Last time we rolled Sacramento, California’s Granite Skatepark, half the park was growing mold from being under a constant January deluge. Looks like things have dried up at one of the bossest skateparks on the West Coast.
[Link: Thrasher Mag]
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Deep in San Francisco, California’s Sunset district there is a house with a bowl in the backyard and a woodshop in the garage. This is where maker George Rocha creates new old skateboards out of old skateboards. The business is called Iris Skateboards, but from the sounds of it Rocha makes a lot of cool stuff. And his friends are obviously pretty good at building websites, shooting photos, and making slick films featuring Iris Skateboards. Which all works out pretty well for a guy who claims he doesn’t know anything about marketing. Check it out in Jeremy McNamara’s film Day by Day.
[Link: Gizmodo]
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Like snowboard bindings that rotate, motorized skateboards have forever been a solution to a problem that does not exist. That hasn’t stopped a slew of Northern California tech heads from trying to design the perfect electric skateboard. (You may remember Boosted Boards whose batteries “vented”). Fast Company checks in with Ryan Evans “the 32-year-old CEO of an electric skateboard company called Inboard Technology” the latest producer of unaffordable longboards few skateboarders want to buy.
With the M1, Inboard hopes to snare early adopters who the company identifies as mostly men between 30 and 55 years of age who live in urban areas and earn more than $130,000 annually. According to Inboard’s analysis, a million people fit that description, and with more than twice the median income in the U.S., they can afford the $1,399 price tag. As the price drops, the potential customer base grows. If the board costs less than $1,000, college kids are more likely to buy it, and at a price point under $600, high schoolers get in on it.
Want to roll on a skateboard without pushing? Go down a hill. Want to get to work without driving a car (or pushing a skateboard), ride a bike. Want to look like a total tool while riding a skateboard in a suit, talking on a cellphone, and swerving through pedestrians? Looks like the Inboard M1 is just for you.
[Link: Fast Company]
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Meow. . . Brian Anderson talks with FourTwoNine about what it means to be a gay skater who comes out at the ripe old age of 40. The interview mostly goes over everything he’s already gone over in other interviews (and videos), but Brian’s answers to questions regarding sexual preference and skateboarding are always enlightening and entertaining, and the fact is with each interview he’s getting better at communicating his thoughts. For instance:
I’ve never been tempted to throw a purse over my shoulder, but that doesn’t mean I am not really gay, nor does it mean that people who chose to do so are more so. I think we are all just one varied community, and we all have to respect our different understandings of what being gay is. It’s such a difficult thing to not be informed, especially when you’re brought up in a town away from the two coasts. When you’re brought up in the middle of the country, you’re not exposed to as much, and that can lead your parents to be really closed minded and make it more difficult for you as a child growing up.
For the rest of the interview, click the link.
[Link: FourTwoNine]
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Who better to put us in the holiday skateboarding mood than Tommy Guerrero and Frank Gerwer. These two right jolly old elves know what’s up.
[Link: DLX]
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You could just read the headline again if you’re wondering why we’re posting this video, then click the arrow on the Trent McClung: Welcome to the Team and that should pretty much explain everything. If, after viewing the welcome to the Venture Trucks team video, you have more questions, please feel free to ask them in the comments where you will undoubtable be “first.”
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Riley Hawk, Jason Lee and a slew of other hair farming cave men for Dollar Beard Club. Ugh. Can’t even say “Beard oil” without gagging. Huhg. See, did it again.
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Home is where the heart is…Davis Torgerson and Jack Olson wanted to go home and skate some of their local Minnesota spots so that is apparently what they did in Real Surveillance #04. Get it.
[Link: Real Skateboards]
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This Thursday, December 15, 2016 legendary skateboarding photographer J. Grant Brittain will be showing many of his iconic skate images in a gallery setting at Univ in Encinitas, California.
The event represents a long-standing friendship between Grant and SLVDR‘s Tim Swart and the opportunity to showcase many from the vault of Grant’s 37 years of iconic skateboard imagery. Grant‘s photos have helped document the progression and creativity of skateboarding for decades. “Archive” will highlight many of the classic photos and some not often seen over the years.
The show opens at 7 PM and will feature music by Chris Cote. Univ is located at 1053 S. Coast Highway, in Encinitas, California. For the official word from SLVDR, please follow the jump.
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Vans has announced the schedule for their 2017 Vans Park Series. The second annual event is the official International Skateboarding Federation World Championship park terrain tour with contests around the world.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled by the phenomenal success of Vans Park Series in our first season out of the gates and we are stoked to be making history once again as we expand in 2017.” – Justin Regan, Dir. of Global Marketing, Skateboarding at Vans.
The series kicks off in Sydney, Australia on March 4, 2017 then travels to Brazil, Sweden, Canada, and the USA. For the official word from Vans, please follow the jump.
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