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Woody no. 2

2010-06-12T07:50:00.002-05:00

Skate

2010-06-01T16:51:00.003-05:00

2010-02-28T10:45:00.014-06:00

Kassia Meador x FOAM Magazine

2010-02-03T13:48:00.002-06:00

Spreads by Kassia Meador in the March '10 FOAM.

Globe: United by Fate

2009-12-17T08:30:00.000-06:00

United by Fate.

Nick Cocores / Thalia Surf

2009-12-03T21:40:00.003-06:00

There is a really cool interview with Nick Cocores, surfer and owner of Thalia Surf Shop in Laguna Beach over at Liquid Salt. Check it out. Liquid Salt showcases the rich diversity of the artists, surfers, shapers, photographers, and filmmakers that make up the vibrant surfing community. Great job Glenn.

Dane Peterson

2009-11-30T09:59:00.003-06:00

Surf gal pal Jamie Watson pointed me towards the new site from Dane Peterson. Rad fotos - check them out.

Early Ford Bronco

2009-11-23T20:17:00.001-06:00

Deus Vintage & Retro Swap Meet

2009-11-23T19:51:00.001-06:00

Vintage Keith Haring

2009-11-19T08:47:00.004-06:00

Keith Haring was a generous soul. He gave and gave till the very end. I feel lucky to of called him a friend, even if it was only through many, many letters. I was stoked to see this vintage board recently that Keith had drawn on, most likely for some fan. That's how Keith was - he drew on everything. We wrote each other about art, cartoons and style. I hold the two drawings Keith sent me, just months before his death, very dear. Peace Keith.

Dimitri Maramenides - Aruba Kiteboarding

2009-11-18T10:22:00.004-06:00

Was invited to work with Dimitri Maramenides on some advertising/marketing campaigns for his kite company Epic Kites. My pal Gus recently shot Dimitri in Aruba. Cool stuff.

Jamie Watson Posters

2009-11-12T09:49:00.002-06:00

Jamie Watson. Limited edition, signed 11x17 posters on beautiful Coronado paper.

LIz Kuball

2009-11-11T10:21:00.000-06:00

Liz Kuball.

SKATEBOARD: Evolution and Art in California

2009-11-10T12:22:00.014-06:00

The California Heritage Museum is proud to present “SKATEBOARD: Evolution and Art in California.” The show opens to the general public on Saturday, November 14, 2009 and continues through Sunday, May 30, 2010. More than 275 rare boards from the world’s finest collections including Jason Cohn, Dale Smith/Skate Designs Inc., Todd Huber/Skatelab Skatepark, Ray Flores, James Lang/South Bay Skates. This is the first exhibition of the California skate movement to be shown in “Dog Town”, the Santa Monica/Ocean Park area where modern skateboarding was born and the skate became an art form. The California Heritage Museum is located in the vortex at Main Street and Ocean Park Boulevard.

Pineapple Luv X Chris Brown

2009-11-07T19:21:00.004-06:00

I was interviewed by the lovely Jamie Watson from the very cool surf lifestyle blog Pineapple Luv. Thanks Jamie. Also check out Jamie's interview with Joe Conway from Drift in the latest issue of Refueled magazine.

Refueled Sidewalk Surfboards

2009-11-05T14:29:00.002-06:00

They're coming. Refueled Sidewalk Surfboards. Spring 2010.

Refueled Magazine Issue 4

2009-11-02T14:44:00.007-06:00

Refueled magazine, issue 4, is now available for FREE online. It's packed full of style, music, surf & skate - everything from surf photographer Ryan Tatar, streetwear icon Shawn Stussy, Drift Surfing's editor Joe Conway , Foam magazine's editor-in-chief Kristina Dechter to skate images from Scott Pommier. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Dan Martensen

2009-10-29T09:50:00.002-05:00

Portfolio.

