Takashi Murakami for Supreme Skateboards

Posted on September 26, 2007 Under Life

There's no doubt about it: we're unabashedly devoted groupies of Takashi Murakami, who we featured here a few weeks ago and continues to hold his place as one of the main powerhouses behind the Japanese pop art movement. With a…

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Enjin

Posted on September 12, 2007 Under Life

We love Enjin, a high-quality skateboard company, for a bunch of reasons. Not only do they take the idea of skate deck artwork pretty seriously, they also have made it their business, from the get-go, to work with some of…

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Mumble Magazine

Posted on September 4, 2007 Under Life

Somewhere in my weekend web travels (and to start your week of the same), I stumbled across Mumble Magazine, an e-zine dedicated to street & contemporary culture, particularly within the realm of skateboarding. The clean layout and simple graphics really…

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Swervefest 2007

Posted on September 4, 2007 Under Art

I am so psyched; Jonathan Wells, founder of the hugely successful digital film festival Resfest that I make a point to never miss, is readying a new annual event with a distinctly West Coast feel at the end of September…

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Beautiful Losers

Posted on August 30, 2007 Under Life

This isn't a drastically belated post about the Beautiful Losers exhibit. It's not even a post about the book (which I hope to death you all have, because it is amazing -- amazing); this post is about the film documentary,…

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Tweaker Zine

Posted on August 29, 2007 Under Life

I had a blast this afternoon flipping through the "pages" of the new London-based online skateboarding magazine Tweaker. I have to admit, I usually like to have paper-in-hand to get the best reading experience out of a magazine, but Tweaker…

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Boardeli Longboards

Posted on August 24, 2007 Under Design

Boardeli Longboards, a tiny start-up out of Canada, already has the kind of reputation bigger companies ache for. Maybe it's because their boards are awesome-looking, limited-edition pintails from worldwide designers (including longtime JS favorite Adriean Koleric, and our very own…

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Adidas Skateboarding Kombi: Sao Paulo

Posted on August 22, 2007 Under Life

To introduce its Adidas Skateboarding line in Brazil, Adidas has gone old-school and revamped a 1985 Kombi Volkswagen with its trademark three stripes in a blue color theme and sketches by legendary skater Mark Gonzalez, stocked it with gear and…

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Skaffs: Beguilingly Beautiful

Posted on August 6, 2007 Under Design

Automaker GMC's slogan is "Do one thing. Do it well." It's the kind of empty aphorism that I should hate, but apparently it stuck in my head at least a little because I thought of it when I saw Luke…

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footyCS

Posted on June 19, 2007 Under Life

The Footy Contest Series is a new online video footage contest community that invites those who are passionate about their board sport "“ and those who catch all the action on film "“ to upload their footage to the footyCS…

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