TOM SIMS INTERVIEW PART 1: Here is where I get confused because I seem to think Sims was run by Brad Dorfman and Vision in the 1980s? By the late 70?s I got very busy getting snowboarding off the ground, and licensed Sims Skateboards to Brad Dorfman in 1981. At the time we had the […]
Where are you from originally? I was born in Los Angeles but grew up in New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. Sounds like you learned how to surf here and then were whisked away into exile on the East Coast? No, we moved when I was two years old. My dad went back there […]
HOSOI MANIA – The David Sirkin Collection One of the most dedicated collections of Hosoi I have ever encountered. This is a master collector, and thank you David for sharing such an museum of Hosoi.
Guy Grundy is one of downhill skateboarding’s pioneers. Recently, Dusters California launched a deck in his honor. Guy is also featured in the Signal Hill Speed Run documentary. Guy started skating in 1961 at the age of 8. Like many early skaters of his generation, Guy created his first skateboard from his sister’s roller skates. […]
I first met Todd Huber in 1996. At the time he was publishing a ‘zine called Skate Trader. Two years later, he opened up the Skate Lab in Simi Valley, California. The skatepark is definitely worth a visit but it is the museum that is a complete mindblower. Todd’s extra-ordinary collection has been featured in […]
South Florida was a fun place to be a skater in the last half of the 1970’s. We had 4 skateboard parks within 25 minutes of each other. Skateboard USA, Skateboard Heaven, Solid Surf and Cadillac Wheels Skateboard Concourse. There were quite a few factions of skaters, but everyone skated everywhere and knew everybody for […]
“By now, everyone and their mom has a YouTube account to share videos of their cat, their family trip to Disney Land, and yes…even skate videos. You may not have the funds to buy a RED Epic right off the bat, but there are plenty of affordable quality cameras & camera gear on the market. […]
Most readers of Concrete Wave are somewhat familiar with the history of the longboard companies that are featured in the magazine. What many people may not be aware of is that back in the 1980’s, the Swiss skate scene was into carving and slalom skating long after everyone had turned to ollies and rails. Over […]
Border Labs & CalStreets is proud to announce the return of the Kryptonics Star*Trac Wheels. The Kryptonics wheels take you far beyond the performance capabilities of your present equipment and into the outer limits of urethane technology. Following in the footsteps of Jim Ford, a young Kryptonics employee who snuck into the factory after hours […]
One of the most amazing things about Longboarding for Peace is that it connects people in some truly remarkable ways. For example, I had no way of knowing that my idea about using skateboard graphics would morph into such a unique story. Back Story: Leonard Peltier is a Native American man who has been imprisoned […]
Why is Signal Hill important in the history of skateboarding? Signal Hill was the first downhill skateboard race, and pretty much every aspect of current downhill skateboarding started at that race. A short list of innovations from Signal Hill would include air braking, the Hut Tuck (developed by John Hutson and Michael Goldman,) the first […]