I’ve been around skateboarding long enough to see some goofy shit pop up in skateboard manufacturing. Like aluminum decks or a Port-a-board or plethora of other shit that anyone who skates, wouldn’t give a second glance. Well, now there is a real reason to be searching for a viable replacement for wood. According to The [...]

J Strickland was one of the guys that helped Andrew Reynolds start Baker. He was also they guy who started Bootleg. The guys at 48 Blocks had a chance to do a tell all interview with him.  He had some harsh comments about Andrew. Check it out here.

This is a must see. Lance Conklin does a video interview with Duane Peters. Thrasher is kind enough to share it with everyone. You can check it out here.

Emerica introduces its ninth edition of their ongoing Design-A-Tee contest. The contest allows for anyone to submit their own t-shirt design to Emerica,  for the chance to be included in future catalogs. Three winners will be chosen and will get some pretty awesome prizes.

Everyone else has their own TF, why not Sheckler. Well, looks like he does now. Etnies and Ryan’s website has released some footage of said TF. Apparently it’s a multi-level warehouse that has all the goodies.

Elwood Clothing is offering a 20% discount on their online store and 5% of the sales to the Johnny Romano Fund. Additionally, they’ve released a Johnny Romano t-shirt and will be donating 100% of the profits for that shirt.

Seattle based Manik Skateboards keeps putting out some awesome products. Their new deck series entitled “Day of The Dead” is out now. Keep a look out for more Manik products dropping soon.