The roots of this magazine go all the way back to 1975. That’s the year I started skateboarding. I must thank Frank Nasworthy for having the creativity and mental fortitude to release Cadillac Wheels in 1973. His idea launched skateboarding’s second boom and sowed the seeds for the magazine you hold in your hands. Frank […]
On the surface, the session looks like any of a hundred other sessions I’ve seen before over these past several decades. This may be the first “all-female” session encountered, tho I can’t recall – and much about it feels different. My attention is drawn to their facial expressions, the intensity in their eyes translating down […]
Jay Boy: The Early Years of Jay Adams Over a decade ago, Concrete Wave Editions had the privilege of publishing this unique book featuring the photos of Kent Sherwood. Kent was Jay Adams’ stepfather and a gifted amateur photographer. Kent was also the person who introduced Jay to the world of skateboarding and surfing. It […]
Haroshi is a self-taught Japanese artist, born in 1978, currently based in Tokyo. He creates full-scale, three-dimensional wooden sculptures with discarded and recycled skateboard decks. A passionate skater since his early teens, Haroshi possesses a thorough knowledge of the anatomy of a skateboard and all of its parts including the deck, trucks and wheels. He […]
The Uncommon Path By: Emma Daigle Photos: Matt Kienzle I haven’t signed a lease or owned a phone for more than three years now. Why? Simply because I never know where I will be in a couple of weeks. Call it marginal – I’ve been going against the grain before I even knew my path […]
Riversport Adventure Park in Oklahoma City’s Boathouse District will open a new world-class pumptrack with a bang this September. Velosolutions, the world leader in paved pumptrack design and construction, has installed the track and it is the largest in the USA. The pumptrack is located north of the Riversport Rapids whitewater rafting and kayaking center. […]
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 […]
Continuing with our exploration of different times of the day to ride, we bring you some of the most sumptuous images we could find. There is something truly magical about a sunset. We’ll let these photos tell the story. It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream. -Bern Williams A sunrise or […]
Having had a 35 year love affair with all things skateboarding, I was stoked beyond belief to recently have the opportunity to leave the U.K shores to go on a tour of the American northwest with a production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night . The production was to tour for 9 weeks and included the cities […]
“Dad, you said we were going to be on the road at the crack of dawn,” my nine-year old son Kaiam squeaked from the Subaru’s backseat. “This is before the crack of dawn!” Driving I-84 up the Columbia River Gorge into a midnight (well, 5 AM, technically) blue sky underlined by a dark pink horizon, […]
The good folks at Orangatang Wheels have just unleashed the Menopause. We had a chance to find out more. What prompted you to bring on test participants for the launch of this wheel? Product development is a very important part of Loaded and Orangatang. We’re here to build the best stuff we can, and see […]
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 […]