My first “punk” show was the Clash at the Santa Monica Civic in 1979 with my friend who I have known since kindergarten. I saw 999 at the Roxy but I don’t know if I was still in junior high school or freshman year…
Seagulls are intelligent, adaptable birds found on every continent, known for their ability to drink both fresh and saltwater, as well as their social and opportunistic behavior. Seegull is very much the same, but replace his ability to drink saltwater with his ability to drink copious amounts of booze while bombing around on board. He got his nickname squawking on sessions all over the country, and I don’t believe plans on slowing down. He’s 100% skateboarder. Half effort does not produce half results. It produces no result. Continuous work and hard work is the only way to accomplish results that last. And Seegull lives 100% by that mindset. – Elijah Akerley
A lot of British skaters that skate transition and bowls often dream of skating an actual pool. We watch pool skating clips and look longingly at the pictures in magazines but 99% of pools in the UK are the rectangle kind with straight sides, nothing like the curved bottomed pools in California with blue tiles and intricate metal covered lights and chunky coping.
By day, it lives as a pit stop for those seeking employment and headrest central. A rainy-day safe haven. And by night it’s a nocturnal hideaway the destitute grip as a concrete congregation section. The Home Depot DIY in Los Angeles has been embraced by many, but there’s one group who calls this glass shard setting home once a year in the wee hours, Less Than Local.
YI-WO is a prayer, a habitual ritualistic gaze into the depths of the vast unknowable. YI-WO is a celebration of very purposely selected forms of the connective water sliding pursuits. It’s a poem, a place to be or not to be untangled. A space for your time, to possibly honor the practice, this existence and the paths potential dimensional expansive qualities.
Is Skateboarding a Sport? “Nah, this shit is a violent ballet. It’s dangerous art.”
Cover: Germán Periñan. Backside lipslide at Kampyn DIY Chiclana de la Frontera – Cádiz, Spain. … Keep reading
To promote holistic, youth, & peer-based pathways to recovery – built from the culture of skateboarding and open to individuals in all stages of change.
In celebration of 31 years of Burnside Skatepark’s existence! Possessed to build!
Music, Art, & Skateboarding Fest at the legendary Pink Motel in Sun Valley, CA
Having the opportunity to skate the water park was like no other and I knew I couldn’t pass it up. The loop is a lot bigger and scarier in person but damn it was fucking sick! Good friends, good vibes and big water slides.
