hey eee eh...! yeh eee yeh...! i got this book the other day!

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photo: pinkviolence.

purchased this big ass globe international book, as show in the image above, a day before new years eve last year (2016) at a local book store. well, i actually made them bring it in store for me, as it would have definitely cost hella lot more if i had mail ordered it myself and by the way, this book weighs a ton! i fukkin' kid you not!

“unemployable: 30 years of hardcore, skate and street”, consists of 705 pages from cover to cover! this muthafukka is jam packed & filled with more than 500 photographs and illustrations, with hardcover binding and weighs a little over 3 kilograms! no fukkin' lie, i tell ya! more like a couple of cinder blocks rather than a book.

i strained my right shoulder from the sheer weight of it gravitating down on the slings of the tote bag that i was carrying this book in, during my whole day out. what a fukkin' pain in the neck!

alright, alright... let's get on to business now. actually, i had already mentioned about this book before purchasing it in a few posts sometime back. so, go and read it, here, you lazy arses! well, that makes us even, since me own arse is too damn lazy to write a personal take and / or review for this ginormous beast!

anyways, fuck the world, go read as many books as you can, take photographs and while you're at it, don't forget to push your skateboards too, muthafukkaz!

check out globe international.

peas 'nd curry!

skateboarding.3d - the book!

i finally got my hands on this gem of a book below, a few weeks back. the 2nd revised edition of skateboarding.3d by sebastian denz. it is definitely one hella bound full of dope-ness! \m/

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photo: pinkviolence.

overview.

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put on the 3d glasses and immerse yourself in a hyper-real world of vibrating color, extreme tricks, and professional skateboarders. featuring the european carhartt skate team and inspired by virtual spaces, this award-winning volume brings the culture of skateboarding to life while exploring the thrilling possibilities of 3d photography. skater and photographer sebastian denz spent three years travelling across europe photographing some of the best skateboarders within its borders. long before 3d became popular in current cinema, denz used its effect to capture these striking images, including portraits of skateboarders as well as action shots in various locations from diy spots to skate bowls situated in barns and backyards. denz built his own large-format camera to take the 3d pictures in a never-before-seen quality and produced unique images which come to life in three dimensions and pay tribute to skateboarding culture.

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texts by martin roman deppner, klaus honnef, gottfried jäger and sebastian denz.

112 pages with 88 colour illustrations (3d-anaglyph), hardcover & inclusive of two 3d glasses. edition of 3,000 by prestel publishing.

check out sebastian denz.

peace.

unemployable: 30 years of hardcore, skate and street!!!

“clearly we were unemployable. to the outside that meant we were losers with juvenile hobbies and no future. to us, it meant not following a conventional life path. we wanted a grown-up life that would match our teen lives: optimistic, innovative, and fun.” ―globe cofounder matt hill.

from the 1970s underground melbourne skate scene to a company with a presence in over one hundred countries, unemployable is the story of how three australian brothers―stephen, peter, and matt hill―founded one of the world’s biggest skate, street, and surf companies, globe International. throughout several iterations, the company was the first australian skate shoe player; a creator and distributor of leading streetwear fashion labels such as stüssy, mossimo, obey and mooks; a producer of celebrated skate and surf movies; and from its earliest beginnings, a business that recognized the importance of connecting to the customer.

beyond the story of the hill brothers, the book features a large cast of players who ran globe’s debauched skate tours, infamous industry parties, exotic surf contests, frenzied stadium events, cutting-edge fashion parades, and red-carpet launches. in addition, it includes over 190 exclusive contributions from globe insiders and untold tales from the world’s most respected skaters and surfers including rodney mullen, tony hawk, cj and damien hobgood and many more. it also touches on globe’s affiliations beyond action sports.

a story about following your dreams, unemployable will resonate with a broad range of readers beyond a purely skate/surf/street audience.

500 illustrations!

view more photographs, here.

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watch the anniversary book video below, yo!

also, check out the anniversary book on globe internationals' site, here.

check out globe international.

stickerbomb skate book!!! \m/

got a brand new “book” yesterday and it was well worth every single cent!

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photos: pinkviolence

this new book of fully peelable stickers, compiled by the stickerbomb team, brings together the best skateboard stickers – both classic and new.

from jim philip’s legendary drawings for santa cruz, to the innovative, graphic-led creations from girl and alien workshop, stickerbomb skate illustrates the central role that stickers have played in skate culture.

including five legendary skate brands – alien workshop, real, toy machine, girl and santa cruz – and featuring interviews with key illustrators and artists; including philips, ed templeton and mike hill; this is an indispensable collection for any skate obsessive.

- skr.

check out stickerbomb.

peace.

is skateboarding a “sport”?

not it is not, and here are 30 fukkin' good reasons why it isn't a muthafukkin' sport, biatch! yeah, yeah...! you can debate or argue about it all you want, but as for me, it's a fukkin' lifestyle & a culture, more than just a hobby and definitely not a muthafuckin' sport! git that straight, a'ight? ripped laces tells it like it is!

click on the image above to read the article on ripped laces website.

illustration: mike chen

check out ripped laces.

peace.

trspssng 'nd jmpng fncs, motherfuckers!

