A whole lotta goods! Friday, June 19, 2009 Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic @ The Wiltern Ben Kweller, Local Natives, Jones Street Station @ The El Rey Jay Reatard, The Makeout Party @ Alex’s Bar Art Brut, The Blood Arm @ Echo Esser, Thieves Like Us, Nightwaves @ Echoplex Todd Rundgren w/ Paul Freeman […]

Go Skateboarding Day is rolling through this Sunday, June 21st! Skaters around the world will be taking the over the streets. I’m sure there’s going to be lots of Fathers and sons out there cruising about as it falls on Father’s Day. Grab your board and get to your local GSD event! Ride safe!

Wow! Guess the rumors are true. Straight up from Jereme’s Twitter: “Official Retirement Party for Me tonight at Area, click default pic for details.” “Yes I am officially retired. There will be an article an words from me in “The Skateboard Mag” droppin tomorrow.” (actually Monday, June 22) “Thanks to everyone who’s supported me throughout […]

Nike best “Jump” cause the famed 80”s rocker, Eddie Van Halen is suing the corpo shoe giant for stealing his guitar design. Apparently a certain style of the Nike Dunk Low’s sports a red, white and black pattern that Van Halen claims is his trademark design. Which when looking at the pics, he’s got a […]

As Go Skateboarding Day quickly approaches this Sunday, June 21st, the city of Vancouver has gone ahead and stepped it up a notch. Mayor Gregor Robertson officially declared the week of June 15 – 22, 2009 as “Vancouver Skateboard Week.” Talk about a big ups for skateboarding and coming from Canada of all places. As […]

Looks like the boys at Black Label are ready to drop jaws with the premiere of their fourth full-length vid, “God Save The Label.” Featuring Adam Alfaro, Jason Adams, Shuriken Shannon, Chet Childress, Kyle Leeper, Peter Watkins, Chris Troy, and a few more shredders, the line-up is lookin’ tough. It all kicks off on Wednesday […]

The TransWorld Skateboarding Awards hit the Avalon in Hollywood this past Friday, June 12, 2009 and what an event it was! The theater was packed with sweaty skate enthusiasts of all kinds just waiting to hear the winners, as well as the premiere of “Right Foot Forward.” Adding to our natural high of happiness, the […]

The 11th Annual TransWorld SKATEboarding Awards is creeping through this Friday, June 12 at the Avalon in Hollywood. For many skaters, this coveted award is basically like winning an Oscar. Hosted by Bill Weiss, the awards ceremony will be followed by TWS’ world premiere of its 21st video, “Right Foot Forward,” the newest film by […]

Vans held quite the event at their Cypress headquarters last night for the release of their “Vans: Off The Wall  Stories of Sole” book release. It was a great turn out for this invite only event with skateboard icons Tony Alva, Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi, Steve Van Doren, Omar Hassan and more sigining away on […]

Well it’s about damn time! Vans have always been my favorite kicks since the 5th grade (oops don’t tell my Sol Tech friends that, or brother) and it’s so great to finally see this iconic skate shoe go down in printed history! “Vans: Off the Wall by Doug Palladini tells the story of the community […]

It’s bad enough that skateboarding has become over saturated in new markets, loosing a lot of its essence, now it seems to becoming more bro everyday. Mike Vallely is one bad ass dude. It’s so disappointing to see him representing bro-brand Affliction. It’s the So Cal bro-brand on the West Coast, and the Jersey trash […]

It’s weekends like these that I wish there were multiples of moi so I can experience all the fun of various events and groups of friends. This weekend is going to filled with fun and games, all to the tune of some beautiful shiny Cali weather. Vans Pro Tec Pool Party – There’s going to […]

Looks like the heavily awaited flick, Street Dreams, a film about the reality of street skating and police brutality is about to set sail in select US theaters on June 12, following its June 8 Los Angeles Premiere. Pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek makes his writing, producing, financing, and starring debut in the film. The story […]

“Die Posers Die!” Damn was the line out the door. Dining patrons in the area must of thought Lil Ethiopia is the hot new foodie spot. But no, twas the “Die Posers Die” exhibition at Tony Alva’s joint. Featuring renowned skaters: Steve Caballero, Tony Alva, Steve Olson, Christian Hosoi, Lance Mountain, Chris Pastras, Jason Adams […]

I pretty much LOVE the title of this exhibition . . . “Die Posers Die!” This should be a sweet art show. Sponsored by Vans, “Die Posers Die” kicks off this Saturday at Exhibit A Gallery in Los Angeles. I went there for the official opening last year and had an awesome time! Great artwork, […]

Just heard from my buddy, Dave Duncan (World Cup of Skateboarding) that Mystic Cup 2009 is canceled. “Bad news for my Skate friends. I talked with Tomas from Prague this morning and he told me that many of his sponsors are having $ troubles this year and he had to officially cancel Mystic Cup 2009. […]

Looks like the birdman got offered a healthy sum of cash to do “Dancing With The Stars.” Rumored some 175K! That’s a lot of money, but not enough to humiliate Tony. From his Twitter: “I received an official invitation to be on Dancing With The Stars this week. It is a lot of money for […]

If you’re in the LA area this weekend,I highly recommend swinging by the New Image Art Gallery. They have an eclectic   group art show commencing this Saturday titled, “Octo Pusses.” Featured Artists: Neck Face Cleon Peterson Antonio Diaz Judith Supine Aaron Johnson Gino Perez Ben Jones In the project room: “Horse Radish” by BAST OPENING […]

So I’m hanging out with some ole friends this past weekend and we get into those in depth drunk convos. Started talking about video games (which I hate) and then about all the skateboarding games and what not. Looks like Vans just launched their new iPhone skate game, Vans SK8: Pool Service. Supposed to be […]

Wow, this is a surprise. Looks like Leo has left the Baker camp for the blood sucking skateboard company, Toy Machine.