I hit up Felix when I heard rumors about Converse re-launching their skate program, since he was one of the architects of Con’s first foray in skateboarding. Felix can be a pretty modest guy in his way, so I wasn’t expecting so much honesty about the ins and outs of the industry. As a veteran [...]
Josh & Brandon Brubaker, Supra and Converse A Clyde Singleton Production In this century, there’ve been plenty of famous brothers. The Wright Brothers. Blues Brothers. Jackson 5. Da Bee Gees. And I ain’t ’een gone count them Jonas dudes in, due to their dangerously low levels of swag. But y’all know where I’m goin’. Anyhow, [...]
Hello my name is… Slick Rick. AKA… Slick aka Gangster Rick in my skateboarding days. I was raised in… Born in Coney Island and then I moved to Manhattan.
What started off as a bunch of London skaters riding their bikes soon evolved into Fixed Gear London, which is both a club for riders and a team of bike builders. Now a couple of years older and ever more crafty on two wheels, we spoke with founder Andy Ellis about FGLDN and the [...]
Dan Rhoades lives the dream. Well, sort of. Sort of depends on your dream. Although he’s not a wealthy pro skater who makes some suspect art on the side, he is professional artist who skates more than a lot of pro skaters, and makes a good living working for great companies, namely KR3W and [...]
SHIT IS DOPE! Yeah, I yelled it, WHAT?! I didn’t know Sieben skated so well.
Just kidding. An old skate homie of mine, Dirk “Diggler” Vogel of the Euro skate mag Kingpin, called me out of the blue last weekend. (I’ll never forget the time he put me up on his couch in Frankfurt after I got the worst sunburn of my life the day before. Still owe him for [...]
How rad is Brian Anderson’s shirt?! I don’t even think that’s an ironic shirt–it’s probably from Shecks’ t-shirt line. But when worn by BA, you know it’s worn ironically. I stole it from the best of blogs, the worst of blogs. You’ll not find a better writer (and very few better skateboarders) than Ted “The [...]
