I think a lot of people have their own opinion on what qualifies as a trend, and what doesn’t. From foot-stops to full-cut helmets, anything could be considered trendy. I think people grasp onto whatever it is the skaters they look up to are doing—be it the pros or just a local ripper. As long …
Summer is here and travel season is kicking into full gear. I just returned from Maui, and I’m about to jump in the van for Wheelbase’s “Keep On Tuckin’” tour! I’ll definitely be hitting the Maryhill “She-Ride” as well—and I’m still figuring out the details— but I’m headed to the Middle East and Europe for …
Welcome back—come inside—want some lemonade? Temperatures are rising, and with the Catalina Island Classic and Newton’s Nation biting at our heels much of the downhill community is kicking harder, tucking longer, and taking better lines in preparation for race season. Who said it: “There’s no time like the present?” Robert Frost, maybe? Anyway, now is …
All Hail the Losers! Yep, I said it and I’m stickin’ to it. Why would I profess such a thing? The answer’s simple: I’ve been considered a “loser” for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I was what they called a “troubled child”. I got bad grades in high school, I had a …
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 …
When pondering the substance of what separates a good rider from a great rider in this skateboarding-age, where so many up and comers are throwing down the most mega of lines, one must look for marks of Style. That said, my filet mignon might be your sausage filler, and vice versa. Thus, Style is something …
If I remember correctly the first slide jam I attended was back in 2009 or early 2010. Times have changed since then and today slide jams are carried out pretty differently. I remember how a slide jam was considered bangin’ if it was 30 homies basically just skating a hill with maybe a couple …
Many of us skateboarders are nomads. We love to travel to new places, shred new terrain, and with a fresh cast of rad skaters. Plenty of us in the community dare to follow our skateboards wherever they may roll, and in many cases this passion to hit the road rolling takes us around the world. …
To some, coring a wheel is nothing more than cause and effect—you ride and your shit wears out. But to us, members of the House of Shred, coring a set of wheels is a prophetic experience and tells the tale of the quality of urethane under foot, of a distinct riding-style, as well as what …
My good pal and fellow Paris Truck Co rider, Matt K, asked me a couple of months ago if I wanted to join him on his eighth or tenth skate mission to Hawaii—I guess he lost count at some point? As you can imagine I agreed to tag along without hesitation, wondering what it was …
I’m a crusty old man, for sure, but I’m cool with it—the adventures I’ve experienced are worth every arthritic joint and flabby encumbrance acquired along the way. It’s super strange though to think back on how long I’ve been addicted to the same damn activity of skateboarding. Sometimes when I’m kicking back after a road …
Los Angeles is a sprawling 502.7 square miles and the skate community is spread out into every corner of the county. The Gel Lab Shred Sessions have given many of us here in LA’s somewhat splintered community an outlet to gather together and Get Rad. I’ve watched these sessions blossom into a popular, nocturnal, and weekly …
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 …
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 …
Yo McLovin’, If you could choose 5 skaters to be on your pro team who would you choose, and why? Josh ______________________________________________________
” 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:
Skateboarding moves me. It takes me from point A to point B every day. It’s moved my residency from one coast of the United States of America to the other. It’s lead me out of the country, to Spain and the Dominican Republic. Those are just a couple of my personal instances, I have friends …
Skateboarding moves me. It takes me from point A to point B every day. It’s moved my residency from one coast of the United States of America to the other. It’s lead me out of the country, to Spain and the Dominican Republic. Those are just a couple of my personal instances, I have friends …
Hey McLovin’, I’ve had a pretty extensive spot-bible mapping the various hills in my town over the years, however, as longboarding has grown I’ve noticed that there have been more and more groms taking their hold on these spots. I have no problem with their presence, but often times they do not respect the rules …
There are more girls skateboarding today than ever before. Us ladies are tearing up sidewalks, skateparks, mountain roads, and downhill races in every corner of the world. Sure, we might not all be throwing one-hundred foot slides, or kickflipping down 20-stairs, but we’re all having fun on our skateboards. How rad is that? We …