mike giant's "confessions of an old dirty skateboarder" solo exhibition.

image: mike giant

san francisco based artist mike giant has his first solo show with the gallery entitled “confessions of an old dirty akateboarder” featuring a wide assemblage of recent drawings and also a rare opportunity to view giant’s personal collection of skateboards he illustrated the graphics for, including boards from his early career.

opening for the show is on friday, july 20 - august 12, 2012.
ffdg, 2277 mission st., sf, california.


check out mike giant.

peace.

surprise! surprise! surprise!

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photo: pinkviolence

woke up with a surprise! the new ish' of thrasher magazine august 2012 - issue #385 (special interview issue) beside my bed. my second eldest sista' got it for me yesterday while i was knocked out from not sleeping for two days. ha! thanks, sis'! i love you even tho' i don't show it. one love!


check out thrasher magazine.

peace.

skateboarding is a crime (with tony hawk).

this flick below is not even funny and tony hawk is pretty lame, in my opinion. but do check it out, anyways...

objection! witness is grinding the jury box.

check out college humor.

new t-shirt art by tremor!

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illustrations: tremor

here's a li'l sneak preview of what's to come in the next few months. illustration is done by none other than tremor for ironxhanger! big ups, bro'! much thanks and appreciation! fukkin' dope!!!


check out tremor's blog here and more of his artworks here.

peace.

this post is a li'l too late but anyways...

family & friends reflect on memories of ross rogers a.k.a dangeross (february 10, 1984 - march 1, 2012). he is a skater, photographer and also the creator of pink crack 'zine.

dangeross' note.

dangeross "off the wall" t-shirt.

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scan and photo: unknown

i made this design a few days after ross' passing just as a way to commemorate my good friend. it was suggested by several people that we should make some shirts out of it. needless to say, i was happy to do it and I hope everyone enjoys them.

all profits from the sales are going directly to the photography scholarship that is being set up in honor of ross.

100% cotton fruit of the loom t-shirts.

copper ink on black tees.

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you can purchase them t-shirts here, it's for a good cause. rest in peace, my brotha'... you'll always be missed...

peace.

all day, everyday!

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all day long i dream about skateboarding!

fukk my left ankle! please pray that it'll heal soon. my chiropractor and physiotherapist recommends me to cycle instead? two wheels bad! four wheels good! bah!

peace.

the predatory bird deck.

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photo: the predatory bird

the predatory bird deck is exquisite. here's why:-

a) 100% canadian maple has been lovingly stained in the spirit of your favourite rosewood dining table.

b) the ultra-limited, laser-cut, bird-in-hand inlay motif is unequivocally labyrinthine in its radicalness.

c) each board has been constructed, piece by tiny intricate piece, by the talented, nimble fingers of the wood crafter, in british columbia.

d) each deck bears it's unique number of the 50 that exist.

e) functions equally well as wall decoration, improvised speedboat rudder or skateboard deck.

and please watch this video below:

this video is of my friend andy. when i was 13 i got drunk and threw a pool ball as hard as i could straight at his face. he dodged it, laughed and introduced me to the r. crumb / neil blender style keep-on-truckin rock fakie. now he operates a small wood shop in vancouver where he has made a miniscule number of the first ever predatory bird products. i’m pretty sure this is the only time we will use this particular process. there are 50, some of which are completes with thunders deluxe made specially, thank you deluxe.


check out the predatory bird.

paradox nor'easter tour 2012 at the house of vans.

while doing our thing in long island, gino was kind enough to take the crew to see frank at the house of vans deep in the heart of brooklyn. this was after two demos and a signing, needless to say, everyone found hidden reserves to create this historic sesh'.


check out paradox grip.

yeap, another day at 12th and a, nyc!

11072012 sesh' at 12th and a, new york city.

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peep the filming steez! dope skating skillz too from the homies!

- nolan lee.

enjoy this footage, yo!

shepard fairey's rendition of darby crash.

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art: shepard fairey

darby crash (born jan paul beahm) (september 26, 1958 – december 7, 1980) was an american punk musician who, along with long time friend pat smear (born georg ruthenberg), co-founded the germs. he died of a heroin overdose.

read more here.


check out obey giant.

peace.

