Now it’s time for Skateline’s Gary Rogers to be serious and answer a few questions about the show, skateboarding, and more. Heeeeeere’s Gary!
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Artist Todd Francis says he has a history of working with vermin. So his graphics from this collab with Huf are nothing short of verminty fresh. Check it out.
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Vans Pro Jason Dill brings his free form pen artworks and pen drawing to a natural white canvas Vans OG Authentic “S” starting February 7, 2015. And don’t think that this is simply a canvas shoe. No, no. It comes with “enhanced cushioning in UltraCush HD sickliness and the Vans original waffle gum rubber soles. And will be available exclusively at select independent skateboard retailers. Watch for ’em. [click to continue…]
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Aside from creating nearly everything to do with modern street skating (before it was called that) Rodney Mullen has also become a hot-ticket public speaker on the Silicon Valley lecture circuit speaking to groups about dedication and remaining true to your passions. But there’s more, as Wired Magazine writer Brendan I. Koerner found out in his profile on Mr. Mullen in the February issue of the tech culture magazine.
More than 30 years after he invented most of the gravity-defying maneuvers that still form skateboarding’s basic vocabulary, Mullen is enjoying a strange sort of second act. He has become a sought-after speaker on the Silicon Valley conference circuit, making the rounds at PopTech, Foo Camp, TEDx, and myriad of other events where technology bigwigs gather to feast on ideas. . . As his speaking career has flourished, Mullen also has landed an array of choice consulting gigs: advising the head of a USC research lab that develops virtual reality systems, shooting a short film about creativity for Adobe, collaborating with the Smithsonian to launch a project about skateboarding, history, and innovation.
For the rest of the profile, please click the link.
[Link: Wired Magazine]
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Apparently, John Fitzgerald knows a little more than he’s telling in this little Thunder clip. It’s all in the angles, right?
[Link: Thunder Trucks]
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A 31-year-old Covington, Lousiana man has the above SkaterX 49cc skateboard to blame for his death on Sunday, January 25, 2015, according to a story on Fox8Live.
Jerry Siles Jr., 31, was killed on Sunday while driving a SkaterX 49cc, a gas powered skateboard. . . Officers say that Siles was traveling westbound on Boston Street when, for unknown reasons, he lost control and was thrown from the skateboard. . . Covington Police say he was not wearing a helmet.
One more reason to stick to the stunt sticks.
[Link: Fox8Live]
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Master skate filmmaker Jon Holland directed this video with Thrasher Magazine digital director Mike Gilbert on the The CONS Project and what Gilbert and the crew hope to communicate to aspiring skateboarding filmers. This is part one of a four edit series.
The four films being rolled out over the next few weeks will show tips on skate filming including editing techniques, follow filming, shot composition, and skating in front of the camera with experts Mike Gilbert, Ewan Bowman, Nick Genova, and Don “Nuge” Nguyen. The video includes footage from a CONS Project Filming Skate Videos workshop Gilbert led last fall.
We could all use a few tips from the pros, right? Truth is, we’d be most interested in hearing some tips from Mr. Holland himself. Maybe next time.
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Last night the skate world gathered at The Theatre At Ace Hotel in Los Angeles for the 17th Annual TransWorld Skateboarding Awards. Hosts Brian Schaefer and Lee Dupont, along with a cast of legendary skateboarding presenters, handed out the trophies in front of a packed house last night at The Theatre At Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. We’ll give you a hint: the Thrasher SOTY won the Readers’ Choice. For the for the rest of the results, please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Yes. it’s time for the first Every Third Thursday of 2015. This time Dave Lee oversees a little technology borrowing from Lithe Skateboards to make a crazy snowboard design using cutting edge, top secret, skateboard construction. We’re not so sure about the snowboard, but that skate deck look pretty rock solid.
[Link: Signal Snowboards]
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In December of 2013 The Skateboard Mag co-founder Mike Mihaly’s wife Sara (mother of their three daughters) was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer. After her first rounds of treatment the cancer has returned and is now in Stage IV. A friend of the family, Kate Patterson Baldwin, has set up a site on gofundme.com to help the family with their mounting medical expenses. Here’s what Kate says about Sara:
Somehow, even in the face of such giant obstacles, Sara manages to keep it all together with a positive and courageous attitude. She has summoned an undeniable strength that is exemplary and inspiring on all accounts; and, not only is she providing a beautiful example of strength and perseverance for her three little girls, she is, without a doubt, doing the same for me. I strongly believe that if we had more people in the word who could face challenge with the same grace and poise that Sara does, the world might be a gentler and kinder place.
Please click the link to read the rest of this story, and if you can, please donate something to the fund. At a time like this, every bit helps.
[Link: Supporting Sara]
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