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Dave B. Rolls Out The New Face of 60 Extra happy 60th birthday to Blockhead Skateboard’s Dave B. He’s making 60 look like 30 all over again. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dave Bergthold (@blockhead_skateboards)
When You Just Can’t Take Tony Hawk Regardless of the occasional jokes we have made at his expense, we’ve always enjoyed our time hanging out with Tony Hawk. But for those who don’t there is “Hawk Be Gone.” Thanks, Stephen Colbert.
Tech Deck Goes All In For Paris Olympics Tech Deck is ready for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with new park pieces and signature boards from a whole slew of skaters we’ll see going for the gold. And, they’re the only officially licensed toy line of the Games. The single pack assortment will roll out in two waves, one 4/1 and one […]
Snowboarder Dies On Mount St. Helens Roscoe Shorey, 42, a snowboard mountaineer who had summited Mount St. Helens 27 times, died on his 28th attempt after a cornice he was standing on gave way while he was creating social media on March 29, 2024, according to a story in The Chronicle. But the 42-year-old Washougal man, known to friends and family […]
Heart: A Massive Book of Skate Shops Lucas Beaufort spent his downtime during covid putting together a big book of skateboard shops called Heart. We should all check it out, according to a story in Brooklyn Magazine by Colin Kirkland. “You need a big heart to run a skate shop,” says Lucas Beaufort, a French visual artist, filmmaker and life-long skateboarder who […]
Slater Selling Rental Home For $20 Million Kelly Slater has a rental property that he would like you to consider buying. Not really a surf-out-front house, but on the water and not too shabby. The only problem? He wants $20 million for it, according to My San Antonio. Built in 2001, the retreatlike residence is on just over a half-acre. There are […]
Rocco Back In Skateboarding For 90s Redo So the 90s really are back. Are we sure we want to do this all over again? According to a post to Venice, California based Sidewalk Skateboard Distribution’s Instagram, Steve Rocco, founder of World Industries, Big Brother Magazine, et. al. is officially back in skateboarding. (Click the image for all the details.) Here’s how he […]
Roark Jumps On Dead Artist Bandwagon We’ve said it before, but when it comes to doing contracts with artists, and designing products with them, it seems many brands find it’s easier to get deals done when the artist is dead. Roark seems to agree as they’ve launched a new collection of clothing featuring the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, who sadly died […]
George Carpenter Shares His Spine Story George Carpenter, son of Burton Snowboards founders Jake and Donna Carpenter has shared his spine surgery story publically for the first time on Instagram. Here’s what he said: On July 27th, 2023, I underwent an emergency surgery to remove a benign tumor that was within my spinal cord at the T-4 level. Until a week […]
Salba Pool Cleaning Service Up on CBS You know the Screaming Lord Salba drill. Find the pools, clean them, skate them. Move on. Watch through because this may include the best “reporter tries skateboarding” footage ever seen thanks to CBS Evening News.

Dave B. Rolls Out The New Face of 60
Extra happy 60th birthday to Blockhead Skateboard’s Dave B. He’s making 60 look like 30 all over again. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dave Bergthold (@blockhead_skateboards)

When You Just Can’t Take Tony Hawk
Regardless of the occasional jokes we have made at his expense, we’ve always enjoyed our time hanging out with Tony Hawk. But for those who don’t there is “Hawk Be Gone.” Thanks, Stephen Colbert.

Tech Deck Goes All In For Paris Olympics
Tech Deck is ready for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with new park pieces and signature boards from a whole slew of skaters we’ll see going for the gold. And, they’re the only officially licensed toy line of the Games. The single pack assortment will roll out in two waves, one 4/1 and one […]

Snowboarder Dies On Mount St. Helens
Roscoe Shorey, 42, a snowboard mountaineer who had summited Mount St. Helens 27 times, died on his 28th attempt after a cornice he was standing on gave way while he was creating social media on March 29, 2024, according to a story in The Chronicle. But the 42-year-old Washougal man, known to friends and family […]

Heart: A Massive Book of Skate Shops
Lucas Beaufort spent his downtime during covid putting together a big book of skateboard shops called Heart. We should all check it out, according to a story in Brooklyn Magazine by Colin Kirkland. “You need a big heart to run a skate shop,” says Lucas Beaufort, a French visual artist, filmmaker and life-long skateboarder who […]

Slater Selling Rental Home For $20 Million
Kelly Slater has a rental property that he would like you to consider buying. Not really a surf-out-front house, but on the water and not too shabby. The only problem? He wants $20 million for it, according to My San Antonio. Built in 2001, the retreatlike residence is on just over a half-acre. There are […]

Rocco Back In Skateboarding For 90s Redo
So the 90s really are back. Are we sure we want to do this all over again? According to a post to Venice, California based Sidewalk Skateboard Distribution’s Instagram, Steve Rocco, founder of World Industries, Big Brother Magazine, et. al. is officially back in skateboarding. (Click the image for all the details.) Here’s how he […]

Roark Jumps On Dead Artist Bandwagon
We’ve said it before, but when it comes to doing contracts with artists, and designing products with them, it seems many brands find it’s easier to get deals done when the artist is dead. Roark seems to agree as they’ve launched a new collection of clothing featuring the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, who sadly died […]

George Carpenter Shares His Spine Story
George Carpenter, son of Burton Snowboards founders Jake and Donna Carpenter has shared his spine surgery story publically for the first time on Instagram. Here’s what he said: On July 27th, 2023, I underwent an emergency surgery to remove a benign tumor that was within my spinal cord at the T-4 level. Until a week […]

Salba Pool Cleaning Service Up on CBS
You know the Screaming Lord Salba drill. Find the pools, clean them, skate them. Move on. Watch through because this may include the best “reporter tries skateboarding” footage ever seen thanks to CBS Evening News.