Organic Anagram Industries skateboard deck

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By Dennis Joyce in New Products on Thursday 23 December 2010

Even though it is made for the streets, the new Organic Anagram Industries skateboard also makes great art for the walls. Made in the UK with Canadian wood, the illustration includes a lot of details and the vivid colours work great. Lovely.

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Endless Summer Forever: photos by Phil Jackson

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By Narrw Sprrw in New Photography on Friday 5 November 2010

Phil Jackson is a semi-nomadic skateboarder, artist and documentary photographer. Still shooting film and making zines he’s everything you like about Larry Clark or Nan Goldin, but with more hopping fences to skate pools and much less heroin addiction and domestic abuse.

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The SkipWaste project

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By Zolton in New Design on Thursday 29 April 2010

Conceptual designer Oliver Bishop-Young has reclaimed urban dumpsters for the benefit of the community with his ongoing series, The SkipWaste project — he has created a skateboard ramp, a flower bed, a swimming pool, and even a homely living room, complete with lamp and retro TV.

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Skateboarding.3D book giveaway

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By Zolton in New Events on Thursday 17 December 2009

Our friends over at the photography website, Feature Shoot, are giving away three copies of the stunning book, SKATEBOARDING.3D, which features three dimensional images of some of the finest young skaters on the scene. And let me tell you, viewing the photos through the supplied glasses is a trip! The book is the work of [...]

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The Grind 2.0

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By John Malloy in New Events on Monday 6 October 2008

The Grind 2.0, a charity auction show to fund construction of the Swift-Cantrell Skatepark in Atlanta, opens on Friday, October 10 at Atlanta’s The Rabbit Hole Gallery.

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Good Wood: The Art of Skateboards

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By Fernanda Cohen in New Events on Friday 25 July 2008

Andrew Davis (from AWWSWEET, a curating agency) has done it again: his second skateboard art show has made it all the way from Detroit to the Brooklyn-based art space, Third Ward. Inspired by the documentary feature film Beautiful Losers, which focuses on the subcultures of skateboarding and graffiti, Good Wood brings together 45 different artists who’ve designed a stunning selection of decks. Styles range from collage, graffiti, acrylic, oil, ink, silkscreen and photography to sculpture. Some of the big players in the show include Chuck Anderson, Nathan Fox, Leo Espinosa, and myself, amongst many others.

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Wild in the Streets

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By Joy Andrada in New Events on Saturday 21 June 2008

Skateboarding has always been a group activity, friends coming together to skate, hang out and show off tricks. Tomorrow at the worldwide Wild in the Streets event, skaters come out from the woodwork to skate with friends and take back the streets.

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