The downhill skateboarding underground is alive and well in Hawai’i not that anyone was worried, according to the Honolulu Advertiser.
The burgeoning sport has found particular traction in Hawai’i, where outlaw events like the Tantalus 420 are captured and transmitted across the Pacific, where informal groups like 808 Bomberz of Maui bring together longboard enthusiasts of all stripe, and where skaters such as Ryan Lau have become local legends. . . “They’re their own subculture,” said 18-year-old skateboarder Noil Buscaglia.
Watching these guys blowing by big, green, leafy jungle does have an hypnotic effect.
We want Terry Kidwell to get paid, but watching him pitching the boards that he used to invent freestyle snowboarding is almost too painful to watch. These boards are priceless.
As a commenter sb13c on Youtube said, “Someone needs to buy this and put it back on TK’s wall in it’s rightful place.”
We agree. Then again, if Terry wants to clean out his garage this way who are we to stop him.
When the BLK OPS crew went to Brooklyn’s Fort Green Park to celebrate winter and share snowboarding with the kids in the projects on Decmeber 20, 2010, their party got cut short by some park rangers who decided to tear down the jumps and make up some laws on the spot according to a story in the NY Daily News.
“Snowboarding is illegal in New York City parks,” insisted one ranger seen in the video. . . When Paupaw and his friends questioned the crackdown, the ranger stood by the alleged ban but told the group that if it hadn’t misused city property, “we could have looked the other way.” . . After reviewing the YouTube video, a spokesman for the Parks Department said the rangers were right to reprimand the snowboarders for misusing the trash can, but added that they goofed when they said the sport is banned.
So there. Shred on. Spread the knowledge. Share the love.
All the clips from the 2010 Burton European Open all in one place. It’s almost like we were there. Check out the overview clip above or follow the jump for the slopestyle and halfpipe clips. [click to continue…]
Apparently, UNIV’s Tim Swart will occasionally speak when a camera is rolling. Guess Jim Shubin and the ASR Live crew are tame enough, and check that Class @ ASR plug at the end. . . that’s called synergy.
Frankfurt, Germany’s skate and sneaker show Bright goes down this weekend. It’s a little late to book tickets, but if you live down the street check it out.
Looks like the crew behind Bangmaster General’s Warning have completed their first feature film Machotaildrop featuring Steve Olson, Rick McCrank, and others. Sadly we haven’t seen it yet, but appears to be epic in a seriously jacked up way.
