Skater Profile: Spidey De Montrond (and his new pro model)
Skater Spidey De Montrond skated with Santa Cruz Skateboards in the 80s. Exclusive interview on Spidey’s skating career.
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Book Review: Skateboard Stickers
While this is not a newly released book, my thought is that any good book related to skate culture is worth a review. “Skateboard Stickers” was put together by Mark Munison and Steve Cardwell and published by Laurence King Publishing. It is, as the title clearly suggests, a book about skateboard stickers. Now anyone who …
Ride It Sculpture Park, Detroit
Photo: Joe Gall Photography Relatively speaking, I am not too far from Detroit. It is only a couple of hours away. Whenever I have gone to Detroit, I’ve always been quite amazed by the sight of the abandoned homes, commercial buildings, even multi-story buildings that have no windows. I have a friend who is from …
Natas, Lance at the Skateboarding Hall of Fame
Recently the Skateboarding Hall of Fame (and Museum) in Simi Valley, Ca. inducted Natas Kaupas and Lance Mountain into the same — an honor that certainly both are more than deserving of. Here are their acceptance speeches (I would have loved to have heard Skip Engblom’s introduction of Natas.) Join the conversation on our …
Burnt Tributes: The Work of John Moyaert
Those who browse Facebook collector groups such as World Wide Skateboard Collector will already be familiar with the work of John Moyaert, but for those who are not, you’re in for quite a treat I think. John has taken the concept of a “tribute deck” to an entirely different level by creating reproductions of classic …