Shawn Stussy X Refueled Magazine

2009-10-26T10:51:00.002-05:00

Read my interview with surf/skate streetwear icon Shawn Stussy in the upcoming issue of Refueled magazine, which drops Nov. 1.

Beautiful Losers

2009-10-23T09:08:00.008-05:00

BEAUTIFUL LOSERS celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation

In the early 1990's a loose-knit group of likeminded outsiders found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery. Rooted in the DIY (do-it-yourself) subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip hop & graffiti, they made art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Developing their craft with almost no influence from the "establishment" art world, this group, and the subcultures they sprang from, have now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture.

Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers focuses on the telling of personal stories. It speaks to themes of what happens when the outside becomes "in" as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today's youth.

Some of my favorite artist from the film are:

Ed Templeton was born in Orange County, California, a sprawling suburb of Los Angeles where he still lives today with his wife of 16 years, Deanna. He discovered skateboarding in middle school and quickly went pro before finishing high school. He has devoted his life to it since then. It was skateboarding that gave him opportunities to tour Europe where he spent every free moment absorbing its galleries and art museums. Templeton began to exhibit his works in small galleries and skateboard shops, eventually moving on to large galleries and institutions. His photographs give a sun-drenched glimpse of what it might be like to be young and alive in what Templeton refers to as "the suburban domestic incubator". His first major European museum exhibition opened in October 2002 at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Since then, he has exhibited his paintings and photographs worldwide. Templeton is the founder of Toy Machine, a blood-sucking skateboard company. He has also done design work for Grand Royal, Spin, Geffen and Factory Records and is currently one of the principles behind ANP Quarterly, a large format art & culture magazine.

Aaron Rose is an artist, writer and independent curator currently living in Los Angeles. Aaron founded the highly influential Alleged Gallery in New York, curating shows there for ten years. In the 1990s, Rose produced numerous short films and worked as a producer/director for MTV Networks producing on-air promos in conjunction with contemporary artists and indie-directors. Since 2002, Rose has been working as a freelance curator, choosing artists for the Undefeated Billboard Project, a public art project in Los Angeles produced in conjunction with Nike. He is co-curator of the large-scale museum exhibition Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art & Street Culture", which will tour the world through the end of 2008. In addition to curating other exhibitions and publishing books under a new publishing label, Alleged Press, Rose is co-editing a quarterly large format art magazine (ANP Quarterly), which is offered free as an outreach of RVCA Clothing's non-profit initiative the Artist Network Program.

Thomas Campbell is a painter, photographer and filmmaker. An entirely self-taught artist, his work directly reflects his life and draws from his experience traversing around the globe on surf trips. During his short breaks between adventures, he has been known to lock himself in for days on binges that produce literally hundreds of fresh drawings and works on canvas. Campbell has mounted solo exhibitions at galleries in New York, Paris, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris and Morocco. His feature length surfing films The Seedling and Sprout have been avidly embraced by the surfing community worldwide. He is also creative director for a small independent record label, Galaxia, which has released records by contemporary artists Tommy Guerrero, Ray Barbee, Peggy Honeywell and Black Heart Procession.

Deanna Templeton has always taken photos. When she was 15, her mother bought her a Cannon T-90 for coming back home after running away. When she was 21, she got a Yashica point and shoot. She now has a whole bevy of cameras to choose from, and seems to always have one with her. In Deanna's photographs you see an eye to the feminine experience, –the cracks that are forming in that false persona of being a girl in this day and age. She explores what being a child, or a woman feels like today. The photos leave you with more questions than answers, like good art should. Her work has previously been shown at n44 in Paris, Museum Het Domein in The Netherlands and the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia.

Refueled Sidewalk Surfboards

2009-10-22T13:14:00.006-05:00

My board line, Refueled Sidewalk Surboards, launches Spring 2010.

Malloy Brothers in HUCK Magazine

2009-10-19T19:41:00.001-05:00

The Malloy Brothers. Surfers for a new millennium. Huck Magazine.

