FISTFULAYEN

Buzzy Sullivan put 160 LEDs on a skateboard and photographed a few flip tricks with a 4-second exposure. The results are stunning. Discovered via Thrasher Magazine. See/read on Lenscratch or with the names of the tricks on Ornate Memoir.

In 1986 my dad drove Kris Kurtz and me to Chicago in his car, which at the time was an old mail jeep with aluminum riveted on over the rust and a little hole in the roof so it rained in the back of the jeep when it rained outside, to the Chicago Blowout skate [...]

Skateboarder/photographer Atiba Jefferson has a new magazine simply called The Skateboard Mag. Each month they feature someone well-known in the non-skate world who also skates. Last month it was Teen Idols/Minor Threat/Embrace/Fugazi/The Evens/Dischord Records’ Ian MacKaye. To say Ian was a major influence on me would be an understatement. I’m sure I’ve already said this [...]

As if I needed another reason to love my new job or feel like I’m the luckiest CEO on the planet, Peter Gotcher kicked off my first Topspin board meeting by presenting me with a custom Topspin skateboard. Finally, my own pro model? Thanks to Tim (throwing the shaka), Shamal, and Peter for making me [...]

A couple of random notes since I’m still way short on time but I’d promised (myself) I’d post a little more frequently… Glen E. Friedman sent the above photo of Mark Gonzales tonight. He shot it with his wife’s iPhone earlier today. I love The Gonz and even bought a Gonz board two weeks back [...]