wheatpaste flip!

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photo: unknown

this is such an ingenious idea! stickin' a poster with wheatpaste on the wall of an image / illustration of a skateboard, then jumpin' down a flight of stairs and captured on camera at the right timing. genius!

but what's silly about this photo, is that the fella is having flip flops on. spoils the whole concept of the photograph. =|

but all in all, it's still a creative concept. big ups to whoever did this! i might just steal this idea. hehehe!

peace.

fdr skatepark: a visual history.

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fdr skatepark began its life in 1996 with a few small obstacles built by the city of philadelphia in an attempt to meet the needs of a growing community. in true d-i-y fashion, local skaters soon gathered their resources and began the ongoing construction of a space of their own design. as the world's largest d-i-y skateboard park, today fdr is recognized throughout the world as a landmark in the skateboarding community. a photographic history of fdr, this book contains work from more than 25 contributors, from amateurs with disposable cameras to professional photographers. side by side with the actual skateboarding are photos of wildfires, box cutter wounds, riot police, and drunks shooting sewer rats. complete with oral histories gathered from park locals, this one-of-a-kind record documents the legend and landscape of the past fifteen years under the bridge.

check out fdr skatepark book.

peace.

p.s. all profits received by the authors will go towards the ongoing maintenance and expansion of fdr.

boulevard amburger.

these am's are crazily good! check this film out for yourself and you be the judge. =)

a short film showcasing the many flavors of the boulevard am team.

featuring the savory stylings of billy davenport, jose pereyra, nate fantasia, jordan sanchez, carlos iqui, tiago lemos and special guest rodrigo petersen.

 
check out blvd skateboards.

enjoy the film!

kidult "visual dictatorship"!

buy! buy! buy! buy! money is your god!

check out kidult.

p.s. please share and spread this video like a virus. thanks!

fayuca skateboards hoody!

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image: fayuca skateboards

new drop of fayuca skateboards' "creeping death" hooded sweatshirt is out now! artwork done by bobby brown. you can get yours, here.

check out fayuca skateboards.

peace.

book review: hello, skater girl.

i backed my friend julian bleecker's book hello, skater girl on kickstarter and just received my copy.

julian spent well over a year photographing skateboarding girls in venice beach and it shows in his photos. he not only captures some great action shots, but shots of the girls eating, laughing, etc, and as a result you get a nice little snapshot of a particular sub-culture community.

here's a nice video he did that captures the spirit of making the book, and gives you a feel for the book itself.

it's a really pretty book that makes a nice addition to a collection of photo books, if you are into such things. i'm also looking forward to my daughter consuming it some day, not in hopes that she'll become a skater, but rather that she'll see that girls can do whatever they want - even things that some think are just for boys.

my only complaint is that I'd have loved for some of the back story (much of which is on julian's blog) about the shoots to have made it into the book. now, that would have changed the nature of the book itself, which is purely a photo book, so i'll forgive him for not including it, and now you've got an excuse to pour through his blog too. (as an example of what i mean, read this page, about climbing "seal-team-6" style into the back yard of a condemned 70's house, and it makes the photos of skating the pool that much sweeter.

- kim pallister.

check out hello, skater girl.

possessed by skatin'!

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image: tallboy

new t-shirt art by tallboy! it'll be out in a few weeks time on shirts & destroy. fukkin' dope ass t-shirt, i must say and i need me one of this! =)

check out tallboy and shirts & destroy.

peace.

ground metal anyone?

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illustration: wrex cook

a super bad ass illustration of a truck ground down to da axle by wrex cook! fukkin' a!

peace.

knock off tech deck!

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image: pinkviolence

got this cliché skateboards' joey brezinski knock off tech deck from a convenient store last night, for only sgd4.50! hells yeah! who cares if it's fake? not me! if it's nice, it's nice! 'nuff said.

peace.

fist of fury premiere.

this vid captures the fun of the road and the stoke that comes from finding new spots. but most of all, it's got some amazing skating in it. here's leo, provost, layton, lutheran, marks, harmony and the rest of the guys. as seen in the october mag.

- thrasher magazine.

 

check out toy machine.

jed cullen!

this chap has got flow...!

the rider from southampton and his bag of tricks will make you watch this twice!

check out the dc embassy.

will marshall barcelona 2012 part.

will marshall, dc canada rider filmed all this in a month and a half this past winter in barcelona, spain.

filmed by tomas morrison and edited by brian shannon.

check out dc shoes.

nike sweatshops: behind the swoosh.

so, you think by having nike sb shoes on will make you skate like p-rod or koston or malto, huh? think again! watch this documentary and comprehend. don't let multi-national corporation sporting goods companies infiltrate skateboarding! thanks!

nike sweatshops: behind the swoosh is the ultimate video for exploring the sweatshop issue. using nike as a case study, the film documents first hand the widespread and oppressive and exploitative labour practices in the developing world.

used as a resource by faculty members and community leaders across the country, behind the swoosh is appropriate for use in classrooms, libraries, conferences, community centres and union halls.

check out team sweat.

p.s. what has this got to do with skateboarding, you ask? everything!