Jack Johnson & Chris Malloy - Surfer Guest Editor Issue

2009-10-18T21:05:00.009-05:00

Surfer Magazine - Behind the Scenes of the Guest Editor Issue

“We can't let them hijack the magazine, was Editor Chris Mauro's constant concern. “We can't let them take over completely."

Sure. You're talking about inviting Jack Johnson, easily the most recognizable surfer on the planet today, and Chris Malloy, one of the most creative surfers out there, to come and guest edit the next issue of SURFER, and you think you can control them, you can only hope to contain them. And contain them we did, on 202 pages of the new issue of SURFER. It wasn't always easy, and the constant e-mails being beamed to and from Jack's tour bus and the late nights in the office weren't always pretty, but by affording two of the best minds in surfing the freedom to put what they wanted on our pages, we were able to produce one of the most unique surf magazines in history.

Now that that's out of the way, you're probably wondering what working with Jack and Chris for a month was like. Let's just say we had to be on our game. Catching up with Jack is no easy feat -- being a platinum-selling artist does that to a person -- so you take all the time you can get and consider yourself fortunate. An afternoon in Santa Barbara here, a lunch in L.A. there, and to really nail down the captions, a morning spent in the Green Room during a taping of Jay Leno. When the project began Jack was just about to start a national tour, which would have presented a huge problem had he not been so tech savvy. Photos and layouts were continuously e-mailed back and forth, Jack adding his input every step of the way. It's not that he didn't want to be in the office sweating it out in the trenches with us, it's just that when you've got five cities to hit in five nights, and every stadium is sold out with squealing girls and adolescent boys hoping some of your mojo will rub off, the demands on your time are relentless to say the least.

Then there was Chris Malloy. It looked for a while there like he was going to move into the SURFER offices. He kept Photo Editor Grant Ellis up until the wee hours of the night on more than one occasion, and never left before 8 or 9 at night the rest of the time. And if by chance he left before the sun had set, Chris Mauro, sounding very much like a concerned parent, would say, “All right, you can go surfing, but you have to make sure you get your homework done. We need those words from you. Then there was the time we thought he'd skipped town altogether, but it turns out he'd gotten zapped by a stingray.

All sarcastic comments aside, making the Guest Editor issue with Jack and Chris was a blast from beginning to end. They really are as mellow and as cool as they come across in their music, movies and various other media outlets.

So all that being said, what's the big deal, you still might ask? Let's start with the recycled paper the mag's printed on. That's a first for us, and thanks to Jack and Chris enlightening us, hopefully it will be something we continue doing. Another notable feature is the back cover. Never before in SURFER's history have we run an issue without a back-cover ad, but to celebrate this collector's edition we convinced the guys at Rip Curl to pass on this month's ad and let Jack and Chris work their magic.

Speaking of covers, you may have noticed that there are two different covers on the newsstand right now. Jack and Chris couldn't make up their minds: a groovy hand-held longboard shot, or a brilliant photo of a friend at Pipeline. Completely letting them hijack the magazine, we let them run both covers. So all you collectors get out there and make sure you've got both editions in your collection. As you flip through the pages you're sure to find something else between the covers that interests you; there's something for everyone in this issue. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

We thought Chris really loved this slide, but two hours later we came back after having a couple beers and realized he had actually fallen asleep on the light table. He had a big bruise around his eye for days. Just kidding. When it came to putting his vision to reality Chris never fell asleep on the job.

As with any issue of SURFER, every photo is scrutinized and argued over, its merits and faults pointed out. And when Jack and Chris took the helm this didn't change, except they also had to consider what their friends would think if their photos didn't make the cut. Here, Chris and Jack at the impromptu light table in Jack's backyard, wondering if Slater would be mad if they didn't run his shot.

The Marx Brothers, the Three Amigos, the Three Stooges, the Three Musketeers, call 'em what you want, but usually where you find one Malloy you find a couple more lurking about. And when it came time to picking photos for the Guest Editor issue, as expected, they all showed up for the edit session. Why should we expect anything less from the tightest brothers in surfing?

