Street – Page 3 – Skate and Annoy

Southbank Saved!

In spite of Billy Bragg, Skateboarders, BMXers and artists have prevailed in their attempts to prevent historic the South Bank spot in London from being turned into a strip mall. The Save South Bank coalition also has a book for sale that looks pretty well conceived, but details like page size and count are non-existant. […]

Paris Match

It’s like France central over here… These pictures from Skateparks de Paris are about two years old. Doesn’t look like they update that often… but hey, it looks beautiful. Here in America, we like to hide our skateparks away from any foot traffic, preferably adjacent to an empty baseball field on the outskirts of town. […]

Spot check: Paris

Rue Linois, near the Charles Michel Metro. Looks super fun, especially for found terrain. Even the ramp is banked.– Thanks to Pig-City for the photo.

Go skate a curb

Literally! This is a skate-curb made by Would Shop skates for an event Slappy Slaughter held by Pink Widow Distribution. You could be riding on it as a skateboard while someone else rode a skateboard on it simultaneously. Am I blowing your mind? There’s not any info about the event online, but I think it […]

Layers of color

I can’t remember why I had this bookmarked, or how I found it, but it must have been for a good reason. Must have been because it looked fun. Lots of cool banks.

Southbank fight

Skaters in London are fighting to save the legendary and historical spot known as Southbank. The Southbank Centre wants to build retail shops to help fund some other renovations and redevelopment. The plan calls for building a nearby skate spot that would actually be 10% larger than the existing floor plan, but the community of […]

Spot check in NE Portland

Spotted on a bike ride over the weekend. Pretty good unintentional driveway spot. Another view after the jump.

Running a marathon on a treadmill

Running a marathon on a treadmill is in reference to skating in a skatepark that mimics real world spots. 99% Invisible is Roman Mars’ radio show about design, distributed on Public Radio. Episode 71, In and Out of LOVE features the familiar theme of skateboarders reinterpreting their environment for their own needs. It’s made with […]

Skate stoppers on an effing curb????

2013 started off in the crapper for me. I’m just now emerging from a fog of strep throat that has had me laid up since New Year’s day. Here’s hoping your new year is better than the promise of a slick red curb covered in skate stoppers. Absurd Family Skate photo on Instagram. Hey! Get […]