For those of y’all planning on making the trek to the Maryhill Festival of Speed: If you’re bringing a ramp-worthy axe along for the ride prepare to be double-stoked! Gullwing Truck Co has just informed us that they’ll be holding their Mini-Ramp Death Match at the Goldendale Skatepark for the third year in a row. It’s said that …
Worried you’ll have nothing to do with your park setup at the Whistler Longboard Festival even though you brought it with you to Maryhill? The smart thinkers at Gullwing Truck Co have got you covered! Check in at the Skate Cave’s Bowl Jam on Friday July 5th at 4pm at the Whistler Skatepark. From what …
The first ever Angie’s Curves Downhill Race is set to be held in less than two weeks’ time on June 21st-23rd. Angie’s Curves is part of the IDF World Cup and is presented to the universe and all her glory by Sector 9 Skateboards and the Ian Tillman Foundation. We’ll be out in full-force with our homies …
As the Maryhill Festival of Speed draws nearer we find ourselves becoming increasingly stoxd. I’m sure there are some of you out there prepping your gear (Perhaps already packing? No, that’s crazy…) as I type, so let this serve as your initial heads up: Bring your park setup! The Wheelbase Magazine crew will be MC’ing and judging …
Listen up, Vancouverians and surrounding areas! Well, the flyer says most of it, so just read down that way for the details: June 6, 2013 – 7:00pm Flatspot Longboard Shop 112 East Pender, Vancouver, BC The weather is getting warmer and more and more attention being brought to Skateboarding/Longboarding – justly or unjustly. Please come …
The “Keep on Tuckin” Tour is a West Coast downhill skateboard tour presented by Wheelbase Magazine & Muir Skate Longboard Shop, and sponsored by Landyatchz, RDVX, RAD, Waterloo Wheel Designs, SkateHouseMedia, and Rip City Skate. On June 21, 2013 a group of diverse and ripping skaters will pile into the MUIRcedes and head out to hit as many races, hills, bowls, and parks as we can from San Diego, California all …
Heads up, Pacific Northwest! The 9th iteration of the Boomtown Freeride: The Big Boom is scheduled to get down this coming weekend (June 8th & 9th) in Eugene, Oregon! Though we regret to inform the general public that we won’t be in attendance (scheduling conflicts make us real sad) we were there for the action last …
The “Keep on Tuckin” Tour is a west coast downhill skateboard tour presented by Wheelbase Magazine & Muir Skate Longboard Shop. On June 21, 2013 a group of diverse and ripping skaters will pile into the MUIRcedes and head out to hit as many races, hills, bowls, and parks as we can from San Diego, …
Scoped this clip of Brandon DesJarlais at Switchbacks Challenge #2 via ShredOregon’s YouTube Channel. The Switchbacks course (if you’re unfamiliar and/or haven’t yet watched the included video) is a relatively tight pathway near the Rose Gardens in Portland, Oregon. Brandon made the right choice and opted for a short-wheelbase topmount (nearing slalom-status, it seems!) to give …
The first ever Angie’s Curves downhill race approaches! Being the reasonable folks that they are – whomever that “they” may be (I’m told Louis Pilloni has something to do with it) – the schedule of events & volunteer information has been released with exactly enough time to spare before the event gets under way. If …
Taking into account the recent digi-merger of our two online identities, it’s no surprise that our board-riding brethren in Australia (or “South Ameristralia” for the Redditorially-inclined) would be so kind as to include a live-stream of their skateboard festivities for the rest of us to enjoy! The Newton’s Nation Downhill Skateboard Race will be streaming …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Like a bobcat in the springtime, Comet Skateboards’ Ithaca Skate Jam is creeping up on us real quick-like. Unlike a bobcat, however, in order to harness the radness of the Ithaca Skate Jam, you gotta register! “What’s so rad?” Checkit: The Skate Jam takes place on a closed street with a 15% grade and a plethora …
Holla, holla, to the rad power(s) that be behind Unkle.Ca! Unkle’s got you covered with a comprehensive image/schedule/calendar of North America’s downthehillboarding events for the upcoming year. As you can see, the events are listed in chronological order. (This puts the San Pedro Shred: Festival of Skate way up there on the left! HINT HINT!) …