Brian Anderson is easily one of the raddest living skateboarders in the world period. But we are definitely a bit confused about all the hype on the “BA Project.” Not because Brian Anderson couldn’t design some fresh ass kicks but because the ones that have been making the rounds on the interwebz look like some mid level pricepoint cross trainers. What’s up with that?
In the latest dose, Tim Brodhagen joins the entire Nike SB team in celebrating SB’s tenth anniversary. From a walking tour of famous NYC skate spots with Lance Mountain to an epic demo with P-Rod, Sean Malto, Stefan Janoski, Theotis Beasley, Eric Koston, Alex Olson, Brian Anderson, Dylan Witkin and more, it was an historic day in NYC skateboarding. Shot and edited by Edward Grams Jr. Hit the jump for more photos from Highsnobiety’s coverage including looks at the new Koston 2.
When you hear that the entire Girl team will be skating anywhere remotely close to where you’re at, the question really isn’t if you’re gonna go, it’s how are you gonna get there? That’s exactly what Tim Brodhagen and the dose crew did when they learned that Mike Mo, Cory Kennedy, Sean Malto, Alex Olson, Rick McCrank, Guy Mariano, Brian Anderson, Jeron Wilson, Rick Howard and Brandon Biebel were hitting Baltimore for the Zumiez Couch Tour. In a word, it was rad! The Zumiez Couch Tour hits West Nyack New York tomorrow for Go SKateboarding Day with the Volcom team. Go here for all the details.
Nike SB has just dropped this video interview with Brian Anderson and Eric Koston to coincide with their quickstrike releases this month. This very technical interview goes pretty deep into the performance tweaks that the two put into their models, but unfortunately does not touch upon any of the tech behind their beer koozies.
We owe our columnist Blair Alley for this early look at the new Brian Anderson Blazer Mid collabo with Nike SB. Between the Epicly Later’d episodes, the Fountain Of Youth x Girl collab, and this the dude is having a great year and its only May. More looks at the kicks here.
We brought you the exclusive first look at this courtesy our RAW columnists, now we are proud to announce that the Fountain of Youth x Girl x Epicly Later’d collabo for Brian Anderson done by Grandison Taber has just dropped. Its available exclusively where it was born: at Fountain of Youth in Providence Rhode Island. Get on it here.
Here’s part 4 of of the VBS series on Brian Anderson. In this edition Anderson and friends reminisce about becoming Skater of the Year and the Toy Machine Video, Jump Off a Building, although the highlight is definitely watching Brad Staba bust off some shots between beers.