Brandon Biebel Interview

A conversation from the UK * touching on subjects including travel, Yeah Right!, video plans, and more. Search * Related

Harold Hunter in the New York Times (Posted 2/25/2006)

Harold Hunter *, whose skateboarding prowess and outsize personality led him to modeling, movie roles, celebrity friendships and prominence in the downtown Manhattan scene, was found dead on Feb. 17 in the East Village housing project where he grew up. Search *

Monkey Business

Monkey Grip griptape *, Monkey Nuts mounting hardware, T-shirts, hats, and sweatshirts. Team includes Kareem Campbell *, Rodney Mullen *, Shiloh Greathouse *, Gideon Choi *, Enrique Lorenzo *, Daewon Song *, Marc Johnson *, James Craig *, and Richard Mulder *. Search * Related

Juice Magazine

"Sounds, surf and skate" magazine from Santa Monica, California *. "We are corporate skateboarding's worst nightmare." Search * Related

Skateboard News Grab Bag: Forbes on Dyrdek, Skateboarding and Rap, Montreal's Big O (Posted 12/15/2006)

Forbes has covered Rob Dyrdek *, who says "...I wanted to skate, and if I wasn't going to skate, then I would do something in the skateboard industry". Rob is the star of MTV *'s 'reality' show Rob & Big. A Connecticut * newspaper has waxed philosophical on the topics of skateboarding and rap -- the why, the how, the when. The connection is undeniable. Also, Montreal, Canada *'s "Big O" skatespot has been immortalized in a new book and article in the local newspaper. The apparently near-perfect halfpipe * was built for the 1976 Olympics. Says 20-year Big O skater Marc Tison, the spot, "is a gift from the skate gods." Search *

Skateboard News Grab Bag: Comet To Ithaca; Human-Powered Offroad "Skateboard" (Posted 10/19/2007)

Currently-California *-based company Comet Skateboards *, which is set to make a biodegradable "Green" skateboard with partner e2e Materials, is moving to Ithaca to be closer to its partner. Also, 22-year old Kiwi industrial designer Ben Thomsen won the top prize in the Designers Institute's national award for his skateboard-like device designed to move on grass under human power. Search *

Nike Skateboarding's First Video Premiers in Vancouver To Mixed Reactions (Posted 10/19/2007)

Nike * SB premiered their first skateboard movie in Vancouver, British Columbia *. "They're a big company that bought an image, which anyone with money can do," said Michelle Pezel of local skateshop Antisocial. Added Steve Guisinger of Consolidated Skateboards, "It's kind of like they're distracting these core shops, while they're hijacking the industry in the background." Search *

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