Christian Hosoi made a rare stop in Brooklyn last week to kick it at Skate Night at the House of Vans. In between destroying the pool and hosting a best trick contest, he gave Timbo a rad breakdown on pool skating’s renaissance and why skateboarding is and will always be the most fun thing in the world. Respect the architect.

As you should already know, Stacy Peralta’s epic Bones Brigade documentary is currently appearing in theatres. The release has been supplemented on the product side with everything from Powell & Peralta re-released decks, apparel, and opportunities to meet and skate with the original Bones Brigade. Now for a super limited time, Peralta has made available some original items from the Bones Brigade era including skateboards, signed magazine, trophies, and worn apparel. As you’d expect, they’re already selling out. Get your chance to own a piece of skateboard history here. More looks after the jump. Via NSB.org

If you are a skateboarder in NYC or if you’re a fan of NYC skate brands like SHUT, Supreme, Zoo York and more, chances are you’ve ridden a Chapman deck. To celebrate 20 years of making skateboards proudly in the USA, Gregg Chapman finally got to work on putting together a wall demonstrating his work. Enjoy this bit of history by Mike Brogan.

As they continue to celebrate their 30th anniversary, Transworld drops this Lance Mountain interview by Skin Philips about what it was like to be such a history shaping figure in the word of skateboarding. A must watch.

Dose just dropped their latest episode, a rad homage to the Bones Brigade featuring an interview with the legendary Stacy Peralta talking about the new film Bones Brigade: An Autobiography as well as Bones Brigade reminiscences from The Muska, Bucky Lasek, and Josh JZ Zickert. This is some history yo.

Those of us in this world of action sports and culture may get it but the rest of the world definitely needs all the help they can get. Check out Tim Brodhagen’s newest episode of Dose with Keir Dillon, Rodney Smith and Richard Yelland delving into the history of black athletes in surf, skate, and snow. Its a rad time to be doing it.

JMZ of Pulp68 has done it again. The lawsuit-defiant Swissman has just released the “Legendary Graphic Series,” a series of decks paying homage to some of the classic greats of all time by cutting them in half and running them as half graphics. Included are Vision Gator, Sims Hosoi, and Powell & Peralta Tony Hawk Chicken Skull graphics as well as several others. Bigger looks after the jump. Contact Pulp68 here to get one.

As a tribute to the 125th birthday of New York City’s most famous lady, the Statue of Liberty, SHUT has created this commemorative graphic. Given the current state of things in the world it would seem like the Liberty she represents is still a ways off for a lot of people, although that certainly isn’t her fault.

Skateboard Museum in Stuttgart, Germany recently hosted a party to launch the Nike SB “Roller Derby” Dunks they inspired. Check out the above vid where the creative team behind Made For Skate get experiential. These guys are going to prove ahead of their time, watch.

This past Sunday Radcollector’s Tim Brodhagen, Brad Clarke, Craig Wetherby, Brian Deka Paupaw, and Michael Cohen joined fellow Bridgerollers 13th Witness, Mike Saes, Sammy Glucksman and 30 other dedicated riders to participate in the 10th anniversary 9/11 century bike ride which covers 100 miles across the five boroughs of New York City in one day. It was an extraordinary experience to say the least. Check out Michael Cohen’s rad photo recap here.