of you that don’t know, LBDR stands for Laguna Beach Danger Riders. The meaning of LBDR is adapted from a crew of old-school downhill guys from the 80’s who used to rage the same hills we do now. Currently, the crew is made up of homies from Laguna, Northern California, and Brazil. The …
Our friends over at Comet Skateboards have just released the first two boards in their new Guest Boards series. One of these boards is for Noah Sakamoto and the other is for our editor in chief, Marcus Bandy. Marcus’s board is called A Sheer Rad Occurrence and its design “incorporates the principals of raw, street skating alongside an …
There is no lack of homies to get rowdy with in our skate community. More often than not, when there is a skate event there is also a party attached to it. It is at these parties that skaters from all different places, walks of life, and styles of shred come to get loose and …
Super silky-smooth switch-slides by Liam Morgan whilst shredding the legendary streets of San Francisco with the epic video-quality of a RED camera—the Caliber Truck Co. crew doing it major! Kudos! A super rad video—one that makes ya want to go fast, dip those trailing toes off the rail-edge, and slide for days! Strong work to all involved. …
The road to recovery is one hell of a battle, both physically and mentally. Kevin Reimer already knows this and he has risen to the challenge. After his injury last year, K-Rimes got straight to work and put in the hours to stretch, strengthen and push his new ankle to the limits. Mr. Kevin Reimer is back …
Washington State’s premium downhill skateboard brand, Five Mile, founded back in 2007 by Cody Shea, is making some big changes moving into 2013. The announcement was made earlier this week of a newly formed partnership with Resource Distribution, home of Paris Truck Co, Riviera Skateboards, Elephant Brand Skateboards, Project Hardware, and Divine Wheels. We expect …
We know, Colorado isn’t technically part of the Midwest. . . but Colorado does have the Rocky Mountains and the Buffalo Bill Downhill! On top of stopping off at shops and campuses, the Landyachtz Midwest crew also got to race go-karts as well as skateboard between some hectic nights at both the Venom HQ …
San Francisco is the shit, these dudes put in some work for sure, and this new Loaded Kanthaka board looks real fun. Stay tuned for our product review on the Kanthaka coming soon. In the meantime, peep this new 18 Cubits video—also read below to hear what Loaded Boards has to say about all this: …
The Road Rider “Rail Gun” is an 8 ply maple top-mount with proprietary die-cut carbon and fiberglass inlay. This board measures 9.75 inches wide, and 36 1/4 inches long, with an adjustable wheelbase of 27 to 28 inches.
The Caliber Truck Co. crew just leaked this image of their soon-to-be released new Precision Caliber 44s. Here’s what we know so far: “Each set of Caliber Precision trucks will include precision hangers, baseplates, axels, speedrings and spacers; Limited Edition black URH Blood Orange Bushings, Riot precision pivot cups, as well as an extra set …
Yo McLovin’, If you could choose 5 skaters to be on your pro team who would you choose, and why? Josh ______________________________________________________
In response to Caliber Truck Co. buying Skate House Media a new miniramp, the Paris Truck Co homies have just released this new print ad showcasing the ramp they built for us over here at Wheelbase Magazine. Wow! Thanks Paris! We hope that cooler is filled with ice-cold beer. Ha ha! Joking aside, it’s so rad to …
“Baste your boards, cranberry your slide sauce, and get your turkey legs heated for some epic Thanksgiving shredtivities!” (Super Hype Guy) We are working in cahoots with the homies over at Muir Skate & Gator Grip in order to throw a huge Turkey Bash slide jam in SoCal on November 24th! Louis Piloni and EG …
Here’s the scoop. Highway Gospel is a badass documentary film about downhill skateboarding. It’s gritty, it’s real, and tells the tales of a some of Canada‘s downhill pioneers. This film is launching a US Tour and scheduled to premier on November 29th in: San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City, Orlando, and Portland. They need to sell a …
Riding Giant’s Head is like nothing else you’ll ever do on a skateboard—one of the best freeride runs in the world, hands down! A couple months back we met up with the Sunset Sliders bus to go see this world-renowned road of raddaddy. We hopped in with the crew in Portland, Oregon—a crew already …
Please enjoy our coverage of the “Skate For Life” Slide Jam held last month in Harlem, New York the day after the 2012, Broadway Bomb. This awesome event was organized by the ever-epic Steve Kong of Earthwing Skateboards. We are proud & extremely stoked to have had the opportunity to attend “Skate For Life”, and as you …
Fresh from Guff’s Oven is the third video featuring Landyachtz’s Midwest Tour. Have you ever caught a jumping Asian carp with a bow and arrow? Well, these dudes have. Out of Ohio, the van gets well-fitted with some fireworks, fills up with some proper BBQ, and skates some local gems. They had to say goodbye …
As many of you already know, there is a new founded sanctioning body for the racing of downhill skateboarding, luge, & rollerblading. This new organization is called the International Downhill Federation, or IDF. Some prolific downhill skateboarders and international organizers make up this new organization, and we’re looking forward to seeing how things progress. Just this morning, …
The Landyachtz homies are back in Vancouver and pumping out videos from their Midwest Tour trip. Here’s the second episode with the crew rolling through Ohio. They hit some unique spots and parks and celebrated lil’ Dillon’s big day on the road. Peep it!
The Bustin Boards “Yoface“ is a 7-ply maple double-kick that is 35” in length and 9” in width. This board is designed with tech-sliding, bowl riding and street shredding in mind.
” aboard the ‘I Left my Heart in San Francisco’ train. These tracks of life have only two stops: Corporate Gnar and Sextown. Our train will be stopping—and parking—in Sextown. We will focus on lessons learned from the prophet Joseph Foreman, also known as Afroman, and his steps to success are as follows: