Sep 21, 2017
10 Tricks Your Dad Can Do by Michael Brooke of Concrete Wave Magazine
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10 Tricks Your Dad Can Do by Michael Brooke of Concrete Wave Magazine
The Juergen Gritzner Transportation Project
The Juergen Gritzner Transportation Project
The story of “Cuban Linx,” aka the “Juergen Gritzner transportation project,” began in the summer of 2015. Ian Comishin and Kalie Racine of Kebbek Skateboards, encouraged by the historical political changes in Cuba, had the idea of bringing 100 completes of my Alps board to Cuba to support and energize skaters there Cuban kids love to skate, but it’s often been difficult for them to get…
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Sick Boards Board Shop
Sick Boards Board Shop
Based in the Netherlands, Sickboards has just constructed a new shop, inspired by places they have visited. They hope it will inspire other shops, and of course their customers. As founder Martijn Schrama explains, “The name Sickboards is sometimes confusing to people. They think we are a board brand. We did actually start out like that! Twelve years ago me and a surf buddy started building…
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Andy Anderson Game Changer
Andy Anderson Game Changer
Interview by Kevin Harris I had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Harris back in 1997. Hard to believe that’s almost 20 years ago. Kevin was instrumental in helping bring my book The Concrete Wave: The History of Skateboarding to life, and we’ve been friends ever since. When Kevin told me about Andy Anderson, a skater who effortlessly blends street, freestyle and vert skating into one incredible…
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The Seven Year Pitch
The Seven Year Pitch
THE SEVEN-YEAR PITCH KOZAKOV CHALLENGE LIVES UP TO ITS REPUTATION Just over 100 kilometers northeast of Prague, the “thousand-spired” capital of the Czech Republic, a 4- to 6-million-year-old volcano slumbers high above the pastoral Bohemian landscape. While not the grandest peak in the region, for speedboarders worldwide this place is as epic as they come. With its three hairpins and steep…
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Long Trek Trips
Defining longboarding’s purpose isn’t easy. Some will say it’s a tool for fun, for thrills, for commuting. Or perhaps it’s a vehicle for pushing one’s boundaries and even finding one’s self atop the humble plank and four wheels. All are legitimate purposes, though, and their pursuit produces a common byproduct: exploration. Skating through countries and foreign lands, spending weeks or even…
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Power to the People
Power to the People
People skateboard for many different reasons. Some enjoy the freedom and some enjoy the exercise – both physical and mental. But for more than 50 years, skaters have challenged the idea that you could only push with your own power. Gasoline-powered skateboards were available as far back as 1965, and back in the 1970s, Canadian skate legend Willi Winkels would bring out his gas-powered Motoboard…
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The Zen of Freestyle 3
The Zen of Freestyle 3
These days, it’s easy to get worn down by the effects of our modern lifestyle: traffic jams, pollution, fast-food diets, social media overload, the reality of “reality TV.” It’s only natural, then, that we search for a means of escape. For some, it’s getting lost in the pages of a good book; for others it’s simply getting away from it all. A growing number of skateboarders have found a different…
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