As part of their presence at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, which spanned across pretty much every sport in the games, Nike did something a bit different for their Snowboarding program. They commandeered The Board Room, West Van’s OG shred shop, and installed an exhibit of snowboard innovation and memorabilia that spanned four decades, dozens of riders both new skool and olde, and shit from almost every brand to touch the snow. It was pretty fuckin rad. Check out the full feature on HighSnobiety . More photos from both inside and outside of the capsule after the jump.
For some reason it just felt like a good idea to start today with some inspiration. Here is the Gonz x Spike Jonze from 1991’s “Video Days.” That’s almost 7 minutes of zen. Ommm.
As they head towards the end of their second season the Powder & Rails crew dropped a special treat this week with the full length release of Roadkill, Dave Seoane’s opus featuring Jamie Lynn, Shaun Palmer, Terje Haakonsen, John Cardiel, Bryan Iguchi and more. These dudes invented the shred lifestyle.
Huf stores in San Francisco and Los Angeles have just received a shipment of the super rad bible of modern Euro-skate, Cliche Resume. Written by Mackenzie Eisenhour and filled with over 320 pages of legendary material from Mike O’Meally, Oliver Barton, Olivier Chassignole, Alexis Zavialoff, Benjamin, Deberdt, Fred Mortagne and more, this is a purist’s must-have. Another look as well as Huf location info after the jump.
Powerhouse Books has gotten together with longtime champions and documentarians of the New York City skateboarding scene, Alex Corporan, Andre Razo and Ivory Serra for Full Bleed: New York City Skateboard Photography, a photo book chronicling over 30 years of skateboarding in the center of the universe. The amazing list of contributors includes Giovanni Reda, Jessica Bard, Ivory Serra, Tobin Yelland, Rad Collector’s own Craig Wetherby and Michael Cohen, Miki Vuckovich, Thomas Campbell, Larry Clark, Ed Templeton, Jerry Hsu, Atiba Jefferson, Bryce Knights, Angela Boatwright, Athena Currey, Kenneth Cappello, Charlie Samuels, Andy Kessler, Mike O’Meally, Sammy Glucksman, Allen Ying, and more. Check out a preview here.
Another episode of Powder & Rails has just dropped on VBS.tv. This time it’s legendary party shred Chris Roach at his California compound demonstrating that his life is pretty much gnarly as ever.
Part two of VBS‘ history lesson with OG powder hound Noah Salasnek has just dropped. This episode tracks Salasnek’s remarkable ascent from skateboarder to freestyle snowboarder to batshit crazy big mountain line finder. One thing’s for sure, they don’t make em like this anymore.
Vans Vault held an event at Proper in Long Beach, California on Saturday to celebrate the release of the new Ray Barbee collection and to celebrate his 20 years of influence on skateboarding. In an amazingly rad display, Proper had all of Barbee’s boards from 1989 to the present including Powell-Peralta, The Firm, and his upcoming deck with Element. The Element artwork was done by none other than Sean Cliver, the man responsible for the original Barbee Ragdoll graphic. As if the night couldn’t be steeped in any more legendary-ness, Barbee and Tommy Guerrero closed things out with a jam session. Check out the boards after the jump. Via Sean Cliver/DisposableBlog. Read Cliver’s super dope essay on Barbee here.
In honor of the historic 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall today, Pulp68 and Redline Films have produced this limited edition poster and are distributing it free on the streets of Berlin. Taken from their film Plaza and featuring Lucien Wampfler giving peace a chance, it’s a fitting commemoration. You can watch or download the original video in its entirety here. A big version after the jump.
This November is not only election month, it’s also the 20th anniversary of Danny Way being a professional skateboarder. As unbelievable as it sounds, consider he still shreds harder than 90% of dudes out there, it’s true, Danny has been a pro since ‘89, kid. To celebrate, DC is releasing a new video every day for the rest of the month, Go here to peep ‘em.