Based in the Netherlands, Sickboards has just constructed a new shop, inspired by places they have visited. They hope it will inspire other shops, and of course their customers. As founder Martijn Schrama explains, āThe name Sickboards is sometimes confusing to people. They think we are a board brand. We did actually start out like […]
Tag: Concrete Wave
Return to Paradise Catalina Island Classic
My Catalina experience started when I decide to forgo the usual ferry ride (which is about an hour long) and instead travel by yacht. The seas decided that they werenāt going to cooperate as they had done in previous years. (You can learn more about my eight-hour ordeal in The Fine Print.) After quickly disembarking […]
A Secret History of the Ollie
A SECRET HISTORY OF THE OLLIE Buy Now Initially, I had thought I could wrap the project up in a year or two, just in time for the 30th anniversary of the Ollie, but it just kept going. Part of the reason for this was that this history had never been documented before, and part […]
Moonshine Manufacturing Reboots the Skate Deck
One of the great things about the world of longboarding is the way people in it continually develop new ideas; innovation drives things forward. This is evident at Moonshine Manufacturing, a manufacturer of skate decks which I recently visited. Their product line-up is generating an enormous amount of interest from skaters worldwide. As Greg sees […]
Keep on Truckin “The Dreaded Truck”
In 1978, Skateboard Industry News published a series of Product Primer articles āaimed at giving the retailer a thumb-nail familiarity with skateboard engineering.ā S.I.N covered decks in their April/May 1978 issue, then wheels in June/July and then in Aug/Sept they covered āthe dreaded truck ā and find they arenāt so difficult to understand at all.ā […]
Griptape 101
A dialed-in griptape job is crucial to every setup, regardless of riding discipline. Griptape is the connecting point between you and your board, and like the rest of your setup, should be dialed- in to fit your personal riding style. Hereās the basic info on some common griptape styles and gripping techniques: Fine grit is […]
Blood From Boarders
There is an easier way to give blood other than road rash. Blood from Boarders is an international movement to save lives! Every year for all of October, skaters of all disciplines get together and roll up their sleeves to donate blood and save up to three lives. Only an hour of your time saves […]
Mix-Ology: The Concrete Barmy Army
The Concrete Barmy Army is a crew of skateboarders from Austria with a passion for building skate spots made out of concrete. After creating a skate plaza, different ledges, parking blocks and builds at public places we gained expertise during the time working with this material. In this issue weāll give you a short guideline […]
Longboarding for Peace Mid Winter 2015 Update
ETHIOPIA Sean Stromose is a documentary filmmaker who has spent a great deal of time in Ethiopia. When he contacted us to explain that he was headed over there to work with Ethiopia Skate, we were able to set him up with 10 Landyachtz completes. We went to a large orphanage in Addis with 10 […]
Why DIY? They Built them without asking Skaters?!
āWhy DIY?ā I ask Johannes Whal as we catch our breath between runs in his new indoor spot named āThe Cellarā. āBecause Vienna has 48 skate parks and 45 of them are garbage, they just build them without asking the skaters, prefabricated concrete, hundreds of thousands of Euros wasted.ā Johannes and his friends started to […]
A Surf State of Mind
Sometime in the late 1940ās the skateboard evolved from the ocean like a tadpole, growing wheels and trucks where fins and rocker once lived.Ā The act of riding that tiny oak plank with crappy metal wheels was called sidewalk surfing, however paltry an experience, it was compared to actually riding waves. And so it lived […]
Italian Switchback
This year, in Italy, itās been raining a lot. We had a pretty cold and rainy summer, leaving everybody in need of some skating. So, as soon as the sun has came up again for a few days, it took me only a few phone calls to jump into the car, drive 450 km, and […]