The Hundreds is pleased to team up with such a talented artist whose influences and messages speak to those of the aesthetic and mindset of the brand itself. He has worked for the likes of Alien Workshop, Element Skateboards, Zero Skateboards, Etnies shoes, and DVS shoes, among many other clients worldwide.
On view will be Pope’s creative social commentary at the time of year when everyone has mixed feelings, tax season. . . Pope will present both 2-D and 3-D wood pieces, medium and large-sized paintings on canvas, and drawings on paper. With media that includes acrylic, ink and aerosol, Pope depicts characters and places that conjure images about our world today.
In this Ride Channel In Focus, Thrasher Magazine’s Michael Burnett kicks down just about everything anyone needs to know to shoot great skateboarding photos. The obvious problem for most beginners is remembering all this before pressing the shutter release. Follow the jump for Part 2. [click to continue…]
We’re kind of bummed that it took us this long to notice, but on March 6, 2012 Bob Kronbauer (the creator of Pacific Skateboarding, Clubmumble.com, VancouverIsAwesome.com et al) decided to “lay the Club Mumble website to rest.” Here’s what he said:
Like any project, if you let something sit for long enough without stoking the fire and tending to it and shaping it (or launching new Honoris Professio projects, etc), it gets old. And it gets obsolete as new technologies come in and make it easier and easier to publish. I’ve been publishing online since 1997 when I started the first online skateboarding magazine (Pacific Skateboarding, remember that?) and if I know one thing for certain about myself it is that I have to dedicate myself completely to something or else I simply can’t be involved in it; I have an all or nothing kind of personality.
Kronbauer tried to get some of the many notable contributors to take of the site and maybe share a slice of the advertising with him, but no one wanted to do it so as he says he’s “closing the book on this chapter of Club Mumble. No longer an active blog, this site will now act as a time capsule for all of the super interesting projects that the members of our Club have shared here over the past few years.”
We’ll miss the site and most of all we’ll missing linking to the always engaging content.
2012 Vans Wängl Tängl Art Exhibition – hosted by Looking Sideways. The show features work by Blaise Rosenthal, Ed Templeton, Corey Smith, Danny Wainwright, Tim Karpinski and many more. Follow the jump for all the official details. [click to continue…]
Victor Perez has been skateboarding since 1977. He was sponsored by Kryptonics and Santa Cruz in the 198o’s but as with many skaters his interests turned to art. His latest work is the Sk8Lamp, a series of high-end lighting centered around skateboard inspired shapes and reclaimed lighting fixtures.
Sk8lamps is different. It’s about the repurposing of otherwise discarded materials to a new, improved state. The lamps are constructed of used or rejected decks, wheels and trucks that have either fulfilled or cannot fulfill their intended purposes. The electrical pieces are removed from devices no longer deemed aesthetically pleasing and given extended life. It’s more than a recycled skateboard, a recycled lamp, or a recycled idea. It is Upcycling. The Upcycling is art. The Art is unique.
The work pictured at right is titled the Rolling Verical Cheese and it’s for sells for $315. To check out more click the link.
Inspired by Desillusion’s world, THE DEATH OF COOL cruiser is a skateboard shaped entirely by the WOODIART hand, made with a mélange of different wood “Iroco-Chestnut-Ipe-Mahogany-pear”, fixed onto Gull Wing 150mm trucks and Polyurethane wheels 50mm (Abec 3 precision). . . The cruiser comes with it’s own “Mini coffin” box, a coffin shape made from mahogany and iroco. The insides are padded with real leather and feature a brass chain to hold the board.
The whole set up is an “ultra limited edition” and available only in Desillusion mag’s online shop. Looks pretty nice.
Officially launching today March 8, 2012 through May 25, 2012, Impossible will host the online competition as part of a yearlong collaboration with Holden. Timeless In An Instant invites the public to submit analog instant images for a chance to win the opportunity to be included in four worldwide Holden x Impossible exhibitions this coming fall featuring ten renowned analog photographers. The grand prize winner will be announced June 1.
The contest will be judged by photographers Andy Wright, Kevin Zacher, Bryce Kanights, Vincent Skoglund, Jimmy Fontaine, Kassia Meador, Brandon Long, Angela Boatwright,and YONE.
