Patrick JamesRekiem Skateboards are handmade in France. In the following video, beautifully shot and directed by Jeremy Hughes, watch as a new deck goes from concept to reality.
As "how-to" videos go, this one is more evocative than instructional, but man is it easy on the eyes.
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Italo Romano is a skateboarder who has no legs. This video of him skating is absolutely inspirational.
Call of Duty's latest release might just be the highest grossing media launch of all time.
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Three surprises any startup might encounter.
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Point your camera at a Spanish sign and your screen will show it in English. Like Photoshopping real life, in real-time, with a foreign language.
The goal of the nonprofit organization Contributor is to give skateboards to the 1.6 million Canadian kids living in poverty. To fund their...
The Venice Art Walk and Auctions feels like a charming gathering of neighborhood talent—it just happens to be one extremely talented neighborhood.
Sun-bleached cement, tawny skinned youth, and other visions of 1970s California skateboarding.
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You probably don't want to know, because chances are good that it contains something kind of awful called triclosan. Triclosan is an...
One person draws a straight line; 500 people trace it. Each new effort adds imperfection, and the results are total chaos.
Jason Rohrer's new game takes improvisation to the next level. One of the central tenets of gaming is that the computer remains an active...
Last spring I moderated a panel at GOOD's offices here in Los Angeles. about public transportation and the community. As discussions about public...
A bunch of scientists attempt to answer this question. Short answer: nothing good.
