Words Marcus Bandy Photos Jake Grove & Marcus Bandy Two weekends ago, the Exposure Skate all-women’s skateboarding event took place for the sixth consecutive year. Hosted by co-founder and vert ripper, Amelia Brodka, the mission of this all women’s skate festival and contest is focused on empowering women through skateboarding. This year, and as per usual, the Exposure Skate had …
WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTOS Jake Grove VIDEO David Ruano We originally set out to simply rally the local downhill skateboarders here in So Cal for another chill, fun day of shredding asphalt and hangin’ with the homies on one of our local hills; but with all the devastating and vast destruction from all the recent hurricanes …
The Hurricane Relief Hill Jam is all about bringing the local Southern California downhill skate community together for a fun day of shredding to raise a couple bucks to help those who have lost so much during the recent and devastating Hurricane Irma. This rad event will be held on Saturday, Sept 30th 2017 on our …
” It’s not Just Skateboarding. It’s the whole culture that surrounds it” ~ Jonny Miller, Overheard from a Toyland Conversation WORDS: Jake Grove PHOTOS: Benjamin Solano & Jake Grove This year, the reunion event went down similar to the past years, but of course with its own unique twist. As a tighter bound gathering Jonny reached …
WORDS & PHOTOS Marcus Bandy & the Next Up crew The Next Up Foundation is a skateboarding youth mentoring organization in Anaheim, California and operated by its founder and skateboarder Vinicius Tinoco. After reaching out to “Vina”—as his friends call him—a few weeks back to discuss ways Wheelbase and myself might show support for his awesome youth organization, he …
WORDS & Photos Jake Grove The first weekend of every May hosts a unique and scenic skate event like no other: the Catalina Island Classic. Off the pacific coast of Southern California sits the small Island town of Avalon, with a mere population of 4,000 residents, a tight-knit community, and winding roads going every which way …
WORDS & PHOTOS Jake Grove The downhill scene in Southern California, and specifically San Diego, has always been a very diverse and tight community, with an abundance of roots skaters and spots at the heart of it all. This past weekend, the Backside Brawl event hosted by a crew of local shredders was a direct …
A few years ago in central Texas I found this crazy boat ramp/road running down into the lake with a gate that was permanently closed by the US Corps of Engineers. Naturally, I figured it would be the perfect spot to throw an outlaw event, which would later become the most dangerous race in Texas: …
ALL PHOTOS Spyder Rorschach The goal of Rattlesnake Ramble was simple: spread the stoke of downhill and get skaters together to have a great time racing! The race format was 2-man heats with a 3-man final. Rad skaters, and tons of crashes and technical racing. All around a great time! - Cole Trotta Podium: 1st: …
We’ve been trekking out to Barrett Junction for 7 years now and not much has changed: the road is still super jacked, the desert is still harshly inhospitable, and the family of riders who participate in this annual event are still 100% downhill skateboarders. The accompanying video and images within this article tell our story …
Since our office is literally right around the corner we made sure to attend this past week’s 2017 Agenda trade show here in Long Beach, CA with the intent of hanging out with our friends and peeping the new gear from our favorite skate brands. We achieved our simple goal and had a great time meeting up …
WORDS & PHOTOS Jake Grove The Sector 9 Turkey Slide Jam is one of those local events that the Southern California downhill community looks forward to each and every year as it brings together riders for a day of chill shredding with friends. The Turkey Jam isn’t a massive, super competitive, or overly serious event; It’s really …
Words Jake Grove Photos Jake Grove & Marcus Bandy This past weekend, the Exposure women’s skateboarding event went down for the fifth consecutive year, co-founded by Amelia Brodka, and with a mission to empower women through skateboarding. This year, the event held an amazing turnout once again, and attracted skaters, photographers, and spectators from all …
WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTOS Jake Grove Not this past weekend, but the weekend before that, we attended The Hilltop Haunting, which was a rad downhill halloween skate jam hosted by Muir Skate & Bustin Boards. The event took place on one of our local hills in San Clemente, CA. About 50 skaters and their homies showed up with …
WORDS & PHOTOS Jake Grove Recently Muir Skate has been working through the Southern Californian scene to build up local skate communities and hype-up riders through local events. Meanwhile, Bustin Boards has been spreading the stoke through their “Skate Everything” movement, getting riders hyped on learning and practicing all forms of skating. A few weeks ago, …
WORDS & PHOTOS Jake Grove The Menlo Park Slide Jam is one of those events that I had never personally been too, but always got stoked on it just from the coverage alone. Of course, the rest of Wheelbase Fam has been shooting, skating, and representing at the event for some time, and this year …
WORDS Josh Dunn PHOTOS Marcus Bandy Recently, Bustin Boards sent a group of four skaters on a voyage of friendship and shredventure as they embarked on their 2016 Euro Shop Tour. The plan was simple: live out every one of our skate rat dreams by skating our way across Europe and visiting as many different …
WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTOS Khaleeq Alfred & Marcus Bandy I think Steve Zissou said it best: “Life is an Adventure!”. Ha ha! Yeah, that’s a Wes Anderson movie quote from The Life Aquatic. So what does that have to do with this Bustin Boards tour article? Well, everything. See, skateboarding tours, at their finest, are …
Words & Photos: Dan Kelly Skaters from across the country gathered to enjoy an unforgettable weekend of camping and racing at the third annual #SQURLnation Race and Freeride event in Gays Mills, Wisconsin. Despite some severe thunderstorms at the start of the weekend, there was hardly any downtime on the hill—reminding everyone why #SQURLnation …
After all of the digital downloadin’ and movie mashin’ the time has come in the Central Mass 7 Video Editing Contest to announce the videos which where chosen to present to the public as the top tier edits that were thrown into the running. This year proved to be a bumper crop for radical entries …
Wow! So our old friend Kyle Wester, with the help of the NHS crew, just demolished the world speed record for skateboarding by reaching a speed of 89.41 mph That is so FASTTTTT! Anyway, this is BIG news, but doubly so since there’s an invite-only world record event this weekend being held up in Canada and …
Although we’ve been back from Central Mass 7 for a few weeks now the stoke of skating everything for three whole days with the East Coast homies continues to linger in out 7-ply maple hearts. Well, we want to keep the residual stoke provoked so here is our official Central Mass 7 Wheelbase Video Recap. …
Words Marcus Bandy Photos Khaleeq Alfred The third and final day of Central Mass 7 was the slide jam and downhill street course events. The lit was lit as per usual this year and like clockwork many of the attendees went ham the previous night and so day three began a bit slow, as sleep-depraved skaters trickle in …
Words Marcus Bandy Photos Khaleeq Alfred Yeah. . . so. . . day 2 of Central Mass 7 was Fire-ing!!! This year’s race & freeride saw more skaters ripping the hill than any of the previous 6 years of the event, and although it rained a few times during the day, it was chill, and …
WORDS Marcus Bandy PHOTOS Khaleeq Alfred Central Mass is an epic skate event that lasts for three days and is held annually in a quiet (usually) hamlet in central Massachusetts called Harvard. This year marks the seventh iteration of this skate everything event and includes a miniramp jam, a downhill race/ freeride, as well as an epic slidejam …