This is Keith and Dan Malloy's garage. Ventura neighbors Alex Kopps and KP stopping by to see what's new, or old, in the wide world of surfboards.

Chris, Keith, Dan and Emmett Malloy, and Jack White and the White Stripes, on the set of their MTV video shoot. Maybe the only surfing family to make such a smooth transition from surfing to Hollywood to the Top 40, the Malloys somehow gracefully walk the line between all three worlds.

-Jake Howard -Photos by Grant Ellis

Kassia Meador x Grain Surfboards

2009-10-13T09:12:00.002-05:00

Kassia Meador was recently up in Maine with Mikey Detemple shooting and riding all types of boards in the chilly Atlantic for Mikey’s next film. While there she also hung out with the Grain Surfboard folks and started work on her very own eco-friendly wooden, 5'4" fish board.

Mike Vallely: DRIVE Skateboarding

2009-10-09T22:07:00.004-05:00

Although four years old, DRIVE Skateboarding is still relevant today. Based on the X-DANCE award winning documentary DRIVE (MY LIFE IN SKATEBOARDING), DRIVE continues the journey of professional skateboarder Mike Vallely as explores the people, places, and issues defining skateboarding and youth culture today. DRIVE blends action with information, empowering and inspiring its viewers to active and compassionate, and to pursue their talents and life dreams.

Go out there, live your dream, climb your way to the top, but do it with respect for others.

Ros deGuzman

2009-10-06T13:55:00.001-05:00

Ros deGuzman.

Gustav Schmiege: Kiteboarding

2009-10-03T11:42:00.004-05:00

My great pal, Dallas-based photographer Gustav Schmiege, shoots for Kiteboarding Magazine. He can usually be found in extreme locations such as the coast of Brazil, Barbados, Turks & Caicos, and the backcountry of Utah. His editorial credits include publications such as Esquire, Men's Journal, Mens Vogue, Veranda, Traditional Home, Better Homes and Gardens, American Way and D Magazine.

Refueled Sidewalk Surfboards

2009-10-01T13:56:00.002-05:00

A sneak peek at a few of the decks I have been designing & developing for my skateboard line. Refueled Sidewalk Surfboards will be available Spring 2010 online, at exclusive skate shops and boutiques. Stay tuned for details.

Woody

2009-09-29T13:25:00.000-05:00

Grab some wood. Classic.

A Pencil and a Lens

2009-09-29T10:14:00.003-05:00

Everyone who knows me, knows of my love for low-fi photography and simple drawings. So it was exciting to learn about A Pencil and a Lens. Work by Ty Williams and Rob Kulisek: photography, illustrations, comments. Two young talents release a book/zine of their recent work. inspiring, enlightening, comedic, voluptuous, aquatic, creative, and colorful (in literary terms - it's actually black and white). Both artists live in new york, new jersey, maine, kamakura, tokyo, montauk, and wherever else they find themselves each month. All copys are signed with hand-written drawings/comments by the artists.

Get you copy here.

2009-09-28T15:44:00.002-05:00

In honor of the MoMA retrospective Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years, PopRally has invited producer and photographer Patrick O'Dell (of Epicly Later'd) to create a special compilation of seminal skateboard videos from the 1980s to today. Jonze, whose own contributions to the genre will be featured, notes that, "Skate videos have been a big influence and a big part of what I've done for a long time. They are how I got into film, actually." This unique screening is followed by a conversation with legendary skateboarders and filmmakers, including Jonze, Lance Mountain, Greg Hunt, Jake Phelps, Ty Evans, and other surprise guests.

The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
New York, NY

Tickets Here.

