I’ve been bombing hills all of high school—hitting races, filming videos, going on skate trips, and other adventures of that sort. For example, I’m writing this month’s Wheelbase column from the backseat of the PDX Skate Bus—heading to Santa Barbara on a six day skate trip. My other schoolmates have 2 days left until break […]
I’ve been riding down hills on my skateboard for about 4 years now; various artists related to skateboarding have had cameras rolling for about 3 of those 4. I’m not claiming a deep and understood knowledge of skateboard photography or filmography, but over the course of a few years I have learned a thing or […]
NorCal style means a lot to me. It has shaped the way I ride and think today. Summed up in a few words it is: smooth, simple, and stand-up. I remember watching Rizzo, Duran, and Sakamoto bomb some hills right when I started skating. My mind was blown, nothing looked kooky, nothing was forced. Fluid, […]
I arrived in Laguna Beach with a couple other buddies sometime in late July. Earlier that day Fernando Yuppie, my teammate and very good Brazilian friend, landed at LAX. We met in Laguna Beach the same night and instantly knew some epic shit was about to go down throughout the next month. Our plan was […]
I recently went on a 10-day skate adventure to the province of British Columbia. In those 10 days I had some pretty interesting experiences. Here’s a Top 10 list of dopest things about the trip: 1. Having a sealed, locked, waterproof, and generally non-fuck-with-able van to hide in when shit gets rowdy is super dope. […]
I turned sixteen recently and for my birthday I wanted to take two of my best friends down to beautiful Laguna Beach for the weekend. So we mobbed on down there one Thursday afternoon, with my dad driving most of the way. Little did we know the shit-storm that was about to come down on […]
Andrew Mercado is notorious—Andrew’s white van is notorious—the shit that has gone down in that van is notorious. Andrew takes his large white utility van full of skateboarders all over the place. If you have been to any large race in the past 4 years you know the van, and have probably seen in wreaking […]