Well that is the golden question. Technically, no, you don’t need skate shoes. You could wear any shoes. But the point is, skate shoes are made to help you skate better. And it’s true - they do help. Skate shoes have flat, grippy, and usually extra wide soles to help you hold onto your board [...]

Here are 5 random skateboard deck collections from the 80’s. In the 80’s the plywood ramp and streetstyle revitalized skateboarding just as the urethane wheel had revitalized the sport in the 70’s. Forced to take an underground, do-it-yourself attitude, skaters began to create their own wooden skate ramps in backyards and empty lots and turn [...]

The wear free tires of a black sedan with government plates pulled into a street side parking spot. If you were a judgmental person, you would wonder what the hell the car was doing here. The first sense that was intoxicated was auditory, taken over by rock music and the distant cry of police sirens [...]

Shaun White is just a genuinely nice guy, one who can crack a joke about anal lube as unselfconsciously as the next dude. If he’s going to buy a car, it’s going to be one of the fastest models on the planet; if he decides to take up guitar, it’s going to be a Gibson [...]

When venturing across country in a car, there are a few things that are important to remember. First off, never try to do it without cup holders. Between the endless barrage of coffee and other non-alcoholic beverages, you’ll need this fine item. If your car, like mine was made before cup holders were invented, you [...]

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A NO TRESPASSING SIGN hangs on a chain in front of Rob Dyrdek’s Hollywood Hills home like a blunter, more imposing version of a velvet rope. As I approach, Dyrdek happens to be on his way down the front stairs that lead to the street He squints, cocks his head, and looks me in the [...]

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Here is Brian Patch’s first hand video. This was featured on fuel tv last year. Brian decided to do something different with his First Hand and he starts off by skydiving out of an airplane and there is a montage of all the sports he is into like skateboarding, motorcycle riding, mountain bike riding, snowboarding [...]

In the tradition of pairing contrasts in order to create new mediums of expression, ISM: a community project presents, “SK8OLOGY: fine art on skateboards” an exhibition that combines skateboard counter culture with the world of fine art.
On Saturday August 23, 2008, at 7 p.m. the ISM: gallery will be hosting an exhibition showcasing over 100 [...]