16 Things You Didn’t Know About Mark Gonzales words: Kevin Craft photo: Bryce Kanights 1. Mark Gonzales’ first sponsor was Alva, but he didn’t ride for the company very long before turning pro for Vision at 16. When asked why he chose Vision, Mark explains, “I liked those animal-print boards. They had the zebra skin, [...]
Men’s Skateboard Street Final Standings Final standings from X Games 12 Men’s Men’s Skateboard Street competition at STAPLES Center on August 4, 2005 Name 1. Chris Cole 2. Ryan Sheckler 3. Andrew Reynolds 4. Jeremy Rogers 5. Eric Koston 6. Greg Lutzka 7. Paul Rodriguez 8. Nyjah Huston 9. Billy Marks 10. Rodolfo Ramos DIAS [...]
Dylan Rieder Life’s Been Good Words: Brian Peech Photos: John Bradford Oh, the life of a 17-year-old skate phenom. Exotic trips, car crashes, Texas prisons, fancy meals and five-star hotels, breast-flashing floozies in every town, home schooling from the tour bus, all-night parties and evictions. Kinda reminds me of that Joe Walsh song, “Life’s Been [...]
Here’s a selection of the best photos from our favorite contributors.
NikeSB sales rep, Nick Halkias has one of the most insane collections of skateboards and other skate memoribilia that we’ve ever seen. Nick was kind enough to let us raid his condo which doubles as his skateboard museum. So, get ready to see every 80s and 90s board you ever dreamed of having from World Industries, Blind, SMA, Santa Cruz, G&S and more.
I was in Russia two years ago. It was dark and cold. Actually, it wasn’t too bad considering it was summer. Kenny Reed and I were talking about trips we wanted to do and places we wanted to go. Not an unusual conversation for us. It was then that I first heard of the Trans-Siberian [...]
Skateboarder’s Best Photos of 2011 Part 2 of 3 featuring: Nick Garcia, Omar Salazar, Sammy Winter, Austyn Gillette, Spanky and more.
Jonathan Mehring’s gallery brings that East Coast flavor that we all love.
Here’s Part 1 of 3 galleries with some of our favorite images printed this past year in the magazine featuring Guy Mariano, Gonz, Kenny Anderson, Kenny Reed, Stefan Janoski, Grant Taylor and more.
While out in Kansas City working on his Skateboarder interview, Sean Malto and his friends filmed a Straight to the Internet when they had some down time from handling business in the streets.
John Bradford’s gallery is the first to shine. Check it out.
Photos: Jeremy AdamsInterview: Senrud How do you think the Nike video turned out? It was real good. We went on a couple of trips. Went to Mexico City, Shenzhen, China and where else? Guadalajara. Was that your first trip to China? Yeah, first time to China. Definitely had a great time. The whole time I [...]
Double E picks some top choices as he looks back on 2010