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DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE: MERK INTERVIEW WITH MERK OF EAST COAST RAMP DESIGNS INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY BRYAN LATHROP   Building wooden bowls is a true sculptural art form, so when the jobs come around you have to get the right person Read More

CHAD MUSKA INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTO BY LANCE DALGART The easiest thing to do is something you have passion for.... meaning you love it... Then it becomes like clockwork.... Everything seems to make sense. The more one does it, Read More

FDR: GEORGE DRAGUNS INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE DRAGUNS INTERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY PHIL JACKSON AND ZOLI   After Burnside took off, the skaters in Philadelphia knew it was their turn to step it up and start building some renegade concrete somewhere, Read More

ELI REED INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTO BY DAN LEVY   It’s in the soul...Eli Reed loves to roll, from the start until now, it’s easy to see how, Eli let’s it be known...in it for the long run...or so it seems... That's Read More

DENNIS MARTINEZ INTERVIEW BY JAY ADAMS INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS BY BOBBY TRIBAL AND GLEN E. FRIEDMAN   In his youthful years Dennis was a budding star in skateboarding. He was in all the magazines and had plenty of sponsors. With the fame and the Read More

FDR: CARLOS BAIZA INTERVIEW WITH CARLOS BAIZA INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY PHIL JACKSON AND ZOLI After Burnside took off, the skaters in Philadelphia knew it was their turn to step it up and start building some renegade concrete somewhere, Read More

STEVE HERRING INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY MARK SULLIVAN   In 1979, I heard about a halfpipe on the Fort Monmouth Army Base in New Jersey. I was stoked to hear about an actual ramp in the area, so I got on my bike, put on Read More

SHANE ALLEN INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTO BY DERICK ACHZIGER   Skaters by our very nature are risk takers. Shane takes it to the next level whether he is 100 feet up working in the trees or dropping in from the top of a bridge over Read More

JJ ROGERS INTERVIEW BY ANDY ROY INTRODUCTION BY TODD PRINCE PHOTOS BY BRUCE RODELA   The first time I ever heard of J.J. Rogers was through Joe Lopes when we were hanging out in San Jose. Lopes would tell me stories about how fucking gnarly he was, Read More

FDR: DAN TAG INTERVIEW WITH DAN TAG INTERVIEW BY JIM MURPHY INTRODUCTION BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY PHIL JACKSON AND ZOLI   After Burnside took off, the skaters in Philadelphia knew it was their turn to step it up and start building some renegade concrete Read More

C.R. STECYK III INTERVIEW BY DAN LEVY INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOGRAPHY: WARREN BOLSTER AND C.R. STECYK III   If true validation is in the process of creating then Craig is constantly validated. The beginning and the end are arbitrary as his work is a reflection Read More

FRED SMITH INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM NOONAN   Keep on, what it is that you dig. Do it cuz you dig it, and keep on... Fred Smith, that’s right, doing it... Whatever it is, and Freddie does. What Freddie Read More

SAVE THE DATE: 2012 Bondi Bowl-A-Rama Announced

You heard it. The Vans Bondi Bowl-A-Rama will be held on Saturday February 25, 2012 starting at 10 AM. Save the date and stay tuned for more updates as it gets closer to Bondi time.

TOY MACHINE CAROLINA COOKOUT TOUR Carolina Cook Out at Backdoor Skatepark in Greenville, North Carolina at 5pm today, November 21, 2011. Signing to immediately follow at Backdoor Skate Shop with Toy Machine pros Leo Romero, Colin Provost, Josh Harmony, Matt Bennett, and Daniel Lutheran. Read More

SHAKE JUNT Chicken Bone Nowison PREMIERE at PHARMACY

Buy a Shake Junt x Pharmacy Tee at the Pharmacy Hollywood and get a ticket to see  Chicken Bone Nowison on Monday November 21st. Only 250 people per show so if you want to go better go get that tee quick.

BUILT TO GRIND! PETER HEWITT How to grind your trucks down 101 with professor Peter Hewitt. It really doesn't get more core Read More

N-MEN 2011 CHRISTMAS PARTY WHO Jody Fosters Army, Verbal Abuse, The Bleedin' Hearts. WHAT N-Men 2011 Christmas Party WHEN Saturday, December 3 at 9:00pm - December 4 at 1:30am WHERE The Blue Lamp 1400 Alhambra Boulevard cross street is N. Sacramento, CA www.bluelamp.com Original Read More

ALVA X BLACK VEIL BRIDES LIMITED EDITION RE-ISSUE DECK ALVA X BVB DAGGER TAIL LIMITED EDITION RE-ISSUE DECK. BVB decks are signed by legendary pro-skater Tony Alva, artist Richard Villa III, Black Veil Brides: Andy Biersack, Ashley Purdy, Jake Pitts, Jinxx and Christian Coma. Decks are 6 color hand screen-printed Read More