Once upon a time my local skate shop in Glasgow held a competition to win a t shirt. The question was a simple one; name the original Stereo team. However as this was not the most challenging of questions they had also added a tie breaker; who else from that era would you have added … Continue reading
Last year Anti Hero’s Tent City was released on I-tunes to celebrate the ten year anniversary of its original release, and now it has been uploaded in equally high quality for you to view for free as part of the companies online box set. I had already been skateboarding for some years when this video … Continue reading
We are kicking off of Lewis Cruise week here on the site with a look back at some of the best ads they have put out over the years. From the ever changing roster, to street beaching and the principle of nomadic etiquette, they have always been a hilarious window into the life of these … Continue reading
The following is an exert from a lecture given by Iain Borden the Vice-Dean for Communications and a professor of architecture and urban culture at University College London. The Following exert was originally republished by the Independent newspaper under their Independent voices section. In it he discusses skateboarding as one of the many ways of re imagining the spaces around us, those in which we occupy in our everyday lives. … Continue reading
It has finally happened, one of the longest running SLAP messageboard jokes has finally come to fruition as Gino Iannucci has parted ways with Chocolate skateboards, as evidenced by his swift removal this afternoon of his name and bio from their team page. http://chocolateskateboards.com/gino-iannucci/ The forums have probably caught fire by now as the … Continue reading
It seems that the time of death has finally been called on the Alien Workshop. One of the most predominant brands of the last 20 years, a company who nurtured and supported some of the greatest talents of the generation, and one whose art direction and audiovisual output at one time was some of the most … Continue reading
Dan wolf has just released his original edit of Mark Gonzales part from Real skateboards seminal video “Real to reel” which originally came out in 2001. And it turns out that Wolf had originally imagined the part set to “my love life”, by Morrissey… It makes you wonder, what if there is a version of … Continue reading
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(CTE – click to enlarge) VOTE HERE (You need an account to vote, but you can use your twitter or fb. Twitter works better, I think.) UPDATE 3/21 – ROUND 2 (see updated bracket above) This experiment in interactive content was inspired by a few different elements. First, the…
Skateboarding’s popularity is cyclical, it always has been an always will be. The outside money, interest, and participation will come and go and those who are truly committed with weather the ups and downs and maybe even carve off a little for themselves in the times of plenty. The following article is one that I … Continue reading
I might have actually met Neil in real life, in fact it is much more likely that I have than have not, but neither of us can really remember. Regardless of that he is someone who has completely immersed himself in skateboarding from a very young age and recently he decided to start sharing some … Continue reading
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