WeSC is happy to welcome skateboarder and photographer Arto Saari to the WeActivist family. Look for a full welcome to drop May 2nd together with an article with Arto by Chris Pastras from the Superlative Conspiracy Magazine No.7 – The Summer Issue.
Coalatree just added Beast Coaster and green thumb Zach Lyons to their Skate Society program. This is the kind of edit that get us stoked, this kid has heart! Enjoy.
NYC’s TheGoodLife! dropped a new mixtape with Professor Puffington aka Ricky Powell and DJ Smoke L.E.S. over the weekend on 4/20. Far from your typical stoner tape with nothing but Snoop, Wix Khalifa and Cypress Hill on it, Professor Puffington’s Lost & Found Loose Joints…Deluxe Edition Mixtape is a smokey four hour and twenty minute music marathon with rare grooves and extended plays from the likes of Sylvia Striplin to Lee Morgan to ODB. Listen or download here and hit the jump to see the cover art.
Its dope to see UXA getting some shine for their collab with the Gonz, even though publicity was certainly not the motivation behind it. Following his rad interview with NYSB, Peter Huynh sits with ESPN to talk more UXA in this piece shot by RC fam Taji Ameen. A few pieces from the UXA x Mark Gonzales collection are still available here.
Alls we gotta say is that we really need one of these Studdy x Banana Board cruisers. With Stussy molded branding, Stok’em wheels and Skate City trucks, plus a collabo Lance Mountain t-shirt, this is the ultimate summer ride. Peep the shirt after the jump.
Rad BMX website The Come Up has forged a unique bridge between media and content a founded their own team. If you’re skeptical about whether a website can or should do this, take one look at the epic video above and your concerns should be firmly laid to rest. Americans Stevie Churchill, Broc Raiford and Dylan Stark, Aussies Liam Zingbergs and Brock Olive and Canadian Dillon Lloyd do more than show an prove in “Young and Retarded.” Still not convinced? hit the jump for 11 minutes of bonus footy.
SHUT just dropped a gang of dope new t-shirts for Spring. Designed by Eli Morgan Gesner, the collection reflects both the year of the snake and SHUT’s continual commitment to the real New York, something increasingly important in the city’s rapidly gentrifying landscape. Go buy one or get punched in the face! Full looks after the jump.
Grenade Games 9 is right around the corner, April 27-28 at Mammoth Mountain to be exact, so Danny Kass got Monster Energy to blast the Dingo into space for an epic freefall. These guys need their TV show back! Hit the jump for full GG details.
Cardboard is a pretty crazy material if you think about it. It protects things you send, it holds shit for you, kids can make forts from it, bums can make houses out of it, and artists like Dominic Owen can make full scale replica skateboards including trucks and wheels with it. Who woulda thought? Via Coolhunting.
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