Big news on the block surrounding Arto Saari. He is off Flip Skatebaords/Etnies Shoes and onto Alien Workshop/Gravis Shoes. Please tell me everybody out there reading this post know s that Burton bought Alien Workship and Habitat Skateboards a little while ago. Thats right, Burton. If you want to have a big stable company, or a nice stable investment portfolio, one things remains key; you need to diversify. Geoff Rowley left this on the TWS skate site: "Arto is like a brother to me. After years of being on the same team with the same goals it was

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The Transworld 9 Frames per second issue came out, and I am very pleased to have a couple photos of the 5boro dudicals: Joe Tookmanian and Dan Pensyl in this issue! Steve, boy I'm hungry!

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“Originally it was supposed to be a comedy YouTube thing of these guys who rode shopping carts in North Vancouver, and it turned into a feature-length documentary that the National Film Board has picked up,” Murray Siple explained when I interviewed him about Carts of Darkness for a spread in SBC Skateboard's Fall 2007 issue (9.4). I randomly ended up watching the final showing of Murray’s documentary-esque film with Bob K at the Vancouver International Film Centre last night. For those unfamiliar with the project, it showcases the struggles and hill-bombing triumphs of a handful

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I remember waking up in the middle of the night when I lived in North Vancouver a few years back. It was so weird because I could swear it sounded like a shopping cart and some clanging bottles banging around. Before I was ever able to actually get out of bed and see what the hell was making that noise it was to late. Living on Lonsdale was pretty fun because you could bomb the hill on the way to the Sea Bus (local water transportation from North

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I probably plug these guys in all my posts because I put in work for them, but they’ve launched a new site initiative with a complete redesign as of today. There will be a constant barrage of new content up on there, and some web-rendered classics from the print product to cater to the short attention spans of the nation.

A couple of old interviews I did are in there, including one with Chris Haslam (Issue 8.5, 2006) and one with Spencer Hamilton (Issue 9.1, 2007). Click around and bookmark it for a revisit.

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MAGPIE has left the building. Picking up Magnus at Amtrak, only to drop him directly off at the airport for a 20 hour flight to Greece, ALONE. Can you imagine flying to a country halfway around the world solo, praying the people picking you up aren't late or forget about you! I'm sure things will be fine, but GOOD LUCK MAG, LET ME KNOW YOU ARE SAFE!

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Just got back from the Vancouver Island trip. It was a huge success to say the least. We ended up going fishing with dolphins, golfing, bowling and oh yea we skated really hard too. Everyone came home with a lot of photos and video. Some how it only rained one day and Trevor still got a seq. Summer is here and the work load keeps getting heavier. I think I need an assistant, know anyone who wants a job?? Just kidding!. DC island extras random party favourite, Boxing gloves and drinking!!! Calen

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I just got back to the office to have a ton of work thrown in my face! Along with a bunch of Catalogs and Magazine's. Here is some of the latest print work I have this month. Color Magazine. Jon Hanlon 3 flip Paul Trep switch tailslide bigspin out, 2nd try by the way!! Magnus Hanson crooked grind nollie kickflip out, Indy Ad. New Globe Catalog 2008 Concrete Skateboarding Magazine - Portugal article. A new article we're working

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These are some old photos from this summer in Hawaii I never posted, cause I suck. But either way I had a blast got some awesome shralping/drinking in. I mean you cant really get any better then Hawaii! Thanks Lyan, Blewster, Wiess and Blind and of course Ezekiel for making this trip happen!

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Sascha Daley, tail drop.

Just got my hands on the newest SBC Skateboard, summer 2008. Congratulations to Scott Decenzo with a hefty switch front blunt down a hubba on the cover, great shot by Jody Morris! Here are some photos and articles I have in this issue. It's been a heavy month, hopefully I can keep it going, the summer always goes by so fast.

Kyle Desaulniers, frontside heelflip. The footage of this is amazing by the way!

Shenzhen article with the Strange Brew crew.

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The new issue of Concrete Skateboarding (#93) is spreading its wings to skateshops across the land, and it’s a good one. Kelly Litzenberger (editor/art director), Brian Caissie (photo editor) and myself put in work, and in case you haven’t seen it just yet, I won’t spoil the cover surprise. My fellow word soldiers, Nick Shinner and Don Dudski, occupy some text-space in the mag, and I had some fun writing captions throughout the issue. As well, putting together this spread on Adam Cassidy’s mini in Vancouver (above) was a blast, since it meant going out and skating

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Color Magazine is my favorite mag in the whole world. So i asked my friend if he’d come with me to the opening reception of Etnies and Color magazines A ROLLING PERSPECTIVE on last Saturday night at Anti Social. He was like “whats that?” and i said “i dunno i think its this photo [...]

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Gotta love those Joytron kids.

Cream Your Jersey from john swystun on Vimeo.

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