Reader’s Choice: Analysis, Rants and Raves
April 30, 2013 – 2:48 PM | No Comment

The AXS Gear/Concrete Wave Readers’ Choice survey yielded a tremendous amount of information. Almost 4,000 people took the time to fill out the survey, with an average time of 14-plus minutes to complete! That represents almost 40 days’ worth of time! We produced a fully comprehensive listing of all companies in the Concrete Wave Buyer’s Guide. But here, for the purpose of space, we will address some of the key findings from the survey. We instituted two distinct changes this year. First, we changed the actual questions to reflect what brands are actually owned by readers. Rather than focusing on the word favorite,” we wanted to know what people actually had in their quiver.

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Sk8 and Surf Memorabilia
November 15, 2012 – 7:50 PM | No Comment
Sk8 and Surf Memorabilia

Sk8 and Surf Memorabilia is a collection of Skateboard and Surf history, and memoriabilia collected over 50 years by Dave”Fibrefats” McIntyre from his days with G & S, Santa Cruz/Indy and as a professional skateboard judge. this historic collection is availble from Dave through his website sk8surfmemorabilia.com. The collection includes books, cassettes, DVDs, decals, magazines, posters, programs, contests, and team apparel.

Skateboarder Magazine Legend: Jim Goodrich Photographer
July 6, 2012 – 7:32 PM | No Comment
Skateboarder Magazine Legend: Jim Goodrich Photographer

I had a passion and knowledge of skateboarding and photography, but never have achieved what I did if I had not lived in the center of the best skate scene in the world at that time, and skating with some of the best skaters in the world I provided the inspiration and the impetus he needed to become a better photographer.

Steve Ibbertson – The Original Canadian Freestyle Champion.
June 11, 2012 – 7:26 PM | One Comment
Steve Ibbertson – The Original Canadian Freestyle Champion.

Wee Willy Winkle was now working hard on the snow board craze (never catch on…what was I thinking) Willy had partnered with Tom Sims to make some Skateboards and now was making these wooden Snowboards the one problem was they had no edges and these guys were in the wood business.

CalStreets Featured In Ben Marcus Book
January 2, 2012 – 11:05 PM | No Comment
CalStreets Featured In Ben Marcus Book

CalStreets was recently featured in A Book by Ben Marcus called ‘ The Skateboard: The Good , The Rad And The Gnarly ‘. Many Photo’s for this book were provided by CalStreets.com as well as many of the vintage skate ads.

Calstreets Featured In The Disposible Skateboard Bible By Sean Cliver
January 1, 2012 – 9:36 PM | One Comment
Calstreets Featured In The Disposible Skateboard Bible By Sean Cliver

Our friends at CalStreets.com were featured in a wicked book written by Sean Cliver! In this follow-up to Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art, Sean Cliver has assembled what is undoubtedly the most comprehensive visual overview of skateboards in print.

Dave Rochlen Speaks of Makaha and Hobie
December 20, 2011 – 8:46 PM | No Comment
Dave Rochlen Speaks of Makaha and Hobie

Dave Rochlen Speaks of Makaha and Hobie – Dave Rochlen was instrumental in organizing the Makaha skateboard team and later leading the Hobie team. As such, he was skateboarding’s first coach.