Wynoceros Grommetus is a subspecies of skater formerly found in several countries in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Sadly though, due to old crusty haters, declining stoke-levels, and the lack of wild & gnarly habitat, this little critter is now considered Critically Endangered and almost fully Extinct in the Wild. This elusive creature is …
California has been calling my name since I was a youngster. I heard the call right around age ten when I picked up skateboarding, snowboarding, and surfing. I somehow knew I needed to be in the mecca of those activities, in a place where a lifestyle dedicated to chasing fun in the mountains and ocean …
Apparently, Bigfoot is Coming. So says this site, anyway! We caught word of this recently printed ad and decided to look into it further, so we set our internerds on the case! The best they could come up with was the following screenshot, obtained via the trusty “View Page Source” function of their über-high-tech webcruiser: At …
Just a friendly reminder from your bestest buds at WheelbaseMag that Comet Skateboards’ “Ithaca Hill Jam” is coming up THIS VERY WEEKEND in nowhere other than Ithaca, New York! If that’s not enough bold text to fry your brain, let me now tell you that we will be in attendance for some radicool videographic documentation and will definitely be lookin’ …
Who says everything is backwards down under? Based on what we’ve just learned, it’s all headed in the right direction! We’ve just learned of some big things coming up from the Australian Skateboard Racing Association, namely the National Boarder-X Shakedown Series! The four part event series (set to take place over the course of four …
George Mackenzie “G Mack” now rides for Rayne. That’s rad—we like that! Wooot! It’s also stokin’ to catch some visuals of George’s motorcycle as well as some recent shreddings in the BPs. What’s to come of this new relationship? A new Pro-model perhaps, more rad vids of maximum shred? world domination? Who knows, but we’re …
Caliber Truck Co be hitting us proper with the video goodness, yet again. This time around we have a Jack Boston edit featuring the ever-radical shreddings of San Fransico ripper Aaron Grulich (AFB). Homie’s be makin’ the Sunset Sliders proud and downhillers everywhere swoon with stokenastiness. Peep it!
The first-ever race at Angie’s Curves is coming up in June of this very year. We’ve received the official event info courtesy of our Carrier Pigeon, Sir Googlie Noodlebug, and the words we found relayed the following information: Sector 9 and The Ian Tilmann Foundation present an IDF World Cup Event: Angie’s Curves Taking place in Pala, California on June 21st-23rd 2013 …
We, the people of Wheelbase Magazine, are honored — nay — hyper-stoked to be partnering up with Comet Skateboards to give away a “seat” in their newest Test Pilot Program as well as some other goodies! If you’re unfamiliar with the program, clickity clack right here for the beef of the details (external link). If you’re already familiar with the …
The 2013 Muir Skate Downhill Disco was an epic three-day event filled with excessive shredding and some serious downhill festivities. San Diego is a badass locale and the downhill community is doubly as badass—slap those two pieces of the puzzle together “Disco-style” and what you get is one of the raddest skate-weekends of the year! …
Prepare yourselves and your disco sticks for an epic weekend of shenanigans in San Diego, California! This weekend (April 12-14) is MuirSkate.com’s Downhill Disco! Plan for some downhill/cones-course-esque ramp jamming by day and some level-ground ramp jamming by later day. If you’re already planning on being in attendance for the ‘Disco, leave some space on your Saturday Night …
It has just been announced that Arbor Skateboards has appointed Brandon Stewart (founder of Caliber Truck Co.) as their new Skate Marketing Manager. Brandon has proven he’s more than capable when it comes to increasing brand awareness, so it’s no question that this will lead to good things for Arbor! It’s stated that Brandon will continue …
Caliber Truck Co is making good use of their fancy new camera as of recently! Most recently they’ve used it to drop a rootful edit featuring Wheelbase homefry Nick Ronzani oozing his style on the hills of San Francisco. Shout out to the film/edit crew of Jack Boston, Aaron Grulich & Dave Tannaci for the funkifized slow-mo and follow …
Returning once more to the lovely island of Santa Catalina is the Catalina Island Classic Downhill Skateboard Race! To announce the event, Riviera Skateboards has released a rad promo edit/preview/overview/stokeifizer of the race course itself. Adding on to last year’s event (extra radness is always welcome!) the 2013 event will feature an additional day of riding to allow the …
Continuing on with the second edit of their Maryhill Freeride to Menlo Park series, Rayne Longboards wants to give you a glimpse of the skateable terrain the lovely state of Oregon has to offer. If you haven’t already done so, take a pitstop on your daily journey and enjoy the scenery along with Aidan Lynds, Levi Green, Tommy Watson …
Good thing April Fools’ Day has already passed, because I don’t know what I would do if I found out that the Wriggle Dog Extreme Skateboard Enhancement Product was a hoax! Bonzing Board Co. appears to have created a performance enhancing drug specifically tuned to the demanding nature of dogwriggling*. I’m going to go out on a limb and ass-u-me that …
Many of you have already seen at least some visual remenance or heard at least one tall-tale attempting to explain exactly what happened this past Saturday between the hours of 10am and 4pm, atop & flowing downward from each side of the legendary Gaffey Street hill in the City of San Pedro, California. Well, we are …
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills. Hey, you, who are you kidding? I’m not like them, but Daniel Couch may be! His most recent edit from Divine Wheel Co. contains a more-than-efficient use of the features to be found in the slopes among the stars. Daniel’s been known to throw himself off some treacherous drops and it’s …