Photo: MAX MASON-HUBERS A bunch of skaters intervened in a situation where two Muslim women were being attacked by some bogan racist – presumably a guy who lacks the ability to perform basic menial tasks without lengthy detailed instructions and struggles with words longer than four letters (I bet he rides a …
The Anatomy Of An Ollie
Wired has run a rad little piece explaining the physics behind an ollie… Wait, don’t go. I swear it is interesting. They took an ollie from the video above, shot at 1,000 frames per-second (side note – while this may have been shot at 1,000 fps, I don’t believe it’s …
Stefan Janoski On Desillusion Mag
Desillusion Mag has done a bit of a long form video piece on Stefan Janoski. The clip is a little rambling and doesn’t really get to anything super interesting but Janoski talks about how he feels about his career and his art projects. There’s a few skate shots dropped in here and …
Chocolate Celebrates 20 Years
Chocolate is celebrating 20 years going strong and they’re touring an art show for the occasion. The show is displaying some of the best and worst board art over the last two decades as well as the initial work that fed those designs. It actually looks incredible and would be …
Tas Pappas On Making The Trick
There’s some making of clips around from the Tas and Ben Pappas film, All This Mayhem. I came across this one yesterday, where Tas talks through landing his first 540 at the Prahran ramp. Then about landing his first 900 after a lot of ups and downs in his life. It’s …
Arto Saari’s Match Made in HEL
Drop whatever you’re doing and check this out… It’s hard for me not to oversell this but Arto Saari has a competition running with Finair to go and skate Helsinki airport. You’ll be rolling around with Saari, Curren Caples, Louie Lopez and Alec Majerus. You can enter the comp over …
Kingpin Skate Supply Welcomes Daniel Basargin
Kingpin Skate Supply has welcomed SLOTH (Daniel Basargin) to the team with this clip that brings back all kinds of nostalgic feelings for 480p hard core wide angle filming… These guys love this style in their team clips and it’s always good to see. Enjoy!
Christopher Chann In Slow Mo At Stoner Plaza
I came across this rad slow mo clip that was uploaded yesterday by Christopher Chann. Filmed by Adam Shomsky at Stoner Plaza it gives you a really good idea of the amazing board control this guy has. And style. And repertoire.
Javier Mendizabal With Desillusion
Desillusion Magazine have gone out to create another clip about the backgrounds and hidden talents of one of skateboardings long standing names. You don’t really hear much from Javier Mendizabal anymore but he is still rolling occasionally and taking lots of photos. Check out this really nice little profile of the guy.
Eli Reed Skates The Playboy Mansion
Diamond Supply Co. and Playboy have got together for a clip with Eli Reed. The story line doesn’t matter so much as you get a good view of the famed mansion as well as resident Playmate’s Kayla Collins, Ashley Doris, Carly Lauren, Crystal McCahill, Jaslyn Ome, Tiffany Toth, and Dani …
Nyjah Huston Wins Street League Super Crown
Nyjah Huston has continued his undefeated run at Street League taking out the season title over the weekend. It all came down to the last trick (which seems to be a theme in these comps) and Huston stomped a full cab flip into the bank for a 7.8 bumping him …
Terry Kennedy’s Skate and the City: Los Angeles
TK has a new series starting with Network A called Skate and the City. In the premiere episode, he talks about the changes in the city over his life time, chats to Z-Boy Nathan Pratt, DGK owner Stevie Williams and a few other crew. Full credit to him, this is …
Rome Torti Passes Away
Well known and much loved skate photographer, Rome Torti, passed away on Friday August 22nd at home on the Gold Coast. He had been successfully fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer for five years, the cancer returned a while back and he maintained the fight up until last month when …
Street League and ISF Team For Olympics
Street League has endorsed the Olympic Committee’s decision to appoint the ISF (International Skateboard Federation) as the official representative body for the sport. Street League will be working with ISF to set the standards of competition and bring the SLS Tour into the qualification process for the Olympics… Should it officially get …
Mike Mo Wins ESPN’s Game of Skate
Photo: ESPN X Games. I had no idea this was happening but apparently ESPN have started their own BATB style comp which wen’t down last week. Mike Mo Capaldi was the winner – he beat PJ Ladd in the finals and Shane O’Neill in the semi-finals but if you want any …
Some New Tricks From Rodney Mullen
Gracias LA have put out this clip featuring Rodney Mullen doing a few tricks indoors. Filmed by Ben Fordham it’s only just over a minute of new hottness – something to make your Monday morning.
Plan B’s True Trailer
Plan B have released the trailer for their new film, True. The film features Felipe Gustavo, Torey Pudwill, Colin McKay, Danny Way, PJ Ladd and more. This video has been long promised but it looks like it’s finally getting closer – I’m not sure who’s doing the edit but I seriously hope …
Feel Good Friday: Keep On Pushin’
Californian videographer Ricki Bedenbaugh‘s “REDirect” submission, Keep On Pushin’, sums up Friday’s better than I ever could. You just gotta’ keep on pushin!
