Adidas are soon to launch their new line of skateboard shoes. Living legends Mark Gonzales and Lance Mountain are on the team. The line will include some special collabs as well as new models. Register at their website, for a chance to win a limited edition adidas / Krooked deck, designed by Mark Gonzales . […]
a NY thing – street wear for the über hipsters of NY – recently held the premier screening of the Krooked movie. Apparently it was an evening of all family fun. Legends such as Futura dropped by to pay their respect to the almighty Gonz (Mark Gonzales). www.anewyorkthing.com Pictures from the event from Freshness Mag
Meet “Wheelman” an Australian made motorized skateboard, well kind of anyway. With full tank you can ride around for an hour and a half at the speed of 19mph. The speed is controlled by a pneumatic ball held in your hand, the more you squeeze, the faster you go. Wheelman website [via TechEBlog]
Here’s two clips of Bob Burnquist from the Mega Ramp contest in Mexico City when Bob pulled of a frontflip. The first one is his first attempt and the second one is when he nailed it. Not that good video, but it’s still pretty impressive. Bob Burnquist first frontflip attempt Bob Burnquist frontflip
During the Mega Ramp contest in Mexico City, some wild things went down. Danny Way pulled of two backflips during practice runs and Bob Burnquist pulled of a front flip a couple of days later. I’ll be back with more info about the front flip. Movie clip: Danny Way Mega backflip Photos from the event
I wrote a post a while ago with Jason Lee skateboarding in the movie “Visual sound”. Here’s a “new” lookback, a young Jason Lee in the film “Video days” produced by Spike Jonze. You can’t miss the part in the end where Jason sings.
“3 feet high” is an art exhibit, art made on skateboard decks. 65 decks are on display, the artists comes from all over and the styles vary pretty much. They have one thing in common though, they are all awesome and I wouldn’t mind having one. Check out the decks at 3 feet high website […]