Jamie Watson: Dinner & A Movie

2009-09-26T10:23:00.007-05:00

Surfers not only have a great appreciation for the ocean, but for the land as well. Pineapple Luv's Jamie Watson had the best date night of the summer while sharing the best from the land and ocean. Jamie and her husband Jay enjoyed the surf film for ladies, about ladies "Dear & Yonder" in a Northern California barn, perched on a bail of hay, eating organic popcorn with sea salt out of a brown paper bag. Tiffany Campbell and Andria Lessler introduced their film while Thomas Campbell helmed the projector. But first the evening started off with a long farm table filled with organic foods and wine donated by young local farmers. Grilled organic stone fruit with riddiccio, fennel and shaved goat cheese, rock cod with squash, mellon and herbs, dry-farm tomato and haricovert bean salad were just some of the offerings.

Click over to Pineapple Luv to read about Liz and Jay's late summer dinner and a movie evening. Liz will explain why young surfer Liz Clark blew her away.

Made for Skate

2009-09-25T13:53:00.001-05:00

“There used to be a time when you could spot fellow skateboarders by looking at their shoes. You knew it right away – the telltale ollie holes on the sides, the worn down soles, the frazzled laces. You made eye contact and exchanged a knowing nod or a quick what’s up. A little Fight Club moment at the corner store.”

MADE FOR SKATE tells the stories behind the shoes that carried skateboarding through its colorful history. Features first-hand accounts and commentary by the world's leading skateboarders past and present, including Stacy Peralta, Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Natas Kaupas, Pierre André Senizergues, Don Brown, Claus Grabke, Tim Gavin, Mike Vallely, Ed Templeton, Chad Muska, Arto Saari, Adrian Lopez and Paul Rodriguez, together with leading shoe designers and artists including James Arizumi (Nike SB), Brian Reid (Osiris), Jeremy Fish, Andy Howell and Todd Bratrud.

Steve Reiss - The End of Summer

2009-09-25T08:44:00.008-05:00

Steve Reiss and I got to emailing back and forth yesterday about various things, one being surfing. One of Steve's current development projects is The End of Summer: A Documentary Film.

For the past 50 years, surfing has been the last word in cool. But there's a very real chance that surfing may be too successful for its own good. As difficult as it is to imagine, coastal development, rampant pollution and global warming threaten to destroy the oceans and the lifestyle surrounding it -- IN OUR LIFETIME. The surfing industry has sounded the alarm, but with the situation worsening by the day, a handful of environmental warriors have taken it in their hands to save the oceans and surfing itself before it is too late. The End of Summer is their story.

End of Summer is in development as a series for Cable and a doc with Filmmaker Mark Jeremias (One California Day) and Executive Producer Alison Palmer formerly of IFC Films. The idea here is to start a dialogue and get the most relevant people on the planet, who deal with this subject on a daily basis, to form a hub of sorts and make change happen quickly – for the better of course.

2009-09-24T10:32:00.001-05:00

RVCA / the A.K.'s from guillaume jolly on Vimeo.

Skateboarding=Surfing+Skin Loss

2009-09-21T13:58:00.002-05:00

RAKE X RYAN TATAR COLLAB

2009-09-20T19:18:00.003-05:00

Artist Series. Ryan Tatar, Photographer.

Ryan is a surfer and self taught photographer who attempts to capture his take on the essence of surf culture with various abstractions and cross processed photographs taken along the coastline. From rusty cars and taco stands, to single fins and sunsets, Ryan is a renowned visual artist. His work has been displayed at various venues and shows from California to Brazil and Japan. He runs a popular surf culture blog entitled Shakas and Singlefins focusing on more artistic endeavors around the ocean.

Surf Girl Roxy

2009-09-17T20:19:00.001-05:00

Since its inception in 1990, the Roxy brand has been the tastemaker for girls' beach apparel. Their surf team, The Roxy Girls, are world champion surfers who epitomize the effervescent fun of being a beach girl. This chunky compendium collects the best photographs of the Roxy girls' exploits over the past decade, whether on land or in the water. With over 200 sun-drenched photographs sprinkled with musings on the ocean life by the Roxy team, this volume is a graphic and elegant ode to surfer girl culture.