Street League 2014 – Chicago Stop Results
The first full tour stop for the 2014 Street League season happened in Chicago over the weekend. Matt Berger, who came through from the Pro Open stop in L.A. the other week, again made it through to the finals and is definitely a bright future prospect – maybe not for …
Brad Pitt Is A Pretty Epic Dad
In some random news but still something I thought worth posting… Brad Pitt has constructed (probably not personally, but he got it done) an epic looking skatepark out the back of the Pitt-Jolie residence for the tribe of kids (using it in its colloquial sense, not being racist). The thing is …
Freestyle skateboarding? In 2014?!
Ever wondered what a winning freestyle skateboarding run looks like these days?
BATB Pros Vs Joes Final Results
*Spoilers in here – don’t read if you don’t want to know* The ‘Battle At The Berrics: Pros Versus Joes’ finals were released last night and it was the epic Cody Cepeda that triumphed over Luan Oliveira in pretty convincing style. Only a few weeks back he was pretty much …
45 Seconds Of Felipe Gustavo
Red Bull has released a rad little clip (and by little, I mean really little) featuring Felipe Gustavo. It’s 45 seconds of bangers, and only bangers – there’s no tunes or fancy editing in here – that are definitely worth watching. Enjoy below.
Leica Does ‘Let Us Roam’ With Atiba
Leica have got this rad series going called Let Us Roam which has featured Arto Saari, Ray Barbee and Greg Hunt to date. The latest is with Atiba Jefferson. It’s a great look at how he got to where he is and some of his work, along with the list …
Cody Cepeda Is A Name To Remember
Shane O’Neill had his latest turn in the new BATB Pros versus Joes comp with some surprising results… See the ‘Joe’ in the photo above? That’s Cody Cepeda and you’re going to want to remember him. The battle rages for quite a while and swings between ridiculously difficult and back …
Boston Celtics Owners Put US$5mil Into Street League
The owners of the Boston Celtics, Wyc Grousbeck and Causeway Media Partners, have taken a stake in Street League skateboarding. From the article published by Washinton Post, it sounds like investment was sought by the league for further growth. It would be an attractive investment to a group of people used …
‘All This Mayhem’ Trailer – The Pappas Story
Vice films have released the trailer for ‘All This Mayhem’, a film about the life of Ben and Tas Pappas. For those too young to know, the Pappas brothers came from Melbourne and were phenomenal vert skaters. After reaching high in the rankings their lives fell apart as a result of …
Street League Pro Open 2014
Last weekend saw the Street League Pro Open go down at Nike SB’s Sixth and Mills park in Los Angeles. There were 16 skaters competing for a spot on the rest of the tour and then competing against the current pros who were all after a wild card through to the finals …
2014 Street League Pro Open List
This weekend (May 17th and 18th, 2014) the first Street League Pro Open goes down in L.A. It’s a two day event where a second tier list of riders will compete for three spots on the tour. Then on day two, all will compete for a wild card entry to …
Another Every Other With Jackson “Getrad” Buhck
Here’s Jackson “Getrad” Buhck’s part for Sydney film, Another Every Other. It’s really hard to know what to say about this but YouTube commenter Tomokithejackson kinda covered it with, “this would be gou miyagi if he filmed drunk”. There’d be some other details I could add to it but best you just watch for yourself.
2014 Street League Tour Dates
The 2014 season of Street League will include Chicago and Los Angeles stops along with the finals being held in New Jersey again. This year, the season opener will be a private event where 20 pros not currently on the Street League list will compete for a spot in the …
Skating In Ethiopia
I came across this rad follow on video of some guys skating in Ethiopia. Shot and edited by Sean Stromsoe and Thom Estifanos, this is a follow on from the initial clip released in October last year, we spoke about it here. There’s not a whole lot of information about the progress on the …
Tony Hawk’s – Sync
Boards on Board action in Tony Hawk’s Ride Channel Latest video Sync. Most the footage is with his long time doubles partner Andy MacDonald but it also see him teaming up with people like Corbin Harris, Chris Cole, Jaws and Rodney Mullen. The 3 way board varial is super impressive.
Walker Ryan And Michael Mackrodt In Cuba
Red Bull has released this pretty epic clip of Walker Ryan and Michael Mackrodt skating the streets of Cuba. Aside from the rad filming and editing, the setting is just awesome. Well worth a watch.
Street League 2014 Starts In May
Street League is set to return for their 2014 season shortly and they have released the above promo clip featuring David Gonzalez. Every stop will be aired on Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports Go and StreetLeague.com. Details on all tour dates and locations are due to be announced on May 6th – details …