Salemtown Board Co. Another instance of skateboarders making a positive difference in the world around them. Here’s more:
Salemtown Board Co. was established in 2012 with a dream to impact the city through making beautiful skateboards. We started with no money, a tank full of gas, some reclaimed oak, and access to a vintage wood shop outside of Bucksnort, TN. We exist to build the highest quality handmade skateboards and to employ, train, and mentor urban youth in Nashville, TN. Every board is a one-of-a-kind, handmade, solid oak skateboard. Boards are cut, shaped, finished, and painted 100% by hand.
This is the first skate video we’ve seen in a while to kick things off with a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. And that’s a nice surprise, as we don’t remember ever reading anything by Ralph Waldo Emerson in our lives. But he’s someone you’re supposed to know and appreciate when you see his name, and the same goes for this video.
Chelone “Chilly” Miller, 29, was found dead in the van where he lived in Mammoth Lakes, California on Sunday afternoon, April 7, 2013, according to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle. Miller, the brother of Olympic skier Bode Miller, was working toward making the 2014 US Olympic Team in snowboard cross.
According to the statement, the sheriff’s office dispatch received a call around 12:45 p.m. Sunday regarding an unresponsive male in his van. Paramedics, the fire department and deputies were dispatched to the scene, whereupon arrival “it was determined that Mr. Miller was deceased,” the statement said.
According to a story on ESPN.com/Action, Miller was found by a close friend.
Miller — affectionately known as “Chilly” — played golf Friday and spent Saturday lapping the resort’s terrain park. He had planned to fly to Alaska to compete in the Arctic Man race on Friday, an event that pairs snowmobilers with skiers and snowboarders who reach speeds in excess of 80 mph. “He was a very talented snowboarder and a great friend,” said John Teller, a Mammoth-based skicross racer who won X Games gold in 2011.
No foul play is suspected in Miller’s death. According to ESPN he had a “history of seizures” following a 2005 motorcycle crash that left him in a coma for 11 days. Our thoughts are with Miller’s friends and family.
This is how Adriano Lachovski won the 2013 Phoenix Am contest on Sunday, April 7, 2013. For complete results and coverage click the link. For the final results click here.
Do we really need to say anything else? Richie Jackson and Sierra Fellers on the bottle table with Erica Yary and Rob Brink. Yep, we’re even more stoked on Richie now. . .
Xavier de Le Rue and Lucas Debari take us all on a tour of their Antarctic snowboard exploration vehicle The Golden Fleece. No shred footie, but their ship is not a bad set up for trolling the terrifying waters of the South Pole on Mission Antarctic, huh?
Everything you know about the birth of the Dogtown skate scene may be different than you thought, or maybe, just maybe, everyone is playing along with someone’s sick joke in the film Day At The Pool from House of Salt.
The film features blazing interviews with Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams and the rest of the Dogtown crew. They all reveal that one anonymous kid from the swimming-pool suburbs of Los Angeles may have been singularly responsible for the skateboarding revolution that redefined adolescent life in America. Upon further probing, blazing interviews become heated as an intentionally hidden secret is uncovered.
