Nick Trapasso's Charmed Existence
Caption Trapasso's life and win wheels
February 8, 2010, 4:03 PM
By: Adam Salo
Courtesy of Pig Wheels
Just another amazing moment in the charmed life of Nick Trapasso.
Nick Trapasso is on one serious roll right now. After wrapping up a well-deserved last part in last month's "Prevent This Tragedy" video, Nick is rolling right along filming for the next Toy Machine project. At just 20 years old, Trapasso has already had a Bootleg video part, a Toy Machine video part, a TransWorld video part and a Thrasher video part. He's one of Cons' top dogs and a standout rider on a Toy Machine squad stacked with standout riders. Now Pig Wheels has a new pro wheel for Trapasso and you can win a pair. Read More »
Interview: Griffin Collins remembers Heath Ledger
The Joker kickflipped Batman
February 8, 2010, 2:09 PM
By: Chris Nieratko
ESPN-Griffin Collins
By Chris Nieratko
Stephen Lovekin/Getty
The late Heath Ledger: An actor and a skateboarder.
Photographer and friend to Toy Machine team (check him out in the Bonus footage of "Suffer The Joy") Griffin Collins has got some great stories. The most recent issue of the Skatebook features Heath Ledger on the cover as well as some of Logan Kincade's (Grif's alter ego) photos of Heath inside. For his remaining days, Heath became good homies with Griffin and actually skated with him a bunch. We figure we'd talk to Griff about those experiences Read More »
Tyler Bledsoe Gives Us Three Minutes of His Time
A new clip and some quick answers from the Portland phenom
February 5, 2010, 2:10 PM
By: Adam Salo
Garric Ray
Tyler Bledsoe is on a tear. This switch flip is just the begining.
Tyler Bledsoe had a banner year in 2009 and he sure doesn't seem to be slowing down in '10. After wowing the world in with his part in "Mind Field," grabbing a few feature interviews, some new sponsors in 4 Star and Etnies and even getting some more sick clips in various web releases, Bledsoe wrapped up '09 by winning The Skateboard Mag's "Year's Best Am" award. Read More »
Crossroads Tradeshow
There will be blood at Black Box in San Diego.
February 5, 2010, 1:09 PM
By: Tosh Rice
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Nyjah Houston nails a front blunt down Conan's sword during best trick at the Crossroads tradeshow.
We are skateboarders. We were born and bred in the parking lot. So it's only natural that we'd return. With our wounded industry under the steadfast wing of Jamie Thomas, we might have a fighting chance to get back inside -- on our own terms.
Jamie Thomas is an articulate man who makes no apologies about his decisions to team up with the tradeshow company that, in the past, he felt "never had our best interests at heart." Read More »
Irie Musical Vibes Free from Organika
Conscious reggae for your session
February 5, 2010, 11:59 AM
By: Adam Salo
Courtesy of Organika
You know the Organika crew is down with some irie tunes.
Everybody's gotta have their tunes. And any skater out there has music that they deeply identify with. There are famed musicians and bands out there that probably owe skateboarders a serious debt of gratitude for the boost we've given their careers by popping songs into skate videos and interweaving those sounds with iconic skateboard parts (Yes, I'm thinking of you J. Mascis and you, Animal Collective). Well, Karl Watson and the good folks at Organika skateboards are putting even more love into the music they're feeling. You can visit the Organika site now for a free download of some conscious reggae mixed by DJ Stepwise exclusively for Organika.
Simpel Session contest preview
Estonia gets rocked
February 4, 2010, 3:38 PM
By: Adam Salo
Courtesy of the Simpel Session
Adam Dyet takes a crooked grind up the hubba at the 2009 Simpel Session comp.
This coming weekend some of the best skaters in the world ate taking it to Tallinn, Estonia. Yeah, you read that right. Ryan Sheckler, Tom Penny, Chris Pfanner, Danny Wainright, Kurtis Colamonico, Johnny Layton and a whole grip of European rippers will be touching down north of Latvia and just south of Finland for one serious contest. The 10th annual Simpel Session comp is sure to be a doozy. Read More »
Exclusive Brian Wenning Video Interview
Fighting his way back
February 4, 2010, 1:31 PM
By: Chris Nieratko
Jody Morris
A switch backside five-0 with the classic style.
New Jersey's Brian Wenning stirs up as much emotion in street skaters as I can think of. Wenning will admit that the last year or so hasn't been chock full of great decisions for him and realizes he needed a change. After a hiatus from his board, Wenning says he is again fully dedicated to skateboarding like he was in his younger days. He has since gotten a personal trainer, has months of sobriety under his belt, and three lucrative board deals offered to him right now. I got an exclusive video interview with Wenning and he tossed in some never-been-seen footage as well. Exclusive Feature »
Make Friends With Marty Video
Marty Murawski manual madness
February 3, 2010, 4:53 PM
By: Adam Salo
Ben Karpinski
Marty Murawski digs into a backside 180 nosegrind against a colorful backdrop.
Longtime Arizona ripper and brand new pro Marty Murawski has been stacking clips everywhere. With his new pro model hitting stores at this very moment, his sponsors, Matix and Blueprint took the opportunity to reveal a few of Murawski's choice cuts along with Blueprint teammates, Nick Jensen, Danny Brady, Neil Smith and Colin Kennedy. The vid, "Make Friends With Marty," serves as a teasing prequel to Blueprint's upcoming feature video, "Make Friends with the Color Blue," which is set to premiere in April. Read More »
Cold Snaps: Skating in the Cold Gallery
It ain't all Cali dreamin' out there
February 3, 2010, 2:17 PM
By: Adam Salo
Allen Ying
Billy Rohan aint scared of the cold.
Skateboarding and warm weather were made for each other. Nothing beats a great session outdoors in a T-shirt and jeans. But while so much of our ideal about skateboarding is wrapped up in the Southern California dream of endless summer, skating carries on all over the world in places where the weather isn't always so nice. Contrary to popular belief, cold temps do not mean that skaters on the East Coast and Midwest curl up and wait for Spring. Diehards are getting it done out there no matter what the weatherman says. Gallery »
Support your local skate zine
The once and future foundation of awesome
February 3, 2010, 12:20 PM
By: Adam Salo
Courtesy of Kobrah
New issues of Kobrah hot off the Xerox machine.
You guys remember zines? Before skateboarding became as tremendously huge as it is now, and before their were six, yes six skate magazines* in regular circulation in the U.S. alone, lots of skate scenes with a hankering for creativity and coverage of their thing, took a page from skating's DIY roots and made zines. Some of the bigger names in skate publishing got their start in the zine scene. Michael Sieben had a zine. Michael Burnett had a zine. Jocko Weyland still has a zine. Hell, when Lance Dawes founded Slap, it was basically a zine with great aspirations. Read More »
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