MetaFilter posts tagged with skateboard

INADVERTENTLY AWESOME!!!

256 — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:09:19 -0800

One year ago, everyone's favourite extreme sports geezer Tony Hawk launched a youtube channel called RIDEChannel. They're still going strong and one of their most fun features is the Shred-It Card, where viewers submit videos of their own tricks and Tony Hawk & friends score them video game style, paying out high scores in skate shop credit.

Skateboarders

Brandon Blatcher — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:48:07 -0800

We always wanted to be skateboarders, jumping up curbs, down the stairs and filp our boards as many times as we could.

"Microchips. Lots of them. Implanted in the brains of consumers."

the man of twists and turns — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:08:11 -0800

WE VS. THE NIGHT(Vimeo): 'Three longboarders flex down a winding mountain face in the cold of the night, equipped with nothing but a couple headlamps to tear through the darkness. As they battle their way through each turn, they fall deeper into an un-explored realm of stoke.' Longboarding:Let Go(Youtube): 'Kyle Chin skates from top to bottom down a beautiful hill in Outerspace.' Longboarding:SLIDE(Youtube): 'High speed sliding in super slow motion.' Longboarding NYC: Broadway Bomb 2010(Youtube): 'Longboarding's premiere pushrace takes over New York City for the 10th year in a row.'

The unglamourous side of skateboarding

jontyjago — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:54:12 -0800

The harsh reality of being a skateboarder (hypnotic slyt)

Samoa? Had enough, thanks.

msalt — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:39:11 -0800

Earl Sweatshirt is back. He was gone. He is in Odd Future. They have a Tumblr. Prev 1 2

Five feet high and twisting.

unSane — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:29:25 -0800

Tom Schaar lands the world's first 1080 on a skateboard. Oh, and he's 12.

Too much moxie breeds mayhem in the streets: skateboarding in NYC, 1965

filthy light thief — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:43:14 -0800

A two-foot piece of wood or plastic mounted on wheels, it yields to the skillful user the excitements of skiing or surfing. To the unskilled it gives the effect of having stepped on a banana peel while dashing down the back stairs. It is also a menace to live and even limb. Life magazine article on skateboarding in New York City, from the May 14, 1965 issue. Pictures from that article are now online in larger form (one-page view on another site). See also: The New York Skate Movie trailer on YouTube. The photos were shot by Bill Eppride, a long-time photographer for Life (gallery | a personal reflection on the photographer). The NY Skate Movie trailer was made by skate buddies who share an interest in Super 8 film, Coan Buddy Nichols and Rick Charnoski. Their film company is called Six Stair, and they have a Vimeo channel with 215 videos, including a bunch of skate films, some with old footage. Bonus: Apple Juice, a "vintage" NYC skateboard documentary from 1990. Bonus bonus: Riding through NYC, under a skateboard (via and via Gothamist).

Watch the closing doors!

Obscure Reference — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:51:50 -0800

NYC Subway skating.

So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes.

BeerFilter — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:37:27 -0800

Extremities is a short video of a skateboarder with a camera strapped to his head, each arm, each leg, and the underside of the board. Directed by Eli Stonberg.

Skate Skulls

bwg — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:20:36 -0800

Graphic designer Beto Janz took old beat-up skateboards and turned them into badass skull art for a skate shop in Brazil. Flash interface; mouse hover to the right side of the browser and click to advance the six images in sequence; skull decks are the final two images. Change the minus sign at page top to plus to view more images.

Skateistan, the film

Ufez Jones — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:23:28 -0800

Skateistan - To Live and Skate in Kabul (9:16) is a short documentary based on the work of the NGO Skateistan (previously), who provide lessons in skateboarding, environmental health, information technology, art and language to hundreds of boys and girls in Kabul, Afghanistan. (via) Some additional video, for those interested: Semester Two: Environmental Health (3:10) Some video diaries from the filmmakers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Official site for the film, with trailer embedded.

World's Largest Skateboard Disaster

Burhanistan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:29:48 -0800

World's Largest Skateboard Disaster - Photos. - More on the skateboard. - Official website (still under development as of this posting) - MTV show "Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory" episode featuring the giant board.

Mega Air

netbros — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:27:49 -0800

New Extreme Sports. Mega ramp skateboarding, ostrich racing, underwater golfing, pole dancing and pillow fighting are just a few of the innovative new sports you may see in future X Games. (via SpoFi)

Groundbreaking skateboarding video

spork — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:23:36 -0800

Beez skateboarding video. A portion on youtube (gross). It will be a cult classic. Some info here and here. The Beez guys seem to be affiliated with Wiskate. The DVD cover says all proceeds will be donated to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and Hope House Milwaukee. Currently it's only $13, shipping included. Photo of Russ Clark, Backside Smith a Personal Water Craft. Their myspace.

Speed Limit: Cars 30 - Skateboarders 40+

maxwelton — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:52:07 -0800

Adam Kimmel shares a video of a couple of sane and sedate runs down Claremont Avenue in Berkeley, California. (The likely route.)

SK8ology

maggieb — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:57:01 -0800

Art... on skateboards... for charity.

"No fixed pushers, and no magnet skateboards."

whir — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:38:02 -0800

These "track boards," or "fix push" boards, were initially developed to be raced in the velodrome, and differ from traditional skateboards in one major way: the rider can never coast. A brief documentary on the increasingly popular fix-push skateboard culture and its roots in San Francisco's Mission district. via sf.myopenbar.com. Keep an eye out for Fix-Push 2.

its a small world after all

infini — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:29:46 -0800

Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience - “massive American-style amusement park that will feature a skateboard park, rides, a concert theatre and a museum. It is being designed by the firm that developed Disneyland.” Here's a quick roundup of some commentary. (last link with concept design sketches)

SHRED AFRICA!

auralcoral — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:17:29 -0800

The Uganda Skateboard Union Presents BOARDMASTER: THE MOVIE!!

Also: USU blog Absolutely righteous.

Charge it!

loquacious — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:50:31 -0800

Some skaters blowing shit up.

Skateboard Kings of Southern California

Kattullus — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:36:16 -0800

Skateboard Kings is a 1978 BBC documentary about the Dogtown skateboarding scene in late 70's Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Featuring a lot of footage of the skaters' daily life as well as an exploration of the business side of skateboarding, the documentary is a time capsule of late 70's Southern California. For more about Dogtown go to z-boys.com. [previously on MetaFilter]

Whatever it is, it’s better in the wind.

Smart Dalek — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:13:41 -0800

40 years ago, the Vicious Cycles motorcycle club assaulted a construction worker before taking to the road. Fortunately, filmmakers Chuck Menville (father of voice artist Scott Menville) and Len Janson were on hand to film the gang's misdeeds. Menville and Janson's picture would ultimately become part of a trilogy, with Blaze Glory and Sargent Swell of the Mounties produced wit similar eye-catching style. Decades later, the filmmakers' work would be echoed in another tale of conflict, in addition to a product-themed homage to more recent hipster subculture.

Got pads?

gottabefunky — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:19:31 -0800

Are you a snowboarder without snow, a surfer without surf or a skate rat sick of concrete? Grab a Scarpar (as soon as they're available) and hit the...trails. Or, if you prefer a nonmotorized offroad shredding experience, try a mountainboard. Just try really hard not to fall.

Danger lurks at every turn.

Smart Dalek — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:36:47 -0800

Skatefall. It's what happens when you jam a copy of Thrasher Magazine into an Atari 2600. via

No more boardslides

tellurian — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:24:08 -0800

Freeline Skates [embedded video] make skateboards. One for each foot. As I watched these videos my brain was trying to put a regular board where it expected to see one.