There is no doubt that the longboard market is creating some truly revolutionary products. From specialized carbon fiber decks to grippy yet fast wheels and sophisticated truck designs, retailers and consumers are constantly hit with new ideas. Some products are instant sensations while others fizzle and vanish into obscurity.
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Eric Swenson, a founder of Thrasher, died on Monday in San Francisco. He was 64.
Nineteen-year-old Mark Chavez will be riding his longboard 30 miles a day for the next year.
They’re not just for ollieing anymore. Or for kick-flipping, lip-sliding, even rail-grinding.
It’s been a long wait for Lee Cation and other downhill skateboarders, but Whistler will finally play host to longboard racing at the base of Blackcomb Mountain next weekend when the Whistler Longboard Festival kicks off.
It’s going to take two days and thousands of hay bales to make the course safe for roughly 100 athletes taking part the first Whistler Longboard Festival downhill race this weekend.
James Anderson peruses the skateboards that adorn the wall of the new Skateworks on State Street in downtown Los Altos. There’s a new board on the block at 379 State St. with the soft opening of Jason Strubing’s Skateworks.
Prior to filming when I met up with Adam in Los Angeles he told me he wanted to do a Western themed skate video. And the video all began with one line. “Boy, you done gone dead for the last time!”
Break the piggie bank, sell the mule, hoe the pasture—whatever it is that you gotta do to get to Portland, Oregon for the 2012 Tabor Downhill Challenge—make it happen! Here are all the juicy details, and straight from Mr. Billy Bones himself:
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VIGIL for longboarder Ralph Bissonnette Tomorrow at 3:00pm at St. James Park. A taxi driver has been charged with second-degree murder after a skateboarder was fatally hit by his vehicle in downtown Toronto Monday …
There is no doubt that the longboard market is creating some truly revolutionary products. From specialized carbon fiber decks to grippy yet fast wheels and sophisticated truck designs, retailers and consumers are constantly hit with new ideas. Some products are instant sensations while others fizzle and vanish into obscurity.
Our main focus at our shop is longboards, so we’ll continue with that again this year. As far as bringing in new brands, we’re pretty happy with our current lineup, but we’re always open to checking out new companies and seeing how they’ll sell in town. Our shop is known for having a pretty amazing selection. Keeping at least 90 different completes in stock is our priority and our personal challenge.
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.
