ESPN just caught up with OG super shredder Bjorn Leines for an interview. Bjorn has a very seasoned philosophy about both the business and lifestyle aspects of snowboarding and doesn’t hesitate to break it down with authority. Check him out as he talks about Rome, Celtek and still hucking himself silly at age 32. The full interview is here.
Ever wondered what a day in the life of living skate legend and artist Mark Gonzales might look like? Fourstar just uploaded this piece to help your imagination. Here’s how he spent just one of those days in the forty years that he’s been on this Earth.
Blast, a lifestyle brand representing Pittsburgh through BMX, skate, snow and music has just dropped a few peaks at their upcoming fall 2009 line. A solid collection of gritty graphic tees that reflect the city’s somewhat dark steez, each one comes, appropriately, in black only. Check out a couple more looks after the jump. Full line imagery coming soon.
Awesome video of australian dirtmaster Corey Bohan (who was one of the first riders to land front flips and barspin to tailwhips on dirt) at a private night session at Heath Pinter’s trails in Lonie Paxton’s backyard. Nice vid.
Garrett Reynolds and Nigel Sylvester were just over in China showing heads how its supposed to be done at the Kia X Games Asia and Nike 6.0 has released this dope little edit to show us how it all went down. Although rain got in the way a bit Reynolds snatched his 7th X Games gold for BMX Park despite having his bike lost by the airline on his way to Shanghai. That’s some focus yo.
Brothers Films have just dropped a bunch of b roll as a teaser for their upcoming film Blood. Shot in Aspen and Idaho, Blood features dudes like Mikkel Bang, John Hemminger, Justin Bartle, Louie Vito, Mitrani, Takahiro Nakai, DTale, Ryan Lougee, and more. As a bonus Blood will come double packaged with Brothers’ 2008 film 31 Days in Alaska. The “Stimulus Pack” will be available this fall. Via Snowboard.
We’ve been bringing you steady news about Ken Block’s rally alter ego and his new Gymkhana TWO project. Finally here’s a couple up close looks at the two Teamworks sneakers, the Spartan High and the Manteca 3. Block had both models flipped to take after his tricked out Suburu Impreza. A look at the Manteca after the jump.
Antwuan Dixon is making moves for real. After releasing his new shoe and touring around the country for the new Baker video, he caps it off with the cover of the Thrasher photo issue. This dude is skateboarding. Via Supra.
In more DVS news, Mighty Healthy has just leaked a glimpse of their upcoming “Original Intent” New Era collabo, a continuation of the fresh cooperative effort between the two brands. Via CtotheJL.
DVS is releasing an all metallic Huf Mid Throwback this month. Surprisingly tame for a pair of all-silvers joints, these could be a nice alternative to your Skytops if you are trying to keep it a bit more mellow. Count on them to be rad to skate in too. Via Complex.