Comet Skateboards is making the last call on the first round of their Community Board Design project. The initial thread for idealogical input has been closed, so now it’s coming down to voting on various points of interest (in the form of +/- responses for such items as rocker, kicks, w-concave, et al.) for the soon-to=-be-prototyped freeride …
Here’s the latest edit from the Paris Trucks Co. crew. This new vid features a car-mount POV of SkateHouse‘s Matt K. as he takes a run down a winding road somewhere in Japan. Here’s the official word from Paris: “Matt Kienzle took yet another adventure. . . this time to Japan. Here, he shreds an uncharted hill …
It’s not very often that you get to see what goes on behind the scenes in your favorite longboard manufacturing facility. If you’re unable to see it in person then it’s even less likely that the view you get is one of significant radness! Rayne Longboards upped a quick peek in to what goes on behind the …
If you’re going to lug your whole crew across the country (to San Diego, for an extremely rad event nonetheless) you best be planning on skating everything while you’re there! That’s precisely what this edit is. Original Skateboards has just posted the recap of their trip to San Diego for MuirSkate‘s 2013 Downhill Disco. They’ve managed …
Results from the 2013 iteration of Newton’s Nation have surfaced. Kevin Reimer has taken the top spot in the Mens division, followed in his hear by Micah Green, Douglas Silva & Adam Persson, respectively. Daddies Board Shop Team Rider Marisa Nuñez took the top spot in the Women’s division with Magaly McWhinnie, Tash Graham & Gemma Holland …
Adam Colton sustained serious injury after a 400ft fall due to a wing collapse on his speed flying rig. Sir Colton has been a driving force behind the recent downhill skateboard (slash freestyle longboarding) in part to his videos and contributions to the product/brand development at Loaded Boards and Orangatang Wheels. He mentioned that he expects to …
Perhaps most frequently acknowledged as being the home of Cornell University, the town of Ithaca, New York is also home to a sustainability-oriented community. Pulling a large part of the weight in the sustainability field is the crew at Comet Skateboards. As an officially recognized “B-Corporation”, Comet Skateboards does their part to ensure that they …
Turning “regular” water into “Forty Water”? Go on… I’m listening! From the looks of it, Bonzing Board Co. has made a new friend. Her name is Dead Frida and she is a nun who hails from the weird city of Thebayarea. If this in-depth, heart-felt examination of Miss Frida’s lifestyle isn’t enough to convince you …
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 …
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 …