Spohn ranch LA street plaza to Guantanamo Bay

Insert torture joke here

If they are going to build skateparks in Iran, have outreaches in Afghanistan, what’s next, Guantanamo Bay? YES! I don’t know if the presidential shaka is responsible or not, but Sphon Ranch is going to build a bowl and a wedge bank (like the one seen above) in Guantanamo Bay. The “Morale Office” is bringing […]

Danny Way breaks his back

Around the world on four wheels

In Brazil, Danny Way broke his back on the Megaramp. He will recover, of course, because all Megaramp competitors are actually time traveling cyborgs built by Skynet. Watch the video after the jump. It’s not in English, but really, it’s more entertaining this way. Speaking of entertainment. Rob Thomson now holds the world record for […]

city of culture

A city that doesn’t need a skatepark

As far as architectural criticism goes, I don’t know much about architecture, but I know what I like. Cool Hunting blows out a spot under construction in Santiago, Chile. Peter Eisenman: City of Culture.

Fishbone Skatepark, Mexico City

Fishbone Skate Park in Action

Fishbone Skatepark is the name of the entity that ended up using all the donated ramps from the X Games appearance in Mexico City. It’s open, and Urbeskate Magazine has the action photos. Chica Rider off shoot Open Skull is an organization set up for teaching and promoting skateboarding for girls, which is kind of […]

Vans Old is Cool 2008 - Swell Skate Camp Brazil

Vans Old is Cool 2008 – Swell Skate Camp, Brazil

Luciano Peixoto and Gustavo Tesch sent in some coverage of the 30th anniversary party at Swell Skate Park in Brazil. Vans sponsored an event called Old is Cool and kicked it off with a contest in the brand new bowl at the park. Check it out

Chicas Riders on Mexican TV

Chica Riders

Girls get no respect skateboarding. Whether it’s some sleazy businessman making cheesy adverts (or some sleazy web site editor reposting them!) or Fuel TV running jiggle girls on top of the airing of the Skate Girl documentary. What happens when they end up on Mexican TV? Well, they get introduced by cast full of Cuchi […]

swell skatecamp brazil

From Sweden to Brazil

Yeah, we’ve got readers in Sweden, but we’ve also go them in Brazil (Excuse me, Brasil) too. My name is Luciano and I’m one of the people who make skateboarding run here in south of brasil (porto alegre,RS) we mantain a 30 year old skarte park named Swell Skate Camp, a skate park located in […]

Panther Choco Milk from Mexico

Made with bits of real panther, so you know it’s good.

Apparently this Choco Milk is actually made with bits of real panther. At least that’s what the packaging would have me believe. John Aguilar hipped me to this, but fortunately I didn’t have to go to Mexico to get it since they had an ample supply in the “Ethnic” section of my local grocery store.

China and Mexico

La rampa vertical tendrá la capa original de skatelite

Earlier there was some discussion about whether or not anything good ever comes from the X Games. I brought up the fact that they sometimes leave their ramps behind, and John Aguilar pointed out that such is the case in Mexico City. Mexican skate rag ReSkate reports that last year’s X Games vert and street […]