Puerto Rico is always a good way to start off the race season—a place with beautiful landscapes, amazing hills (EVERYWHERE!), epic parties, and lots of ladies. After embracing the East Coast cold for a while, this Puerto Rico trip presented itself with perfect timing—a nice getaway to embrace some warmth and sunshine! The Puerto Rico races started off with […]
Jacksonville’s Kona Skatepark has been around since the early days of the skateboarding we have come to know and love. (1977 to be more precise.) Home to a large snake-run, plenty of ground space for camping, and Florida’s totally radical climate, it’s no wonder that Kona Skatepark has become the destination of choice for hundreds of North […]
Slide jams are serious business these days. Billions upon billions of dollars and countless man-hours are invested in such events every single day across the entire globe. And 9 times out of 10, the winners of these events go on to become Mega Longboarding Super Stars with huge corporate contracts and baller mansions and other […]
Quality skateboarding, like quality motorcycling, is all about craft, community, and freedom. The Moto Radventure is our annual ride in celebration of this confluence. This year, the second year of the Moto Rad, we hit the road starting in Los Angeles, California. We made our way up to Santa Barbara, and ultimately, we headed back […]
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” The above quote by Hunter S. Thompson might as well be the official motto for this past […]
Do you like wriggling through cones? racing winding roads in sexy leather suits & full-face helmets? hurling yourself over long, sketchy gaps? tearing it up on banks & walls? slashing hardily over whoop-tee-doos? or simply shredding long, tasty ‘thane lines? If you answered “yes” to one or more of the above then you need to […]
The East Coast is hands-down one of the most vibrant, diverse, and raw downhill skate communities in the world. The skaters back East are some of the most talented and passionate skaters on the planet. With much of the industry of skateboarding residing on the West Coast, East Coasters must continually make shit happen for […]
What do you do if you’re a skater that loves to go fast but there isn’t one damn hills worth bombing within 30 miles? Well, that is exactly the dilemma skaters in Houston, Texas face—but we’ve found a solution and it’s in the garages! What started many years ago as a simple solution to a […]
Exactly one month ago our Keep on Tuckin tour was on the final leg of its adventures and hangin’ in Whistler, BC Canada for Arbor Skateboard’s downhill race. What an epic finale to an amazing road trip! We meet so many rad skaters, we lurked heavily with black bears, we gave away a hardy supply […]
When you set out on a true adventure you never know what’s gonna happen. You can organize and strategize all you want, but once you hit the road all of that shit flies out the proverbial window. On a true adventure you are protected by little more than the mercy of Mother Nature and the […]