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 …
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 …
Shut up and Skate! Skate Tough or Go Home! Get Rad or Get Lost! All three of these calls to action are based on the same premise: Don’t talk about it, be about it! This “put up and shut up“ approach to skateboarding picked up in my earlier years has affected me greatly. The concept …
One of the raddest and most distinct features of this growing section of longboard skateboarding is that of the custom skateboard builder. I’m talking about builders such as Larry Peterson of Longboard Larry and Scott Moore of Subsonic Skateboards, and that’s just naming two of the many. Custom builders, like these, bring us back to …
Style is critical! And I’m not talking about some fashionista bullshit, nor am I speaking of any other showy display of Vanity. What I’m interested in is the particular way an individual does a thing that reflects Flow, Finesse, and Liquidity—and more specifically, how that fits into the act of skateboarding. Let’s just say that I …
We just received the above photo from a skater who recently obtained one of our Wheelbase Shadow Shooter tees. On the surface, it’s just an amateur image of some college kid standing in his dorm room, and from the looks of his pants, waiting for an eminent flood of some sort. He, he, he! But …
When I think about the global skate community it blows my mind. There are skaters riding skateboards in just about every nook and cranny of this planet you can imagine. The growth of longboard culture within the skate community has paved the way for a broader, more diverse future for skateboarders the world over. It’s …
“A sheer rad occurrence rules!” When I read that sentence this morning, a cluster of words I found hidden in the aging pages of a 1993 issue of Transworld Skateboarding Magazine, I was taken aback. I had to read it a few more times in order to register its full implication. Yeah, I know, it’s …
PROGRESSION is by far the word-of-the-year in our corner of skateboarding. A whole lot of people are using it to describe the growth in the popularity of our broadening skateboard culture. Even more are using it to describe what tricks are being done on longer skateboards, as well as the conditions those tricks are …
As many of you already know, Wheelbase believes that skateboarding comes in many shapes, styles, and forms—all of them viable and having their place. You won’t hear us ranting that racing, freeriding, distance riding, or anything else is the only way to roll. We leave what type of riding you want to do up to …
Today, Wheelbase is three months old. Crazy! So much has happened since we launched the mag that it’s hard to believe that so little time has actually past since we went live. Shit, so far we’ve flown around in helicopters shooting pictures of downhill races, we’ve seen a helicopter crash the very next month, we’ve …
So yeah, I’m starting this new longboard-skateboard magazine and calling it Wheelbase. Shit’s crazy, I can’t believe it! Who would have thought that a punk-ass skate-rat would ever be in a position to start a magazine? This is such a trip—a good trip, but a trip nonetheless. I get a bit freaked out sometimes thinking …