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Pyrotechnics 101: Don’t Soak Your Pants In Gasoline

2:20AM November 19, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Everyone loves setting things on fire — it’s OK to admit! And some people enjoy skateboarding. That’s fine! But the combination of the two can be tricky, especially when you’ve doused yourself in gasoline and literally ride through fire. Daaaaaaaaaaarwin. More »


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Skateboards On A Bobsled Track: Dangerous Fun

7:00PM November 18, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

My favourite winter olympic sport is bobsledding. Not because I want to sit in a sled with three other guys and rocket down a track. They don’t even get to look up. Mostly because I’ve also imagined how cool it would be to ride my skateboard down the track. Well at least one guy made my dream a reality. More »


Software

Know Skateboarding Will Teach You To Kick-Flip Like A Pro

12:40PM October 20, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

I spent most of my time when learning to skateboard primarily on my face, not understanding the first thing about proper technique. Know Skateboarding Street Fundamentals provides everything a beginner skater needs to know to bust tricks like Tony Hawk. More »


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Watching Skateboarding Fails At 1000FPS Is Quite Fun

9:30AM August 9, 2011 | Casey Chan

Life needs to be in slow motion. Everything is a little more ethereal and a helluva lot more fun at 1000fps, you know? Just like these skateboarders who are falling and eating shit while screwing up skateboard tricks. They look like they’re dancing! More »


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A House That’s Made To Skate In

8:20AM July 14, 2011 | Casey Chan

Skaters are programmed to want to skate everywhere. For them. it’s as natural as wanting ice cream on a summer day. So imagine living in a house where everything (even the kitchen sink!) is skateable. Heaven in a home. More »


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Watch 3D Skaters Skate Inexplicably In A 3D Forest

6:40AM July 14, 2011 | Kwame Opam

In this short, 12 skaters somehow manage to turn professionally lit forest into a skatepark. All in 3D slow motion. Magical! OK fine. The action is completely staged by Levi’s, but end product is still fun to watch. Even when they bail. More »


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Spray Painting With A Skateboard Is Just As Fun As It Sounds

1:00AM July 7, 2011 | Casey Chan

These skaters attached a remote control spray paint can to the bottom of their skateboards. That way, whenever they would skate, a trail of paint would follow their path. It all makes for chaotically colourful artwork. More »


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Watching A Guy Skateboard From 7 Different Angles Makes It Seem Really Hard

4:00AM July 2, 2011 | Casey Chan

Skateboarder Aryeh Kraus was outfitted with five cameras on his body, one camera under his skateboard and one camera for a wide shot. Those seven cameras combine for a dizzying, complicated and super technical video. Multiple perspectives makes skateboarding seem hard. More »


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Who Wouldn’t Want To Try A 360 Hardflip No-Hands Superman On This Skate Park Building?

12:40AM May 27, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Ok, so I may’ve made that trick up, and the Cité de l’Océan et du Surf Museum in France might not be a skate park. Just they try and stop the local kids from skating in that half-ramp, though! More »


News

Sword-Wielding Skateboarder Gets Tased By The Cops

12:20AM May 5, 2011 | Casey Chan

Poor Deandre Irby! Dude was just trying to enjoy the day like any young person would – hanging out at the outdoor mall, skating around with his backpack on, maybe think about getting a pretzel and oh, swinging his ‘fantasy sword’ with a 26-inch blade around. What the hell? More »