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art: donovan strain

trespassing, jumping fences and wrecking havoc! skate and annoy, motherfuckers! \m/

check out donovan strain.

peace.

ironxhanger x thrash t-shirts!

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ironxhanger will announce on this blog here, when it's finally out. they'll be screen printed with high grade black plastisol ink on good quality white t-shirts only and as usual, these prints will be limited.

you can make pre-orders here with your contact details and when it's finally done, i'll make sure to get back to y'all.

thanks for your time and supporting the local singapura d.i.y underground skate scene!

peace.

fos graphics!

click on the image above to visit mark fos' graphics page.

big ups, fos, da man behind heroin skateboards, for finally having his own personal graphics page! well done, mate! you're truly inspirational! \m/

peace.

nasty neckface loses his mind for baker!!!

one hella hilarious commercial for baker skateboards!

andrew reynolds has five baker boards due and neckface is nowhere to be found… lost somewhere in la. watch neckface rebuild his life!

- ride channel.

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get nasty neckface baker boards, here.

check out baker skateboards.

trooper skater fo' lyfe!!! \m/

listen to the imperial march above by metallica!

a throwback from 2011.

skateboard trooper por vida! \m/

the unofficial barrier kult x ironxhanger tee!

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image: pinkviolence

barrier kult x ironxhanger tee's soon! yeah, as soon as roy, from duct tape surgery, jakarta, indonesia, gets them printed. hells yeah!!! hail skatan!!! \m/

peace.

p.s. these tee's are not for sale! they're only meant for the south east asian ba. ku. hordes! much thanks do depth leviathan dweller and the ba. ku. hordes from canada for letting us make this happen! hail!!! \m/

thrasher magazine soty issue!

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photo: pinkviolence

copped the new issue of thrasher magazine april 2015 - issue #417 (soty issue), before the skate sesh' and searching for new spots to skate, earlier yesterday.

check out the first look footage featuring louie lopez below, yo!

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he's a maniac on his board but when louie is lounging he's a cool and calm dude. here he is checking out our april 2015 soty issue!

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soty mural!

this is just so brilliant!!!

the april 2015 cover gets thrown up on a nyc wall by the talented people at seen.

check out thrasher magazine.

this is rob mathieson!!!

fukkin' sick ass artwork! \m/

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this is an enjoi commercial for the artist rob mathieson.

check out enjoi and rob mathiesion.

deck artworks by dennis mcnett for anti hero skateboards!

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artworks: dennis mcnett

this series of anti hero skateboards decks, came out a few years back and it's still legit, in my honest opinion. über cool artworks by none other than dennis mcnett!

big ups, mr. mcnett!

check out wolfbat studios.

peace.

mo' art by roy! this time, it's skinny ol' me! =D

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illustration: roy

roy, of duct tape surgery. did an illustration of me (pinkviolence), since i've been too fukkin' lazy drawing shit on ironxhanger. pretty cool stuff! he also did some other illustrations for ironxhanger, here. thanks, gendut! =D

salam.

rip 'n' dip: back to school!

the crew heads back to school in style with a montage and a mini ryan townley for extra credit. who's gonna play hooky today?

- thrasher magazine.

check out rip 'n' dip.

in loving memory of shawn whisenant (ako).

a short documentary following the late great artist, shawn whisenant.

shawn whisenant is a born and raised san francisco bay area artist whose art can be found lurking in the streets or galleries and museums across the usa, australia and europe. he has been working on the streets of the bay area since the mid 1990ʼs, where his images continue to endure on walls, mailboxes and other surfaces around the city. he enjoys making books and stickers, taking photos, painting signs and moving about in the city’s shadows. in the streets and galleries, his work has seen many different forms. from rare-hand crafted books, to skateboard films and a signature pair of osiris shoes, his creating doesn’t end with paintings.

filmed and edited by pedro alejandro verdin.

photo: a / v san francisco

r.i.p shawn whisenant a.k.a ako. never forgotten...

krooked x wes humpston!

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image: dlxsf

krooked and wes humpston limited edition gonz release. 

available in select skate shops and bulldog skates.

check out krooked x wes humpston.

5boro - vhs decks series!

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photo: parlour skate store

5boro spring range brings their vhs series (without stating the obvious) it's a nod to the 90's, the series is well timed and certainly well executed!

fukkin' dope!!!

check out 5boro.

peace.

bad shit - all hail cardiel!

illustration: bouklao

bad shit is a band from san francisco, california, that was formed in 2005. consisting of jake phelps (editor in chief of thrasher magazine) on guitar, tony trujillo (anti hero skateboards team rider) on bass and on drums, trixie (trujillo's wife). they play a mix genre of hardcore / punk and thrash! do check 'em out, if you have da time. love 'em or hate 'em, they don't give a shit none da less... but to me, they fukkin' kick ass!!!

here's a tribute track they did for the one and the only living legend and an icon of skateboarding, john cardiel! a must listen, yo! \m/

- pinkviolence.

check out bad shit.