We asked Apple’s Image Playground AI to create a “skateboard” for us. It delivered something straight out of a PacSun catalog circa 2009. Our AI future certainly looks bright, doesn’t it?
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Skateboarders, those habitual arbiters of style, always seem to make the coolest stuff, especially when it comes to retail. So, thanks to coffee industry website Sprudge, here are some of the best caffeine filling stations in the skateboarding world (pictured above, Boise, Idaho’s Push & Pour).
Coffee shop/skate shop hybrids are still relatively rare, but they cater to their local communities of skaters and ramp watchers, and they’re showing the world that serious coffee is a great fit for skating culture. I wish there were a hundred of these places to report on, but there’s not—at least not yet. Instead, I took a look around to learn more about seven cafes across the United States serving coffee-loving skaters, offering espressos with a side of grip tape and a helmet.
For all the details, please click the link.
[Link: Sprudge]
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Because, you know. Of course we all need the THPS 3+4 reboot. Plus, you can play it on a PS4. Still. Plus, Rayssa Leal, Chloe Covell, Jamie Foy, Zion Wright and Yuto Horigome. . . but reportedly no Bam Margera. Huh? Still haven’t played the 1+2 reboot all that much. Oh well. Guess we’ll be able to wait until the alleged release in July 2025.
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The olds alerted us to this one. Apparently, late night talk shows still exist.
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Because it’s Mark Gonzales. Don’t need more reason than that.
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The OGs of electronic music Kraftwerk will be hitting the North American road in 2025. To promote the tour our favorite pro skateboarder Tony Hawk created a video. Check it and get your tickets now. This band won’t live forever. . . or maybe they will. They are the robots.
[Link: Kraftwerk Tour]
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We all know the art Stacy Peralta has created on his skateboard, on video, and film, but now he’s creating paintings about skateboarding. In this documentary, Against The Current, he explains it all.
Stacy shares his various inspirations from childhood to present day, and the challenges and lessons learned while working to develop this new visual language in his iterations of these tools of joy from the past. . . The work also explores his temporal and obsessive relationship to the skateboard collection that intrinsically holds the memories of those ephemeral halcyon days. As well as the decay and degradation that entropy and time have on our prized possessions, and even ourselves.
Spend a couple minutes to watch it. Then, roll up the coast to Cambria, California and check out his art show at Cruise Control Contemporary gallery.
[Link: Against The Current]
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We love Don Brown. So this is here for posterity. Know what we mean?
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Jim Jannard, the action sporting genius entrepreneur behind Oakley BMX/motorcycle grips, glasses, and, more recently, Red Digital Cinema has reportedly sold his Malibu, California beach home for $210 million according to a story in the New York Post. This apparently breaks the record for most expensive home sale in California state history: a record formerly held by the Jay-Z/Beyoncé Corporation at $200 million.
This 15,000-square-foot stunner sprawls across 9.5 acres of prime clifftop land, boasting a private 300-foot stretch of ocean near El Pescador State Beach. . . The palatial pad includes eight bedrooms, a staggering 14 bathrooms, a massive courtyard, a gym and two guesthouses. . . Interiors designed by Michael S. Smith — the same guy who revamped the Oval Office at the White House — feature ornate columns, beamed ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling steel and glass windows. . . The backyard includes a lush lawn and a pool with ocean views.
Work hard kids, and all this can be yours.
[Link: New York Post]
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Mr. Rocco talks about why he’s dropping back in on skateboarding. And that’s worth hearing. Not much else to say? Just watch it.
[Link: Jenkem Mag]
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