Chris Malloy

2009-09-17T15:07:00.006-05:00

The oldest of the three brothers, Chris is a big-picture visionary, and acts as the spark plug in the Malloy clan motor. He likes water (to play in, drink, and live near), river mouths, books and time on his 7’4” Liddle. He's a creative dude...photography, design, film...you name it, Chris is into it. An advocate for sustainable living and surfing roots, Chris opts to still paddle into some of the largest surf imaginable. A true waterman and surf visionary, not to mention adecent harmonica player, too! When asked why he doesn’t get scared in huge surf, Chris replies, “Well, you gotta love the wipeout as much as everything else. You have to think ‘this is FUN’ instead of panicking.”

On the Environment
“You can’t be a surfer and not see the impact. Because you are dealing with a pure source that is next to streets and roads, it’s really obvious to see where the trash and dirty water come from. In the past, I really felt a calling to become involved but it was really frustrating because, these group meetings that I went to, it seemed like there were a lot of problems within the groups that were supposed to be offering solutions. It always seemed like the work revolved around a marketing ploy, which is frustrating.

“I have been involved in some really fun stuff, and I think really productive stuff, that was done on a small scale. Patagonia supports grassroots initiatives where the small groups are the ones that can really make a difference and those are hard to find in the surfing world. So that has become a motivating factor for me, to really help make a difference through education and starting on a smaller level – making a difference that way.”

As Chris learns more about sustainable environmental practices he’s trying (like us all) to implement them more and more into his life. For example, he helped his dad build a strawbale structure using the hay grown on his folks’ ranch. He’s also learning more about organic gardening and composting by keeping a garden at home with his wife.

Live Simply
“The best things in life are the simplest things. Sometimes I ask myself why I paddle out, catch a wave and paddle back out, over and over again, like a dog? It just feels good – simple as that.”

fStop

2009-09-16T09:21:00.006-05:00

Rad show.

Exhibit Dates: September 25 - December 4, 2009
Public Viewing: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pm
Gensler, 2 Harrison Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94105

Photo: Liz Cockrum.

Alex Knost

2009-09-15T20:00:00.008-05:00

How a Newport Beach longboarder is redefining what it means to be a postmodern surfer

If you're a surf media consumer, you know Alex. In recent years he's become the poster boy for the modern longboard movement. "He has amazing board control," said Thomas Campbell, the painter turned surf cinematographer who can list amongst his many credits first exposing Alex's talent to the larger surf community in his 2004 film Sprout. "He's chosen to ride narrower-nose longboards, and they force you to ride a wave exactly how it wants to be ridden."

This explains Alex's highly unpredictable style, which comes across as a blend of the classic postures and maneuvers of 60's log-riding with the exaggerated recovery techniques of 70's experimental surfing and the attack-minded nature of modern shortboarding.

"He's motivated as fuck" says Campbell, who helped produce Alex's band, The Japanese Motors' album. "He's at the zenith of motivation right now. This is it for him. This is when the energy in his body and his mental capacity are connecting, and he's really able to focus. And he's doing it. It's fun to be able to work with people like that."

Wanting to surround yourself with smart, intersting people isn't something most Orange County-raised pro surfers aspire to. Then again, neither is longboarding, designing clothes, making indie rock, directing low-fi surf movies or Xeroxing crazy collages all over the place.

By Joel Patterson
Read the full story in Surflines Water

2009-09-15T09:00:00.002-05:00

The Korduroy Kooks Meet William
When Cyrus Sutton and Ryan Tatar booked a trip to Maine to set up an art show and spread the word about Korduroy.TV, they couldn’t have known what to expect. They stepped off planes from notoriously surf-soaked stretches of coast (California and North Carolina, respectively) and walked right into what verged on a media circus in a very unlikely location. News of the impending swell from Hurricane Bill dominated news feeds and conversations all over the East Coast, and Cyrus, armed with an alaia and a finless spoon, and Ryan, with a suitcase full of old cameras, plus a hand plane each, showed up just in time.

