For the latest dose Timbo hit the west siide to catch up with one of skateboarding’s fastest rising young stars: Keelan Dadd. Peep it as the Switch God breaks down some of his secrets to success while also admitting that more fame equals more stress. Whatever the challenge, from product design to maintaining his position as the Prince of Ratchet, he’s more than up for the challenge.
Akomplice, who seem to be releasing doper and doper collections at break neck speed, have yet another one set to drop this week. We’ll have the whole collection for you but wanted to first highlight this insane Where’s Waldo Pocket T. So fresh! Get another look after the jump. Go here for a list of Akomplice dealers.
The 2013 Vans Pool Party went down this past weekend at the Vans Skatepark with the Master division showing what years of experience brings to the table.Chris Miller took home first place and $15,000, Steve Caballero was in second, and Christian Hosoi was in third. Get a look at the mastery in this edit from Transworld Skateboarding and go here for a photo recap from the Pro division.
adidas skateboarding opened up the archives with releases the Mark Gonzales signature version of the adicourt. With a slimmed down build, all-canvas upper and a grippy outsole this show is perfect for some spring-time sessions. Get a closer look after the jump.
The second installment of the “Art of the Craft”, an original short series by Starbucks Doubleshot showcases the creative energy of surfboard craftsman as they tell their stories of building one-of-a-kind custom, high-end surfboards is now live. In part two, Martijn Stiphout, owner of Ventana Surfboards, tells us what inspires him as he creates some of the world’s most beautiful boards. Check out the video above and then hit the jump for a look at the first video in the series & Art of the Craft launch event that went down at Aloha Sunday Supply Company in San Diego, CA.
On one hand this whole Detroit PR campaign is kind of like, enough already, but on the other hand the D was one of America’s greatest cities and is currently in worse shape than most third world metropolises. Having said that, this video, and the campaign to bring X Games to Detroit is one of the raddest things we’ve seen in the industry in a while. It’s like, shit, what do they have to lose, and that’s some fresh American spirit. Put our names on the petition, we want to see X Games Detroit! #XG2D
As part of their 12 months of shred project, Rome stopped in Utah to take some Park City spring laps with Ozzy Henning. Damn, just when we thought we had gotten the urge out of our system, this mofo brings it right back. And powder no less!
Is there possibly more to learn about Eric Koston after his very recent Epicly Later’d? We shall certainly see when Desillusion drops their next video “This is Eric Koston” on May 25.
After seeing the KAWS x Bern helmet last week we started thinking how all helmet companies should do mad collabs, considering all the free space they have on their products. As if they read our minds, Bell sent over the news on their newest Segment BMX helmet featrung the art of Taylor Reeve. Look for the helmet at Bell dealers and hit the jump for a sobering demonstration about the difference between certified and non certified helmets.
There’s not a whole lot of explanation needed for this Simple Session commercial Quintin just dropped other than its another example of top notch visuals coming out their LA compound. This one features Raul Ruiz, Brett Sube and Jackson Ratima. Enjoy.