13072012 weekend hype!

enjoy this supa' short footy!

featuring little chris, t-mag, darren navarette and drew dezort.


check out typical culture.

rebel8 x rancid collaboration cap.

i need me one of this! thank you! =)

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photo: rebel8

rebel8 has just announced its collaboration with rancid, one of the most legendary punk bands of our time. this union will come alive in the form of cap is black with white embroidery and will go on sale tomorrow. all this was published by the mark a few minutes ago via instagram, no details were revealed as the price or quantity of units available. once we have more information we will share with you.

check out the city loves you.

peace.

skateboards as art!

a new exhibit in atlanta showcases the evolution of art on skateboard decks. video from cnn's ferre dollar.


check out cnn.

enjoy!

clyde moore lurk hard summer 2012 part.

edited by erick lopez.


check out lurk hard.

tildeth! - full length independent skate film.

an independent skateboard film featuring jeremy mcnamara, bryce alexander, brenden quan and many more. the film was shot over the course of the past year all over the bay area and beyond. feel free to download the video right off this page! everybody involved with the project put in a lot of work in to make it happen. enjoy!

download the entire video for free here.

enjoy this free fuckin' film, yo!

thomas, austin and frank for oj wheels!

new local shredders at the burnside. representing with cold youthful styles... also jay meer art filmed and edited by scott majors.

check out oj wheels.

henry rollins laid back curb slappy!

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photo: unknown.

henry rollins (born 13 February 1961) is an american spoken word artist, writer, journalist, publisher, actor, radio dj, activist and former singer-songwriter.

read more here.


check out henry rollins.

peace.

world record wallie contest!

wallie world cup 2012.

for multiple days outside the bright trade show in berlin, pontus alv and lennie burmeister could be seen making transitions for the most unique contest this year. the concept was simple wallie over a barrier and you become the champion of the world. the mc, lev tanju of palace skateboards, was complete comedy. everyone had three tries to get over the barrier and when those were used up and more attempts were needed, the kind hearted, lev facilitated with a nice cold one. for some the strength of german beer didn't help them get over but for others the combination of light feet and alcohol made the task easy to accomplish.

starring pontus alv, dennis busenitz, jason adams, dennis laas, guy with energy drink hat, curly haired kid, white shirt, the australian and many others who i couldn't give nicknames too.

filmed and edited by sean nguyen.

- the skateboard mag.

check out the skateboard mag and polar skate co.

commodore brand skateboard team summer 2012 montage.

featuring mitchell bonadies, richie dahland, trey hill, tyler mccoy, marcus rascoe and dylan atterson.

filming by levi douthit, jamie pippin, austin hayden and charley feher.

edit by charley feher.


check out commodore brand.

brown clown of houston, texas.

"cap'n john and his eight faithful seamen"...

the moment you've all been waiting for. or at least i think. the final chapter. the final frontier. the last part! skateboarding is about having fun. fun is fun. go out and have fun already. cheers. goodbye. farewell.

enjoy!

trauma skateboards presents...

a day with oscar candon.

edited by guillaume martinez.


check out trauma skateboards.

converse alicante, spain trip.

filmed and edited by ludo azémar.


check out converse skateboarding.

skating in a house - philipp schuster skate villa.

you hafta check this house out!

client: red bull.
year: 2012
role: filming, editing and post production.

check out red bull skateboarding.

enjoy!

mandible claw: sf nights and days.

part one.

colin read tripped from nyc to san francisco and came back with night lines and fireworks. filmed at night, featuring kennedy cantrell, alex conn, vincent touzery, eby ghafarian, kyle stone, connor kammerer and joe yates (and the chinese new year parade).

filmed and edited by colin read.
additional footage by eby ghafarian.

part two.

in part two of colin read's san francisco adventure, we get street raps, doubles, and downhill lines. with ben gore, leo valls, evan kinori, adrian mallory, vincent touzery, angel cardenas, eby ghafarian, connor kammerer and joe yates.

filmed and edited by colin read.


