Here at Wheelbase, we believe in growing community and supporting our fellow skater’s in their efforts to make cool shit for other skaters. This article is tribute paid to the rider-owned and -operated apparel brands within our corner of skateboarding. illdownhill, Yeehaw, and Push Culture Apparel are three examples of clothing companies creating quality gear …
Road Rider was established back in 1973, and hails from Santa Cruz, California. Although the brand lay in hibernation for decades, they are back on the scene with some killer riders, solid product development, and major style. The Road Rider crew has some, if not the, deepest roots in downhill skateboarding, and their recent video …
Skateboarding wouldn’t be where it is today without photography. Ever since skateboarding came into existence in the ‘60s photographers have been there to document the shredding, and the culture. Whether it’s Pool, Vert, Street, Cruising, Downhill, or whatever else people do on their shred sleds; the photographers have always been there to get “the shot”. …
In skateboarding’s early years, deck flexiness was considered pretty groovy, but then there was a powerful shift and the culture slowly moved away from it’s surf-style roots and began developing a strong trick-based urban dimension. Most of those original flexy boards were shelved and replaced with rigid, wider boards. I’ve been skateboarding since the ‘80s, …