Friday T&A on S&A: xXx Skateboards
This makes me think of what Misfits album covers should have looked like. Now that I have thoroughly insulted this awesome graphic by comparing it to the Misfits… xXx Skateboards pumped out a few limited edition boards featuring some nice finishing. I really love this graphic, to the point of I’m considering getting it tattooed […]
Bombing Pools
No matter how much you think your town sucks to skate in, someone somewhere has it worse. Like… Afghanistan. Time magazine has a video featuring of all things skateboarding Afghans, who are skating the burliest pool I’ve ever seen ridden. Image courtesy of Time Update: Skateistan’s website has more photos and information.
Insert stair joke here
Hello again, I’ve been out of commission due to a fight between redneck engineering, motorcycles, radiance, velocity and gravity. I lost every round in every fight in all five of those matches. Simply the headlight fell off while driving at a high rate of speed at night. But I’m back again, beaten but not beat. […]
Caught clean
Answering the call of redattore capo Kilwag for more street coverage. I found a few segments captured in HD. I can’t speak for everyone, but when I bought my first high definition television I sought out HD content to watch. Just to see what the hell I was paying for, didn’t matter what it was, […]
Heavy Metal
I can’t get away from my wasteful lust for old-growth maple veneers. I’ve been skating for too many years and am set in my ways. But my ever aging and growing inner-nerd can’t help but be intrigued by the innovations of using alternative materials to make skateboards. Aluminum boards have been around forever, but boards […]
Sigmund and the Seamonsters?
Shoes are an important milestone in our short history as humans. From mobility, protection from the elements and the droppings of dogs. We wouldn’t be where we are without shoes, we owe our shoes for everything. Including the (alleged! – K.Ed) 14 hour work day in sweat shops making Adidas fashion footwear designed by Michael […]
The Kelly Bundy Formula
Not that anyone should be interested in the lives of aging, but once hot television starlets like Christina Applegate. It was in the news recently that her skateboarder boyfriend Lee Grivas has died. In every article I found the news states the same phrase, “26-year-old skateboarder Lee Grivas”. In reality he was an Alaskan fisherman… […]
Dark Skate
Depressing the clutch for a smooth shift into highbrow gear before we drop the tranny into lowbrow tomorrow for Friday T&A. Female skateboarder and artist Lia Hollaran has an exhibition in New York City’s DCKT gallery titled, “Dark Skate“. Long exposure sessions in the dark of night capturing flowing traces of light. That or photographic […]
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