HIP JUMPS

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Dean Blotto Gray
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Tabletops are a dime a dozen, Halfpipes make their appearance on a regular basis, while the Hip Jump has always been a rarity. It’s not without good reason, they’re difficult to build, require tedious daily maintenance and are notorious for the low margin of error when snowboarding on these beasts. Read more

Transition. Part Two: Shoot Something!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dano Pendygrasse
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After some deliberation, I found myself a convert to using smaller cameras.  As a result of switching to smaller cameras, I had my trusted Canon g9 with me at all times. What I still hadn’t figured out though, was what I wanted to take pictures of.  This is still part of a long process that continues to this day. The first step in figuring out what to shoot was to document my steps…….. Read more

#Instabuse

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Daryl Trinidad
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Facebook…blah, Twitter…#whocares, Instagram…LIKE. There’s never a certainty as to which social platform will outwit, outsmart, outplay the others – but, I would like to think Instagram has a solid chance.  I suppose what intrigues me most, is the fact that we are no longer required to write or speak to communicate effectively. Instagram is also currently free from the spam that fills many of the other platforms. Despite this, there’re a few instances where Instagram is being internally abused.

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Embrace The Characters

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Ryan Allan
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It’s Not All About Rails And Stairs. Skateboarding has become so insane these days. Nyjah’s part? I mean people are just going crazy to kill themselves. Don’t get me wrong it’s amazing. I would never have imagined it would get this heavy. Hollywood 16 is pretty much a skatepark rail to these kids now! It’s amazing but it’s just not my thing.

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IS FILM REALLY DEAD?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Colin Adair
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It’s no secret. I love film. I shoot film all the time. For me it’s a style choice for a lot of my personal work but I still push for it with clients when the time is right. But more and more, when push comes to shove, film gets sand thrown in it’s face in favour of digital. However, I know many other photographers that feel the same way I do and want to use film whenever possible. For some time now, I have wanted to put together a series of interviews about the use of film in our digital world. Bneeth has presented me with the opportunity to get down to the heart of this pressing matter.

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Doing What I Do

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Sandro Grison
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Doing what I do, regretfully I need to be careful about the things I say because, well… publishing ain’t what it used to be and unfortunately magazines aren’t the invincible, insuperable powers theyonce were. So in the spirit of ‘treading lightly’, let me distinguish for the readers of this Time Capsule, that Shake Junt is (was) a phenomenon that is (was) happening (in the early 10s) sweeping a generation of skateboarders with fun antics and positive messages of drinking 40s, smoking weed, eating fried chicken—and celebrating it with a good ol’ fashioned booty shaking contest. It’s the type of brand any fourteen year-old would make if given the opportunity; Tacky, over the top, rude, and totally awesome.

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Africa – A Conversation

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Eric Greene
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“Shot, bru. Thanks for picking me up. Ughh… I’m so tired. I can’t even remember you dropping me off at work this morning.”

“Yeah, man. I barely remember driving you to the hospital. I went and surfed after and was a complete wreck. I don’t want to go out at night with you anymore [laughs].”

“Well, I had to go work in the O.R. as soon as I arrived at the hospital. I had my friend inject me with a shot of adrenalin first for a wake up call [laughs].”

“What! You guys do that to each other?”

“[Laughs] We have access to all the drugs. And this is Africa, man. There are no rules here.” Read more

Weekend At Jimmer’s (And The Krebs Poster)

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Matt Houghton
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Most winter weekends, when not traveling elsewhere to ride, I can be found at Blue Mountain. As far as I’m concerned, Blue offers the best all-around shred experience by Southern Ontario standards. As much as I like riding the parks (and riding with the friends who ride said parks) at Horseshoe Valley and Mount St. Louis — or indulging in the occasional mid-week night session at Lakeridge or Dagmar — the longer vertical and varied terrain at Blue offers the closest comparison to “freeriding” in the area. And yes, the quotes around “freeriding” indicate my healthy awareness of the irony and absurdity of the usage of this word in a paragraph about Ontario snowboarding. Read more

Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Pete Andersen
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Oil is big business. Dare I say the biggest business, narcotics, a close second, notwithstanding. Thus it only makes sense that the illegal drug trade would take a page out of the Oil Empire’s handbook. Oil and heroin have been bedfellows for a while, most recently coming into light with the US invasion of Afghanistan. The Taliban, which was the ruling sect until recently, used draconian methods of public torture, executions and destruction to all but eradicate Afghanistan’s heroin production throughout the ‘80s, when the US were their allies. Now, in order to fund their war against the US and other terrorist activities, the Taliban protect and pay top dollar to farmers that grow the opium poppy which in turn produces heroin. This has evolved to the point where over 90% of the world’s heroin is coming from Afghanistan.  Read more

James “Jamer” Lindsay R.I.P.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Dylan Doubt
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It is sad to report that the world is less one epic EPIC dude. The first time I met Jamer was at the Vic West skatepark. It was the early 90′s and skateboarding was at it’s most critical phase. There he was with a wacky hairdo and bizarre kit, riding a shitty old rattly department store board (the kind that doesn’t really turn) with all the plastic, and was blasting massive stylish frontside ollies over the tight pyramid all the while nonsensically shouting over and over, “In like Flynn. Never out… No doubt!”.

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