Read the complete story at Drift.
Words: Joe Conway Photos: Ryan Tatar

Profile: Alexis Waite

2009-09-14T14:54:00.000-05:00

Date of Birth: October 30, 1981
Height: 5’6”
Stance: Regular
Sponsors: Roxy, Northwave, Drake, Electric and Boost Mobile
Current Residence: Salt Lake City, Utah

What are the top 5 things that make you excited?
1. Stomping a tough trick off a jump or into powder... such a good feeling.
2. Having a good meal with good people and good conversation.
3. The prospect of going home after a long trip and doing NOTHING for a day or two.
4. Going some place new and seeing it for the first time.
5. Summertime sunshine!

Ryan Tatar

2009-09-14T13:27:00.000-05:00

Photographer Ryan Tatar. Most shot on a marvelous discontinued German film.

Austin Stephens

2009-09-14T08:54:00.000-05:00

A scene like this is all too common in skateboarding...cuts, bruises, breaks; this pretty much just goes with the territory. This particular wound was a product of an existing gash that Austin Stephens got a few weeks prior, and before this photo, there were several stitches in his palm holding together the newly torn flesh. For the average Joe, something like this would be a pretty dramatic situation, but for Austin, it was just another day on the job.

Foam Magazine's Kristina Dechter

2009-09-11T15:38:00.001-05:00

Look for my interview with Foam magazine editor-in-chief Kristina Dechter in the upcoming issue of my magazine Refueled, which drops November 1.

Skate Weekend

2009-09-11T09:43:00.000-05:00

A few weeks back I was out with my 10 year old daughter, on our longboards, all day. We were "skating the nose" and shooting some photos with locals for my new skateboard line's spring 2010 lookbook/catalog. While looking through the photos I took, I came across some that my daughter took as well. I was blown away by her shots - innocent, perfectly framed and chopped. I've now decided to let her shoot the rest of the book.

Photos by Paige Brown.

Mark Sollars

2009-09-10T16:14:00.000-05:00

When did you realize that being born on 4/20 was something special?

Probably in middle school, when I saw a lot of people celebrating my birthday that I didn’t even know.

How old were you when you first watched a Whiskey movie?

I was around eleven. Whiskey 2 is kinda like our town’s claim to fame.

Who do you ride with the most?

Steve Cartwright, Jody Wachniak, and Matt Belzile. There’s a good Whistler crew up here.

Is there another changing of the guard going on in Canada?
There are always new people that pop up; maybe we are starting to get more recognized. That’s cool, but we’re going to keep doing what we’re doing. When the French guys stepped in they brought a whole new aspect to jibbing, and that was a huge change! Everything is getting more well-rounded—contests are starting to get more popular, rails are still just as popular, and backcountry is getting recognized more again.

Is there pressure to compete?
Yes and no. Companies are getting more focused on contests because video sales are obviously going down. So what’s next? I am going to keep filming, because that is what I love to do. I went to the US Open a few times, and I think that really helped with Burton. I got to meet the team managers and ride in front of them. When you see a video, it’s two minutes from a whole year. A contest is two runs down a park and you can get just as much recognition. I have so much fun filming and snowmobiling that contests aren’t something I want to get fully involved in.

Why don’t you grab your filmer, drop your sleds in the parking lot, and shoot at a contest?
Just film right next to the contest so the team managers can still see me? Perfect!

Courtesy of Snowboarder Magazine.

Alex Kopps, Displacement

2009-09-10T14:58:00.000-05:00

Alex Kopps. Download a PDF version of the article on Displacement published in the Surfer's Journal, Winter 2009.

Liz Cockrum

2009-09-10T13:56:00.002-05:00

Liz Cockrum. Her work from Sirens will be at Gensler September 25 - December 7. 2 Harrison Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA.

Thanks for the tip Jamie.