The resulting visual history of Santa Cruz surfing is beautiful — and unlike anything before compiled. It ranges from the skateboarding-spawned origins of aerial surfing with an innovator named Kevin Reed to the divergent personalities of Westside icons Richard Schmidt (now a popular surf instructor at Cowell’s) and Vince Collier (the self-appointed Godfather of the so-called Westsiders surf gang).
From there Conley says it “buries the nose and tumbles.” But we still want to see it.
Now everyone can decorate their offices and homes with skateboard decks that have been chopped into tiny little squares thanks to a company called Art Of Board, according to a post on Treehugger.com.
Using the colorful scraps from broken skateboard decks, we provide commercial and residential spaces and retailers with unique, sustainable design solutions to help them reach an audience, sell products and create a defining style or experience. . . With our roots firmly planted in the skateboard culture, we provide skaters and skate shops alike the opportunity to donate broken decks, thereby becoming of part of every project. We also donate a portion of our proceeds to the Tony Hawk Foundation, which supports youth and public skateparks.
Think of the hours that could be spent trying to figure out exactly whose deck each piece came from. . . .
These artists are known for their graphic language and the ‘pattern-like’ feel often associated with their artwork. The lightweight scarves, just in time for summer, were inspired by The Standard cities and represent each artist’s signature style. Up until this point, the scarves were only available in a preview sale to private collectors, but are now available to the public on www.shopthestandard.com, as well as at The Standard Spa Miami Beach, Downtown LA and New York boutiques.
The scarves are 24.7 x 70 inches and are made of a 50-50 blend of silk and cashmere for the super smooth feel. Only problem is they are $225. Then again that’s cheaper than an Hermés and infinitely cooler.
Yes, Phil Frost is worth a big ol’ graphic in the middle of this page. See him Saturday night, April 24, 2010 at Known Gallery441 North Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036. Come to think of it, we’ve had a hankering for turkey dinner at Cantor’s for a while now. . . this could be the chance for a perfect evening in LA.
Oddly enough, the last time we were standing on the beach at Trestles we were right next to Bo Bridges. Truthfully, he’s a pretty good guy to stand next to (especially if you can shoulder hop his settings). We blamed his superior images on the size of his lens (600 mm). Now that we’ve seen this Canon Live Learning Pro Surf & Lifestle Photo Workshop flyer we’re not so sure.
On May 8-9, 2010 (during the Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro) Mr. Bridges will be at Trestles sharing his action photo knowledge with paying civilians.
Bo will teach you his strategy on how to photograph surfing action, including an introduction into the world of HD Video. You will also learn how to capture surf lifestyle with environmental portraits of models using different lighting techniques. Feedback of your images will be given and his post-processing methods will be shared to further enhance your images from the weekend.
The only downside? The two-day workshop costs $600.00. Then again, one cover and the whole class is paid for. If only we were saving up for a 7D. Click here to register.
With the Asymbol Gallery ExhibitTravis Rice and Mike Parillo have turned an online photo-printing business into a traveling art gallery featuring work from some of the biggest names in board sports art and photography including: Jamie Lynn, Ari Marcopoulos, Scott Lenhardt, Tim Zimmerman, Danny Zapalac, Adam Haynes, Jeff Curtes, Nick Russian, Mike Blabac, Matt French, and Trent Mitchell. From April 16-25, 2010 the show will be set up in the Blake Jorgenson Gallery in Whistler’s Westin Hotel. The opening reception is April 21, 2010 at 7:30. For all the details, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Laura Austin interviewed former Snowboard Magazine editor Mike Basher for her Decent Exposure column on Rad Collector and got the behind the lens look at life, business, and the art of capturing the moment. Basher even talks about why he left Snowboard Mag.
As my role at the mag became more serious and involved, that left less time to shoot. I’m a photographer at heart, and I wasn’t doing what I really wanted to do, and I didn’t have the time to devote to shooting for the mag, since I was the Editor, Photo Editor, and staff photographer. I was responsible for checking things off of lists, keeping in touch with over 150 photographers, tracking down photo files, color correcting, making sure stories were done, maintaining a strong relationship with key people at each brand, going to deadlines in Portland, and when time permitted; shoot. It had gotten to the point that I would dust my gear off one day a month to shoot some boots, or whatever the products were. Trust me, I don’t regret any of it. I did far more in the magazine business than I set out to, and the experience is so valuable. It was a good ten years.
Follow the link for the rest of the interview. It’s well worth the time.
Comune’s Art Director Corey Smith is or has been a snowboarder, a musician, an artist, and a clothing-designing, team-wrangler known to get in a few online scuffles in his time. YoBeat’s Nick Lipton interviewed the Silverlake dweller to get the whole story down; past, present and future including the crazy shit like this:
Well there’s the time I holed up in the presidential suite at Hotel Lucia with Sean Lennon and a bunch of models for a coupe days. We bought like a grand of assorted drugs and just got weird. I took a hot bath for like a day, then I just chilled in my white hotel robe, I thought I could speak different languages. The girls were all tripping out, trashing the place ordering room service and jumping around. We were singing songs and just tripping out. I love that dude, he’s a genius like his father.
Method Magazine is kicking off a new snowboard photography show titled 5×5 = 25 Years of Snowboard Photography Exhibition. Included in the show will be photos from Mark Gallup, Calle Ericsson, Vincent Skoglund, Bud Fawcett and Frode Sandbech. The show will tour Europe for the next 12 months. to “tell the rich history of snowboarding.”
5×5 opens this Friday March 26, 2010 at 8:30 PM at the arl.rock Sport-park & Restaurant – Bahnhofstrasse 1 – 6580 St. Anton am Arlberg. According to the flyer Terje Haakonsen and Gigi Rüf will be in attendance.
The Cemetery of Reason is conceived as a mid-career retrospective of the American artist Ed Templeton. The The exhibition tells the story of a pro skateboarder, a photographer, a drawer, a painter, etc. A story which, although it focuses on his own life and those of the people around him, transcends the autobiographical and exposes social and societal phenomena unhesitatingly but without pointing a finger. . . The Cemetery of Reason takes the form of a whirlwind of photos, sculptures, drawings and paintings. In some cases, images are clustered by subject and reveal certain phenomena or events, but not in an imperative manner.
