Filmmaker Patrik Wallner rolled through South Asia for a month with skaters Walker Ryan, Laurence Keefe, Michael Mackrodt, and Kenny Reed and returned with this amazingly lush 10 minute video of the trip. The only things missing are the feelings of oppressive heat and gastrointestinal distress. . .
[Link: Visual Traveling]
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Those who followed our photos from the Agenda Show in Long Beach, California last month saw a sneak peek of The Hundreds Penny Skateboard. But now it’s official.
The board reflects a sleek design, common to both Penny Skateboards and The Hundreds, featuring a black body and multi-colored “CMYK” themed wheels; It’s a unique twist on one of the most beloved boards in the world of skateboarding. The board can also conveniently fit inside The Hundreds Jon Backpack. This is Penny’s first collaboration with anyone – Producing only 400 boards they will be available at fine retail skate shops across the globe as well as The Hundreds’ flagship stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
If you’re going to roll a Penny, this is probably the one you need.
[Link: Penny Skateboards]
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Vans has now officially released what they are calling “skateboarding’s first-ever vulcanized cupsole shoe design.” And from what we’ve seen of this Andrew Allen model, the “wafflecups” are looking good. Here’s what Vans says:
Developed in four testing stages with Vans team riders Gilbert Crockett, Chima Ferguson, Andrew Allen and Chris Pfanner, the Stage 4 Low and Mid styles are the first to offer Vans’ revolutionary WAFFLECUP technology. WAFFLECUP combines the best of cup sole with its increased support and durability and the superior board feel and grip found in a traditional Vans vulcanized shoe. Simply, the best of both worlds.
For more info, click the link.
[Link: Vans Stage 4]
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On the eve of the The Bones Brigade Autobiography West Coast premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (February 2, 2012 at 2 and 8 PM), Stacy Peralta speaks to the Santa Barbara Independent on why these six skateboarders were so important and why the film is finding new fans each time it screens.
It really transcends skateboarding and becomes a story about this group of six guys who weren’t the cool kids. They weren’t the hipsters. Some might say they were borderline nerds and, for many of them, it was a real struggle to attain the position they eventually attained and we deal with that in the film.
Click the link for the short yet interesting interview with Stacy.
[Link: Santa Barbara Independent]
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Tyler De Martini, the 18-year-old Berkeley, California skateboarder who collided with a car on Monday night (January 30, 2012) died on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 from his injuries according to a story on Berkeleyside.com.
[De Martini]who lived in Berkeley but attended El Cerrito High School, was hit by a 54-year old man driving a Prius around 7:05 pm on Jan. 30. The driver was heading eastbound on Marin negotiating a left hand/northbound turn onto Tulare when the two collided, according to Berkeley police. There was no alcohol involved in the collision and the driver was not charged.
Sadly, “Berkeley police have determined that De Martini was in the wrong in the collision.” Our thoughts are with De Martini’s family and friends.
[Link: Berkeleyside]
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For those who assumed that maybe after breaking his pelvis and, let’s face it, being old, that Tony Hawk would would slow down, get off his skateboard and coast off into the sunset on his wallet, here’s a little proof to the contrary.
[Link: Ride Channel]
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Tomorrow night, (Saturday, January 27, 2012) Praxis Footwear will celebrate its official launch party in San Francisco, California at Gallery 1307.
Karl Watson is the lead skate personality and foundation for marketing of the Praxis brand. The Praxis Launch Party is brought to you in conjunction with the following co-sponsors: Organika Skateboards, FTC, Tech Vector design, Foundry Supply and Creative Edge Public Relations. Live music for the event includes DJ DSharp and Atlas.
The event will benefit Karl’s Kauses Charity and Theory Driven Foundation. The party starts at 8 PM. Gallery 1307 is located at 1307 Fillmore St, San Francisco, California. Follow the jump for more. [click to continue…]
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In his story A Chronicle of Doing It: Nike and Destruction Kyle Beachy (an assistant professor of English and Creative Writing at Chicago’s Roosevelt University) rolls through the history of Nike and skateboarding pointing out the obvious dichotomy between corporate cobbling and the core skateboarding market along the way.
Here’s a sample:
I submit that Grant Taylor is one of perhaps three skaters recognizable more by his shoe sponsor than board company. It is the same sponsor who weathered the PR nightmare of sweatshop injustice, elbowed themselves into golf and soccer, supports SOPA, and might, though they have no reason to, someday manufacture their own skateboards. Because why not. The same sponsor whose strategy will clear away the clutter of poorly- and skater-run, middling footwear companies, the inept and frail and upstart alike, acting as our free market’s grand systematic broom. Whatever Nike’s next step is, it will be, like Grant Taylor, bigger and faster. We will ignore the rubber gloves and hear the parrot’s squawk as our own. Bigger, faster, bigger, bigger, bigger.
The aforementioned quote is in fact the conclusion to the piece, but read the whole story anyway because Beachy pretty much covers every angle of the Nike vs. Core discussion and ends up where we all do: with the realization that the winning brands are the ones who do it better than everyone else. And while it sometimes sucks to admit that, it is so true that we’re almost embarrassed even mentioning it.
[Link: The Classical]
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The Vans Skatepark in Orlando, Florida celebrated one last Steve Van Doren grill and Tony Trujillo and Omar Hassan skate session on Friday, January 20, 2012, before the bull dozers roll in and remove the entire mall, according to a post on the Vans site.
After 10 magical years in our skatepark in Orlando we are sad to have to say goodbye. The mall that we occupied for the past decade is being leveled to the ground to build…another mall. . . All of the wooden ramps were broken down over the weekend with the wood and Skatelite being divvied up between The Skatepark of Tampa, a number of local area skateparks as well as being being driven up to our House of Vans in Brooklyn for a facelift and resurfacing.
We’re glad Vans stuck with it as long as they did and they found good homes for the ramps.
[Link: Vans via Thrasher Mag]
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Truth: we can’t really get enough of the wooden artwork of Haroshi. And because of that we’re posting this video from the HUF x Haroshi x DLX opening party that happened a whole three weeks ago at HUF LA. That’s all.
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