The beauty of skateboarding and surfing comes from conquering the potential dangers involved with style and finesse - they are extreme sports after all. The more radical and risky the maneuver is, the more awesome it is if completed. But what are the dangers of both these sports? Are you at risk of injury by merely stepping on the board? The truth is that both sports share … [Read more...] about Dangers of Skateboarding vs. Surfing
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The Advent of Downhilling
Each year, usually around late July, I visit my grandmother in Laguna Beach with the rest of my family, where we stay in her vintage house at the top of Diamond Street, off of Pacific Coast Highway. Although I wasn’t raised in a surf culture, I longed to be a part of one, so each year during my visit, I did my best to immerse myself in the “grom” lifestyle. My brother and I … [Read more...] about The Advent of Downhilling
A Long Time Coming: The Only Longboarding Park on Earth
Most longboarders across the world have to put up with the smooth lanes of suburban housing estates or quiet hill roads to carve it up on the asphalt, but the longboarding residents of Kamloops in Canada have just had Christmas come early. The City of Kamloops has built a dedicated longboarding park using public funds, so it is completely free to use for all longboarders who … [Read more...] about A Long Time Coming: The Only Longboarding Park on Earth
Mickey Smith Makes Real Surf Videos
There are many surf videos out there but few can inspire such awe and respect for the ocean like Mickey’s. For those who have fallen in love with surf porn, this is like ocean porn; these are real surf videos that capture a side of surfing that is rarely seen. The environments Mickey puts himself in to get pitted are much more violent and more powerful than your average shore … [Read more...] about Mickey Smith Makes Real Surf Videos
STRGHT Skateboards Hand Crafted And Made in the USA
It is becoming more and more difficult to find locally-made products today, and even less common for those products to be 100% hand-made by a talented craftsperson. Give the complex and soulful process of creating a surfboard or skateboard, one would think these would be aspects of manufacturing immune to offshoring. Unfortunately, the once-sacred art of surfboard shaping and … [Read more...] about STRGHT Skateboards Hand Crafted And Made in the USA