WORDS John Kreutter PHOTOS Albert Artemov & Spencer Flaherty One thing I recently noticed about downhill skateboarding is that most of the time that I skate a good hill, it’s located in the woods. The best hills I skate in Maryland are in some sort of wooded area, out in the middle of no where. …
WORDS John Kreutter PHOTOS Spencer Flaherty When I was younger I was very fortunate to have gotten into skating in an area with a rad community of people who were motivated and active. Lansdowne Skatepark is one of the earliest established skate parks still standing in Maryland. It’s pretty much one massive ditch with a bunch …
WORDS John Kreutter PHOTOS Spencer Flaherty If you live on the East Coast, you know how it is. When it starts getting cold around here, it get’s real cold. Which is not super helpful when you like to ride your skateboard everyday. In the colder months, when you get going any decent speed down a hill, the icy …
Back in October I was in New York City visiting for the Broadway Bomb. Near the end of the weekend, I was chilling at a little get-together with (Marcus) Bandito. After laughing over awful selfie pictures, and chatting about the east coast skate scene, we somehow lead toward working on ideas for a Wheelbase column. . . After chatting on the interweb for a bit, we …