check out slap magazine and mandible claw.

enjoy!

skate washington, d.c. with bobby worrest.

every other thursday pro skateboarders take you on a personal tour of the their favourite cities to skate. you'll discover some of the best skate, chill, gear, food and beer spots as you get the vibe of a new city.

this week, bobby worrest, daniel kim and shaun gregoire give you a personal skate tour of washington, dc.


check out the ride channel.

the urban playground | skatorialist.

featuring firdaus samsudin a.k.a gerl.

directed, edited and produced by juffrie.

locations: fullerton hotel, ocbc building, marina bay sands, clark quay, singapore management university, raffles place, national university of singapore, sentosa board walk, vivo city, ghim moh valley, rochester park, one north park, fusionopolis and holland village.

p.s. for optimal viewing pleasure, click hd.

mark frölich!

check out mark fröich! this fella is super steezy! 'nuff about that, just watch this footage for yourself and be the judge. 'nd that's that!

- pinkviolence.

check out skateboardingonly.

anthony estrada's montage from free flow contest.

check our friend, anthony estrada's highlight reel from the recent free flow contest over at skatelab on june 24th, 2012.

- skatelab.

check out skatelab.

en-fukkin'-joy!

domejacket!

i honestly cannot remember where i got this link for this video from. but support and enjoy it anyways.

- pinkviolence.

lucas puig mixtape.

this montage of lucas puig are mostly filmed by fred mortagne, ty evans, dan wolfe and brian de palma. these footages are property of cliché, hélas, lakai, transworld, adidas and 411vm. once again entirely fucking dubbed by myself. if you're a filmer or a company and want to help me out with raw footage of 90's early 00' skaters so, i don't spend two month to do a damn 5 minutes video you can contact me here on facebook.

thanks!

- manolo's tapes.

indy trucks vatican ring!

image: independent truck co.

i've been searching high and low for this particular indy truck's "vatican" ring online but to no avail. this fukkin' sucks! so, if anyone has one to let go, in good condition that is, please hit me up here. if not, i just might tattoo my left middle finger with the same design or an indy logo, fo' reals, yo!

thanks for your time!


check out independent truck company.

peace.

random skate toy figurines!

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photos: pinkviolence

so, i was bored and these are fukkin' random... 'nuff said... a lego man skater and an oval head trexi on a tech deck, yo! i ♥ skate related toys!


check out lego and trexi.

peace.

enjoi skateboarding be@rbrick!

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photo: unknown

this one is pretty ol' but i need this enjoi skateboarding be@rbrick! does anyone has one that you're willing to sell for a reasonable price? please hit me up here. thanks!


check out enjoi skateboarding and be@rbrick.

peace.

thrasher five panel hat in black!

i gotta get me one of this! power!

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photo: thrasher magazine

this five-panel cap features a printed thrasher label on the front, an adjustable buckle strap on the back and is constructed from heavyweight canvas for durability.

one size fits most.

check out thrasher magazine.

peace.

syaitan made me do it!

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photo: pinkviolence

satan made me spend my money on mags again from basheer graphics books earlier yesterday. boom!

color magazine volume 10 issue 2 summer 2012.


check out color magazine.

peace.

p.s if you're unaware where color magazine is from, it's from canada and also is king shit, second to color mag!

skateable sculptures by rich holland.

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photo: rich holland

artist rich holland presented his skateable sculptures in finland and in doing so, his sculptures became the world’s first large scale skateable sculptural installation. holland’s work can serve as both works of art all by themselves, but should you get the itch to shred, they’re entirely skateable. if anything, that could add a bit more detail and character to the pieces.

one of the key artworks is skateable sculpture by rich holland. his work combines action with aesthetics, physical pleasure with visual pleasure. sculptures that can be skated on are placed in a challenging position between highbrow art and urban popular subculture. he focuses on the issue about the right to public space, fiercely debated in finland too, that is gradually being occupied by commercial and other private bodies. the exhibition and particularly the his work brings the outdoors indoors.

moco loco conducted an interview with the artist and it can be read here.

- nick estrada.

check out highsnobiety and moco loco.

peace.