Sidewalk Surfer

An extension of the "Sidewalk Surfer" shop located in Scottsdale, Arizona *. Skateboards, snowboards, inline skates, shoes, sunglasses and go-peds. www.sidewalksurfer.com Search * Related
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Wade Speyer Interview

"Anyone that has seen Wade skate can tell you that he has a natural gift at sidewalk surfing...on an average day, Wade can be found at his home taking his daughter Maria for rides on his lawn mower, welding stuff, or driving his dumptruck." (Full Article) Search *
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Skateboarding: The Sport, Explained

What are those crazy wheeled boards, anyway? This article tries to explains what skateboarding is to the uninitiated. "You might feel as if you're flying or riding the perfect wave. Maybe you just love the feel of the wind and speed. What are we talking about? Skateboarding through the streets, sidewalks, parks and ramps of America." (Full Article) Search *
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www.longboard.no

A site "for norwegian sidewalk surfers." www.longboard.no Search * Related
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A Performative Critique of the American City: the Urban Practice of Skateboarding, 1958-1998

About skateboarding, cities, and urban culture. An amazing essay by Iain Borden * on the interrelationship between cities and skateboarding, in which the author seeks to "focus on the compositional and representational mode of skateboarding, to consider how it represents the city without maps, and how it speaks something of the city, without recourse to theory or texts." Quote this in your term paper and make your teacher happy. (extract: ...without recourse to theory or texts. From Surf to Streets Skateboarding began in the beach...1970s as a surfer’s activity, emulating the surf moves on the hard surfaces of urban...terrains, on which they further extended their surf-related moves. These ranged from schoolyard banks...USA and "The Rom" (Romford) and "Solid Surf" (Harrow) in the UK *. But from the...Space, p. 137. (13) "Fire and Friends," Sidewalk Surfer, n.3 (January-February 1996 *),...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2001 Archive, Museums/History)

Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta Interviewed on SkateboardDirectory.com

Our mondo Dogtown * interview with Stacy Peralta *, Tony Alva *, and a few other East Coasters, touching on subjects including Tommy Guerrero *, Sean Penn *, Gator *, staying pure, Mark Gonzales *, Christian Hosoi *, and pool skating. (extract: ...at the house, we snowboard, skate, and surf together. Never stopped. T: I brought him...around the longest. Like Rip City, like Sidewalk Surfer, the old school shops that kind...open the door for a multitude of surf, motocross, surfboard documentaries. T: And some of...Jetsons. ?: Can I ask you guys a surf question? What was the influence of the...knee-board, body-board, and stand-up surf on one wave, he would do...) (Full Article) Search *
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Vans "Pleased To Meet You" Skateboard Tour, June 13-24, 2003

Dates and locations of this tour slated to include Geoff Rowley *, Jim Greco *, Tony Trujillo *, Dustin "Spawn" Dollin *, John Cardiel *, Bastien Salabanzi *, Steve Caballero *, Ethan Fowler *, Van Wastel *, plus others. (extract: ...13 at 6PM. Signing at the Scottsdale Sidewalk surfer, 2602 N. Scottsdale Rd. Glendale / Phoenix...Beach, California * 6/17 at Jack's Surf Shop, 1pm Signing, 101 Main St.) (Full Article) Search *
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Premium Skateboard Update May 2005

With mentions of Alex Gavin, Dayne Brummet *, the Globe * Bowl Bash, Alex Giraud, Marc Haziza, Aaron Rowe, Josh Evin, Max DuFour *, Morgan Campbell, and more (extract: ...been busy skating in England * shooting for Sidewalk Surfer and Slam Magazine. Premium is now...) (Full Article) Search *
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The Skateboard, The City, and Socio-Spatial Censorship

Here Architect Iain Borden * discusses "skateboarding and socio-spatial censorship in the late twentieth century city" in his article "An Affirmation of Urban Life." Says Iain: "Cities are always places of contestation and contradiction, conflict and counter-cultural engagements. ... But of course cities are also places of power, and the contradiction between homogenization and fragmentation of urban space is continuously fought over, as urban managers of all kinds ... seek to dictate the character of social space. The urban practice of skateboarding is one such area which they seek to control." (extract: ...control the use of public space. 'Insight', Sidewalk Surfer nr. 23, 1988 * Skateboarding can be...skateboarding are described in such magazines as Sidewalk Surfer, Thrasher *, TransWorld Skateboarding *, Slap en Skateboard...5. Tim Hoad, 'Wednesday July 30th 1997 *', Sidewalk Surfer nr. 21, 1997. 6. Denis Staunton...Ben Powell *, 'The Number One Four Wheeler', Sidewalk Surfer nr. 9, 1996 *. 8. Jane Haas...) (Full Article) Search *
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Industria Skateboard Business Magazine To Launch In UK

Action Sports Media has announced the launch of Industria: Skateboard Business International. This magazine seeks to be a "unique business to business magazine dedicated to the international skateboard industry, encompassing retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and brands throughout the world." (extract: ...of action sports titles including Kingpin, Onboard, Surf Europe *, and 2Freeski. Calling itself "Skateboarding's...director of the British * monthly skateboard magazine Sidewalk and prior to that graphic designer at...) (Full Article) Search *
    (Categorized under 2004 Archive)

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