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FOSSJ #7 – FRENCH OLD SCHOOL SKATE JAM Brand new 'crete just opened up in France with this skateable art piece designed and constructed by Korean artist Koo Jeong-A. Called Vassiviere Skatepark it is the first phosphorescent bowl around. It's located smack dab in the middle of an open air Read More

POP QUIZ: TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET BAND NAME Teenage Bottlerocket MUSICIAN Miguel Chen - Bass BAND MATES Brandon Carlisle - DRUMS Kody Templeman - VOCALS, GUITAR Ray Carlisle - VOCALS, GUITAR If I ruled the world for a day I would...give everyone the day off.  My mom wanted Read More

O’MAHONEY MONDAYS: T.A.Z. 1975 saw the first and best skate art from Jim Evans (aka T.A.Z). Evans' early work in the 1960's included comic strips for the L.A. Free Press. He also drew Slow Death Funnies and Tales From The Tube collaborating with Rick Griffin. This beauty is the Read More

FDR A VISUAL HISTORY Big ups to our buddies from Philly Nicholas Orso, Phil Jackson, and Scott Kmiec who put together a book that chronicles the history of the hardcore DIY movement that is FDR. You can see it from every angle and every line. Won't scratch your itch to skate Read More

SKATEISTAN The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan is being released in the UK on Thursday, July 26th, 2012 at TCOLondon. Skateistan founder Oliver Percovich will be in attendance to discuss the future and history of this project. See all of the information below. - Read More

POP QUIZ: DIRTY FILTHY MUGS DIRTY FILTHY MUGS WHEN WAS THE BAND CONCEIVED? MATT: By Ace Facial. WHERE? MATT: In his tiny brain. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? MATT: Northern California CONK: Fresno. TIMBECILE: Earth. JOEY: Providence, Rhode Island. ACE: Van Nuys, California. WHAT Read More

POP QUIZ: DANIEL CREADON – FACTORY 13 Name, Rank and Serial number. Daniel Creadon. Owner / worker / volunteer / designer / skater Where were you born and raised? I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was raised on the East Side of Cleveland. When and how did you get introduced to skateboarding? At Read More

POP QUIZ: LIVE FAST DIE FAST VOCALIST PAUL TURANO Live Fast Die Fast is Long Island based band of bros that have that old school hardcore mentality of earn what you have and respect what came before you. No fronts with this band. They're committed and drive out an aggressive and resounding riff every Read More

20TH ANNIVERSARY HALF CAB – DIRTY DONNY EDITION 2012 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Vans Half Cab. With a new, limited edition custom label design dropping every month this summer, Vans celebrates this milestone in skateboard footwear history with a Fall series of four distinctive Half Cab 20th Read More

HAWAI’I WITH HEIMANA REYNOLDS The Maui Skatepark that Grindline just put in Lahaina a couple months back has been getting some serious talent to grind her coping. One of those rippers is 2011 World Cup Skateboarding Am Bowl Champ Heimana Reynolds. Check him out at Maui Skatepark and Read More

X GAMES XVIII – LOS ANGELES x Games has been heating up in Downtown Los Angeles and the results are in for Big Air, Game of Sk8 and Womens Street. BIG AIR FINALS X Games Los Angeles 2012: Skateboard Big Air Final Results Final standings from the Skateboard Big Air competition Read More

O’MAHONEY MONDAYS: MEET THE O For all you newbies, I'm the guy doing all the ancient shit. I used to be made out of rubber, like you guys, but when you get old, your whole body turns into a boner. This is a picture I took into the mirrored front door at Skateboard Magazine in 1975. Read More

POP QUIZ: ROYAL HEADACHE oyal Headache hit our desk a couple months back and after summer hit it finally made sense. Tailored to the pop punk crowd, these Australians rip, whine and wail for 12 tracks. It's a quick 26 minute album that doesn't ask you to open mind any farther Read More

PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2012 The Pitchfork Music Festival is coming up on July 13-15 at Chicago's Union Park. Single Day passes are available for $45/day. Full Schedule for all three days is below. To purchase tickets and for more information on the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival, Read More

WHO SHOT ROCK & ROLL Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present, organized by the Brooklyn Museum with guest curator and author Gail Buckland, is the first major museum exhibit on rock and roll to spotlight the creative and collaborative role that photographers Read More

BILLABONG ART SHOW AT REDDOGS WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH On May 24 Reddogs of Wrightsville Beach, NC hosted a Billabong Art Show and Poster Signing with team riders Donovan Frankenreiter, Keally Kennley, Shane Dorian and Greg Long. Check out some of the photos including original artwork from your favorite Billabong Read More

SEX PISTOLS – PRETTY VACANT – 35 YEAR ANNIVERSARY 7 INCH We subscribe to the Sex Pistols Bulletin because we like quippy intros like "This is the Pretty Vacünt press release. Thank you." - John Lydon. This month's newsletter told us the 35th anniversary of "Pretty Vacant" is coming Monday July 2, 2012. To Read More

Old Skateboards Become New Skateparks Tony Hawk Foundation Board of Directors member Ben Harper is helping turn old skateboards into new skateparks by recycling old decks via art. Using song lyrics as the basis for each piece, the boards are then sold to raise funds. All proceeds will go Read More