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A review of the best retro skateboard, skate artists and their place in skate culture. Buy their reissues and NOS available today!
A review of the best retro skateboard, skate artists and their place in skate culture. Buy their reissues and NOS available today!
For the past while now I’ve been working my way through the weighty tome, A Secret History of the Ollie, written by Craig B. Snyder. The book caught my attention early on when I heard various skateboard pros make reference to it in interviews. Now the present rediscovery and re-connecting that many are doing with …
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I had the distinct pleasure of being sent a copy of Dr. Skaterock’s Vintage Skaterock book that was released a few years back. To be honest I had really no idea what to expect from the book. The subtitle of the book is, “Skateboard Music of the 1960s and 1970s.” It intrigued me. I mean, …
I was privileged to receive a copy of Made in Venice today. As many will know, Made in Venice is a recently released documentary film which chronicles the rise of the Venice Beach skate-park with a particular focus on the efforts of pro-skateboarder and Venice local, Jesse Martinez. Here’s the thing though: this is not …
1980s skate punk Agression from Oxnard, California 1980s skate punk band, Agression was based initially in Oxnard, California, in the early 1980s. Three of their members originally skated for Sims. The cover of their 1983 album, “Don’t Be Mistaken,” shows 1970’s Dogtown skater Arthur Lake as photographed by the legendary skate and punk photographer Glen …
Recently, I picked up a copy of Chlorine: A Pool Skating Documentary which was originally released around 2005. I’ve always had a particular affinity for pool skating because of its roots in skateboarding history — and because of the greater diversity of what you can do in one. At any rate, about a month or …
Pool skating is something I’ve been thinking of a lot for a long while now. For me, it is my holy grail of skateboarding. I’m not suggesting that other forms of skating are somehow second rate — far from it. The rise of half-pipes and, of course, street skating, contain all sorts of benefits and …
Check out this rare 1990s skate art by artist Nate Carrico! A unique pair of twin decks featuring Jason Adams and Tim Brauch. Produced by Santa Monica Airlines.
For those of you who don’t already own a copy, the 10th Anniversary reprint of Sean Cliver’s book, Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art, is now in stock and available for order from the publishers, Gingko Press. You can purchase the book either in a softcover or hardcover edition. ($29.95 USD nad $39.95 USD respectively.) …
Good news is afoot for those who are tired by the prospect of having to pick this volume up at around $100 secondhand, as well as for those interested in skateboards and skate art generally. Sean Cliver’s Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art (also informally known as “Disposable I” by comparison with the second “Bible” …
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