Converse pushing back into skateboarding

A brand new site with a skateboard oriented blog and the announcement of Nick Trapasso as a new rider for the team - Converse is getting really serious again about it’s involvement in skateboarding. Not that they weren’t serious but this is an obvious move in the marketing department to let us potential buyers and [...]

Blind Skateboards with new site and video trailer

Coming off their win at the Vans 2008 Downtown Showdown, Blind Skateboards has relaunched their website with an easy to navigate look and feel and a brand new video trailer for the upcoming Blind video. With a team like Blind has, this is going to be insane. - Click here to visit the new Blind site [...]

In Memory of Van Wastell - website

Van Wastell’s tragic death has shocked many of us in the skateboard community worldwide. Deluxe Distribution has reacted quickly and honorably by putting up a website with several pictures and videos of Van. A message board has also been set up for those who wish / need to write down their personal feelings and send [...]

Tweaker Zine’s 1st Birthday Issue!

When it’s somebody’s or something’s birthday you are expected to congratulate and in this case I love to do it because the people behind Tweaker Zine have been working on it for one year now and constantly bringing quality articles which are fun to read with an assortment of exciting photos as well. The latest [...]

Slap Magazine going 100% digital - good or bad idea?

Very interesting to see what is happening in the skateboard media industry currently, especially now with High Speed Productions SLAP Magazine announcing that they will be going most likely 100% by December 2008. As you can guess the opinions about this move go completely from from range of the spectrum to the other, people supporting [...]

Transworld Skateboarding’s new website design

I had been wondering when this was finally going to happen - Transworld Skateboarding has got itself a new website design going, just when my eyes were not scanning the internet but instead enjoying the beach bum life for 10 days. And it is a big difference compared to the old site. Following the path of [...]

Baker Skateboards with a website and tour

I don’t know how long this took but it doesn’t really matter: Baker Skateboards has gone from a screensaver page to a full-fledged website which is straight to the point. Nice graphics, easy navigation with a blog / news section as well so no getting lost on this site. I personally like the horizontal scrollable [...]

DLXTV hits the web with team videos

The main company behind the brands Real Skateboards, Krooked Skateboards, Spitfire Wheels, Thunder Trucks and Anti-Hero Skateboards not only bring out the largest online skateboard catalogs I have seen to date, they have a web page dedicated solely to videos of their teams. The site already went online July 4th and has a good archive [...]