When it comes to skateboarding, Jack Smith keeps it hardcore He’s been a passionate enthusiast since the sport began—he even gained a Guinness world record for long -distance skateboarding—and in the Internet age, he’s been an acclaimed blogger on the topic for a good while. Indeed, there’s no one better then Smith to put together the ultimate skater bible, which he did: The Skateboarder’s Journal: Lives On Board 1949 – 2009.

We posted this one back in November when we came across it, and truly dig it so much that we’re re-posting it to make sure that all y’all see it. Any day’s a good day to be blown away by some Wizard Smoke – an awesome piece of skateboarding film making by the Salazar and Don’t Sleep crews, it’s simplicity is stunning – enjoy !

For our KSpacers in the UK, the biggest extreme sports and music gathering in Europe will once again push Brighton Beach to the limits this weekend. White Air 09 Extreme Sports & Music Festival (September 18-20) attracts adrenaline junkies from all disciplines – BMX, skate, triathlon, kitesurfing, capoeira, parkour, aquathlon and way more.

If you’ve had your head anywhere near New York skate culture, or nightlife or basically anything having to do with Lower Manhattan lifestyle, then you probably recognize his face. For well over 10 years, A-Ron as he is known has been the face of New York cool.

Stacy Peralta was one of the original Z-boys team from Venice in the 1970s, the flashpoint for the entire skateboard evolution. He formed the Powell-Peralta gear company as well the Bones Brigade team, and signed a young Tony Hawk and Steve Caballero…

Aw’right, we were psyched when we heard that innovative film director Spike Jonze was taking on Maurice Sendak’s surreal children’s-book-classic-for-all-ages Where The Wild Things Are. Then we got even more amped when we heard it was coming out soon (October 16!!!). After we saw the dope trailer soundtracked with one of our favorite songs…

No doubt Miles Davis would have been a skater had he been from this new generation. In fact, it would be easy to compare him to someone like Tommy Guererro or Lupe Fiasco, who have the birth of cool down, as well as skill-sets that mix skate and music.

While the untidy drawings and adjoining texts may seem the work of a snotty adolescent, if you haven’t discovered and read David Shrigley you are missing a healthy dose of absurdist, slightly disturbed and dead on cultural commentary seemingly absent in print since Matt Groenig.

Ed Templeton may not have been the first skater to put his energy into canvas, but he may be one of the best — creating some of his best work while simultaneously winning skate competitions and kudos. The last ten years have seen the door flung wide open, especially as the worlds of cool kids on both sides of art and action sport collide.

Let’s face it – skateboards were made to be broken: it’s built in that, on some level, they’re disposable – ready to be smashed coming down hard on a rail or crashing to earth after a trick. But the graphics, design, and memories that they hold often prove unbreakable. That’s why the title of Sean Cliver’s new book, The Disposable Skateboard Bible, proves so ironic.

The London skateboard/bmx/graf community was not going to let the city hold the sole fate of their 35 year old homestead beneath the Southbank Centre without a match. Last year when “the Undercroft” (under the Queen Elizabeth Hall) was being threatened by lingering urban development, the wheels community got together and decided to film and distribute a 22 minute documentary called Save the Southbank

We may have mentioned the film before, but now that it’s finally out, we wanted to point out how much hype had distracted from this as a true film. Rob Dyrdek has reached his zenith as a skater, and may have peaked as an entertainer here as well. It seems, after seeing the film…

If you are a fan of Santigold, MIA or Rye Rye, Diplo and Switch’s newest collaboration will appeal to you. It’s the sound of a future-retro Jamaican party, one that you probably would’ve missed because it was in a pretty bad neighborhood… but if you’d braved it, the best one you’d seen in a long time.

Templeton embodies the juxtaposition between modern art and suburban culture. He’s one of the few pioneers at the cross-section between street art and street skating, an intersection that has gone on to produce a new generation of artists and skaters. Actually, he is the cross-section. Just as skating took a leap toward innovation and singular expression, the art world began to embrace the same principals.

Skateboarders become rock stars the moment Tony Alva and the original Z-Boys first started terrorizing West L.A. with their pioneering take on riding concrete waves. It was only a matter of very little time before the worlds of skating and rock culture collided in the then-burgeoning world of music videos. Since those halcyon days of the late ‘70s, skating has become a regular staple of music video clips. Here’s a rundown of the best of the bunch…

Love the movies ! and love skateboarding ! I used to skate when i lived in LA and NYC and even though i have not been since living in Amsterdam, I’m still a fan and who knows. The immediate great news though is that we get to present the super dope skate skate film Deathbowl [...]