ride in peace, dylan rieder...

today is a really sad day for the skateboarding community worldwide...

news came in all over the skateboarding social media, that dylan joseph rieder, passed on earlier today, the 12th of october 2016, at an early age of 28, due to complications battling cancer, leukemia to be precise.

you were really one of a kind, the best at what you did and also, a truly inspirational individual. yet you have gone too young, too soon... maybe the skate gods have better plans for you up there, somewhere...

ride in peace, dylan and my regards to all the legendary skate rats that have passed on and are there with you above the clouds.

legends never die and you'll forever be remembered in our hearts. thank you for the mark and impact that you have made for the skateboarding culture, community and skate souls worldwide.

check out dylan rieder.

ride in peace.

my ride presented by active: trevor colden.

sit down with trevor colden at hollenbeck plaza as he sets up a new board and then commences to rip. find all of trevor’s products from skate mental, nike sb, thunder trucks, bones swiss bearing, mob grip and spitfire wheels at active ride shop.

- transworld skateboarding.

skate mental trevor colden check deck.

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image: skate mental

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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.

luis tolentino rides the hi 147 thunder trucks!

luis tolentino rides the hi 147 for decks 7.8-8.1".


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