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Tent City is Antihero’s first full length movie. Filmed entirely in Australia, it is not a tour video. It’s the entire skateboarding experience. Being on the road with friends, skating the best spots in the world knowing that there is way more to it than just the simple act of doing it. Filmmakers Rick Charnoski [...]

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Birthed in ’92, Stereo Skateboards was one of the few entities that carried skateboarding through some of its darkest days. It helped to make the pants a little slimmer, the wheels a little bigger, and the skateboarding a little, well, cruise-ier. Stereo oozed with a combination of Chris Pastras’ jazz cool and Jason Lee’s unearthly [...]

Acting in a skateboard video is about as crucial as the plot line in a porno. While they may not be winning Academy Awards any time soon, over the years a couple of key performances remain steadfastly implanted in skateboarding’s collective consciousness. In no particular order, here are our picks for the 10 best acting [...]

1. Tony Hawk negotiated with two other game developers before signing on to Activision, one of which made the Thrasher game. When Activision approached him with a rough draft for THPS, Tony saw that they were on the right track. Tony signed on under the condition that he would be heavily involved in its creation. [...]

Darrell on Peter: “I met Peter back in the day. He used to come down to Houston and skate with me, or I’d go up to Oklahoma to skate with him. One time when everyone came out to Houston for Make-a-Wish, afterwards everyone went to this club called Numbers. Peter’s the only guy in the [...]

1. Ed Templeton has suffered six concussions. Five of those have come since he broke his neck in the summer of ’00. After his last concussion, earlier this year, Ed consulted a specialist to make sure he was not at risk of causing permanent damage. For liability reasons, NHL players are barred from their league [...]