A pretty perfect Malibu beach house just came on the market for those shopping for a new place. The asking price? Only $7,995,000. Did you notice that Peter Schroff surfboard in the living room, the Emmy’s on the shelf, and a framed poster for The Vow? We believe we know whose house this is. And no, we never visited.
Take this as another harsh reminder that you should have bought Bitcoin in 2013 when it was $15.
Long before skateboard culture entered mainstream consciousness, for a group of teens growing up in Montana, skateboarding represented the ultimate expression of freedom and creativity. With no dedicated skatepark nearby, skaters sought opportunities several hours or hundreds of miles away—until a core group of childhood friends decided to band together and change the status quo.
The book even includes a foreword by Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament. For the rest of the story, follow the jump. Or just click here to buy a copy for yerself.
If you haven’t had the chance to view Thomas Campbell’s mind-bending, dream state-inducing, knowledge transference of a film Yi-Wo, then you need to stream it during the Yi-Wo online world premiere October 10-12, 2025. We recommend it.
For all the details on how to register please and view the film click here.
The latest issue of The Snowboarder’s Journal has just dropped (23 years, can you believe it?). And that means the snowboard season is almost here. To get ready, we’d like to remind you to get a subscription to an independent snowboard magazine, grab it out of your mailbox, put it out on the coffee table and enjoy the bejesus out of it.
Lift ticket prices seem to be going up all over, but it is rare for a resort to send out an explanation of exactly why their prices are going up and to apologize for it. Timberline Lodge, in that radical, lawless, war zone known as Oregon, did that today.
Their liability insurance, which was difficult to even get, reportedly increased by more than two and a half times, and their deductible is 10 times higher than last year, therefore their ticket prices are going up:
Guests will see increases in peak time lift ticket pricing, tier 2 season pass pricing, and summer ski products. We want you to know: Timberline remains committed to delivering the best possible mountain experience. But without long-term solutions from the State Legislature, the impacts will be unavoidable; higher costs, reduced offerings, and diminished opportunities for recreation in Oregon. This threatens not only skiers and riders, but also rural communities, jobs, and families who depend on tourism.
For the entire letter (including some of the politics behind recreation in Oregon), please follow the jump.
The whole docco about Sacramento, California’s own skate crew the N-Men is live on Youtube. If you know, you know. We always wanted it to be titled N-Men: Now The Truth Can Be Told. But we weren’t asked. Just watch it.
Matt Barr’sLooking Sideways podcast goes deep with artist Thomas Campbell and his latest surf film Yi-Wo. If you haven’t seen this mind-bending, dream state inducing, knowledge transference tablet of a film, then maybe don’t listen to the podcast until you have. If you experienced Yi-Wo in a group setting (that is best), then by all means click the link for a peak inside one of skateboarding and surfing’s most intensely creative and prolific minds.
Our favorite line from Thomas was when Matt asked him how he knew the film was finished. “Just when it worked,” Thomas said, “Just when I could watch it from beginning to end and I didn’t want to change anything.” That’s only one of the reasons it took more than 10 years to complete.
Hey, when you have a shop full of snowboards in Mammoth Lakes, California and the ability to get those boards tuned anytime you want, maybe dusty crust is enough. Officially, Mammoth Mountain opens on November 14, 2025.
Over the past summer, Brooke, now 61, decided to pull all his skateboarding thoughts together into one “book” a.k.a. manifesto. It’s on online book hosted by Vandem Longboard Shop in the UK and it’s titled: 50 Years of Skateboarding.
If you’re feeling nostalgic for Skateboarder Magazine, the dawn of urethane wheels, G&S Fibreflex boards, Warren Bolster, Steve Rocco, and the rest and have a few minutes to spend with a heartfelt, rambling, personal love letter to skateboarding from a true fan, then by all means, click the link.
Billionaires certainly do love the idea of wave pools even if very few of them have shown the ability to turn much of a profit. A new pool may be going into livable, lovable El Segundo, California if Toba Capital gets their way, according to a story on Costar.com.
A company tied to billionaire Vinny Smith’s Toba Capital has spent $54 million for a 9-acre slice of the former Raytheon Technologies Campus at 100 Nash in the city adjacent to Los Angeles, according to CoStar data. . . The firm is expected to build a surf park, a type of mixed-use real estate that is gaining traction across the globe with improvements in artificial wave technology and consumer demand for experiences in the wake of the pandemic.
You may remember Mr. Smith from his first pool venture, the Palm Springs Surf Club. Again, if a billionaire just wants to throw a couple ten millions around and get not much in return, we know of a great website they could buy. It’s surf adjacent, has a small, dedicated following, and could make those millions disappear in a myriad of fun ways.
Lift ticket prices seem to be going up all over, but it is rare for a resort to send out an explanation of exactly why their prices are going up and to apologize for it. Timberline Lodge, in that radical, lawless, war zone known as Oregon, did that today.
